Borghese; Polish Fit for a Noble Italian Diva

Something quick, dark and sultry....

Borghese presents 'Plumaggio Purple.'  It's the deepest, blackest purple I have met.

Held in direct sunlight is about the only way you will know that this is truly a purple.

I have just started getting into Borghese.  I think I only had one color before I started nail blogging.  It's my opinion that Borghese is one of the better qualities of nail polish you can purchase at the drug store.

This polish has a thick brush.  I love it.  The polish goes on so smoothly that it's a dream to use.  The handle is ridged and it felt safe holding it; not that I'm the most graceful!  Two coats and it's good to go.  I do have on a top coat of Seche Clear and then Vite.  Wow, this polish wears long too.  These photos were after 3 days of wear and just the slightest tip wear.

Borghese has many vampy colors right now and so my inner vampy, diva is quite happy. :)

How do you like Borghese?  Do you like those colors that are so dark they look black?

I Have a Crush on This Orange Nail Art

I ushered in Halloween with a cute, shimmery orange polish that I reviewed here.

My blogging friend, Tara, at For Your Nails Only, thought No Miss Polish's 'Tamarac Tangerine' was a pretty orange.  So as a surprise, I sent it to her.

I really did figure that she's do some nail art with it, as this is her forte.  HOWEVER, this is not just nail art, it's a MASTERPIECE!!  You have to jump over to her blog and check out what she created.

It will put a smile on your face!! :)

What's Pink and Black and 300 Followers Strong?

There just has to be another giveaway; Libby's Pink Vanity is approaching 300 followers.
Plus, I thought these items were super cute.  So, here's the super cute 300 followers giveaway!  WooT!

 A cute pink and black coin purse, NYX's 'Sweetie', a mineral shadow sample of Hi-Fi Makeup's 'Last Words'

 Payless Shoes is carrying a couple of lines of makeup.  Seriously!  The 3 mini polishes are: Ballroom, Dancing Queen, Twirl (2 cremes and a shimmer).  The 6 lippie palette is 'Petal Pinks' and the shadow palette: 'Soft Petals' and it has 4 shadows; 2 matte, 2 shimmer, and 2 creme eye liners; one is blue and the other is brown.

Last is a cute shadow palette I found at Claire's.  This one is...No Name!! Ack!!  I hereby name thee, in the tradition of those that have gone before you, 'Pampered Petals.'

I saw these cute items and knew I had a giveaway in the making.
I love the packaging!!!!

It's evening, so the colors are not photographing well, but I do want to show you what is up for the prize.

Out of the light box for a family portrait.

Here are the rules:

MANDATORY:
(Just in case, this means you HAVE to do these two things or your entry will not be counted and that would be sad)
1) You must be a follower; let me know how you follow.
2) You need to leave me your email address so I can contact you (all your entries HAVE to have your email address!)

EXTRA POINTS ARE GOOD!
3) Put this on your blog and link back to here, and you'll get 3 more entries.

4) Tweet about this giveaway linking it back to here.

5) Share this on your FaceBook, link it back, let me know about it and you'll get an entry.

Be sweet; don't cheat!  Post in the comments for each entry, separately or all together.  It doesn't matter.

Giveaway is open internationally and to those who have won with me before.  

This giveaway runs quick because I have another one lined up!  I will close this one Oct. 16, 2010, Saturday at 10 PM EST.


You likey? 

I'll share with you two of my favorite pink things;  that's Libby's pinky lip and her pinky toes.  That is the inspiration for my blog's name.

Vampy Giveaway Winner

I used Random.Org to pick the winner of the Vampy Giveaway.  I made a copy of the page but can't get it to show up on the post.  Grr....

Total valid entries = 193.  Random number chosen = 164.

That number is:  Jamie K

Congratulations, Jamie!!!  I'm going to send you an email to get your address and send out your giveaway so you can get your 'vamp' on!!!!

Thanks to all my followers.  This is going to be a month of giveaways from me.  So, stay in contact!  I have another one I'm going to list in a couple of days.  Yeeeaaaaaaa!

Jamie K. said...

wow, i love vampy colours!! im a new follower, Jamie K. on GFC email: cow_jamie@yahoo.com.sg we dont have halloween here but my all time fave chocolate is Toblerone lol :D thank u :)

Striking Gold

Just to be on the safe side, put on some sun screen....

Here's Milani's 'Melt in the Sun.'  I don't think I have a more brilliant, shiny gold. 

I love this color.  Truly.  The sparkles can only barely be seen in the bottle and my nails.  But the sparkles in this polish are gorgeous.  There's flecks of gold, copper and maybe a green that is super light.  Or, it could just be the light playing off the micro-glitter.

This sunlight photo outshines the sun!  This is part of Milani's core colors.  And I like the shape of their bottles; they're just easy to hold.  The brush is long, but not really skinny.  I can deal with it.  Just as a warning; this polish is stinky!  It's strong.

Ready to strike gold again?

This is China Glaze's 'Twenty-Four K.'   This is a shimmer and is more golden when compared to 'Melt in the Sun.'  Talk about a lovely application!  It's China Glaze good! 
Nice, chubby top makes for easy application.  And, this polish was watery with the first coat but, it straightened right up after the second.

What a sublime gold shade for summer.  I don't wear flip flops, but I sort of wish I did to show off my golden piggies.

This gold is Princessa's 'Picking on Waikiki.'  OK...whatever.  I got this at XXI Forever.  Please, feel free to clue me in on the meaning of this polish's name.

Here's 3 coats just like the others.  Whoa!  There's no hiding the 'VNL' (Visible Nail Line) with this polish.  It's one that is cute as all get-out in the bottle, however, I knew it was going to be watery.  I still got it because I think it is going to make a great layering polish.  Maybe a franken when I learn more about how to do this.

This light isn't picking up the iridescent micro-glitter in the polish.  The base color is a very pale gold but it was the glitter!  OMG...The Glitter!!!  I can look the other way for this polish giving me VNL because I know it's going to make for one hot overlay polish.

The top is damn near identical to the China Glaze one.  It's chubby and easy to hold onto.  But 'Picking on Waikiki' has a thin brush.  Not the favorite of nail bloggers. 

I like these gold polishes for different uses.  The three of them will stay in the 'keep' bin.
My fav, though, is the Milani's 'Melt in the Sun.'
Which one is your favorite?  Do you have a different favorite gold?