FINAL CALL For My Amazing All Things Nails GIVEAWAY! (Nails Inc., L'Oreal, Kiss, PIXI and more!)

Some of you may have noticed my blogging hiatus over the summer and as a sad consequence this giveaway I'm hosting with Angel Armogida went on the back burner.  We're very sorry about this but are both back on form on and ready to pick a winner.  

Since we've both gained a substantial amount of readers since the giveaway was announced, I want to give you lovely people the opportunity to enter too, so the giveaway entrance has been extended until Sunday 18th November and one lucky winner will be announced here on this blog and on Angel's YouTube channel on Monday 19th November.

HOW TO ENTER THE AMAZING ALL THINGS NAILS GIVEAWAY!

1. Follow this blog  publicly via Google Friend Connect: CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW or hit the blue 'Join This Site' widget in the right sidebar.  Anonymous/private follows will not be counted/removed from the comments as it's only fair for the prizes to go to an actual reader of this here blawg, right? 

2. Go to Angel's YouTube Channel and click 'subscribe' (you can use the same account you use to follow this blog and it's free!).  Giveaway video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR5coWEXmpw 

3. For a second entry, tweet: 

@clickandmakeup and @angelarmogida are hosting an amazing All Things Nails giveaway! Have you entered yet?! http://tinyurl.com/d2kcdpy

4. Leave a comment ON THE ORIGINAL POST (Link!) to let me know you want in, include your YouTube username and if you tweet don't forget to include your Twitter name. 

**The giveaway has been extended from its original finish date, is open internationally and closes midnight on 18th  November.  The winner will be chosen at random and will be announced here and on Angel's channel on 19th November**

The prize comprises:

Nails Inc. Pink Diamond Nail Jewellery in Princess Arcade

Nails Inc. Westbourne Grove

Nails Inc. Portobello

Nails Inc. Notting Hill Gate

Nails Inc. Jermyn St.

Nails Inc. The Thames

Nails Inc. Cadogan Square

Barbara Daly Whimsy 

L'Oreal Colour Riche Magic Croisette

L'Oreal Colour Riche Mythic Carpet

L'Oreal Colour Riche Mystic Blue

Posh Polish Beauty UK - No 1. Silmaril

Pixi Glow polish in Pirouette Pink

Nailease Nail Varish Strips 

NCLA Self Adhesive Designer Nails Wraps 

Kiss Impress press on nails 

Broadway Fashion Diva press on nails - 2 sets

Good luck!

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Nails Inc. Event: Preview of Gorgeous Upcoming Ranges!

Nails Inc. have a busy few months ahead of them with the launch of a vast range of exciting new collections. I've mentioned before that it's my favourite nail polish range simply for the quality and longevity of its polishes, not to mention the colour range, so on last Thursday Angel and I popped down to Inc Space to check out all the new upcoming collections...

Here I am so distracted by all the pretty polishes I couldn't tear my eyes away from them to look at the camera... :D

First up is the Sprinkles Collection consisting of four shades of mattified glitter polishes.  Available from June, they are £11 each.

Topping Lane, Pudding Lane, Sweets Way and Sugarhouse Lane

Next up is the gorgeous Nail Jewellery range, one of my favourites.  I have a NOTD with Burlington Arcade coming up for you in a few days.  These polishes are so much nicer than standard glitters and give a more sophisticated effect to the nails.  Available from April, £11 each.

Burlington Arcade, Picadilly Arcade, Royal Arcade and Princes Arcade

I'm very late to the party with magnetic polish, and now you can get fishnet designs.  These are £13 each and I will show you Soho - a chrome metallic - very soon.

Olympics fever has even taken grip in the nailcare world testified by this Gold, Silver and Bronze Metallic Collection.  I don't have a close up shot of these polishes, but the bronze shade - almost a rose gold - is my winner.  Available from June, it comes as a collection for £25.

The most exciting thing about the Neons collection are the names of these polishes: Holland Park, Kensington Park Road, Notting Hill Gate, Portobello, Westbourne Grove and Ladbroke - my stomping grounds! I picked up a couple of these at the event, but I definitely want the whole collection...Represent!  My top picks are the Pink (Notting Hill Gate) and Purple (Holland Park). 

Juicy Sheers: Henley Regatta below

The Autumn Collection reflects the main colour trends for the season - Richmond Terrace, a rich glossy plum is my top pick.  The set is available from late August for £25.

This gorgeous bottle is being brought to you in honour of the Queen's Jubilee.  It's a limited edition full coverage glitter featuring red, blue and silver particles.  Nails can be patriotic too, ya'know?!  Available from May for £15 in a gift box.

Couture is a new concept where your favourite polish can personalised by name and cap.  This is such a great gift idea and you can easily follow the customisation steps online or in store at Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge or Edinburgh.  A silver capped polish is £16 or if you want a studded or crytal cap, it's £20.  I'm loving the Chanel inspired gift box they come in.

I got the chance to get a great Nails Inc. manicure and went for these two beauties

...Aaaand of course I smudged all the hard work within minutes.  The call of nature was too strong to overcome! Boooo.  But you can see how nice it could have been, right?

Lots of NOTDs coming your way soon my lovelies!  Girl is KITTED OUT.

All the good pictures, you know, the ones in focus, bright, good lighting, etc were taken by the fair hands of Angel Armogida.  My lil old Lumix got itself scratched on a particularly wild night in NYC and hasn't been the same since.  Don't tell it, but I'm considering dabbling with the dark arts of DSLR soon.  Sssshh!

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NOTD: Nails Inc. Elizabeth Street

Without flash

I picked up Elizabeth Street with as a Glamour mag freebie a while back and it's my ideal French manicure colour, even though I didn't bother with the white tips here.  However you do need about three coats to make it look opaque.  I have no idea where Elizabeth St. is, but I like what it does to my nails!  I wouldn't pay the full Nails Inc. price for it, but as a freebie, it's all good...

With flash

What's you favourite French manicure nail polish? 

Free Nails Inc. with December's Glamour Magazine

Yet another nail varnish magazine give away that I had every intention of resisting (I'm looking at you Maire Claire & Ciate ¬_¬) but got to the shop and broke down...

December's Glamour magazine, with Charlotte Church (love her make up) on the cover comes with one of four Nails Inc. polishes: Jermyn Street, Saville Row, Hampstead Heath and I don't know the name of the fourth but it is a light baby pink which probably goes on very sheer.  I have a very similar one to it called South Molton Street which I picked up with a previous Glamour mag.

I mainly had my eye on Jermyn Street.  It's like a more intense version of 'London' which was one of the free Diet Coke promotion shades.  It's a taupe-greyish-brown.   Compared:

Hampstead Heath reminds me a lot of Picadilly Circus which Glamour gave away around this time last year, it's a dark red raspberry colour.

Saville Row is a dark black cherry/purple colour, I wish I'd had it for Halloween!  Dark shades don't often work with my pale freckled skin, but this one does.

Each polish is worth £11 each and Glamour is £2, so that's a nice little saving.  I wouldn't fork out full price for Saville Row or Hampstead Heath, but would for Jermyn Street.

I've said it before but I'll say it again - I LOVE Nails Inc., let me extol its wonders:

* Fabulous colour range and very beautiful and non-tacky shades.
* Great quality of brush (unlike MAC polishes)
* Very fast drying
* Chips the least of any other brand I've tried
* Two coats and your DONE: beautiful opaque, almost 'plastic' looking coverage
* Glossy finish
* Love the branding - I love London and all it's places
* Sleek and stylish bottle design
* I have a some bottles which are a couple of years old and they haven't gone gloopy.