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I don’t know why I’m so fixated on China Glaze Hey Sailor lately. I think it’s partially because I purchased this last year during one of my first Victoria Nail Supply purchases (in which I also got my first neon polish and OPI Movin’ Out), and I hadn’t worn it since. I’ve been trying to find something other than nail art to use it. Or maybe I recently rekindled my love for Horatio Hornblower. Either way, it just had to be worn!

This is two coats of ChG Hey Sailor, and one coat of Lynnderella One Nutty Fruitcake. I definitely could have gotten away with one coat of the base color, but I suppose I just like wearing two. It’s a habit of mine. For some reason, it looks a little more orange than it should in these photos.

I hadn’t worn this red before because it’s pretty loud. It’s a bright, nautical red that you’ll find in striped shirts and bandanas. And maybe fresh paint on a 74-gun frigate. It’s bright, but not neon bright, though. Additionally, what’s nice about ONF is that the bright blue shimmer still manages to stand out.

It is soooooo shiny with Gelous over it. Application was great on both; Hey Sailor wasn’t too thick or too runny, and ONF’s application was super smooth & reminded me of Lovey Dovey. The smaller glitter polishes from Lynn go on much smoother, and you don’t need to glob on a large drop of polish to get a bunch of glitter onto your nail.

This was always a recommended combination by friends and fellow nail boarders on MUA. I never thought they would go together because colorful glitters like ONF and The Glittering Crowd just stand out so well against black. I am glad I left my comfort zone to try this one out. :)

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I’m not exactly saving the best for last (Boy-Girl Party is my well-known favorite), but this is one of my other favorites from Lynnderella’s latest collection.

This is one coat of Matter of the Heart over two coats of Essie Demure Vixen. This is such an adorable glitter with squares, hexes, and HEARTS! I am a sucker for hearts & other odd-shaped glitter in my polish.

This looks so soft and girly. I love it. Even though Demure Vixen is a lighter pink, it’s dusty and not bubblegum pink to make it too girly.

The size of the glitters made it difficult to just brush on, so I glopped a few pieces of glitter onto my nail and spread it around. I wish I had gotten another heart, but I didn’t. :( Hearts are always so elusive!

There’s a lovely subtle shimmer to this, which I hope you can see in these last two photos!

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Lynnderella: Llarowe

Well, that’s the last of the new Lynnderellas. I can’t believe I started at the beginning of February showing these all to you! I wanted to feature each polish one by one; they were made with love and are incredibly special. I hope I have been able to influence your past, present, and future Lynn purchases as well!

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Happy Monday! This week, I have the last two colors from Lynnderella’s Lovely Is As Lovely Does collection, plus a special surprise on Friday. Next week, I’ve set aside the whole week for the three polishes I pre-ordered from The Legend! One of the posts may or may not include another Homestar Runner guest host. :)

This is one coat of Love, Lace, & Lilacs over OPI DS Magic. I’m glad these bar glitters weren’t from another batch of bad curlies. No clipping necessary! I love the different sizes of white glitter.

I know that a lot of people have used LL&L over Essie Marshmallow; after all, white glitters always seem to look good over a white jelly. However, I like the contrast of this over a darker blue. I do wonder, though…imagine the power of two white glitters over a white jelly! This calls for a future experiment. :D

I couldn’t help but think of the Toronto Maple Leafs when I wore this. It is the end of February, after all, and I definitely have Stanley Cup playoffs on the brainzo. If I try really hard though, this also looks like falling snow on a glittering wintry night.

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Lynnderella: Llarowe

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ZOMG HI! I’m almost done with Lynn’s newest collection, and I feel weird not being able to show you any more after I’m done…but I’ll get by! I’m sure you guys are dying to see some other stuff, anyway. :P I think I have two more after this, and then I can show you some of the newest OPI Hollands, and even the new a-englands that I’ve been dying to wear! I also have new NerdLacquers & Lacquistry polishes coming to me soon! Yay! More nail polish!

This is two coats of Nosegay over three coats of Zoya Dove. My love affair with Dove is fading fast. I can’t put up with its streakiness and I need a new true gray! It also builds up at the neck of the bottle when I remove the excess, and it turns into this tiny wall of polish at the top of my bottle. It looks kind of gross. Anyway, this is about Nosegay, not how annoyed I am at Dove.

Once again, I had a really difficult time layering this over something. I only have darker purples and no lilac/lavender colors…I thought this would look good over Cult Nails My Kind of Cool Aid, but the base was surprisingly too dark for it!

Note to everyone: if you’re gonna layer this over a dark purple, make sure your coat of Nosegay is even or you’ll see some noticeable streakiness.

Despite all the trouble I had, this is a very pretty & understated glitter. You’re not going to get the same amount of glitter in one coat as, say, Boy-Girl Party or Forget You Not, but I feel like this doesn’t need it.

There’s an amazing hidden purple shimmer if the light hits your nails in a certain way, which I loved! You can definitely see it in the bottle shot at the top, but hopefully I’ve adequately captured it for you in my nail shots. Sometimes it looks blue, sometimes it looks pink, but most of the time it looks purple.

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Lynnderella: Llarowe

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Hi everyone! I am super exhausted from last night’s game, so I’ll make this quick! Less talking, same amount of photos, I mean. Who’d have thunk the Coyotes could come back from 3-0 deficit in the first period to win in a shootout? Not this girl. But we totally did! Woohoo! Hellooooooo seventh place! (And hello being tied with the Sharks for first in the Pacific!)

Here’s another pretty Lynn to celebrate. :D

This is one coat of Forget You Not over two coats of Revlon Royal. I was originally going to layer this over Essie Smooth Sailing, but the colors were too similar that I didn’t think it would look as good as this glitter truly was.

I like how one coat sprinkles enough glitter onto the nail (very similar to Boy-Girl Party, yes?). Check out that subtle shimmer! I didn’t realize it was there until I started taking photos. It’s beautiful!

This reminds me of the mani I did a while back of Lynnderella Bibbitty Bobbitty Boo Blue + Essie Borrowed & Blue; this is the inverse. Contrast in reverse, but same amount of contrast.

WTF cuticles. Way to look all dry even though you’re not. Thanks winter.

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Lynnderella: Llarowe

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