China Glaze - Peace On Earth

1) Just an FYI you probably wont be seeing many post from George over the next few weeks or so.  But not to fret!  She left for South Africa today for 6 weeks!  I'm sure she'll have loads of fun hanging out with the fam :)

2) Two people will still be blogging :P I have recruited Jon Bon Jovi.  I haven't but wouldn't that be weird?

3) So I realized that I actually have a bunch of Holiday polishes!  Crazy, I know!  So I decided I should get on swatching them now that we're in the middle of holiday season.  I is smart.

First up today I have China Glaze Peace On Earth which was from China Glazes 2010 Holiday collection.  I actually swatched this weeks ago and when I was getting the photos ready I couldn't remember the name.  When I saw it was Peach On Earth I got a bit sad with today's recent events.  And I thought it's a shame I don't think that's ever going to ever be possible.

Well that's depressing.

The colour is so pretty!!!* Peace On Earth is a olive green and gold shimmer.  Formula was flawless!  Two easy coats and top coat. Boom magic.  As of recently I have been a sucker for olive colours in general.  Wallis being on of my favs(YOU WILL LOVE WALLIS PENNY...she won our giveaway).

4) Stay tuned early next week for what I can only assume will be a sweet manicure using some of the new pretties I was sent from Born Pretty! Also more Holiday swatches that I have been hording on my laptop!

*Amazing segue tyvm.

WINNER!!! + Your Answers (Why have you answer all those questions if we're not going to share any of them?)

Yay! Congrats to Penny!  See doing the essay question paid off! She has been contacted.  And has 24 hours to respond  to our email which was sent a few hours ago And she has responded.  No Chanel Peridot why wont the winners get back to us incident this time!  Congrats to everyone who participated!  If you didn't win it's all good.  Because guess who is celebrating their 1 year blogiversary next month?

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And now just for fun let's see some of your answers since you never really get to see them.

Favourite Baked Good
Because I can I added some recipes!
"My homemade biscotti :D"
"Passionfruit center muffins. oh. my gosh."
"Raspberry Cheesecake COOKIES!"
"Pastel de Nata! Google it if you don't know!" Give me pastries any day!
"My mom's chocolate chip cookies" Are they chewy?!?!?!
"Pink lemonade cupcakes"
"I have no idea what the name is in English or if it even exist outside Sweden. Budapest Cake"
"toffee blondie. is mouthgasm." I'm all for mouthgasms.  Especially multiple mouthgasms.
"creme brûlée, they bake that shit right?" Gurl, you bake and blowtorch that shit.
"vegan pumpkin cinnamon bread" Vegan food is amazing when done properly!  You should all try it!
"Oh god... ALL THE BAKED GOODS! Ok. If I have to choose. A really perfect croissant. It's the ideal pastry, and a perfect vehicle for numerous other tasties (chocolate, jam, bacons and eggs, cheese). Also perfectly good in it's own right. What were we talking about again? "  I feel like you would be someone who also like Crêpes. DO YOU?
"Lasagna" It's baked, and it's good.  You can't argue that.

Best Animal (Can be mythological)
Phoenixs, unicorns and mermaids were the big ones!
"box jellyfish" Fact: They make the best pets.
"Red Pandas. seriously. not sure if you read all of these, but look at this gif. do it.
This is the gif that was attatched:

"DINOSAURSSSSSSSSSS"
"I don't discriminate. I love all animals"
"magical flying rainbow unicorns :)" Not a just any unicorn.
"The stegosaurus is the most noble of all creatures." I agree.
"cats, dragons"
"direwolf"  The Game of Thrones fangirl in me got all excited!
"Lavender colored unicorns"  We can't all like Rainbow unicorns.
"my hubby (lol)"

Favourite member of Take That
Only one Mark Owen.  Jason and Howard had more.
"Gary Barlow he is the hottest one of the group!!! "
"I had no idea what Take That was until just now... Um... No comment? Feel free to invalidate this entry if you want LOL" At least you know now.
"uuuhh...Wiki informed me that Robbie Williams is a member and I have at least HEARD of him, so yeah. Robbie Williams." Props for looking them up.
"Jason Orange, because I like his name" I like his torso. 
"who is take that? lol" You must be new here :P
"Helena"...
"back for good" That's my favourite member too.  Also my favourite member of queen is Don't Stop Me Now. :P
"None... :-S"  Get out.  I'm just kidding :D
"Jared Leto <3" I see what you did there.
"i don't even know who that is. am i old, now?" You might just be too young.
"What's a Take That? <3" Mythical creature. 

Study Sheet(Because this will be on the test next time)
Mark Owen:

Howard Donald:

Jason Orange:

Gary Barlow OBE/Space Cadet Extraordinaire:

Robbie Williams:

Favourite Shakespeare Play
It was mainly Romeo and Juliet,  A Midsummers Night's dream, Hamlet and Macbeth.
"Hmm Othello was pretty scandalous!"
"Midsummer Night's Dream. without a doubt! I don't find Romeo and Juliet very romantic at all :/"
"I'm sad to say Romeo and Juliet is the only one I've actually read..."
""Hamlet... the Musical" (1988). Epic hilarity."
"The Tempest, because I got to see it performed in The Globe Theatre in London when I was 15, it will always hold a special place in my heart"
"Merchant of Venice (I adore Shylock's speech Act III Scene I)"
"Much Ado About Nothing! (It's even funnier when you find out that "nothing" was slang for vagina!)"
"I was going to say Beowulf...but I don't think that's Shakespeare. I will be unoriginal and say Romeo and Juliet..."
I didn't comment on this because I don't know Shakespeare very well.

Favourite Doctor (Doctor Who?)
Every doctor got at least one vote minus William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Paul McGann.
"Lololol My mum actually loves Doctor Who but I've never really watched it. " WATCH IT!
"I've never watched the show but David Tennant is so adorable to me."  That's a good enough answer for me!
"I have a general love for all things Dr. Who since that's how my dad and I bonded, so I'm going to have to go with Dr. #4 (Tom). Those are the earliest episodes I remember watching with my dad. Which reminds me, I need to search for the latest complete season for my dad's Christmas present...." Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
"Dr Oz" No.
"Rory Williams" He is not the doctor despite the fact that he liked to die and come back.
"I've actually never watched it, maybe I should.." You should... GO!
"John Pertwee (showing my age!)"  More like showing your amazingness.

Rudolph Nails! + It's George's Birthday!

I actually wasn't going to post today because I assumed George would.  But it's after 10pm and I know she's working.  So I doubt she'll post tonight.

Anyways you should all wish her a Happy Birthday!

Speaking of birthdays these nails are actually almost a year old.  I did them last Christmas.  And I just never posted them till now.  I used mostly Lippmann's Razzle Dazzle, as well as Sally Hansen's Gilty Pleasures, Essie's Fishnet Stockings, OPI's Over The Taupe and Suzi Loves Cowboys.  I assume I used OPI's Black Onyx for the eyes.  I'm not sure what the white or the pink is.

And just an FYI the tips aren't tip wear.  It's shrinkage.  The Lippmann's I have NEED to be wrapped around the tips.  This photo was taken not long after I did the manicure.

Find out our giveaway winner tomorrow!

Best. Haul Post. Ever!

So in our Butter London Christmas Giveaway one of the options on the Rafflecopter was tell us what you want to see on this blog.  One of the more popular answers was to do haul posts.  There's actually a reason you haven't seen one since my last one in June.

This is what I have bought since then.

Nothing.

Yeah, you heard me.  I haven't bought a bottle since June.

6 months.

Well technically I have.  But they have all been gifts.  But nothing for me.

Prior to June I bought some polish but not a lot as I knew I was going on vacation.  I was saving up money not only for that(And that included polish $$$).  July and August I just didn't buy any.  When it comes to polish I'm like that child who's a super picky eater.   Rarely do I think "Wow I need this entire collection!".

Anyways after September is a different story.  My friend drinks Coke EVER DAY.  And I always bother him about it.  I told him I bet he couldn't go a few months without coke.  He said he could and would if I gave up buying polish (with the exception of gifts) till January 1st 2013.  Since I had already been doing it for a few months prior I said yes.

It's a bit harder to resist during the holidays though.  If there's any collection I'm going to fall in love with it's going to be a Christmas/winter collection.   Not only that but the sales...*groan*.  So I don't look unless it's for a gift.

I think it's well worth my friend not getting diabetes right?

ETA:  How long do you usually go without buying polish?

ILLUSIONS, MICHAEL!

So today I bring you another polish from the Happy Hands I've Made A Huge Mistake(Arrested Development) collection!  Now, this polish is definitely more of a layering polish in my eyes, even though it's dense enough to wear alone.  Over the right red or gold(I'm thinking of putting it over Orly Glitz and Glamour, my favourite gold) this would be INSANE.

So, Illusions Michael is a dense red and gold glitter.  Mostly red microglitter with small gold squares and gold stars, from what I can tell!  This is two coats alone, and the formula is definitely difficult(I forget which blogger said it was almost "dry", but that's accurate.  It's interesting!), but for the glitter density I'm not complaining!  Like I said, I think one coat over red or gold is the ticket to this baby.

What would you guys layer this over?

Stars! 

Candy Cane Nails: A Journey of One Girls Love Affair With Striping Tape

Ooops so this was already published before but there was nothing in it.  But not to fret!  Now there is!

Anyways the lovely Ladies over at Show Me Your Topcoats are doing a Christmas challenge that happens once every other day until Christmas.   Now I'm participating in this like  <I then made a Lindsay Lohan joke that was really bad and made me feel sorry for her>.  I'll do the challenge when I can.

Anyway today's challenge was Candy Canes!  I've been wanting to do this for a while now so I jumped at it.  I did plain and red and white candy canes using Claire's Snowball and Fright Nights Claw Polish in Voodoo.  I used a combination of striping tape and, scotch tape for the lines.  I also made them uneven on purpose.  You know those candy canes that have some stripes larger than others.  I love how those looks!

I would add the InLinkz but it completely messes with the blog layout :(

Ps.  I don't really like candy canes.
Pps. All those candy canes that are in the photos were free.  You know take one from the basket.  I took 3 handfulls.  Merry Christmas suckers!
Ppps. I give them away when I see people.  See I'm only mildly horrible.

World AIDS Day

So today I have 2 manicures for you guys!  Both of these are in support of World AIDS Day(December 1st).  The first one I wore on this year on World AIDS Day and the second one I wore exactly a year ago on World AIDS Day 2011.

Just a little bit of info first. HIV(human immunodeficiency virus) is the virus that causes AIDS(Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). So you can be HIV positive and not have AIDS. HIV turn into AIDS when a person who has HIV's T cell(Type of white blood cell) count drops below a certain number. Both of these viruses damage the immune system making a person at risk for infections and illnesses. It can be transmitted through sexual contact, bodily fluids such as blood and can be passed on from mother to child.

I think it's important that people are aware that HIV/AIDS is not a gay disease.  Over the years millions have died from it. It doesn't matter if you are straight, gay, young, old, man, or woman if you don't take precautions you could be putting you at risk.  Remember while progress is being made there is no cure yet.  Be smart and wrap up your junk.  And I guess while we're on the topic, if you must do drugs, don't share needles.  Play safe guys.

Now the nails. This year I used CND's Crimson Uprising. A beautiful red wine colour with fine gold glitter(that I couldn't pick up on camera). It went on in 2 easy coats but drying time was a nightmare!  Then I added two pieces of striping tape going one way and one going the other.  Then for the accent nail I used Claire's Snowball and China Glaze's White Ice.  Finally I used Crimson Uprising for the red ribbon.

 I'll be honest with you.  Lifestyles is good.  But Crown and Kimono condoms are where it's at.

The manicure is from 2011.  Before I even started blogging.  I used OPI Smitten With Mittens for all the red and OPI Happy Anniversary as the accent nail.  Look at how far I've come :P 

Ps.  Don't forget our Butter London Christmas Giveaway ends in a week!