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Archive for November, 2009

Illamasqua Boo! Pantomime Nail Duo Swatches & Review

By on November 25, 2009
in Glitter, Illamasqua, Purple, Shimmer with 38 Comments
illamasqua-boo-hiss-pantomime-duo Happy Anniversary Illamasqua!  What a year it’s been for them.  The brand went from “How do you pronounce that?” to “MAC better watch out!”  To celebrate, Illamasqua is releasing the Boo! & Hiss Pantomime Nail Duos.  Two Limited Edition nail polish sets pairing an existing lacquer with a new LE glitter to layer on top.

I received the Boo! Duo consisting of Baptiste and the new Boo! glitter polish to test out and it is the hotness! Check it out, after the jump!

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Forget Black Friday It’s FREE GREEN FRIDAY

By on November 24, 2009
in Deals and Discounts with 54 Comments

Zoya-Green-Friday How many of you are Black Friday shoppers?  Do you get up at the crack of dawn to stake out the best deals?  Have you been known to sit outside a Best Buy or Circuit City all night to wait for a laptop or flat screen? (I have, TWICE!)  Well this year Fanatics you can score an amazing Black Friday deal from the comfort of home in your snuggly pajamas.

Zoya is hosting their first ever GREEN FRIDAY.  Green polish lovers will rejoice over this deal.  With your purchase of $20 or more on Zoya.com you will receive SIX FREE GREEN POLISHES. You get Zoya Tangy, Envy, Midori, Irene, Suvi & Veruschka FREE by using the code GREENFRIDAY at checkout.

Code will activate on Thanksgiving (11/26/09) at 5 PM (EST) and expire on Friday (11/27/09) at 5 PM (EST)

Testing 1,2,3

By on November 24, 2009
in News with 1 Comment

I’m sure some of you have noticed that ALU has been experiencing more downtime.  All I can say to that is WTF????  My tech wizard/savior/web magician/omniscient server guru is working tirelessly to resolve the problem so hang in there Fanatics.  All will be well and good before we know it.  It helps to say it out loud.  That makes it true, right??

CND Monday – Plumville Colour and Violet Shimmer Effect

By on November 24, 2009
in CND, CND Monday with 24 Comments
alu-cnd-monday-plumville-violet-shimmer Welcome to CND Monday, a new feature here on ALU. Each week I’ll be sharing a new layering combination from CND Colour & Effects to show you the versatility and creativity of the line.

OK so I’m not confused, I know it’s Tuesday but due to server issues I wasn’t able to post my CND Monday combo and I just couldn’t wait a week to do so.  This server downtime is driving me batty but it should be resolved. *fingers crossed*

This combo was inspired by a reader comment.  ReaderRita mentioned that she recently ordered Violet Shimmer hoping it would look good layered over any color.  I decided to pull mine out of the drawer to see how it if fares with Plumville.  Check out the results after the jump!

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China Glaze Wizard of Ooh Ahz Swatches, Comparisons & Review

china-glaze-wizard-of-ooh-ahz-dorothy-who The highly anticipated Wizard of Ooh Ahz collection is finally here.  After a lot of nail board begging, petitions and pleas the people at China Glaze listened and brought back the famed 2001 collection including the much talked about but rarely seen Dorothy Who?, Good Witch? and C-C-Courage.I’ve been fortunate to have owned, or seen in person, all the original WOOA polishes but most have not been as lucky, even the people AT China Glaze.  Thanks to the help of original WOOA owners, like myself, the brand attempted to re-create the collection and they’ve come pretty close for what they had to work with.  Check out the 2009 version of these beauties and see how they stack up against the originals (that I still own), after the jump!

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