Wondrously Polished: earth day

Monday, April 22, 2013

Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day!! For another hour and ten minutes at least ;) Today's theme for the April Nail Art Challenge is in fact Earth Day. I was really excited about doing something for today because I really do love this planet. It's pretty amazing what we have available to us in nature and all to often I am awestruck by the vastness of it all.

I wanted to do something that showed my love of this planet while also portraying part of the beauty of it. I did an homage to what earth looks like from space (the ocean and the continents) and put a little bit of a spin on their shape...and number ;)

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Zoya's Earth Day Nail Polish Exchange

Hiya everyone! I wanted to share a really awesome offer with you all. It's possible you've seen this floating around the internet already, but the lovely folks over at Zoya are holding an awesome Earth Day Nail Polish Exchange Promotion!

So what is this promo about?? Well, the idea is to get rid of your old polishes that are not Big 5-Free. The "Big 5" refers to the chemicals used to make the polish - Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin, Toluene, DBP and Camphor - and they are all around yucky for the planet (and you!). Since Earth Day is tomorrow, Zoya (whose polishes are all Big 5-Free) is offering 50% OFF your ENTIRE purchase through April 26th!

Their only request? That you send them back some of your old polishes that aren't Big 5-Free so that they may dispose of them in the proper way. The exchange process is done entirely on the honor system. From their website:

To clarify the exchange: You do not have to send us the exact amount of bottles that you are ordering. You can send any quantity up to that amount. You can also donate. If you decide you don't want to do either, it's ok "Offer is not contingent on customer returning polish" - we will still love you and will ship the Zoya polishes... we'll just send you on a guilt trip for a while :)

I think this is such an amazing idea and so great to see a company caring about the environment just a little bit ;)

If you haven't made an account or purchased from Zoya before, I have a code that can get you a bottle for free! I've mentioned their Share the Love Program before, but it's worth mentioning again. Basically, if you follow the link below and make a new account, you'll find a coupon code for one free polish! Pretty awesome if you ask me :)