How to win a $50 Urban Outfitters Gift Card

Polished & Pressed is giving away a $50 Urban Outfitters gift card to the best Personal Style entry on their fb page. Details below!

Criteria:
You must subscribe to all of the Sponsors hosting this contest.
Please click on the link below for each Facebook page.
Polished & Pressed
Blushing Ambers
The Yearbook Club

Directions:
1. Create a look that showcases your PERSONAL STYLE in either beauty, fashion or home decor.

2. Upload it to Youtube and

3.Share the link on the Polished & Pressed FB page.
(More than one entry is accepted.)
  
*All products and brands used MUST be listed either in the video or sidebar.

NOT INTO MAKING VIDEOS BUT STILL WANT TO WIN???
Blushing Ambers will be giving away 1 Swag bag filled with random goodies for the subscribers that do not make video responses but comment on each of the entries. The more videos you comment on the better your chances of winning. You MUST 'LIKE' all of the sponsors facebook pages to WIN.

Expiration date:
Videos must be entered by Midnight Central Standard time on December 15th, 2011. International applicants welcome!

If you are the Winner:
You will receive a $50 Urban Outfitters gift card. The winner will be announced Dec 16th.

Helpful Hints:
- The look must be an original one made for this contest, an old video or look will not be accepted.
- We have to see the face of the person entering to win
- Be creative and fun with it! They're much more fun to judge that way, LOL
- For ideas go to BlushingAmbers.com and PolishedandPressed.com (also visit their Tumblrs for inspiration)

What are you waiting for? Get your entries in! Tell all your friends!

Polished Ambers NOTD: Smush

In a previous NOTD post I told you I went crazy in Urban Outfitters and purchased as many nail polishes as my little hands could hold. Here are pics from one of my favorite summer trend colors, mint called Smush. At first I wasn't sure I could pull off such a light color, but after 2 coats I loved it. I do have to say that when this color starts to fade it doesn't look that great on me. So if I wear it, I'll have to keep it fresh or reapply in a few days.

Polished Amber's NOTD: Bandeau from Urban Outfitters Review

I love, love, love this vibrant dark purple nail polish (Bandeau) from from Urban Outfitters. The application goes on thick and I really only needed two coats to get the opaque look that I wanted. It was also a quick, semi matte dry finish. I recommend adding a glossy if you want more shine. I actually was pleased with the finish so I didn't add a clear coat. I've also bought 3 other colors so I knew if it chipped (which it hasn't in 3 days) I would just be painting the next color to give you readers swatches... I def suggest Urban Outfitters as a good nail polish brand along the scale of Zoya or Opi.

Polished Ambers!

The name Polished Ambers actually came from the African American cosmetic collection under Revlon headed by Creative Director Alfred Fornay.  It is the inspiration for starting Blushing Ambers, only the name "Polished makes me think of nail polish... With that said, the Polished Ambers label of this blog will refer to reviews of nail polishes that I like. (Just a little history to introduce the new label).

If you follow @BlushingAmbers on Twitter then you saw the retweet I sent out about the 50% off already sale items at the Evanston Urban Outfitters. (I tweet sales, giveaways and contests about fashion and beauty often)  Well, while standing at the register I happen to glance at the nail polish rack and grabbed two colors (Gray 4 and Nude 4) which I absolutely love!  Not only did the colors catch my eye, but the square containers did also.  Packaging and presentation are soooo important! I put on two coats and I was good to go. They are very matte (looks like the paint on walls) so adding a clear coat for shine is good too, but after a day or two there seemed to be a natural sheen.  The paint lasted about a week with no cracks or chips, but on the 6th day I did start to see the paint fading (again, no top clear coat was added).  I believe if I had added a top clear coat, this would have sealed the nail polish and it would have lasted a lot longer.  I would def recommend Urban Outfitters nail polishes.

Photo from: http://grayhood.com/?p=371

Photo from: http://grayhood.com/?p=371