Giveaway: SinfulColors Holiday Collection -- plus swatches of the polishes you can win!

Hello, Beautiful!

Today I want to share with you the 2011/2012 SinfulColors Holiday collection, as well as give them away to one of you lucky readers! They are not new shades to the SinfulColors line, so you may already have them, but they are pretty shades. My favorite shade is Daddys Girl, followed by Last Chance. What shade is your favorite?

This giveaway is only open to those in the United States (sorry international ladies!) and will be a quick giveaway (ending in just one week). It starts today, January 18, 2012, and ends in one week on January 25, 2012.

Up for grabs is a set of 7 polishes from the SinfulColors 2011/2012 Holiday Collection.
Please Note: The polishes in this prize have all been used for swatches in this blog post (each color used to paint one nail), so if you're not okay with that then please don't enter this giveaway.

Before you enter, let's check out the pretty polishes you can win...

  

SinfulColors polish in the shade Last Chance

 

 

SinfulColors polish in the shade Midnight Blue

 

 

SinfulColors polish in the shade Out Of This World

 

 

SinfulColors polish in the shade Daddys Girl

 

 

SinfulColors polish in the shade Sugar Sugar

 

 

SinfulColors Nail Art polish in the shade Fashionista

 

 

SinfulColors Nail Art polish in the shade Flower Girl

 

 

What you will win:

• SinfulColors polish in Last Chance
• SinfulColors polish in Midnight Blue
• SinfulColors polish in Out Of This World
• SinfulColors polish in Daddys Girl
• SinfulColors polish in Sugar Sugar
• SinfulColors Nail Art polish in Fashionista
• SinfulColors Nail Art polish in Flower Girl

To Enter:

1. You must be a follower of my blog. New followers are always welcome!
2. Open only to those in the United States.
3. If you're under 18 you must have your parents permission.
4. Fill out the form below; no bonus entries - just the one mandatory entry (this is a quick and easy giveaway)
5. Giveaway ends January 25, 2012
6. Winner will be contacted by email.
7. If you are selected as the winner you will have 72 hours (that's 3 days) to respond or an alternate winner will be selected.

NOTD: Cole Bros. Circus Nails!

Hello, Beautiful!

I'm still on my stay-cation, seeing as how my entire weekend was dedicated to my husband's birthday, going to the circus, and anything but cleaning. But I wanted to make a quick post showing my Cole Bros. Circus Nails!

Yesterday we went to the Cole Brother's Circus, a small circus that travels the country. I actually really enjoyed the circus... especially the clowns. Usually I can't stand the clowns at the circus but these clowns were actually really funny and entertaining. I feel bad though, one of the trapeze performers was injured! She missed grabbing the other guys' hands (just barely) and fell, but when she landed she landed on her head/neck first. She didn't move for a good minute or two; it was really scary but thankfully she got back up! Hopefully she is okay.

In prep for the circus, because it would give me an excuse to do my nails, I did circus nails inspired by the Cole Brother's Circus. Each nail was dedicated to a different part of the circus, which I will explain below. In total it took about an hour to do my nails start to finish.

Cole Bros. Circus Nails:

Polishes and nail art supplies to create this look:

Pinky Finger: Ring Master's Coat

A white nail with gold glitter. This is a combo of two outfits the Ring Master wears. The first half of the show he wears a red coat with gold glitter vest, while the second half he wears a white coat with an american flag glitter vest. I had no idea ahead of time this is what he would wear, but it ended up working out perfectly as a combo of both outfits!

Polishes Used: China Glaze - White On White, Milani Jewel FX - Gold, Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Ring Finger: Tigers

A shimmering orange nail, which has gold shimmer, with black tiger stripes to represent the tiger act.

Polishes Used: Sinful Colors - Cloud 9, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Night Flight, Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Nail Art Supplies: MASH nail art stamping plate m57, stamper, scraper

Middle Finger: The Big Top!

Cole Brother's Circus has a red and yellow striped tent. I originally made the stripes vertical, but it looked too much like the McDonald's logo so I switched them to go diagonally.

Polishes Used: Essie - Lolipop, China Glaze - Solar Power, Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Nail Art Supplies: dotting tool, small paint brush

Index Finger: Clowns

This finger was inspired by one of the clown outfits I saw online. It was blue with dots of colors and I knew it would be an easy nail to create.

Polishes Used: Essie - Mezmerised, China Glaze - White On White, Milani One Coat Glitter - Red Sparkle, China Glaze - Solar Power, Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Nail Art Supplies: dotting tool, gold rhinestones, green rhinestones

Thumb: Elephants

Elephants are a big part of the Cole Brother's Circus, so of course I had to add them to my circus nails! I decided to do the elephant design using a shade called Elephunk and stamped blue stars across it. Not the most creative nail, but still has its purpose.

Polishes Used: Funky Fingers - Elephunk, Essie - Mezmerised, Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Nail Art Supplies: MASH nail stamping plate m44, stamper, scraper