July 26, 2016

Second Blogiversary Giveaway Extravaganza!

My goodness, how time flies!  Can you believe I've been blogging for almost two whole years already?  It's certainly been an eventful two years I've gotten a second nephew, moved into a great apartment, won a bunch of spectacular giveaways, shed some pounds and built some muscle, finally made some friends in Maryland, read some great books, gotten rid of my crappy old car, learned how to crochet, watched approximately 50 years' worth of television (old and new), completely changed my nail shape, finally dyed my hair blue again, and published 118 blog posts!  That's all certainly worth celebrating!  And I'll be celebrating in the traditional way for bloggers: with a fantastic giveaway!


This year's prize packs are much larger than last year's, so as a result there will be one Grand Prize and one runner-up.  I bought some of the prizes specifically for the giveaway, a couple of wonderful people have sent me donations, and rather a lot of them are from my personal stash that I'm simply working on de-cluttering.

The giveaway will run from August 1 at 12:01 am through August 15 at 11:59 pm EDT.  I will contact the winners by noon on August 16, and they will have 36 hours to respond and claim their prizes.  If they do not respond within that time frame, I will have to choose another winner in their place.  So be sure to give me an email address that you check often!

After I mail out the prizes, they are out of my control.  I am not responsible for any damages or lost packages - although I will do my best to prevent those issues by carefully wrapping everything in bubble wrap and by getting tracking info for each prize pack!

As in the past, I'm running this giveaway through Rafflecopter.  And as always, the only two entries that you must complete to be eligible are your e-mail address and your location since I can sadly only ship within the USA.  Once you complete those entries, you can earn a multitude of extra entries by completing bonus tasks!

If you choose to follow me or any of the giveaway's sponsors, and you unfollow any of us immediately after the giveaway, you will be noted and blocked from future giveaways.  These entries are optional so if you don't want to follow anybody, you don't have to!

This giveaway is in no way sponsored, paid for, or endorsed by Instagram, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Rafflecopter,  or any other platform on which it can be viewed.

Okay, now on to the good stuff - descriptions and photos of the prizes!

GRAND PRIZE




Pixy Stix Nail Polish 


I bought this set specifically for the giveaway.  I haven't tested them out and I didn't buy myself a double, so I don't know how well the scents work or what the polish quality is like.  But I do know that these polishes are 5-Free, so that's good!  And, awesome bonus, those dots on the caps are nail art stickers!  These came from Target and were pretty inexpensive.

Zoya box


A few months ago, I purchased three Zoya gift boxes in a sale that they had.  But each box had at least one polish that I already owned, so I mixed and matched them up a bit.  This box includes Daisy, Cole, and Zahara.

Wacie Nail Co: Wintrella


Stacie of Wacie Nail Co was kind enough to donate this in honor of my blogiversary!  Thank you so much, Stacie <3 

Assorted nail accent stickers


These are from some KISS sets that I bought at Target (half for me and half for the giveaway, because I wanted some of them for myself). 

Jamberry sample sheet 


I love my Jamberry nail wraps, and my representative Sara loves to send out sample sheets!  As a result I have doubles of a couple of sheets, so I thought I'd spread the love.  I will include an instruction sheet for application.  You will need your own heat source (I use a blow dryer, and my space heater has also sufficed in the past), a rough nail file, and scissors.

Water decals


From my stash.
 
Trendy Nail Wraps


From my stash.  I've never actually tested out this brand of wrap, so please don't be mad at me if they don't work very well!

Rica Glossy Glam Topcoat


From my stash, never used.

Various indie glitters


From my stash.  The only brand I know for sure is Firecracker Lacquer; I don't remember where the other two bags came from!

Gift code to Born Pretty Store

 

Anne of Mani on the Move was generous enough to donate this prize!  Thank you, Anne!  Born Pretty Store carries dozens of brands of nail polish, nail art tools, and nail care goodies.

Assorted loose glitters, nail caviar, and applicator funnel


From my stash.

Polish cozies


As you know, I sell crocheted goods under the name Kate's Crochets.  I made these specifically for the giveaway!

Striping tape variety pack

From my stash.  They don't photograph on the roll very well, but I'm including 8 rolls of different colors!

RUNNER UP



Zoya box 


This is the third of the Zoya gift boxes that I bought to mix and match.  This one contains Jolene, Rayne, and Azalea.

Jamberry sample sheet  


I love my Jamberry nail wraps, and my representative Sara loves to send out sample sheets!  As a result I have doubles of a couple of sheets, so I thought I'd spread the love.  I will include an instruction sheet for application.  You will need your own heat source (I use a blow dryer, and my space heater has also sufficed in the past), a rough nail file, and scissors.


Wacie Nail Co: Origin


Stacie of Wacie Nail Co was kind enough to donate this in honor of my blogiversary!  Thank you so much, Stacie <3

Assorted indie glitters/nail art studs


From my stash.  Brands include Anonymous Lacquer, Firecracker Lacquer, and unknown (the black ones).

Water decals


From my stash.

Assorted nail accent stickers


Some are from my stash and some are from a kit that I bought half for the giveaway, half for myself.

Polish cozy


As you know, I also crocheted goods under the name Kate's Crochets.  I made this specifically for the giveaway!

Assorted loose glitters


From my stash.

Striping tape variety pack

From my stash.  They don't photograph on the roll very well, but I'm including 5 rolls of different colors!


Okay, so, the runner-up prize is practically big enough to be a grand prize too.  Is anybody really complaining about that? ;)

Good luck to everybody who enters!  As always, I wish I could send something to all of my lovely readers.  <3

a Rafflecopter giveaway

If you're on Instagram, you'll definitely want to check out my other giveaway!  This one is open to Instagram users only.


6 comments:

  1. Very cool! I suppose Kate's mommy can't win. And anyway, I've been keeping my nails naked (truly naked, not Zoya's fake naked): short, filed, buffed, and treated regularly with oil. Poor abused little things. So even if you said I'd qualify to win, I still wouldn't enter, because if I won, it would be sad for all that fun stuff to just sit in a box. :( Happy Blogiversary, Kate! :D

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    1. Aww, your poor nails :( You would be eligible to win, though! The winner is drawn randomly, so there's no mother-daughter bias. So keep that in mind for any future giveaways when your nails are more likely to be painted! :) <3

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    2. I think I may actually prefer the runner up prize!! Such generous gifts, Kate! I appreciate the opportunity to win, and simply can't believe it's already been 2 years since you started your blog!!

      I only wish there were more ways to enter, as I rarely use Instagram, and never use Twitter:(

      -Amanda Stewart

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  2. I'm excited for ALL of the nail polish!

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  3. this is Heather and I couldn't sign in any other way :(

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  4. I'm definitely excited about the Born Pretty store gift voucher, I have a giant wishlist on their site so it would be really cool to get something from there. I'm also really excited about the Zoya polishes, I love their colors but don't own any yet.

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