Here's a recap of all the awesomeness and some exclusive photos from the event, as well as a look at the visionary behind Zoya Nail Polish.
Showing posts with label Limited Edition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Limited Edition. Show all posts
Monday, December 2, 2013
Zoya for Rolando Santana Event + a HUGE Giveaway!
As you all may remember, a little over a week and a half ago, I live-blogged the awesome Zoya event at the Rolando Santana showroom to celebrate the collaborative "Alegre" collection. It really was an awesome event and I had so much fun!
Here's a recap of all the awesomeness and some exclusive photos from the event, as well as a look at the visionary behind Zoya Nail Polish.
Here's a recap of all the awesomeness and some exclusive photos from the event, as well as a look at the visionary behind Zoya Nail Polish.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Swatch and Review: Milani Retro Glam Collection
Happy Monday, everyone! Today, I have for you six AWESOME new limited edition shades from Milani, including a really fun glitter topper called Jewel FX. It's named the Retro Glam Collection and my favorite part is that they're all named after ice cream flavors!
Monday, December 31, 2012
Top of 2012: Silver
I only have one top silver shade for 2012. I'm not one for metallics or overly glitter silvers that aren't holos.
In the end, this shade shouldn't come as a surprise to you all.
What silver could be more suited to Princess Polish than one named after the Queen of England?
Lillibet's Jubilee from butter LONDON was released to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's fifty years on the throne. And this silver metallic with lavender undertones was simply smashing.
Class, but unique... very fitting for Liz II indeed!
What's your shade of silver? Or your shade of gray? (And no, you may not pick fifty.)
Monday, July 9, 2012
Zoya Audrey
Happy Monday!
This morning, I'm starting off with freshly painted nails for a casual look. And what better for a casual look than Zoya Audrey from the LE Peter Som Collection?
Zoya Audrey is a milky pale pink jelly nail polish that built up perfectly in three coats. You can see from the bottle just how MUCH I use this color. In fact, I use it SO often that I have a backup!
First of all, this is the perfect polish for the "your nails but better" look. Second of all, if you have gel nails and you're a LITTLE far between fills, three coats of this will hide it. It's definitely a perfect shade to own for that!
Are you into the bare nails trend? Or do you only use nude shades for French manicures?
Until tomorrow!
Princess Polish
This morning, I'm starting off with freshly painted nails for a casual look. And what better for a casual look than Zoya Audrey from the LE Peter Som Collection?
Zoya Audrey is a milky pale pink jelly nail polish that built up perfectly in three coats. You can see from the bottle just how MUCH I use this color. In fact, I use it SO often that I have a backup!
First of all, this is the perfect polish for the "your nails but better" look. Second of all, if you have gel nails and you're a LITTLE far between fills, three coats of this will hide it. It's definitely a perfect shade to own for that!
Are you into the bare nails trend? Or do you only use nude shades for French manicures?
Until tomorrow!
Princess Polish
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Essie Limited Edition: Cosmo's PSS Shimmer
A couple of weeks ago, Cosmopolitan magazine gave away 1500 bottles of a Limited Edition nail polish by Essie. At midnight, a group of fellow bloggers/polish addicts and I entered our information in a form and crossed our fingers that it would arrive in the mail.
Well, the mailman came on Tuesday and dropped off this beauty:
The application of this polish was kind of on the thick side and hard to photograph because it was so jam-packed with glitter! Now don't get me wrong, I liked the fact that this was not a loud gold glitter, like Julep Oscar, but rather a delicate glitter. I just wish it wasn't as gloppy on the nail. It took four coats to be opaque and I recommend waiting until the previous coat is completely dry before proceeding. It would have saved me a headache.
So what do you think everyone? Is Essie Cosmo's PSS Shimmer a shade you'd rock?
Until tomorrow!
Princess Polish
Well, the mailman came on Tuesday and dropped off this beauty:
Essie Cosmo's PSS Shimmer definitely lives up to its name!
Cosmo's PSS Shimmer (say that three times fast) is a gold glitter nail polish suspended in a thick clear base.
The application of this polish was kind of on the thick side and hard to photograph because it was so jam-packed with glitter! Now don't get me wrong, I liked the fact that this was not a loud gold glitter, like Julep Oscar, but rather a delicate glitter. I just wish it wasn't as gloppy on the nail. It took four coats to be opaque and I recommend waiting until the previous coat is completely dry before proceeding. It would have saved me a headache.
So what do you think everyone? Is Essie Cosmo's PSS Shimmer a shade you'd rock?
Until tomorrow!
Princess Polish
Monday, April 23, 2012
ZOYA ALERT: Birchbox Exclusive Blogger Collection
This is a limited edition collection by Zoya for Birchbox, so once it's gone, it's gone!
Exclusive - Zoya BirchBox Blogger Collection by Birchbox - now available exclusively on BirchBox.com for $22 with FREE SHIPPING! Three custom Zoya Nail Polish shades designed exclusively for Birchbox - order your trio at BirchBox today.
You will receive 200 Share the Love Points from Zoya.com!
Forward a copy of your Zoya Blogger Birchbox Trio proof of purchase (confirmation email showing the purchase) along with your Art of Beauty (Zoya/Qtica) Customer Number (you can create a new account here) to sharethelove@artofbeauty.com. Zoya will deposit 200 "Love Points" into your account, redeemable for free items!
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Swatch and Review: OPI Love is a Racket
Hi everyone! I'm going to post my manicure for Relay for Life tomorrow (once I fix up my cuticles a little bit more hehe), so I'm going to post a swatch of one of the prizes for the Cosmetics for a Cure raffle that ended this more.
Here is one half of the OPI nail polish duo from last summer, Serena Williams Glam Slam: Love is a Racket!
I'm not a person who regularly wears reds, but this had a slight blue shimmer to it that makes it perfect for me! I LOVED this nail polish and wore it for a few days before Valentine's Day!
Hope you're all having a great Saturday! Can't wait to announce the raffle winners!
Princess Polish
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Cosmetics for a Cure - Raffle to benefit the American Cancer Society
Today, I'm kicking off Cosmetics for a Cure!
Many of you do not know that my father beat colon cancer this past fall, just when my blog was getting started. Many posts were written from hospital rooms during his recovery.
I have always participated in Relay for Life, which benefits the American Cancer Society, but this year it became more personal than ever. As a college student, it's really hard to fundraise around campus and these days, with the current state of the economy, it is a rough economic climate for these charities.
I have been toying around with this for a really long time, but some of my fellow bloggers finally pushed me to do this and I'm glad they did.
Cosmetics for a Cure is a raffle, with 100% of the money donated going to the American Cancer Society via Relay for Life! Each entry costs just $1 and you have a chance to win the VERY Limited Edition Peter Som Collection, hard to find nail polishes, expensive polishes, gift certificates, and more!
Money will be collected via the Relay for Life website and is an entirely secure. Due to ACS restrictions, there is a minimum $5 donations, which is five entries in the raffle.
For every $100 raised (which equals, at most, 20 people's participation), I will add a new prize! And believe me, they're awesome.
Here's the list of the money milestones and the corresponding prizes:
Start: LE Zoya Peter Som Collection
$100 - OPI DS Ruby
$200 - $10 Gift Certificate to Llarowe
$300 - Butter LONDON The Black Knight
$400 - Orly Dark Shadows Collection
$500 - Choice of 2012 Essie Wedding or Resort Collection
$600 - OPI DS Chiffon
$700 - Princess Polish's Favorite Things Pack (includes polishes, nail treatments, and other fun stuff!)
$750 - Floam by Nail-Venturous
$800 - One month of Julep Maven box
$900 - $10 Ulta Gift Card
$1000 - Lynnderella Boy Girl Party
$1050 - Deborah Lippmann Dream a Little Dream of Me
$1100 - Lynnderella Connect the Dots
$1150 - HITS Trendy
$1200 - Lynnderella Mysterious Ways
$1250 - Nicole by OPI Duo: OMB and Eenie Meanie Marry Me
$1300 - Lynnderella Very Pretty Vampire
$1350 - OPI DS Opulence
$1400 - Deborah Lippmann Dream a Little of Dream of Me (YES... ANOTHER ONE!)
$1450 - Custom Mary Kay Compact
$1500 - Cult Nails Seduction
$1550 - Essie Shine of the Times
$1600 - butter LONDON Knackered
$1650 - OPI Glam Slam duo: Pros & Bronze/Love is a Racket
$1700 - Lynnderella Funny Money
$1750 - Cult Nails Scandalous
If we go over $700, I will add more mystery prizes! Every time we pass a milestone, I will announce it on the Facebook and Twitter pages. And who knows? If we receive donations, I might add in some surprises at $250, $350, etc.
HOW TO ENTER:
Please visit my DONATION PAGE to donate however much you'd like. $5 for 5 entries is the minimum, but certainly not a maximum. Beyond $5, it is the same $1 an entry. (Ex: 15 entries are $15, 100 entries are $100, etc.)
Please be sure to check off the box for that says "Yes, publicly display my donation amount with my name" so that I can correctly record your name and entries in an Excel sheet. When the raffle ends, I will use my Excel sheet and Random.org to select the winners.
The raffle starts today and ends on April 14th at 6:00 am. AND it is open internationally!
If you have any questions, please feel free to comment here or on Facebook and I will do my best to answer them.
If you would like to donate to my raffle, please contact me at PrincessPolishBlog@gmail.com.
Thanks in advance for all of your support!
Princess Polish
Many of you do not know that my father beat colon cancer this past fall, just when my blog was getting started. Many posts were written from hospital rooms during his recovery.
I have always participated in Relay for Life, which benefits the American Cancer Society, but this year it became more personal than ever. As a college student, it's really hard to fundraise around campus and these days, with the current state of the economy, it is a rough economic climate for these charities.
I have been toying around with this for a really long time, but some of my fellow bloggers finally pushed me to do this and I'm glad they did.
Cosmetics for a Cure is a raffle, with 100% of the money donated going to the American Cancer Society via Relay for Life! Each entry costs just $1 and you have a chance to win the VERY Limited Edition Peter Som Collection, hard to find nail polishes, expensive polishes, gift certificates, and more!
Money will be collected via the Relay for Life website and is an entirely secure. Due to ACS restrictions, there is a minimum $5 donations, which is five entries in the raffle.
For every $100 raised (which equals, at most, 20 people's participation), I will add a new prize! And believe me, they're awesome.
Here's the list of the money milestones and the corresponding prizes:
$1500 - Cult Nails Seduction
$1650 - OPI Glam Slam duo: Pros & Bronze/Love is a Racket
$1700 - Lynnderella Funny Money
$1750 - Cult Nails Scandalous
If we go over $700, I will add more mystery prizes! Every time we pass a milestone, I will announce it on the Facebook and Twitter pages. And who knows? If we receive donations, I might add in some surprises at $250, $350, etc.
HOW TO ENTER:
Please visit my DONATION PAGE to donate however much you'd like. $5 for 5 entries is the minimum, but certainly not a maximum. Beyond $5, it is the same $1 an entry. (Ex: 15 entries are $15, 100 entries are $100, etc.)
Please be sure to check off the box for that says "Yes, publicly display my donation amount with my name" so that I can correctly record your name and entries in an Excel sheet. When the raffle ends, I will use my Excel sheet and Random.org to select the winners.
The raffle starts today and ends on April 14th at 6:00 am. AND it is open internationally!
If you have any questions, please feel free to comment here or on Facebook and I will do my best to answer them.
If you would like to donate to my raffle, please contact me at PrincessPolishBlog@gmail.com.
Thanks in advance for all of your support!
Princess Polish
Friday, February 17, 2012
Day 21: Peter Som Collection
Since I'm giving away a currently sold-out, Limited Edition Peter Som Color Box by Zoya, I figured it would be a good idea to see just how GORGEOUS these colors are! So while the winning shade for Day 21 of the 30 Days of ZOYA Challenge/giveaway will now be featured as Day 22 tomorrow instead, here is the LE collection!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Passion for Fashion Giveaway
Hi all! I'm trying to make this blog a little more fun with more giveaways, so I'm going to start with my favorite brand of polish: ZOYA!
In honor of New York Fashion Week, I'm going to be giving away one Limited Edition Peter Som Color Box! These shades are not sold separately and were exclusively sold through ArtofBeauty.com this past weekend. While they're sold out online, we managed to snag an extra box for one lucky fan!
Just enter via the Rafflecopter widget below for your chance to win!
The giveaway ends on 2/26/12 at 12:01am EST! Get to entering!
Princess Polish
Monday, October 3, 2011
Wet n Wild Ready to Pounce
Okay, I know what some of you are thinking. You've blogged about Zoya, OPI, and China Glaze… but Wet n Wild is not even in the same category. So why bother?
I'm not going to lie. Prior to this year, I'd always viewed Wet n Wild as nothing more than a bargain brand polish. And listen, I have nothing against these "bargain polishes." To be honest, as a college student, I can't really afford to go out and only buy designer brand polishes, considering brands like Butter London and Deborah Lippmann cost double digits and Zoya/Orly/OPI/China Glaze hover just below the $10 mark. That's why clearance racks are a girl's best friend.
But I have to give Wet n Wild credit where credit is due. Gone are the old formulas in which I'd have to thin out their polishes after a month, causing me to spill nail polish remover all over my desk. Gone are the streaky finishes and gloppy applications.
In fact, today, October 3th, 2011, I will confidently stand on my soapbox and proclaim that Wet n Wild makes solid quality polishes for a fantastic price!
If you need convincing, I suggest you head to your nearest drug store and pick up a polish from their On the Prowl collection. And if you can't find any polishes from that collection… it's because it has become one of the hardest to find beauty products of the season. Not OPI, not Essie, not Illamasqua… Wet n Wild. Seriously, there is a blog that actually has an interactive map where people post locations in which it has been spotted. See?
In fact, I managed to snag the last one of Ready to Pounce, the most highly touted one of them all, from Harmons, if only to see what everyone has been raving about. And guess what I found out?
Shut the front door. It's. Gorgeous.
A beautiful vampy plum, with subtle purple shimmer, it's the perfect fall color. It has lasted for over five days now and has survived my subconscious nail chewing of the LSATs, with the slight ding in my middle finger due to my overzealous chocolate lab. If only she had waited until the chew toy was no longer in my hand…
And if it takes the tooth of a ninety-pound chocolate lab to take this baby down, then you KNOW it'll hold up well to the rest of the elements. You'll have to excuse the lack of a bottle shot… it was being passed around amongst my friends for use at the time this article was written.
Oh and speaking of Deborah Lippmann? The cost of DL Happy Birthday, DL Ruby Slippers, and DL Wicked Game? A wallet-busting $54 at your local Nordstroms.
The cost of their WnW dupes, Party of Five Glitters, Behind Closed Doors, and Gray's Anatomy? $5.97.
Want to join me on my soapbox?
- Princess Polish
I'm not going to lie. Prior to this year, I'd always viewed Wet n Wild as nothing more than a bargain brand polish. And listen, I have nothing against these "bargain polishes." To be honest, as a college student, I can't really afford to go out and only buy designer brand polishes, considering brands like Butter London and Deborah Lippmann cost double digits and Zoya/Orly/OPI/China Glaze hover just below the $10 mark. That's why clearance racks are a girl's best friend.
But I have to give Wet n Wild credit where credit is due. Gone are the old formulas in which I'd have to thin out their polishes after a month, causing me to spill nail polish remover all over my desk. Gone are the streaky finishes and gloppy applications.
In fact, today, October 3th, 2011, I will confidently stand on my soapbox and proclaim that Wet n Wild makes solid quality polishes for a fantastic price!
If you need convincing, I suggest you head to your nearest drug store and pick up a polish from their On the Prowl collection. And if you can't find any polishes from that collection… it's because it has become one of the hardest to find beauty products of the season. Not OPI, not Essie, not Illamasqua… Wet n Wild. Seriously, there is a blog that actually has an interactive map where people post locations in which it has been spotted. See?
In fact, I managed to snag the last one of Ready to Pounce, the most highly touted one of them all, from Harmons, if only to see what everyone has been raving about. And guess what I found out?
Shut the front door. It's. Gorgeous.
A beautiful vampy plum, with subtle purple shimmer, it's the perfect fall color. It has lasted for over five days now and has survived my subconscious nail chewing of the LSATs, with the slight ding in my middle finger due to my overzealous chocolate lab. If only she had waited until the chew toy was no longer in my hand…
And if it takes the tooth of a ninety-pound chocolate lab to take this baby down, then you KNOW it'll hold up well to the rest of the elements. You'll have to excuse the lack of a bottle shot… it was being passed around amongst my friends for use at the time this article was written.
Oh and speaking of Deborah Lippmann? The cost of DL Happy Birthday, DL Ruby Slippers, and DL Wicked Game? A wallet-busting $54 at your local Nordstroms.
The cost of their WnW dupes, Party of Five Glitters, Behind Closed Doors, and Gray's Anatomy? $5.97.
Want to join me on my soapbox?
- Princess Polish
