China Glaze giveaway winner

Hi,

My giveaway ended and I'm very happy to say that there were 599 eligible entries.

Here are the lucky winners, chose randomly:

Zusska (with lucky number 186) is the winner of Island Escape collection

SAIDAridiculous (with lucky number 391) is the winner of Crackle Glaze collection

Congratulations! I will send you an email right away.

Don't be sad if you didn't win. A huge giveaway is coming!

(hint: did you notice that at the end of July will be 1 year since I started posting?)

♫ Piano nails

Hi,

Sorry for posting so late, I've been on a seaside holiday last week.

Here's my new Konadicure did with m73 image plate.

I started with two coats of Zoya - Malia and then I stamped diagonally the

musical notes with Special white.

On the opposite side I painted my tips with Illamasqua - Gamma and stamped

on it the piano keys with Special Black.

I got inspired with this manicure from Spooky Nai's post.

What do you think?

Summer giveaways

Here are some giveaways I found and you should enter too.

Ends on July 6th

http://polishfreshie.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-double-dose-of-birthday-fun-giveaway.html

Ends on July 29th

http://the-trace-face-philes.blogspot.com/2011/07/trace-face-philes-600-followers.html

Ends on August 4th

http://www.paintedladyfingers.com/2011/07/lets-get-cracking-color-club-fractured.html

Ends on August 19th

http://the-trace-face-philes.blogspot.com/2011/07/trace-face-philes-1000-followers.html

Ends on August 26th

http://deucebeauties.blogspot.com/2011/08/giveaway-my-100th-post.html

Ends September 9th

http://deucebeauties.blogspot.com/2011/08/giveaway-600-followers.html

Ends on September 10th

http://www.witoxicity.com/2011/08/giveaway-catriceessence-papagena-muse.html

Ends on September 18th

http://nailderellanails.blogspot.com/2011/08/200-follower-giveaway-catrice-le-out-of.html

Ends on September 23rd

http://the-trace-face-philes.blogspot.com/2011/08/trace-face-philes-because-i-can.html

Ends on September 30th

http://crystaliciousss.blogspot.com/2011/08/30th-b-day-giveaway-extravaganza.html

Stars and Stripes

Time for another holiday manicure. It's Independence Day here in the U.S. and to be patriotic, I am going with a "stars and stripes" motif. It took a few attempts on color combos and what worked with marbling, but I very much like how it turned out. So if you are celebrating with me, enjoy the fireworks and have a safe and happy holiday!

Right Hand:

Left Hand:

Left Side:

I first painted three coats of China Glaze Cheers To You and and then stripe marbled (aka not swirling marble colors) with Go Crazy Red and Midnight Mission On top I used Bundle Monster plate BM21 with Konad Special Stamping Polish in White, then coated it all with Seche Vite.

Grayflower

I needed something simple and easy. This fit the bill perfectly and ended up being so pretty in its understatement. Plus I love that gray has become a popular manicure color!

I painted three coats of Zoya Harley and added design from Konad plate m75 with Special Konad Stamping Polish in White. I used one coat of Seche Vite for the top coat.

Sensory Overload

This manicure was the result of a vague idea of a sort of patchwork manicure. I just started to paint freely random patches of colors and this is what the result was. Of course, then I took it one step further and added the loose glitter and on top of that added a glitter top coat. Needless to say, it was a very bright manicure but I'm not sure I loved the results--but that's what happens when you experience sensory overload.

As I said, I randomly painted small sections on my nail with the following colors: Zoya Breezi, Mira, Pippa and China Glaze Heli-Yum. I then added LA Splash Cosmetics Nail Glitter in Dry Ice to each nail and then one coat of Ulta Pinata-Yada-Yada. One coat of Seche Vite was used for my top coat.

HInt Of Lime

I had an idea of doing a gray scale water marble with one pop of color. This was vision come to life. I loved this marbling and it was fun to look at!

Left Hand:

Right Hand:

I first painted two coats of China Glaze Cheers To You and then marbled China Glaze OMG, Celtic Sun, Zoya Kelly and Dove. One coat of Seche Vite gave the final seal and shine.