Globe & Nail 1-Year Blogiversary Giveaway!

So I'm getting pretty excited over here, my 1-year blogiversary is quickly approaching!!  I can't believe I've been blogging for almost a year now, the time has flown by.  When I started Globe & Nail, it was just an outlet for my nail polish problem addiction hobby, and I never imagined it would turn into such a huge part of my life!  I'm constantly humbled by the positive responses to my blog, and for that I'm so grateful to all my readers, old and new!

So, it's finally time to give back to you guys!  I've got 26 new polishes to give away to two lucky winners.  The giveaway starts today and will close on Saturday, April 27th, which is the date of my blogiversary!

There are 6 full-size Wonder Beauty Products polishes generously provided by the lovely Leah Ann from Llarowe, and 1 full-size as well as 19 mini WingDustCollections polishes generously provided by Stephanie, the creative mind behind WingDust.  The prizes are as follows:

Prize #1:

Wonder Beauty Products Kismet, Euphoria, and Roxie Hart.

WingDustCollections Love, Love Me Do!, Night Fury, After The Storm, Total Pink Bomb, Boogie Wonderland, Shake Ya Tail Feathas, Easter Egg Hunt, Blue Steel, HOPE, and Deep Deep Trouble. 

Prize #2:

Wonder Beauty Products Let's Play Footsie, 1 Dozen Heart Bouquet, and Blue Sterling.

WingDustCollections Dancing Queen, Gilty Pleasure (23-karat gold and silver flake topper, this is the full-size), Mind Blue-ing, Grey Sky Morning, Once In A Blue Moon, Snake Skin Shoes, Breathing Underwater, Funky Town, Sea Shell Bra, and Fairy Blind. 

For larger photos of each of these polishes, you can check out the Llarowe Wonder Beauty Products and WingDustCollections pages.  Take a good look, because in the Rafflecopter widget below you'll have to tell me which prize you'd like if you were to win! 

The giveaway is open to Canadian and continental US mailing addresses only; prizes are all unused and will be shipped by me directly to the winners.  You must be at least 17 years old or have parental permission to enter.  Once the winners have been contacted, they will have 48 hours to reply and claim their prizes.  If each prize is not claimed within 48 hours, another winner will be chosen.  The packages will be shipped directly from me to each winner.  I will package the polishes as safely as I can, but am not responsible for any damages done to the prizes after they leave my possession.  

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This is my first time using Rafflecopter, so I hope it all goes smoothly!

Here are the badges to share for extra entries!  :)

Wonder Beauty Products Swatches

Today is my first day of auditions in Lausanne!  No guest post today, but I've got a ton of random swatches from Wonder Beauty Products to share!  

Steel Magnolia is a light grey jelly base with white and pink satin hex glitters and a sprinkling of shimmer/microglitters in a light grey jelly base.  Application was a little tricky because the glitters kept clumping together; three coats for opacity, shown with one coat of LaCC 2013 top coat. 

Some Kind Of Wonderful is a light blue crelly base packed with purple and yellow hex glitters of various sizes.  Application was the same as above, though it looks a little lumpier on.  I'm kind of biased towards this one because of the name.  Three coats with LaCC 2013 top coat.  

The rest are photos taken with my old camera, so bear with me.  

Here is one coat of Grammy Girl over Orly Jealous, Much?.  This glitter topper required a little work to get an even spread, but wasn't too difficult.  One coat of Seche Vite. 

Rockin' My Grammy Panties is a glitter topper that's primarily blue and green hexes, I've shown one coat over Orly Jealous, much? with one coat of Seche Vite. 

Rockin' My Grammy Panties is shown here over Orly Le Chateau, and I much prefer this colour combination to the previous one.  Application was pretty easy on this one, and I topped it with one coat of Seche Vite. 

Roxie Hart is shown here in one coat over Orly Decoded, with one coat of Seche Vite.  I like this one in concept, but application was absolutely awful and I ended up having to sponge it on.  On top of that, the glitters poked up in all sorts of odd ways and it would need 50 coats of top coat to smooth it over.  Grrr. 

1 Dozen Heart Bouquet is another Valentine's glitter topper, and this had the exact same application issues as Roxie Hart, though not quite as bad.  You're seeing one sponged coat plus spot-filling over NOPI Studio Mama, topped with Seche Vite. 

Let's Play Footsie is a bright pink jelly base with white, orange, and pink hex glitters in various sizes.  I used three coats for opacity, and topped it with one coat of Seche Vite.  The first coat was a little tricky to apply, but the second two were much easier.  

Kismet is a bright-but-dark blue jelly base with various shapes and sizes of glitter in blues and purples.  It can be built up to opacity alone but gets quite lumpy, so I layered two coats over OPI Russian Navy.  Glitter wanted to clump a little, but it was workable.  One coat of Seche Vite.  

I saved my favourite two polishes for last, the holos!  Blue Sterling is a light blue polish with a subtle holo effect, though in some lights is looks grey.  Formula was thick but workable, seeing as it was a one-coater!

Euphoria is a deep plum/brown holo, a really unique colour with a strong holo effect!  Formula was thick on this one too, but I added a little thinner and used two coats.  Love this one!!  

Follow the Wonder Beauty Products blog for updates; the polishes are available for purchase through the WBP Etsy shop and Llarowe.

My favourites are definitely Euphoria and Blue Sterling, though I also quite like Steel Magnolia and Some Kind Of Wonderful.  Which are your favourites?  :)

Disclaimer: Products in this post were provided to me for review.