Love Nailz: The Sabrina Duo

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Polish Alcoholic

Happy Friday beauties!

Louise, the genius behind Love Nailz and I again joined forces which resulted in this duo nail polish: Sabrina Duo (in case you didn’t know already: that’s me ), which consists of two polishes called Hope and Care. Louise created this duo to raise awareness for Multiple Sclerosis. Isn’t she the best?! Thank you sweetheart! This means a lot!
This duo is now available through her Etsy shop for $12.00. All profits from the sales of this polish duo will be donated to Multiple Sclerosis Research. Specifically MS Society.
Here’s my swatch of Care, a stunning red/purple duo toned shade with red micro shreds. This is opaque in two flawless coats. I used three here without top coat. It’s perfect for layering too, to create a totally different look. Obviously Louise knows exactly what I love
sabrina duo1

And below you see Hope, a mix of ultra fine holographic silver, red and black glitter. This is three easy coats on it’s own. The picture is taken in daylight which reveals to me a unique look. I have never seen a polish like this before. A generous coat over a black base will bring out the holo effect of the fine glitter. See Louise’s swatch at the top of this post. Isn’t this the most amazing way to raise awareness? And even if you’re not in to polish I bet you can make someone who does very happy! So, what are you waiting for? Head over to Louise’s Etsy shop and get yourself this beautiful polish duo for $12.00. Remember: all profits from the sales of this polish duo will be donated to Multiple Sclerosis research.

And if you prefer a donation you can do that here.

Thanks so much!

COMING SOON: OPI – Couture De Minnie Collection

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Polish Alcoholic

OPI’s Couture De Minnie Collection is coming soon! This limited edition collection consists of four new shades plus a Liquid Sand shade that is inspired by the legendary Minnie Mouse! These polishes are DBP, toluene and formaldehyde free and they all have a Pro-Wide brush for easy application.

Let’s take a look:

Chic From Ears To Tail

A Definite Moust Have

Minnie Style
Innie Minnie Mightie Bow
Magazine Cover Mouse

This collection will be available beginning Juni 2013. There will be a mini set available too:

You know me, I need them all Are you going to pick up any of this collection?

ANNY – Desert Glam

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Polish Alcoholic

ANNY couldn’t left behind with the textured trend that is currently going on. This is the newest collection which consists of eight textured polishes: Desert Glam.To my knowledge this is the first and only collection that ANNY has released in mini size only. Each polish contains 6 ml. The brushes are the same as with the full size polishes, nice and easy to work with.All swatches are with a base coat and two coats of color. They’re all fully opaque in two coats The formula is great and the application went easy. Also, the removal was not difficult at all. On to the swatches!

First up, four lovely shades with a ‘sandy’ finish:

Pink oasis, a bright pink shade. In real life this it’s brighter than the picture shows.
Las Vegas showgirl, a lavender shade. Perfect color for Spring don’t you think?Shooting star, a nude-ish taupe leaning to light grey shade.Big performance, a very bright aqua blue shade. So bright! Lovely!

The other four shades have a little bit extra in their formula, shimmer and glitter. They also have a textured finish. Let’s take a look:

Blue hypnosis, a bright cobalt blue base with fine purple and blue glitter. She’s amazing, a bright red base which appears to lean to coral thanks to the fine gold glitter particles. This one has fine pink glitter too.
I think this one might me similar to OPI’s Jinx. In the bottle they seem very similar. I’m going to compare the two as soon as I swatched Jinx, which is still laying in my drawer… unopened. After dinner show, is, to me, a hard to describe shade. First of all, it is more greenish than the picture shows. It’s more leaning to sea foam green as you can see from the bottle shot at the end of this post. This one has silver shimmer and small round silver glitter. The textured finish is rougher comparing to the ones above. Great shade!Rock your nails, a silver base with strong purple undertones. It has the same formula as After dinner show, as well as the silver shimmer and round silver glitter.
What do you think of this collection?

Sweet Summer Swap

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Polish Alcoholic

Hi lovelies!

How about getting in the summer mood?! Even when the weather isn’t that great at the moment. Over here it’s still gray and rainy with a tiny bit of sunshine. We need to get in the Summer mood… right here, right now! Therefore I like to offer you a great opportunity to participate in a fun & Sweet Summer Swap.
Btw: We both would love for you to push the “follow” buttons or become an e-mail subscriber! You’d make us so happy.

That’s right, Luchessa from Beauty Expression by Luchessa and I will be hosting this swap to make it more fun for all of you.

Here are the rules:

Sign up between May 12th-May 17th

There is a $20 limit (without the shipping costs)

At least 4 different items, that you would love to receive yourself.
(Your most favorite summer things, like a cooling face mask, bathing salts for the feet, a body spray, a summer nail polish (now who would have thought ) your favorite summer snack, chocolate, gummy bears ect. )

You will get an e-mail on May 18th, telling you who your partner is.
(You can connect via Twitter or email, to maybe get an idea of what to get for the swap.)

Ship your package by May 25′th.
(So everyone should have their package during the first week of june)

Write a blog post about the package, that you got by June 10′th.
(Of course we all want to know, what you received!)

Don’t forget to spread the word about your post on Twitter later on using the hash tag: #SweetSummerSwap

Disclaimer: Just so we are clear, if you sign up for the swap and don’t send out a package – you will be banned from any further competitions, giveaways or swap’s in the future! So join at your own risk and don’t forget, that this is supposed to be fun for everybody!

Lacquered in Orange – orange nails for Multiple Sclerosis Awareness

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Polish Alcoholic

This post is all about Multiple Sclerosis Awareness. MS week is March 11-17. I thought it would be a great idea to arrange an event that involves orange manicures for MS Awareness. Read all about it below and please join!

Multiple sclerosis (or MS) is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system (CNS), which is made up of the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. Symptoms may be mild, such as numbness in the limbs, or severe, such as paralysis or loss of vision. The progress, severity, and specific symptoms of MS are unpredictable and vary from one person to another. Today, new treatments and advances in research are giving new hope to people affected by the disease.

I was diagnosed with MS myself a year ago. I’ve learned a lot the last year and I am sure that I will not let this ruin my life! Because what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger

“Lacquered in Orange” -guidelines-:

Orange is generally associated with MSA (with an orange ribbon). As such, I would be delighted if you show me, and everyone else, your orange manicure(s) in a ‘MSA’ blog post(s).
This event starts today and ends by the end of this month.
There are no ‘rules’! If you like to include nail art or not is of course entirely up to you.
My sweet brother in law created the ‘logo‘ above. Please add it to your blog post(s). Also, feel free to use it on (the sidebar of) your blog or any social media.
Please add your work(s) of art to the Inlinkz Collection below so that everyone can admire it/them.
It would be nice if you (hash)tag your orange manicure(s) with #MSA and #LacqueredInOrange, so that everyone can admire your work(s) of art!
More important: spread the word!

Here’s my orange manicure:

Products used:
Alpine Snow by OPI
A Roll in The Hague by OPI
stampingplate BM321

I would love to see your orange manicures!InLinkz collection:

Last by not least:
My dear friend Louise that you might know from her blog: Mommy Loves Nail Polish and her Etsy Shop: Love Nailz, is joining the MS walk this year with her family. A big shoutout to you Louise! Love ya girl!
The MS Walk is a community event that brings together people touched by Multiple Sclerosis. At the MS Walk, people affected by MS connect with others who understand the daily realities of their disease. Every year over 65,000 participants in more than 160 communities across Canada gather at the MS Walk to engage with each other and raise vital funds for people living with MS.
Read all about it (and/or donate) here.

-online resources-:
National MS Society
MS National Research Institute
Nationaal MS Fonds (NL)
MS Research (NL)
MS Vereniging Nederland (NL)
Toekomst met MS (NL)

OPI Matte Top Coat – GIVEAWAY

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Polish Alcoholic

A while back OPI released their matte top coat. The perfect product to give your manicure a matte finish. Recently I came across a fun “Flash On Matte” gift pack that includes not only the matte top coat, but also silver and white shimmer dust to get a glamorous look.

I couldn’t resist bringing this package home for a giveaway. That’s right: I’ll be giving away this package!

Package includes:
1 OPI Matte Top Coat: Protection for your nail color with a matte finish. Turns shiny surfases matte. Get the hottest look in nail design in a flash! Glitter against a matte background takes two-toning to another dimension. Apply color to your nails as usual. Then apply OPI Matte Top Coat to a nail and while still wet, add glitter where you want it -at the tips or at the cuticle, or all over the nail for maximum sparkle.
Shimmer Dust – Gold: Go subtle to bold with a dusting of gold.
Shimmer Dust – Silver: Add twinkling stars or whole galaxies of sparkling silver.

As usual, this giveaway is open internationally!
You can enter this giveaway through the Rafflecopter link below.
One lucky winner will be randomly chosen through Rafflecopter.
Giveaway ends May 22 (12:00 am, ET)
The winner will be announced through e-mail on May 23.
Winner has 48 hours to respond. If the winner doesn’t respond, another winner will be chosen.

Good luck!

Click HERE to enter this giveaway!

NOTE to all ‘giveaway hunters/spammers’: don’t bother spoiling it for the rest! I will verify all entries. All false entries will be removed.

Neon watercolor manicure (tutorial)

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Polish Alcoholic

Happy Thursday polished beauties!
This is a manicure that I created for the sweet Brijit at Brijit’s Digits a while back. It is a super easy way to create a watercolor effect with regular nail polish For this mani I used neon shades over a white base. For the full post and tutorial, please jump over to the original guestpost here!

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