You're A Goddess: Giveaway!

The giveaway is now closed! Thanks so much for entering! I should be posting the winner's announcement in the next two weeks. 

Hello ladies,

Welcome to the You're A Goddess: Giveaway! Here you will find objects of adornment and balms to soften your skin and enhance your natural beauty. 

Let's take a look at the prize package one lucky winner will receive:

• The six piece BB Couture A Touch of Greece Collection/Ladies.
• Winner's choice of six eye shadows from Overall Beauty Minerals.
• The Athena's Owl pendant from Blendo, a boutique in Philadelphia's Antique Row. 
• Fabulous Night Serum and Eye Serum from The Skin Society. 

BB Couture A Touch of Greece Collection/Ladies.

BB Couture Gaia and Selene.

BB Couture Hemera and Aphrodite.

BB Couture Cybele and Nike.

Select your six favorite eye shadows!

Imagine, Jungle Grass, Camelot, I'm Not An Angel, I Want a Gold Star!, Visions of Violets

The Athena's Owl Pendant 

Fabulous Night Serum.

Eye Serum.

Many thanks to our sponsors: Overall Beauty, Blendo and The Skin Society. The items featured in this post were provided for consideration. The prizes will be shipped to the winner directly from the sponsors.

As a special thank you to readers of painted Lady fingers, Blendo is offering a 15% off discount on your next visit to Philadelphia. Blendo is located in the historic Antique Row district at 1002 Pine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. If you see a boutique item featured at painted Lady fingers that interests you, Blendo will be happy to ship it to your location.

The You're A Goddess: Giveaway! is open internationally for followers and e-mail subscribers. The contest runs through the end of the day July 9th. To keep this simple, I am willing to count the date as the last available time zone worldwide. As long as it is July 9th somewhere on the planet, you may still enter.

Here's how to enter:

Mandatory:

1) Become a follower or e-mail subscriber of painted Lady fingers. If you are currently a follower or subscriber, that certainly counts! Please let me know in the comments which option you choose for keeping up with painted Lady fingers. For example: I follow via Google Friend Connect or I subscribe via e-mail. Be specific. I check entries very carefully.

If you follow via Google Friend Connect, log into the proper account when you leave your comment. If you follow via Google Friend Connect, your account has to have some public aspect. It is okay if you don't follow publicly, but there needs to be some signs of humanity on your profile page. If you subscribe via e-mail, your e-mail address must be confirmed through feedburner. If you have never received an e-mail related to painted Lady fingers' blog posts, you do not have a confirmed account.

2) Include your e-mail with your entry to qualify. If you forgot to write your e-mail in with your contest entry, leave me another comment with your e-mail address.

Both 1 & 2 together = 1 entry.

Optional extra entries. A change this time: I will be verifying entries while the giveaway is still running. Please be sure to have any tweets or posts visible before leaving your comment. 

3) Let me know: Who is your favorite Goddess and why? Choose from any myth or pantheon worldwide. 1 entry

4) Which six eye shadows would you choose from Overall Beauty Minerals? 1 entry

5) What product most interests you from The Skin Society? What about that product makes you want to try it? 1 entry

6) Blog about the contest in a post or add contest info to your sidebar. Please use this url to connect to the giveaway: http://www.paintedladyfingers.com/2011/06/youre-goddess-giveaway.html. I will definitely count your entry if your blog is not written in English. I will also count your entry if your blog is just getting started and has a small number of followers. These extra entries are meant to be inclusive and fun. Please provide a link. 2 entries. If you use the contest photo, add another entry. Please mention that you used a photo.

7) Tweet about the contest. Only once, please. Please mention @ladyfingersblog in your tweet so I can count your entry. You can also retweet one of my contest announcements to qualify. Here is the tiny url: http://tinyurl.com/62u34wk

8) Have painted Lady fingers on your blogroll with the updated url: http://www.paintedladyfingers.com/. Please provide a link. 1 entry

9) In appreciation, I am going to add an extra entry for those who comment regularly on non-giveaway posts. I do enjoy reading your feedback! Thank you! Not to worry, I am very inclusive with this extra entry. 1 entry.

You are welcome to put all your entries in one comment or return to the contest post with comments for each entry. Either way works for me. Your entries don't have to be sequential. Enter in any way you like whenever you like before the end of the day July 9th.

You are wholly welcome to enter this giveaway even if you have won recently. I will certainly honor Fortune's favor if you are lucky!

Best wishes and have fun, ladies!

Make It Fancy Giveaway Winner!

Hello ladies,

Today I met with a well known connoisseur of fine dining and all things fancy! She was the perfect choice to make the winner's selection for the Make It Fancy Giveaway! She offered input on every part of the process. Let us first learn a bit about her qualifications. 

My name is Tilda. A pleasure to make your acquaintance. 

My skills include bird watching. 

And meowing.

A crystal bowl containing 780 contest entries and a fine pate were presented.

My, what prompt service. 

A bit too much garnish...

But the crystal is exquisite!

And the tasting menu, superb!

Delectable!

My compliments to the chef. 

A deliciously scented wind spirited away an entry into the topiary.

Tilda finds the winner to be quite fancy indeed!

The establishment passed the white glove test and Tilda relaxes, waiting for dessert.

Congratulations to purple-princess!

Many thanks to our giveaway sponsors: Overall Beauty, chez-delaney, Ginger Kitty Designs and
Reviva Labs.

A special thanks to Laura for escorting the esteemed Miss Tilda to the cafe.

I will be judging the Starry Temptress Giveaway soon as well as posting a new giveaway in the very near future!

Happy painting, ladies!

Gabrielle Faust Eye Shadow Collection Swatches & 25-50% Off Sale!

Hello ladies,

Today I have a review and swatches of the Gabrielle Faust Eye Shadow Collection from Overall Beauty. Currently offered at a discount of 25-50% off, the eight shades in this grouping are being discontinued.

There are seven matte colors and one shimmer, Sanctified Snow. The white shimmer can be applied as a layering note over the matte shades in the collection.

The following swatches were layered over Hard Candy primer. The first line shows the color applied dry. The second shows the color when applied wet. The descriptions are from Overall Beauty.

Love Lost (deep rose)

Karmic Knight (dark eggplant purple)

Misanthrope (ashen violet)

Sanctified Snow (opalescent white)

Indiscretion (charcoal grey)

Vampire's Kiss (sangria red)

Hourglass Sand (golden cream)

Aftermath (burnt umber brown)

Since I typically gravitate towards shimmer when selecting color, I was surprised by how much I love matte eye shadow! The deeper shades in the Gabrielle Faust Collection tend to be my favorites. Aftermath is luscious as a contour shade. It resembles gourmet dark chocolate. If you want to experiment with a smokey eye look using a neutral palette, Aftermath is favorable choice. Karmic Knight is another defining shade for the contour. The dark purple looks velvety and rich.

Vampire's Kiss works equally well on the lid or deepening the contour. The red tone intensifies when applied wet. Love Lost is my top pick of the collection. I adore sweeping this shade across the lid with Aftermath in the contour. My friend Lisa called Hourglass Sand: a foundation color. This is the perfect description. My preferred way of wearing Hourglass Sand is as a highlight over the brow bone with Sanctified Snow glistening atop.

Another revelation brought by testing the Gabrielle Faust Collection was how suitable many of these shades are for everyday wear. I swatched the colors heavily. This same application style can be used for a smokey eye. You can also achieve a more subtle look by applying a gentle sweeping of color over primer.

I will be showing looks with these shadows in the coming weeks to accompany a review of rhinestone embellished false eyelashes. Matte shadows make a bold accompaniment to glitter accents. I love the way these colors look when paired with glitter eyeliner.

If you are new to mineral shadows, I recommend experimenting with different primers as a base for your eye shadow. I find Hard Candy primer works well for adhesion. The shadows glided on easily without pilling or drifting. Indiscretion was the only shade that was a little tricky to apply. It worked best when I started off with a small amount and built up the color.

I definitely recommend trying shades from the Gabrielle Faust Collection. It just may make you a convert to matte eye shadow.

The Gabrielle Faust Eye Shadow Collection was sent to me for review. The eight shades can be purchased as a group or individually from overallbeauty.com.

Happy painting, ladies!

Make It Fancy Giveaway!

Hello ladies,

Welcome to the Make It Fancy Giveaway! Here you will find an assortment of items with which to adorn yourself. Luxuriant eye shadows, a sparkling ring, nail art image plates and beautifying skin treatments.

Let's take a look at the prize package one lucky winner will receive.

~The Gabrielle Faust Eye Shadow Collection from Overall Beauty.

~A Nfu-Oh 51 nail polish ring from Ginger Kitty Designs.

~Winner's choice of eight nail art stamping plates from chez-delaney.

~A skin care assortment of four popular products from Reviva Labs.

The Gabrielle Faust Eye Shadow Collection by Overall Beauty.

Eight decadent shades: (across/top to bottom) Vampire's Kiss, Karmic Knight, Misanthrope, Sanctified Snow, Indiscretion, Love Lost, Hourglass Sand, Aftermath.

A Nfu-Oh 51 nail polish ring from Ginger Kitty Designs.

The winner's choice of eight nail art stamping plates from chez-delaney. Below are my picks. Which eight image plates would you choose?








Detail of image plate P19 not shown.

Reviva Labs: Hyaluronic Acid Serum, Collagen Serum, Antioxidant and Texturizing Day Cream, Alpha Lipoic Acid, Vitamin C Ester, & DMAE Cream.

Reviva Labs: Hyaluronic Acid Serum.

Reviva Labs: Collagen Serum.

Reviva Labs: Organic Antioxidant & Texturizing Day Cream.

Reviva Labs: Alpha Lipoic Acid, Vitamin C Ester & DMAE Cream.

Many thanks to the giveaway sponsors: Overall Beauty, Ginger Kitty Designs, chez-delaney and Reviva Labs!

The products featured in this post were sent to me for consideration. The winner's prizes will be shipped directly from the giveaway sponsors. All prizes are new.

The detail photos of the stamping nail art plates are from chez-delaney.com. All other photos are my own. The ring from Ginger Kitty Designs is one of a kind. It will show subtle variation to the ring pictured.

A special thanks to Denise Ashbridge for making the collage picture with all the giveaway items.

The Make It Fancy Giveaway! is open internationally for followers and e-mail subscribers. The contest runs through the end of the day March 14th. To keep this simple, I am willing to count the date as the last available time zone worldwide. As long as it is March 14th somewhere on the planet, you may still enter.

Here's how to enter:

Mandatory:

1) Become a follower or e-mail subscriber of painted Lady fingers. If you are currently a follower or subscriber, that certainly counts! Please let me know in the comments which option you choose for keeping up with painted Lady fingers. For example: I follow via Google Friend Connect or I subscribe via e-mail. Be specific. I check entries very carefully.

If you follow via Google Friend Connect, log into the proper account when you leave your comment. If you follow via Google Friend Connect, your account has to have some public aspect. It is okay if you don't follow publicly, but there needs to be some signs of humanity on your profile page. If you subscribe via e-mail, your e-mail address must be confirmed through feedburner. If you have never received an e-mail related to painted Lady fingers' blog posts, you do not have a confirmed account.

2) Include your e-mail with your entry to qualify. If you forgot to write your e-mail in with your contest entry, leave me another comment with your e-mail address.

Both 1 & 2 together = 1 entry.

Optional extra entries. There are lots this time!

3) Let me know: Tell me some of your favorite eye shadows from Overall Beauty Minerals (other than the Gabrielle Faust Collection). You can see the full line of colors here. 1 entry.

4) What is your favorite item from Ginger Kitty Designs? 1 entry.

5) Which 8 nail art stamping plates from chez-delaney would you choose? 1 entry

6) What products from Reviva Labs (other than the four pictured) are you most interested in? 1 entry.

7) Blog about the contest in a post or add contest info to your sidebar. I will definitely count your entry if your blog is not written in English. I will also count your entry if your blog is just getting started and has a small number of followers. These extra entries are meant to be inclusive and fun. Please provide a link. 2 entries. If you use one of my contest photos, add another entry. Please mention that you used a photo.

8) Tweet about the contest. Only once, please. Please mention @ladyfingersblog in your tweet so I can count your entry. You can also retweet one of my contest announcements to qualify. Here is the tiny url: http://tinyurl.com/4jqhctp

9) Have painted Lady fingers on your blogroll or add painted Lady fingers. Please provide a link if I haven't already commented on your blog. Otherwise please remind me. I want to be sure to count the entry even if painted Lady fingers has been on your blogroll for a long time. If you have a nail polish blog and you would like to be on my blogroll, please e-mail me. 1 entry.

10) In appreciation, I am going to add an extra entry for those who comment regularly on non-giveaway posts. I do enjoy reading your feedback! Thank you! Not to worry, I am very inclusive with this extra entry. 1 entry.

11) Make a purchase from Ginger Kitty Designs during the giveaway period. Use code PAINTED15 for 15% off. (You get a discount and the code also keeps track of the entries!) 5 entries.

You are welcome to put all your entries in one comment or return to the contest post with comments for each entry. Either way works for me. Your entries don't have to be sequential. Enter in any way you like whenever you like before the end of the day March 14th.

You are wholly welcome to enter this giveaway even if you have won recently. If Lady Luck is on your side, I support it with presents.

Best of luck, ladies!