Tuesday Talk - LM 11 Packages on your Birthday Club

Good Morning readers!

For today's Talk Tuesday I have an invitation to all of you. Sorry, that this invitation is ONLY open to US residents. I'm really sorry! If you have read my giveaway post last week you already know why. If not, keep on reading please.

                        

As I said before, my birthday is approaching in a couple of weeks, November 4th. And I am all about birthdays :) I know, I know, we get old - nothing we can do about it. However we can choose the bright happy side of it right? It's our special day and we all should feel special :).

I am inviting you to the  Lacquered Me 11 Packages on your Birthday Club.

Read carefully to learn how this is gonna work.

We have 12 months in a year, so we will need to have a group of 12 people. Each one of those people have to have a unique month for her birthday. In another words, a birthday for each month. One person a month.

We will be sending little packages throughout the year for each other. For example, if we have 12 people having their birthday on each month, we will be sending out a little package without receiving any package back until your birthday month arrives and then you don't need to send out any package because you will be getting 11 packages cause it's your birthday!

Let's say Mary is the birthday girl of the month of October. So she doesn't need to send out any packages on that month because it's her birthday month. And because it's her month she gets to get 11 little envelopes that can contain a birthday card, goodies or any nail related thing. It doesn't need to be anything expensive. Just a little thing to make Mary feel special on her month.

I just thought that idea would be so wonderful. If you are interested let me know if you want to be part of this group. I must let you know that the spot for the month of November is already filled with myself  :) And just remember that if you want to be part of it you really need to be commited to it. We don't want to make "Mary" disappointed on her birthday. Leave me comments about it. In order to get in the list you must send me an email to contact.lacqueredme@gmail.com

Subject: Blogger Birthday Club

Content of the e-mail : 

* Your Name 

* Your birth date ( you don't need to disclose the year)

* State where you live ( sorry this is only for people in USA - it will be easier and cheaper to ship)

* Your nail blog/fb address your birthday month and other suggestions.

Can't wait to hear from you guys!

PS: Sorry if you tried to copy the list above to make it easier emailing me. But I have had issues with some people stealing contents from my blog and unfortunately I had to disable the copy ability away from this blog. I apologize!

Keep on reading the details and be aware what it will be like participating in this club.

- You must be 18 years old.

Sending me an email I 'll be assuming that you are not under age.

- You must have a nail blog.

This is a way to network among nail bloggers and every month we will have someone posting about all the packages she got. Where it came from and who we are providing links to our blogs and facebook pages.

- You must be commited to it.

When you sign up for this, you have to know that no matter what you have to send out an envelope to "Maria" for her month. Imagine if you were Maria, of course you would be disappointed for not receiving your package. So, you must be consistent. Remember, this club will be a little of a challenge cause you need to keep up with that for a whole year, 12 months.

- Once we have the group of 12 people formed we have to follow each others nail blog/fb pages.

- If during that year you change your address, you should immediately inform me. I'm not responsable for lost packages.

- Speaking of it, I higly recommend that all packages should be sent with a delivery confirmation.

- I'll be putting down everybodies name, month, blog address, mailing address in a google doc spreadsheet.

- If you are concerned about disclosing your address, feel free to buy a P.O. Box or provide your office address. Once we share our addresses I have to be clear with you guys: WE SHOULD NOT SHARE OUR GROUP's ADDRESS WITH NO ONE.

- Every month I'll be reminding who will be receiving the packages.

- If "Mary" 's birthday is on October 4th, you don't have to worry to get her package on that exact date. You'll have until the end of the month of October to send her package out. I will also share that same google spreadsheet I told you, with you all in the group. That way if you sent a package already you can go ahead and click an X on the box that will say SENT.

 I know I know, lots of details, but keep on reading. Imagine getting 11 sweet packages with a little surprise in each one of them?!?! Sweet huh? Ok, continuing...

- I know I am organizing this but I take no responsability for any lost packages, broken items and such. And I sincerely hope everything can go as smooth as a smoothie, sweet as sugar. With that being said, please ponder and really think if that suits you. Am I trust worthy? Am I committed to that? Will I be able to make somebody's day making a person super happy and excited for her birthday?

Remember people, each one of us 12 will be responsable each month to make someone in our club smile and feel special. Are you one of those awesome 12 people for this club? If you are please shoot me an email. You guys can also use the big blue tab on the right that says CONTACT ME, that will send me an email too. Send me an email, I'll get back to you as soon as I can. If you do not hear from me in 24hrs that means I did not get your email. So, re-send it to me please. Also, be aware that maybe somebody already has reached me first for example, to fill out the spot for January  month(it's open) which is your month. Then, I'll just put you in the waiting list just in case some "fatality" happens to someone or whatever. That way I'll just have options you know?

But yeah, it's pretty much it. I know, lots of details. But once set up, I bet you guys will love to receive 11 packages throughout your birthday month. I bet!

Feel free to leave your questions on the comment box and also I am open to suggestions!

Talk to you guys soon!!

Have you sent your picture to Lacquered Me Contest yet?

This post is just to remind you in case you want to participate in the Lacquered Me Contest.
                                                  CLICK HERE to see the details.
Last day to submit your pictures will be August 31st, 2011 this coming Wednesday.

Lacquered Me Fabebook Page

People I have something awesome to share with you. Because of my friend Sue I now have my facebook page. She kept bugging me to do a page on FB just for my nails. Ok, now I have one. Thanks Sue :)

If you guys don't like to follow blogs and read all the bla bla bla we write then a FB page might be easier for you right? lololo

Now, no excuse to not follow me there.

Now I have a username that directs you to my page:

www.facebook.com/lacqueredme

Hope you all invite your friends to LIKE my page. It will be great to see you all there too :)

Below is a picture of how my page looks liek right now. I don't have a lot of pictures there yet. I just set up this page last night. give me sometime and I'll fill that up with nails and nails and polish and polish.

To remind all of you, I am still getting manicure photos for my Lacquered Me Contest next month. Last day to submit your picture is August 30th, 2011. CLICK HERE and read the details. Any questions just shoot me an email to contact.lacqueredme@gmail.com

Can't wait to post all the entries. I've got so far very pretty ones!!

Talk Tuesday - A great advice you must never forget

I am having a heard time posting here with blogger. Keeps me giving me error. My post will be belated.

But it's ok. You guys will still see what I have to share today right?

My sister a while back sent me this image here { I have no idea where she found it. So, I'm sorry I can't link it back to where it came from}. It was on my computer and now late at night still without knowing what i was going to share on my Tuesday Talk with you guys I found this.

I have to go to bed cause work calls my name tomorrow early morning. But I can't stop laughing at this picture. Laughing at how stupid I am sometimes forgetting to go pee before start doing my nails. Yeah, even if I don't even feel like it. Does that happen with you? It always does with me. It's the pee conspiracy against a neat mani. Lately I am doing pretty good though. On my way to the "nail polish room" I have a bathroom so it kinda reminds me of a visit there before keep going down the hall. But answer this question: why do you always feel like going to the bathroom as soon as you are done with your mani?

Thank goodness for super duper dry fast top coats!

Image Source: n/a

Always visit the bathroom before doing your nails!

Talk Tuesdays - Options to Store Your Nail Polishes - WARNING overdose of pictures. Be prepared!!

A few months ago I was looking for a nice way to store my nail polishes. As your collection grows you might notice you can't keep them in that caboodle anymore. Reason? Maybe ... you have too many by now?! lololo And trust me, once you get into the lacquered nails life it's an addiction in your life. A good one though.

Yeah, I realized I had to come up with an easy box, a shelf or something I could keep my nail polishes organized. And my priority was : I need to have them out of the cupboards so I get to use them and not just have them sitting there collecting dust right?

Surfing on the internet I found really cute stuff from all price ranges and tastes - or both together lololo

Be prepared for the overload of pictures. Well, you might be interested in see what I saw throughout my hunting of a nail polish storage. These were the alternatives I found to store your nail polish collection.

A PLASTIC CART
I have seen some people putting their make up in those plastic bins and also nail polish but  that's a little hidden for me. They are a cheap option though.

Photo: Plastic Storage Carts

AN OLD DOLL HOUSE
If I still had my doll house I would probably use it. Look how cute this is. The only thing is that I don't think this would be a good idea while having kids over (nieces and nephews) to your house lololo Bottom line: it wouldn't be a choice for me but I thought I'd share.

Photo: Found on Google. But couldn't find the link . SO if this picture is yours please contact me and I'll put your name under here right away or if you want me to remove it please let me know as well. I am not a photo stealer :)

A CART

When I went to Brazil and had my nails done I saw this cart and what came out of my mouth was: "Cooooooooooooooollllll" This is super awesome! You can store your polishes and also odds and ends on the bottom. It comes in different sizes depending on the number of shelves on it.

- 8 shelves ( 176 nail polishes)
- 6 shelves (138  "       "         )
- 4shelves (88     "       "         )
It retails around $179. I was studying ways on how I could have that shipped to me here from Brazil. I just Loveeee this!

Photo: Ikesaki.com

A FURNITURE

I saw this piece of furniture , lets call it that way. It's a wood stand with draws that you can neatly organize your polishes in line. Isn't that just super adorable? I wish I could find where they sell these. I got these pictures from a brazilian blog though and it seems it was somewhere in Brazil. Dang it! And that's what I'm talking about. If you have your polishes organized like that it's just easy to find them. I'm so in love with it!

Photo: Garotas Estúpidas

A PIECE OF INTRIGUING ART

This one I have seen in the nail salons in Brazil too. These cute nail polish carts really catch your attention as they seem to be floating by that big plate. What makes that ilusion to your eyes is the nylon thread holding the polishes by their caps. Such a great idea! What I know is that they are also sold in Brazil and they run around $250. I know, those things can be expensive.

Photo: MakeYourselfUp

Photo: Garotas Estúpidas

A SHELF

You can buy them online or just have one custom made for you. These next two were custom made and are against the wall. I really don't know if I would like to have something like that. Sure does look cool! But can you imagine having this and your jealous friend saying : "Oh, I think you have way too many polishes" lololo And plus I don't have that many of bottles to display proudly like that anyways. The fact I like on these ones is that your nail polishes will be screaming at you "Please use me!!" If you put up with a shelf like that you better have your nails all lacquered up.

Photo: ValentineKisses



Photo: Definitely Addicted

Now we have these shelves that are smaller and cute.  You can be displaying polish pride on your walls. These Apple racks can be found all over the internet specially on Ebay. And it's sold around $189 sometimes with shipping included.

Photo: Ebay 

The Hello Kitty rack I found on Etsy. It's for sale $250. Yeah! Back in the days I would be drooling to have one of these in my room.

 

Photo: Etsy

This acrylic nail polish rack it's pretty popular among the polishaholics on duty. They are also to be hang on the wall. I've seen people spreading this all over their walls. When I first started looking for a new home for my polishisss I kinda considered those acrylic wall racks cause I thought they were cheap. Cheap??? No, they are not cheap whatsoever ( They retail for at least $50 plus shipping the little ones). Plus after buying you have to drill wholes in your wall to put them up. I gave up and decided it wasn't what I was looking for anyways. PS: When I say cheap or expensive is based on my budget. I don't know what your are so please don't judge me.

Photo: Alibaba

This one you can also find on Ebay. And like I said the acrylic stuff isn't cheap (this ones are sold for $47.99 +SH). I kinda like this one cause you can put on the table at your station or in your closet or even in your bathroom (if you have a big counter). But when I saw this I didn't love at the point to make a buy decision.

Photo: Ebay $47.99

Then I saw these ones and I felt in love. I thought they were different and could serve the purpose I was looking into on a way to store my polishes. They are a nail polish display that rotates. Don't you think this is a have to have it? Imagine your polishes in that carrousel thing where you can just spin it around and tan dan "here is the polish I was looking for"  in a matter of just you deciding on what color you are gonna paint your nails. And because they are acrylic of course they are gonna be a little pricey. But they are just a.d.o.r.a.b.l.e

Photo: Amazon $69.99 

Photo: Amazon $74.99

I hope you like this post. I thought this could be helpful for some of you out there. When I first started looking for alternatives to store my polish in an organized way I was kinda lost cause couldn't find any blog with a post like that. Yeah let me brag about myself right. But seriously, there you have all of the options I looked into. Being that way it might be a little easier for you to decide what better way suits your taste. And if you have a different way of storaging your babies please drop me a comment here. I would love to hear form you. Don't post links on comments cause they go to spam. So if you have a link please email me at contact.lacqueredme@gmail and I can make a special post just to share your idea.

Now do you wanna guess how I store my polishes? Leave me a comment. If I have lots of sweet comments I might extend this to another post next Tuesday :)

Talk Tuesdays - Lacquered Me Store

 Here I am following my blog system of posting periodically.

Today I come here to share with you some good news!! I have associated with Amazon.com to have my little store. My friends on facebook are always asking me what things I have, what I use adn what I recommend even though I repeat I am NOT a professional or expert. I then decided to post all the things I could find in Amazon.com that I like and listed on my store.

If you wanna visit the store CLICK HERE. All of the products you will see over there are sold and shipped by Amazon. I am just an associate with Amazon. I do get a 4% comission if you buy anything from my link/store. Yeahhhh I am gonna get so rich!!! lolololo 

It's totally up to you though to either buy from my link/store or just buy directly from the site of amazon.com. Of course, I would really appreciate if you would buy through me. It would be such a support to this blog here. I thank you up front for taking your time to read this and visit my store. If you want you can share it with your family and friends. That would be awesome!

I am still working on adding up more stuff but there are a lot already that you can purchase from my store. There are top coats, nail/cuticles/hand care items, stamping stuff, nail art miscellaneous, top coats etc. You sould take a look. Drop me a line here and let me know what you think. You can also send me suggestions of whatelse I should add to my store.

And now on the right side bar of my blog you can see a picture link that will always be there and will direct you to another window to visit my store. Thank you guys again! I'm just really excited : )



CLICK HERE to visit the store

Some thoughts - WARNING Long writing post.

Hello everyone! I hope you had a great 4th of July celebration.

I was thinking after last Tuesday when I posted about the Nail Fashion Week that I could probably set up days to have some postings going on here. So that way I would encourage myself  to not ditch blogging. Because that happens with me all the time when the subject is blogging. I start blogging then after a while my posts start decreasing until my blog dies completely... yeah just like the numbers on my bank account sometimes. Or this similarity happens more often than I can realize (laugh). And for that I really thank you for following this blog and using some of your time to leave me a sweet comment. That really pushes me to keep going cause I know you care and then I have to post something cool.

A LITTLE NOTE: Speaking of that I would like to say a big THANK YOU to my friend Elaine Meyers from Moments and Thoughts who blogged about my nail blog. If you read portuguese and live in the States I totally recommend  her blog. She is the coolest person and I bet you are gonna get some good laughs off of her writing. So, I had some of her friends visiting over here and others becoming followers. Thank you guys!! If you are reading this please drop me a line so I can know who you are :)

And if you didn't find me through my friend's blog I thank you as well. It's  a pleasure having all of you here. I am gathering some cool stuff for a giveaway for you guys pretty soon. Thank you again!

Anyways, continuing what I was saying, I thought I would designate myself this following idea to be a better blogger.

Mondays --> There is a group I am part of it on FB called Polish-aholics Anonymous where they have a poll every Monday to decide on what to do for manicures on Mondays. It's such a great way to unleash your imaginative side by just a theme we all get to vote every week. I have joined that but usually I just post it during the week. Maybe I should wait and post that on Mondays. I would call that day Monday Mani PaA ( Polish-aholics Anonymous ).

Tuesdays --> I will call them Talk Tuesdays where I will write about anything cool (or at least I think it as lolo you are welcome to always skip it). I would post about something interesting I heard, saw, maybe tips (I am not a nail/beauty expert), things that I like and works for me, deals that I can find and other odds like that. It could be nails or beauty related. And if I find a deal I sure won't wait until tuesday so I can post it. I'll just posting as soons as I learn about one. What do you guys think? Any other suggestion about how I can call my Tuesdays  posts other than Talk Tuesdays?

Wednesdays --> Then on Wednesdays I was thinking about getting serious on the On Wednesdays We Wear Pink. I could show my pink nails on those days. It's kinda hard cause I don't really feel like having pink on my finger nails most of the time but I could try to pull it off some creative way to wear the girly color in the middle of the week.

Fridays --> Friends and followers could email me their photos and I could post them here on my blog so you guys could see prettier hands than mine lololo For that you wouldn't need to have a blog neither a fb page but just email your a photo of a mani and your name. I think that could be really fun! And that would be called Friend Fridays. If you have another cute name please don't hesitate to share with me.

For the other days I will be posting  whatever mani I am wearing and let's see how my blog goes. I hope I can stick to my plans on blogging here. That sure will keep me busy.

Do you have any suggestions? If so, please feel free to let me know on the comment bar.