February Haul, Part Dos

Hello again loves!

Hope you all had a great hump day! That much closer to the weekend! I finally took pictures of second half of my February hauls. (See first half here)This will be my last big one for a while, I am going to be limiting my polish buying for the next few months. I have accumulated polishes so quickly that I have not had a chance to use them all, so I will be playing some catch up. :) And I may or may not be running out of storage space. . .

All the pretties

Gilt City offered a $40 voucher for bloom.com for only $20! Some new customers were able to snag a $15 off coupon too so it was only $5! I was one of those lucky few. Due to high demand the promo was changed and new customers were offered 20% off their order vs. $15 off. Still a great deal for some new polish though!

(L-R) CND Effects Jade Sparkle, Priti NYC Dusty Miller, Pop Beauty Mint Magic and OPI Did It On Em

I didn't think I was going to like any of the colors from China Glaze's The Hunger Games (Capitol Colours) Collection but I was wrong. I got a couple in a swap and some others from Sally's thanks to a $10 off $20 birthday coupon. (You can pick up these colors from the website right now for only $3.50 if you have a Beauty Club Card!)

(L-R) Smoke & Ashes, Stone Cold, Agro, Riveting and Fast Track

I picked up a couple more bottles of Cult Nails Toxic Seaweed after the presale was over (not pictured) and snagged some other colors while in the process. I am looking forward to some of the new colors that will be launching since I now have pretty much all of the colors I want from the existing collections!

(L-R) Enigmatic, Power Thief, My Kind Of Cool Aid, Bad DN and Awakening

My local K-Mart did not have all of the Jordana Glitters available so I ordered a few directly from their website. They cost a little more online($2.99 vs $1.99) but at least the shipping wasn't too bad. And I didn't have to drive around to a bunch of different stores trying to find them.

(L-R) Green Glitz, Lunar Lights, My Superstar and Bronze Fest

I have had my eye on a few other ManGlaze polishes so I placed another order through their Facebook store. There are only a few from their lineup that I am missing now too, so I hope they start releasing some new colors! ;)

(L-R) Hot Mess, Cabron and Fuggen Ugly

I placed a small order with Llarowe for the last of the Hits that were on my wish list. I had been waiting to get Hefesto forever! I kept missing it whenever it came back in stock!

(L-R) Hefesto, Atena, Demeter and Valsa

I will admit, I have avoided buying many Deborah Lippmann's. They are expensive and honestly I have not been drawn to any of her colors. But I could not pass these two up! I did pay full price for Mermaid's Dream (free shipping at least) on Zappos but I got Sweet Dreams for 15% off (free shipping too!) on HSN. (I heard a rumor that there is to be a similar purple flakie released!)

(L-R) Mermaid's Dream and Sweet Dreams

In my search for indie polish I came across Elixir Lacquers. There are a few more I would love to order, but I had to get my hands on these ones first!

(L-R) We Sisters Three, Kind Of Connery and With A K

I can not stay away from Etsy! Windestine had 2 more polishes listed that I just had to have! Both of these colors are so unique and down right gorgeous!

Yeah, I will just let you read these ones. ;)

And you guessed it, more polishes from Etsy shops! I got 1 more from Pretty & Polished and also bought my first colors from Dollish Polish!

(L-R) P&P Galactus, Why'd It Have To Be Snakes, I'm The Ghost With The Most Babe, He Slimed Me and Random Dancing

Ooooh and what do we have here? Major Nerd Lacquer haul! Not too long after I placed my first order Amanda closed up shop for a bit to get caught up on orders. I stalked her site waiting for her to open again, and placed an order almost as soon as it did! I am happy I did not wait because her shop was closed up again the next day! Luckily I had just gotten my tax return so I didn't feel so guilty buying all of the ones I wanted, including the 3 new colors she had added! :)

I just can't get enough! Up close photos below!

(L-R) Pinin' For The Fjords, Don't Panic, Cyanace Frictoin, The Quantum Bluniverse and The Selfish Green

(L-R) Regeneration, Holoday Mint, Exterminate and It's Just A Flesh Wound

(L-R) Cold & Calculating, Resolutionary, Antisocial Media and Event Horizon

Finally, here are some random polishes I picked up in some swaps thanks to a couple of nail polish exchange groups on Facebook. I was able to unexpectedly cross some major lemmings off my list!

(L-R) Lynnderella Bride Of Franken, Cult Nails Always Winning, OPI I Lily Love You, China Glaze L8R G8R, Orly It's Not Rocket Science & Rock Solid and Julep Emilie

Whew! It's alot of work putting together these haul posts! NOTD posts are so much easier, I will be looking forward to a little break! :) I am already on my 4th green manicure for the month! Behind in posts I know, but I will get one up tomorrow!

Hope you enjoyed seeing my haul, goodnight!

Brittany Raquel

The Nail Polish Guru 100 Follower Giveaway!

Hello lovelies!

I am so sorry that it took me a few days longer than expected to get my giveaway posted! In my delay I have gotten to 123 followers! What?! That's crazy! I can't even begin to express how much I appreciate you all! I know I am not a regular blogger but you can bet that the more people pay attention, the more it makes me want to be on here every day showing you some color on my nails! Thank you so much for being here! :)

Alright now on to some prizes! Those of you that follow me on Facebook saw my sneak peek earlier this week. . .now to show all of you!

Jordana Glitters and more EOS lip balms!

I am sure you have all seen some swatches of Jordana's new glitters by now. They are pretty awesome, especially for the price! For my giveaway there will be 2 winners, each winner will get 5 of these polishes! And of course an EOS lip balm. My favorites. :) Here are some more pics of the polishes:

(L-R) Celebration, Fairy Dust, Green Glitz, Celestial and Rhinestones

(L-R) Bronze Fest, Sequins, Gemstones, My Superstar and Cosmic

This giveaway will be open until until 3/24/12! You will earn 1 entry for following my blog via GFC and 2 entries each for liking my FB page and sharing this giveaway. I do verify all entries before choosing a winner so please don't submit any false entries, it makes me sad when I have to delete them.

Good luck, ladies! Thanks again for all your support!

Brittany Raquel

February Haul, Part Uno

Back again! Told you I had some catching up to do! First and foremost I want to apologize that these are not the best pictures. I have been fighting with my digital camera, so my photos recently have been taken using my cell phone. (Samsung Galaxy S II, not too shabby honestly. . .right now it is taking better photos than my $400 camera!) I am thinking it is time to invest into a new camera, let me know if you have any suggestions! :)

Today I have another haul post for you. Sorry I forgot to take a photo of it all together! But it doesn't seem like I bought as much if I keep it separate instead of all together. ;) But I have over 100 polishes that I will be adding to my blog sale, so I don't feel so bad purchasing more! 

I have had my eyes on the HITS No Olimpo holo line and they were finally available on llarowe! There were also 3 HITS flakies I had been waiting to come back in stock and another a-england holo to complete my collection.

(L-R) Princess Sabra (Tristam's Eye's), Lambada, Can Can, Twist, Dionisio, Hera, Zeus and Apolo

You saw my NOTD post already, here is the whole Cult Nails Let's Get Nekkid Collection! :)

(L-R) Toxic Seaweed, Mazo, Baker, Tulum and Swanbourne

Julep offered $20 mystery boxes as a Valentine's Day promo. I was hanging on to a a voucher that I purchased for $20 to get $40 worth of Julep product and I was able to use that towards the box! What a steal! I love the mystery boxes and am super lucky to have gotten one of the higher end ones! Included was lip gloss, nail growth revitalizing serum, nail appliques (not photographed), age defying hand brightener, top coat for hair (not photographed), cuticle oil, fast dry top coat, glitter pot and 7 nail colors!

 (Polishes only, top to bottom) Shania, Stella, Anne, Helena, January, Demi and Gwyneth.

Butter London had a 30% off sale that I had to take advantage of! Perfect opportunity to add to my small BL collection!

 (L-R) Wallis, Dosh, Disco Biscuit, Victoriana, Henley Regatta and Knackered.

I finally recieved my first order from Nerd Lacquer! Amanda had promised a special color to be included if the order was processed after her normal time frames so I was actually happy that it took longer than expected! Largo was the special color (get it?) and ended up being my favorite! Square glitter!! Not that all of her polishes aren't just as amazing! Her Etsy shop was recently restocked and I have more on the way that I will share with you next time! Amanda has temporarily closed the shop to get caught up on orders but she will be back soon!

 (L-R) I Aim To Misbehave, Nebula, Quasar, Crunchy Frog, Purely Logical, All of Time & Space and Largo

Another Etsy purchase, this time from the seller PamsAndKin. I love the colors she has to offer and that they are all 3 free!

(L-R) Toy Soldier, Electric Dream, THIS Year, Enchanted, Left Coast Envy and Lady Luck

Etsy has several sellers to choose from to buy custom nail polish! Windestine caught my eye with the beautiful, glittery Rainforest! Green holo glitter. . .enough said! The seller was also sweet to include a small bottle of her color Endangered "Blue" Loons. :)

 (L-R) Rainforest and Endangered "Blue" Loon

I also came across the seller atrophie on Etsy. Her selection is limited but once again, I can't say no to green and glitter! :)

(L-R) New Math and Ectoplasm

The final order I placed on Etsy was from Pretty & Polished. Keep checking her shop as she is in the process of restocking! :) These all have a beautiful holo sparkle!

(L-R) Sphere, Martian Salad and Cryptid

Okay, it's official. . .I am obsessed with ManGlaze! I just can't get over the names, artwork and the matte-ness that turns to glittery, shimmery goodness with a top coat! LOVE.

(L-R) Butt Taco, ILF, Fuck Off And Dye, Matte is Murder and Mayonnaise

There has been a lot of talk about Jordana Glitters, so I stopped by my local KMart and picked some up! At $1.99 each I didn't feel bad buying them all. Especially since they are $2.99 on Jordana's site and on cherryculture! 

(L-R) Gemstones, Rhinestones, Funky Gold Town, Copper Blaze, Sequins, Pixie Pink, Celebration, Magenta Magic, LA City Nights, Cosmic, Blue Bash and Celestial

Several weeks ago Good Morning America offered a special for 50% off these 3 Deborah Lippmann colors! The best part was that you got free shipping if you bought all 3!

(L-R) Happy Birthday, Across The Universe and Today Was A Fairytale

I placed another order from Sephora so I could get my hands on the new Spring colors. The Illamasqua made sure I got free shipping. :)

(L-R) Scarab, I Only Shop Vintage, Paisley Attention To Me, What Aura Gonna Wear? and It's Totally Karma

And finally more nail mail from my friend Savannah! OPI's Pirates collection had several colors that I loved but wasn't able to get my hands on. Savannah was able to find these for me on clearance at Ulta! Yay! She also sent me another beautiful Orly to add to my collection! 

(L-R) Rock The World, Skull & Glossbones, Stranger Tides and Mermaid's Tears

What do you think of my haul? What have you hauled recently? Have you been able to cross any lemmings off your list?

Look for my blog sale to be posted by tomorrow!

Brittany Raquel