Blogger ABC's

Hellooo!

I've been reading this tag from a lot of bloggers and decided I'd give it a go. I wasn't tagged or anything, just wanted to do it! Warning: I like giving long-ish answers!

A. Age: 20

B. Bed size: Queen at home (wish it were a full so I'd have more room), Twin XL at school.

C. Chore you hate: Making the bed is the worst, but all of them unless I'm suddenly in the mood to clean.

D. Day: Hm...Saturday?

E. Essential start to your day: Putting in my contacts. I'm half-asleep until I put them in.

F. Favourite colour: Light Green and Purple. They're tied =P

G. Gold or Silver: Silver, but I think I look better in gold.

H. Height: 5'7" or 170cm for my international ladies. Yes, I googled that conversion.

I. Instruments: I played the clarinet in elementary and middle school...and I sing, so, voice?

J. Job title: Undergraduate Teaching Assistant. In other words, I tutor people in Chemistry.

K. Kids: Definitely someday, but none right now.

L. Live: New Jersey.

M. Mum’s name: JoAnna. Take away the 'o' and you get....

N. Nicknames: Jan, Jannabanana (lol), and a friend at school started calling me "Meeps" because I say "Meep!" a lot, as a term of excitement, fear, frustration, or any other emotion =P

O. Overnight hospital stays: None, knock on wood.

P. Pet peeve: Hmmmmm, I hate people who are cocky or brag to other people. Oh, and incorrect grammar. Come on, people!

Q. Quote from a movie: off the top of my head..."And I was like, 'EMILIOOOOOOO'"! (Name that film!)

R. Right or left handed: Right.

S. Siblings: One "little" sister who is 18.

T. Time you wake up: It varies, but lately I've been sleeping past noon =\

U. Underwear: Sure?

V. Vegetables you dislike: Peas and celery, just to name a few.

W. What makes you run late: My hair/makeup =P or just plain oversleeping and/or turning off the alarm in my sleep.

X. X-Rays you’ve had: None, again, knock on wood.

Y. Yummy food you make: Well I don't really cook, but I can make this taco dip, and....mac and cheese out of a box? Toast?

Z. Zoo: Not the biggest fan, but I saw one blogger mention that she prefers aquariums, and I have to agree!

Please, do this tag if you haven't already! It was a lot of fun. Leave a link in the comments if you do! As always, feel free to leave any questions or comments in the box below =]

Thanks for reading,
Janna

It's Wednesday!

And for the first time ever, that means I'm wearing pink!

For those of you who don't know, a bunch of bloggers have decided that "on Wednesday, we wear pink!" which is a nod to the ridiculously-quotable movie Mean Girls. Check out http://onwednesdayswewearpink.com/ if you're interested in joining!

Now, I don't know if I can participate every week, but I'm gonna try! Pinks once a week might be too much for me =P

Here's a mani that's mostly pink. This is Sephora by OPI Who Let the Dorks Out? topped with two coats of Jesse's Girl Confetti to turn up the purple sparkle, and then finally topped with one coat of China Glaze Broken Hearted and top coat.










Here are some bonus pictures of WLTDO and Jesse's Girl. Look how awesome the purple is! WLTDO is shown alone HERE.







Thanks for reading!

Janna

150 Followers!

Well actually, 151 at the moment =D

I just wanted to say a quick thank you to all of you. More posts to come tomorrow and more often since I have literally NOTHING to do in my life until July. Sad, right?

PLEASEE don't forget to enter my Long Overdue Giveaway! It's open until June 23rd, so there's plenty of time. I only have 4 entrants right now though, and I'd love to have more! I've also decided that everyone who enters my giveaway that has a blog will be put on my blogroll, which doesn't exist yet, but will after the giveaway closes.

A HUUUUGE THANK YOU again to all of you!

Janna<3

Clever and Colorful's "Long Overdue Giveaway!" - Closed

Hello!    **This giveaway is now closed. Thank you!**

Yes, you read correctly - I'm FINALLY having a giveaway! And I'm so so excited! I know I don't post very often at all, but I'm always thankful for all of my followers and every little comment I receive.

This giveaway will be combined for my birthday, which was April 23rd, for having 150 followers (at the moment I have 144), and for my first year blog-o-versary, which is July 22nd, when I'll be in Spain for study abroad.

Here's what's up for grabs!








A bottle of OPI Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous from the Fall 2010 Swiss Collection! Swatched HERE.



Confetti My Favorite Martian! Shown layered HERE.


Sephora by OPI Mash Up from their Glee collection! Swatched HERE.



Sally Hansen's Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips in Skinny Jeans!


A set of Kiss Nail Decals and Rhinestones!




Rules:

1) This giveaway is open to U.S. followers only. Sorry international beauties!

2) The giveaway will close on June 23, 2011 at midnight, 'cause I like the number 23. If it's still June 23rd somewhere in the world, you can enter.

3) In the form, please input your GFC follower name and your email address.

4) Extra entries will be given if you:
a) Follow Me on Twitter! @cleverncolorful
b) Tweet about this giveaway and mention me in the tweet!
c) Create a blog post about this giveaway! (Sidebar counts)
d) Tell me your favorite manicure that I have done!
e) Comment on one of my posts!

EDIT: Additionally, every blogger that enters my giveaway will be put on my blogroll, which does not exist yet, so please enter your blog address in the form! I love to find new blogs to follow, too!

That's it! This is my first giveaway and definitely not the last =] Thanks to all of my followers for making this an awesome journey!

Sephora by OPI - Glee Collection

Hey everyone!

Back in February, I entered the Sephora Hide and Go Gleek contest on Twitter, where Sephora tweeted a Glee trivia question after the episode finished on Tuesday, February 8th and I was the second person to answer! I won the ENTIRE collection - 7 full size bottles, the mini bottle set, and three sets of polish stickers. I was so excited!

Since season 2 is ending tonight (SAD), I figured this would be an awesome time to post it. Here are some pictures and swatches =]















I'm gonna start off with the mini set exclusives. I let my sister swatch these =]

First up is Sue vs. Shue, a deep navy blue shimmer. Not unique but still pretty.






Next up is Express Yourself to Yourself. Weird name...Madonna reference I guess? Makes sense since there was a Madonna episode, but not too sure about the "too yourself" part. This was AWFUL to photograph, and sorry for the crappy shots. This is like a pink-leaning coral jelly with shimmer in it. Four coats and still VNL.







Finally for the miniset exclusives, we have Celibacy Club, which is a weird name choice for this holo glitter topper. Nothing to unique about this, comparable to ChG Fairy Dust and the like. In my opinion, not opaque enough to wear on its own.

One Coat:




Three Coats:


Now for the others.

First up out of the big bottles, lol, is Mash Up. This is 3 coats, dried quickly. Silver/green/lavender multichrome, similar I suppose to Wet and Wild's Grey's Anatomy and OPI Not Like the Movies, and maybe even Lippmann's Wicked Game I assume, even though I don't have those ones to compare. This one also has silver microglitter. Very pretty.











Yes, I needed 5 pictures of it. And this one may be featured on an upcoming giveaway HINT.

Next up, Diva-in-Training. This is 3 coats, and could serve as the Pantone Color of the Year, honeysuckle, but it might not look like it because it was difficult for me to photograph. It stained a tiny bit. I liked this one, and actually don't have anything like it.









Now we have Slushied. This one is also featured in the mini set. It's a blue cream, looks like a darker version of that cotton candy blue color. I loved this one =] Two coats and didn't stain!





Up next is Hell to the No. Isn't that a great name?! This is a very warm purple with gold shimmer. GORGEOUS. My favorite one in the collection. This is 3 thin coats.









This one is Gleek Out, also featured in the mini set as well. This one is four coats, still VNL. I'd call it a lime green/chartreuse glass fleck shimmer. Very pretty but very sheer.





This is Miss Bossy Pants, also featured in the mini set. My full size bottle is on backorder, so for this I swatched the mini bottle. This is four coats, still VNL. I think I must do really thin coats cause I don't know why all of these are so sheer. Bottom pictures have one coat of Celibacy Club on the ring finger. MBP is a fuschia shimmer.









Finallyyyyy, we have Who Let the Dorks Out? I was gonna swatch this one last, but then I decided to make it my NOTD, cause it's awesome. This is a teal polish, with blue and purple flashes. LOVE. Four coats. Must try this over black.









Can you spot the purple? Also, FYI, I topped this mani with a coat of Jessie's Girl Confetti, to amp up the purple sparkle, and it's AMAZING.

What do you think? Do you own any of these? Are you a gLeek?! Will you be watching tonight?! Let me know!!

Thanks so much for reading,
Janna