Showing posts with label Beauty World. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beauty World. Show all posts
My Big Birthday Giveaway!
GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED!
Thank you for entering!
Today marks the 1 year birthday of my blog. YIPPEEE!! Time has flown by so quickly and I cannot believe I’ve reached this milestone already! It only feels like yesterday that I decided to start blogging as I enjoyed reading other blogs so much. I absolutely love blogging and it's been so much fun sharing my manis, hauls and food adventures with all of you! It’s been wonderful “meeting” so many lovely ladies who also share my love of nail polish and beauty. Thank you all so much for following, commenting and for the wonderful support over the last year, I am humbled and truly appreciate it!
My birthday is in March so to celebrate both birthdays I am having a Birthday Giveaway as a way to say thank you to all my wonderful readers! This time there will be TWO lucky winners!
1st prize - one lucky winner will receive:
BYS Adventures of Alice,
BYS Down the Rabbit Hole,
BYS UV polish in pink and
BYS cracking polish in mauve
Ozotic Pro Holographic in 608 and
Ozotic Pro Glitter in 201
NYC Color magenta,
NYC Color berry fuchsia and
NYC Color aubergine
Runner Up prize:
This prize has been VERY generously sponsored by my dear friend Christina from Cels blog!! =D Christina creates stunning Japanese style nail art, decoden and kawaii deco items which she sells in her Etsy store Cels deconails. She has very kindly custom made TWO amazing nail polish rings for me to give away to one lucky winner!
Make sure to check out Christina's Etsy Store for more wonderful handmade items - she makes other nail polish rings, Japanese nail art items and also iPhone cases and deco items. She will also happily custom make items too so don't hesitate to ask her! I covet every item she makes xD I cannot thank you enough for donating this wonderful prize Christina!!! I love these rings so much I am very tempted to keep these for myself instead of giving away haha. Don’t worry I won’t do that though!
Here's how to enter:
1. You must be a public follower via Google Friends Connect. If you are already very kindly following me, THANK YOU! Please ensure you leave your Google Friends Connect name so that I can easily identify you. Unfortunately I cannot enter you if I cannot find you. Please also leave your email address so I can contact you if you win! (Mandatory - 1 entry)
For additional entries (and there are MANY this time!):
2. Post about my “Big Birthday Giveaway" on your blog – either in a separate post or on a sidebar with the first photo from this post. (2 entries)
3. Tweet about my giveaway once. (1 entry) Please tweet:
I'm entering @cosmeticcupcake Big Birthday Giveaway to win Ozotic Pro, BYS, GCOCL, Lush, jewellery and more! http://bit.ly/gB4ir0
4. Like Cels deconails Facebook page. If you already "like" her page that certainly counts! (1 entry).
5. Stop by Christina's Etsy store Cels deconails and check out her wonderful creations! Favourite the item you like most and let me know what you chose. (1 entry)
6. Add Cels deconails to your Etsy favourites. (1 entry)
7. Make a purchase from Cels deconails between now and the end of my giveaway. Please let me know your Etsy username and what you purchased to qualify. (4 entries)
8. Readers who comment on my blog regularly will receive one extra entry to show my appreciation. I truly appreciate your feedback and that you guys take the time out to comment and read my blog =)
Please fill out the form below with all your entries once to enter! Please do not submit your details in the comments of this post - I will NOT count these.
Giveaway is open internationally and will close on March 6th at 8pm Australian Eastern Standard Time.
Good luck!
Pink gradient manicure
I felt like something pink and understated the other day so I decided to do a pink gradient manicure using another Beauty World gradient manicure kit I picked up in HK. Previously I showed you the purple gradient manicure I did using one of these kits and I really like them as they are so simple and easy to use!
I don't think I've mastered the gradient look quite yet.. I don't think it looks "blended" enough. I need to get off my butt and try out the Konad sponging supplies I got as I think that technique looks a bit better.
This kit is one of the "elegance" kits so the colours are softer compared to the other purple and blue kits they have. You get a sheer pink (looks more like a nude in the bottle though), a glitter in a light pink jelly base and a clear glitter. The colours are very work appropriate yet have just the right amount of sparkle to be different.
The process for this one was a little different. You apply a layer of the sheer pink polish over the whole nail first, then apply it again but only to the top 2/3 of the nail. Let dry then apply the glitter in pink jelly base to the top 1/3 of the nail and the clear glitter to the bottom 2/3 of the nail. I applied the clear glitter to most of the nail. The pic below doesn't really flatter this manicure as it looks like there's something weird going on with the tips but it looked fine in real life. I liked this mani but I was craving something brighter after a day lol.
I really like these kits so I bought an extra one to give away to one of my awesome readers in my next giveaway. My 1st blog birthday is in February and then in March it's my birthday (oh NO another year older!) so I've got a big giveaway planned ;) Make sure to keep an eye out for it!
What colour combinations do you like for gradient manicures? I'd love to hear your favourites!
Thanks for looking!
I don't think I've mastered the gradient look quite yet.. I don't think it looks "blended" enough. I need to get off my butt and try out the Konad sponging supplies I got as I think that technique looks a bit better.
This kit is one of the "elegance" kits so the colours are softer compared to the other purple and blue kits they have. You get a sheer pink (looks more like a nude in the bottle though), a glitter in a light pink jelly base and a clear glitter. The colours are very work appropriate yet have just the right amount of sparkle to be different.
The process for this one was a little different. You apply a layer of the sheer pink polish over the whole nail first, then apply it again but only to the top 2/3 of the nail. Let dry then apply the glitter in pink jelly base to the top 1/3 of the nail and the clear glitter to the bottom 2/3 of the nail. I applied the clear glitter to most of the nail. The pic below doesn't really flatter this manicure as it looks like there's something weird going on with the tips but it looked fine in real life. I liked this mani but I was craving something brighter after a day lol.
I really like these kits so I bought an extra one to give away to one of my awesome readers in my next giveaway. My 1st blog birthday is in February and then in March it's my birthday (oh NO another year older!) so I've got a big giveaway planned ;) Make sure to keep an eye out for it!
What colour combinations do you like for gradient manicures? I'd love to hear your favourites!
Thanks for looking!
Purple gradient manicure
Hi ladies! I'm still in HK at the moment so there hasn't been much time for me to blog unfortunately. I've been catching up with family and basically eating nearly every hour of the day! Plus some shopping of course! Here is a purple gradient manicure I did last week using a gradient kit I found here.
I used the purple gradient kit pictured below by Beauty World to create the look. These kits come in other great colours such as red and blue too. I couldn't resist picking one up as I LOVE gradient manis but am lazy to do them =p
You get 3 colours in this purple kit - a dark purple, a purple/blue glitter suspended in a purple jelly and a clear glitter.
Instructions on the back:
Pretty simple huh? Just layer the polishes on following the instructions and add topcoat and it should look like below.
The polishes applied well and the brushes were good even though they are small bottles. Drying time was decent and I didn't have to wait too long in between coats. I don't think I did my mani very well though because it doesn't look very blended but oh well!
On another note, I found a simple online photo editor called Picnik to edit photos while I'm here. It's no Photoshop and the lighting is still yellow but I just had to tweak and watermark my photos.
Thanks for looking!
I used the purple gradient kit pictured below by Beauty World to create the look. These kits come in other great colours such as red and blue too. I couldn't resist picking one up as I LOVE gradient manis but am lazy to do them =p
You get 3 colours in this purple kit - a dark purple, a purple/blue glitter suspended in a purple jelly and a clear glitter.
Instructions on the back:
Pretty simple huh? Just layer the polishes on following the instructions and add topcoat and it should look like below.
The polishes applied well and the brushes were good even though they are small bottles. Drying time was decent and I didn't have to wait too long in between coats. I don't think I did my mani very well though because it doesn't look very blended but oh well!
On another note, I found a simple online photo editor called Picnik to edit photos while I'm here. It's no Photoshop and the lighting is still yellow but I just had to tweak and watermark my photos.
Thanks for looking!
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