Birthday Giveaway!

It's giveaway time again! My birthday is next Friday, the 27th, and I am going to give one lucky reader a present! You read that right, I'm giving a present out on my birthday! I did this last year and it was so much fun so I decided to bring it back.  

Here's what one lucky winner will receive: 

These 14 Nail Polishes:

1. China Glaze: Grape Pop (label fell off but bottle is brand new).
2. China Glaze: Swing Baby
3. China Glaze: Sugar High
4. Nicole by OPI Texture Coat: Black
5. Nicole by OPI Texture Coat: White
6. Nicole by OPI Texture Coat: Red
7. OPI: Ink
8. OPI: Pink Shatter
9. Nicole by OPI Texture Coat: Silver
10. Nicole by OPI Texture Coat: Turquoise
11. Nicole by OPI Texture Coat: Gold
12. Dr.'s Remedy: Revive (Ruby Red)
13. Zoya: Demi
14. NYX Girls: Between Mauve and Purple

Requirements: You must be a follower, new followers are welcome to enter too. I will check and make sure you follow. This is for my readers, and new readers, it's not fair to them if you don't follow. The first question asks you how you follow if you don't answer it you are disqualified from winning. You must leave your name and email. All other options for entry are optional and some can be done daily so make sure to maximize your chances of winning.  Check out the terms of the giveaway in the Rafflecopter widget so I don't have to reenter them here.

Good luck! Thanks for following my blog and if you're new here, welcome! I appreciate all of my readers and LOVE getting comments from you all. I love giving back and hope you all like the prize package.  

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NYX Advanced Salon Formula: Enchanted Forest

Hello readers! Today I have a festive green color to share with you.  This is Enchanted Forest from NYX's Advanced Salon Formula line.  I purchased several bottles from the line during Cherry Culture's recent 20% off sale. I have seen only a handful of reviews for these polishes so I thought I'd try them and see what I think. 

Unfortunately the only two things I like about this polish are the bottle shape (pretty much the same as Deborah Lippmann's polishes) and the color...

The color is stunning, it's a medium toned shimmery green/gold.  It's absolutely gorgeous and eye catching. The formula however was an epic fail for me. 

First, this color is so sheer it required three coats for the opacity shown and four might have been better. I can usually deal with that but the formula was also so annoyingly thick it was difficult to  work with so the extra coat just pissed me off. It kept gunking up on the side of the opening which was a major pain.

Second, it just would not dry. I used Seche Vite on top as I always do and applied the polish the same way I apply all of my polishes and this thing just would not dry. Hours, literally hours later it was so tacking to the touch that I was able to scrape right off!! I just scratched it off all of my nails because it was like thick goo and never dried, even with the Seche.  That is a major turn off and I really hope the rest of the polishes I bought don't have the same issue.  

  

At least it's pretty right?

Have you used this line of polishes? What do you think of them? I bought several so I hope this is the only dud. 

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NYX Girls: Between Mauve and Purple

Hi everyone!! I hope you're all having a nice week. Yesterday I started boot camp! No, not real boot camp but a 4 week 12 session workout program. I am going with some girls from work. I'm hoping it will jump start some weight loss for me. I felt great after workout one, so far so good!!! I am sure tomorrow will be more difficult.

Anyway on to the polish....

This beauty was in my Easter basket from my mom. Yes, I still get one! I love my mom! The color is NYX Girls, Between Mauve and Purple. It's a beautiful dusty medium purple color. Nothing particularly unique but really gorgeous! You know I am a sucker for purples!!!

This is my first NYX polish and I am impressed. I love NYX Cosmetics. They're great quality and affordable, so it's no shock that their nail polish would be excellent quality as well. I found the formula easy to work with and well pigmented. I only needed two coats for full opacity but it was pretty opaque in just one.  

What do you think of this color? Have you tried NYX nail polishes? What are your favorite shades?

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