ZOYA: Summer 2013 Irresistible Collection

The Zoya Summer 2013 Irresistible Collection

AHH FINALLY! I can review the Zoya Irresistible Collection for you! Crazy mix up with my old apartment lying, FedEx and Zoya. Lets just say they're lucky I don't review apartment complexes... ;] ANYHOW, I can FINALLY show you these gorgeous, foily, metallic babies I was sent to review!

4/29 Manic-ure Giveaways Monday

Got my list done a little early for a change :]

These are the giveaways I've collected in the past week from my Facebook feeds, Twitter, blog feed, links that emailed to me, and I that I dig for Google. If you'd like to submit your blog giveaway for next week here's the 4-1-1:

• Please make sure your giveaway is nail, manicure, pedicure related. I will not post giveaways that don't relate to those categories, sorry.

• Giveaways are posted ONCE. I DO NOT re-post giveaways each week and every week is a totally new list... BUT, I do provide back links and a master list of all my giveaways posts (found in my sidebar). Please check those to see if I've previously shared your giveaway before contacting me. If it doesn't look familiar, I don't check... but be honest! Thanks!
• Please fill out the contact form under "CONTACT ME" or email me (LaceandLacquers@gmail.com) your giveaway link along with the date your giveaway ends.)
• Giveaway links posted in blog comments, Facebook comments, or Facebook wall posts will be deleted for my readers' safety.
• Giveaways that are sent to my Facebook inbox MIGHT NOT make it to the post since I'm on my phone about 90% of the time, and I will tell you this lol, so please email me!

Good luck!

[CLOSED] HAND PERFECTION: Anti-Aging Hand Care System Review & Giveaway [4/26-5/3]

Hand Perfection Anti-Aging Hand Care System

Today I have something not polish related, but totally manicure and hand related. It's a nice treat to polish your nails, add some fancy nail art! Why not have some nice hands that will make you proud to show off your nails? After the jump, I'm breaking down and reviewing the Hand Perfection Anti-Aging Hand Care System. There's a little somethin' extra for you at the end too (if you didn't get that from the title haha)

ZOYA: Summer 2013 PixieDust Collection

Zoya Summer 2013 Pixie Dust Collection

Today I have for you the new Zoya PixieDust Summer Collection! I don't know about you guys but when the first PixieDusts ended up being 10x nicer than I thought they would be, I was hungry for more of these polishes. Thankfully, Zoya released another collection of these babies! After the jump, swatch, review, and some nail art!

4/22 Manic-ure Giveaways Monday

These are the giveaways I've collected in the past week from my Facebook feeds, Twitter, blog feed, links that emailed to me, and I that I dig for Google. If you'd like to submit your blog giveaway for next week here's the 4-1-1:

• Please make sure your giveaway is nail, manicure, pedicure related. I will not post giveaways that don't relate to those categories, sorry.

• Giveaways are posted ONCE. I DO NOT re-post giveaways each week and every week is a totally new list... BUT, I do provide back links and a master list of all my giveaways posts (found in my sidebar). Please check those to see if I've previously shared your giveaway before contacting me. If it doesn't look familiar, I don't check... but be honest! Thanks!
• Please fill out the contact form under "CONTACT ME" or email me (LaceandLacquers@gmail.com) your giveaway link along with the date your giveaway ends.)
• Giveaway links posted in blog comments, Facebook comments, or Facebook wall posts will be deleted for my readers' safety.
• Giveaways that are sent to my Facebook inbox MIGHT NOT make it to the post since I'm on my phone about 90% of the time, and I will tell you this lol, so please email me!

List after the jump ;]

Floral Nail Art Tutorial

Floral nail art over Illamasqua Raindrops

It's springtime (ignoring the fact the weather doesn't want to realize that haha) and floral prints are all over the place. It's not spring in Polishland without some floral nail art! So, today I have a short tutorial of how to make some flowers using a dotting tool and a striping brush.

What I love about this is you can use any colors to make as many flowers, of any sizes! ANDDD it's super easy to do :] Below I outline the steps in the picture:

Floral nail art tutorial

Supplies: Striping brush, dotting tool, top coat, a green (SquareHue Flower Power, a white (Sinful Colors Snow Me White), a lighter color (Zoya Rory), and a darker color (Zoya Carly)

Step 1: Using your dotting tool, create circle shapes with the darker colored polish (Zoya Carly). You can choose how large or small and how many you'd like. I did 3 :]

Step 2: Using the lighter color (Zoya Rory), create 2 C-shapes with the striping brush starting from the middle, going outward. They don't have to be perfect!

Step 3: Using the white polish (Sinful Colors Snow Me White), outline either on the inside or outside of the C-shapes by creating 2 more C-shapes with the striping brush.

Step 4: Again using the darker polish (Zoya Carly), with the striping brush trace over the middle of the white C-shapes to soften the bright white color.

Step 5: With the striping brush and the green polish (SquareHue Flower Power) make 2 smaller lines to create leaves.

Hope this helps you create some fun spring nail art! :]

See ya tomorrow!

YOU POLISH: May Subscription Box Review (Neither Here, Nor There, & Like Totally)

You Polish May Subsciption Box polishes

Happy Saturday afternoon! Can you beleive this month is already almost over? Well, if you can't, let me show you the polishes in You Polish's May subscription box! After the jump, swatch and review for youuuu.

ZOYA: 2013 Earth Day Nail Polish Exchange Promo Info

Hooray for Earth Day! Once again, Zoya is helping you do a little spring cleaning with the return of the Earth Day Zoya Nail Polish Exchange* for 2013. Clean out your nail polish wardrobe and get rid of old nail polish that may not be BIG5FREE (Free of Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin, Toluene, DBP and Camphor) and exchange it for a greener alternative - long lasting, award winning, healthy Zoya Nail Polish bottles!

Now's the perfect time to make the switch to an eco-chic beauty routine! From April 19, 2013 - April 26, 2013 (11:59PM EST), exchange your old, unwanted nail color for toxin-free ZOYA Nail Polish for only $4 per bottle plus shipping and handling fees. Rest assured - ZOYA will properly dispose of your old polish.
Here's all you need to do!

1. Go to www.zoya.com and pick out the polishes you would like (excludes all Zoya PixieDust™ Collection shades) and add them to your cart. You must select at least 6 bottles and no more than 24 bottles of polish (Salon accounts minimum 12 maximum 48 bottles.)

2. Apply the code (copy and paste for best results): ZOYAEARTH2013

3. Your order value will be adjusted to reflect a 50% discount (we use these funds to properly dispose of the old nail polish).

4. SUBMIT your order!
Then Zoya will ship out your NEW polish! HOORAY!

Once you get your order
Here's where the exchanging* happens...
1. Ship back the equivalent number of bottles you received to the return address below (ie. If you ordered 6 bottles of Zoya – you would send us 6 NON-ZOYA polishes). Please check with your carrier on the proper way to ship nail polish.
2. Include a copy of your order.

To clarify the exchange: You do not have to send us the exact amount of bottles that you are ordering. You can send any quantity up to that amount. You can also donate. If you decide you don't want to do either, it's ok "Offer is not contingent on customer returning polish" we will still love you and will send the Zoya polishes... we'll just send you on a guilt trip for a while :)

Ship Your Old Nail Polish To:
Art of Beauty, Inc.
c/o Polish Exchange
5060 Taylor Rd, Unit D
Cleveland, Ohio, 44128, USA
Once we receive your polish, we do the rest! It’s that simple!

IMPORTANT!
The bottles you send in cannot be Zoya, Qtica or Nocti polishes (but they can be any other brand). We are using the honor code here folks! We want to make sure you get your Zoya Nail Polish! We send you the polish first then you send your old polish back to us! If you do choose to send us your old polish we promise to properly dispose of it according to EPA guidelines. This offer is only good for 1 week so hurry – Don’t Wait!
*Offer valid online at www.zoya.com only. Offer expires on 4/26/2012 at 11:59PM EST. Continental US ONLY. Not valid with any other codes, coupons or promotions. Shipping and handling fees apply. Consumer accounts must exchange a minimum of 6 polishes with a 24 bottle maximum. Salon accounts must exchange at least 12 with a maximum of 48 bottles. Polish can be from any brand EXCEPT Zoya, Qtica or Nocti and can be exchanged for in-stock .5oz Zoya Nail Polish. Excludes all Zoya PixieDust™ Collection shades. Offer is not contingent on customer returning polish. Zoya Exchange code is unique and non-transferable. One code per account. Art of Beauty is not responsible for incorrect addresses, credit card entry errors or errors associated with declined credit cards. Please allow standard time for processing and shipping, however if volume is higher than expected please allow up to 6 weeks for shipping and processing. Art of Beauty, Inc. reserves the right to remove any polish that is out of stock from your order. You will not be charged for this polish. Backordered polish is not included in this promotion.

4/22 UPDATE: Having trouble picking out a Zoya or 2, or 10? Here's my list of favorite Zoya colors:

Red- Sooki, Elisa
Pink - Blaze, Astra, Tiffany, Yana
Orange - Paz, Rica, Arizona
Yellow - Pippa, Darcy
Green - Logan, Yara, Gemma, Ivanka, Bevin, Wednesday, Josie, Neely
Blue - Kirsten, Crystal, Robyn, Cynthia, Song, Fei Fei, Marina, Charla, Zuza, Blu
Purple - Aurora, Nova,  MiMi, Daul, Faye, Kendal, Caitlin, Zara, Julie
Gold - Ziv, Goldie
Silver - Trixie
Grey - Dove
Neutral - Cho, Jacqueline
Brown - Codie
PixieDust: Nyx, Chyna, Dahlia, Liberty, Miranda, Stevie

PS: If you create a new account with Zoya through this link and recieve a code for a FREE Bottle of Zoya will automatically be placed in your account for your next purchase! TIP: If you use this coupon and add 2 more polishes to your order, you get free shipping too! The coupon will appear in the "My Coupons/ Promos" section of the "My Account" Page.)

ZOYA: Summer 2013 Stunning Collection

Zoya Summer 2013 Stunning Collection

 Hellllllooooo there polished people. Today I have the Zoya Summer 2013 Stunning Collection to share with you. Before Zoya sent me these to review, I KNEW I HAD to have them. Anyone else a sucker for awesome cremes? Raise your hand! This is your post. If you love color, this is also your post. :] Swatch, review, a widdle bit o' nail art after the jump!

NPR: Not Your Mother's Kinky Moves Curl Defining Cream "Tutorial"

This video is to answer most of the questions I've been asked about Not Your Mother's Kinky Moves (which I reviewed here). Since the questions on the post and I get emailed are pretty repetitive, I felt this was the best way to address them! The questions seem to be pretty frequent since for some reason everyone likes to repin my hair on Pinterest haha! (Kinda weird scrolling through the beauty category and seeing my hair repetitively!)

Hope this helps! :D

ANNATNAILS: Nail Polish Jewelry Review

Hello hello! Quite early for me to be posting, huh? Haha that's what happens when I have a 10 AM Drs appointment, I guess. Today I will be reviewing a few necklaces by Anna of Annatnails! In her shop, she offers nail polish decorated shell pendant necklaces (which are all gorgeous btw), nail polish pendant necklaces, nail polish statement rings, nail spines, photography pendant necklaces and photography statement rings.

After the jump I have close ups of the necklaces, and shameless selfies of me wearing them (because I know how much you want to see those lmao).

4/15 Manic-ure Giveaways Monday

Usually Monday posts are just horrible for me to do, they're just boring hahah. BUT this weekend I did it to Fall Out Boy's new album Save Rock N Roll - totally made it 7034205 million times better! Like, I'm actually making this list with a smile on my face for once hahahahahahahahha ANYWAYS:

These are the giveaways I've collected in the past week from my Facebook feeds, Twitter, blog feed, links that emailed to me, and I that I dig for Google. If you'd like to submit your blog giveaway for next week here's the 4-1-1:

• Please make sure your giveaway is nail, manicure, pedicure related. I will not post giveaways that don't relate to those categories, sorry.

• Giveaways are posted ONCE. I DO NOT re-post giveaways each week and every week is a totally new list... BUT, I do provide back links and a master list of all my giveaways posts (found in my sidebar). Please check those to see if I've previously shared your giveaway before contacting me. If it doesn't look familiar, I don't check... but be honest! Thanks!
• Please fill out the contact form under "CONTACT ME" or email me (LaceandLacquers@gmail.com) your giveaway link along with the date your giveaway ends.)
• Giveaway links posted in blog comments, Facebook comments, or Facebook wall posts will be deleted for my readers' safety.
• Giveaways that are sent to my Facebook inbox MIGHT NOT make it to the post since I'm on my phone about 90% of the time, and I will tell you this lol, so please email me!

List after the jump ;]

Month of the Military Child

As you may (or may not) know, April is Month of the Military Child. And today, April 15th, was the day chosen where everyone will wear purple to honor these children. Purple is the color that represents all branches of the US military. While I do not have children, my nephews are military children and I have a lot of military wife friends who have children!

I've been asked a few times what exactly is Month of the Military Child. It's simply a month to honor military children and their military families. As a US Navy wife, I have made many (not so easy) sacrifices in my life... and I can only imagine the sacrifices kids are forced to make (possibly multiple times) throughout their childhood. So April is the month that was chosen in 1986 to recognize military families and their contributions. If you want to know more about this month, you can go here. The website also gives some ideas of how to celebrate the month. :]

BLAH BLAH BLAH, haha here's the manicure I did for Month of the Military Child, after the jump.

Swatch Fest Sunday

Today I have like a trazillion billion swatches for you I've never posted and took in between swatching. Enjoy!

Orly High on Hope

Pure Ice Touch Me Softly

Pure Ice Femme Fatale

Darling Diva Polish Walk on the Ocean
over a no name Michelle polish from Singapore

Butter London Slapper

Hare Polish Electric Flame

Barielle Positive ZEN-ergy

SquareHue Amber Lager

Cult Nails Fetish

Hare Polish Ocean of Alloys

Julep Teresa

Zoya Shawn

365 Days of Color Vagabond

No name Michelle polish from Singapore

Happy Hands Polish Afternoon Thunderstorms

Models Own Indian Ocean over a light blue

Makeup Your Face (You Polish) I Taupe You Love Me

Pure Ice Getting Gorgeous

OPI Steady As She Rose

Dollish Polish GTL

Zoya Mira

Polish TBH Island Fantasy (Cold: left, Warm: right)

 

Milani Texture Aqua Splash

Hare Polish Ancient Affairs

Chirality Kale

Julep Debra

Zoya Jo

Tony Moly GT04 Neptune

Hope you enjoyed a few of these!

SQUAREHUE: April Bloom Collection Box

SquareHue Bloom Collection (L->R) Yellow Submarine,
Flower Power & Groovy Love

Hihihi! Happy Friday! If you're having some rainy, ugly weather, like we are right now - maybe these colors from SquareHue's April Box will brighten your day. This month's collection is called The Bloom Collection, fitting for April. After the jump, I have swatch, review, some nail art and all the links you need!

DAILY GLOW: "Put Down That Bottle!" Article

You know what I like about the Land o' Manicures? There's always something new and different popping up! Check out this article on Daily Glow (while I catch up on homework haha) about nail stickers! I was requested to share this article with you and I figured since summer and vacations are coming up, fun and easy manicures are always a must! Keyword is EASY!

Daily Glow - 8 Fun Nail Stickers You Need to Try Now

I've only tried Sally Hansen and Nail Fraud nail stickers/strips. I'm a fan of the Sally Hansen ones, I love using them on vacation. Sometimes, I use them on my toes for a quick pedicure! Man, I remember when Avon first came out with them back in the early 2000's. They were nothing like what they are today! I remember trying some of my mom's Avon nail strips, you had to wait for them to dry haha it was such a mess. Nail strips have come a long way.

If you're looking for some new polish nail strips to try out, the article above covers a few of the brands out there :] I know Avon (not the same as I mentioned before haha they've been updated and are "dry"), Revlon, OMG Nail Strips, Nail Fraud, Incoco, Nail Wow and Nailene also make polish strips. I'm sure by now there's a handful of other brands out there, too. Those are just the ones I can think of that weren't mentioned haha.

I had no idea Jamberry offered custom nail strips - HOW COOL! I think I need Scout nail strips now ;]

Have a happy Hump day,

SERUM NO. 5: Pink Peonies, Barely There, Call It a 'Treuse, Girl's Gotta Eat & Poppy Fields

Serum No. 5 (L->R) Pink Peonies, Barely There, Call It a 'Treuse,
Girl's Gotta Eat and Poppy Fields

Today I have the last bit of the Serum No. 5 polishes I was sent for review. I think I saved the best for last! If you missed my other swatches, you can check here. After the jump I have swatch and review of 5 polishes :]

[CLOSED] PUZZLED & POLISHED: Nail Polish Jewelry Review (PLUS GIVEAWAY 4/5-19/13)

If you haven't heard, which I'm assuming most people have, April is Autism Awareness Month. So, today I have a little something special to show you :]

Puzzled & Polished is a husband and wife team raising money for their autistic son, Cristian, and Autism Speaks. To raise money for Cristian's Cruisers (their team for the Milwaukee Walk Now for Autism Speaks event), they have put together their love of nail polish, crafting, social media and design. Puzzled & Polished offers a variety of jewelry items, hair pins, magnets, push pin sets and ornaments created from nail polish. I was given the honor to review a pair of earrings that Cristian's mom made for me!

After the jump, I have more pictures of the earrings, ordering/contact information and a small giveaway :]

SASSY TIPS POLISH: Swatch & Review

Today I have 2 polishes I was sent for review made by Sassy Tips Polish! This is a brand I wasn't aware of and I always like giving new indies a shot. After the jump I have swatches and a review for you :]

YOU POLISH: April Subscription Box Review (Seaworthy, Pomegranate Ice, & Painting the Roses Red)

You Polish April Polish Subscription Box

You Polish sent me her April Subscription Box to review! If you haven't heard, she is getting into doing monthly polish subscription boxes like Julep, SquareHue, ect. Here's what you can find in You Polish's monthly boxes for $16.99 (includes shipping):

1 Full Sized Special Monthly Custom (not sold in her Etsy store, only in the box!)
1 Full Sized Stock Polish (past or current collection polish)
1 or more "extras" (hair ties, candy, lotion, cuticle oil, polish, supplies, coupons, ect)

My April box looks a little different because I swatch all polishes she makes and these colors are all new for this month and this box. However, the above descriptions are what you will find in your box each month! After the jump I have swatch and review of all the items above :]

4/1 Manic-ure Giveaways Monday

 No fools here! Just a ton of giveaways for this week :]

These are the giveaways I've collected in the past week from my Facebook feeds, Twitter, blog feed, links that emailed to me, and I that I dig for Google. If you'd like to submit your blog giveaway for next week here's the 4-1-1:

• Please make sure your giveaway is nail, manicure, pedicure related. I will not post giveaways that don't relate to those categories, sorry.
• Giveaways are posted ONCE. I DO NOT re-post giveaways each week and every week is a totally new list... BUT, I do provide back links and a master list of all my giveaways posts (found in my sidebar). Please check those to see if I've previously shared your giveaway before contacting me. If it doesn't look familiar, I don't check... but be honest! Thanks!
• Please fill out the contact form under "CONTACT ME" or email me (LaceandLacquers@gmail.com) your giveaway link along with the date your giveaway ends.)
• Giveaway links posted in blog comments, Facebook comments, or Facebook wall posts will be deleted for my readers' safety.
• Giveaways that are sent to my Facebook inbox MIGHT NOT make it to the post since I'm on my phone about 90% of the time, and I will tell you this lol, so please email me!

 List after the jump!