The Polish Diva 100 FB Likes Giveaway - several awesome prizes yo!

Hey peeps! No swatches on this post, agh I've been so busy! Howeva, I must tell you about my blogger buddy Vicki, aka The Polish Diva. I had the chance to help her grow her page, so I took it! She wanted to have a giveaway once her page hit 100 FB likes, and I'm happy to say she's already went well past that. She worked her ass off pulling this thing together, so it would be awesome, not required, if you'd stop by her page or blog and give her a thank you :) Now time for some giveaway info yo. There are 6 US prizes, and even an international prize! Check it out...

The Polish Diva: 2 LA Colors Polishes- Blue Paradise and Pink Sizzle both of those are htf

 Next is my prize...my soon-to-be released The Devil Wears Polish, yay! I added a crelly trio - Get Your Pop Rocks Off, Girls Love To Blow...Bubbles, and Spin The Bottle

I also threw in a small bag of femo slices and a small vial of caviar beads

Get Nailed Here: Sally Hansen Nail Growth Miracle in Beautiful Berry, Absolute Magnetic in Marron and Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in Honeymoon Red

 Pinkey Nails:  Green Sinful Colors polish, Kleancolor polish in Blue Metallic, fimo, glitter scissors, and brown flocking powder

 Liquidus Nail Gloss: Mini nail polishes in Pink Agate and Smithsonite + a travel mani/pedi set 

Creations by Lynda:  Mini polish trio- Mint Orchid, Pink Ribbon, Light Of The Fae + one mini of cuticle oil in winner's choice of scent! Wooo, that cuticle oil is heavenly btw.

International Prize:

 

Polished Tickles and Beauty: $10 Voucher to Born Pretty Store *for international winners only* 

*Hey Peeps, you can leave you blog post comments here or on Vicki's blog The Polish Diva*
Now technicalities...the giveaway will end August 1, all winning entries will be verified. Winners will be emailed by their prize sponsor and have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen. We will all take care to wrap your prizes securely, but can't be held responsible for lost or damaged packages. And I think that about does it for technicalities. Good luck peeps!
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Pinkey Nails - Irish Heart and Dark Skys + an important announcement!

Hey Peeps! How goes it? I am actually doing quite well myself :) I've totally neglected my blog lately, but I had good reason! Soon what is now Polished Dreams and Life Things will be changed to The Devil Wears Polish. My logo is UBER cute too, it's a tat hubs drew of me several years ago. Although I am the first to admit, those boobs & that ass did not come from me....Regardless, he captured my essence very well, right down to my tattoo addiction of recent years. It had to be tweeked, more clothing added, boobs made a tad smaller, etc to make it appropriate for a nail polish label. But, here's the final outcome. I wanted my brand label and name to reflect my own personality, so I hope you all like it!

 I'll switch over to clear stickers rather than printing out my own lame-ass white labels soon if all goes well. I apparently need to tweek the hell out of my printer too. Anywho, stay tuned for updates on my polish launch, giveaways, and stuff like that. You can like Polished Dreams and Life Things on Facebook here for some awesome sneak peeks & such. Now enough rambling about myself. Onward with the review!

The first Pinkey Nails creation is Irish Heart, a gorgeous green holo. Sara was kind enough to send Irish Heart to me in hopes of acquiring some sweet holo shots. I do not intend to disappoint.

My bottle shot leaves a bit to be desired, but my swatches rock ass. Check it out yo....

Let me start by saying, DAMN! Miss Sara, you would definitely please the polish gods with this little creation, if there were polish gods that is. Shimmery green holo, me likey. The formula of Irish Heart is friggin' awesome. Great coverage, 2 thin coats is plenty and dry time was good. Now I shall flash you a closeup. You're welcome.

Only now do I see the blue stain on the side of my finger. I put my damn watermark over it, which makes it that much more noticeable to my judgmental eyes. That really pisses off the obsessive-compulsive side of me. It's still a pretty bangin' closeup of said Irish Heart. Now allow me to rape your eyeballs with a mediocre outdoors shot. *Please note - the photo is cruddy because clouds are bullshit. Regardless, I did TRY to find some sunlight...

I swear every time I swatch a holo it clouds up! WTF?!? Even with all the cloudy overcast junk, that photo still captures the badassery that is Irish Heart, right? *Props to Julie aka Wishes of a Blue Eyed Girl, I totally stole your word chick! I'll probably be using it a lot as a colorful descriptive like shit-tastic from now on. Yeah, I stole that one too. Next up we have some Dark Skys, by Pinkey Nails...

This one is as hard to describe as it is to photograph. I guess it's like a muted, dusty mauve, leaning towards grey or silver? It's super shimmery, I know that. It's chock full of holo micro glitters and some other kind of micro glitter too. Have a look-see at mah swatch...

It's pretty. I didn't bother trying to get sunlight photos. When I swatched this those stupid garbage people that moved in behind me were all piled outside smoking pot and being the disgusting drains on society that they are. I will be moving a bit father south just as soon as my lease is up. Since that tornado took out half of Moore & far south OKC it's a tad bit difficult to find anything around here, so wish me luck! But that's enough bouncing off subject. Here's a closeup of Dark Skys...

My opinion, Dark Skys is prettier in person. I have a horrible time capturing shimmers, just trust me on that. The formula of Dark Skys is just as awesome as Irish Heart. No issues at all with application. And, she's another 2 coater. Sweet. So now I will go over both Pinkey Nails pretties I've reviewed for you today...Irish Heart is definitely my favorite, but I'm diggin the hell outta Dark Skys too. Sara has done a wonderful job creating both of them, and I look forward to seeing what she comes up with next! Check out Pinkey Nails on Etsy by clicking here. Stay up to date on new releases, giveaways and more by liking Pinkey Nails on Facebook here. Now it's your turn! Which swatch is your fave? Do you own any Pinkey Nails creations yet? Have any lemmings? Leave me some comment love so I don't feel like I'm talking to myself. And...don't forget my giveaway ends on Monday. You can share each day for extra entries! Until next time folks, I'm out!

Pinkey Nails Textured Polish Prototypes swatches and review

Hey Peeps! Things have been a bit hectic around here for a couple weeks, so I haven't been able to post as much as I would like. Today, I must show you these two textured polishes created by Pinkey Nails aka my polish buddy Sara. These aren't for sale in store as of yet, she's waiting to get some input from fellow polish peeps before they'll be available to the public. If you've ever had a convo with me, you know I HATE textured polish! I think I might kinda like OPI Pussy Galore, but honestly I think it's mainly 'cause of the name. I also think I need Scofflaw's David Bowie's Bulge, and now I also need Jindie Nails Princess Consuela Banana Hammock, thank you Cynthia. Anywho, since I had been adamant not to buy any textured polish I decided I should probably get some just to have something to compare Sara's concoctions to. So I got Sally Hansen's Sugar Coat, and continued my Target polish excursions till I found 2 other shades. Agh, my Target still isn't opened back up yet, I'm not even sure how much of it's still there. Sadly, they had the BEST polish selection ever. Enough pissing and moaning, back to the review. Check out the first of two textured prototypes, I call it Protoblue...

I love that color, btw. There's tons of glitter in there too, I think I even saw a few small blue bar glitters. The formula was on the thicker side, so I decided to add a tiny bit of thinner which made it easier to spread. Check out out...

Being so loaded with glitter, it's understandable why it's a bit thicker. It really is gorgeous though, kinda reminds me of Zoya Pixie Dust. Here's a macro just 'cause I can...

Did I mention I love that color? Now let's check out the second Pinkey Nails Textured polish. I introduce you to Prototype number two...

 

 So, it's kinda gun metal grey with purple-blue shimmer. There's loads of holo micro glitter among other glitters mixed in too. The formula of this one was awesome, no issues at all with application. Dry time wasn't bad either. How's about a closeup?

So there ya have it folks...Pinkey Nails textured prototypes. I like the colors, actually I love the blue color especially. Since I'm not a fan of textured polish, I'll probably try wearing the blue shade with a couple coats of top coat. Compared to the Sally Hansen Sugar Coats I've tried, these seem a bit thicker BUT - they are chock FULL of glitter so that's understandable. Prototype #2 is the perfect formula however, very easy to work with. I found the formula of SH Razzleberry to be a bit too thin, I made a mess on my cuticles which was very irritating. If you've ever noticed my swatches, I never paint close to my cuticles. That's because I'm lazy & hate the cleanup, and I'm very OCD-ish about my nails. I find it much easier to make clean polish lines when I start a bit away from the cuticle too, and that is an extremely important factor in my obsessive tendencies. Check out Pinkey Nails on Etsy here. Head's up, she's got her polishes listed at $6 a pop. Pretty sweet. Like Pinkey Nails on Facebook here for shop news, updates, giveaways, etc.  Soooo...whatcha think? Are you diggin' the textured trend or do you hate it? Do you think Sara should work on the textures a bit more & sell them in the shop? Leave me some comment love folks, comments make me happy :) Well, spam and rude, snide comments piss me off but the rest of that stuff is awesome! Don't forget to get your daily entries in for the giveaway. I'm even nice enough to save you some time, click here to head to the giveaway post. Till next time folks...

*UPDATE* International Prize Added - Giveaway Time! Spring Has Sprung Guilty Pleasures Giveaway

**UPDATE**

The giveaway is now open internationally! Yay, now I don't feel like such a turd. The gift card will be an international only prize. Basically the same rules apply, except the international winner will have the gift card emailed rather than shipped. 48 hours to respond or another international winner will be chosen, yada yada yada. Consider it a small token of my appreciation for following along with my madness. Specifically Melissa D. Miss Claw of Cthulhu, if it weren't for your helpful advice from the start I would've given up months ago. Seriously. My photos and my reviews were embarrassing. Anywho, enough needless typing. International folks also enter via the widget below. So what are you waiting for? Get to it!

Hey Peeps! This is a bit belated, but better late than never right? Here's the dealio...I figured there's no better time than the present to have another giveaway, there's plenty of reasons to celebrate. Here's just a few...It's Spring, my favorite season of the year duh?! My awesome polish pal Sara, owner of Pinkey Nails, was married over the weekend. Congrats Sara! Oh, and my wedding anniversary is coming up July 11. My daughter is now an official Junior High student, 7th grade already! It doesn't seem like very long ago we were shuffling her back & forth from half-day kindergarten. She finished her last day as an elementary student on Thursday, as if I wasn't already tripping about getting old she will also be turning 12 June 14! Another bit of good news, the tornado last week missed our apartment, my daughter's school, and hub's store by blocks. I'm very grateful for that, and I may have mentioned that a couple times over the passed week. Again I will ask you to please keep those affected in your thoughts and prayers. Oh, one more bit of good news for me...I managed to land another contract after 2 months of nothing, which means extra polish monies for me! No, actually I will most likely end up spending my money and a good chunk of hub's money next month on our not-so-cheap junior high schooler. Oh, and I must say...to the piece of SHIT that stole my daughter's cell phone and head phones while she was shopping at Ghettoville Target with my mother...I hope it rots your f!%king head from the inside out. Seriously, brain cancer wishes and chemo filled dreams to you my friend. It was an old, outdated crap phone that we planned to replace on her birthday anyway - but that is beside the point. What kind of f$!ktard steals a phone from a 12 year old? Argh! Tween girls are f$%king nuts too, she bawled and carried on about that till I wished I could find the perpetrator and do really awful things to them for an extended period of time. Jackholes make me mad. Anyway, back to the giveaway! I thought it appropriate to have some of my guilty pleasures for prizes, those pleasures being some sweet ass indies :) The first prize is sponsored by Sara of Pinkey Nails. She was awesome enough to send a bottle of her own creation, Spotted Orchid. She's also added 2 Kleancolors in Black and Neon Lime, a pack of assorted rhinestones, femo, and flocking powder.

The second prize is my favorite polish set in the world...The Berry Duo by A Girl Obsessed! I had to order those the second I got a chance, then decided since I love them so much I should share the love with one of my readers. Thank you Sam, aka, A Girl Obsessed for sponsoring your awesomeness! Seriously, you peeps are lucky. Check it out...

You can click here to see my swatches of the Berry Duo. LOVE! Ok, now the rules and junk...I'm still not able to do international shipping, so this one is yet again US ONLY. Sorry to my international peeps. I know it's lame :( Facebook, Etsy, & blogger, etc aren't affiliated with me, the other 2 chickies involved, or the giveaway. Speaking of giveaways, it will end at 12am CST on July 1. After entries are verified, the winners will be contacted by email. They will have 48 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen. We love bubble wrap, but we hate broken polish bottles so we will wrap them with care. However, we can not be held responsible for lost or damaged pretties. And now I think that about does it for technicalities so get to entering! Good luck!

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New Pinkey Nails Swatches - Glow Worm and I'm Just A Girl

Hey hey Peeps! How goes it? I'm stoked to bring you yet another Pinkey Nails review! The talented owner Sara just happens to be an awesome polish pal of mine, and when she asked me if I wanted to review some of her new creations I didn't have to think twice! I've seen some photos of her new releases and they are gorgeous, of course I begged to try Glow Worm. Lucky for me, Sara also sent me one of her new holos and a bottle of her soon-to-be-released cuticle oil for review as well. So, let's kick off this review with an awesome macro of Glow Worm...

I love that shot! Not quite sure what my strange addiction with bright yellow polish is lately, but I can't get enough. Have a looky-loo at Glow Worm swatched...

I love the color. The formula of Glow Worm seems thick to me, but I didn't have too much trouble with it. I think the thickness helps build it up, I only used 2 coats for my swatches with OPI Ridge Filler as my base. There's tons of micro glitter mixed in, which makes for a slightly textured, matte finish but I opted to add 2 coats of top coat to smooth it out. Here's a closeup that shows more detail...

I'm diggin' Glow Worm pretty hard. Even though it's on the thicker side, I still prefer it to the mainstream neons I own. I don't have tons, but the ones I do have are streaky as hell and take 3-5 coats to get decent coverage. Here's an extreme Glow Worm closeup, just cuz I can...

Awesome right? It's very rare for me to get a good macro of my fingernail, so I couldn't not show it off! Yes, this post is a tad picture heavy but I am really happy with these new Pinkey Nails creations and I feel they deserve a few extra photos. With that being said, I think it's time to check out that sweet holo I mentioned earlier. It ended up being my favorite of the two...

Now, normally I would apologize for posting a window shot...But really, there's no apology necessary. I'm Just A Girl is gorgeous! Don't know about you guys, but I haven't seen many neon pink holos. I love this stuff, I didn't want to take it off. Here's a closeup to show more detail...

Sara did an awesome job, the formula is perfect. My swatch is 3 coats over Seche Clear base coat. There's an awesome mix of black hearts, pink holographic hearts, and neon pink matte squares blended in with an insane amount of holo. How 'bout a half-ass macro?

 It's not the best shot, but it does show a bit more detail. As with any polish containing larger glitters, there was a tad bit of fishing involved with getting the hearts. Giving the bottle a quick shake here & there cuts down on most of that. Dry time was good with both polishes, that's always a plus. Last on the review list is the cuticle oil. Check it out, those little clovers are adorable!

Ok, I need to tell you I've only been using this since Tuesday. So as far as long-term goes I can't say much but I like what I see so far. It seems to absorb quickly into the cuticles and nails. I don't have the butter fingers after applying this stuff like I did when I tried Sally Hansen's vitamin E oil. The 3 main ingredients are tee tree oil, vitamin E oil, and mineral oil. The scent is crisp and clean, obviously the tee tree oil. There will be an option to order different scented cuticle oils, but they wont be kept in stock. Any scented oils will be custom made to order. Don't forget, custom polish orders are accepted too. So my opinion of the new Pinkey Nails products I've tried....I'm loving Glow Worm, but I think I'm Just A Girl is my favorite. The cuticle oil seems to be working well too. If you're interested in trying out some Pinkey Nails pretties yourself, click here to be directed to the shop on Etsy. Beside nail polish, there's various other items listed for nail art, even some earrings. To stay UTD on new releases & other shop news, like Pinkey Nails on Facebook here. Now comes the annoying part. Which polish is your favorite from this review? Do ya own any Pinkey Nails pretties yet? Got any lemmings? Lemme know in the comments yo, or don't that's just fine too. Well I think that about wraps it up for this post peeps. Until next time...

Pinkey Nails Lenore and Poppy - Re-Swatched + A Little Rant Post

Hello! Long time no post huh? Well, truth of the matter is I've been too poor lately to buy any awesome new polish. I have a LOT of untrieds, but I was really starting to feel like I might be loosing my mind by the beginning of last week. I wasn't planning on writing up a sob story but it's my blog, this shit really bothers me, so please forgive me for raping your eyes with my BS. Maybe I'll feel a little better if I open up about it a little bit, so feel free to skip down to the review- it's gonna get ugly...My dad died in December. Saddest part is, nobody KNEW he was dead for approximately 20 days. He died all alone, and laid there rotting and that weighs very heavy on my conscience (Yep I have one of those, don't tell anybody!) My little brother is the one that went to his house and found him. The worst part of all is - I had not been on speaking terms with dad since a drunken falling out on March 5, 2012. I'm not going to go into details but it was completely f***ing stupid and had I known that would be the last time I would ever see or speak to my dad I would have done things much, much different. One thing dad did say to me and my brother on more than one occasion is that he wanted us to cremate him and spread his ashes at Lake Arbuckle when his time did come. He also said not to worry, he'd be around for a long time. Less than a year after the last time he told us that he was gone. His ashes were spread a few weeks ago before I even made it out of the f***ing city so I'm pretty guilty about that too, although it was completely out of my control he did want me to be part of that but I let him down yet again. Anywho, I thought it might help to vent, but I think it's just making my blood-pressure go up. This whole situation has wounded me much more than I like to let on, and I'm still battling intense feelings that I am totally unaccustomed to. My dad didn't raise me to be a Sappy Sally. I apologize for unloading on you peeps like this, but I wanted to give you some explanation as to why I skitzed out last week. No worries though, although my life will never be the same I'm ok, or I will be. I refuse to let myself become consumed, although I did come dangerously close. So Let's move on with this indie review shall we?

Pinkey Nails is owned by my friend Sara, and I was honored when she asked me to review 2 of her polishes. When I received the minis I had just gave in to my OCD tendencies and butchered all my nubby nubs down to grotesque little stumps. I totally was not feeling into swatching anything with my nails in that condition. So, I feel I owe it to you guys and Sara to reswatch these pretties! First one is Lenore. Check it out yo...

 Now, like I said before Sara is a friend of mine. She sent Lenore for me to try and provide you with an honest review, so I'm totally doing that! The base of Lenore is stunning. It's impossible for me to tell you whether it's more blue or green, kinda in between I think. There's also the slightest pink shimmer and a healthy mix of holo that really makes this polish interesting. The swatch above shows what 3 coats of Lenore looks like over Sinful Colors Cinderella. Obviously it's very sheer - which is a good thing. Makes it versatile, and I like versatile polish. At risk of sounding like a jackass I will admit after some experimenting, I prefer Lenore much more without the white hexes, black diamonds, and red hearts. Allow me to demonstrate...

 That there be 2 coats Lenore over Wet n Wild Teal of Fortune - with camera flash. Flippin awesome yo! When I layered these it brought out a duo chrome holo look that I totally dig. How 'bout I flash a swatch without the camera flash?

I wasn't able to capture the pink and blue shimmer, so just trust me on the duo chrome thing. See the holo? Eeek! I managed to catch a bit of holo in a photo, the world must be coming to an end! Just because I love it, here's a closeup for your face...

I must say - Lenore layered over Teal of Fortune without the glitter is gorgeous! I really wish I knew how to catch the duo chrome in my photos. I have not done Lenore justice on this one. I really don't want to take it off, I have so much swatching I need to do though. Too much polish, not enough fingers. First world problems. Anywho, before I swatched this prettiness I swatched Pinkey Nails Poppy. Looky looky...

One word...Damn! That's 3 coats of Poppy over Sinful Colors Cotton Candy. I'm in love with this combo too. Poppy is a very sheer white-pink shimmer with holo and black matte diamonds mixed in with it. Now that I think of it, I really wish I had also swatched Poppy over Cinderella. I bet it's flippin' gorgeous too. Unfortunately I just now thought of it, it's late, and I'm tired. Forgive me. How 'bout a closeup as a feeble attempt to make up for my laziness?

So rocker chick, right? I think it's adorable! I am ashamed of myself for not experimenting with Lenore and Poppy a little more before publishing my first review. If you're wondering - the formula for both polishes is awesome. Very easy to work with, and dry time seems good to me. With or without undies, with or without the glitters you can create different looks which is something I appreciate. Final verdict on Pinkey Nails by Sara...After some experimenting I've fallen in love with Lenore and I look forward to trying it out with other colors. Poppy, now that one was already loved by me but even more so now that I've got the inspiration to try it out different ways. Ooooh, I am so gonna try it out with more of SC Sugar Rush collection shades - with and without the black diamonds! Anywho, be sure to like Pinkey Nails on Facebook by clicking here to stay up-to-date with shop news yo. Click here to be directed to Pinkey Nails' Etsy shop too. Btw, a little bird told me there's more Pinkey Nails creations in the works - coming soon!

Now surely you didn't think I'd release your eyes before forcing you to read a bit more...Whatcha think of my NEW Pinkey Nails swatches? Do you own any Pinkey Nails polishes yet? Anything in the shop you lust over? Lemme know in the comments yo. Y'all know I like comments, makes me feel like I'm not a looser blogger. Don't laugh - it's true! Until next time peeps...