tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88116283154215034732017-11-17T23:52:46.053-08:00Pretty and PolishedPretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-48215946803393573392012-11-27T10:46:00.004-08:002012-11-27T10:46:41.237-08:00What's going on P&P?!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>We have been doing a lot of construction here at P&P over the last several weeks. I know a lot of people have noticed many changes and have seen us talking about even more. This post should give you all the details you will need to understand what is going on here. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>First, we will be moving to a new website. This blog will still exist but prettynpolish.com will take you to our new website (which we will announce the web address for the new site tomorrow).</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>On our new website you will find the following products:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Full sized polishes, the new printed bottles (singles, collections, and holiday gift packs)</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mini polishes, these will still come with paper labels (singles, collections, and holiday gift packs)</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Triple Whip Hand Creams</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Cuticle Balms</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Cuticle Oils</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Nail Art</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Jewelry </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And more over the following weeks. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>We will also be introducing some new polishes on the new website as well. Look forward to the P&P Halo Top Coat (holographic top coat), Steampunk (a new polish created for a local fashion show), and a few new solid colors that will be available in new sets!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>We will be keeping our etsy store open but will only be leaving the polishes we have on sale in our shop (these are polishes with paper labels or polishes that are being discontinued). </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>We will also be selling some polish making supplies at our etsy shop.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Tomorrow marks a brand new day for Pretty & Polished. We will be announcing the address of the new website as well as releasing a new collection. This collection will be the last to be released at our etsy shop. Once the polishes on etsy are gone you will be able to find them on our new website.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>We greatly appreciate all the support and love we have gotten from the people on etsy. Without you we wouldn't be where we are. We hope you will all follow us to this new site and continue to support us. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cheers to the future!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">xoxo</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chels <3</span> </span></b></div><br /></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-61301403829441401582012-11-07T20:18:00.001-08:002012-11-07T20:18:46.879-08:00Pretty and Polished Holiday Polish Reviews!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Good evening everyone! </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>With the arrival of our new holiday polishes this Friday 11/9/12 I wanted to share with you some amazing blogger reviews. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Please take the time to check these out! </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://polishetcetera.blogspot.com/2012/11/pretty-and-polished-happy-holodays-duo.html">http://polishetcetera.blogspot.com/2012/11/pretty-and-polished-happy-holodays-duo.html</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.susyincolor.com/2012/11/pretty-polished-holiday-swatches/">http://www.susyincolor.com/2012/11/pretty-polished-holiday-swatches/</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://nonlacquerdaisical.blogspot.com/2012/11/pretty-polished-holiday-polish-part-1.html">http://nonlacquerdaisical.blogspot.com/2012/11/pretty-polished-holiday-polish-part-1.html</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://nonlacquerdaisical.blogspot.com/2012/11/pretty-polished-holiday-collection.html">http://nonlacquerdaisical.blogspot.com/2012/11/pretty-polished-holiday-collection.html </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.tallgirlinheels.com/2012/11/pretty-polished-holiday-collection.html">http://www.tallgirlinheels.com/2012/11/pretty-polished-holiday-collection.html</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://polishmonster.com/2012/11/06/pretty-polished-happy-holodays-duo-and-xmas-wreath-review">http://polishmonster.com/2012/11/06/pretty-polished-happy-holodays-duo-and-xmas-wreath-review</a>/</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thepolishsquirrel.wordpress.com/tag/pretty-polished-14/">http://thepolishsquirrel.wordpress.com/tag/pretty-polished-14/</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://captivatingclaws.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-few-new-colors-from-pretty-polished.html">http://captivatingclaws.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-few-new-colors-from-pretty-polished.html</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lacquology.com/2012/11/pretty-polished-happy-holodays-duo.html">http://www.lacquology.com/2012/11/pretty-polished-happy-holodays-duo.html</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://candycoatedtips.blogspot.com/2012/11/pretty-and-polished-christmas-2012.html">http://candycoatedtips.blogspot.com/2012/11/pretty-and-polished-christmas-2012.html</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://nailpolishgoddess.blogspot.com/2012/11/pretty-polished-everybody-loves-penguin.html">http://nailpolishgoddess.blogspot.com/2012/11/pretty-polished-everybody-loves-penguin.html</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://nailpolishgoddess.blogspot.com/2012/11/pretty-polished-sno-mans-land.html">http://nailpolishgoddess.blogspot.com/2012/11/pretty-polished-sno-mans-land.html</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pattyandgoldiesdayoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Pretty%20and%20Polished%20Everyone%20Loves%20Penguins">http://pattyandgoldiesdayoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Pretty%20and%20Polished%20Everyone%20Loves%20Penguins</a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://oncebittennails.blogspot.com/2012/11/xmas-wreath-by-pretty-polished.html">http://oncebittennails.blogspot.com/2012/11/xmas-wreath-by-pretty-polished.html</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://oncebittennails.blogspot.com/2012/11/happy-holodays-duo-by-pretty-polished.html">http://oncebittennails.blogspot.com/2012/11/happy-holodays-duo-by-pretty-polished.html </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.coloresdecarol.com/2012/11/pretty-and-polished-christmas-2012.html">http://www.coloresdecarol.com/2012/11/pretty-and-polished-christmas-2012.html</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>If YOU have a review of one of my new Holiday polishes or a new regular line polish please feel free to post it to my Facebook page or in the comments section of this post. Thanks!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CLD8u7XfjNQ/UJsyfK8wIaI/AAAAAAAADXM/6-L2ZQw2wLY/s1600/holiday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CLD8u7XfjNQ/UJsyfK8wIaI/AAAAAAAADXM/6-L2ZQw2wLY/s640/holiday.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-77253752710441770732012-11-06T07:59:00.000-08:002012-11-07T20:19:46.314-08:00Charity Announcements!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Good morning everyone! I have some really exciting news for you today. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Here at P&P we have been working hard on a couple of Charities. The month of October we sold Breast Cancer Awareness duos with a plan of donating profits to a local Organization called Little Red Door. This particular Cancer Service was the one I went to when I had a cancer scare. The people there were professional and kind, and they got me the tests I needed very quickly. I wanted to do something for them in return. With your help we were able to raise enough money to help them pay for 15 mammograms OR 25 CASES of Nutritional Supplements! That is huge (over $500 huge)! Those Nutritional Supplements are sometimes the only thing cancer patients going through chemo can tolerate. Little Red Door spends thousands of dollars on these supplements every year. We did a great thing this year and hopefully next year we can do it again! </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Breast Cancer Awareness polishes are still on sale in our etsy shop and the profits will still be donated to <a href="http://www.littlereddoor.org/">Little Red Door</a> once all polishes have been sold. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HtMh-pH5CJM/UJku1KVjntI/AAAAAAAADV0/EelgIr1YO3U/s1600/2012-09-28+01.51.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HtMh-pH5CJM/UJku1KVjntI/AAAAAAAADV0/EelgIr1YO3U/s640/2012-09-28+01.51.08.jpg" width="558" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I also recently held an auction for a very special polish I named "Superstorm". Superstorm is a green/pink/purple color shifting polish with a holographic shine. I only had the materials to make less than 20 bottles. So I auctioned 15 of them off in order to raise money for Hurricane Sandy Relief. I am incredibly impressed with some of the bids that were made. I am so thankful to all of you. Your support is phenomenal! </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>With your help we were able to raise $573! In the scheme of things this isn't that much. But for 15 strangers to come together for this cause and raise this kind of money is absolutely amazing to me. So here you have it, $573 towards the billions it will cost to rebuild what Sandy took away from us. Every little bit helps and everyone that was involved in this effort should be so proud!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The money raised from this auction has been donated to Red Cross Sandy Disaster Relief fund. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9st41awAptk/UJkyO74WZWI/AAAAAAAADWc/vvNIZVe4F-o/s1600/IMG_20121106_104955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9st41awAptk/UJkyO74WZWI/AAAAAAAADWc/vvNIZVe4F-o/s640/IMG_20121106_104955.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Right now we have another Charity cause we are working on. When you purchase a bottle of "It Gets Better" from our <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/prettyandpolished">online shop</a>, 50% of the profits will be going to the <a href="http://www.itgetsbetter.org/">It Gets Better Project</a>. </b><br /><b>The It Gets Better Project was created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach – if they can just get through their teen years. The It Gets Better Project wants to remind teenagers in the LGBT community that they are not alone — and it WILL get better.<br />I created this polish for all of the people I have lost to bullying. I understand not everyone agrees with my views on human rights and that is ok. I made this polish so that I could donate 50% of the profits to an organization that I appreciate. <br />The It Gets Better pledge: <br />"Everyone deserves to be respected for who they are. I pledge to spread this message to my friends, family and neighbors. I'll speak up against hate and intolerance whenever I see it, at school and at work. I'll provide hope for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other bullied teens by letting them know that it gets better."<br /><br />This polish is a mint green crelly (creme/jelly base) packed full of multicolor holo hexes. </b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7QgWvpsGvM4/UJkzNYLot2I/AAAAAAAADWk/BXiP-k66O4I/s1600/prettyandpolished_itgetsbetter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7QgWvpsGvM4/UJkzNYLot2I/AAAAAAAADWk/BXiP-k66O4I/s640/prettyandpolished_itgetsbetter.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>(Above picture provided by Sarah from <a href="http://www.chalkboardnails.com/">Chalkboard Nails</a>)</div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-67470990070115118102012-11-02T15:41:00.002-07:002012-11-02T15:41:12.741-07:00Thank you all for your bids and donations!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Good evening everyone! I am so pleased with the turn out for bids on our "Superstorm Auction". We have received almost all of the money from the bidders and we have almost $400! That may not seem like a lot to some people but for 15 individuals to bid this high for a nail polish in order to raise money for complete strangers is an amazing thing in my opinion. I am so proud of all of you.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Once we receive all the money from the bidders I will be making a lump sum donation to <a href="http://www.redcross.org/news/press-release/Red-Cross-Responding-to-Hurricane-Sandy">Red Cross for Hurricane Sandy Relief.</a></span><a href="http://www.redcross.org/news/press-release/Red-Cross-Responding-to-Hurricane-Sandy"> </a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>In case not everyone has been paying attention, the damage from Hurricane Sandy is absolutely shocking. Lives have been lost, Homes have been torn apart, and millions of people are still without electricity, hot water, and warm food. There is also a lack of clean water right now. So PLEASE I urge you and ask that you make a donation to the <a href="http://www.redcross.org/news/press-release/Red-Cross-Responding-to-Hurricane-Sandy">Red Cross</a> today. They need our help and as Human Beings it is our duty to help when we can. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>This auction has been such a success! Hopefully we do not have any natural disasters again anytime soon but if/when we do I vow to do something like this again in an effort to raise money and help. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>* Thank you all again for the support. *</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HisNlUnzUIU/UJRLqHezRnI/AAAAAAAADVM/HR6PzI2R72c/s1600/FinalLogo(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HisNlUnzUIU/UJRLqHezRnI/AAAAAAAADVM/HR6PzI2R72c/s400/FinalLogo(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-23631636926965674282012-10-30T12:17:00.001-07:002012-10-30T13:00:16.811-07:00Help Raise Money for Hurricane Sandy Relief!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Good afternoon everyone. Today is a very quiet day as the world watches the East Coast of the United States get torn apart by the Superstorm Sandy. I have been paying very close attention to this rare occurrence and it shakes me to my bones thinking about the damage done and yet to be discovered. For all of you East Coasters, you are in my thoughts, I hope you are safe and warm and with your families. </b><br /><b><br /></b><b>I have 15 polishes that I am calling "Superstorm". They are all the same polish. It is a green polish with a green/purple/pink color shift and in the sunlight you will see that it is also a linear holographic polish. It is very intense and beautiful. Only these 15 polishes will ever be released to the public. </b><br /><b>Everyone who places a bid (any amount) will receive a coupon code for 10% off on a one time purchase from our etsy store. All winners with the highest 15 bids will also be receiving other exclusive polishes along with Superstorm.</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>I will open bids at $10 and you place a one time bid with your highest offer. The 15 people with the highest bids will be the winners of the 15 polishes. Shipping is included with your bid. </b><br /><b><br /></b><b>This auction is open to the following countries:</b><br /><b>USA</b><br /><b>Canada</b><br /><b>Australia</b><br /><b>New Zealand</b><br /><b>Singapore</b><br /><b>Hong Kong </b><br /><b>European Union (which includes the following places Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom).</b><br /><br /><b>Once your bid has been placed it cannot be changed. However, you may place more than one bid if you decide to bid higher. If you decide against finalizing your purchase your polish will be passed on to the next highest bidder and you will no longer be eligible to receive a winning polish. </b><br /><br /><b>I hope we can raise a decent amount of money for this. I appreciate all the support and I am sure our friends on the East Coast appreciate it too. </b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5r76zTNSHU/UJAlyjSnk0I/AAAAAAAADT4/tolRsPw9GUE/s1600/2012-10-30+03.27.52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g5r76zTNSHU/UJAlyjSnk0I/AAAAAAAADT4/tolRsPw9GUE/s640/2012-10-30+03.27.52.jpg" width="454" /></a></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--UbGcNi9i9M/UJAl4f2m8iI/AAAAAAAADUA/VDpXyyr5dIM/s1600/2012-10-30+03.29.04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--UbGcNi9i9M/UJAl4f2m8iI/AAAAAAAADUA/VDpXyyr5dIM/s640/2012-10-30+03.29.04.jpg" width="490" /></a></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bH-_7CUTcnY/UJAl8T7uMRI/AAAAAAAADUI/jFibmjZNvFg/s1600/IMG_20121030_150620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bH-_7CUTcnY/UJAl8T7uMRI/AAAAAAAADUI/jFibmjZNvFg/s400/IMG_20121030_150620.jpg" width="345" /></a></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BjFvxOO2FEc/UJAl8jGIEpI/AAAAAAAADUM/IIco-lWYDRU/s1600/IMG_20121030_150659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="370" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BjFvxOO2FEc/UJAl8jGIEpI/AAAAAAAADUM/IIco-lWYDRU/s400/IMG_20121030_150659.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e_lF5WjqGZk/UJAl-YT7siI/AAAAAAAADUY/V7LnMh6D_l8/s1600/IMG_20121030_150722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="385" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e_lF5WjqGZk/UJAl-YT7siI/AAAAAAAADUY/V7LnMh6D_l8/s400/IMG_20121030_150722.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><br /><br /><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dFd4NVBhaGJDYXRENTl3NVpOYXpUeHc6MQ"><span style="font-size: x-large;">To place a bid, fill out this form</span></a>. I will give everyone until Thursday November 1st at Noon (12 pm EST) to place their bids. </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chels at P&P</span></b></div><br /></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-18772772807267664922012-10-29T07:42:00.000-07:002012-10-29T07:42:02.784-07:00Fall Updates!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Good morning everyone! I have some updates and announcements for everyone today. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>First of all I want to thank everyone who has donated and purchased items to collect donations for Little Red Door Cancer Services this month. We have been able to collect a good amount of donations so far and we are continuing to take donations and sell the Breast Cancer Awareness polishes until the end of this month. Pat yourselves on the back for a job well done! I am very proud of the online nail community for doing so much to raise awareness this month. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Winter is fast approaching and we need to make room here at P&P headquarters for new collections and products. We are having a sale in the store now to do just that. Please visit our online store at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/prettyandpolished">www.etsy.com/shop/prettyandpolished</a> or visit us in shop at 3111 W. Jackson Rd in Muncie, IN. Give us call at 317-246-9322 for hours of operation. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Exciting new things to come!</b></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>We are working on completely recreating this website! Soon you will be able to order straight from this website. We will be offering Full Sized polishes for $9 each. We are also working on some other products and will have info about those over the next few months. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>One of the most exciting new things is our new bottles! I have posted some pictures on Instagram (follow me at prettyandpolishd) and on Facebook. Those bottles should be ready for sale within the next 3 weeks! The labels are printed on the bottle and the names of each polish will now be on a label at the bottom of each bottle. <br />We will still be offering mini polishes with the paper labels at our etsy shop. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wla7itb5ZBM/UI6U7SS3IEI/AAAAAAAADTQ/IM7CWdyJ1m0/s1600/523908_485674298132661_2033026195_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wla7itb5ZBM/UI6U7SS3IEI/AAAAAAAADTQ/IM7CWdyJ1m0/s640/523908_485674298132661_2033026195_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Look for the new polishes at our shop within the next 1-2 weeks!</b></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thanks everyone!</b></span></div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-31887316950235735512012-10-04T09:01:00.001-07:002012-10-04T09:01:23.061-07:00Put your Polished Paws Up!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Alright Ladies and Fellas. It is time to put your polished paws up against Domestic Violence and Bullying! I want to see EVERYONE putting their polished paws up today and for the rest of the month. Do it on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram! It is time we stand up for ourselves and each other. Let me see em!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tag #antibullying #antiDomesticViolence #PolishedPaws</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lBEZNs1uhd8/UG2ywh-aa_I/AAAAAAAADRY/37NoxPOq-yY/s1600/2012-10-04_11-47-50_318+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lBEZNs1uhd8/UG2ywh-aa_I/AAAAAAAADRY/37NoxPOq-yY/s640/2012-10-04_11-47-50_318+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-1423142723700700902012-09-19T18:53:00.002-07:002012-09-19T18:53:57.628-07:00Pretty & Polished Charity Events and News!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">Good evening everyone! I have a lot of exciting announcements for you tonight. I'd like to start off by letting everyone know that Pretty & Polished has now opened a shop in Muncie, Indiana! This is very exciting for me. Now you can purchase our goods online or in person. This project has taken a long time to work out but finally we have arrived! </div><div style="text-align: center;">You can find our shop at 3111 W. Jackson St (Lower Level) Muncie, IN 47304</div><div style="text-align: center;">The shop hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. If you are looking to place a custom order, or invite us to a local event or charity you can call (317)246-9322 anytime between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty & Polished Lobby!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X0RXTnRIW-g/UFp10B1RviI/AAAAAAAADPM/ieO0XsAa5rA/s1600/lobby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X0RXTnRIW-g/UFp10B1RviI/AAAAAAAADPM/ieO0XsAa5rA/s640/lobby.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>We will be having an Open House event on October 14th 2012 from 2 p.m. - 7p.m.</u> Feel free to come alone or bring friends and family. This will be an all ages event! Come and have your nails painted for free by a professional nail tech and you can choose from any of our premium nail polishes!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We have also been working on doing charity work. Right now we are focusing our attention on a Non-Profit organization that I have had personal experience with. <a href="http://www.littlereddoor.org/">Little Red Door of Delaware County</a> was there for me when I was in need of their services. They offer a wide range of help to those suffering from cancer. They supported me when I needed it and I want to give back to them now. This organization could use all the help we can give. Please visit their website to learn more about what they do and how they help so many people with their everyday struggles. </div><div style="text-align: center;">What Pretty & Polished is doing to help and honor this amazing organization is selling our Breast Cancer Awareness Duo online and donating 100% of the profits. You may make your purchases of the duo online at the Pretty & Polished Etsy store or locally you can visit<a href="http://www.littlereddoor.org/"> Little Red Door</a> at 2311 W. Jackson St. Muncie, IN 47304 or Pretty & Polished 3111 W. Jackson St Muncie, IN 47304. If you would like to make a donation online please visit Little Red Door's website <a href="http://www.littlereddoor.org/">HERE</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>We will be doing this charity locally all through October 2012 and we have already begun selling the duos online at our etsy shop. </u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you would like to see a beautiful review of the Pretty & Polished Breast Cancer Awareness Duo please visit Jackie at Adventures in Acetone! You can see her review by clicking the picture below!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.adventuresinacetone.com/2012/09/pretty-polished-breast-cancer-awareness.html"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OU3CiolQ90g/UFp0odcuWzI/AAAAAAAADPE/2xxWrialVwM/s640/Pretty+&+Polished+BCA+Duo+Bottles.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also wanted to take a minute to tell you about another local charity event being held to help and honor <a href="http://www.littlereddoor.org/">Little Red Door of Delaware County</a>. My friend Liz, who owns <a href="http://www.eyecandybeautydesign.com/">Eye Candy Salon</a> in Muncie, is having a<u> "Cut Out Cancer" event! This event will take place on October 26th 2012 and will start at 10 a.m. and finish at 7 p.m. </u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.eyecandybeautydesign.com/">Eye Candy Salon</a> will be offering $10 haircuts, $5 eyebrow waxing, and $5 pink highlights in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. All money raised from these services will be donated to Little Red Door! There will also be raffles that you can enter by making $1 donations and T-shirts will be available for sale for $12 in sizes Adult Small, Adult Medium, and Adult Large.</div><div style="text-align: center;">As a donor you may donate $25 to become a sponsor and have your logo on the back of the T-shirts.We are also looking for raffle prize donations. If you would like to donate to this event in any way please feel free to contact me at (317)246-9322 or Liz at (765)284-8888. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-biLlr25BYMo/UFp2fTqIiEI/AAAAAAAADPU/qDxowh9vROM/s1600/eye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="124" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-biLlr25BYMo/UFp2fTqIiEI/AAAAAAAADPU/qDxowh9vROM/s320/eye.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Please look for <a href="http://www.facebook.com/eyecandybeautydesign">Eye Candy Salon</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Little-Red-Door-Cancer-Agency/136201299041">Little Red Door on Facebook</a> and show your support today! </div><br /></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-40122793442118700682012-09-03T18:57:00.001-07:002012-09-03T18:58:20.208-07:00News and Updates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Good evening everyone! I just wanted to give you a quick rundown of some new things here at Pretty & Polished!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>As some of you have seen we have been working on some new labels. It started out that we would be offering the new labels on all full sized bottles. However we have tested a bunch of stuff out and have decided the new labels will be placed on the mini bottles soon and our full size bottles will have labels printed on the glass. We are about 4 weeks out from that though and you may see new labels on minis and fulls until we receive our new bottles. Thank you all for being patient and dealing with our testing. I look forward to hearing what you think of the new labels. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>We are also working on setting up shop here on my website. This will be taking place over the next few weeks. I will keep everyone updated on our progress. Also over the next few weeks I am going to continue stocking the etsy store probably once a week. But the amount of stock will be cut down. During this time I will be working on a lot of custom orders and changing a lot of things around.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nU5smHqfrwo/UEVgNMxI18I/AAAAAAAADOY/MgQsphM0Xqg/s1600/pnp_halloweenlogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nU5smHqfrwo/UEVgNMxI18I/AAAAAAAADOY/MgQsphM0Xqg/s320/pnp_halloweenlogo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I know a lot of people have been somewhat disappointed in some of the more recent collections and releases. I apologize for that. I have been working really hard on keeping people interested and satisfied but I feel like I have lost my grip slightly on the polishes I enjoy making. I have many polishes that I have not released and have been working on them for a while. There is a lot of thought and a lot of me put into these polishes. I don't know when they will be released but I really hope I can bring everyone back to the real Pretty & Polished, the one that brought you Jawbreaker. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thank you to all of my customers and everyone who has supported me, in all my ups and downs. Without you there would be no P&P. </b></span></div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-22878994801647441892012-08-31T19:46:00.000-07:002012-08-31T19:46:52.014-07:00Custom Order details<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Good evening everyone. I wanted to take a few minutes to explain the new Custom Ordering system to you all. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I will occasionally be offering certain custom pieces (basically more like Limited Edition work). These polishes, such as the NFL ones I am offering now, will be designed by me. The only thing I ask of you is to provide me with your team name and their colors. There will only be ONE polish created for each team. Also, the team polishes will only apply to NFL teams. Any other team you would like a polish for is considered a custom ordered polish and will be charged the custom polish price of $10.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>As for other custom polishes, you can ask me to make you anything you want within reason. I will not knowingly dupe another indie polish. There are going to be some customs that I cannot make because I will not have the supplies for it. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>All custom work must be paid for up front. I will send you pictures of sample work before sending you anything to make sure it has your approval. If you have any questions please contact me at prettyandpolishedLLC@gmail.com</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thank you!</b></span></div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-61593561553692290422012-08-28T18:51:00.000-07:002012-08-28T18:51:06.981-07:00New polishes and updates!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Good evening everyone! I wanted to share some fun photos of a few new fall polishes as well as some news and updates. I am going to start off with the news first and then the fun pictures.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I am working very hard to bring you fun fresh polishes and have a lot of upcoming collections I hope you will all enjoy. Something that I am very excited about is our new tab that will have all the info you will need to place custom orders at any time. Custom orders are not for polishes I carry in my shop but for custom made polishes that you create. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>In particular we will be taking custom orders for football season starting this week! You tell us what your teams colors are and we will make you a polish to wear for all your game nights! I love football season and make myself polish for all my teams and I am so excited to be able to share this with you. The custom order tab will be up and running by the end of the week and all the info you need to order will be readily available on that page. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I wanted to also let everyone know that Punk'd Up Betty will be making a return to the shop but with its original formula. We have received so many emails basically begging us to return it to its original formula and that is what we are going to do! Starting next week Punk'd Up Betty will return to its original formula with 2 kinds of black glitter, 2 kinds of pink glitter, and the large satin white hex. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>We are still offering replacements and bags of glitter to those of you who want the extra pink glitter. Just email me at prettyandpolishedLLC@gmail.com with your name, shipping address, and your invoice/order number. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Tomorrow evening, Wednesday August 29th, we will be opening the shop at 8 pm EST. We will be selling the Hella-Wicked Halloween Collection as a set. The set will be available in Full size ($35) and in mini size ($19). Next week we will begin selling the Halloween Collection polishes separately and not just in the set.The polishes that come in this set include: Blood Clot (a blood red jelly with blood red hex glitters), Witchy Woman (a dark purple jelly with purple, green, black, and fuchsia glitters), Them Bones (a black jelly packed with white hex, bars, and shreds), and Candy Corn (a creamy orange to yellow color changing polish). </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The color changing polishes will also be sold tomorrow evening. Those polishes include Day Trippin' (a purple to pink polish with pink sparkle), Spring Fling (a green to yellow/green polish with green sparkle), and Dolli-Pop (a purple to blue polish with blue sparkle). These polishes will be sold at $10 for full size and $5.25 for mini. As I am sure most of you can see this is more expensive than my normal prices (usually $8.50-$9 and $4.75-$5). The reason for this price increase is simply that these are VERY expensive to make. I have priced them at the absolute lowest cost I can. I appreciate your understanding in this matter and hope that you will all enjoy these amazing color changing beauties as much as I do. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Candy Corn is a color changing polish as well but it comes with the Halloween Collection. You can see all the color changing polishes in videos on my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pretty-Polished/290891350944291">Facebook page. </a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Now for a few photos! The following polishes are some new fall colors that I will be offering soon. These polishes were made based off of some of my favorite fall time goodies. These are not the only fall polishes I will be releasing but you will see the others soon!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VMvI0Xd7XJw/UD1xj2ACnQI/AAAAAAAADNA/YD2lQhBSAHg/s1600/IMG_20120828_213235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VMvI0Xd7XJw/UD1xj2ACnQI/AAAAAAAADNA/YD2lQhBSAHg/s640/IMG_20120828_213235.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gUaEto3GDME/UD1xkCz0BdI/AAAAAAAADNI/SjGP_i-e4Lw/s1600/IMG_20120828_213307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gUaEto3GDME/UD1xkCz0BdI/AAAAAAAADNI/SjGP_i-e4Lw/s640/IMG_20120828_213307.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>This polish is called Granny Smith. I love fall Apple treats and this is not my only fall apple polish as you will see in the next pictures. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Granny Smith is a gorgeous apple green polish. It has a bit of shimmer to it but the main attraction is the shiny, beautiful shade of green. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O8povu9C5W0/UD1xiQ34EjI/AAAAAAAADMg/68sScxou54k/s1600/IMG_20120828_210020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O8povu9C5W0/UD1xiQ34EjI/AAAAAAAADMg/68sScxou54k/s640/IMG_20120828_210020.jpg" width="430" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-miZfqx9wjCc/UD1xinQ9y0I/AAAAAAAADMo/jKb2jOH3A9s/s1600/IMG_20120828_210043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-miZfqx9wjCc/UD1xinQ9y0I/AAAAAAAADMo/jKb2jOH3A9s/s640/IMG_20120828_210043.jpg" width="360" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>This polish is another yummy apple treat for fall, Candy Apple. Candy Apple is an amazing deep candy red polish. This also has a bit of shimmer to it and it makes the polish all the more deep and intriguing. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2t1s19j0HYQ/UD1xi6n0u2I/AAAAAAAADMw/_CK4PApaEMA/s1600/IMG_20120828_210112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2t1s19j0HYQ/UD1xi6n0u2I/AAAAAAAADMw/_CK4PApaEMA/s640/IMG_20120828_210112.jpg" width="418" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fypu4FlOd40/UD1xjX0ieQI/AAAAAAAADM4/nFW6pT9PySE/s1600/IMG_20120828_210212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fypu4FlOd40/UD1xjX0ieQI/AAAAAAAADM4/nFW6pT9PySE/s640/IMG_20120828_210212.jpg" width="456" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>This next polish is the last apple treat polish for this fall. (Obsessed with apples? Yes, just a bit.) This is the lovely Apple of my Eye. It is a stunning full coverage glitter polish with several different sizes and shades of green glitter. It is pictured below over Granny Smith (one layer of each) on my index and middle fingernails and by itself (with two layers) on my ring and pinkie fingernails. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qS1Zbvi2nRY/UD1xmNdFjTI/AAAAAAAADNQ/wUIH84cVZEo/s1600/IMG_20120828_205648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qS1Zbvi2nRY/UD1xmNdFjTI/AAAAAAAADNQ/wUIH84cVZEo/s640/IMG_20120828_205648.jpg" width="424" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jC2OUd3h4VM/UD1xmfC11II/AAAAAAAADNY/6l9XJnZdjUY/s1600/IMG_20120828_205716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jC2OUd3h4VM/UD1xmfC11II/AAAAAAAADNY/6l9XJnZdjUY/s640/IMG_20120828_205716.jpg" width="360" /> </a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Last but certainly not least we have a polish that is NOT related to apples! This is the multidimensional polish, Pumped up Pumpkin! This is also a full coverage glitter polish. It has several different shades and sizes of red and orange glitters. Pictured below over Candy Apple (one layer of each) on my index and middle fingernails and by itself (two layers of each) on my ring and pinkie fingernails. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oe3j-jDg3mk/UD1xmi8U05I/AAAAAAAADNg/_X_AbSIowCU/s1600/IMG_20120828_205837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oe3j-jDg3mk/UD1xmi8U05I/AAAAAAAADNg/_X_AbSIowCU/s640/IMG_20120828_205837.jpg" width="416" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5MjgWzuRs1w/UD1xm-bfMoI/AAAAAAAADNo/pTQ-KzT-OoM/s1600/IMG_20120828_205916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5MjgWzuRs1w/UD1xm-bfMoI/AAAAAAAADNo/pTQ-KzT-OoM/s640/IMG_20120828_205916.jpg" width="370" /></a></b></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>More fun polishes coming soon! And don't forget to put in your order for a custom football team polish when the order form goes up on our newest tab!</b></span></div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-84970883910386334972012-08-26T20:03:00.003-07:002012-08-26T20:03:33.169-07:00Pretty & Polished Halloween Collection + More!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Hello everyone! I am so excited about these polishes I am about to show you. Fall is my favorite season and Halloween is thee BEST Holiday! I look forward to showing you all my Fall collection but for now this is my Halloween Collection PLUS a brand new polish for the PJ's Polish for Kids line and the new formulation of Midnight Rider. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>*ALL PICTURES TAKEN WITH 2 LAYERS OF POLISH*<br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>First the new Midnight Rider. The ONLY thing that has changed is the type of glitter. It still has the red hex and the purple squares but they are now matte glitters. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>First Picture with Flash, second without. <br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WU-1B48MuE4/UDrbJyGJVZI/AAAAAAAADKk/ZG6JZdP7iTc/s1600/2012-08-26_21-41-34_420.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WU-1B48MuE4/UDrbJyGJVZI/AAAAAAAADKk/ZG6JZdP7iTc/s640/2012-08-26_21-41-34_420.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tnw9rFwLcyA/UDrbKyDSexI/AAAAAAAADKs/Uu2p-VlnM-4/s1600/2012-08-26_21-41-51_578.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tnw9rFwLcyA/UDrbKyDSexI/AAAAAAAADKs/Uu2p-VlnM-4/s640/2012-08-26_21-41-51_578.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Quite Contrary is a new polish for our PJ's Polish for Kids line. It is a gorgeous green polish with pink and purple glitters. Named after the famous English Nursery Rhyme, Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary because of the lush green and beautiful colors to represent flowers. First Picture without flash and second picture with flash.<br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0NhWeREKXRc/UDrbuJww3NI/AAAAAAAADK0/1fyR3vFE56w/s1600/2012-08-26_21-55-53_428.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0NhWeREKXRc/UDrbuJww3NI/AAAAAAAADK0/1fyR3vFE56w/s640/2012-08-26_21-55-53_428.jpg" width="360" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OJ_ELm0kBAA/UDrbueY3ziI/AAAAAAAADK8/UKzEf_ogicw/s1600/IMG_20120826_215632.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OJ_ELm0kBAA/UDrbueY3ziI/AAAAAAAADK8/UKzEf_ogicw/s640/IMG_20120826_215632.jpg" width="442" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And now the Halloween Collection!!! I wanted to do something fun and I really hope you all like these. I am very excited to introduce the Pretty & Polished Hella-Wicked Halloween Collection!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>First Up, the bone chilling black jelly polish, Them Bones. This is a black jelly polish packed full of white flakes, hexes, and tiny bars. My version of a broken up Skeleton. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>First picture without flash and second picture with flash. <br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W5Wzlc1lDWA/UDrdAEKp_KI/AAAAAAAADLE/O739CBC0p68/s1600/IMG_20120826_214834.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="338" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W5Wzlc1lDWA/UDrdAEKp_KI/AAAAAAAADLE/O739CBC0p68/s640/IMG_20120826_214834.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RCX_Ns1WTWA/UDrdAuSnOEI/AAAAAAAADLM/bYGO76mhu9o/s1600/IMG_20120826_214909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RCX_Ns1WTWA/UDrdAuSnOEI/AAAAAAAADLM/bYGO76mhu9o/s640/IMG_20120826_214909.jpg" width="400" /> </a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Next up is definitely one of those polishes that will call to your more morbid Halloween side. This is Blood Clot. I went back and forth on a name for this but Blood Clot definitely kept sneaking back into my head and I finally had to let my guard down and just go with it. I think you will see why this polish got stuck with that name from these pictures. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Blood Clot is an intense blood red jelly filled with different sized red hex. It is very gruesome and beautiful all at once. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>First picture is without flash and second picture is with flash. <br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mPEnGaSIPIk/UDreoqZGAYI/AAAAAAAADLU/98mKQ7nqKOI/s1600/2012-08-26_20-53-40_245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mPEnGaSIPIk/UDreoqZGAYI/AAAAAAAADLU/98mKQ7nqKOI/s640/2012-08-26_20-53-40_245.jpg" width="360" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-64c1UCStvjs/UDrepeUfQxI/AAAAAAAADLc/wiQt4IKCxUQ/s1600/2012-08-26_20-53-52_315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-64c1UCStvjs/UDrepeUfQxI/AAAAAAAADLc/wiQt4IKCxUQ/s640/2012-08-26_20-53-52_315.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Next up we have a fun purple concoction that only a witch could help me brew up. Definitely taken from my idea of what I think a witch would look like if turned into a polish (rather than a frog). This is Witchy Woman. She is a dark purple jelly filled with purple shreds, black hexes, and tiny green and fuchsia glitters. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>First Picture taken with flash and second picture without flash. <br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-98DV1VKXbVs/UDrf4G87tqI/AAAAAAAADLk/nGbtB_lexSU/s1600/2012-08-26_21-03-39_969.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-98DV1VKXbVs/UDrf4G87tqI/AAAAAAAADLk/nGbtB_lexSU/s640/2012-08-26_21-03-39_969.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hDmCZKz0dTE/UDrf5I8VMUI/AAAAAAAADLs/J4K-DgurpZk/s1600/2012-08-26_21-03-53_706.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hDmCZKz0dTE/UDrf5I8VMUI/AAAAAAAADLs/J4K-DgurpZk/s640/2012-08-26_21-03-53_706.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And last but certainly not least we have a fun color changing number! This my friends is Candy Corn. The perfect fourth in our collection! Candy Corn is orange in the bottle and once layered on your nails will begin to turn a shade of yellow. Of course depending on your nail length it may stay orange on your tips. Under cold water it will go back to a beautiful orange shade. This polish has no extra shimmer or glitter to it. It is a straight up color changing cream. Just the way we like our candy corn!</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VhGiuat52Eo/UDrg37K5hGI/AAAAAAAADL0/CghZZzsb-4k/s1600/2012-08-26_21-22-59_393.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VhGiuat52Eo/UDrg37K5hGI/AAAAAAAADL0/CghZZzsb-4k/s640/2012-08-26_21-22-59_393.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I hope you all enjoyed these pictures. I hope to have more up on Facebook over the next few days so you can see them in different lights. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Please excuse my awful cuticles. That is what acetone does to them!</b></span></div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-60046327985929830312012-08-09T18:56:00.002-07:002012-08-09T18:56:12.142-07:00New shades by Pretty & Polished and Updates!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">I have been busy at work making some fun new shades. The first of many are these 7 new shades; </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Day Trippin' - Purple in the bottle, Pink on the nail. This fun polish transforms from a sparkly purple to a sparkly pink before your eyes. Your natural body temp will make the polish change to a pretty pink once applied to your nail but watch t change under cold water, in a cold room, or even when you hold an ice cold drink (as I discovered with my soda one day).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Heist - This is a lovely gold flake top coat. It transforms any shade to a blingy fresh manicure. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Private School - A gray creme with black and white hex glitters surrounded in a sea of sparkly red micro glitter. This polish was made to resemble my favorite winter Argyle sweater. Everyone thinks i look like a Private School Girl in it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Clouds in my Coffee - A lovely taupe brown polish full of beautiful blue glitters. This is one of my all time favorite color combos and I do think it looks amazing on everyone. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mardi Party - Multi colored matte flakes and hexes dancing in a clear base. Its like being on the streets of New Orleans during Mardi Gras!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Power Cosmic - An inky black jelly packed with neon colors like orange, blue, and green. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy's Girl - The newest addition to our PJ's Polish for Kids Line. Usually these polishes would only be available in mini bottles but I know there are a lot of grown daddy's girls too so I will be making this available in full size as well. This is a blurple base filled with tiny pink, purple, and teal glitters as well as pink, purple, blue hexes and beautiful pastel pink hearts. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Day Trippin' </div><div style="text-align: center;">We will be posting a video tomorrow to show the color changing abilities of this. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UepcVYOor80/UCRo3b4bJRI/AAAAAAAADJs/-p1ofCQ5W2c/s1600/day+trippin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UepcVYOor80/UCRo3b4bJRI/AAAAAAAADJs/-p1ofCQ5W2c/s320/day+trippin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Heist</div><div style="text-align: center;">Gold Flake Top Coat </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l-D6lYpDGp0/UCRo8jvHzFI/AAAAAAAADJ0/poXzCzb_X5o/s1600/heist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l-D6lYpDGp0/UCRo8jvHzFI/AAAAAAAADJ0/poXzCzb_X5o/s320/heist.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Private School</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Y4h6aOhWzQ/UCRorFEJopI/AAAAAAAADJM/U1xTYNjkSR0/s1600/2012-08-09_15-57-09_527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Y4h6aOhWzQ/UCRorFEJopI/AAAAAAAADJM/U1xTYNjkSR0/s400/2012-08-09_15-57-09_527.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zjpjVBeQiks/UCRojEK-50I/AAAAAAAADIs/xEBytTXdVQ8/s1600/IMG_20120809_211413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zjpjVBeQiks/UCRojEK-50I/AAAAAAAADIs/xEBytTXdVQ8/s400/IMG_20120809_211413.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clouds in My Coffee</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Rwk4orRWX8/UCRoxIqRjqI/AAAAAAAADJk/JD_WSs7uU2s/s1600/2012-08-09_15-30-43_272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Rwk4orRWX8/UCRoxIqRjqI/AAAAAAAADJk/JD_WSs7uU2s/s400/2012-08-09_15-30-43_272.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tq8f2p3IyIo/UCRoj_LsmjI/AAAAAAAADJE/RMD1vVehN0Q/s1600/IMG_20120809_211546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tq8f2p3IyIo/UCRoj_LsmjI/AAAAAAAADJE/RMD1vVehN0Q/s400/IMG_20120809_211546.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mardi Party</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c4pSlIvmXk4/UCRosu4cPgI/AAAAAAAADJc/Sysm38EJ38A/s1600/2012-08-09_21-10-36_208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c4pSlIvmXk4/UCRosu4cPgI/AAAAAAAADJc/Sysm38EJ38A/s640/2012-08-09_21-10-36_208.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Power Cosmic</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wA0hK71euF4/UCRor0wZl6I/AAAAAAAADJU/vyb1arAfoJw/s1600/2012-08-09_16-24-25_328.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wA0hK71euF4/UCRor0wZl6I/AAAAAAAADJU/vyb1arAfoJw/s640/2012-08-09_16-24-25_328.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Daddy's Girl </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CrhL1Si9Y3M/UCRojvknxNI/AAAAAAAADI8/VMRpUxpzDUM/s1600/IMG_20120809_211521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CrhL1Si9Y3M/UCRojvknxNI/AAAAAAAADI8/VMRpUxpzDUM/s400/IMG_20120809_211521.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ix66mUxCKtA/UCRojdKgEbI/AAAAAAAADI0/9dGttfSr6fU/s1600/IMG_20120809_211449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ix66mUxCKtA/UCRojdKgEbI/AAAAAAAADI0/9dGttfSr6fU/s400/IMG_20120809_211449.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All of these shades will be sold this Friday 8/10/2012 at 9 pm EST at</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/prettyandpolished">www.etsy.com/shop/prettyandpolished</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are working on some new labels and have a lot of great stuff coming up. I will be making another announcement soon about new polishes, our cruelty free brand and vegan polish, and a charity event!</div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-56940040526166140202012-07-14T17:34:00.000-07:002012-07-16T14:23:30.870-07:00Pretty & Polished Pre-order details<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><span style="font-size: large;">EDIT: This pre-order is only for US and Canada. Please feel free to have a friend from the US or Canada order for you if you live overseas. </span></b><br /><br />Good evening everyone! I am going to be outlining all of the pre-order details in this post. I hope that you read it carefully otherwise you may miss out. The pre-order will be done completely differently this time around. <br /><br />In order to receive the pre-order form you must fill out the following form and answer the questions correctly:<br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dFRmTlQwOTVadXBKS25Jc3FJc0tGRHc6MQ">PRE-ORDER EMAIL LIST FORM HERE</a><br /><br />This form will be used to send you out important updates about the pre-order as well as SEND you the pre-order form. So this is something you HAVE to fill out to even be a part of this pre-order.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">EDIT: I will be closing the form tonight Monday 7/16 at 8 PM EST. More people than I expected have signed up and I do not want to run out of the materials I need to send everyone what they want. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for understanding. </span><br /><br /><strike>I will close this form on Wednesday of next week (4 days from now 7/18)</strike>. I will begin emailing the order form out to each person who requested an order form starting Tuesday. You will have until next Saturday 7/21 to get your orders in and I will begin invoicing at that time. This is the order you will be receiving invoices (according to your first name) A-F, G-L, M-R, and S-Z. Once you have been invoiced you only have 24 hours to pay. Once that 24 hours is over if you have not paid your invoice WILL be canceled and you will not have another chance to pre-order this time around. Doing it this way will help my assistant and I know exactly who paid what. Last time it was very hard keeping track of who paid and who didn't because the invoice only shows email addresses and not always the one I was provided with.<br /><br />After you have been invoiced you will have a 3-4 week wait on receiving your packages. I do not expect it to take NEARLY that long but I don't know how many people are going to pre-order and I do not want to stretch myself too thin and not be able to deliver when I say I will.<br /><br />Also, once you have filled out the pre-order form you CANNOT change your order. The only change you will be allowed to make is to cancel your order all together.<br /><br /><br />Polishes and Price info:<br />Last pre-order the prices were $9.50 for a full size and $5.25 for minis. This will not be the case this time around. <br />BUT, there will be a slight increase because of the extra work load of doing a pre-order. The full size polishes will be $9 each and Minis will be $5 each.<br />Shipping will the same as on etsy. $2.85 for first item an $.50 for each additional item.<br />For Canada: $4 for first item and $.50 for each additional item. <br /><br /><br /><br />Available polishes:<br /><br />Full size only:<br />Hearts & Daggers<br />Valentino<br />Punk'd Up Betty (there is a possibility that not everyone will get to order this polish) <br />Rat-a-tat<br /><br />Full & Mini:<br />Sand Art (there is a possibility that not everyone will get to order this polish)<br />Jawbreaker<br />Pool Party<br />Hello Dolly<br />Elvis' Pink Cadillac<br />The entire Summer Camp Collection including: PHAT Camp, Cheer Camp, Boot Camp, and Peace Camp<br />Party on my Yacht<br />Candy Coated<br />Phoenix <br />Tart<br />Beach Bum<br />Beach Bunny<br />On Equal Ground<br />Bubble Tea<br />Black Swan <br /><br />Some of the polishes not listed here will still be randomly available on etsy. I do not want to add certain polishes to the pre-order because I can only make so many of them or they are LE polishes like my zodiac polishes and Amo. Sand Art will be sold on etsy once more before I am pretty much completely out of it. I will not add it to the pre-order because I would only be able to supply around 20-30 people with it and it might be all gone before I get to the second batch of invoicing. <br /><br />I still reserve the right to refund you for any polish I may run out of materials to make. I feel like I am stocked up on almost everything I need but there can be snags and you may receive a refund for a polish. If this is an issue and you wish to cancel your entire order I will refund you in full.<br /><br />Questions and comments can be emailed to me at <u><span style="font-size: large;">prettyandpolishd@gmail.com</span></u><br /><br /></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-89867244621936613912012-06-21T15:16:00.002-07:002012-06-21T15:16:17.942-07:00Winners announced!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I do not have much time before the shop opens back up so I am going to make this short and sweet! I will be emailing the winners sometime tonight. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>We will start with the US/Canada winners. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The winner of the Full Sized Elvis is <u>Carm H. from San Antonio, TX</u>! Congrats! </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The winner of the mini camp collection is <u>Amanda P. from St. Paul, MN</u>! Congrats!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And now the International giveaway winner!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Congrats to <u>Maria</u> for winning a Pink Cupcake Bomb Balm!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I will be contacting you all tonight. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Winners were chosen at random. Thank you all for entering. I will be getting back to a lot of you who had questions and suggestions! </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0739LIUZVIY/Tx-tDTjDLsI/AAAAAAAACXA/ZsREJzcuMLc/s1600/prettyandpolished_blue.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0739LIUZVIY/Tx-tDTjDLsI/AAAAAAAACXA/ZsREJzcuMLc/s1600/prettyandpolished_blue.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-59892697671054336102012-06-20T14:13:00.001-07:002012-06-20T14:13:56.155-07:00Reformulations and your chance to win!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I want to show you some photos of the new reformulation of two loved polishes. First up is Elvis' Pink Cadillac. The color has been changed to a slightly brighter pink instead of a pale pink. The glitters have been changed and are much easier to apply to the nail (NO FISHING!), and this is more of a pink jelly rather than a creme! I really love this polish and prefer this new formula to the old one. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Pictures shown wearing the polish alone with three coats. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BOKBGB7XitQ/T-I4PqNOy_I/AAAAAAAADEg/zTtG1fF7xmw/s1600/2012-06-20_14-05-01_495.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BOKBGB7XitQ/T-I4PqNOy_I/AAAAAAAADEg/zTtG1fF7xmw/s640/2012-06-20_14-05-01_495.jpg" width="316" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6xiF8oVkATM/T-I4QjxLrZI/AAAAAAAADEo/T_MRGKEs7Jw/s1600/2012-06-20_14-05-08_969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6xiF8oVkATM/T-I4QjxLrZI/AAAAAAAADEo/T_MRGKEs7Jw/s640/2012-06-20_14-05-08_969.jpg" width="480" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NeYweprY1zc/T-I4R1rQ9wI/AAAAAAAADEs/42ci19E2QK0/s1600/2012-06-20_14-04-52_559.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NeYweprY1zc/T-I4R1rQ9wI/AAAAAAAADEs/42ci19E2QK0/s640/2012-06-20_14-04-52_559.jpg" width="428" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Tart has not been changed so much. It is pretty much the exact sale except for the pink glitters. I have been having a tough time getting the larger bright pink glitters that I use in Tart so I added a bit of smaller bright pink glitters. You will see that it looks pretty much the same except with the pretty pinks! Of course all my larger pinks on my nails have been buried in the polish for this application. The sun has also caused these pictures to come out a little over exposed, Tart is slightly darker than this IRL. It looks a little pale in these pictures!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>These pictures were taken with no base color and two layers of Tart on each nail. </b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_VM2RTRN4SQ/T-I49Xnn-lI/AAAAAAAADE4/93ar9DM8Htw/s1600/2012-06-20_12-50-46_571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_VM2RTRN4SQ/T-I49Xnn-lI/AAAAAAAADE4/93ar9DM8Htw/s640/2012-06-20_12-50-46_571.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xa-R7qiLu2s/T-I4-TtNbKI/AAAAAAAADFA/ui3wwL0lRIo/s1600/2012-06-20_12-50-50_541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xa-R7qiLu2s/T-I4-TtNbKI/AAAAAAAADFA/ui3wwL0lRIo/s640/2012-06-20_12-50-50_541.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OaVKjFxNHns/T-I4_Ph5EoI/AAAAAAAADFI/Cps-ePD5fsk/s1600/2012-06-20_12-51-01_897.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OaVKjFxNHns/T-I4_Ph5EoI/AAAAAAAADFI/Cps-ePD5fsk/s640/2012-06-20_12-51-01_897.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Now let's get to the good stuff! I am holding a giveaway to thank everyone for their continued support. I really appreciate everyone's kindness and patronage. I have met a lot of amazing people since I started making polish last year and I am so proud to be a member of this community. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>So cheers to many more years of great friendships and pretty polishes! </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>There is two separate giveaways today. One giveaway is for residents of the US and Canada. Your prizes are a Full sized Elvis' Pink Cadillac or a mini Summer Camp Collection. You can enter to win one or both, but you can only win one prize. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The other giveaway is for the International girls only. (NO US OR CANADIAN RESIDENTS MAY ENTER THIS GIVEAWAY). Your prize will be one of my new Bomb Balms. You can choose between the Coconut and the Lime or the Pink Cupcake scents. I will also be throwing in some of my nail art baggies for the winner of this giveaway. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_259244280"><br /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dHVoUGVGTklKV2gtcXh6SnNFRktwRkE6MQ">US AND CANADA RESIDENTS PLEASE ENTER HERE!</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dGFqUGZHb24wUXllcWp2LU9OblhWeWc6MQ">OTHER INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTS PLEASE ENTER HERE!</a></b></div><br /></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-26855062606119320322012-06-19T13:32:00.000-07:002012-06-19T13:32:24.408-07:00Pretty & Polished Summer Color Swatches!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I have 6 polishes coming out this Thursday. Yesterday I posted Bottle Spam<span style="font-size: large;"><u> <a href="https://prettynpolish.com/2012/06/pretty-polished-summer-colors-bottle.html">here</a></u></span> and today you get to see some lovely swatches and combos. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Starting with the free standing polishes, this is Punk'd Up Betty. A lot of you have seen this polish already on my facebook page. This polish has a combination of pink, black, and white glitters. There are two pinks, two blacks, and the white only has one glitter and it is a large "satin" glitter. The base is clear. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Pictures taken with 2 layers of Punk'd Up Betty, no base color. This IS a full coverage glitter polish.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I am not entirely sure why these pictures are so blurry. They were perfect when I posted them to facebook. I apologize for the poor picture quality on the Punk'd Up Betty pictures. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wd31xojM-mA/T-Df1QygapI/AAAAAAAADEU/PRcSz5fTn3o/s1600/2012-06-16_14-30-14_236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wd31xojM-mA/T-Df1QygapI/AAAAAAAADEU/PRcSz5fTn3o/s640/2012-06-16_14-30-14_236.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--duSalgI9WY/T-DRZsCDaNI/AAAAAAAADBc/avw1GxCrkSc/s1600/2012-06-16_14-30-14_236-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--duSalgI9WY/T-DRZsCDaNI/AAAAAAAADBc/avw1GxCrkSc/s640/2012-06-16_14-30-14_236-1.jpg" width="530" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ex6MEJmils/T-DRb0elypI/AAAAAAAADBk/kzxHdC57ZpU/s1600/2012-06-16_14-30-22_331-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="574" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ex6MEJmils/T-DRb0elypI/AAAAAAAADBk/kzxHdC57ZpU/s640/2012-06-16_14-30-22_331-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5dRWa5uem9Q/T-DRdOT5PwI/AAAAAAAADBs/9_qJHqDC5Ms/s1600/2012-06-16_14-44-37_916-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="602" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5dRWa5uem9Q/T-DRdOT5PwI/AAAAAAAADBs/9_qJHqDC5Ms/s640/2012-06-16_14-44-37_916-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>This next freestanding polish is called "</b><b>Amo Questa Canzone</b><b>" (In English: I Love this song). My grandfather is such a special person. He is Italian and this polish was made for him. To me he is a beautiful song and this is what I imagine his song would look like. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>This polish has a very sheer purple shimmery base. The purple color is slightly grayed and reminds me of a spring rain storm. It has blue, purple, green, and pink glitters. It is best worn over another color. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The picture shows two layers alone on my index and middle finger nails (you will be able to see a VNL with this if used alone), over a purple polish on my ring finger nail and over a white on my pinkie nail. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UuKFw5Sr2rk/T-DV53BdkjI/AAAAAAAADCQ/AOgbyAnMATw/s1600/2012-06-19_13-53-20_377.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UuKFw5Sr2rk/T-DV53BdkjI/AAAAAAAADCQ/AOgbyAnMATw/s640/2012-06-19_13-53-20_377.jpg" width="518" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ItwObIp6tHQ/T-DV8u7FBGI/AAAAAAAADCY/yVJ-gPamiuc/s1600/2012-06-19_13-53-31_436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ItwObIp6tHQ/T-DV8u7FBGI/AAAAAAAADCY/yVJ-gPamiuc/s640/2012-06-19_13-53-31_436.jpg" width="376" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fqYwgq6u5Eg/T-DV-iKv74I/AAAAAAAADCg/4m--Xx0OQVI/s1600/2012-06-19_13-53-49_895.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fqYwgq6u5Eg/T-DV-iKv74I/AAAAAAAADCg/4m--Xx0OQVI/s640/2012-06-19_13-53-49_895.jpg" width="356" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And now the Summer Camp Collection!!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xu4K-xHZJeY/T-DXNRD_kxI/AAAAAAAADCo/YmZ_StuZyGw/s1600/IMG_1544.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xu4K-xHZJeY/T-DXNRD_kxI/AAAAAAAADCo/YmZ_StuZyGw/s640/IMG_1544.JPG" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>PHAT Camp is a gorgeous glitter top coat. Worn over White, Teal (OPI Fly, Nicki Minaj Collection), Purple (China Glaze Gothic Lolita, Electropop Collection), and Black in the pictures, this polish has royal purple shreds, 2 different pink glitters, purple hex glitter, and teal hex glitter. This polish is pretty, hot, AND tempting. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x_fFIC3cfvI/T-DXaXO0aDI/AAAAAAAADCw/qtcI7Sc_1Bk/s1600/2012-06-19_14-13-34_911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x_fFIC3cfvI/T-DXaXO0aDI/AAAAAAAADCw/qtcI7Sc_1Bk/s640/2012-06-19_14-13-34_911.jpg" width="372" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cS3tE1y61xo/T-DXaxlQ9NI/AAAAAAAADC4/pi3Z7tB0llM/s1600/2012-06-19_14-13-40_664.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cS3tE1y61xo/T-DXaxlQ9NI/AAAAAAAADC4/pi3Z7tB0llM/s640/2012-06-19_14-13-40_664.jpg" width="408" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8EI2zd0slBY/T-DXblwPdZI/AAAAAAAADDA/R46eQLglKaQ/s1600/2012-06-19_14-13-45_872.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8EI2zd0slBY/T-DXblwPdZI/AAAAAAAADDA/R46eQLglKaQ/s640/2012-06-19_14-13-45_872.jpg" width="496" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Cheer Camp worn over a light pink polish (China Glaze Go Go Pink) on my middle finger nail, a white on my ring finger nail and alone on my index and pinkie nails is a cute and frilly polish. It has a somewhat sheer milky base that is very lightly tinted pink. The pink tint is so slight that when you paint one coat over a white polish it hardly picks up any of the pink tint at all. You can get full coverage (NO VNL) after 2-3 layers. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Cheer Camp has pastel pink and purple hex glitters with tiny bright pink micro glitters. So fun and girly!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3hMwQRLinCI/T-DZMC9YHiI/AAAAAAAADDI/FK2nzGla40s/s1600/2012-06-19_13-30-29_631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3hMwQRLinCI/T-DZMC9YHiI/AAAAAAAADDI/FK2nzGla40s/s640/2012-06-19_13-30-29_631.jpg" width="436" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VF51kN7bHMA/T-DZNBvWMgI/AAAAAAAADDQ/YF57iwOVvNA/s1600/2012-06-19_13-30-37_242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VF51kN7bHMA/T-DZNBvWMgI/AAAAAAAADDQ/YF57iwOVvNA/s640/2012-06-19_13-30-37_242.jpg" width="464" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--m4VPG-K9Cs/T-DZNhNofjI/AAAAAAAADDY/xyJNocKj3MM/s1600/2012-06-19_13-30-57_802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--m4VPG-K9Cs/T-DZNhNofjI/AAAAAAAADDY/xyJNocKj3MM/s640/2012-06-19_13-30-57_802.jpg" width="403" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Peace Camp worn alone on my index, middle, and pinkie finger nails and over a light blue (China Glaze For Audrey) on my ring finger is a beautiful peaceful blue glitter polish. The base is shimmery and light. It is quite sheer and I recommend wearing a blue underneath it to conserve the polish. But you can achieve full coverage in 3-4 layers. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>This polish has medium/large blue hexes, pastel green and blue hex glitters and small green and blue hex glitters. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v-kMRLFlDvA/T-DaXb2aBNI/AAAAAAAADDg/3gyEqOijwMU/s1600/2012-06-19_13-41-28_497.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v-kMRLFlDvA/T-DaXb2aBNI/AAAAAAAADDg/3gyEqOijwMU/s640/2012-06-19_13-41-28_497.jpg" width="316" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m1OodFEx1eU/T-Daa4ZhhJI/AAAAAAAADDo/CXCO7lt0bGk/s1600/2012-06-19_13-41-42_632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m1OodFEx1eU/T-Daa4ZhhJI/AAAAAAAADDo/CXCO7lt0bGk/s640/2012-06-19_13-41-42_632.jpg" width="378" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V10IUCK-A48/T-DabZ_eJOI/AAAAAAAADDw/WwW-SYSFldI/s1600/2012-06-19_13-41-48_398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V10IUCK-A48/T-DabZ_eJOI/AAAAAAAADDw/WwW-SYSFldI/s640/2012-06-19_13-41-48_398.jpg" width="416" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Boot Camp worn over a nice green polish (OPI Don't mess with OPI, Texas Collection) on my ring and pinkie finger nails and alone on my index and middle finger nails has a gorgeous green shimmer base that dries to an almost rubber looking finish. I wanted this polish to look somewhat matte but not completely. The shimmer gives the "rubber finish" a really special touch. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>This polish was made to look like Boot Camp camo with black bars and hexes, brown hexes in two different sizes, green hexes, and green squares. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>This polish is also quite sheer and looks best over a green polish of your choice. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m0w1wbOcRR4/T-DbE39wtcI/AAAAAAAADD4/Rfe-X4BU_kI/s1600/2012-06-19_14-38-47_881.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m0w1wbOcRR4/T-DbE39wtcI/AAAAAAAADD4/Rfe-X4BU_kI/s640/2012-06-19_14-38-47_881.jpg" width="490" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TW6zlRMn9Qk/T-DbFUb1oHI/AAAAAAAADEA/pSTOBNAdgNA/s1600/2012-06-19_14-38-54_643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TW6zlRMn9Qk/T-DbFUb1oHI/AAAAAAAADEA/pSTOBNAdgNA/s640/2012-06-19_14-38-54_643.jpg" width="402" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Eus0xMqGE40/T-DbGJz1i0I/AAAAAAAADEI/90Gh7o-dcOA/s1600/2012-06-19_14-38-58_812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Eus0xMqGE40/T-DbGJz1i0I/AAAAAAAADEI/90Gh7o-dcOA/s640/2012-06-19_14-38-58_812.jpg" width="394" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I am really excited about these polishes. I wanted to come up with an interesting summer themed polish collection without hooking into the same thing as other indie sellers. Luckily I think there are some really great choices for summer polishes available right now through the world of Indie polish. Hopefully you can find something you like!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>These will all be available this Thursday 6/21 at 7:30 pm EST at</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/prettyandpolished"></a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PrettyandPolished">http://www.etsy.com/shop/PrettyandPolished</a></b></div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-63018194003712759892012-06-18T20:24:00.002-07:002012-06-18T20:24:41.621-07:00Pretty & Polished Summer Colors Bottle Spam!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I will have swatch pictures of all of these available tomorrow. These will be available at the shop Thursday the 21st at 7:30 PM EST. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Punk'd Up Betty!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QRRQrF17f3c/T9_uOHDp4GI/AAAAAAAAC_w/zN5DK3SFym8/s1600/IMG_1535.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QRRQrF17f3c/T9_uOHDp4GI/AAAAAAAAC_w/zN5DK3SFym8/s640/IMG_1535.JPG" width="306" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7XxlPVh3e0g/T9_uQY6k1qI/AAAAAAAAC_4/itPsg_m73Js/s1600/IMG_1536.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="614" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7XxlPVh3e0g/T9_uQY6k1qI/AAAAAAAAC_4/itPsg_m73Js/s640/IMG_1536.JPG" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Amo Questa Canzone</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>(In English: I Love this song) </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGXGEc6IByI/T9_uz6eRf8I/AAAAAAAADAI/8U-7mjg-lak/s1600/IMG_1539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGXGEc6IByI/T9_uz6eRf8I/AAAAAAAADAI/8U-7mjg-lak/s640/IMG_1539.JPG" width="386" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KaEOluh54lE/T9_u1J63PTI/AAAAAAAADAQ/xKkwa4YOJeA/s1600/IMG_1538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="542" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KaEOluh54lE/T9_u1J63PTI/AAAAAAAADAQ/xKkwa4YOJeA/s640/IMG_1538.JPG" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Summer Camp Collection!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>PHAT Camp</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zFgfoSHWRdA/T9_vIrsDEuI/AAAAAAAADAY/GEAv4nViRwg/s1600/IMG_1532.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zFgfoSHWRdA/T9_vIrsDEuI/AAAAAAAADAY/GEAv4nViRwg/s640/IMG_1532.JPG" width="300" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KQFvVyCBuZ4/T9_vKiYWHQI/AAAAAAAADAg/5RMxCEOzKZg/s1600/IMG_1533.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="586" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KQFvVyCBuZ4/T9_vKiYWHQI/AAAAAAAADAg/5RMxCEOzKZg/s640/IMG_1533.JPG" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Cheer Camp</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FDwIpl18HIU/T9_vVfhxYfI/AAAAAAAADAo/UipXZtWMkss/s1600/IMG_1528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FDwIpl18HIU/T9_vVfhxYfI/AAAAAAAADAo/UipXZtWMkss/s640/IMG_1528.JPG" width="296" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XXTFKpyMGd8/T9_vW8AppSI/AAAAAAAADAw/W9zrc2PRY1o/s1600/IMG_1529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="600" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XXTFKpyMGd8/T9_vW8AppSI/AAAAAAAADAw/W9zrc2PRY1o/s640/IMG_1529.JPG" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Peace Camp</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VBerLxnF3ws/T9_wAFTG-lI/AAAAAAAADA4/QhsUcZFKfDQ/s1600/IMG_1525.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VBerLxnF3ws/T9_wAFTG-lI/AAAAAAAADA4/QhsUcZFKfDQ/s640/IMG_1525.JPG" width="318" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FCTyXvwn8Ug/T9_wBtaG5NI/AAAAAAAADBA/V-wF1nZVI4k/s1600/IMG_1526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="568" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FCTyXvwn8Ug/T9_wBtaG5NI/AAAAAAAADBA/V-wF1nZVI4k/s640/IMG_1526.JPG" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Boot Camp</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uTHzkLgN6ns/T9_wLT0o26I/AAAAAAAADBI/kBXKVD0595I/s1600/IMG_1519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uTHzkLgN6ns/T9_wLT0o26I/AAAAAAAADBI/kBXKVD0595I/s640/IMG_1519.JPG" width="312" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3jIjl8R1xxc/T9_wM11meZI/AAAAAAAADBQ/qEZCJO1HBeU/s1600/IMG_1520.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="578" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3jIjl8R1xxc/T9_wM11meZI/AAAAAAAADBQ/qEZCJO1HBeU/s640/IMG_1520.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-42358864210374077462012-06-05T00:43:00.001-07:002012-06-05T08:34:23.305-07:00Curling and sinking and gloop, Oh My!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>EDIT AT BOTTOM! </b><br /><br /><b>Lately there has been A LOT of talk when it comes to Indie Polishes and issues. It is to be expected though. There is a huge boom in this industry and a lot of people are rushing to supply the masses. What I want to do though is take a little time to explain some things and to help some people understand that it isn't always a case of</b><b> <span class="queryn" id="queryn">impropriety on the behalf of a seller. Things happen. </span></b><br /><b><span class="queryn" id="queryn"><br />Let's talk glitter. Glitter is fun to play with in polish but you have to have the right kind. Anyone who has ever "frankened" or designed their own polish knows that you can't just use ANY glitter. It has to be what we call "solvent resistant". The definition of Solvent Resistant (</span>A polymer's ability to resist chemicals or solvents that would otherwise degrade the polymer) isn't always deciphered correctly. The Solvent Resistant glitters have the ability to keep their shape in solvents or chemicals but that does not necessarily guarantee that they will not fade slightly, curl, or bleed. It isn't solvent PROOF, just resistant meaning it will not disintegrate when placed in solvents and chemicals and used up to a certain heat point.</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>I think somewhere someone decided to take on the meaning of solvent resistant and twisted it in our minds to where people now think it means these glitters should remain perfect in polish. Not only is this false, it is just plain foolish. Everything changes in time. Every cosmetic you buy will change over time. Most of the things you can read online or in books/magazines will tell you an average shelf life for a nail polish is 2 years. After that it can dry up, lose pigmentation, separate, or become clumpy, gloopy, or thick/thin. Indie polishes are no exception.</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>I can tell you that I do my research and I test my products as much as I can, but I also have to stress that I do not have a team of scientists or even an assistant that I can call on to do a bunch of tests for me. And I know most of the other indie sellers do not have that either. I will admit, some people need to test a little more and maybe for a little longer. Even I have been guilty of rushing into polishes. But please understand that we are all doing our best to provide you with safe and pretty products that are made with love and take A LOT of time. </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>I do have some glitters that curl a little. Now I have only experienced a few bar glitters slightly curling on my nail from one of my polishes. Does that mean everyone will have the same experience? No. Some may experience more curling and some may not experience it at all. I do have a disclaimer that does state that some polishes will have slightly curling glitters, especially bar glitters. If this doesn't bother you, great! If it does, steer clear of polishes with bars in them. I understand it being a pain, especially if you don't have the time or patience to work a couple of layers of top coat over a polish to tame the wild glitter. </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Separation has been an issue I have heard lately. I have seen talk of pigment separation but also of glitter sinking which doesn't really qualify as separation but it is a pain and can really make a polish a pain to apply if you have to dig for glitter. Separation and sinking can happen for a number of reasons. Once again the testing comes into play. Test your glitters and your base. I have several glitters that I use that are a little heavier than others and tend to spend most of their time at the bottom of a bottle. Most of my amazing customers have told me it does not bother them. They flip it upside down or stir the polish with a tooth pick and they can get the glitter just fine. It bothers some others and that is understandable. This is obviously a personal preference deal. Glitters can sink. I am always looking for new glitters and try to focus on glitters that are lighter so I can avoid the sinking and digging. </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Pigments can separate because a base is too thin. But as long as you have stainless steel beads/balls in your bottle you should be able to give it a few good hard shakes and paint your nails with no problems. I have mainstream polishes that separate horribly after sitting for long enough. By Mainstream I am taking about Orly, OPI, Sally Hansen etc. I think as Indie artists we should all try to use materials that make our products appealing not only by the appearance but also the ease of use. If your polishes separate a lot because you are not using a good base it will have people upset because they have to work so hard. But as consumers, please remember, we test but we cannot always guarantee that a polish will not react to how you store it or how you use it. </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>So here is just a quick run down of issues and some quick fixes:</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>SLIGHTLY curling glitter: Try using a couple layers of top coat OR dabbing the curled glitters off.</b><br /><b>If your polish has glitters that are referred to as "taco glitters" which is a short way of saying the glitters are curling so much they are curled in half then contact the seller with pictures and ask them what the next step is.<u> I can tell you that my policy is to pay for you to ship the item back to me if I cannot see from the pictures what the issue is and I will offer you a refund, exchange, or a replacement.</u> You will need to speak to the seller of your "taco glitter polish" to see what their policies are. </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Pigment separation: If you have the steel beads in your bottle (DO NOT ADD ZINC COATED BBS!) and you don't mind giving your bottle a few shakes when your using it then I wouldn't worry about it. BUT if the seller does not have any kind of disclaimer about separation and not using a proper suspension base then I would contact the seller with pictures. The seller may not know the base is no good or they may not have done their research on how to properly make the polish before selling it.<u> My polishes are made with the correct bases and if there is ever any pigment separation I hope you will contact me with pictures immediately so I can make sure you get the polish you paid for.</u></b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Sinking Glitter: As I said before, some glitters are heavy and will spend more time closer to the bottom of a bottle but you should be able to set the bottle upside down for a few, shake it upside down, or stir it with something and not have to do too much digging. However, unless someone has not used the correct base or someones base has just gone bad, you should not have a polish that has all the glitter sunk to the bottom. This is when you need to contact the seller with pictures. </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Thick polish: Sometimes polishes are just made thick. I have mainstream Holo polishes that I have to thin all the time. This is an easy fix. Add a couple drops of thinner to a thick polish. In my experience polish thinner has NEVER changed the color or suspension of a polish. Polishes stuffed with glitter can sometimes be a little gloopy and difficult. Try thinner. If for some reason your polish does not thin out and is a huge pain to deal with, contact the seller for more advice on how to work with the polish. Maybe there is a trick to it. I know I have dabbed heavy glitter polishes on before and it not only ended up being easier it also helped me make sure I had glitter spread out evenly on my nails. </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>I really hope that this post has helped to clear up some questions for people. I know there are a lot of you out there that are very weary of Indie Polish. That is ok, I understand. I am not going to sit here and tell you to buy my stuff. What I will say is this; the Indie scene is amazing. There are a lot of talented polish makers out there right now and we are seeing things we have never seen before. How lucky are we to have SO many options? It is ok to have your doubts. Remember that it is ok to question things. I would be more than happy to answer questions anytime and I know most of the other polish makers would too. I think I speak for a lot of us when I say we would much rather you come and talk to us and ask us questions then to assume and accuse. </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>Thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope It helps!</b><br /><br /><br /><b>EDIT: Someone emailed me and asked if I would be willing to say something about the BB's put in polish. There honestly isn't much to say on the subject except this: If you are planning on selling your polishes and not just making them "for fun" you need to invest in stainless steel BBs/Balls. Zinc coated bbs are not acceptable. They will start to break down in polish chemicals. If you receive a polish and the BBs are turning the polish funny colors or falling a part you need to send the seller a picture and request an exchange/refund. I am sorry if you are a seller and feel like I am calling you out, I am just trying to help. This is unacceptable to our customers and it very well should be. It is one thing to have to shake your polish a bit but you cannot use a polish with rust or nasty particles in it. </b></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-42344637973966419162012-05-23T18:27:00.004-07:002012-05-23T18:27:45.328-07:00Giveaway Winners!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Both winners have been emailed and their prizes will be mailed out this week. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Congrats to Joanna for winning Prize #1 A full size Jawbreaker and a tub of gourmet jawbreakers from the Candy Store. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QgvtFxWv8JM/T72OAD_bdtI/AAAAAAAAC_I/RiTQKiKbZdE/s1600/2012-05-23_21-06-24_603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QgvtFxWv8JM/T72OAD_bdtI/AAAAAAAAC_I/RiTQKiKbZdE/s640/2012-05-23_21-06-24_603.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Congrats to Desiree for winning Prize #2 A Mini Trio of my newest Collection. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z9kei-kOSIY/T72OFfI7A6I/AAAAAAAAC_Q/i8n7QAOJB6o/s1600/2012-05-23_21-06-59_141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z9kei-kOSIY/T72OFfI7A6I/AAAAAAAAC_Q/i8n7QAOJB6o/s640/2012-05-23_21-06-59_141.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">From left to right: On Equal Ground (a rainbow glitter top coat), Freedom Calling (a red, white, blue, and silver top coat), and Soldier's Liberty (a shimmery light blue jelly with white shreds and white micro glitter). </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Congrats and thank you to the OVER 300 people who entered!</b></span></div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-17821709714277708292012-05-14T16:45:00.001-07:002012-05-14T16:46:39.531-07:00A sweet Giveaway!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>To show my appreciation for the ongoing support of my customers I am having a little giveaway. There are two prizes and you can only enter for one of them. Anyone can enter, and you can be from anywhere. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Prize #1</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Gourmet Jawbreakers and my #1 selling nail polish in full size: Jawbreaker!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qnQa8BnB2xI/T7GWOXSzZWI/AAAAAAAAC-g/aG4O4IjjeqM/s1600/2012-05-14_19-28-19_953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qnQa8BnB2xI/T7GWOXSzZWI/AAAAAAAAC-g/aG4O4IjjeqM/s640/2012-05-14_19-28-19_953.jpg" width="360" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Prize #2 </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>My newest trio in mini size. I will not be showing pictures of these just yet so it will be a complete surprise!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Fill out the following form to enter the giveaway and it will stay open until Wednesday 5/16.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFdDSGl3dWU3Qm84T0lOeFN6WGl2UFE6MQ">Giveaway Form!</a></b></span></div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-79875848459178128522012-05-11T08:43:00.000-07:002012-05-11T08:43:05.572-07:00Pretty & Polished News and Updates!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>So I have some news and announcements today. Some are about me and what is going on here and some are about what I am going to do for YOU. We will start off with the boring stuff. Pretty and Polished is NOW an LLC! That is really exciting for me! LLC stands for Limited Liability Company. I will also be moving my office over the next couple of weeks so things will be a little spotty. I will still be sending out orders etc but I probably will not be able to get back to everyone on messages right away.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Along with the move I will be making some updates. The etsy shop is going to get a little bit of a makeover. I will be taking new pictures of every polish.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I will also be doing pre-orders again! Mr. Pretty & Polished is working on a new set up that will be available on this webpage for people to pre-order. Basically you will be able to add certain polishes straight to your cart and will be asked to pay right then. As the orders come in I will print your order and work on getting them made and sent out. A LOT easier for me! I will also be extending my inventory. I will be adding my very own raw organic cuticle oils and some nail art. These are in the testing phase to see if people are interested in them. The cuticle oils will be available at my next opening. I have a very sweet smelling pineapple lime cuticle oil made with organic materials like coconut oil, olive oil, and lime oil. The nail art is going to be glitters and gems that you can use to create different effects on your nails. Some will come in 5 gram jars and others will be packaged in little baggies. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I will continue to make new polishes. I have a couple of collections I am working on. One will remain a secret until a blogger friend of mine gets the promotional package I plan on sending her to blog about. The other one is a smaller collection. It is all about freedom and equality. I will also be putting out my new Gemini polish this month for all my May/June Gemini friends! This does mean that I will be making polishes for EVERY horoscope this year.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And last but not least, I will be having a giveaway on my webpage this Sunday! So stay tuned for that :)</b></div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-6584186091355913252012-04-29T10:46:00.001-07:002012-05-02T12:44:55.658-07:00Pretty & Polished Pre-Orders<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Lately opening my shop has become a bit of a "running with the bulls" kind of scenario. For me it isn't that bad because I sit behind a computer screen and watch orders come in. But for my customers they feel rushed and I've even seen people say it raises their blood pressure! This is not what I wanted for my customers. I want your shopping experience to be an easy one. So, I have decided to TRY pre-ordering. I do not know how this is going to go seeing that it will be my first time doing it. So please, read the requirements and bare with me while I attempt to make my customers happy and keep my sanity at the same time lol.<br /><br />I am opening the shop today around 6 pm EST and <strike>will put a pre-ordering form up on this webpage in a new tab on Monday 4/30</strike>. <span style="color: red;">EDIT: THE PRE-ORDER FORM WILL BECOME AVAILABLE ON WEDNESDAY SO I HAVE A CHANCE TO CATCH UP ON PREVIOUS ORDERS AND GET GLITTERS IN TO MAKE MORE POLISHES THAT I WILL NOW ADD TO THE "AVAILABLE POLISHES" LIST.</span> Once I get a certain amount of orders I will stop taking them while I catch up and work on invoicing. I will list the requirements in this post as well as the polishes that will be available for pre-order. <br /><br /><u><b>Requirements:</b></u><br />1.) There will be a $1 fee for all full sized bottles purchased and a $0.50 fee for all minis purchased. <br />That will make the price of a Full Sized polish $9.50 and the size of a mini $5.25.<br /><br />2.) All orders must have a final product total of <b><span style="color: red;">$25 </span></b>or more. This is great for group orders.<br />However unless you contact me prior to ordering I would like to keep orders for the same polish at a 4 bottle maximum per order. <br /><br />3.) Shipping rates will be the same as if you were ordering directly off of etsy. They are as follows:<br /><br />Full Size 15 mL:<br />US: $2.85 & $0.45 for each additional<br />Canada: $4 & $0.50 for each additional<br />United Kingdom: $5 and $1 for each additional<br />Everywhere Else $6.50 and $1.75 for each additional<br /><br />Mini 5 mL:<br />US: $2.60 & $0.35 for each additional<br />Canada: $3.95 & $0.50 for each additional<br />United Kingdom: $4 & $0.75 for each additional<br />Everywhere Else: $6 & $1.25 for each additional<br /><br />4.) Pre-orders are MADE TO ORDER so it could be up to (but not more than) 2 weeks for processing and shipping.<br /><br />5.) Once invoiced there cannot be any changes made to your order. Including adding to it. It can also not be added to an etsy transaction. <br /><br />6.) No refunds, returns, or exchanges. <br /><br /><br />Once I get your order form in I will go over it and if I can make your order I will invoice you. If you have ordered a polish that I cannot make I will message you and ask if you would like to go through with the rest of your order. Once invoiced there can be no changes made to your order. Including adding on to it. Pre-orders cannot be combined with etsy orders.<br /><br />Pre-Orders can only be made through paypal invoice for now. Until I know how this is going to go and how easy/hard it will be I want to keep all of the orders in order and have them all in one place.<br /><br />There is a chance that I will get to your order and something has gone wrong and I have to refund you for a polish. Stuff happens that is out of our hands sometimes. If this does happen you will receive an email as well as a refund for that one polish. <br /><br />While doing pre-orders I will continue to stock the etsy store. There will not be as many polishes in stock though and some polishes are going to switch to pre-order only.<br /><br /><u><b>Polishes that can be pre-orderd in mini (5 mL) and/or full size (15 mL):</b></u><br /><br />Jawbreaker<br />Party on my Yacht<br />Bayou Blitz<br />Midnight Rider (pre-order only)<br />Candy Coated<br />Tart<br />Phoenix<br />Black Swan<br />Hello Dolly<br />Martian Salad (pre-order only)<br />Galactus (pre-order only)<br />Dream Queen<br />Your Darkest Majesty (pre-order only)<br />Elvis Pink Cadillac <br />Bubble Tea (pre-order only)<br />Chelsea Chelsea Bling Bling<br />Swing<br />Mind Control <br />Valentino<br />Beach Bunny <br />Beach Bum <br />Tattoo Sparkle Collection (pre-order only)<br /> New Breed<br /> Inked<br /> Sparrow<br /> Cherry Bomb<br /> Old Skool<br />Sand Art<br />Pool Party<br />Galax-E <br /><br /><u><b>Available in Full Size only (15 mL):</b></u><br /><br />Hearts & Daggers<br />Boy Crazy<br /><br /><b><u>Available in Mini only (5 mL):</u></b><br /><br />Power House (pre-order only)<br />Jealous (pre-order only)<br />Johnny Law (pre-order only)<br />Pinkie Pie (pre-order only)<br />Carni (pre-order only)<br />Forest Phire (pre-order only)<br />3 Golden Rules (pre-order only)<br />The Amazing Technicolor Topcoat<br />Labor of Love (pre-order only)<br />Sphere (pre-order only)<br />PJ's Polish for Kids:<br /> Princess Piggy<br /> Girl's Only<br /> Garden Green<br /> Rainbow Sparkle<br />Wine Night Out<br />Able Pam (pre-order only)<br />GBF (pre-order only)<br />Midnight Masquerade (pre-order only)<br />Basket Grass (pre-order only)<br /><br /><br /><br />I am also going to have a page on my blog with pictures of all the polishes that will be available for pre-order. It will most likely only contain bottle shots though. <br /><br />Hopefully I have covered everything in this post. If anything has been forgotten or left out I will try to make sure I address it before I put the order form up tomorrow. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to direct them to me at <u><b style="color: red;">Prettynlacquer@gmail.com</b></u> or at my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pretty-Polished/290891350944291">shops facebook page. </a></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-75919618242062380662012-04-26T10:44:00.000-07:002012-04-26T10:44:06.528-07:00Best Indie Polish Mash Up!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I have a fun Indie polish mash up for you today! 2 amazing Indie Polishes mashed together to create an amazing manicure! I actually had this on last week and did not want to take it off. I kept it on for an entire week with ZERO chipping or peeling! </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Presenting Nail-Venturous Lacquers Crawfish Boil and Cover Band Sticks n Stones!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>First, Crawfish Boil</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--SQ6tzSwY9A/T5mIdqsyvNI/AAAAAAAAC3o/vUilCtrOQ1s/s1600/2012-04-18_13-17-55_616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--SQ6tzSwY9A/T5mIdqsyvNI/AAAAAAAAC3o/vUilCtrOQ1s/s640/2012-04-18_13-17-55_616.jpg" width="360" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JdcobYIAgQ4/T5mIhDq3fHI/AAAAAAAAC3w/2dcpmdo4deM/s1600/2012-04-18_13-18-06_315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JdcobYIAgQ4/T5mIhDq3fHI/AAAAAAAAC3w/2dcpmdo4deM/s640/2012-04-18_13-18-06_315.jpg" width="360" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3-Ig2BWNrQ/T5mIim2BOWI/AAAAAAAAC34/2Tvnbalsj6I/s1600/2012-04-18_13-18-11_510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3-Ig2BWNrQ/T5mIim2BOWI/AAAAAAAAC34/2Tvnbalsj6I/s640/2012-04-18_13-18-11_510.jpg" width="360" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And because the fact that Crawfish Boil is Matte is what really sold me on it I decided to mattify the whole manicure!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And yes, those are my feet in the background. I was on a little road trip lol</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-swopKgQ_8zo/T5mIkOXQxuI/AAAAAAAAC4A/oCrDgd39mGk/s1600/2012-04-19_10-48-53_469.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-swopKgQ_8zo/T5mIkOXQxuI/AAAAAAAAC4A/oCrDgd39mGk/s640/2012-04-19_10-48-53_469.jpg" width="360" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9eXqk3QUaME/T5mIlV4s6bI/AAAAAAAAC4I/-_UeY6HblBQ/s1600/2012-04-19_10-49-04_713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9eXqk3QUaME/T5mIlV4s6bI/AAAAAAAAC4I/-_UeY6HblBQ/s640/2012-04-19_10-49-04_713.jpg" width="360" /></a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Aren't these AMAZING paired together?! Seriously one of my favorite manis EVER!</b></div></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811628315421503473.post-25331375076167424452012-04-25T13:48:00.001-07:002012-04-25T13:48:18.798-07:00NEW polishes by Pretty and Polished!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I am going to show you some quick pictures of some polishes that will be newly available tonight at the shop! </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>~ Hearts & Daggers ~</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zf7JMpFTJ-E/T5hhry40nbI/AAAAAAAAC2E/sWq5WhuaZDU/s1600/2012-04-24_15-40-53_369.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zf7JMpFTJ-E/T5hhry40nbI/AAAAAAAAC2E/sWq5WhuaZDU/s640/2012-04-24_15-40-53_369.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vM-xRKvHEjs/T5hhsaWfznI/AAAAAAAAC2M/NmEAEzRuVjA/s1600/2012-04-25_12-41-48_892-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vM-xRKvHEjs/T5hhsaWfznI/AAAAAAAAC2M/NmEAEzRuVjA/s640/2012-04-25_12-41-48_892-1.jpg" width="570" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oj33ARGfbeE/T5hhuY_nfdI/AAAAAAAAC2U/_zE6KC49aJA/s1600/2012-04-24_15-46-59_654-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oj33ARGfbeE/T5hhuY_nfdI/AAAAAAAAC2U/_zE6KC49aJA/s320/2012-04-24_15-46-59_654-1.jpg" width="173" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">~ Phoenix ~</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e1FqQiN4xGI/T5hhwMOFu8I/AAAAAAAAC2c/UlClhHpekrg/s1600/2012-04-25_12-41-27_196-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e1FqQiN4xGI/T5hhwMOFu8I/AAAAAAAAC2c/UlClhHpekrg/s640/2012-04-25_12-41-27_196-1.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gkv1kwGLbCE/T5hhx5BFl6I/AAAAAAAAC2k/0Uv_jbjdY9Y/s1600/2012-04-25_14-35-33_956-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gkv1kwGLbCE/T5hhx5BFl6I/AAAAAAAAC2k/0Uv_jbjdY9Y/s320/2012-04-25_14-35-33_956-1.jpg" width="175" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">~ Tuesday Taurus ~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">This polish is LE and will only be offered in a limited amount tonight at 7 pm EST. </span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DtpEQ02s9HU/T5hh3F7MJ4I/AAAAAAAAC20/faBagytmurw/s1600/2012-04-25_12-42-11_305-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DtpEQ02s9HU/T5hh3F7MJ4I/AAAAAAAAC20/faBagytmurw/s640/2012-04-25_12-42-11_305-1.jpg" width="622" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ccQ6Af9cDFc/T5hiNDXv6aI/AAAAAAAAC28/ajdNsppeiLg/s1600/2012-04-25_12-42-20_947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ccQ6Af9cDFc/T5hiNDXv6aI/AAAAAAAAC28/ajdNsppeiLg/s640/2012-04-25_12-42-20_947.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">~ Sand Art ~</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-75ch16oUiOM/T5hiOqfYbLI/AAAAAAAAC3E/YgnA5Z_PXGo/s1600/2012-04-25_15-27-19_418-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-75ch16oUiOM/T5hiOqfYbLI/AAAAAAAAC3E/YgnA5Z_PXGo/s640/2012-04-25_15-27-19_418-1.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mcRu3xGeC7Y/T5hiQMPflyI/AAAAAAAAC3M/tChUEnSRsvg/s1600/2012-04-25_15-26-36_878-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mcRu3xGeC7Y/T5hiQMPflyI/AAAAAAAAC3M/tChUEnSRsvg/s320/2012-04-25_15-26-36_878-1.jpg" width="177" /></a></div><br /></div>Pretty and Polished Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497138112519165189noreply@blogger.com21