giveaway! and my giveaway facebook page

hey guys! here is another great giveaway for al! I wish all of you luck and hoep you win! I enter so many of these and have yet to win... I even have a page on facebook where we share and post all. You may join the page. It is a great way to keep up with all the giveaways going on taht you may not know about! if you would like to join the page, go here to my giveaways page on facebook!
 I have added many as well as this great giveaway on it! so make sure to enter this awesome giveaway here>>>http://lipglossaffairs.blogspot.in/2012/08/giveaway-220-followers-feat-carnival-of.html and good luck!

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Hey all. SO I know I have a page taht is dedicated to giveaways but this here post is dedicated to this one in particular. It has a bunch of great polishes, including Zoya's which I would loe to get more in my collection. The blog is a great one filled with interesting stuff. I enjoyed looking at it and will be keeping up with it. SO, go on over, follow, get your polish fix for the night and have a chance to enter a giveaway. GOOD LUCK!!!!


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Pretty and Polished "Phoenix" over Essie "Action"

Hello all,
Well today is a mail day I wish would happen everyday. After getting my first Lush Lacquer polishes and loving them, decided to try out some more indies and went with Pretty and polished this time:)  I got "Phoenix" and "Punked up Betty"

Dont they just look so pretty!!!! Well, today I tried on Phoenix. Its the one I was most looking forward to getting so I took off what I had on right away and went for it. I did try it alone at first but thought that adding an orange base would make it POP more and I was right. I added Essie "Action" as the base.

 Here I am holding my pretty bottle with the polish on:)

I DEFINITELY LOVE this, if you didn't pick up on that yet. I know my lighting is not the best and some are blurry but this polish is just stunning. Since I added an orange base you cant really see the yellow sparkles all that much but they are in there. It is kind of the same formula as floam is, in the sense that I find the sparkles the same, but unlike floam, it leaves VNL even after 4 coats, but goes great over a color. May try yellow next or maybe even black.

 As you can see on a few nails, their are some red sparkles as well in the polish. Some tiny ones and some big ones. The big ones don't come out in every stroke though.

 This is my thumb and it does not have the yellow base. BEst pic I got of it but you can see that some nail is still visible.

 This nail lucked out and got 2 of the red circles:)

 So there you have it. I am happy I went with Phoenix and cant wait to try out Punked up Betty. I was really trying to decide about getting Tart and will be getting it soon. I am overall happy with their polishes. They are  8.50 USd each on their Etsy shop. You can purchase them here. I know a lot of people find the prices of indies to be high but if you get a few extra dollars some are really worth it. I love how unique Phoenix is. I don't own anything like it. Thats what I like about indies. I am in Canada so I get the whole cost being high, especially after the shipping so I treat myself to a few here and there. I certainly cant keep up like a lot of other bloggers do, but sure would if I could!:):)
etsy shop <where to purchase, however I just went to get the link and says she is on holiday at the moment........
So, do you guys own any Pretty and Polished polishes?? Which ones? What do you think of them? IS Phoenix the sort of color you would wear? I know a few people that saw it said they liked it but wouldn't wear it........

Liebster Nomination:)

WOW!! well, I am happy to say that I have just been nominated for a Liebster Award!
Now, I have never heard of it. I was nominated by my fellow blogger over at Painted Nubbs So, from what I understand, it is for bloggers with less then 200 followers, which fits me perfectly:) The rules are simple and as follows...

• 1. Each person tagged must post 11 things about themselves.
• 2. They must also answer the 11 questions the 'tagger' has set for them.
• 3. They must create 11 more questions to ask bloggers they have decided to tag.
• 4. They must then choose 11 bloggers with less than 200 followers and tag them in their post.
• 5. These lucky bloggers must then be told.
• 6. There are no tag backs.       

So, I am up for this and also seems fun so here I go:)

                                       11 things about me

1. I LOVE animals. If I could I would have a farm full of rescue cats, dogs, and any animal I could help out with a home.
2. I have a black cat by the name of Karma. She is 2 years old and is quite a unique cat.
3. I speak english and french, which is typical of someone born in Montreal,Quebec.
4. I play the guitar and piano and played the clarinet and trombone when I was in high school.
5. I suck at math and drawing. Cant do either even if my life depended on it
6. My favourite tv shows are The Simpsons, How I met your mother, Jersey Shore (YES, I am hooked) and, from my childhood, Full House.
7. My favourite color is blue.
8. I LOVE hello kitty.
9. I look incredibly young for my age and get asked for ID all the time. Its a bit annoying but hoping it will last into my old age.
10. My fav band is The Red Hot Chili Peppers. I am going to see them in November. CAnt wait!

I am DEATHLY afraid of mice and especially rats. Which, I know, is ironic since I am such an animal lover but we cant help what it is we fear.

                                               11 questions from my tagger" 

1. What is your favorite music genre?
        Punk and Rock.
2. What is one thing about you that no one would ever guess?
        I enjoy whatching "kid" shows such as Thats so Raven and other Disney and Nick shows even though I am 28!!!!
3. Are you an early bird or a night owl?
       DEFINITELY a night owl! Not a morning person at all! You wont like me in the am....
4. What is your biggest pleasure?
        Spending time with friends and family. Doesnt matter what I am doing, just love good company.
5. Would you rather watch the movie or read the book?
       Read the book, for sure! If a movie is coming out and I know its based on a book, I will read the book before seeing the movie. I love seeing a book come to "life" on screen.
6. If you had to wear one polish for the rest of life, what would it be?
     OMG!! I HATE this question. Not sure if you mean brand of a particular polish so if it was brand I would go with Essie and a polish, I would say Floam. It was a lemming for SO LONG, I am so happy and proud to own it!
7. What or who motivated you to start your blog?
      Just seeing everyone in the polish community doing it and it looked like fun so wanted to join:)
8. What would you like to be remembered for?
      Having been a kind, caring and giving person who always laughed, even when times were hard.
9. What song best fits your life at the moment?
     Soul to squeeze by The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
10. Who is your favorite blogger at the moment?
       I Love Carly Herbst over @lacquered lover She was one of the first people I started following and LOVe all the polishes she gets her hands on and what she does with it:)
11. How big is your stash?
      Im just under 200 polishes, but it grows, literally, daily!

                               My 11 questions      

1. What is your favourite band/artist
2. What is your favourite cartoon character.
3. What do you miss most about being a kid
4. WHat is your biggest lemming at the moment?
5. If you could spend the day with one fellow polish blogger or anyone you admire that is great with nail art or just would love to play with their polishes (hehehe) who would it be.
6. Person you admire the most?
7. Have you done much travelling? If so, where have you been?
8. What would you call your personal style?
9. Have you ever dyed your hair a funky, weird color?
10. Favourtie food/snack?
11. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be               

Ok, Now, for the people to tag, I had a hard time finding people with less then 200 followers and I am not sure who has been nominated or not, so I hope I am doing this right.....

1. for the love of beauty by lara 
2. joliens kingdom of polish
3. Yawning Tawn at Tawn art
4. beauty blog
5. i feel polished
6. kimpelling beauty
7. macabre manicures
8. lacquered mel
9. nail and beauty 
10. horcrux nails
11. polish and such
12. prncess sarah02 nail loving
13. nail polish rants
14. majnooni beauty

Essie "Mirror Metallics" in Good as gold and Blue rhapsody

Hello my lovelies:) I have some pretties for you today:) I have been wanting to try these out since I saw some swatches a few weeks ago! I only got 2 from the collection. and I am happy with my choices. I got "Good as Gold" which is a beautiful Gold metallic. 

The other one "Blue rhapsody" is a gorgeous light blue metallic. I love it! It shines in the sun and almost looks like aluminium paper on your nails...

I did my mani using the Blue rhapsody and added the gold to the tips of 2 fingers for a bit of bold touch to it. I will be using the gold ASAP so I will be posting it soon. But for now, heres what the blue looks like

Here it is with some light on it. You can see how the light just bounces off it. its beautiful. Wish I could capture it better....

Here is my pinky with the Gold on the tip

and on the thumb:)

 I wanted to incorporate some sparkles so on both ring fingers I added Hits Phenomena "Borealis" and "Air glow"  These are GORGEOUS glitter polishes and I have been wanting to try them out for awhile. They have been in my unused section forever, just never had the right mani to add it to. I will now be making a mani around it since I want to use it again. As the bottle says , they are "Glitter forte".

This one is "Air Glow" its gold and dark red , small sparkles. 

This here is "Borealis" it is jam packed with gold glitter goodness!

It did look good on top of the blue:) 

I put a coat of both on each ring finger:) 

So, overall, I am really happy with the way this turned out! I think it looked great. Cant wait to try out the GOld alone and show that to you guys. What do you guys think of this Metallic line from Essie. They have been hard to keep up with lately. Seems like they have a new collection every 2 weeks l; lately! and I LOVE ME SOME ESSIE!! Which ones do you guys have?

I am also glad I finally tried out my Hits polishes and want more of those as well....