The Lap of Luxury

Giveaway Day 8- and they just keep coming!! lol

The awesome prize I have for you today is...

Photo courtesy of Color Club

The ENTIRE Color Club Untamed Luxury Collection!!

(seriously awesome stuff!)

To be eligible, here's what you gotta do:

NUMBER 1- Be a follower of the Daily Nail - and I'm curious - tell me how long! :) (be honest, if you're a brand new follower- I don't care- that's awesome TOO!!)

NUMBER 2- What's your most luxurious habit?

That's it! Just leave it in the comments, and I'll select the winner randomly!! :)


Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time, Oct 22.

"I follow The Daily Nail on both twitter AND on blogspot! I've been following for 373 days! My most luxurious habit would be either painting my nails daily, or indulging in delicious, rich foods and desserts!"

Products up for giveaway were provided by the manufacturer, and can be purchased online at transdesign.com, 8ty8beauty.com, and a plethora of other online retailers.

A Glaze-ing Seche-ion - WINNER!!!

YAY!! The winner of the set of China Glaze Vintage Vixen nail polishes, and the Seche treatment line is.... *drumroll*

ReaderRita!!

Email me at thedailynail@gmail.com with your contact information!!

Nail biting: Ditch that habit!

Ditch the biting

Some people don't believe me when I say I used to bite my nails. But I did. Real bad, and for years! I started this awful habit when I was pretty young, maybe around the age of seven? I bit my nails until they bled, not a pretty sight. Embarrased as I was, I always sat on my hands, I absolutey didn't want anyone to see them. But I always had a thing for my mom's nail polish though, it made me sad, looking at my nails. I'm not sure about all the reasons I ended up with this habit, but I managed to beat it!

If it's more serious...

Of course it depends on your reasons why you bite your nails, if there are serious psychological motives behind your addiction, I don't think this post is right for you. But, if you just got used to the biting, the habit, to the point of no return, let me tell you how I did it.

Why is nail biting bad?

There are actually quite some health risks attached to biting your nails. It's not very hygienic, you can end up with some serious infections. It isn't that great for your teeth as well, and not to mention the permanent damage you can do to your nails and cuticles.

Possible solutions

There are plenty of products on the market which you can polish on, that leave a horrendous taste. A friend of mine actually kicked her habit to the curb with Essence No More Bite. Many companies sell products like these. If you haven't tried them yet, give it a shot.

It didn't really work out for me though, it was a short term solution and I just kept biting through that bitter awful mess. At one point I just had enough, I wanted pretty, polished nails. So I decided to get acrylics. Best thing I've ever done for my nails. Not only did I realize how much I actually liked pretty nails, I just couldn't bite my way through them. Well, I know a lot of people can and do, but somehow I didn't feel like putting those acrylics in my mouth anymore. After a while that oral fixation disappeared and I didn't have to fight the urge anymore. I let my acrylics grow out, and here we are today.

What also works for a lot of people: baby them like crazy! File, moisturize, keep them polished at all times, and enjoy it! Your nails can be in pretty bad shape after you've bitten the shit out of them, so don't expect them to be nice, long and strong immediately. Everything will work out though, invest in a good nail hardener and ridge filler and just be nice to them. If you can't do it on your own, don't hesitate to tell some people, because they can help a great deal, especially when mindlessly put that finger in your mouth..

Any experiences to share?

So this was my personal story.. If you used to bite your nails, and have some great tips or tricks, please share!

A potential Halloween Mani......Voodoo Running From My Magic....Yep, I'm a dork

I got my first set of water decals off of eBay, and couldn't wait to try them. They were actaully very easy to use, and might have to get more! I got 3 for Halloween, bloody hands, eyeballs & Voodoo dolls. I only used the hands and dolls on this mani. My daughter loved this so much, that I painted her nails white, and placed a doll on each ring finger!
For the white I used Sinful's white polish

You Set My Hemp A-Flutter!

Giveaway, Day 7!!

Today's giveaway has two smaller prizes for two different winners. This giveaway was intended to be the last one, but since I'm waiting on some info for the other ones, I moved it up in the rotation!

The two prizes are:

A tub of Lush Lemony Flutter 

(which saved my cuticles!!)

A tin of The Body Shop's Hemp Moisture High Balm

(which is new, and I LOVE it!)

To be eligible, here's what you gotta do:

NUMBER 1- Be a follower of the Daily Nail - and I'm curious - tell me how long! :) (be honest, if you're a brand new follower- I don't care- that's awesome TOO!!)

NUMBER 2- Tell me which balm/cream you think you'd like better, and why!

That's it! Just leave it in the comments, and I'll select the winners randomly (one from the people who want to try Lemony Flutter, and one from the people who want to try The Body Shop's Hemp Moisture High Beam!!) :)


Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time, Oct 21.

I'll start!

"I follow The Daily Nail on both twitter AND on blogspot! I've been following for 372 days! I love the LUSH Lemony Flutter because it totally conditions and moisturizes my cuticles, and helps protect them from the damaging chemicals in all the polish remover I have to use!"

You Continuously Deserve Royal Treatment! - WINNER!

The randomly selected winner of the Sally Hansen Continuous Treatment line of products is...*drumroll*

Toesthattwinkle!!

Please send me your contact info to thedailynail@gmail.com!!!

Finger Paints Winter Dreams Holiday Collection! (Preview)

Hey everyone, just to break the monotony of giveaways, I posted a preview of the upcoming Finger Paints Winter Dreams Holiday Collection on the Daily Nail: Reviews blog! :)

OPI is on a roll! OPI Spring 2011: Texas Collection

Are you ready for spring?

OPI's hatching collections like it's nothing! Today I stumbled upon some hot news on the Grazia Daily website. Care to see what OPI has been cooking up for spring? For spring OPI is going to release a 12 piece collection inspired by a state, no other than Texas. There also will be a cute mini set called Lil Shooters, as you can see pictured on the left.

More green!

Im seeing some interesting shades, like a green and a blue. I really like how OPI is doing more greens lately. I also see some berry/pinkish shades, I'm not too fond about those since I have plenty, but we'll see.

Shades!

The shades are called the following:

• Do You Think I'm Tex-y?
• Big Hair Big Nails
• Too Pink to Hold 'Em
• I Vant To Be A-Lone Star
• Guy meets Gal-veston
• Don't Mess with OPI
• Austin-tatious Turquoise
• San Tan-Tonio
• Y’all Come Back Ya Hear?
• It's Totally Fort Worth It
• Suzi loves Cowboys
• Houston We Have a Purple

Release date

At this point I know practically nothing but the collection will be released somewhere around February! Of course I'll edit this post as new information comes along. Edit: For more information and awesome photos take a look at this great post by Helen from Just Nice Things

Source: Grazia Daily & Eva Chen Bannister

OPI Texas Collection Spring 2011

My Official Spirit Day Mani!!! Patchwork Purples

Last night, I couldn't decide on what my purple Spirit Day mani would be. I had thought about the patchwork design for months, and decided to finally try it. What can I say.....I'm in love!!!!  You can read about Spirit Day in my previous post below if you're interested.

I started off with just a plain black

Then I used my trusty scotch tape, and taped my nail off, then used China Glaze LOL

Then again, I taped my nail off, and added China Glaze Grape Pop & this is what it looked like in the end!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited about this mani!!

What do you all think????  I was asked to do step-by-step instructions with pics, on MUA, so I will be doing a pink version of this tonight. If anyone is interested, I can post them on here as well.
Thanks for looking!

A Glaze-ing Seche-ion

Day #6 of giveaways!!! AWESOME!!

Today's prize is one of my favorite brands, and a line of products that make this blog possible!!

It is:

A FULL SET of China Glaze Vintage Vixen nail polishes, PLUS the Seche Treatment line (Retain, Rebuild, Recondition) AND Seche Vite!!! 

How kickass is that?!

To be eligible, here's what you gotta do:

NUMBER 1- Be a follower of the Daily Nail - and I'm curious - tell me how long! :) (be honest, if you're a brand new follower- I don't care- that's awesome TOO!!)

NUMBER 2- Tell me your secret to feeling like a vixen!

That's it! Just leave it in the comments, and I'll select the winner randomly!! :)


Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time, Oct 20.

"I follow The Daily Nail on both twitter AND on blogspot! I've been following for 371 days! My secret to feeling like a vixen is to wear something that makes ME feel pretty, whether it's a conventionally sexy item or not- it could be a soft t-shirt and worn-in jeans or a sassy little black dress!!"

Products up for giveaway were provided by the manufacturer, and can be purchased at Sally Beauty Supply, sallybeauty.com, ULTA, ULTA.com, transdesign.com, 8ty8beauty.com, and a plethora of other online retailers.