contest alert: giveaways from aurora's nails and marie a la mode!

last christmas, i made quirky gift tags with a rather cheeky message:

it's true, ain't it?

yeah, i left it off the grownups' gifts, just to be safe. i used a font called Learning Curve and fiddled with some images i found online. in the interest of saving ink, i kept everything in grayscale.

fortunately, the giveaways sponsored by today's featured bloggers don't discriminate between the naughty and the nice. in fact, Aurora's Nails celebrates the two contrasts.

China Glaze Naughty and Nice collection

i haven't yet been able to try China Glaze polishes but they have such beautiful colors. it's really too bad that this brand isn't readily available locally, and that online sellers have very limited shades to choose from. the gold, bronze and silver variants would be exceptionally stunning, whether used alone or as a stamp design. click on the link above for details.

badass polish needs badass makeup to go with it. with Marie a la Mode's giveaway, you have everything you need to pull off the rocker chick look. well, except for the clothes:

UD Ammo eyeshadow palette, MAC lustre lipstick in Plink!, Calypso Cuties Sugar Baby de luxe Tahitian Tango lip gloss in Pretty Sweet, Maybelline Dream Mousse blush in Peach Satin, Sephora by OPI polishes and a mini Sephora mascara 

Urban Decay's Ammo eyeshadow palette easily comes to mind. so many bloggers have been raving about this, particularly the Oil Slick shade. i love how everything about this palette screams "badass" while remaining very feminine.

i'm joining this one with barely a day to spare. may it indeed be a very merry christmas, for the naughty and nice alike. :)