NOTD: Rising Spirit by SpaRitual

 Lady Luck smiled on me twice in January when it came to winning beauty products in some blog giveaways, and today I have a new polish from SpaRitual to show you as a result.

Beauty Undercover partnered with SpaRitual to offer 30 readers their choice of one of the four polishes from their Vegan GOLD collection "Rise", plus a bottle of their new flexible topcoat. I chose the soft gold shimmer Rising Spirit, and it's a beauty.

This new polish formula has quite a few claims behind it, such as: applying 75% faster yet removing 85% faster than gels, drying 60% faster than a traditional manicure and containing a smudge-repair technology that is both self-leveling and correcting. Sounds kind miraculous, doesn't it? At least when it comes to nail polishes.  

I'm on day 4 of wear and so far I have no chipping and minimal tip wear, even after bathing Lulu, which requires 3 separate sudsings with a medicated shampoo. The polish did dry relatively fast but I still managed to ding and smudge two nails on my right hand. I was impatient and decided I wanted to make breakfast not long after I painted them, so my bad.

Overall I'm happy with Rising Spirit and the topcoat, so thank you to Beauty Undercover and SpaRitual for the giveaway!  On another note, the tulip trees are in full bloom here in Mobile, and the azaleas as starting to bloom.  I guess we are in for an early spring this year, which I have mixed emotions about. It's 76 degrees outside today, so I'm hoping for at least a few weeks of cooler weather before the heat and humidity starts their unrelenting onslaught. We shall see, as February is usually the coldest month in this area.

And the Winner of the Clinique GWP Set is.....

Mel B. is the winner of the Clinique GWP set, and thanks to all who participated!  I'll have a nail polish giveaway coming up soon, so stay tuned.

Clinique GWP and Giveaway!

Disclaimer:  This was a GWP.

Clinique had a GWP recently at Lord & Taylor that did it's siren song thing on me, and this time it's going to benefit a blog reader as well!  Why, you may ask?  Well, Lord & Taylor sent me two of the GWP sets, each in a separate box no less.  So, let's take a closer look at what you could win!

• Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+
• Repairwear Laser Focus
• Liquid Facial Soap Mild
• Different Lipstick in Glazed Berry
• High Impact Mascara in Black
• All About Shadow Quad (Angel Eyes, Blushed, Portobello, Morning Java)
• Two makeup bags

Clinique recently reformulated their eyeshadow formula, and they are much nicer!  More pigmentation, smooth, just all around better than Clinique shades I've tried in the past.  Très bien! 

Angel Eyes

Angel Eyes provides more sparkle than color, and did have the tendency to migrate beyond where I placed it.  It worked well as an inner eye highlighter.

Blushed

Blushed is a medium satin salmon pink.  It gives soft color and applies smoothly.

Portobello

Portobello is a soft. satin taupe.  The satin finish shades are not intensely pigmented, providing more of a soft focus finish.

Morning Java

Morning Java is a deep brown with multi-tonal shimmer.  It is nicely pigmented and applies smoothly.

Glazed Berry is a bright medium pink shimmer.  It's a flattering color on me and does not veer into frost territory.  I find Clinique's Different Lipstick formula to be lightweight and comfortable to wear, and they do not dry out my lips.

Glazed Berry

I'm a big fan of Clinique's High Impact mascara, which I find to be a no fuss performer that defines and lengthens my lashes with a deep black color.  Most impressively, it does not smudge on me, even in Mobile's sauna like climate.

Okay, now for the giveaway rules!  The giveaway is open to blog readers from the U.S. and Canada only.  I am not responsible for items lost, damaged, or stolen in transit. To enter, see the Rafflecopter options below:
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The Winner of My First Giveaway is.......

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My First Giveaway!

I love giveaways and enter lots of them, mainly through the various beauty blogs I read.  I've even won a few, which makes for an extra nice week!  I decided it was time to host my own, and while it's not really to celebrate any particular event, the idea came about when I purchased the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil Vault.  I knew I would end up with duplicate eyeliners, and I doubt I really need backups of any of them, as I've yet to make it through a full one yet.  So, my excess is your gain!

I've also included some other duplicate items I've bought (sometimes by mistake, as I swear I don't remember getting two of the Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains in Sweetheart).  I got a back up of Maybelline's Color Tattoo in Barely Beige because I love it so much and it was limited edition and hard to find, but now that the similar Barely Branded is part of the regular lineup, I can let it go:-)  To help you remove all these products, I'm also included a deluxe sample size of Lancome's Bifacil makeup remover.

The items included in this giveaway are:

Urban Decay full sized 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils in:

• Hustle:  metallic brown shimmer
• Junkie:  metallic teal shimmer w/gold micro-sparkle
• LSD:  navy shimmer w/bright turquoise micro-sparkle
• Mushroom:  metallic taupe-pewter shimmer
• Perversion:  blackest-black matte
• Psychedelic Sister:  bright purple cream
• Rockstar:  darkest eggplant   
• Stash:  dark green/gold
• Zero:  zealous black

Maybelline Color Tattoo 24hr Eyeshadow in Barely Beige

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Sweetheart/Valentine

Lancome Bi-Facil Double Action Eye Makeup Remover (deluxe sample size)

The giveaway is open to readers from the U.S. and Canada only.  To enter, see the Rafflecopter options below:

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Disclaimer:  I purchased the items for this giveaway.  I am not responsible for items lost, damaged, or stolen in transit.