cinnamon hearts

Hey guys! Happy Thursday.
Today I've got a seasonally appropriate nail art post for you! I don't do a lot of holiday themed art but hey, Valentine's nails are cute. Even if I don't have a valentine of my own this year. Ha!
You guys can be my valentines.

The base for this nail art is Pirate Polish - Cinnamon Girl, a lovely red jelly glitter from their Valentine's collection, which you can see my swatches of here.
And you can get 'em here in the Pirate Polish Etsy shop! (And don't forget to check them out on Facebook.)

I did the stamping using Konad Special White polish, and the images are from the 2012 Bundle Monster set. The little stars are from BM-311 and the hearts are from BM-317.

What do you guys think? I know a lot of people hate V-day... But you can't hate this mani! ;)

2nd blogaversary giveaway winners!

Hey everyone! I've picked the winners for my giveaway!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Congrats to Courtney, Addy, and Shaina! I've emailed you guys, and you have 48 hours to get back to me or else I'll have to choose new winners.

Thanks to everyone for entering! I'll have to start pondering my next giveaway...

piCture pOlish - O'Hara

Good afternoon, lovelies! Every Monday for the next little while, I'ma be showing you some beautiful polishes from one of my favorite brands, piCture pOlish! That should cure the Monday blues, right?

We are starting with a stunner...

piCture pOlish - O'Hara
Isn't this awesome? A bright red polish filled with scattered holographic shimmer. It's not glitter, so it is totally smooth and glossy and awesome. Almost perfect in one coat but you'll want 2 for the extra sparkle!

Red nails always make me feel vampy so I wanted to add some vampy black tips!
I freehanded them on with a tiny brush and my go-to black polish, Color Club - Where's The Soiree?

Mmm, just look at all that sparkle in O'Hara. So pretty!

piCture pOlish is available at picturepolish.com.au as well as with lots of other network members around the world. Check out the Network list for a full rundown of the places you can find PP!

Stay tuned next week for another gorgeous shade!

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giveaway reminder!

Hey everyone! Quick post tonight to remind you about my giveaway.

There are just 2 days left, so be sure you've entered! Click here to go to the giveaway and enter using the Rafflecopter.

Someone is going to win this awesome pendant! And polish prizes, too, of course!

Can't wait to see who wins. Good luck!
(And just FYI, I am sorting through all the lovely comments you have left me, please be patient if you are waiting for me to answer something. There's a lot of comments!!)

Barielle Spam #2

Sometimes, I swatch things, I edit the pictures, I put them in a folder in my computer... And they go there to die.
The following swatches were done like, last March. And I'm just now posting them. Because I just noticed them in my swatch folder. Whoops!

Some of the photos are a little funny, where they were done a year ago. So please ignore those. But there are some cool polishes in here, so I couldn't just let them continue to hide in my swatch folder until the end of time!

So what do I have for you? Five polishes from Barielle!
I got these in a 5-pack at Winners for $16.99. (Along with the other 5 that I posted last year.)
I still see these sets of polish at Winners sometimes! (Haven't seen anything buy-worthy lately, though.)

I'll start with my favorite one of the bunch:

Barielle - Falling Star
How different! A bright blue creme base filled with small copper glitter. A really interesting and unique polish.
At first I didn't really love it but looking back, it is great, and I should wear it again.
Two coats.

Barielle - Grape Escape
Your standard purple creme. Fun color but not unique. 2 coats.

Barielle - Passion Pirouette 
Uh-oh... streaky polish. It's a shame it is so streaky, because I really like this color! A vibrant metallic purple. I can't remember how many coats this is. 2 or 3. 

Barielle - Out-Grey-Geous
Another unique one - I can't think of another polish in my stash quite like this. A shimmery grey with tiny golden flecks. Nice! Three coats, a bit sheer.

Barielle - Elle's Spell
This is one of Barielle's most popular polishes. A red jelly with fiery flakies! My pictures of this one are a bit crappy... Sorry. Haha!
You can wear this alone at 3 coats, or you can layer it! I tried it over Grape Escape:

The red base deepens the purple, and the flakies look cool!
I like it much better layered. It would be stunning over deep reds, I bet! I'll have to try that next.

There you have it!
5 swatches from my vault.
The vault is pretty big... Some of it is so bad... I'll have to sort through it and see what is worth posting!