Giveaway: Miu Miu Noir Catwalk Sunglasses

I'm on vacation in California for the next week, but I'm super excited to announce that while I'm gone, I am doing a giveaway of Miu Miu's Noir Catwalk sunglasses! These glittery shades have been on the catwalk, all over editors, on your favorite bloggers and now on you. I've picked out my favorite color, grey glitter (!), to give away to one lucky reader with Smart Buy Glasses, who have a ton of great designer frames on discount.

To enter you need to do the following:
1. Follow @SmartBuyGlasses on Twitter
2. Like Smart Buy Glasses on Facebook
3. Sign up for their newsletter
4. Let me know how you'll wear the shades in a comment below (please make sure to leave a way for me to contact you--email, Twitter or blog link)
5. Tweet @ebmonson and @SmartBuyGlasses how you'll wear your shades!

I will pick one winner one week from today (on Monday, April 9) via random number generator. Best of luck!

**UPDATE: I am extending the contest one additional week. Winners will be drawn on Monday, April 16

**UPDATE: Shahneela is the winner! I will be contacting her shortly. Thanks to everyone for entering!

Miu Miu Glitter Bootie-Inspired Nails

Miu Miu officially takes the cake as the brand most imitated on my nails. This is my fourth iteration of Miu Miu nails, but take a look at 1, 2 and 3 to see how just far these posts have come. This time around I decided to take on the shoe of the moment, Miu Miu's glitter booties. For the glitter base I used Chanel's "Holographic" which is probably my only nail polish with a story. It was only available for sale in Europe and I bought it with a voucher from a very upsetting canceled flight from Venice to Copenhagen while I was studying abroad. I used a the nail polish brush to paint a pink tip and a fine paint brush to paint a thinner "X" for the ankle strap. After an even finer black outline and a shiny topcoat, I was done.

All photos by Mark Iantosca. View even more here.

Floral Minx Nails: Miu Miu Fall 2011 Edition

I've been dying to try Minx nails ever since they hit the mainstream. Luckily, I have a guy who gets my obsession with nails and he treated me to a set a few weekends ago. Considering that I am horrifically indecisive, it didn't take me long to choose this red floral print. The louder the better with this sort of thing, right? While Connie said it reminded her of those bad Hawaiian print shirts from the '90s, I had more of a Miu Miu Fall 2011 vibe in my head. A girl can dream.

Photos via Mark Iantosca and Vogue.com