Giveaway: 150 Followers Giveaway by Persistently Glittery

Second and last giveaway to share today came from Persistently Glittery. She recently just broke 150 followers and decided to have a giveaway to celebrate.

Details:

- opened internationally

- closed on June 27th

- winner will have 48 hours to respond, or else another winner will be selected

Prizes:

- China Glaze Dreamcicle

- Max Factor Fantasy Fire Mini

- Models Own Beetlejuice Mini Polish Set

- Stone Bridge Hair Clip

How:

Rafflecopter here.

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Giveaway: 1200 Followers Giveaway by Polished Criminails

Hey all. Sorry for the massive absent these past couple of days. I'll make it up tonight with tons of scheduled post for the next two weeks!! Hope I have enough to write for two weeks. Why scheduled? Because the most hectic period of my work has come, which is beginning of months. So in the meantime, I have no other choice but to entertain you on schedule :D

Back to the post, today I'll share two giveaway posts to all of you. First up is Polished Criminails' second giveaway. If you haven't enter her first, you still have 18 days to enter. Hurry enter your Raffelcopter entries here.

For her second giveaway, Polished Criminails is working hand-in-hand with the British new most-sought brand, eye CANDY . It's a really good chance to get your hand on this brand if you are living outside of UK, since they only available in the Great Britain.

Details:

- Opened internationally.

- Closed on June 30th.

Prizes:

a total of 3 polishes consisting: 

eye CANDY  Magnetic Quilt polish in Arctic and Peacock, and eye CANDY Colour Flip polish in Green with Envy

How:

Rafflecopter here.

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NPR: 99 things

This is a non polish related post I found on Polished Criminals, and I think this is very unique and interesting to do. So here you go:


1. Started your own blog  (1)
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis 
10. Sang a solo  (2) 
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightening storm 
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (3) 
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning  (4) 
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables  (5) 
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill  (6) 
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping 
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse  (7) 
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset  (8) 
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise  (9) 
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language  (10) 
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied  (11) 
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke  (12) 
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight 
46. Been transported in an ambulance 
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling  (13) 
52. Kissed in the rain 
53. Played in the mud  (14) 
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma  (15) 
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle  (16) 
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper 
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox  (17) 
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous  (18) 
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone  (19) 
99. Been stung by a bee


So I've done only 19 things from the list. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't finished the list for the rest of my life though, since some of the things listed are seriously impossible to happen to me, like selling girl scout cookies while there are no girl scout cookies at all here. LOL. Nevertheless, this is still a fun list to see what you've been doing in life :D


If you're doing this too, please leave a comment below (and link to your post if you would). I'd love to see what do you think of this list :)



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Giveaway: The TraceFace Philes amazing giveaway trio

Traci from The TraceFace Philes is hosting three, yeah I said it right, THREE giveaways that you sure not want to miss. Click the pics below to find more details and enter!

Candeo Color Prototype Giveway

Opened internationally, ends June 1st.

Prize: 

one Candeo Color Prototype each for 4 winners. 

Amazing prize because these four prototypes won't be made again!

Butter London Giveaway 

Opened internationally, ends June 9th.

Prize:

one Butter London polish each for 5 winners, and a set of Top&Tails for 1 winner.

4000 Followers Giveaway

Opened internationally, ends end of June (around the 20th)

Prize:

$25 gift certificate each for 4 winners (two from Harlow&co, and two from Llarowe)

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B&W # 2: Nothing more Black and White than Charlie Chaplin

Hello!

Today, I'm gonna share you a black and white mani that was my entry for two nail-art contests I mentioned here. The title said B&W #2 because I've done a unbelievably messy BnW art before, which you can see below (click the pic to jump to the original post). 

And for the nail-art competition entry:

I'm glad this time my black and white has improved. LOL. I took Charlie Chaplin themed design because he's like the legend in black-and-white silent movies, so there won't be anything or anyone more black-and-white than he is. Right? That's why I call this mani: Nothing more black and white than Charlie Chaplin. Hehe.

As you can see, it's not a complicated mani. All you need is white polish for your base, black polish to draw, striping brush to make fine lines needed for the jacket (middle finger) design, and a nail art brush (or toothpick, which is what I used). This is my first time to use my black striper, and I LOVE it!! It's just so easy to use, and helped me a lot finishing the design :D

What do you think of this design? Would you do it on your nails? If you do, please share your interpretation on my facebook page here, and if you like this post, please take time to like it (and pin it, and tweet it, lol). Thank you so much for reading. I'll see you next time :)

Colors used: Etude House Petit Darling Nails WH702 (white), Revlon Black Lingerie (Revlon), V.O.V Nail Art Pen #3 and #4 (black and white striper)

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FTV: Sunset Deep Down in the Ocean

From the Vault (FTV) is a section where I post stuffs from the past. Some had been posted on my regular blog, A Two Minutes Escape (ATME), which you can visit by clicking the most right page button.

This is the other mani that accompanied me during my short trip to Phuket. Click on the pic to lead you to the post. I decided to not rewrote anything I've post before, it'll be a waste of time, no? If you missed my post on my pedi, click here :)

In case you're going to Phuket anytime soon, and want some sneak peek, here's my picture heavy post, divided to 2 parts, here and here.

I can't believe it's another weekend already. Happy weekend fellas!

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Giveaway: WNW Birthday Giveaway by The Lacquerologist

Happy Birthday to the fabulous The Lacquerologist!
And for this fantastic birthday, she has prepared a fabulous giveaway for all of US and Canada residents out there!

Details:

- opened to US and Canada residents only.

- closed June 18th.

Prize:

entire Wet N Wild ColorIcon Be Jeweled Collection 

(Bow In My Presence, Born Into Privilege, Speak When Spoken To, The Crown Is Mine, and Jewels For Your Highness) 

click here for swatches

How:

Rafflecopter here

Yet another great giveaway that I can't enter. Sob. But I'm sharing it anyway. Great things are meant to be shared. No? Hehe. Good luck!!


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Giveaway: 1500 Followers Giveaway by Glam Polish

Oh my. 1500!! What a number!
Here's Glam Polish hosts a fantastic giveaway with the prize of the one and only new China Glaze on Safari Collection

Details:

- opened to US and Australian residents only.

- closed June 30th

- winner has to respond in 48 hours, or else another winner would be chosen.

Prize:

Six winner-chosen colors from China Glaze on Safari collection

How:

Rafflecopter here

Too bad I can't enter this giveaway due to the location restriction. However, this is a great giveaway, so I'm sharing it to you all here!! Good luck!!

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FTV: Very First Nautical

From the Vault (FTV) is a section where I post stuffs from the past. Some had been posted on my regular blog, A Two Minutes Escape (ATME), which you can visit by clicking the most right page button.

Like what I said in my previous nail-art post, here's my very first Nautical mani which I did on my toes. Hehe

I painted the base color first, then used a toothpick and dotting tools to draw the simple designs on the thumbs, before finally layered the glitters on my ring fingers for accent nails. Then of course top coat, for a glossy look :)

Since this mani came up, the next nail-art post would be it's companion for my Phuket vacation. That's my first ever sponging mani. Stay tuned for that? :D


Colors used: Pokari 8H (red), Etude House BL501 (navy), Etude House Petit Darling Nails WH702 (white), Etude House Petit Darling Nails PK003 (pink), Etude House Luci Darling Fantastic Nails #3 (tiny silver glitter), Etude House Luci Darling Fantastic Nails #4 (tiny gold glitter)


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Giveaway: 1000 Followers Giveaway by Pointless Cafe

Woot!
1000 followers! Man, that's a great number to achieve and celebrate, isn't it? So Pointless Cafe hosted this great giveaway to celebrate her wins with us.

Details:

- opened internationally

- winner have 48 hours to respond, or else other winner would be chosen.

- closed June 10th (hey, that's my birthday!)

Prize:

- First prize: one set of Butter London Lippy/Polish Duos (winner gets to choose one of out five sets)

- Second prize: Lynderella Connect the Dots

- Third prize: Limited Ed. Zoya Peter Som Trio

How:

Rafflecopter here

I'm drooling on all three prizes! LOL Seriously, all three are just awesome! I'd be ecstatic if I won!! Who won't be when you won an awesome giveaway prize on your own birthday?! Hehe


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Giveaway: Ozotic Farewell Giveaway by Picture Polish

Now that the Picture Polish indie polish giveaway here is closed, they host another amazing giveaway that we can't miss. Click the picture below for more details. This giveaway ends at the end of May.

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[UPDATED] Giveaway: 1st Blog Anniversarry Giveaway by Good Lack, Nail

This amazing lady from Good Lack, Nail hosts an amazing seven part giveaway, with amazing prizes ranging from indie polishes to high-end brand. It's only opened for 14 days after the post, so hurry click the photos below to find how and enter!

Part 1

Opened internationally

Prizes:  

IsaDora nail polishes in 736 Bananas!, 739 Surfers Paradise, 735 Hot Hibiscus, 737 Aloha and 738 Blue Lagoon, 

and 4 Lipsticks (Sorbet, Pink Crystal, Peach Parfait and Clear Coral)

Part 2

Opened internationally
Prizes:  
OPI AvoJuice in Coconut Melon, Catrice Blush from the Revoltaire TE in Colour Bomb, Impala Love Story, essence Vampire’s Love Lipstain in Bloody Mary, Winmax alpha rainbow nail color, Sancion Angel Alice, BK Holos 09 and 20 and Dote Neon Danuza

Part 3 
Opened internationally
Prizes:
26 Elemental styles Iron-Mania and 92 Yellow Cake,
 and  Catrice eyeshadow palette Toxic combination from the Revoltaire TE.

Part 4 
Opened to EU residents only.
Prizes:
OPI Señorita Rose-Alita,, OPI Mamma Mia,  OPI Chapel of Love, SOPI Who let the Dorks out, 
Catrice blush in A Woman’s World from the FeMale TE, Catrice lipsticks in Nude Alarm and Color Bomb from the Revoltaire TE and Burt’s Bees Lipbalm with Mango Butter

Part 5 
Opened internationally
 Prizes:  
a bottle of Island Girl Cuticle Oil, a nail polish ring made from lynnderella Connect the Dots, essence Punk Royal and OPI A roll in The Hague and 4 Liquid Glitz polishes – Blueberry Pop, Minecraft, Party in a bottle and Succulent Chocolate.

Part 6 
Opened internationally.
Prizes:  
Nailventurous Floam and Pinkerbell, Catrice eyeshadow palette in Explosive Combination from the Revoltaire TE.

Part 7

Opened internationally.

Prizes:

Girly Bits Mother, May I?, Vive la Revolution! and Daddy’s Girl

Psst! It's another Floam Giveaway!!! Floam alert!! *euphoria*


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Nautical

Hey all! Finally I get to write a nail-art post.. hehe.
I'd like to share my entry for the very same competition I participated before here. Only this time the theme was Nautical. I did Nautical toes mani before for my holiday in Phuket (post about the mani coming up), so that was my first entry. LOL. Then I sketched and sketched and sketched, and finally ended up with this one for my second and final entry.

indoor

outdoor
(that thing happened again. it just won't rotate)

How I made the background color step 1: paint the base color

How I made the background color step 2: paint the second color slightly over the base

How I made the background color step 3: sponge to blend.
Here's a tutorial link to achieve this look, by pixiepolish.

Then I just started drawing according to what I've sketched, and top coat. I used toothpick since I haven't yet bought my own set of nail-art brush. 

(I'm an employee with a student-pocket. Sad) 

However, as much as I really wished I made it to the top 4, I still didn't make the cut. Guess I need more training and creativity to win. Anyway, here are the top 4 finalists. What do you think of their designs? Which one is your favorite? (P.S: I love D best. The idea is genius!!)

If you want to enter the competition too, first you need to install Instagram (available on iPhone and any Android mobiles) then follow @nailcompetitions and wait for her to post the weekly theme. Below is this week theme ;)

The theme is coincidentally the same as the one Berry Polished hosted. So maybe I'll enter this one also, if I can figure out which B&W design I want to do before this Friday. LOL. Visit Berry Polished facebook page here to join the competition. It will be closed on June 1st. So you still got plenty of time ;)


Colors used: Etude House Petit Darling Nails BL501 (sky blue), Etude House Petit Darling Nails WH702 (white), Etude House BL501 (navy), Etude House Matte #6 (orange), Etude House PK008 (pink), Pokari 8H (red), Revlon Golden (gold).


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Giveaway: 800+ Followers Giveaway by I'm Still Thinking

Another giveaway post today!
Congratulations Jenna Froggy for achieving 800+ followers!! I wonder when would I reach that number LOL. Anyway, to the giveaway:

Details:

- Opened internationally

- Closed June 8th

Prize: 

- 3 BB Couture nail polishes (winners choice of colors)

How:

click here. easy peasy!

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[CLOSED] Giveaway: Three Year Bloggiversary Giveaway by The Hungry Asian

There are loads of giveaways these day so time for another giveaway post!! This time is from The Hungry Asian. Sure you know her, right? She's one of those genius indie polish makers around. Visit here to shop her self-made polishes on Etsy.

Now for the giveaway, she has prepared three sets of amazing prizes shown below:

Grand Price: Zoya Pippa, Zuza and Ginessa. Claire's Candy Shop. My Beauty Diary whitening face mas. 3 winner-chosen Hungry Asian polishes.

2nd prize: Zoya Mimi and Tiffany. Revlon Whimsical. My Beauty Diary whitening face mask.2 winner-chosen Hungry Asian polishes.

3rd prize: Zoya Ivanka. My Beauty Diary whitening face mask. 1 winner-chosen Hungry Asian polish

Details:

- opened internationally.

-closed tomorrow! so hurry  up! 

Click here to enter!

I'm crossing finger for the second prize (Whimsical alert!), but the grand prize has Candy Shop in it, so I'm crossing finger for that set too!! LOL

Which prize are you lusting on?

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[CLOSED] Giveaway: It's Floam Giveaway by Lacquermesilly

Hey guys. Another giveaway post here! And I can't deny that this giveaway is the one I'm most excited about. The reason is none other that the prize: the amazing Nail-venturous Floam. I've been lusting for this polish ever since it's first debut, so it'll be extra awesome if I could win this!! wohoo!!

Details:

- Opened Internationally
- Must be 18 years or older or have parental consent
- The winner will be contacted via email (so make sure you enter a valid email address!) and will have 48 hours to respond.
- If any of the above are not met the winner will be disqualified and a new winner will be chosen

- Will be ended on May 25th, 2012.

Prize:

- Nail-venturous Floam

- BeadsInk Floam ring and Floam earrings

- Nickelodeon Floam in Posh Pink (yeah, the real floam!)

So what are you waiting for?  It's only a couple of days away before it's ended. So hurry up, submit your entries here.


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Giveaway: 300 Follower Giveaway by The Posh Polish

Yet another awesome giveaway to enter guys!

Details:

- opened internationally.

- closed on  June 19th, 2012, winner will be chosen on June 20th.

- winner will have 24 hours to respond, or else the host will choose another winner

Prize:

The Posh Polish self-made polishes

Click here to enter. Time is ticking, so chop chop chop!!
Oh! She's also holding a blog sale, so make sure you check that one too here.


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[CLOSED] Giveaway: Inspire a Name Giveaway by Picture Polish

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE END OF MAY.

Just found this giveaway on my Facebook News Feed. This one has a very short time-span. So hurry up! Click here to enter. You need to have a Facebook account for this giveaway

Details:

- Facebook only giveaway

- opened internationally

- Closed on May 22nd at 10 am (Eastern Aussie time)

How:

- post a comment on the photo here suggesting a name for each of the new shades shown in the photo.

- the names should be one word about 6 to 9 characters long, and make sure they haven't been suggested before.

- one entry per person, so think carefully before you post!

Prize:

a set of three Picture Polish new shade (as shown in the photo)

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[CLOSED] Giveaway: Fun in the Sun Giveaway by Amandalandish

Hi folks! I still don't have enough time to make a nail post, so I decided to write some giveaway posts. Hehe. Sharing is good, and some of the giveaways nowadays required you to blog about the giveaway itself anyway, so here we go. First up is Fun in the Sun giveaway, held by Amandalandish.

Details:

- This giveaway is open internationally, although if there are major custom restrictions in your country, please let her know before this giveaway ends.

- Only one entry per person.  If you believe there is a mistake with your Rafflecopter entry, do not reenter.  Instead, email her at amandalandish(at)gmail(dot)com so we can resolve any entry error.

- This giveaway will end Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 11:59 EST.

Prize:

Fierce Franken Summer Collection by Nory from Fierce Makeup and Nails

(shown in the picture above)

So what are you waiting for? Visit the giveaway page here now, and submit your Rafflecopter entry.

She's also hosting a nail-art competition right now. Click here for more details ;)

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Interruption

Sorry for the lack of posts.
 My work-load is so overwhelming, I can barely post anything. I did my every day feed reading my blogroll though, but don't really have time to actually write a post (by post, I mean a good written one, with pics and all)
Hopefully, I'll be back on schedule starting next week. I have bunch of things to write about, time just won't let me.

Thanks for the support and time for reading my blog,
Hope to see you all everyday next week :)

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Official!

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

I'm officially a nail blogger!

Well, it's still in Beta mode. I still need to add little bit of this and that, but I'll get those done as I'm posting here. It won't do any harm right. Right?

I did my first color-block nails last weekend, and to be honest, I'm happy of how it's turned out. Hehe. The colors were inspired by Shinhwa (a Korean boy band)'s outfit when they're on Hello (Korean variety show). 

Under the sunlight.
I don't know why Blogger is so persistent to make this photo non-landscape.
I tried a few times, but every time always turns like this.. =='

I want to make this mani as tidy as possible. Thus, I tried using tapes at first. However, because the total-dry time is slowly killing me, I decided to freehand them with the polish brush. They will be covered by the silver striping tape anyway. Haha. This is how they looked before the striping tape came to the rescue.

I entered my first ever nail competition with this mani. It was by nailcompetitions on instagram. She does a regular themed competition every week, and last week theme was color-block. So I thought, why not? Hehe. I didn't make it to the final four though. How could I, when the finalists did these amazing mani.

Can you guess which one is the winner? 

And here's my inspiration to close this post. Thanks for reading, and see you tomorrow! ;)

the show is hilarious! Click here to watch it in Eng sub ;)

Colors used: Etude House BL501 (navy), Etude House Petit Darling Nails BL 501 (sky blue), Etude House YL805 (yellow), Pokari 8H (red), Face Shop GR502 (green), Face Shop OR201 (orange)


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