Bundle Monster Contest

Voting is now open for the Bundle Monster contest on Facebook! 

You can go check out  my entry here. 

Be sure and vote for your favorite designs, there are LOTS of entries!

You can vote once every day!

I used this older design of mine from when I was too late for last years contest! 

I even did a tutorial if you're interested.

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Yet Another Bundle Monster Contest!

Good afternoon, loves!
Twice before I have participated in Bundle Monster's nail art contests. I was a winner in their first one (I got their second set of plates!) and in the second one, I was a finalist (and I got a $10 gift card!)

This time around, I'm looking for another win! I can't wait to get my hands on their upcoming set of plates, and winning them would make them even better!

Here's the mani that I came up with for this year's contest.

This mani kept evolving as I was doing it! It turned out very different from what I had planned but I think it definitely went in the right direction.

The white stamping you see was done with BM-201.
The black stamping is from BM06.

Originally the white was going to be black, and I was gonna stop there, but I'm so happy I decided to go for white stamping and the accent stamps!

You're probably wondering what all the technicolor goodness is behind the stamping!
Well, it's magic. So I can't reveal my tricks.

Just kidding! I'll let you in on the magic.
I did the watercolor technique using all six colors from the Color Club Take Wing Collection.

I've done a tutorial on the watercolor effect, click here to see it!
Quick refresher - the watercolor technique is done with a semi-fluffy soft brush and acetone.
You start with a white (or light) base that you've topcoated and let dry completely. You add on small dots of color, and immediately blob them around with your soft brush that's been dipped in acetone.
Like I said, check the tutorial for a more in-depth tutorial and pictures!

I was so happy with how the colors looked in the watercolor, but I think adding that stamp really set it off.

At first I was gonna submit it like this, without the accent stamps, but I decided to go for it and make my mani that much more interesting!

I love my mani. And I hope you do too!

The voting process is very simple, you just go to the specific entry and click the big VOTE button!
If you've got Facebook, click HERE to go to my entry!
If you don't have Facebook, click HERE to go to my entry!

You can vote once per day all throughout the week. If you voted for me, thank you!
And be sure to check out all the contest manis because there are some beauties in there!

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I'm A Finalist!

I'm a finalist in a nail art contest over at BeautyStat! Head over there and vote if you like my M&M nails. Thanks so much! (You can see the original post where I featured these nails here.)

Just go to this link and write a comment with my name in it to vote.

XOXO

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nail art contest WINNER!

Hey everyone! This took me a little longer than expected, judging turned out to be a long process!

With no further ado, here is the winner of my nail art contest...

125. Gorgeois Pig 

Yay! I fell in love with this design as soon as it was posted and it also received the most votes from my panel of judges. Using my blog design as inspiration? Totally cool. (And adding the bows? Perfect!)

I'm about to email the winner to let her know, and she should have her lovely gift card soon! 

Thank you to each and every one of you who entered the contest. I loved seeing your nails and reading your posts, it was so much fun for me.

It was SO hard to chose my favorites, there were so many great ones!

I'm sure I'll have to recreate some of the manis in the future because you guys have great ideas.

Don't forget, you can still see the contest entry post to be inspired by all the pretty pictures there.

Again I want to thank Inlinkz for providing me with the awesome tool for running this contest, and of course for providing the great prize. I loved the software, it was so easy and interactive, so I'm sure I'll be having another contest like this again in the future! If you didn't win this time, don't be sad, and keep your thinking cap on for the next one! 

Have a great day ladies!

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Nail Art Contest Reminder!

Hey everyone! This post is just a little reminder to make sure you submit your fabulous entries to my nail art contest because there are only a few days left!
Click here to go to the post and submit your design.
There are so many great entries, I'm so happy you all found inspiration to enter!

And just so this post is not totally picture-free, check out the awesome mail I got yesterday...

A big honkin' Sephora order! I almost kissed the mail man because he even brought it a day early!
It's no secret that I'm obsessed with Betsey Johnson so of course I had to pick up some polishes from her new Sephora by OPI collection. I got It's My Pink which is a great hot pink and scented like Betsey's perfume, Too Too. I also got the mini set of 6 polishes which are adorable.

And then I noticed an awesome deal on her perfume, which jumped into my cart before I could say no! It's a gift set that comes with the Too Too fragrance in the adorable bottle ($62 on its own,) the rollerball vial of Too Too ($18 on its own) and a Betsey Johnson clutch! Which is a big pink and sparkly bow. Which means I love it. There's no value of the clutch given but you can be sure it's a pretty penny. And you get all of it together for just the cost of the perfume! $62!
That's an amazing deal considering I probably would have bought the perfume alone at some point this year while on vacation and near a Sephora.
(I can't comment on how it smells because I haven't regained my sense of smell from my sinus infection yet! Haha!)
Yay for good deals! And yay for Betsey! Keep an eye out for swatches soon because I'm super excited to try them.

Now go enter my nail art contest!

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Rebecca Likes... Nail Art Contests!

Hey everyone! Welcome to my very first nail art contest!
I'm really excited to do something fun and interactive for my readers and I want to thank Inlinkz for giving me the software to make this happen, and for supplying the prize.

Not only is this going to be fun for me and for you guys, it can also bring traffic to you! You might be familiar with the contest that Chalkboard Nails just had - all the people who submitted their designs had lots of views from people checking out their submissions. So not only are you getting a chance to show me your skills and win a prize, you can also get more people visiting your blog! Win win!

Let's do this!

THE THEME:

My favorite things! I want you to create a manicure that you think I'd love, using my favorite nail art techniques or themes, which are: gradients, animal print, bows, dots, and Hello Kitty.
Create your manicure using one (or more!) of those 5 ideas, and submit it.
Your design doesn't have to be limited to these ideas but just make sure at least one is included somewhere.
Feel free to go back through my posts and take inspiration from them!

THE PRIZE:

A $25 giftcard to Ninja Polish! This is a brand new online polish store, run by two of my friends. They carry a lot of awesome polish at seriously great prices. Go check them out and plan what you could buy with your winnings. This prize is sponsored by Inlinkz.

THE JUDGING:

This contest will be judged by me and a panel of judges, including some friends and probably my mom!

THE RULES:
- One entry per person.
- Your design must include one of the five elements listed above.
- Your design can be new or old but must be your own, on your own nails.
- This contest is open internationally but please note that Ninja Polish does not ship to Italy, Brazil or Russia.
- Stamping is allowed.
- Acrylic paint is not prohibited, but please make sure your design is primarily made with nail polish.
- You must submit your design using the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of this post between now and 11:59pm, March 26th, 2012. To submit, create a blog post about your design, or if you don't have a blog, upload your image on a free online photo website like Photobucket or Picasa. Click the "Add Your Link" button below and leave a direct URL to your post or image. (Please ensure you link to the specific post and not just your blog's homepage.)

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Muppets "Animal" OPI Facebook Entry

So, yeah.... Um the rules say you can't publish the image prior to the contest, so I'm not posting the finished entire manicure. Instead I'll just show you the accent nails individually. ;) How's that for a loop hole? My previous weeks entries have not even ranked top 5, so I doubt I'll win with this manicure anyway. So enjoy it! :)

OPI's Mani Madness Contest on Facebook. Each week is Muppet themed, this week is "Animal" and you can go here to vote for my entry while you check out all of the entries!

Animal was always on the drums!

Bundle Monster chain image stamped on the tips, because let's face it.... Those chains were always swinging around him. :)

Don't forget to vote!

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Voting is open....

October 28, 2011

Hey everyone! I know some of you have seen my Facebook status updates about this, but I wanted to share this on my blog as well for those of you who do not have Facebook. Voting is open for two contest I entered. You might see some more familiar names in the contests. So make sure to vote for your favorites!

The first Halloween contest is hosted by Lacquered Me. Voting for this contest is open until Monday Oct 31. You can vote for your favorite entry (or multiple entries) by clicking the "like" button of that entry's photo.

Here is the direct link to my entry.

Here is the direct link to all entries.

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The second Halloween contest is hosted by Bundle Monster. Voting for this contest is open until Sunday Oct 30. You can vote for your favorite entry (or multiple entries) by clicking the "vote now" button of that entry's photo.

Here is the direct link to my entry.

Here is the direct link to all the entries.

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I entered a contest... What do you think?

September 12, 2011

So I entered a contest-- my first one ever! The theme was very broad and fun (hence why I entered). The theme was "If it Shines" which happens to be the blog name of a really awesome blog. If you are interested in entering, you have until September 30! Here is the link. So be honest.......what do you think of my entry? I spent most of the day Sunday trying to think of an idea! All I could think of was blingy! I would NEVER wear these nails, but I thought they fit the theme, but after seeing another blog's entry, I am wondering if I went in the right direction. 

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As Seen in Theatre's Franken Contest

Laura's Lacquers is hosting a franken contest . Voting is open now, so go check out all of the cool entries! 

I entered of course, cause Laura's my buddy!

Here is my entry:

I titled it "A Very Smurfy Hangover"

 

This polish reminded me of everything Smurf with it's blue base. The combination of glitters = Smurf Vomit. Therefore, you have yourself a very Smurfy hangover.

The polishes I used in this franken are:

Pure Ice Celestial

Icing Epic Winning

Sally Hansen Ice Queen

LA Colors Jewel Tone

 

So go vote! You don't have to vote for me, just pick your favorite!

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Tacos

Another set of nails dedicated to my love of Taco Bell. These were done for Nail Polish Art Addiction's contest "Good Enough To Eat." Which I, of course, did not win. But that's only because there were SOOO many amazing entries. It was a great contest that really showed off a lot of talent. My absolute favorite nails in the contest were Cathy's Vegemite nails, which Leslie (The nail polish art addict) blogged further about at the link.

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"Thank God I'm a Woman" Contest Entry

Orlica over at Confessions of a Polishaholic is hosting another clever nail art contest. It took me a while to figure out exactly what I wanted to do, but once I had it I was in love! You might remember my post about "my lipstick," well here is the nail art contest entry that it originally was a part of. :)

"I wanted my design to be super girly and feminine because that's the part that I like about being a woman. Getting prissy with makeup! If your lucky to have a special someone.... getting jewelry! Perhaps in a Tiffany & Co box? And vintage floral patterns always look so delicate and I love them! That is my look and I hope you like it. Please note that the inspiration for some of my designs (the lipstick & the diamond) were taken from The Illustrated Nail on Tumblr. So please give due credit. ;)"

 These are the polishes I used for this look. I used only polishes on all nails with the exception of the lipstick which has black and white acrylic paint as some of the layers.

I hope you like it! Vote for me here! I'm number 2, but there are some other great entries as well. I'm also quite impressed with number 4 and number 10. So vote for whichever design is best!

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Additional Winners Are....

The judging round has concluded! After a 20 minute heated discussion.... we have reached our decision!

In no particular order.....

Love @ First Sight

I have loved Marion's creation from the minute she sent it to me. I think her design is so well executed. The turkey is adorable! So I loved it, and my family agreed that it was worthy of a prize!

"Reely" Creative Use of Cartoons

I love how Lisa incorporated cartoons and food! This is perfectly fitting for my blog topic! You guys know I love painting cartoons, and there were several of you guys who used cartoon related topics, but Lisa's were by far the best execution!

Highest Calories

Irma was very clever in the way she designed her nails. She used each nail to represent a different ingredient to Boston Cream Cake, then the thumb brought out the final product. So cute! Great job!

Most Unappetizing

I said, Do ya speak-a my language? She just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich!

Yeah, a fourth category was created so I can use that line from "Men at Work".....

When I asked Cathy from "a land down und-a," what does Vegemite even taste like... she said this:

"Well, it’s a very salty and savoury spread, intended to be spread very thinly.  It has a similar consistency to peanut butter but would taste similar to Marmite or Bonox?

It can be used as a flavour enhancer for stocks and gravies, so it has a flavour likened to concentrated dark mean like beef.

Sounds gross doesn’t it, but we grew up on it and love the stuff!!"

Yes, that does sound disgusting! But her design was interesting enough that I'll pack her up some nail art goodies and send them her way. Unfortunate for me & Kim, our mom now is determined to order some Vegemite online and try it.....

Quotes from the hilarious judging session:

Micah - "Can you put Vegemite in a Bloody Mary?"

Argued with me over the rules of my own contest and that this one or that one wasn't even on natural nails. Like I don't know nails....

Mom - "What is this one?" ...cheese.... "It's gotta be in the runnings!"

Dad - "Who's having a contest?"

"What are we looking at here? Is this supposed to be fingernails?"

"Do they expect to win anything of value?"

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"Hey, this one looks like fish!" Yes, master-stater of the obvious......

I swear he is just clueless.... but completely honest and nonbiased! He was the most intent in studying the pictures. (I don't want you to get the wrong opinion of my dad, he is a very successful businessman who works helping people with financial investments.... Scary, huh?)

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And the winner is....

Jihye Lee!

She has won the Milani 3D Holographic prize pack. Well deserved, don't you think?! She received 108 votes out of the 648 votes that were tallied. I have already contacted her and her package will be on it's way shortly. :) Congrats Jihye!

Several mentioned that they would like to see where everyone placed. *Note* the remaining 3 prizes will be given after the entries have been reviewed by my judging team. Sorry, but none of them will be related to number of votes. So just because you came in 2nd, 3rd, or 4th in People's Choice doesn't necessarily mean you will win a prize pack.

People's Choice Rankings:

Top 20

(number of votes received is out of 648 total valid votes.)

1. Jihye Lee with 108
2. Zarina with 63
3. Kate V. with 53
4. Kate W. with 40
5. Vanessa with 31
6. Malou with 30
7. Alyssa with 29
8. Pip & Stephanie S tied with 22
9. Jane with 21
10. Minnie with 20
11. Rebecca with 19
12. Karen & Michelle tied with 18
13. Marijana with 15
14. Cathy with 14
15. Laura & Sonja tied with 13
16. Sylvia with 12
17. Yoli with 11
18. Griselda & Dianna tied with 9
19. Marion with 8
20. Cheryl with 6

If your name was not included in the list, that means you received 5 or less votes. I didn't want to embarass anyone that might not be proud of that. Lol. If you are still curious as to how many votes you got, and you weren't mentioned.... just send me an e-mail and I'll let you know.

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Vote in the "Good Enough to Eat" Contest

Finally, the deadline has passed, entries have been reviewed and posted for your viewing pleasure! This was a lot of fun and I'm really impressed by the overwhelming response as well as what some of you guys came up with! Surprisingly, there were a few common themes...

Please check out all of the amazing designs and fill out the form at the end in order to vote!

Entries have been posted in the same order that they were submitted.

1. Amy from Ireland.
Different brands of candy from her area.

2. Catherine from Ireland
McDonalds

3. Zara from Never Unpolished.
A unique approach to pizza.

4. Alyssa
A fast food theme: hamburger, french fries, pizza, hot dog, and a soda. 

5. Michelle from Sonoma Bento which is actually a food blog! 
So she did trout fingers!

6. Rebecca from Rebecca Likes Nails.
Froot Loops floating in milk!

7. Kate V. from Nails By Kate Vergara

8. Pip from On My Finger Tips.
 Bounty chocolate bars because they're her favorite. She even used Revlon's Coconut Crush, so the design smells like coconuts to!

9. Laura from Lauras Lacquers.
Nerds candy and all of the cute little things the nerds are always doing on the boxes! Superhero nerd, skateboarding nerd, propeller cap nerd, lazy nerd bouncing a ball, and a nerd catching a frisbee.

  10. Ann
This was her first ever attempt at nail art! And she did an entire fast food series!

11. Joyce from JMemoir 
chose strawberries

12. Marion from France
did all sorts of tasty foods!

13. Misha from Enigmatic-Rambles
Cookies because everyone has a favorite one of those! She chose to do an oreo, a party ring, jammy dodger, a choc chip cookie and a chocolate digestive.

14. Stephanie S.
Inspired by a night at the movies and enjoying all the yummy movie night snacks!

15. Adeline from Pretty-Lil-Things.  
"Welcome to the state fair! Have a bite of your favorite state fair food including buttered popcorn, corn on the cob, mint ice cream, hot dog, and everyone's favorite cotton candy."

16. Kayleen
She calls it "fruit salad". Included in the "fruit salad" are oranges, strawberries, pineapples, kiwis, and watermelons. 

17. Theodora aka Pink Lady from Red Hair and Black Nail Polish.
McDonalds!

18. Diana from  The Girl With a Bow.

"Creme Eggs are my absolute favorite food, I eat them from February to June every year when they're on sale :D I based this design off the wrapping and yummy insides of a Creme Egg."

19. Jo

M&Ms, Skittles, Laffy Taffy, & Lemonheads.

20. Helen from Geez Le Weez.

"Breakfast nails, nothing beats bacon, eggs and toast."

21. Zarina from Marshee  
Inspired by ice cream of all flavors.

22. Minnie from Mini Nail Blog 

What she says "the theme is "What I Want to Eat on My Greedy Day" hehehe:D

Starting with a fresh glass of orange juice and a croissant for breakfast (pinky), a cup of latte with a strawberry muffin for morning tea (ring), a mini pizza and salad for lunch (middle),

a generous slice of cake, choc chip cookies and gummy bears for afternoon tea (index) and sushi and sashimi for dinner (thumb)"

These were made using acrylics hand made & painted by herself.

23. Betina

"Good enough to eat = anything chocolate *nuff said* heh
I have made a chocolate cake, chocolate bar, chocolate covered strawberry and lastly wrote "choco" on the pinky nail, all on a French manicure :D"

 24. Sofie from Swaafie

"Inspired by some Haribo liqourice - which I looove! The design is both inspired by the candy itself and the bag it comes in."

 25. Sylvia from Nail Art Creations
Cute apples utilizing rhinestones.

26. Karen
"The very first thing I thought of was the spaghetti scene in "The Lady and the Tramp." Romantic much?"

27. Felice
"Peppermint candy, a melting ice cream cone, chocolate glazed donut, a strawberry cupcake, and a slice of red velvet cake."

28. Jihye Lee from JihyeLeeArt.Tumblr

"If I had all the money in the world and a super power that involved being immune to mercury poisoning, I would happily eat sushi for the rest of my life..." 

29. Karin aka KarzU from My Travel Diary - Karzu 
"My inspiration was a huge cookie basket, full of different types of cookies, and I decided to make cookie nails!... I decided to make the cookies from clay, by myself."

30. Vanessa from I Love My Nails.
CHEESE!

31. Sonja from Happily Polished
" My inspiration for the manicure has been kiwis. Personally I don’t like the taste of kiwi as I’m a bit allergic to it, but I loooove the look of the fruit, it’s fresh and vibrant – and green nail polish just suits my skin tone."

32. Cheryl from The Cheryl Flavor
"I did an entry on Sushi as Japanese Food are my fave!"

33. Jessica from Jessi Jelly Nail Art 

"My nails were inspired by homer simpson. This is the process of a donut being eaten."

34. Malou from Krazie Chic
"Japanese food sushi and onigiri."

35.  Stephanie C from Map To Beautiful

Mint chocolate chip ice cream!

  

36. Sandra from My World

"Inspired by Italian kitchen - pizza, spaghetti & meatballs and of course the delicious gelato."

 37. Cayley
"Being that my favorite food is Taco Bell (which I eat as often as I can), I couldn't think of anything more mouth watering to put on my nails than tacos. The down side is, I can't look at my nails without getting a craving!"

38. Griselda from Oh Me! Oh My!
Popsicle Nails - A cool summer treat to beat the summer heat!

39. Cassidy from Cassidy's Crafts

Oreos!

40. Kate W. from Kiwi With The Crazy Nails
Martinis!

41. Lisa from Shades Of Magick.

"Ever since (I think) AT&T released the "Let's Go Out to the DMV" commercial, I've been thinking of the snack foods from "Let's Go Out to the Lobby."That's what I've got for you. Popcorn, Hotdog, Soda and Candy. I also painted a movie reel on my thumb to tie the theme together."

42. Jane from Nail Side.

"It's inspired by sliced citrus fruit. I really liked the round shape of them so used it to create an abstract pattern in exotic colours."

43. Marijana from Nails from Fairy Tale

"A usual lunch in Serbia. From thumb to little finger - from drink to desert. So, before lunch we always drink something, usually it's wine or rakija (drink that is made in Serbia mixing alcohol and fruits). Then there is soup, that is usually chicken soup or tomato soup. Then the most favorite meal in Serbia - Sarma (something like cabbage rolls; we make that with cabbage, bacon and minced meat). Sarma doesn't look nice when you see it, but it's very delicious. Then is turn for fried burger with lettuce and lots of onion. And finally - desert. We usually have all sort of cakes, and mine favorite is Strawberry cake :)"

44. Katrine from Creative Nail Polish

"I thought of shrimp cocktail and I had to have a theme. It became Hawaii and if you can't see what's what; the thumb is a Piña Colada, from left to right: a banana, the shrimp cocktail, a pineapple and "Hawaii" with a Chinese hibiscus which we in my country call Hawaii flower."

45. Cathy from More Nail Polish
"Being an Aussie, there was only one food item that I could pick to represent on my nails, Vegemite.  Mmmmm fresh vegemite sandwich *aaarrrggghhh*" 

46. Yoli from I *Heart* Delicious Nails
 My design is inspired in Nerds candies, I love them so much!!

47. Irma

"My contest entry is what I call "Boston Cream Cake Recipe". The thumb has the actual cake and the rest of the fingers have the ingredients to make the cake."

48. Rhyam

"It's all about breakfast food for my design! On my pinkie I have bacon, ring finger has a sunny side up egg, middle finger has a stack of pancakes with butter and syrup, pointer finger has a glass of oj, and thumb has a cup of Joe!"

*edit* You may only vote once per e-mail address! Multiple votes using the same email address are being deleted. Did you really think I wouldn't check that? Lol. You just shot yourself in the foot. Sorry!  Rules are rules...

****VOTING IS CLOSED!****

I'm surprised more of you guys don't already have nail art 

blogs! Some of the ones I thought were most well thought out and executed came from y'all that didn't list a blog URL. I encourage all of you to check into it. It's wonderful to showcase your art to the world and have others appreciate your hard work. :) I hope everyone enjoys this contest as much as I am!

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