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Thank you all for entering my belated Blogiversary giveaway!

The winner has been picked, announced and notified.

If you didn't win this time, don't worry, I'll have more giveaways in the future :)

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NOTD: Starburst

Today I wanted to share with you a beautiful polish that I purchased from Avon's new Cosmic Collection line. The Cosmic Collection is a line of holographic nail polishes. These polishes are a scattered holographic, not a linear holographic like most of the holographic polishes. With that being said it is still a beautiful polish. I have two other colors from this line that I will get put up on my blog at some point :) The regular price for these polishes is $6.00, but if you shop Avon often, you know their products are almost always on some kind of sale.

My camera does not like reds or pinks so it tends to mess with the actual color of this polish, but I think I captured it good enough to get it's beauty across.

The polish is called Starburst and went on very smooth and easily and was opaque in one coat. I only used one coat in the photos below. Dry time was average and it has wore really well on my nails. As with most holographic polishes, it looks pretty much like a regular nail polish in indoor lighting, but when you get out in the sun it looks amazing!

Quality: 5/5

Price: 3/5 unless it's on sale

Packaging: 5/5

Formula: 5/5

Pigmentation: 5/5

Longevity: 4/5

Overall: 28/30

Have you tried Avon's Cosmic Collection yet? If not are you planning on it?

ABC Nail Challenge: Letter W

Today's ABC Nail Challenge post features a manicure that is probably my favorite from this challenge and the one that I spent the most time on. For the letter W I decided to try out a new technique that is similar to water marbling called water spotting. Like with the water marbling technique, water spotting gives each nail a unique look. To do water spotting you drip drops of nail polish in water like you would if you were going to water marble, except you use only one color and instead of swirling the colors to make a design, you spray it with alcohol to make the polish sorta break up and create holes or gaps between the color, so you base color will show through. Hope that makes  sense :)

I think that there is a lot of trial and error when it comes to this type of mani, you have to find colors that will spread well in the water and colors that work well together. I love the way my middle and ring finger came out. The other two the polish is not separated enough for my taste. I think it would have came out a little better if the bottle I was using to spray the alcohol with did not spray such a fine mist.

I wanted something bright so I used Beach Baby by Jesse's Girl as my base color and White on the Spot by Milani for the spotting. On my ring fingers I used a black cream polish for spotting.

Also be sure to check out my current giveaway :)

Don't forget to check out what the other ladies did for the letter W

Happy Belated Blogiversary

It has been two years (this April) since I started up my blog and I am proud of what I have accomplished with it. I've met some very nice ladies that share my obsession for beauty products, and I've had the opportunity to work with a couple of companies. Most of all I'm very thankful for all my subscribers, with out y'all reading and commenting, my blog would be nothing. So in honor of my belated Blogiversary I am having a giveaway! There will be one winner and that person will win:

• A set of Kiss lashes
• NYC Individual Eyes in Dark Shadows
• NYC nail polish in the shade Murray Hill Mauve
• An EOS lip balm in Pomegranate Raspberry

Please read the Terms before entering!

Open to US residents only.

Giveaway starts today and will close Monday June 17th. Winner will be announced and notified on June 18th!

Good Luck!

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