Lynnderella LavenDear

Friday, February 10, 2012
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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!

Lynnderella Sweets To The Sweet

Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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Hey everyone! I’ve been working through Lynnderella’s new collection, so you might be seeing a lot of them for a while!

This is three coats of Sweets to the Sweet over…well, nothing! I actually didn’t layer this over a thing.

I know a lot of people use Essie Marshmallow (a la Snow Angel) to layer with since it is white (and a very pretty jelly to boot), but to be honest…I don’t own it! I know I should. I don’t know what’s holding me back. I should just pull the trigger. Same with Revlon Royal. I know I should own it, but I don’t, and I can easily get it.

Aaaaaaanyway.

This is one of the few times where I used Glitter Tamer to smooth things out; however, like the few times before, it shriveled up a bit after I added Poshe. I don’t know if Poshe doesn’t play well, or if I need to thin the hell out my bottle. I really want to use it, and it sounds like it would be amazing, but it is just not working for me! You can also see where some of the glitters are sticking up. I really have to try this under SH Insta-Dri, which some people have had success with. I also would like to allow GT more time to dry (though tbf I already do that…maybe 15 minutes longer, though).

I do love this polish; it looks like a delicate candy wrapper (even with the wrinkles). It’s such a cute spring polish. And yes, when I get Essie Marshmallow, I will wear this over it! I wonder what it will look like over pastels.

WHERE TO BUY
Lynnderella: Llarowe

Thanks for reading!

Lynnderella Boy-Girl Party

Monday, February 6, 2012
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Holla grlfrndz. It’s Corn and Corn Alone Day!

And by Corn and Corn Alone Day, I mean that today I’m showing you my pride & joy of Lynnderellas…from her new Lovely Is As Lovely Does collection, Boy-Girl Party.

Fair warning: I am going to be quoting a LOT of Teen Girl Squad, specifically episode 10 (aka the Tenthennial Extravaganza…in 24 Great-Smelling Color!). I even took screenshots of the comic. Yes. I love it that much. I had so much fun writing this post. I really do hope you enjoy it.

Taking vowels out of words doesn’t always make them cool. I made this exact face when I saw the bottle, though.

This is one coat of BGP over OPI Russian Navy. One coat! Look how much glitter I got onto my nail with just one coat! It’s so glorious!

Whoa! Did I put on that new hotness?

Surprisingly enough, there is even more to this polish, like bar glitter. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to get one on my nail, so you won’t see any here today.

My faaaaaaavoritest picture that I took of this!

Application is easy, the polish is smooth after a coat of Gelous + SV, and it is so shiny when you are all done. I wanted to save this for last, because it was my favorite in the bottle, but I just couldn’t help. It was calling to me. This is the star of the collection. I have an unnatural soft spot for this one.

Oh why, hello, The Most Wonderful Glitter Ever, you’re looking so makey outy tonight…

I had a lot of trouble taking this off, not because it was difficult to remove, but because after four days it still looked SOOOOO GOOD and I wanted to keep it on. I never wear anything for more than four days! I never wear anything for more than three! Everyone I know can attest to this.

WHERE TO BUY
Lynnderella: Llarowe

And check out the TGS episode in question here! (All the TGS screenshots come from Homestar Runner.)

OPI DS Exclusive: Revisited

Friday, February 3, 2012
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Happy Friday! Well, this is my first “repeat” post on my blog. I don’t know if I should be happy about that. I have no shortage of content, but while swatching all my Nerd Lacquer & Lacquistry polishes, I wanted something that I knew I would enjoy in the meantime & would not be a pain to apply.

Well, I decided to wear OPI DS Exclusive…this is one of my favorite polishes. Like a lot of the earlier DS holos, it’s easy to apply, not thick or goopy, and dries relatively quickly, even without a quick-dry top coat. This polish is also incredibly difficult to find. I usually want to show polishes that can be obtained by the general public, but I did receive this in one of my first swaps ever and I treasure it with all my heart.

This is fairly picture heavy, so just sit back, relax, and enjoy the pretty!

One of my favorite photos from this bunch.

Goodness. I don’t normally look this pale. I think this is from the lamp.

I wish the lamps in my lightbox showed the prismatic nature of this polish better; when I originally photographed this in my kitchen, the rainbows came out a lot better. I’m trying to figure out how to allow my lamps to do the same. However, I did notice that when I grabbed the lamp & stuck it inside my lightbox, the vibrant color & rainbows looked brighter (as opposed to diffusing the light around the lightbox).

I would tell you where to buy this, but you can’t find this unless you go to eBay…however, I advise against it unless you think a nail polish is worth $90 (which no polish is!). Definitely try to swap/barter for it, or go to a nail salon & hope they have a rogue bottle lying around somewhere. Good luck, & thanks for reading! Have a fantastic weekend!

Lacquistry A Friggin Circus

Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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Hi everyone! Remember when I posted about the Shredded polishes from Lacquistry last week? Well, I also bought something else on the side because I thought it was pretty awesome.

This is two coats of A Friggin Circus over a-england Camelot. A Friggin Circus contains all sorts of large hex glitter under the sun: blue, silver, green, gold, orange, pink…everything! How cute is that!

I shouldn’t have used such a dark color like black as the base, because the polish has a somewhat bluish tint to the “base.” Maybe purple? I originally layered it over a-england Holy Grail, and I loved the velvet-y look it gave the base, but it was so obvious that a darker color was placed over a lighter color, so I scrapped it.

Not gonna lie…you will have to spend some time brushing the glitters onto your nail. What I did was grab a bunch of glitter with my brush, glop it all onto my nail, and then use the brush to slowly smooth it out. What was nice was that the glitter wasn’t rough, so you won’t be accidentally scratching yourself, but to be safe, I always use a coat of Gelous before SV to smooth things out.

WHERE TO BUY
Lacquistry: Etsy

I’ll have to come back and purchase some more. Lake Placid looks like a dupe for DL Across the Universe, & And Miles to Go Before I Sleep is my kind of holo glitter!

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