1000+ followers thank you giveaway:)

 Hello, dear readers and followers, hope you're having a great day!

It's been a while since I reached 1000 followers, and I would like to thank all of you, the ones who stick with me from the beginning and the ones who came afterwards! This blog would not be the same without you, you keep me going on, reading all your nice comments really makes my day! THANK YOU!

As a token of my appreciation I have decided to organise this giveaway, all the products were bought with my own money, so this is not a sponsored giveaway! Hope you like the products, some cannot be bought anymore, because they are no longer available and were part of the limited editions. The prize consists of nail care and beauty care products so each one will find something for his/her taste. During the giveaway I will add some more products (nail polishes, nail art stuff, etc.)

On to the rules:

Mandatory:

1) Be or become a follower or e-mail subscriber of KONADomania! Please let me know in the comments which option you are taking.  For example: Google Friend Connect or subscription via e-mail. But be specific, I will check all your entries:)

If you follow via Google Friend Connect, log into the proper account when you leave your comment. If you follow via Google Friend Connect, your account has to have some public aspect. If you subscribe via e-mail, your e-mail address must be confirmed through feedburner. If you have never received an e-mail related to KONADomania's blog posts, you do not have a confirmed account.


2) Include your e-mail with your entry to qualify. If you forgot to write your e-mail in with your contest entry, leave me another comment with your e-mail address.


Both 1 & 2 together = 1 entry.

Optional extra entries. Not obligatory though!

3) Let me know what you like on KONADomania and which is your favourite nail design/manicure. 1 entry.

4 ) Blog about the contest in a post or add contest info to your sidebar. Please provide a link. 3 entries. If you use one of my contest photos, please mention that you used a photo, this will give you 2 more entries.

5) If you tweet about the contest, post a link to the tweet. 1 entry

6) You can also post the information on any other sites, facebook, nail care or beauty forums. Please provide a link too. 1 entry

7) Have KONADomania on your blogroll or add it. 2 more entries

The giveaway ends on 30th April 2011 at midnight (as long there is somewhere 30th April your entry counts), the winner will be drawn by random.org.

Good luck to you all!:)



S-he glitter nail polishes

A bunch of S-he nail polishes including the holographic pinky (far left), and some other great shades

Essence Trend edition: from Return to paradise 03 Back to paradise (similar to NARS Zulu), and 2 polishes from Fairytale TE: 01 Fairy berry (purple foil finish) and 03 Once upon a time  (shimmering glittery red)

Essence Colour&Go in Lime up, Choose me (dupe for OPI Catch me in your net), Glisten up (gorgeous flaky polish for layering, not available anymore)

3D nail stickers

a bunch of nail care and body care products:)

Essence black and white stampy polished together with Essence image plate (cherries, etc) with Matte top coat

All images are clickable:)

All the products were bought personally by me:)

Completely matte Zulu and let's french it up

Hi, dear readers and followers:)

I showed you Essence Zulu yesterday and a comparison with China glaze Matte magic on 2 nails, but today I've mattified the whole manicure. As I just couldn't stop at this stage I had to add some glossy top coat to  the tips to create a french look, the top coat used is INM OutTheDoor.

I really like the end result, how about you?

Thank you, dear readers and followers, have a nice and polished day:*

All images are clickable:)

First Essence matte polish in Zulu - matte, satin or what?

Hey, dear readers and followers:)

I'm sure you've seen this pretty already, right? This will be a rather short post, so let the pics speak for themselves;)

There are 2 coats in the pictures, and as the bottle says it'a a matte polish, but as you can see it's rather satin like than real matte effect. I also did a comparison with China glaze Matte magic to give the real matte finish.

What do you think of the colour and finish?

Thank you, dear readers and followers, have a nice and polished day:*

lightbox, artif.light, flash

no flash

comparison with matte magic on pinkie and middle finger, the difference is pretty obvious, do you agree??

All images are clickable:)

Bright red&white wild KOTD

Hello, dear readers and followers:)

How are you doing on this rainy day? (it's raining cats and dogs here, all of a sudden)

I've got a bright and cheerful manicure for you today and some guest nails again;) The polish used is Essence Tuvalu which I stamped with Konad special nail polish in white and image plate m57 and then added 1 coat of Poshe Fast drying top coat. It seems as red is the colour to go for my friend:) as she has had it at least  times in a row up till now, and I'm sure she'll have it next time too, haha.

What do you think of the combination? Which colour makes you day most often?

Thank you, dear readers and followers, have a nice and polished day:*

First summer pedicure with Essence SYF - 'cause I love it bright

Hello, dear readers and followers:)

Please don't be scared, as I've got some pics of my latest pedicure to share with you;) I used Essence Show your feet in Hot red. Gorgeous bright red cream colour. There are 2 coats in the pictures and 1 coat of INM OutTheDoor topcoat over it. The flash made my skin look just too pale, my feet aren't really that white, haha.

What do you think of the colour? And what polish are you wearing on your toes?

Thank you, dear readers and followers, have a nice and polished weekend:*

Eventhough the pics are clickable, I don't think you should enlarge them:D

Essence All I want LE Happy holiday swatch and NOTD

Hello, dear readers:)

Hope you're enjoying the last day of the weekend;) I took a few days off, and here's another polish swatch I have for you. It's from winter's limited edition from Essence named All I want. The polish is carries name Happy holiday and it's completely opaque in 2 coats, perhaps one thicker would also do. No problems with application also, although the tipwear is pretty visible soon. The colour is berry purple with subtle blue shimmer that sometimes hints to purple too. Lovely colour though:) I also added 1 coat of INM OutTheDoor topcoat.

What do you think of it? Do you own this colour too? Have any similar ones?

Thank you, dear readers and followers, have a nice and polished day:*

lightbox, artifi.light, flash

in the sun

lightbox, artif.light, no flash

lightbox, artif.light, no flash

bottle pic to see the blue shimmer

All images are clickable:)

Nail art and stamping haul (Essence and Konad)

 Hey,

I just have to share with you what I got in my last haul. Essence released their LE Be a nail artist not so long ago, and how I longed for those stamping plates that were included in the edition, but I could not get my hands on them, untill a very nice lady from Ars cosmetica forum bought some extra and offered them to the forum members. Thanks a lot timnala! I would not get them if it wasn't for you!

The other stuff I got from this trend edition are these 2 glitter mixes which include flowers, hearts, petals, drops, hearts, starts, etc. I also bought Essence nail art sealing top coat which I forgot to photograph:)

Then I also got 3 new Konad image plates. m51 is the old one, but m80 and m78 are the brand new plates.

Here's my haul, what have you bought recently??:)

Thank you, dear readers and followers, have a nice and polished day:*

All images are clickable:)

300+ GIVEAWAY

There are no words to describe how happy I am to finally introduce you, my dear readers and followers, the promised  300+ giveaway, to show you my love and thanks for staying with me and giving all your wonderful comments to my posts.

Again, I have partnered with amazing Kathleen from OC NAIL ART store who kindly agreed to award the winner with a 25 dollar gift coupon code which you can use in her online store. I think you all agree there simply has to be a konad related prize in a konad related blog;)

On to the second part of the giveaway which includes nail polishes. The winner gets to choose 3 S-he and 3 Essence nail polishes, according to her/his colour choice:)

Then the winner will get 3 sets of nail art decals.

 A bunch of my personal favourite nail care products which will include:

Ebelin nail polish remover without acetone

Essence nail polish corrector pen

Alverde Calendula hand cream

Oriflame Beauty nail tip guides (classic french and V tip)

A set of nail art polishes with fine tip brush from Visions (a brand of Oriflame). They're great, I own the same 3 ones myself. The colours are black, white and silver. This nail art part will also include a package of clear nail art rhinestones in various shapes (circle, star, heart) from the same brand.

Two lipglosses, one from Oriflame Beauty gloss Berries (this one smells really yummy, I have one myself) and the other one is from E.L.F.

The package will also include other yummy goods;)

The winner gets:

25 dollar gift coupon code from OC NAIL ART

3 S-he nail polishes of her colour choice

3 Essence nail polishes of her colour choice

Ebelin nail polish remover without acetone

Essence nail polish remover correction pen

Alverde Calendula hand cream

Oriflame French tip guides

Visions nail art tip polish in silver

Visions nail art tip polish in black

Visions nail art tip polish in white

Package of clear rhinestones in various shapes

Oriflame Beauty Berries gloss

E.L.F. gloss with spf15

+ sweets;)

All the prizes are new and untested! Enlarge the pictures to see them better.

The rules for entering this giveaway:

1. be a follower (I'll have to be able to see that you're following me)

2. For 1 entry write down your name and your email so I'll be able to contact you if you win

3. You get extra entries for each one of the things you do:

     - post about the giveaway include the link to it,  feel free to use the pictures (2 entries)

     - have konadomania on your blogroll (1 entry) (if I'm already there, please remind me:)

     - tell me which of my konadicures you liked the most (1 entry)

    

    In your comment post a link to your post on the giveaway.

4. Include in the comment with how many entries you participate and provide the link:)

5. The giveaway ends 21st of March at 24.00 Slovenia time.

6. The winner will be chosen with the help of random.org number generator.

All my followers are  invited to participate in the giveaway, home and international:)



Good luck to all of you! Hope you like the prizes I got for you:)


That's all for today, have a nice and polished day:*

Essence HOHOHO konadicure

Another quicky today, as I have so much school work to do, I don't know how to manage it all:) I have to compose 3 different written previews for EFL classes as a part of my apprenticeship, so there's a lot of work to be done:)

On to the konadicure, over yesterday's Essence LE HOHOHO I konadicured the image from konad image plate m65 and China glaze Devotion. There's no topcoat in the pictures which were taken with flash and no artificial light.

Do you like the colour combo? And the chosen motive?

Thank you, dear readers and commenters, have a relaxed and polished weekend:*

with my all time favourite base coat Nailtek f.2 :)

All images are clickable:)

Essence All I want LE HOHOHO - swatch

A quick post today:) Here's my favourite polish from Essence All I want limited edition, namely HOHOHO(2-coater, no problems with application), very dark shimmery eggplant purple, which looks almost blackened and the shimmer is more or less visible only in the bottle. The colour was really hard to capture, frst picture was taken in lightbox and artificial light, second with flash thus the blue hint, and the last which captures the shimmer in the bottle was taken again in the lightbox and artificial ligth.

What do you think of the colour? I really wished the colour was more bottle like, although I like it:)

Thank you, dear readers and commenters, have a nice and polished weekend:*

All images are clickable:)