China Glaze Hologram Collection Giveaway!

Hey everyone!

I've, yet again, been  blessed with the opportunity to have another giveaway for you all! This time, one of my lucky readers will be given the entire China Glaze Hologram Collection!

This collection consists of the following 12 polishes: Get Outta My Space, Astro-Hot, Infra-Red, When Stars Collide, Not In This Galaxy, OMG A UFO, Don't Be A Luna-Tic, Sci-Fly By, Take A Trek, Strap On Your Moonboots, Galactic Gray, and Cosmic Dust.

-This is open internationally!
 

-In order to participate, you must be a follower of my blog. Your options for following are either Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin. (New followers are welcome!) You can follow me through both, but will get more points if you're a Bloglovin follower!

 

 

-In order to verify that you are a follower, you will have to leave your GFC name in the form below. If you follow through Bloglovin and are the winner, I will ask you to send me a screen cap of the list of the blogs you follow.

 

-You may only enter once. :)

-Once a winner is selected and emailed, they will have 48 hours to respond. If I do not hear back from them within that time frame, I will select another winner.

-This ends on May 15th at 11:59 PM CST.

Please fill out the form below to enter!

Barielle Sweet Treats Collection!

Hey everyone!

I'm finally back to posting polish swatches! So excited! Today, I have swatches of the polishes from Barielle's Sweet Treats collection to share with you all! This Spring 2013 collection consists of five sweet themed polishes.

Check them out!

Green Apple Chew

A vibrant lime green creme.

Banana Drop

A light, creamy yellow shade.

 

 

Lilac Jelly Bean

A lilac creme with a slight hint of gray.

 

 

 

Blue Cotton Candy

A bright, medium-toned blue shimmer.

 

Orange Parfait

A dark coral creme.

 

 

These all applied amazing, and were completely opaque in two coats! This collection comes in a five-pack set on the Barielle website for $25.

 

**Products provided for an honest review**

China Glaze Avant Collection Giveaway Winner!

Hey everyone!

Sorry for the lateness of this post! As I mentioned last week, I was completely burnt out, and ended up taking an extended break from blogging. I'm back now though, and am so excited to announce the winner of my most recent China Glaze giveaway!

The winner is.....


Anissa!

Congrats! I've already emailed her, and she's responded, so the giveaway is officially over! If you didn't win, don't be discouraged! I'll be posting a new giveaway next week, so you'll have another chance to win some great polishes soon! :)

Life as a Beauty Blogger and Where I've Been!

Hey everyone!

As many of you have probably noticed, I recently took an extended unannounced break from blogging. I've received quite a few emails from many of you guys asking where I've been and when I will be back to blogging regularly, so I feel like an explanation is in order!

While being a beauty blogger is something that I absolutely love, it's also something that can get really stressful if you don't handle it right. I started out blogging with the sole intention of it being a hobby, and planned on spending 2-3 hours a week on it. Over the last year and a half, my blog has exploded, and now there are nearly 6,000 of you! As the amount of readers started to grow, my amount of sponsorships (which I 100% appreciate!), and work did as well. My "hobby" suddenly became a job that required 20-30 hours a week! I used to be so excited to sit down and paint my nails and share my thoughts with you guys, but with all the pressure I was feeling, that became something I dreaded having to do.

These past few weeks, I've really been trying to focus on trying to find a balance between my actual job (I own my own piano business!) and my hobby/now part-time job (blogging). I think I just got to the point where I was completely burnt out, and felt that I had to push too hard to get quality content out there for you guys.

This break as been amazing, and I finally feel like I'm ready to get back to blogging! I'm ready to be excited about blogging again, and can't wait to share a ton of great posts I have lined up with you guys! Thanks so much for your continued support! You guys rock!

Google Reader's Over: Other ways to follow me!

Hey everyone!

As most of you have probably heard by now, Google is officially getting rid of Google Reader on July 1st. When I first heard about this change, I was a little confused. Actually, I'm still kind of confused. When many of you started to follow me through GFC, you probably clicked the Google Reader button. Google Reader and GFC are separate Google products though. So when there's no Google Reader, will my GFC number go down? Also, it seems like GFC is going to get the boot sooner or later as well. I currently have just under 3000 GFC followers, so this is a huge deal!

With all that being said, I just felt that I had to pause and take a moment to come on here and beg you all to please follow me on Bloglovin'. I know that there are other mediums for reading blogs out there, which I will definitely be looking into in the future, but I am fully committed to keeping Bloglovin' long term, so that is what I'm going to focus on at the moment.

Please click the button below to follow:

Also, to ensure that we'll stay connected, please follow me via Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and/or YouTube.

Blog Sale Update!

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to post a quick blog sale update to let you all know that I just added a ton of nail polish to the sale! There are quite a few good ones on there that will probably go quick, so if you see something you're interested in, don't hesitate to email me about it!

Thanks, and happy shopping!!!

Milani Ultrafine Eyeliner!

Hey everyone!

Tonight, I have a review and swatches of Milani's new Ultrafine Eyeliners to share with you all! These Eyeliners come in five different shades (4 with a shimmer, 1 matte).

I have quite a bit of history with trying liquid eyeliners, and I was actually really surprised on how much I liked these! I usually have problems with the eyeliner getting on my eyelashes and sticking, but the brush for these was so fine that I didn't have that issue. Also, these apply really smooth and are the perfect consistency. (I can't tell you how many liquid eyeliners I've tried that are too thick and just gloop on!)

I wore both of the black shades from about 7am-9pm on two different occasions, and by the end of the day, the color looked exactly the same as when I put it on. While this is awesome, this could be a problem for those of you who typically don't use a good eye makeup remover, because these can be a little difficult to remove. (I use the Mary Kay makeup remover, so I had absolutely no problem!)

These retail for $7.49 on the Milani website.

Here are the swatches:

 

 

Also, this is what the brush looks like:

 

 

Thanks for reading!!!