Vote for Nail Polish Canada to Win Best E-Tailer!

Big news! My most favorite Canadian nail polish online store has made it to the finals of Canada Post's E-Commerce Innovations Awards. Can I get a woot woot!? I have purchased quite a few polishes from them already so when I received an e-mail from Joy asking if I could share a press release with my readers, I was more than happy to help!

See, they need our votes to win the coveted title of Consumer Champion, which is the best e-commerce company in Canada. And, as a thank you, they're offering prizes for those who vote for them and 2 huge prizes (24 bottles of Enchanted nail polish and a $1000 shopping spree on their website) if they win the contest! Check out the details below and don't forget to vote guys!

For immediate release:

Nail Polish Canada (almost) the best e-tailer in Canada

NailPolishCanada.com is close to being named the best e-commerce company in Canada as part of Canada Post’s E-Commerce Awards and needs your help.

NailPolishCanada.com was selected as a finalist for best e-tailers in Canada by a panel of judges including executives at Facebook and Google (So yes Dad, nail polish is a “thing”!).

As for who will be crowned the Consumer Champion it now comes down to a vote

“It’s been thrilling to work with so many great customers and bloggers over the past few years. So thank-you all for building NailPolishCanada.com into a company worthy of such an honor. Sam even teared up a little bit as he wrote this sentence pretending to be me.” - Nikki, VP Glitter.

To encourage everybody to show their support and vote, NailPolishCanada.com is offering up to $2000 in prizes!

How it works

Vote for NPC

You can vote every day. Voting runs from August 28th to September 20th 12:00PM.

You must record your vote to enter & win at Nail Polish Canada’s vote page here.

Voting & prizes are open to Canadian and U.S. residents.

Daily Draw

There is a daily thank-you draw for everybody who voted that day for awesome prizes!

Bonus: If Nail Polish Canada Wins the Vote

This is the kicker, if NailPolishCanada.com wins Consumer Champion then we’re having a huge giveaway with two winners!

Grand Prize #1: 24 bottles of Enchanted Nail Polish

Grand Prize #2: $1000 shopping spree at Nail Polish Canada

Both prizes are awarded separately and every day you voted for us as Consumer Champion is one entry to win.

Prizes are only open to Canadian and U.S. residents. Seehttp://www.nailpolishcanada.com/vote for full details.

For further info please contact joy@nailpolishcanada.com  (she's very nice...I swear!) 

China Glaze Real Nail Polish Appliqués/Auto-collants pour Ongles - Seeing Stripes

Today I have something fun from Nail Polish Canada to show you. China Glaze Nail Apps. This is the design I had the chance to try, called Seeing Stripes in Blue.

Aujourd'hui, je vous présente quelque chose de pas mal cool du site Nail Polish Canada (à noter: pas de versant en français sur le site mais il est tout de même très facile à naviguer). Le design que j'ai eu la chance d'essayer s'appelle ''Seeing Stripes-Bleu''.

Made from real nail lacquer China Glaze nail apps combine the ease of a decal with the beauty and art of a salon manicure. Each pack contains 16 pieces and is good for one application with a few leftover pieces to account of varying nail sizes.

Fait de véritable vernis China Glaze, les auto-collants combinent la facilité d'application d'un décalque avec la beauté et l'art d'une manucure de salon. Chaque paquet contient 16 bandes auto-collantes (1 application avec quelques auto-collants en extra pour offrir un plus grand choix de grandeurs dans l'emballage).

 

SRP $11.00

The package contains the nail polish strips, one nail files, one rosewood stick and an instruction booklet. 

Even though the information provided were complete and clear, I still had some difficulties applying these (or maybe I just wasn't caffeinated enough!?). Just press on, and file off the excess. Then apply a top coat. 

L'emballage contient les bandes auto-collantes, une lime à ongle, un repousse-cuticules en bois de rose et un livret d'instructions. Bien que les instructions étant bien détaillées et complètes, j'ai tout de même eu de la difficulté à appliquer les ''Nail Apps'' de China Glaze (ou peut-être que je n'avais pas assez bu de café?!). Méthode d'application assez simple pourtant: Appliquer sur l'ongle et limer ce qui dépasse au bout de l'ongle. Ensuite, une couche de top coat.

Ta da! Here's the result/Voilà le résultat:

Small problem I encountered, and you can see it on the pic above, is that the strips pulled back a little after a few minutes (see pinky finger where it's more apparent). My advice: don't pull too much on the strips when applying them. Simply press onto the nail and smooth out toward the edges.

Un petit problème que j'ai rencontré, et vous pouvez le voir sur la photo ci-dessus; les bandes auto-collantes ont ''refoulées'' au bout de l'ongle un peu (voir mon petit doigt où c'est plus apparent. Mon conseil: ne pas trop tirer en appliquant les bandes. Il suffit de coller les bandes et de bien lisser l'auto-collant pour éviter les plis et/ou bulles d'air.


Final thoughts:
These were really fun! I love the design as it's not something I could have done with nail polish only. At $11.00 for one use, I do find them to be on the pricey side a little. Also, why include 16 strips? Granted, different nail sizes are included, but I would rather have the option to purchase a kit for small nail beds (or medium or wide nail beds, you get the point) that would include 20 nail strips and pay a few more dollars (15$ for 20 strips so you get to have two tries out of one package)? Something to think about China Glaze!

Mot final:
Je les trouve vraiment amusantes et le design n'est pas quelque chose que j'aurais pû faire à main levée avec des vernis à ongles. Mais, je trouve que 11.00$ pour un usage unique est un peu cher. Et pourquoi inclure 16 bandes?? Oui, avoir l'option de plusieurs grandeurs pour assurer un bon ''fit'' est bien mais dans ce cas, pourquoi ne pas offrir l'emballage en différentes grandeurs (pour petits ongles, moyens ou ongles plus larges?) et inclure non pas 16 mais 20 bandes? Dans ce cas, on en aurait pour deux manucures. Au lieu de payer 11$, on monte le prix à 15$. Juste une petite suggestion China Glaze! ;)

Thanks Nail Polish Canada for sending these over! I really like how they turned out. ;)
Un grand merci à Nail Polish Canada de m'avoir envoyé le design ''Seeing Stripes''. Ils sont jolis non?