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Blog News: My Chicken Drumstick Nails Featured on Bon Appetit

Hey everyone!

Guess what? Remember the Chicken Drumstick Nails I did last year when I was probably hungry (as usual)? They’re featured on the Bon Appetit website! My manicure is listed as number 4 of 15 ridiculous food-related manicures! πŸ˜€

Below is a screenshot of it. Feel free to click on the photo of my nails to be taken to the original article or click here.

Bon Appetit Swatch And Learn Drumstick Nails

Swatch And Learn Bon Appetit Drumstick Nail Art

Drumstick Nail Art Bon Appetit Swatch And LearnDrumstick Nails Nail Art Swatch And Learn

I’m really honoured to have been mentioned along with other talented nail and food fanatics! πŸ˜€

Note: The article write-up and image caption were written by Rachael Oehring, the Bon Appetite author.

Anyway, hope that you all are having a wonderful day. Now, go ahead and try out a silly manicure today! πŸ˜‰

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Blog News: No Review Today, But One on a Multichrome Polish Tomorrow

Unfortunately, there won’t be a review up today because last night something came up and I wasn’t able to schedule a blog post.

That’s the bad news. The good news is that the next post will feature a multichrome nail polish. Which one? You’ll see tomorrow! πŸ˜‰

Hope that you’re having a great day and that this weekend will be a wonderful one for you. πŸ™‚

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Giveaway: Win a Set of 8 Nubar Nail Polishes!

Nubar Giveaway SwatchAndLearn NailPolishCanadaUpdate: Kelley replied to my e-mail on June 9th. The giveaway is officially closed. Thanks to everyone for participating!

Edit: The winner of my Nubar giveaway is…….KELLEY! Congratulations! πŸ˜€ Please check your e-mail and reply within 48 hours to claim your prize! (I e-mailed you on June 7th at 9 pm Eastern.)

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It has been a little while since my last giveaway, and I wanted to do something special for you because your support and encouragement means the world to me.

If you’ve been following Swatch And Learn for months, you’ll know that I’ve had great experiences working with NailPolishCanada in the past. So, naturally, I decided to reach out to them and see if we could team up again for an upcoming giveaway.

They were extremely generous! Take a deep breath! Get ready to scream at the top of your lungs!

NailPolishCanada offered an entire set of nail polishes for one lucky winner! *SCREAMS* πŸ˜‰ And it gets cooler. They allowed me to choose from an awesome list of polish sets. I decided to give away a Nubar 8-piece set because I know how tricky Nubar is to get hold of. Plus they’re a brand that I absolutely adore!

And to put the icing on the cake, I asked NailPolishCanada if the winner could choose exactly which Nubar set they’d receive – YES! πŸ™‚

Please carefully read the rest of this post for the important details on how to enter!

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Blog News: My Neon Skittle Manicure Featured on ulookhaute’s YouTube Video!

Hey everyone,

Remember the Neon Skittle Manicure I did a couple of months ago? Well, it was featured on ulookhaute’s YouTube video that went live last night! The woman in the video also mentioned that it was a personal favourite of hers! πŸ˜€ (My heart was soaring when I saw my nails shown alongside those of other talented people.)

To watch the video, click on the below screenshot:

ulookhaute YouTube SwatchAndLearn.comAs far as I know, this is the first time that I’ve been mentioned in someone’s YouTube video, so I’m giddy with excitement!

I want to take this opportunity to thank all of my incredibly supportive readers for your encouragement. Whether you’ve been visiting Swatch And Learn since its inception or just found it today, I’m extremely grateful! πŸ™‚

It’s been so much fun interacting with all of you via blog comments, on Twitter, Pinterest, beautylish, etc. Blogging is way more rewarding when there’s a growing community to enjoy being a part of.

Stay tuned – I have a nail-polish giveaway that I’ll be announcing soon. It’ll be open to Canadian and U.S. residents, and the colours will not disappoint! πŸ˜‰

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Blog News: My Bee Nails Featured on beautylish!

Hey everyone!

Hope that you’re all having a wonderful Saturday so far. My weekend has been off to a good start, and I’ve been busy, busy, busy…like a bee. πŸ˜‰

This is a short second post for today because I wanted to share some cool blog news with you. beautylish did an article on bug nail art, and they included the Bee Nails I did earlier!

You can check out the original article here, but I’ve captured the screenshots below:

beautylish SwatchAndLearn Bee Nails

beautylish SwatchAndLearn Bee Nail Art

Several months ago, I actually tried out cutepolish’s ladybug nails. If you’re interested, you can check out my tutorial for Ladybug Nails here.

Thank you all for your tremendous support and encouragement. Reading your comments and interacting with you on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc., has been so rewarding and insightful! πŸ˜€

Have a great weekend!

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Blog News: My Easter Egg Nail Art Featured on beautylish

Hey everyone!

This is a quick second post for today. πŸ™‚

As you may know, I visit beautylish fairly often – it’s a great place to get inspired by others, but also to learn new tips and tricks when it comes to nails, hair, makeup, and more.

To my surprise (and great honour), beautylish featured my Easter Egg Nail Art in one of their articles alongside the creative designs done by two other talented women! πŸ™‚

You can view the original beautylish article here or see below for the screenshots:

Happy Easter Nails Beautylish Swatch And Learn

Happy Easter Nails Beautylish SwatchAndLearn

Thank you to the beautylish team for making my day, and thank you to my Swatch And Learn readers for encouraging me to continue testing the nail-art waters. πŸ˜‰

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Smorgasbord Sundays: From Mary’s Desk – How to Plan & Execute a Blog Giveaway (Part 3)

How to Plan a Giveaway for a Blog SwatchAndLearnIt has been a while since my previous installment of From Mary’s Desk, so I thought that it was fine time for this Smorgasbord Sundays post.

Today’s topic is How to Plan and Execute a Blog Giveaway.

I think that this might be especially helpful to those who are new to blogging and have been considering running a giveaway.

Some things I’ll go into more detail about are why a giveaway could be a good idea for your blog, how to choose what to offer, sponsored giveaways, online giveaway tools, how long you should run your giveaway, etc.

No, I’m not an expert on blog giveaways, but I have run a few in the past on Swatch And Learn, and along the way, I’ve learned a thing or two.

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