Caroline Burke | Burkatron

I never fail to get excited by the latest batch of models own polishes.. their colours are super snazzy and they're always coming up with fun new finishes and textures. 

I've got my mitts on some of their newbies and these metallic and glitter gels are the perfect polishes for the upcoming party season. 

so I decided to throw a little giveaway, huzzah! it's been a while since my last one right? I figured these would be a cool gift for one of you- a little thank you for sticking around, you guys rock.

first up we have the glitter gel polishes- these are a twist on their hyper gel ranges. with the glitter gels you get the nice raised finish of a gel mani but way better (cause it glitter.) 

my favourite shades are the gold tone sheer sparkle and the crystal pink with it's teeny flecks of glitter for the ultimate princess finish!

and then we have my faves.. the colour chrome liquid metal effect polishes. you may remember I reviewed some shades before here. well I have a new batch here and the copper and pearl shades look pretty darn dreamy...

so if you would like to get hold of these 10 beauties.. pop below and enter the rafflecopter draw!

I'll be moderating the entries so please make sure you follow the requirements. this is a UK only competition this time (sorry our postmen don't like us to send these overseas grrr)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

good luck!

caroline x

valentines is like marmite, I love it but some people hate it!

scoop hem dress: c/o hush

hat: topshop

satchel: cambridge satchel co

sandals: c/o hush

gah I'm so excited about today's post! 

hush have just released their SS14 range and the first thing I saw and loved was this breton stripe scoop hem dress. I'm a sucker for breton stripes (I blame miss chung for my obsession) they're so simple and classic and this dress is one I'll wear over and over again as it's easy peasy to thrown on with a denim jacket and pumps. I also liked the clean lines of these sandals although I'll have to wait a little while longer until it's warm enough to wear them properly.. I'm literally already counting down the weeks until it's officially shorts weather again! 

as much as I'm mclovin my new additions the reason I'm so excited is actually because hush have kindly let me pick out a £200 wishlist for one of you to win... YIPPEE!!!!

I hope you like the items I've picked out for you! after a lot of hmmm-ing and ahhhh-ing I eventually went for the stripe dress I'm wearing above, a snazzy pair of gold perforated slip on shoes, a cute star print sweater and finished up with a wardrobe essential -some black leggings to take the total up to a whopping £200! 

the dresses at little mistress are unbelievably pretty so when they asked if I'd like to hold a giveaway so one of you could win a slinky little number I said yes.. some decisions are just too easy!

You may remember I wore one of their bodycon midi's in a post recently but they have oodles of curve hugging, lace skimming & sequin lovin' dresses on offer (perfect night out attire) 

I've picked out a few of my faves pictured here... hello gorgeousness!

so without further ado here's the fun part!

things to note:

hello guys! 

today I have some geometric nail art that I've created using some polishes from nailgirls! I also have a little giveaway for you hurrah!

nailgirls kindly asked if I'd like to be their nail art blogger of the month and create a nail art for them, they've also offered some polishes for you guys to win too... (pop down to the end of the post if you want to enter!)

the formula of the polishes is really good, I've always found yellow a difficult polish and this is the best one I've tried to date, the coral formula is fantastic needing practically 1 coat for full coverage (wowza!)

I added some studs and a slick of topcoat to finish off the design!

so onto the fun part the GIVEAWAY!!

we have two nail polishes and a nailgirls top coat up for grabs and the winner gets to choose which colours they receive!

this giveaway is for burkatron followers in the UK only due to new postal restrictions on sending polishes overseas!

simply enter through the rafflecopter box below and follow the entry requirements... good luck ladies!!

occasionally something crops up that brings a big cheesy smile to my face; I'm not talking about a delivery from the postman or the latest beauty launch (well not today anyway) but something rather more special.

I was lucky enough to be a part of a beautiful project recently. the toyota postive campaign is a movement that uses the new toyota prius plug in hybrid to spread a little happiness and hopefully inspire others to come up with their own ways to do the same.

my positive story was to set up a vintage pop up shop in shoreditch and give away free vintage clothes, yes that's right, FREE CLOTHES!!! I was in actual heaven and my inner girl scout was rather happy too.

I can't begin to describe how much fun it was to surprise people and watch the reactions of passers by when they realised we were handing out clothing for no other reason than to make them smile!

we had so many beautiful clothes all hand picked and sourced for their bright colours! we had a huge range of hats, bags and accessories as well as clothing.

we wanted to surprise passers by and boxpark in shoreditch was a brilliant venue for my pop up shop!

I'm not going to lie it was damn hard to part with all the beautiful knitwear but seeing peoples excitement was just the encouragement I needed to hand them over! 

the crew spent the day filming to document my story; mine is one of a range of positive ideas and each one has been turned into a docu ad to help spread the word and inspire people to do something positive in their community.

forgive me for being a mega geek but I just had to get a shot with the take board!

one of my favourite parts of the event was photographing all the lovely people to keep a record of the day! we also gave a polaroid to every customer to remind them of our positive movement long after it had finished. 

and here's the story of my day on film.... eeeep! 

well I've finally got round to sharing my giveaway (about time!)

I wanted to organise one when I reached 800 followers (BIG thank you!!) but I decided to wait as I thought it would be nice to buy some things when I was in NYC and make it a bit more special.

I just wanted to do something to thank you for all of your support and for being so damn lovely! every like, retweet and comment on my posts never fails to surprise me and make me smile! the fact that anyone takes the time out to comment or contact me is the most wonderful feeling so thank you all again.. 

so without further ado here's whats included in the giveaway...

you may remember seeing a big apothecary cabinet full of nail polishes on my instagram; well I couldn't resist raiding it to get some bright colours for you! I prefer the American urban outfitters bottle shapes to the ones we have in the UK so I grabbed quite a few! these are bandeau, hot tub & flip flop.

lemon drop is a scented top coat; I've never seen anything like this! it smells of lemon but dries clear like a normal top coat (I thought it was pretty fun!)

I picked these up from kukee when I got home as I wanted to add a few little extra trinkets. a simple double above the knuckle ring and a druzy ring for something a little different. 

I was nearly charged with excess luggage sneaking back bags of American candy! I've always been a bit obsessed with Americana so I've included a selection of some of their well known chocolates and a big new york mug for you too.

some more kukee jewels, this time some pretty necklaces for the spring. 

this glitter polish called lollipop is actually my favourite at the moment! I have one and its a perfect mix of chunky and fine multicoloured glitter! the oyster polish is really gorgeous; you can use it over colours or by itself for a mother of pearl finish. super cute.

well I couldn't not get a NY tee! 

one of my all time favourite summer tees with a pair of denim cut-offs I wanted to bring one back for this giveaway (size medium)

I love American apparel neon polishes; I saw this bright blue and had to have it. definitely a summer colour for statement nails!

well I hope you like what I've included! 

you must be a follower of burkatron on bloglovin' and GFC to enter (since it's a follower thank you!) 

(if you're already following on GFC just write 'following' in the entry box for me to moderate) 

...that's it, easy peasy!

you can also earn extra entries by following me on twitter/facebook and I'll be posting about the winner on them both so stay tuned! (please note it's just the items I've listed below that are included! due to the weight this giveaway is UK entries only this time)