Beach Blanket Bingo! Kiss & Dashing Diva Beauty Giveaway

Confession: I’m really horrible about pampering myself and treating myself (and my body!) the way it deserves to be treated.

I could count the number of manicures & massages I’ve gotten on one hand and pedicure is not a word in my vocabulary.  Since moving to Indiana, it’s only gotten worse, and I’ve kind of let myself go (based on my old standards).

Because of this, I kind of jumped at the opportunity to do a beauty giveaway on Dramatis Personae.  I advocate practicing what I preach, so to lecture on & on about beauty when it’s not my top priority makes for a bit of a bad Ashe.

This weekend I made it a priority.

I received an intense package filled with Kiss manicure & pedicure products, along with four Dashing Diva nail polishes.  Originally I kind of expected samples of frou frou girly mani & pedi sets, designed for girl’s night in.  So imagine my surprise when I received great kits of professional quality mani & pedicure tools.  I spent Saturday night lounging in the tub while I scrubbed, clipped, and primped my fingers and toes in to top condition (or the top that I could do).  Sunday morning I spent painting those same fingers and toes with Dashing Diva’s “Well Connected” (the palest pink) and “I’ll Pink to That!” (the bright pink).

While I love brightly colored toe nails, I tend not to wear nail polish as much.  Mostly because I use my hands a lot and within days it is chipped and I’m peeling away at the rest of it.  I layered “Well Connected” on my fingers, thinking if the polish chips easily, then no one will notice.   Imagine my surprise that: it goes on so smooth and evenly, and it dries really, really quickly.  I’m further surprised later that afternoon: while I’m using wire cutters, hot glue, and tweezers, my skin comes off (with the hot glue), but my nail polish doesn’t.  Nor does it even scratch with the menagerie of wires I’m struggling to cut through.

I’m seriously impressed. (And seriously jonesing for the Box Seats, Mulberry Drive,  & NYPD Blue polishes.)

I passed along the French Tip kit to my girl friend, Jenny, who is much more inclined to wear French Tip styled nails than I am (we both agreed it would be strange to see me in them, as it would be strange to see her in blue polish).  She put them on Sunday, and they look so lovely!  She said it was relatively easy, and with the exception of being a bit messy with the glue, she’s quite happy with how they came out.

Time for a Giveaway!

The lovely ladies who sent me these great goodies want to send the same products to five of you.

All you have to do is leave me a comment with the following:
What is your favorite way to pamper yourself, and treat your body good, after a long, cold winter?

The 5 winners will be chose at random on April 19th.  Unfortunately, it is only open to residents of the U.S. Please make sure to leave me a valid email address to reach you, as well!

Consider it the new and improved Mischievous way– let’s sweep out sad winter fingers & toes and make them ready for sun & surf!