Thursday, December 12, 2013

Welcome to my blog and my 1st giveaway

 It's been brought to my attention that no one is able to sign on to follow my blog. As you all know I'm very new to this and still learning how to work things. If your on a mobile you can click on the link at the bottom of the page to take you to the desktop version. From there you can sign up on the left margin. If you have any trouble pls comment and let me know. Thx in advance. Welcome to my little part of this big blogging world. Some of you may know me and some of you may not. My Name is Tolanda and I'm a polishaholic. I'm known to most as thelacqueredowl on all social media sites. For me nail polish is a hobby, a stress reliever, and a way to connect with new and interesting people all over the world. I started doing my nails around this time in 2012 and since then it has turned into a full blown obsession, lol.   As much joy and positivity as the nail community brings me, it like anything else comes with it's fair amount of drama. So I'd just like to state right now that this is my blog and I will do with it what I please. I can promise you that if you choose to follow me it will be 90% nail related and 10% of a number of other things like owls, non nail product reviews and sometimes just chit chat about life. In this crazy world I'd like this blog to be a source of joy not stress. If you don't mind all that's stated above I'd love to have you. Now enough chitchat. To celebrate reaching 1,100+ IG followers, the start of my FB page and now my blog I'd like to get My 1st Giveaway started.     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I'd like to start by thanking all of the wonderful ladies who signed on to sponsor this very special event. The support and encouragement they have shown me has meant so much. The 2 winners will each receive 2 different prize packs. 1 will contain polish, etc donated by my lovely sponsors and the other will contain some of my favorite nail items (purchased by me). Depending on the amt of entries I have prepared a 3rd prize pack that's a combination of the 2 stated above. Feel free to share this giveaway and goodluck to you all. a Rafflecopter giveaway

110 comments:

  1. I love your blog so far!!! It looks great and I can't wait to see more from you :) I'm also glad to be your first comment!

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    1. Thanks Jess :) I'm so glad to have you as a friend <3

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  2. I accidentally submitted the "extra goodies" for the giveaway entry without writing anything:/ sooo if I say nerds and sweetarts in this will it count lol

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    1. It sure will. Thanks for entering my 1st giveaway :)

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  3. I love this giveaway!! I am obsessed with them. I would love to see more. Or more swatches! Great job so far.

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  4. This is a great giveaway. I would like to see nail art tutorials!

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    1. Thank you Lisa. I've never done one but I guess there's always a 1st time for everything, lol

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  5. for the extra goodies... my favorite color is purple and my favorite candy is any kind of chocolate :) this is a really nice giveaway! thanks!

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  6. oh, and for the types of things i want to see? swatches of new indie brands' polishes, pretty nail art, and just about anything really!

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    1. Thank you for commenting Amy :) I love anything chocolate as well, lol. You will most definitely be seeing all of those things here.

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  7. I love original nail art, swatches of polishes that you're into, and anything else that you have going on in your life. I love you put that you're going to do your blog your way!

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  8. My favorite colors are purples and blues. My favorite candy is hard to narrow down but I love truffles, especially Godiva Truffles.

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    1. Thank you so much for your comment ans if you win Godiva Truffles will be headed your way ;) I'm so new to blogging so I'm not sure but were you able to sign.on to follow my blog?

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    2. Yummy! And yes I was able to sign up to follow your blog, I even got your first update about the CJ Laquer review sent to my email. All is well with that!

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  9. my favorite color is purple and my fave candies are cola flavoured or sour fruit candy :)

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  10. i really like the blog and the colors you chose!

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    1. Thank you so much :) I love sour candy as well. Were you able to sign up to follow my blog?

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  11. Your blog is really nice I love to see anything about polish :)

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    1. Thank you so much and if you were able to sign up to follow me you'll definitely see lots and lots of polish :)

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  12. My favourite colour is teal and my favourite is chocolate

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  13. I comments on loveangeline IG on what I loved about her line and it truly made her day! she even posted my comment. She said she really needed to hear that. ;) I think this is a super idea. Kristi aka beginnails

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    1. Hi Kristi :) that is so sweet of you, and I'm glad she liked it. That's why I added that above because a kind word really does go a long way. Btw, I am a fan of your gorgeous nails/mani's

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  14. Awesome giveaway! My fave color is blue. :]

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  15. I love this giveaway idea!! Getting ready to have a giveaway of my own n I got so many fabulous ideas from this!!! Can't wait to read ur blog n I also started following u on Instagram!! Yay

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    1. Thank you soo much Heather, that means alot. What's your IG name so I can follow back?

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  16. I LOOOOOOVE this! This is my 1st time entering a giveaway through a blog, so cool! It's so organic ��

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  17. Thank you so much for the kind words and I'm so honored to be your 1st giveaway, lol. Goodluck :)

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  18. I'm so excited for this giveaway! I love seeing swatches and tutorials, or even just pictures of nail art I love to get ideas!

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    1. Thank you so much for entering and taking the time to leave a comment :) I will definitely have a mix of all those things.

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  19. Love this give away! Can't wait to start following your blog!

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    1. Yay, thank you so much for entering!!! Hopefully you were able to sign up to follow me if not pls let me know :)

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  20. i wrote on liquidsky lacquer @whimsicalcolor on ig and told her how much i love her polishes and my favorite colors are yellow and purple and id love to see tons of indie swatches on your blog....thanks for the giveaway hun

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    1. That is awesome Rachel, I really appreciate you taking the time out to show her some love ♥ and I will definitely have tons of indie swatches for you.

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  21. Awesome giveaway hope i win!!!! For goodies fave color is green or teal and i loveeee godiva :-) fingers crossed! Congrats by the way!!!

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    1. Thank you for entering and if you win Godiva it will be :)

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  22. you were probably one of the first nail polish people i started following on IG. I was hesitant to make comments, as no one ever responded to me. I made a few comments on your pages, and you actually replied! Makes us little people feel noticed :):P looking forward to seeing more of your blog!

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    1. You are too sweet Jessica, that really just made my day :) thank you. I love interacting with ppl who comment on my post. What's your IG name? And btw, I don't think there are any little ppl in this community, I think were all just crazy polish ladies doing what we love. And good luck :)

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  23. My favorite color is Blue all shades of blue. My favorite candy is gummy bears

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    1. Thank you for entering and if you win gummy bears it is :)

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  24. My fav color is pink and my fav candy is watermelon (pink) jolly rancher

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    1. Hey Erica, my fav color is pink too :) thank you for entering and if you win I'll make sure to add plenty of watermelon jolly ranchers to your package. Good luck :)

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  25. For the extra goodies it didn't give me a line to fill out so I love sour gummy candy

    Will this count as my blog comment

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  26. I would love to see swatches of indies & mainstream polishes

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    1. This will definitely count as your blog comment. Hopefully you were able to sign up to follow my blog :) thank you for entering

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  27. Favorite colour is red, I love reeses peanut butter cups!

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  28. I love swatches, hauls, and tutorials. :)

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    1. Thanks for entering Amanda :) I will definitely be posting abt all of those things and resses are my fav too :)

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  29. My favorite color is purple.. I have purple everything lol My favorite candy is snicker bars :) Yummy. Thank you for the giveaway and Merry Christmas :)

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    1. I love to see nail art and tutorials :)

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    2. My daughter is a purple fanatic too, lol. I will definitely have nail art and I'll be trying my hand at tutorials. Doing this giveaway is my pleasure and Merry Christmas to you as well :)

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  30. Oo i would love to see some nail art tips and swatches o and reviews too :-)

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    1. I will have all of those things so stay tuned and pls make sure you've signed up to follow me :) :)

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  31. Hi! I love Twix! Also, I chose Glitter Bunny Polish because she's awesome and so are her nail polishes! Thank you for the chance!

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    1. Hi Jasmine, thank you so much for completing that part of the giveaway. I'm sure she appreciated the kind words :) I'm not sure that I've heard of that brand before so I'll have to check :) thanks for entering and goodluck

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  32. And I'd love to see more swatches and reviews of course!

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    1. Will do, so pls make sure your following me so you don't miss anything :)

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  33. comparison swatches and nail art tutorials

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  34. my favorite colors are blue and orange. my favorite candy is anything chocolate :)

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  35. I will definitely have all of those things so pls make sure you following me so you don't miss anything. And should you win chocolate it is, lol. Good luck

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  37. Favorite color: baby blue/pink/purple.
    Favorite candy: kitkat, twix, milky way, anything sweet :)
    Wanting to see: Nail tutorials & swatches!
    Thanks for having a awsome giveaway! Good luck with your blog ;)

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    1. Thank you and those are some of my fav colors too and I'll definitely have all of those things on my blog :) good luck

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  38. Extra goodies: My favorite color is blue right now! Also, I love chocolate!

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    1. Right now, lol. I love all things chocolate too :) goodluck

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  39. I would love to see lots of indie polish makers! Interviews, swatches, indie love!

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    1. Hey Ashley, I'll definitely be showing lots of Indie love. I hadn't even though abt interviews but thx for the great idea :)

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  40. My favorite color is blurple, and multichrome!

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    1. This is the 1st time i have ever saw these as someones fav colors, lol. I love it ♥

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  41. Fav color: Red and Black
    Fav candy: chocolate and mints
    Things i would like to see is nail designs

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    1. There will be tons of nail designs once I can get Blogger figured out, lol

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  42. Super giveaway and thank you for the chance to enter. As well as thank you for introducing many more ladies to follow. I am kinda new to the polish game and oh my, I didn't even know it went this deep until this last year. Keep doing you.

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    1. Thank you so much Carrie :) I'm glad you were able to enter and find ladies to follow. I had no clue how deep it ran either until abt mid 2013, lol. I'm definitely working on getting my blog up and running so pls let me know if you were able to follow me?

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  43. Oh yeah and my favorite color is black cherry.

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  44. I'd like to see some nail care and nail art tutorials with the beautiful polishes you review!

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  45. Favorite color is green and I love almost all chocolate candy, lol!

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    1. Nothing beats Chocolate ;) were you able to finally sign up to follow me? And goodluck

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  46. For the extra goodies, my favorite color is orange and my favorite candy is Reese's cups... Mmmmmm... and I would love to see more of your awesome nail art talent! Maybe some tutorials?

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    1. Once i finally get this blog up and running I will most definitely try and include tutorials :)

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  47. Favorite color is EVERYTHING and FAV candy is anything gummy and chewy and love the blog keep up the good work ��

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  48. Fave color: blue, red and purple
    Fave candy: Milky Way Midnight
    I hear you do great nail art, so off I go to seek it out.

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    1. Thank you so much Gaby ♥ your comment just made my day. Once I get this blog up and running I will be posting regularly. Were you able to sign on to follow me?

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  49. Steps for beginners, cuticle care and clean up best products to use and best places to get them. Best of products.

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  50. I know that if u did tutorials with ur swatches and designs that they would be absolutely fab sister. U take amazing pics and u have amazing perfection and creativity which makes for amazing nails. The peoole need to know how u do it. Lol. Except for me cause I will be over this weekend to get mine hooked up. Ur blog is great sis and im so proud of u. I wilk be a loyal reader to ur blog. I love u!

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    1. Thank you soo much sis, you know I appreciate all of your support ♥♥♥ i will definitely be posting all of that once I can figure out how to work this darn site, lol. And as for this weekend, you know I got you ♡ Love you ♥♡♥

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  51. No text box came up for favprite color/candy. I like green & sour gummy worms or kit-kats. & i subscribes took me a while to get it lol. hope it went through.

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  52. Gosh I love nail polish! Love your giveaway. especially the penguin. I love penguins! I would love to see diy things if you could and nail polish designs. Wish you good luck with your blog! :) ill be following

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words and for following me, I truely appreciate it :) Once I get this blog up and running I will definitely include those things. And goodluck ♥

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  53. Blues and greens. I love anything gummy candy related! :)

    This giveaway is amazing! Thanks for sharing your polish passion with us!!!!

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  54. I'm a sucker for pretty indie swatches...I could see those all day and never tire!

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    1. Thank you so much for the kind words and for entering :) I am with you on the indie swatches, I could and have looked at them all day. Haha. I'm so excited to get this blog up and running so I can post swatches of my own. Were you able to sign on to follow me?

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  55. You have lovely swatches! My favorite colors are blues, teals, and greens but I love every color except yellow/ochre :) Is there any such thing as bad candy? Don't answer that it's entirely possible! I am particularly fond of dark chocolate :D

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  56. What an awesome giveaway! Thanks for all that you do! Hmm my fav candy? Anything fruity or gummy

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  57. Thanks for sharing your giveaway! I love owls and nailpolish too! I'm new at the indie polish game and love to see what's out there, that's how I found you. I love chocolate, especially with nuts, caramel or coconut. My fave colors are purple, teal, fuchsia.

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  58. Love me a reese cup my faves and color is blue :) love the blog thanks for the chance :)

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  59. for the extra goodies my fav color is pink or red and fav candy is peanut M&M'S
    this is an awesome give away. good luck to everyone who enters. thank you for this awesome giveaway :)

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  60. My favorite color is Pink / my favorite candy is Snickers! Love your polish, thx for contest opportunity.

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  61. Thank you for this amazing giveaway, I'm new at this nail community, and so far I'm loving it. I'm not sure if my entry went thru, it keeps buffering.. Will you let me know plz? @tiapatty_v86 or email pattyvalenzuela@ymail.com Oh and I love anything glittery!! ��

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  62. Yay!! Thank you so very much!!
    JoAnn!

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