$weetcheeks Polish: Eric & Jetta

If you missed yesterday's post announcing the winner of my 1-Year Blogiversary Giveaway, go check it out now!  Today I've got two cool polishes to show you today from a relatively new indie brand, $weetcheeks Polish.  

Read on after the jump for more photos and a full review!  :)

And the winners are...

The winners of my 1-Year Blogiversary Giveaway are...

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Congratulations to you both!!  I have emailed both winners; if I do not get a response within 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen.

Thank you to everyone who entered, and for WingDust Collections and Llarowe for donating the prizes!  Hooray for a successful giveaway!! :D

Globe & Nail Turns 1 Today!

 Late last night after a swatch-a-thon, I couldn't decide what to do on my nails.  I knew my giveaway was closing and all that stuff (two winners will be announced in another post later today), but I just wasn't thinking straight.  As I decided to just slap on a plain creme and go to sleep, it hit me that today is my 1-year blogiversary!  How silly of me to almost forget!!

In wake of my revelation, I had a quick peek at my very first blog post ever, and decided to re-create that mani for this special day.  You can see my original post here, which I am (surprisingly) not too ashamed of, haha! :P

I stuck with the same colour scheme as before, but used different polishes.  I started with two coats of LaCC 1972 (lilac) then top coated and let it dry.  Next, I taped off the purple part using the jagged side of the tape (where you tear it) instead of the straight edge like normal, to get a cute zig-zag line.  

I repeated these steps with LaCC 1968 (green) and piCture pOlish Fairy Floss (pink), and topped it off with more Seche Vite to complete the look.  

I still like this look, but after a year of doing my nails nearly every day and figuring out my likes and dislikes, it's not necessarily something I would enjoy wearing as much anymore.  It's still a super cute spring look, though!

Here's a photo from my original post, just for comparison.  I think my major improvements over the past year are definitely my photography (LOVE my new camera), clean-up, freehand nail art (which this obviously doesn't showccase) and my cuticle care.  Lush Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter is a miracle-worker. 

And here's a quick collage with bottle shots of all three polishes I used this time around. 

I'm so grateful for everything this year of blogging has brought me; I've made lots of friends who are just as crazy about nail polish as I am, and I've discovered more about myself as well.  I have learned some valuable business and marketing skills, as well as teaching myself about DSLR photography and learning to use photoshop.  I've dug through piles of nail polish at Winners to find the best deals, and pushed myself creatively to come up with new and exciting nail art.  The list goes on and on!

Overall, this year has been an invaluable experience in shaping who I will become in the next few years, with me graduating high school in a couple months.  None of it would have been possible without all of the encouragement and positive feedback from my friends, family, and of course my readers, and for that I am so grateful to you all.  Here's to another year of polished nails!!  :D

Giveaway Reminder!

Hey guys!  Just a quick reminder that my 1-Year Blogiversary Giveaway closes in three hours, and two winners will be announced tomorrow.  You can see the two prizes below, and go to this post to enter in the Rafflecopter widget.  The giveaway is open to Canadian and Continental US mailing addresses, so go enter if you haven't already!!  :)

Turquoise Tips

I never wear french tip manis, but suddenly one night last week I got the urge to do one.  I just can't bring myself to wear a normal french mani (makes me feel like a Barbie) so I went with a bit of a different look; here's the result!  

I started off with a base of LaCC 1992; once that was dry I taped off the tips and added LaCC 1977.  Topped it all off with two coats of LaCC 2013 top coat for a smooth finish. 

Even though the awesome colour combination helped a bit, I still felt really out of my element wearing french tips.   I guess it's just not my thing!

Is this fun spring-y look something you'd wear?  Are you like me with some particular styles of nail art, where you just don't feel very "you" wearing them?  :P  I'm curious, leave a comment!  :)

The Only Thing Better Than Hairspray...

Actually, there are lots of things better than hairspray.  As a dancer, I have spent way too much time basking in the suffocating chemical stench of hairspray in change-rooms backstage at shows and competitions.

However, when it comes to the musical, you gotta love it!  I discovered it with the release of the 2007 movie adaptation, and my friends and I were so obsessed with it.  Looking back, it was pretty hilarious how much we were in love with that movie, but hey, we were in grade 7.

Of course, I still know every word of every song, and I'll always go back and re-watch that movie.  Plus, who can resist a little James Marsden?  ;)

Anyways, the occasion that prompted this nail art was a local school's production of Hairspray, which I went to see last night.  I know a few people in it (it's not my school, because I'm cool and do school online) so I went with a few friends from dance.   

For this look, I started each nail with a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. When that was dry, I taped off half of each nail and added the following colours, thumb to pinky: LaCC 1963 (so close! - the story is set in 1962), piCture pOlish Fairy Floss, LaCC 1977, LaCC 1972, and LaCC 1963 again.  the letters were all done in acrylic paints.  I added two coats of LaCC 2013 top coat for a smooth finish.  

So, are you a fellow Hairspray fan?  Have you seen a production of the musical or the movie?  :D

Cadillacquer: Such Is Life Collection

You may remember that last month I posted about a relatively new indie brand from Switzerland, Cadillacquer.  Madeleine's brand is quickly growing, and today I've got her third collection to show you.  This is another collection of delicious glitter-filled crellies, which is called Such Is Life.  

Read on for more photos and a full review after the jump!  :)