*CLOSED* 100 Follower Giveaway!

To thank all of you that have read my blog one time or another, I am hosting a giveaway!

From Left to Right:  Cover Girl Moon Glow, Cover Girl Midnight Forest, Cover Girl Crackle, Wet n Wild Party of Five, Kleancolor Mermaid, Kleancolor Sheer Pastel Nude, Kleancolor Forest Fairy, Kleancolor Pastel Teal

One (1) winner will receive the items pictured above (click the picture for a closer look)!

Rules:
-Fill out the form below by 8:00 PM EST on April 18, 2011
-New followers are welcome.
-This is an international giveaway.
-Winner will have 48 hours to respond to my email. If winner does not respond, a new winner will be chosen.
-Winner will be chosen via Random.org

Never Thought This Would Happen...

I just hit the 100 follower mark!! I honestly never thought my blog would get more than 10 followers, let alone 100! To some, this number may not seem like much but I am overjoyed at the thought that 100 people have enjoyed reading my posts at one time or another.

Look out for a giveaway that I will be posting by this weekend! Thank you all!

Help Japan through Swag Bucks!

As most of you have heard by now, on March 11, 2011 Japan was hit with a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, followed by a tsunami. The result of these catastrophic events have left the people of Japan in a state of emergency. Thousands of people are left homeless and thousands are still missing.

Many of you have been looking for ways to help out, whether it may be through monetary gifts or donating clothing and food. For those of you that may not have money to spare, there is still a way to help and that is through donating Swag Bucks.

SwagBucks.com is a search and win website in which you win Swag Bucks by searching, watching videos, completing special offers and special swag codes. It is completely free to sign up and very easy to use!

Now you may be asking, what exactly are Swag Bucks? You can exchange your Swag Bucks for numerous prizes and sweepstakes (known as Swagstakes). These prizes include Amazon gift cards (the most popular and my favorite as well), PayPal money, iPods, video games and more.

Here is how you can help Japan through Swag Bucks. For the past few weeks, Swag Buck users have been able to donate their Swag Bucks, which are being converted into real money that SwagBucks.com is donating directly to All Hands Volunteers, a non-profit organization that assists in disaster relief worldwide.

Here is the conversion chart, provided by SwagBucks.com :
10,000,000 SB = $100,000.00
7,500,000 SB = $73,750.00
5,000,000 SB = $47,500.00
2,500,000 SB = $23,250.00
1,500,000 SB = $13,750.00
1,000,000 SB = $9,000.00
750,000 SB = $6,375.00
500,000 SB = $4,050.00
250,000 SB = $1,925.00
200,000 SB = $1,500.00
135,000 SB = $1,000.00
68,000 SB = $500.00

As of March 24, 2011, over 1,590,335 Swag Bucks have been donated. This converts to over $14,000 US and this number is still growing!


SwagBucks.com has provided me with a 50 Swag Bucks bonus registration code for my readers to help you guys get started on SwagBucks.com. Even if you decide that you don't have time to use the website, you can sign up and donate those 50 Swag Bucks that you get for signing up!

Head over to SwagBucks.com and enter "HelpJapan" (without the quotes, of course!) into the registration section and just verify through your email. You can start earning Swag Bucks right away. To donate your Swag Bucks, head over here and enter the amount of Swag Bucks you want to donate! Donations on the SwagBucks website will conclude May 2, 2011 at 12pm PDT. It is a very simple and fast way to donate, especially if you do not have the spare cash to donate out of pocket!

For those of you that may be a bit skeptical about this website, I have earned over $100 in Amazon gift cards since joining the website in November 2010! =]

*I was not paid to post this. SwagBucks.com had provided me with a bonus registration code for the readers of this blog.

OH you fancy, huh?

 

First off, please excuse the crappy lighting in this picture but at least it shows the true color of this nail polish!

This is three coats of Icing Pinot Noir. It is purple toned burgandy nail polish with a pretty bad formula. It did not apply well at all! To spruce it up a bit, I added Milani Jewel FX Gold, which I have been LOVING!

I want to say thank you to all my new and old followers! There is going to be a giveaway in the very near future!

Milani Jewel FX Gold

After a few months of searching I have FINALLY found Milani Jewel FX Gold. Seriously, everytime I go into a drugstore or any store with a Milani display, I desperately searched for this gold hexagonal glitter polish. I finally found it yesterday at a Walgreens about 5 to 10 minutes away from my house. Go figure! There were also two bottles of Milani Jewel FX Gems in the display but I decided to leave those alone because I already have it, after finding it at a CVS about an hour away from my home ;x

The above manicure shows Milani Jewel FX Gold on the accent nail. To get it to completely cover the nail I had to pat it on and maneuver some of the glitter into the place I wanted it to be. It is definitely not hard to work with though!

The rest of my nails are painted in two coats of Cover Girl Midnight Forest, which I showed you all in my Dollar Tree Haul.

Blue Skies and Green Grass

From L to R: Kleancolor Neon Green, China Glaze For Audrey, Confetti Wedding White

Being that yesterday was the start of the Spring season, I decided to do a quick manicure based on what I love about the Spring season: warm air, blue skies and bright green grass.

A little side note: I am 7 followers away from having a giveaway! Come on guys! Help me hit that 100 GFC follower mark!

Lookin' like Birthday Cake

From L to R: Party of Five, Garden Hose, Collecting Pollen

I think it looks a bit like birthday cake, don't you? Or a decorative Easter egg!

Base Color: 3 coats of Collecting Pollen
Wavy Tip: Garden Hose and Confetti Wedding White
Accent: Party of Five

I picked up these three Wet n Wild polishes at Harmon's Discount. I heard about this store on someone's blog and decided to check it out. WHY DIDN'T I KNOW ABOUT THIS PLACE BEFORE?! It is amazing! Such a great selection of nail polish, makeup and other beauty products. I am lucky enough to have two of them within a half hour of where I live.