Snapping Out of It

As promised here are some nail photos of nails from the past week when I was MIA. And even a little boy hands shot. Ian again begged for polish and was granted his snazzy pink/blue combo.

First image here is China Glaze- Peace on Earth with China Glaze- Frosty. I used my new embossing tools to make this fun look. I think last Tuesday or Wednesday was the first frost of the year and I actually had to use a scraper on my car windows. Totally inspired my nail art.

Here we have China Glaze- Ruby Pumps stamped over with Konad special polish- White. I used Bundle Monster plate BM01 for the Image. I as usual failed to bother to clean up my cuticles before snapping my pictures. I think I just give up on the whole idea. If for some reason it bothers someone that much they can find another blog to read.

I must say this polish is a pain in the ass to photograph. It looks to bright red no matter what lighting I tried to use. Seriously its soo much more dimensional with lots of glittery goodness. I honestly think its just my crap-era... I mean camera. I keep checking out new ones but have decided to hold off until after Christmas. My kids just come first.

And last this is my sons little fingers. He was excited about a giveaway package that arrived in the mail and wanted me to paint each of his nails a different color. He already had on light blue polish though so I just painted over the blue. I have a post for tomorrow about the fun box of goodies I received and from whom.

This is all for today.
Don't forget that I still have my first giveaway going and nail art contest to boot!
Happy Polishing. :)

Celebration Mani Contest

Ok gals (and possibly guys) I know I have been MIA pretty much since Cinder passed but I am forcing myself to get out of the blue fog of depression I have been in, and follow thru with some posting. I have been diligent this past week with photographing my nails and other things, but not posting a thing. Just reading blogs and books. So, as promised I have a fun contest for the holidays. If you entered my first giveaway and emailed me your Mani already you will get an additional 10 entries for my giveaway.

So its the holiday season and everyone is having parties, decorating and enjoying the company of friends and family. This is the time of year for people to celebrate. So I want to see some fun Celebration Mani's! They can be related to anything from thanksgiving to Christmas, new years to Kwanzaa and anything in between. This gives you guys some wide room to be creative and show some passion.

So rules:

• One Celebration Mani per person.
• Anything goes as long as it is on the nail. So no skin painting etc. Just fun nail art. Stamping, freehand, stickers, decals, gems, found small objects... if you can get it on your nail and it fits the bill of a CELEBRATION then go for it. I will use my own judgment on this and notify anyone whom I feel needs to re-submit an entry.
• All nails must have nail polish incorporated into the design somehow! Art is great but since I am a polish fanatic lets see some polish!
• You must list all polishes used. You don't have to list top and base coats, but polish names and brands are important.
• I want a short one paragraph story/ explanation of your Mani. Let us know what your thinking was behind your creation.
• In your email I need your blog URL and GFC (google friend connect) name.
• Have fun!!!

Entries need to be received by Dec 4th at 11:59pm. Email entries to Jea.Lo.Ryder@gmail.com

I will post a blog within 48 hours of the end of the entry deadline and voting will commence for one week. No entries are to be posted anywhere until my post has been made. If I see your Mani is posted before I put it up for voting, you will be disqualified.

So now for the fun part. What you can win!

• Two sheets of nail decals: Letters and flowers
• A set of pedi toe separators by Mrs.Manicure
• A stuffed Reindeer
• A small bottle of Ulta Citrus Cream body wash
• Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear- Deep Purple
• Milani- Enchantment
• Sinful Colors- Nail Junkie
• China Glaze- Robotika
• China Glaze- Sci-fi

Good luck all and as always... Happy Polishing! (I have nails to show you tomorrow!)

Disclosure: All items for this contest were purchased by me.

50th Horde member Giveaway!

Ok everybody. What did you all do? I haven't been really paying attention to my followers number because I logged on a few days ago only to realize I now have over 50 followers. Errrmmm... when did this happen? Last I remember I had somewhere around 30ish. So to thank you for showing interest in my blog and all of the amazing comments I have been getting I am going to host a giveaway.

First item is something I bought for myself the other day. Its a set of embossing tools. If you have no idea what the heck an embossing tool is then let me just say they are pretty much "dotting" tools but are used in scrap booking. The set I have here is three different tools. Two of the tools are double ended and one is single. Each end on these is a different size ball which makes them perfect for doing freehand nail art. When I bought my embossing tools and some paintbrushes I received a coupon for 40% one item in the store. So I saved that coupon and used it to get these for my lucky winner.

Next is a small bottle of my favorite body wash. Coconut Lime by Ulta. I love this scent soo much. Its the perfect wake me up scent for morning.

And what polish blog giveaway would be complete without some polishes? In no particular order Cover Girl-Disco Dazzle, Cover Girl- City Lights, Orly- Mirror Mirror, Sinful Colors- Irish Green, China Glaze- Flip Flop Fantasy, Sally Hansen- Champagne Toast.

I will more than likely pick up a few more things as a surprise... or perhaps I have already. ;)

So here are the rules-
One entry per person. Any duplicate entries will disqualify you.

For one entry- give me your google friend connect name and email address so I can contact you if your drawn. I will be checking to see if you are on my friends list!

For ten additional entries- Email me your "celebration" Mani at Jea.lo.Ryder@gmail.com. Its the holidays and everyone is going to be throwing/going to parties for various events. So be creative! For more info go HERE.
For one additional entry- post about my contest in some format (blog post, sidebar, giveaway page, etc.) and give me the link to your post. (include the first image from this post with your posting and get two additional entries for a total of three.)

• Please note that if you do email me a "celebration" Mani, you will have an opportunity to win another contest on top of getting additional entries into the giveaway. Details will be posted soon.

This giveaway ends Nov 23rd at 11:59pm EST.

So.. Happy Polishing! And remember ONE comment per person on this post. I am going to be a stickler on this, so double check before you hit send.

Update: OMG.. where is my post??? No worries guys. To protect your email addresses I have put your info into a spread sheet on my computer and deleted your comments. Just looking out for you all.

CLOSED: Thank you for over 200 entries. All of them are being verified and a winner will be announced ASAP!

RIP Cinderella

Sorry, I have not been in the mood to blog. I had set up a bunch of posts, but I was dealing with a very sick cat and have been in tears on and off all week. I posted a few things trying to be cheerful and ignore my emotions but dealing with a sick pet is the worst. Yesterday, Halloween of all days, she got really bad. We knew she wast going to make it much longer. Her breathing had become labored and all she seemed to want was someone to hold her. We took the kids trick-or-treating anyway but came home to find that she hadn't moved at all during the 5 hours we were away. She had gotten to the point that she couldn't walk anymore.

I was awoken around 5am by my Lady Verve yowling at me. I went into my sons room and found her crying in a really quiet voice. She had somehow dragged herself under my youngest sons bed. I pulled her out and held her until 6:30am when she finally passed. Right now I am a bit heart broken. She was only a little over a year old. She passed away wrapped up in a blanket just how I used to hold her when she was a tiny little thing of a kitten.

I do have some posts I want to put up, like a giveaway and some Mani's but at the moment I just don't have the heart. Even knowing she was doomed a week ago when we found out she had lead poisoning didn't prepare me for how blah I feel right now. I promise I will be back, and maybe if I'm feeling better later today I will post the giveaway post I have saved in my drafts. At the moment I just need some time to collect myself. We still have to bury her which I fear is going to bring on more tears.

Thank for understanding. Happy Polishing!