Nail Mail and July's Haul (So far)

So this month when pay day hit, I paid rent, bills, and of course hit the stores to find some new polish for inspiration. I recently got the stuff I ordered online so I figured I'd do a haul post. If you noticed I didn't do a June haul post because we dropped over $400 on a repair for the van on our Fort Bragg trip. Sucked big time. No spending money, not much left for polish buying either. So I kind of made up for it this month. LOL!

Each of the eight color has a different magnetic lid

MASH and Bundle Monster 2012 plates

So I guess I really only have one question for you...which one would you like to see first? LOL! ;)
I also realized tonight that I have passed 1000 followers recently...yep, you know what that means! Keep an eye out for a giveaway soon and thank you all for reading!!!

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

The Verve 360 Hair Salons in Pittsburgh Zoya Nail Polish Giveaway Winner!

A big congrats to Christy Ann, our The Verve 360 Hair Salons in Pittsburgh and Dragon Lady Nails Zoya Nail Polish Giveaway winner! I emailed her and she responded with her mailing info that has been forwarded to The Verve 360 Hair Salons in Pittsburgh so the lovely Lani can mail out her beautiful new Zoyas. Christy Ann shared with me that these will be her first Zoya polishes ever! Pretty cool!!

Once again a huge thanks to The Verve 360 Hair Salons in Pittsburgh for sponsoring this giveaway and not only supplying the prize but mailing it out as well!

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

The Verve 360 Hair Salons in Pittsburgh and Dragon Lady Nails Zoya Nail Polish Giveaway!

I was contacted the other day by The Verve 360 Hair Salons in Pittsburgh asking if I'd like to host a giveaway for you lovely followers sponsored by them...of course!!! They would like to give one lucky winner one bottle of Zoya Tracie and Zoya Myrta from Zoya's Summer 2012 Beach & Surf Collection.

The main entry for this giveaway is leaving a blog post comment on this blog post. There are several bonus entries available. Good luck to all! The giveaway starts 6/26/2012 and ends on 7/04/2012 and is open to the Continental US ONLY! You MUST fill out all mandatory entries to win.

We are not responsible for the package once I've shipped it. Winner will be contacted by email after the giveaway ends and will have 48 hours to respond with your name and shipping info or another winner will be chosen. The winner's info will be given to The Verve 360 Salon so their prizes can be mailed out.

 If you are under the age of 18 you must have your parents consent.

**These prizes/products are provided for this giveaway by The Verve 360 Hair Salons in Pittsburgh.**

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Now a little about my Zoya's. I don't have many...only 2 at this very moment. I currently own Ivanka and Neeka. I recently ordered Carly, Kimber, Rora (my oldest daughter's nickname), and Zuza and am anxiously awaiting their delivery. I hope to add the rest of the Beach & Surf collection to my little collection too (as well as MANY others I think I almost had ALL of them on my old wishlist). Another HUGE thank you to The Verve 360 Hair Salons in Pittsburgh for sponsoring this awesome giveaway!  Good luck all!!!

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

Neon Gradient

I have been feeling the neon colors lately because it's officially Summer and all. I did this neon gradient a few days ago and wore it for about 4 days. I started off with two coats of Orly Dayglow, a pretty white with a hint of blue shimmer, from their Summer 2012 collection. I then used the two coats of neon yellow I got in my neon 3-pk Color Zone polishes at TJ Maxx. I did the gradient itself with both the neon yellow and and neon pink from the Color Zone set. These two polishes have this beautiful white/silver shimmer to them. I love it! Unfortunately the green that came with them doesn't share it's sisters' shimmer. You can see the shimmer in the pink bottle in the bottle shot picture below.

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sunlight

I used a piece of foil and a make-up sponge to do my gradient. I put the yellow and the pink right next to each other on the foil then dabbed the sponge in it in an up & down motion, creating a nice blended gradient on the foil and my sponge. I then sponged it onto the nail in the same way. I did this twice for each nail, then topped it off with one coat of Seche Vite.

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lightbox

lightbox

After wearing this mani for a day, I decided it needed just a little something. A stamp. I decided to just do an accent nail stamp and because of the "summery" feel of this mani I went with a cute palm tree/beach stamp from SH19.

Hope you all enjoyed this one, I know I did! Much Love, The Dragon Lady