An Awesome Deal & a Mini Haul

Hello beautiful people! I feel that it is my duty to tell you all about this almost too-awesome-for-words deal that I just recently discovered. Aveyou Beauty is currently having a 50% off promotion on the KGB Deals website right now. If you've never used KGB Deals before, it's very similar to groupon. Anyway, this deal gives you 50% off your purchase of $50. Yep, only $25!!! Buuuuut, that's not all. Aveyou is also having a 15% off deal with the code FIVE AND only $1 shipping with a $50 purchase. HOLY HECK!!! To put this into reference terms, it'd be like buying 7 OPI's for ~$25 bucks when they would normally cost ~$60!!! Umm, that's a little over $3.50 for each OPI. UNHEARD OF. And that's only OPI - there's also Essie, SpaRitual, and a ton of other beauty brands! 

Knowing me, I would totally splurge on all the continuously new polishes that are coming out so this deal is AMAZING. I am totally saving this for the all the holiday collections! To say that I am excited is an understatement hahaha. You guys, you all have to get this. Now. You can click HERE for this fabulous deal!!! I think there's only a several days left before it disappears. Don't say I didn't warn you when you all want to splurge come holiday time.  I know I'll be uber happy considering all the limited edition polishes that will be coming out soon =P...

OPI, Essie, CND, SpaRitual and mooooooore! (Source)

Okay, now that I've got that off my chest, I'd like to share an itsy bitsy haul that I accumulated a couple days ago. Like I mentioned previously, I went on a little nail polish hunting adventure and discovered some brands that I had never heard of before. Here are a few of the more unknown polishes I got on that little trip.

Aren't the bottles first three bottles a little strange 

looking? Lol... the polish caps are huuuuuge!

Here's a swatch of the middle polish. It's a black 

creme with tiny holographic specks of glitter

 L to R: Winmax #10, Winmax #9, Winmax #12, Ruby Kisses Aurora City, 

Ruby Kisses Black Hole. You can click to expand!

These bottle were all just $1 so I really couldn't resist haha. I got them all at hole-in-the-wall mom & pop type shops that were tucked into little corners around my neighboring cities. I also got the CQ polishes on my adventure too but they are considered a bit more common than these brands. Winmax #10 is an aqua blue glitter, Winmax #9 is a Kelly green glitter, Winmax #12 is (as mentioned above) a black creme with tiny holographic glitter, Ruby Kisses Aurora City is a dark teal with silver flakes & microshimmer, and Ruby Kisses Black Hole is a navy blue with silver flakes & microshimmer (almost has a Essie Starry Starry Night look to it).  Have any of you out there heard of these brands or colors before? If so, how do you like them? And don't worry, I'll be featuring these polishes in the future, I'm sure =).  Till next time my lovelies! <3

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4 Special Polishes From Canada

From the title you can already tell that what I have for you today will be quite unique. I guess I'm glad that I do all those lazy weekend posts because they seem to be offset by huge posts like the one I'm about to do today. Well actually, this post is primarily gonna be pictures. You see, I loooove looking at pictures! Sometimes when I read blogs, I don't even read them. Yep. Guilty. I just scroll through and admire the pictures. That's why I always like putting in a healthy dose of pictures for you guys! Half of you are probably skipping over these very words... hahah!

So what I have to share with all you lovelies is a special package I received from a wonderful Canadian blogger. You totally need to check out her blog - nailXchange - it's filled with all kinds of goodies any lacquer lover would appreciate. I surprisingly won her last 'Name It & Win It' contest and ended up with some ridiculously amazing polishes. Polishes that were actually frankens - original creations by the amazing beauty herself!  *sigh* How did I get so lucky?? Also, because I thought there was no way in HECK I would ever win said prize, I went pretty out there with the names. You'll see what I mean... and no, I was not under the influence of anything when I was thinking of them... teeheehee.

From L to R: Purple Haze, Don't Drink the Koolaid, Black Market, 

and Acid Trippin'. LOL, yes you did read that correctly. 

Acid Trippin' - A stunning "subtle" fusion of a scattered/

linear purple holo. Ain't she a purdy thang??

Don't Drink the Koolaid - A magenta flakie + microshimmer 

I think this polish conveniently fills the Pink Wednesday quota for the week =)

Purple Haze - An almost jelly-like flakie + microshimmer

Black Market - A black jelly flakie. I think this one is my favorite!

There you have it! Four amazingly beautiful and unique polishes by the one and only nailXchange. If you like these polishes, go on over and check out her blog for more eye candy! I believe she is actually currently hosting a giveaway right now and will also be giving away Black Market as featured above in a (very near) future contest! So fabulous... just fabulous I tell you!

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LA Colors Black Matte French

Hi guys, no time to write much today. It's been a busy busy busy weekend for me! Pictures below.

You can find these polishes at the dollar tree for... $1 (duh!). I got mine for less than that 'cause it came in a pack! Yay for cheap polish!

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My First Franken

Warning: this is gonna be a huge post. So remember that picture I left you guys with before I went off to Hawaii? You know, the one with the two bottles and apparently one of them was a franken? Well today I'm gonna be introducing you to the polish you've all been so patiently waiting for (and probably have forgotten about since it's been so long)! It doesn't quite have a name yet but I'm getting a good number of suggestions. I'm thinking anything galaxy/universe/space related would be awesome. Tons of pictures ahead...

These are the bottle pics that I teased you guys with =P

Rough test swatches I did before a full mani

Spammage of mani pics!

Blurred photos to show off how sparkly the glitter is!

Mah hands! For some strange reason my index finger kept twitching

when I took these photos. Must've been nervous or something =P

Macro shots

The two glitters I used. Top is a gray holographic hex 

and bottom is a silver holographic bar

Here is a short video I made to show the glitter in sunlight

Phew! *Wipes sweat off forehead* That was whole a lotta pictures. I hope you enjoyed! I basically mixed a bunch of base polishes together that consisted of a black jelly, some black with shimmer, and clear polish. I started adding the hex glitter first then added the bar glitter afterwards. I thinned to a consistency I liked and let it settle. Of course the glitter is pretty heavy and since the suspension I used was not meant for glitter, it required a good shaking (and resting!) before application.  Aaaaand, I'm done. Happy Friday people =).

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