A Charm

My third and maybe final post on Pretty and Polished's Jawbreaker--the first polish I ever posted. I think I got it right this time.

Bottle shots are on my very first post which is oh my gosh over one year ago! See the bottle here.

Jawbreaker.

Jawbreaker.

Another for my redo list...

is another beautiful Lynnderella. I want to redo it with at least one more coat of topcoat and over a darker green. The first time I used it I put it over Barielle Date Night and that was gorgeous. Here it is over Sinful Colors San Francisco, which I don't think looks as nice. The middle finger is actually three coats of All Hallow's Eve on it's own.

I'm really excited to try this over Illamasqua Rampage--AHE has multiple shades and shapes of green glitter--spring green, dark green, emerald green, chartreuse and probably more. It also has black and gold glitter and some tiny glitter in different sizes.

I decided to do an accent finger with a little bit of Inner Space because it's an awesome color.

All Hallow's Eve, San Franciso, Inner Space (index finger)

Lynnderella All Hallow's Eve and Sinful San Franciso

50 fairy stars

-->It’s been a challenge to write this post—not because it’s hard to describe the content, but because the holidays can be stressful for many, because I had a birthday, I missed my monthly blogging goals due to stupid hospitalization, and because it’s the end of the year and here I am with a lot of beautiful, wonderful things in a time of turmoil. Isn’t it strange how tragedy and loss can bear beauty? 

This year has given much.

Magic Fairy Stars is a polish I was fortunate enough to get from Lynnderella and all the people of Lynnderella (and the help of the ever marvelous and wonderful special amazing thanks to Joni most faithful blog reader). The proceeds from this polish are being split between two charities in NY and NJ communities affected by hurricane Sandy.

Here it is shown over RBL Grunge, though it looks great over a variety of shades.

This beautiful polish features a ridiculous amount of glitter shapes and sizes. There are squares and hexes of course and a large dose of beautiful tiny stars--also thrown in is a dash of moons and large-sized stars. I wish these pictures were better, but I swear if you click on the FULL SIZE they look better.

Magic Fairy Stars, Grunge. Natural Light.

Magic Fairy Stars, Grunge. Natural Light.

Magic Fairy Stars. Macro Bottle.

New Year's Eve Eve already!?

I'm lucky enough to have two new and beautiful polishes to show today--New Year's Eve Eve from Lynnderella's Season's Glitterings collection over Nicole Up and Kim-ing Pink (dupe for OPI Pink Friday).

I love the color of Pink Friday but had a ton of issues with the formula. I'm not sure if the Nicole formula was much better or if I'm just more skilled now. The polish isn't terrible to apply, though it's streaky and takes at least three coats to even and still has a somewhat chalky look. Also, it chipped like a beotch (sorry for the tip wear!) after half a day. But this color can't be beat!

New Year's Eve Eve, December 30th, I think ;) From Lynnderella's website: "363 days of glitter. We expected it to have some relationship to The Glittering Crowd, and it does. But the addition of new matte and satin glitters add an extra whallop. Just like 2012."

The satin glitters are really different--I think these were used in Sweets to the Sweet as well. A sort of pearlescent effect. A beautiful rainbow of glitters in a clear base which is great for anytime of year, really. The main differences I notice between NYEE and tGC is the satin glitter, diamond glitter, and yellow flowers. Of course the overall color scheme is also different. I haven't actually worn tGC yet either, but will compare soon <3

Up and Kim-ing Pink. Artificial Light.

New Year's Eve Eve and Up and Kim-ing Pink. Artificial Light.

Up and Kim-ing Pink. Artificial Light.

Lynnderella New Year's Eve Eve. Artificial Light.

Not Quite Yet...

I forgot to use China Glaze's new green holiday polish which I can't remember the name of and grabbed Wet n' Wild Poison Ivy from their Fall Pick Your Poison collection, one of the most beautiful greens I've ever seen. 

Some issues with Poison Ivy are that it has the WORST BRUSH EVER. In the world ever. See picture. Then if you want to clean up with a brush, it stains skin really badly so you walk around with greenish black skin for a day. I'm considering switching the bottle out, because then it would almost be the perfect polish :)

I'm almost on to holiday colors, but not quite yet, so right now I'm sorry that reader(s) will have to settle for seeing another Lynnderella Inner Space mani. I was going for a subtle gradient effect here. I still haven't done pictures of this with the perfect base color (I've got to ration my Inner Space from now on and save it for perfect bases ;p), but I *loved* it with Lippmann's Fashion. What do ya like to wear with multicolor glitters?

Lynnderella Innerspace, Wet n' Wild Poison Ivy. Natural Light.

Lynnderella Innerspace, Wet n' Wild Poison Ivy. Bottle shots. Natural Light.

Wet n' Wild Poison Ivy. Bottle shot. Natural Light.

Wet N' Wild bad brush! :(

Grass-fed

I'd had an acute lemming for this color--seeing it at stores--I used to dislike it, though now, I really can't remember why. It wasn't quite what I was looking for, yet now, it seems to be exactly what I'm looking for. I wanted it so much I considered Revlon's Posh--quite similar--then finally ordered it on eBay for $5.

It's a fairly evenly applying creme-jelly hybrid that required three coats for full coverage. I hate applying more than three coats, so you know it requires the three ;) 

As for the color itself, I asked a colorblind "friend" what color this was from a distance in a somewhat dim setting and he said, "blue-ish green." It can look blue in some lights, but is a pretty even green. It reminded me of the two greens I photographed the bottle with--Prismacolor Grass Green marker and colored pencil (not quite a match). Brilliant and vibrant.

Pretty Edgy. Bottle Shot and comparison.

Pretty Edgy. Sunlight.

Pretty Edgy and Happy Holo-daze accents. Sunlight.

Double Dolls

My favorite Dollish I've ordered has been this pretty one here--Greased Lightning--inspired by the car, what else? :) Red and dark-ish silver (almost gunmetal? But silver) hexes swim in a silky, milky white base. Also, I got the square bottle, woot. 

I actually haven't been doing to great with manis lately--been trying really hard for a water marble or a really special gradient add that to experiementing with four different cameras and trying to add a new photo software, apologies!!

Dollish Polish Greased Lightning. Sunlight.

Dollish Polish Greased Lightning. Artificial Light.

Dollish Polish Greased Lightning Bottle shot. Artificial light.

Lynnerspace

Just realized it's actually been over a week since I posted O.o Zomg, I am sorry--and why am I sorry? Because I actually have FOLLOWERS :D Thank you so much everyone who has become a new follower or was an early follower <3

I've actually been having bad luck with manis lately, not sure what it is! Though I just got a new Wet n Wild Halloween polish--Poison Ivy and will put this up soon. It's one of those dark green shimmer stunners. 

Here is one of the manis I considered to be not such a good one, though I discovered some good things. Deborah Lippmann's My Funny Valentine, which could be, in a pinch, a one coat red.

Inner Space is a really versatile multi-glitter and I think has the potential to look amazing over many colors--some thoughts are white, nude, dark greens, dark blues, black, deep red shimmers maybe. Being that it is called "inner space," it has stars in it. I actually didn't know that until one appeared on my finger. You cannot really see it, but it's on the far right of my ring finger. 

One more thing about this paint job--it's two coats of Inner Space, but the bottle goes fast, as I've only used it for a one-coater before. I assume that it's because you can only fit so much glitter in a little bottle.

Lynnderella Inner Space over Deborah Lippmann My Funny Valentine. Artificial Light.

Lynnderella Inner Space and Deborah Lippmann My Funny Valentine. Artificial Light.

Lynnderella Inner Space. Artificial Light.

Welcome Shimmer

I am not going to lie. I have a bandaid on my right middle finger. I’m not trying to get creative with hand poses here

Today I bring you a medley (heh) of nail looks featuring OPI Privacy Please and Shimmer’s fantastic mermaid tail reminiscent “Jenny.” Jenny is very versatile and great for so many looks, so I decided to do several. It’s pretty dense even in one coat and unless your base is on the brighter/darker side, it seems to perhaps over shadow it, like with Privacy Please, so I did decide to show its versatility with this mani.

Privacy Please is a nice and subtle pinky pale creamy jelly-like sheer from OPI. It’s a good neutral and comes fairly streak-free in three coats. There are a lot of shades similar to this in their line, I just happened to try and like this one.

Jenny is available in Shimmer’s Etsy shop and was delivered pronto. At $12 they are a little pricier than some sellers on Etsy, however the density of the glitter will require fewer coats (one or two will be more than sufficient for a gorgeous sparkle imo), thus making the bottle go much further. Another note about Jenny is that there are so many different glitters in the polish, adding to the versatility and dimension, something I always appreciate.

PS.Thanks to Sparkly Vernis for the recommendation of Shimmer polish.

Shimmer Jenny with OPI Privacy Please (layered on fingers, topped with Jenny on thumb). Sunlight.

Shimmer Jenny with OPI Privacy Please (layered on fingers, topped with Jenny on thumb). Shade.

Shimmer Jenny Macro Bottle. Sunlight.

Shimmer Jenny over OPI Privacy Please. Sunlight.

Shimmer Jenny over OPI Privacy Please. Artificial Light, flash.

Shimmer Jenny over OPI Privacy Please. Artificial Light, flash.