March 17th this blogs turns 7 years old! Though I didn't really start blogging about nail polish until 2011, this little blog started way back on St. Patrick's Day in 2008; more as a lifestyle blog at first. A place to share my thoughts, travels, pets, photography, and long distance relationship, at the time. And it has grown and evolved over the years. :)

Anyhow, I wanted to throw a giveaway to celebrate. And there will be two prizes! 1 USA winner will receive a $25 giftcard to KB Shimmer, and 1 International winner will receive a $25 giftcard to Harlow & Co. Each prize is an electronic gift card, so it is required you have a valid active email address to enter, since that's where the gift cards will be sent. (Please make sure to read the giveaway terms and conditions at the end of this post, before you enter!)

Terms and Conditions: Giveaway ends March 17th, 2015 at 12:00 am EST. You must be 18 or older to enter. Prizes purchased by: www.tunaynamahal.com. I have the right to request proof of age if it seems appropriate. All entries will be verified. No following and unfollowing once the giveaway ends. There will be 2 winners chosen. 1 USA winner, and 1 International winner. Winner(s) will be selected by Random.org and notified by email. Winner has 24 hours to respond before a new winner is selected. I may choose a new winner at my discretion for any reason. No giveaway only accounts. I am not liable for lost or damaged packages after you have redeemed your gift certificate. KB Shimmer, Harlow & Co, Facebook, Twitter, Bloglovin’, and Instagram are in no way associated with this giveaway. Any personal information provided will be used only for the purpose of contacting the winner.

Happy New Year Everyone! I wanted to start off the new year with a giveaway!

Terms and Conditions: Giveaway ends January 24th, 2015 at 12:00 am EST. You must be 18 or older to enter. Prizes purchased by: www.tunaynamahal.com. I have the right to request proof of age if it seems appropriate. Entrants must live in the USA, or have a USA address to ship to. All entries will be verified. No following and unfollowing once the giveaway ends. Prizes cannot be shipped to P.O. Boxes, APO, or FPO. There will be 1 winner chosen. Winner will be selected by Random.org and notified by email. Winner has 24 hours to respond before a new winner is selected. I may choose a new winner at my discretion for any reason. No giveaway only accounts. I will make every effort to safely package your prize, however I am not responsible for any damage that may occur during shipping. Facebook, Twitter, Bloglovin’, and Instagram are in no way associated with this giveaway. Any personal information provided will be used only for the purpose of contacting the winner.

The ladies of The Nail Polish Blogger Connection group on Facebook have gathered together to host a giveaway! 12 bloggers, $110 in prizes! There will be three prizes. Two $40 gift certificates, and one $30 gift certificate. (Choices are:  Llarowe, Sally Magpies or Harlow & Co.)

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Head over to my Instagram to take part in my SpaRitual Fall Giveaway! 

Want to win Oasis & Tapestry from the new Sparitual Wander Collection, along with Multi-Tasker top & base coat? 

(Please note polishes were provided by Sparitual for review, and each polish was swatched on 4 nails).

To see my review on some of the Sparitual Wander colors, click here! 

Congratulations to Melissa R. for winning the giveaway! Thank you to everyone that entered! There will be another giveaway soon! :) 


Prize Includes: 

1. 4 pack of OPI Brazil Beach Sandies (Mini),
2. CND Solar Cuticle Oil (Mini)
3. Marc Anthony Dream Waves Beach Spray
4. Jersey Shore Sun- Sans Tan Sunscreen 
5. Recbecca Minkoff Tropical Makeup Bag

Terms and Conditions: Giveaway ends August 8th at 11:59 PM EST. All prizes have been personally purchased by Tunay Na Mahal. You must be 18 or older to enter. We have the right to request proof of age if it seems appropriate. Entrants must live in the USA. All entries will be verified. No following and unfollowing once the giveaway ends. Prizes cannot be shipped to P.O. Boxes. There will be one winner chosen. Winner(s) will be selected by Random.org and notified by email. Winner(s) have 24 hours to respond before a new winner is selected. We may choose a new winner(s) at our discretion for any reason. No giveaway only accounts. We will make every effort to safely package your prize, however we are not responsible for any damage which may occur during shipping. Facebook, Twitter, Bloglovin’, and Instagram are in no way associated with this giveaway. Any personal information provided will be used only for the purpose of contacting the winner(s).

A year ago I started reading The Mercurial Magpie, after Kirby commented on one of my blog posts. I've watched her blog grow and change over the past year into something amazing. I've also enjoyed getting to know Kirby, who is one of my good blogging friends. I've enjoyed seeing pictures of her dog Mugen, and discussing the little quirks of our Filipino significant others, talking about blogging ups & downs, (our love for CG fairy dust), and we both have a wicked sense of sarcastic humor, lol!

The Mercurial Magpie blog is turning 1 year this month! Kirby will be having a huge giveaway including some amazing custom nail polishes based on her blog, that she had created by several indie makers. I was sent a bottle of The Mermaid's Song that she had created by Painted Sabotage. Kirby has a great love for mermaids that is perfectly captured in this polish. It's a stunning aqua green, with holographic shimmer, holographic circles and plenty of pretty gold, purple, green, silver glitters.

I used 3 coats for the photos below, plus Seche Vite topcoat. This is the first time I've tried a Painted Sabotage polish and the formula was great to work with, and evens out nicely. I also decided to forgo the usual bottle pose shot, in favor of these pretty "mermaid" beads- I'll call them! ;-)


I also tried it with a matte topcoat, and I adore the way it looks! (For best results I always use a regular topcoat to smooth things out, and then I use the matte topcoat). 


Make sure to check out The Mercurial Magpie this Monday, Kirby will be getting things started with a huge giveaway! You could win a bottle of The Mermaid's Song, among many other awesome prizes!

The Mermaid's Song is also available for sale in the Painted Sabotage shop!

I know I posted this a few weeks ago, but that was before I was hit with several product reviews that needed to be completed, so I wasn't "technically" on a break. I've decided to extend my blogging break until sometime around the end of June or early July. We'll just call it my "Summer Break". :-p 

This also means IG Sunday will be suspended for a few weeks. I've run out of scheduled posts for now, but I'll be back with some new bloggers when my break is over. 

So... If you want to keep up with me, give me a follow on the Tunay Na Mahal Facebook Page, or my Instagram. I'm not totally going silent! :-p

I am also having a blog sale on Storenvy! There's still quite a bit of nail polishes left. You can view my blog sale here: http://tunaynamahalblog.storenvy.com/

Also, catch up on all the current reviews I've posted on the blog!

• Zoya: Tickled
• Zoya: Bubbly
• Nie-cy Polish
• Poshinality Review
• Zoya: Magical PixieDust Summer Collection
• Winstonia Store Nail Wraps

And don't forget I have an Instagram Giveaway ending May 31st! It's open internationally!

P.S. Here's a peek at some beachy nails I did with Zoya Magical PixieDust in Bar (press sample), and Ellagee Dolphins of the Caribbean! 

Who is ready for an Instagram giveaway?! Painted Polish has been sweet enough to donate 'Drunk on Holo' nail polish! Who wants to win it?!

Other Prizes: Holographic Revlon makeup bag, Indigo Bananas Coconut Macaroon cuticle balm, Avon Glimmersticks eyeliner in Black & Pacifica eyeshadow.


● 1. Must be following @tunaynamahal82, @paintedpolishbylexi
● 2. Repost giveaway photo (above photo) on Instagram with caption: #TNMpaintedpolishgiveaway @tunaynamahal82, @paintedpolishbylexi 

● 3. Instagram profile must be PUBLIC, so I can see your entry!
● 4. Open Internationally!
● 5. Must be 18+ or have a parents permission to enter.
● 6. GIVEAWAY ONLY ACCOUNTS EXCLUDED!
● 7. I am not liable for lost or damaged prize package.
● 8. 1 winner. Ends: 5/31/14

Drunk on Holo is gorgeous! I've been wearing my own bottle, as accent nails for the last month! It's the first polish (after you hit play of course), in the video below! 

Post by Tunay Na Mahal Blog.

I am sharing I Love Nail Polish: Mega with you today! I think I love it even more than my Layla Mercury Twilight. The polish is a bit sheer. I used 4 coats plus Seche Vite topcoat for the photos below. But, it dries really fast and goes on perfectly smooth. Love love love this color! I can't stop looking at my nails when I have it on. The holo is also visible in low light too.

I decided to hold my first Instagram giveaway, since I have over 600 followers now! :-)

I'm giving away 1 brand new I Love Nail Polish in Mega, 1  holographic Revlon Makeup bag & 1 black sparkly Revlon emery board to one lucky winner!

Here are the rules:

□ 1. Must be following @tunaynamahal82
□ 2. Repost giveaway photo (below) on Instagram with caption: #TNMhologiveaway @tunaynamahal82
□ 3. Profile must be public so I can see your entry! (only exception: private profiles that I AM already following).
□ 4. Open Internationally!
□ 5. Must be 18+ or have a parents permission to enter.
□ 6. I am not liable for lost or damaged prize package. (I only have 1 prize package!)
□ 7. Ends: 3/14/14.


*Prizes were purchased by myself.

 

✯ PR Samples Mentioned ✯

I have a giveaway to share with you all today! And... it's open Internationally!

Last month Sally Hansen sent me some of their polishes to review. Included was the Salon Effect strips. I was sent three different designs to review. They generously sent duplicates of the designs and today I'm sharing them with one lucky winner! I'm also throwing in a limited edition Halloween design that I purchased myself awhile ago.


The only mandatory entry is your email address. There are lot's of ways to gain more entries. The contest is open internationally, though you must be 18 or have a parent's permission to enter. I am not responsible for lost or damaged prize packages.

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This contest will run until February 14th, 2014, 12:00am EST.

P.S. If you're having trouble entering by Rafflecoptor Form, click here to email me your answers and I will input them into the form myself.

I won my very first nail polish giveaway a few weeks ago! I won the Cult Nails Fall 2013 collection from Imperfectly Painted blog. I've been reading Imperfectly Painted since 2011. I started to really get into nail polish back in December 2010, after a back injury that left me on bed rest for a full week. I had nothing better to do but look at nail polish blogs and paint my own nails, and search for pretty polish on eBay, lol. These are my very first Cult Nails polishes.

 

I finally got Zoya Carter from the 2013 Winter Collection! It's the only one that stood out to me, because of the royal purple color. When I got it yesterday though I was surprised, in the bottle it almost reminded me of Zoya Roxy, it has a lot of pink sparkles. I was afraid it would look too pink on my nails, but with 3 coats it definitely looks more purple, than it does in the bottle. Thank goodness! It's so pretty!






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This contest will run from August 24th to September 3rd 2013 12am EST. It is only open to USA & Canada residents. My Family & Friends in USA or Canada are allowed to enter! Good Luck!!!


*Prizes were purchased with my own money.

Everyone knows my obsession with nail polish. :-p With spring on it's way I wanted to give away two Zoya nail polishes from the new spring 2013 collection. I'm giving away Zoya Neely & Zoya Blu! (I blogged about Neely here and Blu here).



Contest Rules: 

All you have to do to enter the giveway is fill out the Rafflecopter form below! It is MANDATORY that you leave a blog comment: "What is your favorite thing about Spring?". You can earn extra entries by following me on Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. You can also Tweet about this giveaway or share this blog entry publicly on your Facebook page.
NOTE: If you don't follow the mandatory rule above- ALL your contest entries will be deleted. a Rafflecopter giveawayRules For Extra Entries:

If you share this blog post on Facebook- you must set the shared status to public and then leave a link below in the comments to your Facebook Page.

If you follow me on Instagram, please leave your Instagram username below in the comments.

If you follow me on Pinterest, please leave a link to your Pinterest page below in the comments.

This contest will run from February 18th to March 8th, March 1st 2013. 12am EST. It is only open to USA & Canada residents. My Family & Friends in USA or Canada are allowed to enter!

*Prizes were purchased with my own money and not provided by Zoya.