thank you! and winners!

Oh my gosh you guys.. I am absolutely blown away by the response to my giveaway, I totally didn't expect 14 responses! I expected maybe 2 or 3, but I wish I had 14 bottles! I am also blown away by the fact that many of you, if not all, chose to follow me... that humbles me. I am in the process of going back and following each of you that chose to follow me.. I'm definitely not one of those bloggers that has to have hundreds and hundreds of followers, that's why I did not make following me a requirement to win something. I really and truly wanted to so something nice for ladies that may be lemming what I was for the longest time. So, thank YOU! I will keep trying to stalk my local Walgreen's stores, and if I happen upon some Cinderella... who knows, maybe I'll random.org more numbers ;)

Secondly, the winners have been chosen and contacted! This was my first giveaway ever, so I definitely probably don't have all the kinks worked out, but I think it worked out pretty well... There were 14 replies to the giveaway, so I just went to random.org and chose 2 winners! The winners were based on which comment they were... :) I figure that was the easiest way for all of us.

The first winner is..... Jeni!

The second winner was.... Heather at Mouthful of Sunshine!!

The formalitys: Both winners have been contacted and have 48 hours to respond before another winner is chosen!

I will continue to keep my eyes peeled for more bottles of Cinderella... I'll keep you updated ;)

Valentines Day giveaway!

In honor of Valentines Day, and the fact that giving away free things makes me happy,.. I decided to host my very first giveaway. I've never ever done this, so this could be a natural disaster in the making,... but here's to trying.

*THE RULES*

-Open to US residents only... apologies to my lovely international ladies.

-ALL you have to do is leave a comment down below, and let me know your email address and GFC name. So easy! No promotions. No liking me on Facebook... no sharing me with anyone! {Being a follower would be incredible -- but I'm not trying to bribe! LOL.}

-Giveaway will be open from now until 9pm EST time tomorrow, Valentines Day!

-2 winners will be chosen by random.org.

*THE PRIZE*

Up for grabs are 2 bottles of Cinderella by Sinful Colors! I've known I wanted to do a giveaway for V-Day for awhile, but was really unsure of what to try to giveaway, until I realized how popular Cinderella is... I happened to pick up 2 extra bottles when I bought mine, so I thought, why not?! The picture below, I realize, makes it look like there are 4 bottles to giveaway, but I promise there are only 2! ;)

Thankful Thursday.

YES, I'm finally getting this back on track!

This week I am especially thankful for:

{1.} A date night with my mommy to the Olive Garden, and to see Celtic Woman in concert... If you have never heard of them.. they are amazing. But then again, I'm a weirdo and love anything Celtic/Irish... Michael Flatley is a definite favorite of mine... bonus points if you know who that is. 

{2.} Menchies frozen yogurt with gummy worms! OMG. 

{3.} Beginning a walking regime with one of my besties, Marissa. We basically walk 2 laps around our work building twice a day.

{4.} Getting back in the habit of drinking water.. I've lost 5 pounds just doing that!

{5.} The other half of my heart loving his new job.. and not being in management.. To the point that it has practically eliminated the stress from his life... therefore eliminating the stress from us. I do miss working with him, but I'd rather have him alive another 30+ years, than dying from a heart attack due to stress. 

{6.} Breaking my 6 month hiatus of no heat styling to go out with my mom... and straightening my hair, and realizing how great a difference no heat styling has done for my hair! And how long its getting.. I hadn't had a straightener or blowdryer to my hair in almost 2 months!

What are you thankful for this week?

glitter runs through my veins.

"The most beautiful discovery two friends can make.. is that they can grow separately, without growing apart." 

First of all, I changed my layout.. again. I feel like this one is more seamless and clean. What do you guys think? Second, I'm considering doing a giveaway.. nothing huge.. and not to gain followers, but to show my appreciate to those of you who have been with me & stayed... :) What do you think? I PROMISE it'll be good!

I feel like glitter absolutely runs through my veins. Today I have for you, one of my favorite favorite glitters. Diamond in the Rough from the Wet N Wild Ice Baby collection! It took FOREVER for any of my Walgreens to get this collection, but as soon as it did, I swiped up like 6 of them. This sort of reminds me of Some Like it Haute from CG, so I actually refrained from buying that one... even though anyone that knows me, KNOWS that I love Marilyn Monroe, so the fact that they had a collex that centered around her... was very very difficult for me to resist. This was opaque in 2 coats, but I'm a notorious 3 coater. The glitter was a PITA to get off.. But I've developed my own little trick... I fill the cap of the bottle with remover, and soak each finger for a minute or two.. then scrub a little.. much easier!

its sooo sparkly in the sunlight.. It caught my eye several times!

Yes.. my car is where I take my outside shots on pretty days, lol.

OMGGG.. blurry glittery goodness!!

And just for fun... the picture I posted on Instagram of this mani! :)

Happy Thursday everyone!

sandwich.

"You wanna know what living life to the fullest actually is? It's waking up on a Monday morning with no complaints. It's knowing you always deserve to laugh. It's doing what feels right no matter what. It's doing what you want to, no matter how stupid you look. It's about being yourself, cause no one can tell you you're doing it wrong. "

Today,  I have something super exciting... atleast.. for me. Maybe not you ;) But I am part of PaA on Facebook.. and Monday's challenge was a "jelly sandwich" or glitter sandwich... I'll be honest and say I've NEVER tried this before... But I am so glad I did! I think for my first time it turned out pretty well. It's definitely something I'll try again with different polishes!

i LOVE it! its 2 coats of OPI Funny Bunny (one of my favoritest polishes ever), 1 coat of Pure Ice Spitfire (which is a really really pretty dense-ish pink glitter), 1 coat of OPI Rainbow Connection, 1 more coat of Funny Bunny, and a top coat of Seche Vite! WHEW! That's alotta coats, but I LOVE the outcome. 

The process of the jelly/glitter sandwich.. I almost didn't make it a sandwich, because I thought this was pretty by itself. 

Blurry and flashy... look at all that glitter! 

And the final product with the final coat of Funny Bunny!

What do you guys think?! Have you ever done a jelly/glitter sandwich!? Show me your link if so ;) I might get inspiration for my next one... to your credit of course! Happy Monday!

xx,

Desirée