Happy President’s Day! Hope you got a day off…or if you didn’t, I hope your day was easy & without conflict. I ended up running errands for most of the day. Now that I’m home, I can show you something pretty!

This is two coats of Lynnderella Lovey Dovey over two coats of Chanel Paradoxal. Yes, I used an expensive polish to layer. I am not ashamed! If it works, I will use it. :)

Someone mentioned this was the “inverse” of Mercurial, which I can see. Instead of a darker base with more gray than purple glitter, Lovey Dovey has a lighter base with more purple than gray glitter.

I can’t tell if Paradoxal was a good base for this. I mean, I wasn’t expecting the shimmer to poke through, and I knew it was dark enough to look good. It works well enough. I might just end up using a bright purple jelly when I wear this again.

You might have also noticed that there is some tipwear in my photos; you almost always never see it because I usually take photos right after my mani is done, but these were taken about two days after I put it on. Oopsie! :) I don’t know why my polish wears off the fastest on the left edges of my middle and ring fingers on my right hand. I’ve never noticed it on any of my fingers!

WHERE TO BUY
Lynnderella: Llarowe

Leah Ann has a new method of selling Lynnderella polishes to the public; please see her Facebook for more details.

I also wanted to thank everyone for your support; I received a lot of unique hits and yesterday was my most productive day. I appreciate each and every one of you; I enjoy painting my nails because of you, and you all keep me going. I wanted to welcome all new readers as well, whether you’ve found me through Makeupalley, Pinterest, The Purse Forum, or just searching on Google. I hope you stay for a while. <3

Thanks for reading!

Hello everyone! Tonight, I am continuing the Lynnderella love with a polish that was previously known as Throwing Violets Into the Ocean, which is an equally gorgeous name. I remember before Lynns were available for purchase to the public, and she had sent some of her close friends this polish. (No one complained, though…funny how times change!) It is a close cousin to Bibbitty Bobbitty Boo Blue (so if you do not have the latter, the former works just as well!)

This is two coats of Mlle. Violette de Bleu over two coats of OPI Dating a Royal. I had the worst time figuring out what to layer this over. I eventually picked DaR because I figured the hue is pretty similar that it would look good. However, I failed to realize that when I finished, you can barely see the purple glitter! It bummed me out a little.

I also noticed that some of the blue glitter flashes a mermaid green, which is amazing and I wish my photos showed all the facets of the blue and purple. Next time, I will wear this over a purple like Sally Hansen Purple Pizzazz…a lot of my nail friends say it helps bring out the purple significantly. I would test this right now, but I am totally out of nail wheels. Time to make a quick trip to Sally’s. :P

You know what, though? This is still pretty and beautiful and glowy. It has a glowiness very similar to ChocoLotta Love. It’s such a rich blue color and there are so many cool things about it. I did spend quite a bit of time looking at my nails when I wore this, anyway.

WHERE TO BUY
Lynnderella: Llarowe – coming soon!

Do you have Monday off? If so, have a great three-day weekend! If not, (boo to your employer lol &) have a great weekend nonetheless! <3

(Woohoo, the heart symbol worked! :D)

Hi everyone! Tonight, I have something extra special from Lynnderella. When I received my package of the Lovely Is As Lovely Does collection, I noticed that she sent me an extra polish! It didn’t have a label on it; just a pretty heart taped to the front. I wore this on Valentine’s Day because I thought it was so fitting.

The name of this polish is apparently Liquid Valentine, but you can also call it ♥. Heart, I guess? Hee hee.

I decided to create a jelly sandwich using this polish. This is two coats of OPI Do You Think I’m Tex-y? under two coats of Liquid Valentine, under a final coat of DYTIT? (Do You Tit? Heehee. What an unfortunate abbreviation!)

There’s lots of pretty glitter in this one: red & purple hexes and squares, red & pink hearts, silver diamonds & squares. And the jelly has just enough pink that it’s not too hot pink or too dull of a pink that it dulls the glitter.

I love that the holo glitter shines through the jelly. It’s so adorable! I wish my photos showed the finer glitter a bit better.

There are heart-shaped pieces of glitter in this polish, but you can’t see any on my right hand because none of them came out. You can definitely see a few in the bottle, though, and they do come out to play! I was just unlucky this time. :P

I managed to get a heart on my left hand, though! This is my index finger. It’s turned all upside-down, but a heart is a heart.

WHERE TO BUY
Lynnderella: Llarowe

Thanks for reading!

Happy Monday! Today I’m showing a Lynnderella in a color that I don’t normally wear. If you didn’t know, I am not a fan of two colors on my nails: brown and orange. The yellow undertones in my skin don’t agree with those two colors.

What’s weird is I really like nude, beige, and tan (and they look good on me), but I don’t like darker brown colors. And orange is just too bright for me. It takes a lot to venture out into colors I wouldn’t normally wear, so when I saw ChocoLotta Love, I knew I had to suck it up and wear it.

This is two coats of Lynnderella ChocoLotta Love over two coats of Cult Nails Power Thief. I could have easily worn CL on its own, but I didn’t want the surface to look or feel lumpy. The glitter is very dense to begin with.

What I love about this is that there are large, bright colored pieces of glitter mixed in with the brown. You can see gold, red, purple, pink, blue, green, teal, and orange. How cool is that?

Another thing I love about ChocoLotta Love is that the brown glitter almost has a glowing effect to them when the light hits them at the right angle. Brown can be a deceiving color when it comes to glitter; you may think it is dull or boring, but this polish certainly is not.

With a coat of Gelous and SV to top it all off, the surface of my nails was pretty smooth. Application was also very easy. I didn’t feel the need to position certain pieces of glitter on either coat.

WHERE TO BUY
Lynnderella: Llarowe

I hope you enjoyed my venture into “unorthodox” colors! On Wednesday, I’m going to show you what I wore for Valentine’s Day! Thanks for reading!

Hi everyone! I’m still working through my new Lynnderellas, and I’m loving every minute of it. I wish I can wear them all at once; after all, I do have ten fingers! However, I enjoy wearing each and every one of them as full manis, so you’ll have to endure one every other day. Oh, first world problems. ;D

This is two coats of Lynnderella LavenDear over OPI DS Original. I used this because it was one of the few that matched the color of the glitter very well.

I didn’t expect the glitter to be so dense, but I love the smaller lavender glitter in this one. There’s a beautiful purple shimmer & slight holographic shimmer in the background.

I’m not sure why I’m having so much difficulty layering this collection. I’m trying to branch out from my “layer this over black” mentality and create some more different combinations. I think there are a few holes in my collection that I’d like to fill to assist myself with branching out.

WHERE TO BUY
Lynnderella: Llarowe

Thanks for reading, & have a great weekend!