glamorous nails // a product review+important giveaway announcement!!!

Lately I've been kind of obsessed with these Wet n Wild MegaLast Nail Colors. I mean, who doesn't love gorgeous nail polish?

from left-to-right: Private Viewing, Bite the Bullet, Candy-licious, I need a Refresh-Mint

Candy-licious

Private Viewing

I Need a Refresh-Mint

Bite the Bullet

My favorite out of the bunch is without a doubt "I Need a Refresh-Mint". It's the perfect tiffany-blue/aqua color and the first light blue that I actually like the look of on my nails.
The formula of these nail polishes are super creamy, but the opacity definitely varies.
For "Candy-licious", I could do two coats (maybe even get away with one) and be good to go. But "Private Viewing" demanded 3-4. "I Need a Refresh-Mint" and "Bite the Bullet" called for your average 2-3.

Candy-licious:
It's a warm hot pink-ish salmon-ish color. Definitely very unique and by far the most opaque in the bunch. It really stands out on your nails!

I Need a Refresh-Mint:
Like I said before, it's pretty much the perfect tiffany-blue/mint/light aqua color. Don't know how else to describe it, haha! It's GORGEOUS!!! I've been wearing it 100% nonstop for the past 2 weeks!

Private Viewing:
I was surprised with how much I liked this color. In some light it looks like more of a light beige-brown color, and in other lights it appears more peach-y. Very interesting :)

Bite the Bullet:
This color is sort of a gray-sh violet/lavender. It's pretty, but doesn't work well with my skin tone. I think it's a bit too dark for me. I usually gravitate towards lighter colors because I am extremely fair-skinned.

I was really impressed by how long these polishes lasted. On average, they lasted a good 6-7 day without chipping. Um, how amazing is that?!?! Being a lazy person, I only like to paint my nails once a week/every two weeks. Now I have an excuse to!

I would rate these polishes 5 out of 5 stars. I love the formula, how long it lasts, and (most of) the colors.

Also, about the important announcement:
Stephanie, who won the blog design, is passing it on to someone else because she is unfortunately leaving blogger. So that means we have to pick a new winner! The winner is.....

Bri from Diamonds and Pearls! Congrats Bri! Please email me :)

xo,
hannah

winner winner chicken dinner!

Yes folks, this is it-the moment you've all been waiting for: The announcement of the giveaway winner!

The winner is #12 Stephanie!! I'm so excited to start working with you Stephanie :) Please go to my design site and fill out the order form and email it to me!

Photo-post coming soon guys! I have something unbelievable I have to show you!! :D

xo,

hannah

recent artwork

I know, I know, all of these are kinda weird, but they're really fun to do. I actually paint first and then go over it with pen. Which one is your favorite?

Oh, and if your name is Paige and you entered the Shepherd's Daughter giveaway, you won! Contact me here.

-hannah

rouge and whimsy giveaway WINNER!

It's the moment you've all been waiting for ladies and gents! The winner of this headband:

Is.......

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Nina!!

Congratulations Nina! Please email me within 48 hours or I will have to pick a new winner.

Don't forget to enter the Sand and Starfish giveaway!! It will be open until next Saturday!!

-hannah

Also, in honor of Valentines day, I have reduced the prices of my shop by 50%!! Half the profit will still be donated to charity though :) Visit my shop here!

cinnamon muffins

*a quick announcement* I had to draw a new winner for the headband, so the new winner is.....

Congrats Tiana! Please email me with your address so I can ship you your headband! You have 48 hours to respond :)

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what do you do when you stay home from school with pink eye and have a whole day full of, well, nothing?
You post a recipe.

cinnamon mini-muffins


Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 cup skim milk
1/3 cup butter/margarine, melted


Topping:
2 tblsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 cup butter/margarine, melted


Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 400º. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, combine egg, milk, and butter/margarine; mix well. Stir into dry ingredients until just moistened. Spoon batter into greased or paper-lined mini muffin cups. Bake for 9-11 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Brush melted butter on to muffin tops and dust with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
Enjoy! I certainly did :) Oh, and you will probably be left with some flour-sugar-baking powder-salt-etc. mixture, because you're only supposed to add as much of it to the wet ingredients until that batter is the right consistency :/

And if you end up making these, post about it and leave me a link to the post, I'd love to see how it turns out for you and the pictures!


-hannah

giveaway winners!!

yep, it's that time! The moment you've all been waiting for! Okay, let's get a reminder of the awesome prizes:

this lovely amber beaded bohemian feather headband from neesie designs (don't forget the 10% off coupon, HOLIDAY2011)


aaaannnddd, two eyeshadows from Madison Street Beauty in the colors Wisteria and Galaxy.

Wisteria

Galaxy

The coupon code for Bridget's shop is SBS60.


Sooooooooo, without further ado, the winners:


The winner of the headband from neesie designs is:

Julia M.! Congrats Julia! Please email me with your address :)

and the winner of the eyeshadow:

Congrats Breanne! Please email me with your address!

Well, that was fun, would you guys like me to have giveaways more often? 

If the winners don't contact me within 48 hours new ones will be drawn. Thanks for entering guys!

-hannah

miscellaneous ramblings (photo challenge winner announced!)

1. painting

I have been painting a lot lately. I've found a new style that is pretty cute/awesome:

I do the pen after the watercolors are dry. It's so weird because before the pen, the paint is just color blobs on the paper :)

And here's another one:

2. summer fashion

summer love by nutty97 featuring rubber shoes

I have been loving summer fashion, boho stuff especially. There's something about all the floaty tops and braided headbands that's just so... whimsical ;)

3. my new favorite photographer

Please check this woman out, her photos are just fabulous and wonderful and bohemian!

4. new profile picture

which one should I choose, this one...

or this one:

I can't decide!

5. dude, i need a bigger zoom lense

I mean, one with like a 400 mm range!

6. photo challenge winners and finalists

Okay, so you guys all blew me away with your summer photos, buuuuut, there can only be one winner. The finalists are:

Sammy, Emily Grace, Emily Jacinta and Eve. And the winner is...

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Emily Jacinta! I loved this photo from the start, with the swing, the sandals, the little feet, everything said "summer" to me. Congrats Emily! You won $25 shop credit to Sophia Pip Jewelry! Please email me to claim your prize.

7. haircut

I'm getting my haircut today! I'm still at a loss of what style I should get it cut; short choppy layers? just a trim? My usual cut? I have no idea, but I'll post pictures!

Blech, and another thing:

we have to go to the dentist tomorrow.

I am so not looking forward to that, but hey, gotta go sometime ;) I think its been over six months since we went last.

Do you like or dislike the dentist?

-hannah

giveaway winner

Last week's giveaway winner was....

Congrats Jordan! Please email me with your address :)

There will be no giveaway this week but hopefully they'll be back on track next week :)

Also, I added some photos to my etsy shop; go check it out!



-hannah

giveaway winner

Hi guys! Last weeks giveaway winner is...

Thats the second giveaway Lauren won on here! Girl, you are a lucky dog! Oh, and there were only twelve entries last week. Come on guys.....

And I'm sorry to say there will be no giveaway this week, but, there will be next week so stay tuned! Also, sorry for announcing the winner a little late!

Moving right along...

I downloaded FreeMind on our computer yesterday and I've been tooling around with it a bit.

For any of you who are wondering, I did not outright copy Ara's layout, The names for the branches just fit :)

Inspired by the ever wonderful Ara I got to work.

This is possibly the best outlining tool on earth, and I don't even like outlining!

Anywho, here's what I've been up to for the past few days:

I've been oil painting!! Oil is my new favorite medium. Here's my favorite one that I've done so far:

I love this! I think this is the first tiger I've painted/drawn in my life. Except I did few when I was little and they were *cough* terrible ;)

Aah, and a few days ago I was baking and luckily there were still leftovers:

so. good.

Question: What is your favorite dessert? I love cake but you can't beat a good old ice cream sundae!

Happy Friday!

-hannah