Piggy Paint Review & GIVEAWAY!

Who doesn’t love great looking nails?! Some people go to a lot of time, effort and money to ensure their nails are in top form – I am not one of those people, at least not exactly. I have never been a fan of bold nail polish BUT when it comes time to don sandals I sing a different story! Like my love of jewelry, my coloured toes have totally enticed all three of my girls!

When WE were given the opportunity to test-drive Piggy Paint I knew it would be a great match for us (AND many of you!)! I had heard of Piggy Paint first from another Mom at my daughters’ gymnastics class – and we all know the value of another mom’s word! Ha!

Piggy Paint is

• Non-toxic
• Odorless
• Kid-friendly
• Specially Formulated with Natural Ingredients
• Hypoallergenic
• Water-based
• Durable

No wonder they say, “Natural as Mud”!

It was founded by a Mom – Melanie Hurley (gotta love Mom founded businesses!) who discovered the harshness of ‘regular’ solvent-based polish when it dripped on a foam plate and actually ATE through it!

I have admittedly painted my daughters’ nails a number of times with the solvent-based traditional polishes. They had always complained about the ‘stink’ and it was because of this that we often did it outside. Here is a sneak peak at the girls’ “collection”.

We were sent this fantastic bold purple colour named “Girls Rule” (so apporpiraite for my house!) and remover to try out.

Immediately Miss H noticed that it didn’t ‘stink’ while Miss A was amazed at just how quickly this “new stuff” dried – I’m sure many of you can appreciate this feature! It applied just as nicely as any polish. We applied 2 thin coats and found that it held up pretty good!

Although there are only 2 sets of toes in the pic I also painted my toenails and my 2 year olds’ without a second thought!

When it came time to remove the polish I found it a little difficult to remove completely BUT I will say the remover had virtually NO smell! We didn’t need to do it outside!

Piggy Paint comes in a variety of colours from bold to subtle which will definitely suit everyone! They have even launched a new line of colours titled “Project Earth” geared towards young ladies!

BUY IT!

Piggy Paint has offered all Take A Mom’s Word For It readers a 10% discount on ALL products (including sale items) until September 7, 2010!! Just enter coupon code MOMSWORD10L

I am personally going to take advantage of this deal!

WIN IT!

Win a $15 GC to spend on Piggy Paint products!!

Mandatory Entry

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Visit Piggy Paint and look at all the fun colours. Choose 2 colours you love and then come back here and tell me what they are.

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“Win a $15 GC for @piggypaint Polish that’s as Natural as Mud on @amomsword http://tiny.cc/0lhhm ends 8/13 #giveaway #win #natural"

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Good luck to everyone! Open to Canada & US only.

Giveaway ends August 13, 2010

Disclosure: I received one polish and one bottle of polish remover for review purposes. No other compensation was received. All opinions are my own.