First up is the list of finalists. We ended up choosing eight to go into a drawer to win prize one - Lynnderella's She Lived in a Swamp, Happy HoloDaze! and Gotta Love Brains.
I know I really don't need to say this but, there were a lot of excellent entries that I would love to single out for the creativity and skill but when I counted them up, there were at least another twenty that I would be doing that for, and that's on top of these here.
Please don't be disappointed if your nail art isn't here. You all did a great job, but we had to cut it down somehow. Some, even though not in the top eight, have really inspired me to create myself, so keep a lookout for those upcoming manis.
Next time I think I'm just doing all random draws cause it's just too hard to pick.
So here are our top eight, in no particular order.
Angela
Ev
Kittenpillar
Jme
Jelena
Grace
Rebecca
GorgeoisPig
And the winner, just chosen right then by random.org is...
WAIT FOR IT.
Congratulations Ev, please email me within 24 hours, or I'm going to randomly select another winner from the top eight.
Ladies in the top eight, congratulations - you all did exceptionally amazing, awesome and beautiful work. And you will all still be placed into either the Aussie or International random draw.
I'm gonna make you sweat on it another day to do the two random draws - because a) I've gotta wait to see if Ev contacts me in 24 hours, b) I'm just not organised enough tonight and c) this post is already long enough.
Finally, there was one special piece of nail art that we didn't put into the top eight, but we all decided deserves a prize. Any guy that makes an effort to do nail art in an effort to win his girlfriend some Lynnderella nail polish, deserves something. In this case, Andrew stuck fake model railway turf onto his nails and photographed it, thus making evidence which will allow his friends to give him endless amounts of crap forever. But Andrew, you can tell them it was all worth it, cause I have an extra spare bottle of a Lynnderella polish that I'm sending you.
Ladies in the top eight, congratulations - you all did exceptionally amazing, awesome and beautiful work. And you will all still be placed into either the Aussie or International random draw.
I'm gonna make you sweat on it another day to do the two random draws - because a) I've gotta wait to see if Ev contacts me in 24 hours, b) I'm just not organised enough tonight and c) this post is already long enough.
Finally, there was one special piece of nail art that we didn't put into the top eight, but we all decided deserves a prize. Any guy that makes an effort to do nail art in an effort to win his girlfriend some Lynnderella nail polish, deserves something. In this case, Andrew stuck fake model railway turf onto his nails and photographed it, thus making evidence which will allow his friends to give him endless amounts of crap forever. But Andrew, you can tell them it was all worth it, cause I have an extra spare bottle of a Lynnderella polish that I'm sending you.
Congrats to the top 8! I heartily concur with all of those being excellent! My favourite few are up there.
ReplyDeleteAnd yay for Ev! and yay for lawnfingerman! ♥
I must say I was so excited to see my design come up first when I loaded this page, these entries are all fantastic and while I'm a little bummed fate didn't pick me, Ev's were my favorite design of all the entries in the competition, a well deserved winner :) Angela
ReplyDeleteCongrats Ev. <3
ReplyDeleteI'm very proud that I'm in top 8 <3 even if my name is spelled wrong^^
So sorry, I think I fixed the spelling now.
DeleteI really didn't mind:)
DeleteThese are amazing! I'm stunned!
ReplyDeleteThese are all wonderful! And that bf is a keeper lol.
ReplyDeleteCongrats Ev and Andrew :)
ReplyDeleteMust admit I'm totally stunned to see mine here.
Now will Andrew be posting swatches of his Lynnderella to show us?
OMG. Your TARDIS nails are FANTASTIC! What fabric is that? And how did you do the design? Love it. =)
Delete6 is wonderful:)
ReplyDeleteOmg omg!! I hope this posts right from my phone, but thank you so much! Thank you Cathy and thank you everyone who liked my entry! Every single entry up there is so gorgeous and I'm so honoured to be part of it (especially together with my wonderful blogbuddy Jme!).
ReplyDeleteWow im thrilled to be among these crazy awesome entries! And congrats to Ev!
ReplyDeleteAAAAAAHHH, EV BB, THIS IS AMAZING! I'M SO EXCITED AND GLAD!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
ReplyDeleteAnd I just wanted to say...I just wanted to say that I'm grateful to Andrew Garfield's arse, for getting the Spider-man mani into the top eight. *wipes tear* This is a moving moment... :P
Also, congrats to Andrew too! It was a really sweet and interesting thing he did!
There really were a lot of great art in this contest. I don't know how you picked!
ReplyDeletecongrats ev!! your mani is really gorgeous - do you happen to have a tutorial for this nail art? :D
ReplyDeleteall the other manis are awesome too! glad to see the red cabbage and blue frogs in the top 8 :p goes to show that nail art can be inspired by anything, really!!
and yes, i agree with rebecca - i'd love to see andrew's swatches of the lynnderella too :p but without any grass sticking around, this time!
Hiya unknown! I'm glad you like it! I put up a breakdown of my entry with process photos on my blog (plisherrific.blogspot.com) last week if that helps! =)
DeleteAll of these Manis are amazing!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the winner!! I love the Spiderman nails though!!
ReplyDeleteThat's an absolute delight to hear! :D
DeleteSo glad to see most of my favourites in this top 8! :) Congratulations Ev!!
ReplyDeletecongrats to the top eight. i really do wish i will be as good as you guys some day!!! i loved ALL the nails!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the winner and to everyone who participated.
ReplyDeleteKitties and her judges must have had a terrible time sorting through so much talent and inspiration. Not just these top 8 but all those others. The entire competition has been a showcase of creativity.
I really liked Ev's mani. I'm happy she won. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm flattered that mine was even in the top 8. It was really fun to do, so thank you!
Nicole here, Andrew's girlfriend.
ReplyDeleteHe's a good boy! I got sick and couldn't muster up the energy to make some nail art - little did I know my lovely boy was slaving away with a tub of fake grass and OPI Greenwich Village he stole off me for undies.
His reward - I'll give him a full Lynn mani. I'm sure he'll be so pleased. =P
Thanks so much Cathy! This competition has been super fun to watch and even better now that I'm getting an exciting prize!
Fantastic work by all the ladies and congrats to the finalists - such a tough choice!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats guys !! Very nice designs.
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Omg is that a tardis stamp or free hand? Can we get some info on that?
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