NJ Pet Expo and 101 Dalmatians Nail Art

Two weekends ago was the New Jersey Pet Expo and I attended for the second time. Last year, I had just adopted Pebbles (read all about her story here) the week before, so I stocked up on some goodies for her.

This go around, we now have Dakota, Pebbles, and Brynn (who we permanently adopted last March), so I stocked up on some toys, treats, and a couple of new collars. Those collars are so pretty... I'm sure I'll be using them as inspiration for some manicures

So in honor of Pet Expo, I did a little 101 Dalmatians nail art!

I used Revlon Gold Coin, Milani Spotlight White, Zoya Breezi, Zoya Rehka, and Zoya Raven to make this nail art, along with gray striping paint.

This was extremely labor-intensive, but I'm happy with how it came out. What do you think?

Subscription Sunday: October 2013 Bark Box

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been slow to post lately... law school and an internship are taking over most of my time. But I'm really trying to swatch as much as possible!

Today, I have for you the October Barkbox, which both of my girls are obsessed with! One of the cool things about Barkbox is that not only do they make boxes for dogs, but they also make them for cats!

Right now, there is also a $10 off your first box coupon. So you can click here and enter the code: ROIGBBX1 to receive your box for just $19! A donation will also be made to Romp Rescue, so it's a big win all around!

First up in the Barkbox is the bumi ZogoFlex!

This is the large sized ZogoFlex, which retails for $13.25. The girls LOVED this because it gives them a great solo toy and also an awesome tug toy.

See what I mean?

Plus, if I step on it, I don't start screaming. So that's a bonus haha.

Next up is the Fetch&Glow, a glow in the dark ball, which retails for $10.49.

It's soft, but durable and as you can see on the package, it also floats. The only downside is that in order to glow, it has to be exposed to sunlight for a few hours. But since it mainly stays inside the house for my dogs, that's not really an issue for me.

Here is the first of two treats in this month's BarkBox, the Autumn Harvest treats from Baker's Best. These treats retail for $8.

The main protein in these are goal liver, which is a strong alternative for dogs with allergies. They're also gluten free.

At press time, these were gone. So, that should speak for itself!

Here are the Fruitables Halloween Dog Treats, which retail for $6.

These totally reminded me of the little pretzel packages my mom always bought around Halloween. I had intended on handing these out to any dogs that came by for Trick or Treaters, but they didn't last that long.

Instead, I kept these in the top drawer of my polish Melmer to bribe Brynn out from underneath my bed when I'm ready to go to bed. They ran out last night and we were both very sad.

Here is a Crunchy Rabbit Chew from Etta Says, which retails for $2.50.

I've been saving the Duck Chew from April's box for a while for a day I need to keep Dakota occupied. But now, I have two so I can keep both Dakota AND Brynn occupied.

Dakota was very interested...

Overall, this was an AWESOME Barkbox. We got over $40 worth of fun stuff in here and the Fetch&Glow and ZogoFlex will last us a long time. I'd highly recommend any of these products!

Remember, there is a $10 off your first box coupon. So you can click here and enter the code: ROIGBBX1 to receive your box for just $19! A donation will also be made to Romp Rescue, too.

And a final bonus shot of the girls with their ZogoFlex!

July BarkBox Review

Happy Sunday!

Today, I have a little more timely of a BarkBox for you all: July! (We just got to August's box in my house, now that I'm limbo between my internship and heading back to school.)

June Barkbox Review

Hello out there, everyone! I know my June Barkbox review is a little late... but after Brynn arrived, things got pretty hectic. So today is the day!

Pawalla June Box Review

Happy weekend, everyone!

Sticking with the dog-related theme over the past week, I thought it was only appropriate to post my first Pawalla review.

Pawalla is a pet subscription box that consists of all-natural or organic boutique pet brands. They offer two different sized boxes for both dogs and cats: the deluxe ($30) and the mini ($20). Both ship for free. Aside from receiving 3 more items in the deluxe box, you also receive premium wet food. So if you don't use wet food for your pet, the mini is perfect for you.

The great thing about Pawalla is that you fill out a pet profile about the lucky dog or cat receiving the Pawalla box so their Pet Nutritionist can select the foods, treats, and supplements that are best for them. Also, anything you receive in your Pawalla box can be purchased on the shop along, with tons of related products from the same boutique brands they trust.

The deluxe box I received for review was specially selected for Dakota, a six-year old chocolate labrador retriever.

Here is how the box looks when it arrives. It's so cute!

101 Dalmatians Theme Nails

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a wonderful start to your weekend!

Today is Rutgers Day at my university, a huge open house on all four campuses in which school organizations run various tables and events. There's music, food, and a lot of fun to be had.

I live on Cook Campus, the agricultural campus complete with a farm and greenhouse. It is also where we live with our puppies that are being trained as Seeing Eye dogs. Some of you may remember Pebbles, who came to live with my family and I this past Valentine's Day. For those of you who are new, here is what the seven week old, 7.2 pound Pebbles, a female black Labrador retriever, looked like on the day she arrived:

 

And here is Pebbles today:

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's SUPER PEBBLES! Pebbles turned four months old yesterday and weighed in at 22.5 lbs. She's still petite and small, but she has a really big personality!

So where does the 101 Dalmatians nail art come into play? Well, as the treasurer of the Rutgers Seeing Eye Puppy Club, Rutgers Day has been my event to run for the last two years. Because I'm graduating in two weeks, this will be my last event as a Rutgers undergraduate student. So instead of using our club colors (green and white) and simple paw prints, I wanted to do something really different.

And after checking out a Disney nail art contest (woo Amber!) for some inspiration that's how the 101 Dalmatians Manicure was born!

I used nail art polishes in red, gray, black, and white, as well as Revlon Gold Coin for the details and Sally Hansen Cherry Red, Sally Hansen White On, and NYC Water Street Blues for the base colors.

Here's a shot in which you can see the thumb in better focus. I used Dazzle Dry top coat, which I am currently obsessed with at the moment, and it tried very quickly. (Review of DD coming soon!)

This mani was a HIT at work today, so I'm very excited to see how all of the kids react tomorrow at Rutgers Day.

Hope you all have a great Saturday!

Princess Polish (and Pebbles... and Dakota too!)

Introducing... Pebbles!

Hello everyone! I just wanted to let you know that Pebbles arrived at our house around 11:40 this morning. She is super sweet, loves to be held and cuddled, and also loves to sleep. What a relief!

I was going to take this time to announce the winners of our grand prize. Except there's one minor problem: out of nearly 300 entries, no one guessed Pebbles!

So here's what I'm going to do. I'm still going to draw seven names for the China Glaze Ruby pumps and will announce them on the Facebook page. I will email the winners and they will have 24 hours to reply with their address. If I don't hear from them, I will choose another person.

The other prizes will go back into my magical bag of prizes and be prizes for upcoming giveaways!

Thank you so much for the wonderful support and I can't wait to giveaway more free stuff!

Lots of love!

Princess Polish (and Dakota and Pebbles)