Purple Girls Rock

Hi all, this mani I am showing you comes from a mani I had on Saturday. This brand Girls Rock I picked up while I was in Chicago last month. I purchased it at CVS for $2.99, there were various colors. I mostly wanted to try it because the shape of the bottle resembled the Butter London polishes and I pondered the idea that the formula would bear a similarity. I did take advantage of the Butter London special purchase at Ulta stores yesterday (swatches to follow this week). The formula is thin but not in a too too bad way. In pursuit to see it become opaque I did have to apply 3 coats of it, but that lead it into a deeper purple than how it looks in the bottle. On a scale from 1-10 I give it an 8 because of the 3 coat application. In contrast to Butter London polish, the square top to this bottle is the brush whereas Butter London's top screws off to another small bottle cover. Lastly, the purple hearts glitter polish I used on my accent finger is by Nicole by OPI and I don't foresee myself purchasing any other product from them similar to this. The brush refused to pick up the hearts, it was a complete struggle for me to get the hearts out of the clear lacquer. I almost spilled the bottle tilting it to get some out with a toothpick. Instead of the brush picking up the hearts, it just moved them around in the bottle; you will see below how the hearts are mainly settled in the bottom of the bottle. The intent for design is cute but the execution of applying it to nails takes up too much time for my liking!

Mean Green

Hi ladies, hope you all have been anticipating the end to this giveaway as I am. If you haven't entered then you still have about 16 hours left as I write this post according to rafflecopter, so enter my Giveaway. The mani I present to you today is a polish by theBalm- Hot Ticket, this model is called "counterfeit". This is my first polish by them and I enjoyed the formula. What you're seeing is two coats of opaqueness and one coat of Sech Vite. The formula is smooth, void of clumps or sticky ickyness and its drying appearance before top coat application has some shine to it. I am not really the one for dark shades but every now and then I can pull off one the darker shades. Lastly to my satisfaction, while applying the formula the color doesn't change to a darker shade it stayed exactly like you see it in the bottle. I got this polish on ebay for 4.99 free shipping. You can view more of their colors and shop HERE if you oppose the ebay deals. I used some no name gold glitter polish for the overlay on my middle, thumb and pinky to complete this mani.... it's theBomb to me :)

Although my polish is called "Counterfeit", I'd like you to enjoy the sounds of Puff Daddy and others telling you whatlife is really about....

A Poptastic Giveaway

In honor of me reaching a small goal in my blog activities, I have managed to reach 100 followers total on my blogs (blogger & wordpress). Although I have the same objective for both blogs, I don't always post the same thing on both blogs. Today starts the giveaway of this pack of 7 polishes by Color Club's "Poptastic" collection of vibrant colors. This pack has never been used or opened. This giveaway runs until next Wed 9/12/12, as it ends a second giveaway will begin containing 7 items that one person will receive. The second giveaway consists of: Sally Hansen salon effects nail wraps, OPI Chip Skip, Icing magnetic polish, Brash nail polish, LA Girl Fruity scented polish, Cynthia Rowley polish and Sun Changing nail polish by Claire's. Thank you all for following my blog and making a polish addict happy!! Your only requirement is to enter to win using the rafflecopter below, no need to engage in asking for followers because I prefer genuine followers, not ones enticed by a giveaway. When u enter, in the name part you can put your twitter or instagram name (if u have one) so it's easier for me to contact you. If you have any questions contact me @goldenyardy on Twitter or shoot me a email goldenglam1@gmail.com. Thank you for entering and good luck!

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