Free Amazon Prime for students

This deal is on again. Free Amazon Prime for students for 6 months. I use Amazon prime for shopping for my nail & beauty items ALL the time. Can't beat FREE!

I've purchased everything from Vegetable Glycerin to Nail Polish through prime. I've bought beauty blender dupes, and Konad plates. Most items have a free shipping Prime option if you search (not always the first results). So if you have a .edu email be sure to sign up and save.

Join Amazon Prime Student here

$5 FREE to New Fashion site

Have you heard about ShopLately? If not, you should check it out. It is a new stylish site with tons of amazing items.


When you join through Facebook (I set it so it only posts to me)You'll get $5 in free credit to use as you please.
They have tons of beautiful items including scarves, jewelry and bags for very cheap prices (even cheaper after you apply credit). Run on over and check it out, you may find something you love.

Aveda Birthday program

Birthday Program
Join our Birthday Program** and get a free customized gift (valued up to $25).

We want to celebrate your birthday by giving you a complimentary Personal Blends™, Pure-Fume Spirit™ or body care product ($25 value) custom blended with the aroma of your choice. Aveda’s Pure-Fume™ aromas are powered by pure essential oils, and 90% of them are certified organic. For a free gift on your next birthday, simply sign up below with your full name, full address and date of birth

Join the Aveda Birthday program today!

Primp & Prep for a girls night out

This post brought to you by Hpnotiq. All opinions are 100% mine.

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Sometimes finding helpful information on preparing for a girl's night out is not easy. Interestingly, besides just peeking at blogs, many of which focus on daytime fashion, Hpnotiq has come up with a wonderful site. It has a plethora of great tips for style, beauty, and recipes.

The website is both trendy and useful for when its time to Primp & Prep for an adventurous night out with the girls. Or even for a night with with great at home cocktail recipes!

I actually quite enjoyed passing through the pages of the site preparing for my New Years girls night. We started at my house mixing a few drinks & checking out makeup tips.  Later in the evening we left for the casino to enjoy the rest of our evening together.

All in all I really appreciated the following aspects of Hpnotiq Primp & Prep... First, the recipes. As a former bartender I'm pretty good at mixing drinks, but sometimes a recipe is great for some new ideas. My friends had me print out a few of the offered recipes for them also. I also found the makeup & nail polish tips very interesting.

Let your hair down music up!

 

JustFab $20 off or 2 for $40 today!

JustFab is having a sale today on shoes. Either $20 off first order of shoes or handbags, or 2 for $40. Shipping is free.
Shoes are usually $40 each.
This is a great deal considering the selection.

ULINX : Attract attention with magnets!

Looking for something fun & different as a gift? I was, and I happened upon beautiful ULINX jewelry. They offer many classy, intricate designs for customization but also symbols. I was asked if I'd like to review this, and I felt it a worthy product to talk about with my readers.

The collection I went for was the symbols collection. The designs offered in the new symbols collection are very cute, however, I wanted to touch base on some problems I found. I expected a lot more from something that costs in the neighborhood of $80 as far as quality control. The First plus side is the magnets are extremely strong, you will not accidently rip this bracelet off. Maybe it you wore several together as a belt, but it would still be hard to do. Even if the link broke, it tends to pull right back together with its very strong magnets. To the side is an image of it hanging from a photo frame.

You can change the order and design of the charms to even make a ring (or many other possibilities like the ring I made! Purchase extra beads would be a suggestion so you can really play with designs. This has been a lot of fun to mess around with and I've had a lot of compliments while wearing it. However, for the downside. In the below image around the heart you can see what looks like a circular paint crack. This is actually quite a bit more obvious in real life and was shipped to me this way.

This was not the only tile with an issue. Several had chipped sides, poor quality images, not centered images, or scratches. In fact I could point out a flaw on EVERY tile the moment I opened the case. For this reason alone, I would suggest either purchasing from the other collections rather than symbols collection. I'm guessing because the symbols collection is new they're having some QC issues.

All in all, they are cute braclets with a novel idea that still need some work with quality control and detailing.

If interested check out ULINX

Disclaimer: Do remember, if purchasing this you should NOT purchase it for a child. Rare earth, and other strong magnets can be very dangerous (even deadly) to a child that swallows them.
I received this from ULINX to test and review. This does not influence my review. My opinions and thoughts are solely my own.

Gift Idea - Glassybaby Evelyn Candle & Cup

Glassybaby teamed up with Nordstrom specifically for the Evelyn Glassybaby (pictured in pink) for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The pink votive was created honor of Evelyn Lauder whom passed in November. Along with an initial donation of $25,000 - Ten percent(%10) of all sales of the Evelyn will go to Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Glassybaby candles and cups are not only beautiful, they provide support and purpose beyond. Glassybaby, created & founded by Lee Rhodes, provided her with the idea after she found a source of comfort from tea lights during her 7 year battle with Lung Cancer. The company has donated over $1,000,000 USD to charity since November 2003.

Each Glassybaby is hand blown and is the combined work of four Seattle Artisans. It can be utilized as a tea light holder, a cup, or a vase. The exquisite beauty is unsurpassed with little bubbles floating about within it. They are stury, and thick unlike most candle holders.

The Evelyn Glassybaby is available exclusively at Cosmetics department inside Nordstrom or online at http://shop.nordstrom.com. They are a lovely addition to any home, as a gift for a loved one, or to give to someone suffering from Cancer as a source of hope and inner emotional warmth.

I was sent a sample of the Evelyn Candle Holder to provide input and images for my blog. This does not affect my opinion or review of the item.

O.P.I. Pink Hearts 2012

Don't forget to pick up your bottles of Pink Hearts 2012 in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Available on Amazon. OPI will donate $30,000 combined to Susan G. Komen for the Cure and to Rethink Breast Cancer in Canada.

Not only are the colors beautiful, but you can sport your stance.

Halloween Nail Art Contest!

Halloween Nail Art contest by Vivi La Nails UK!

First place is £50 Gift cert. They do ship to the US. I've used products from them before and they're very nice quality, customer service is good too. Shipping takes a little longer because it's international, but wasn't bad at all. So it's worth putting in an entry :)

Christmas Nail Designs

The holidays are coming, and you might want to prepare in advance. Here's a few quick and easy ways to get Holiday nails! Konad Stamping Nail Art Image Plate - M12 (Christmas Designs) is Christmas themed and makes nail design easy as holiday pie!

MASH Premium Nail Art Holiday Christmas Stickers make it even easier to add a little Christmas spirit to your beauty routine. If you haven't tried MASH products before you should start with something small. The price is right, and the quality is exceptionally good for the price.

I'm posting up Christmas stuff before Halloween since the Christmas plates sell out fast before the Holidays even arrive. Enjoy!

Glass Nail Files : the skinny

Trust me. I get it. You want to file your nails, and you're used to cheap nail files. Then someone comes along and tells you how amazing glass nail files are. So you begin searching and find out there are super inexpensive ones, and then very inexpensive ones. For a moment you think, well I can get the cheaper ones!

WRONG.

Trust me. I've been there, done that, have the T-shirt. I bought several very inexpensive glass nail files. Guess what?
Most broke in my hands, others shredded my nails. They were also a bit ugly at the top, with no real ryhme or reason to their design.
So when I was asked to do a post about quality nail files by design-glassware.com by Mont Bleu , I jumped. Quite frankly, more people need to know that sometimes(usually), you get what you pay for.

Design-Glassware.com also makes beautiful pumice-like stones for rubbing calluses.

I have tried higher quality ones, and was quite happy. Through this wonderful site you can also get really beautiful, quality Swarovski Crystal nail files.

So consider not only the polish you paint on your nails, the lotions and creams you apply. Remember nail health comes down to diet, and proper preparations with good, quality tools.

Specifically Design-Glassware.com is well designed, with a beautiful selection to chose from. They carry much of the hardware needed for beauty needs. Many have options for crystals on the hardware, which I love. Prices are reasonable, however they are in Euro's, not US dollars, and ships directly from Czech Republic. Disclaimer: This post was sponsored by Design-Glassware.com All thoughts, opinions, etc are still honest and my own.

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