Happy 2012! and Born Pretty New Year Giveaway

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Happy 2012! I hope everyone is having a great start to the New Year!

I'm going to start off 2012 by sharing a special giveaway with you!

For those of you who don't know, Born Pretty is an online store that manufactures nail and beauty products and sells them at very, very reasonable prices. They have a ton of products at great prices. Born Pretty even offers free shipping! Shipping does take a while due to their base in China, but I'm not complaining because free shipping is convienent due to their already low prices. I actually got a nail stamping kit in the mail a few days ago, so a review will be coming up on Private School Polished within the month of January.

You can go to Born Pretty's Website Here:

http://www.bornprettystore.com/index.php

You can go to Born Pretty's Store Blog Here:

http://bornprettystore.blogspot.com/

The Born Pretty Store Blog is hosting a New Year's Giveaway!

The prizes are:

 The above image is credited to BORN PRETTY.

• Rhinestone Crown Hair Clip
• White Fox Necklace
• Purple Rhinestone Crystal Phoenix Hair Comb
• Fashion Rose Feather Pearl Earrings

What an awesome giveaway! Thanks Born Pretty!

To go to the giveaway blog post, click the following link.

http://bornprettystore.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-gifts-for-new-year-giveaway.html

Thanks for reading! Have an awesome 2012!

Happy New Year! (NOTD)

Happy New Year!

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It's not quite 2012 yet- there are still a few hours left in 2011! But I can go ahead and post, right?

Sephora had an after-Christmas sale, and had the Hello Kitty Holiday 2011 Liquid Nail Art Collection (that's a mouthful) on sale! Each polish was $5, when they are normally $10. I picked up 2 of the 4 colors.

All four colors from this collection can be seen at The Lacquer Room: http://thelacquerroom.blogspot.com/2011/12/hello-kitty-by-sephora-noir-nail-polish.html. Here are the two colors I picked up:

Night Sparkle, and Silver Star

Today's NOTD will be of Night Sparkle. Night Sparkle is a gold shimmer in a black base. I wore it yesterday by itself. This is Sally Hansen 4 in 1, 2 normal coats of color (it almost got away with 1, 1 think coat would probably do it), and another coat of Sally Hansen 4 in 1. My appologies for the messy cleanup.... I was in a hurry. My pinky shows the color best.

Earlier today, I decided it needed a little bit more "New Years Bling". So I decided to sponge on some gold glitter french tips. The gold holographic glitter I used was Del Sol Twinkle Toes, from last year's holiday collection. When you go outside, it's supposed to change to red, but it was dark, so that really wouldn't work that well. So here is the finished product, topped off with Sally Hansen 4 in 1.

 I hope you had a great 2011, and have an even better 2012! Thanks for reading, have a great year!