Polish Bloggers Network: Lacquer Link Love 4/2/10

The Dutch Nail Blog is hosting a Surprise Puppy Giveaway! Why Puppies? You can win a number Catrice polishes from the new collection depending on how many puppies are born! Open to international followers.

Helen at Just Nice Things showcases an all-time classic nail varnish from OPI’s Russian Collection.

How unique is NARS Purple Rain? The Swatchaholic calms the Purple Rain lemming with a comparison to a great dupe.

Sasha at Manicure Mommas does China Glaze Poolside Skittles.

Babbling Brooke took a walk through nature with SpaRitual. Check out her swatches of the newest collection: Believe.

Travels With Euridice shows us Barielle’s A Bouquet for Ava, a beautiful blue!

Polish Bloggers Network: Lacquer Link Love 3/12/10

Just made it before midnight here, better late than never! 😀 Happy friday all 🙂

Brooke took a tour of Hong Kong and has the polish swatches to prove it! Check out all the colors from OPI’s newest collection and see which ones she loves the most at Babbling Brooke.

Tuli opened up a virtual polish market to facilitate polish swaps at Tuli’s Nails! Check it out and sign up – someone may just be trading that polish you’ve been looking everywhere for.

Landa went totally holographic at Bright Lights, Big Color – and it only cost her $2!

Check out how OPI’s hottest new shade, Jade is the New Black, stacks up against a few other greens at Prim and Polished!

The Dutch Nail Blog swatched some scandalous polishes from Cheeky Monkey Cosmetics. Check out her great Konad and see just why these polishes are called ‘Cheeky’!

Purple looks great with purple, especially on GildedAngel’s nails! Pop over to Naive Nails to see her lovely Konad.

A taupe is a taupe is a taupe, right? Not so fast! Look at how a variety of taupes stack up against each other at The Swatchaholic. Which one is your favorite?

Are you loving Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland? Check out Therese’s great Alice in Wonderland mani at Nail Design, and learn how to do it yourself with her tutorial!

Nail’d and Polish’d has some gorgeous pops of spring color from Ulta’s polish collection. What’s your favorite shade?

Get a taste of OPI’s delicious Hong Kong collection at Manicure Mommas, and check out how gorgeous they look matte!

Take a walk down glittery Canal Street with Helen at Just Nice Things.

Did you love the Oscars? Relive the glamour and excitement with Niki’s awesome manicure, representing each movie on one nail. Wow!

How does Nars Purple Rain stack up against China Glaze Let’s Groove? Check out My Guilty Pleasure’s comparison, and decide if the $21 price tag is worth it for the Nars!

And now…..Giveaways!!!

Check out…

Win two polishes from the OPI Hong Kong collection at Manicure Mommas! Enter before March 22!

European readers, enter to win some Konad and China Glaze to get you polishing this spring at The Dutch Nail Blog! Enter before March 21.

Enter to win a boatload of goodies, including OPI polishes from the Hong Kong collection at Bright Lights, Big Color! Enter before March 19!

Babbling Brooke has teamed up with Designer Blogs to give away a blog makeover. Enter to win before March 27!

Vote for me :D

Our lovely Polish Blogger’s Network is having a nailart competition and I entered with this mani 😀

I don’t think I really stand a chance compared to the others, but if you like it just a teeny bit go vote for me 😀
My entry is number 14 and on the list it says Maria / Polishing the nails, I have 1 vote so far, so I am way behind 😛

VOTE HERE

Polish Bloggers Network: Lacquer Link Love 3/5/10

Tuli’s Nails shares her festivities during Purim with us and creates a colorful manicure that’s perfect for the celebration.

Chromatic Misadventures brings us a host of Models Own swatches this week in an array of colors

Phresh Mentality found a little inspiration in Rihanna’s Rude Boy video for the phresh design she’s brought us this week.

Have nail issues or questions you’d like to discuss with a nail specialist? Well get your questions ready because polishSWATCHES is starting a new blog series called “Nail Talk”… with celebrity manicurist Tashina, from Poochiez Nail Studio in Atlanta. Submit your questions by using the contact form at the top of the blog page.

Naive Nails channels the orient to bring us a a very pretty konadicure she’s called the Jaded Tiger.

The Swatchaholic was able to get her hands on the Essence Cute as Hell collection and brings us some wonderful swatches of all the pretty pastel colors.

Travel with Euridice is sharing a Color Club Color that you absolutely have to get your hands on this spring. Or should I say on your hands?! 🙂

Polish Galore is showing off some hologram goodness. Hint: This color is sure to have you LOL. 😉

Manicure Mommas shed a little light on the new fun and quirky polish brand called Cheeky Monkey.

and Polish Freak is showing off a color that has set the polish world on fire.

Helen’s Nice Things wants you to know they have a brand spanking new site AND a new web address at…. Just Nice Things! So have a visit and change your blogrolls accordingly from http://www.helensheenie.wordpress.com/ to http://www.just-nice-things.co.uk/

And now…..Giveaways!!!

Check out…

The Konadomania Giveaway in honor of her gaining 100 blog followers

and

The Chromatic Misadventures Giveaway in honor of her gaining 300 blog followers

Congratulations Ladies!!!

Polish Bloggers Network: Lacquer Link Love 2/5/10

Naive Nails shows off her Mannequin Hands using OPI’s gorgeous shade Dulce de Leche. Trust me, these are not your typical mannequin hands!

Check out swatches of OPI Hong Kong’s Meet Me On A Star Ferry from polishSWATCHES and dare to fall in love with this shade.

Is Taupe Polish a Hit or Miss? Polished Beauty Blog weighs in on this whole “nude nail” obsession by giving her two-cents and asking for yours as well.

Travels with Euridice gives us a wonderful BB Couture comparison between Cap Haitian and OPI’s Do You Lilac it. I think that she may have found a dupe ladies, what do you think?!

Polish Freak is glad she changed her mind and went back to grab Essie’s Lilacism and now she’s sharing it with the world! Beautiful color.

Cucumpear gives a go at a Gradient Glitter Mannicure and it leaves me thinking of the cosmic and stars. You definitely have to check out this glittery manicure that will remind of the twinkling stars.

Mannicure Mammas has found a new love and it just so happens to be OPI’s Shim-Merry Chic. Have you seen it?

and now it’s time for the Network Giveaways announcement

Look who’s having a celebration party!!! Join in on all the fun by participating in 52 Flavors Blogaversary Giveaway.

Tuli’s Nails is hosting a romantic Valentine’s Day Giveaway on her site and if you haven’t had the chance to enter you really must do so. The goodies are extra sweet without the calories.

Can you name a dupe for this polish?! If so, leave your answer for your chance to win your choice of color from OPI’s Hong Kong collection.

and Polish Freak is having another China Glaze Up & Away giveaway in lieu of her reaching 200 followers.