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Many thanks to Lynn and The Diva. Love you both!

Four More Lynnderellas

So uhh, I received my new Lynnderella package containing her new collection today and realised that I haven't even posted the rest of the Early Halloween's. My bad!

Shape Shifter. One coat over black. There are so many different shaped holographic glitters in this. I got a moon, star, butterfly and diamond in this swatch but I've also seen squares, hexes, hearts and flowers!

Bibbity Bobbity Boo Blue. Two coats over Pure Ice French Kiss (thanks Noelie!). All different shades of blue glitter. Put them together and what have you got? Bibbity bobbity boo.....

Bride of Franken. Two coats on black. Shimmer, holo microglitter and electric blue glitter. This one layers really nicely over pretty much anything!

Mercury's Rainbow. Two coats over Ulta3 Wild Berry. Just take a look at all that holoiness right there. Amazing! It's so sparkly in the sun.

For more information please check Lynnderella's blog. She's not opening shop until the new year though so be sure to stay tuned!

A Few Recent NOTDs

Some of what's been on my nails for the past little bit....

A slight gradient mani. Ozotic 601 (the pink) with 624 (purple) sponged lightly on the tips. The effect reminded me of the pink to purple Claire's mood polish.

ChG Yellow Polka Dot Bikini. Three coats over one coat of Revlon Powder Puff. Streaky as hell but well worth the effort. Neon highlighter yellow!

RBL No More War. Two coats. The colour of baby poop. Love it.

Lynnderella Connect the Dots over ChG Kiwi Cool-ada. Love CtD so very much. It's amazing over pretty much everything - pastels, neons.... just amazing.

Black stamped with ChG High Def. Plate BM221. The image didn't come out very well but I think it looked really cool anyway. I copied this mani from my friend JiLoverz who did something similar a while back.


I've also updated my contact page with a small FAQ. Nothing exciting... but I thought I'd let you guys know anyway.

A Few More Lynnderellas

Boo!

Hi! I'm in the midst of my exams right now (the end is finally near!) and wanted to do some swatching during a short break from studying.

I'm very sorry I never posted the rest of the Lynnderella Early Halloween and First Edition before I stopped.... but hey, cheer up! Here a a few more :) If I'm able to get my hands on the next ones, I think I'll swatch them instead of taking NOTD pics to speed things along.

Apologies in advance for some sub-par pictures. My photography skills seem to have taken a nose dive.

Gotta Love Brains. Two coats over Zoya Dove. So unusual! Very.... brainy. And I don't think I captured it, but it has this gorgeous bright pink shimmer throughout.

Love Potion No. 99. One coat over Ulta3 Spring Break. Check out this post by Lynn too. Amazing sentiments and an amazing polish.

She Lived in a Swamp. Two coats over Milani Hi-Tech. Chartreuse, lime and greeny-gold goodness. The string glitter in this is a little hard to work with, wanting to curl in all sorts of odd directions. They were fine after a little prodding though.

The Telltale Heart. One coat over Models Own Top Turquoise. I loved this combo. Top Turquoise is much more... well, turquoise IRL. I think it went really well with the vivid magenta glitter.

Snow Angel. One coat over Revlon Powder Puff. Ahhh... Snow Angel. I remember the crazy it caused when I first saw this on my friend Eve. And now I have my very own bottle! *-* Anyhoo, my nails are so stained that I almost cried when I first tried layering over a sheer white. Yuck. Luckily, I found Powder Puff which is opaque enough to hide my stainage with one coat while still being a little sheer. I think the slight blue shimmer in it helped cancel out yellow as well.

Cauldron Drippings. One coat over black. I saw Lauren layer this over black and I needed to copycat her. I kept this one on after swatching everything. So fabulous!


As always, please check Lynn's blog for more information. She has a new collection coming out very, very soon which I am super excited for! They're sure to sell out in a flash so be on your toes.

Also, remember that the lovely Lynn only ships within the US so if you're "international" like me, make sure you have a plan of attack! I have signed up to a group order a kind buddy of mine is doing so she can forward the polishes on to me. Yay! I can't wait!

Lynnderella Very Pretty Vampire and Glitter Tamer

The name matches this polish perfectly! She is indeed vampy and very, very pretty :D

"Multiple sizes of burgundy hexagons and squares in a dark blood-red base with scattered black and red multi-sized accents. Suitable for any blood type."

I layered this one coat over two of BB Couture Erotic Night. I personally really love it over a vampy but the burgundy glitter can kind of blend into the base. If you're wanting more definition (is that the right word?) of the glitter, you can always layer it over a lighter base like the lovely Karianne did.

And I want to mention this because I've been asked a couple of times, you can of course wear these by themselves. I choose to layer them because I love layering glitter and I want to preserve the pretty polish, hahaa!

Isn't she pretty? The black and red glitter are such lovely lowlights and highlights to the burgundy...

I found that Very Pretty Vampire dried really bumpy on my wheel swatch so I decided this was a perfect time to try out Glitter Tamer. I wrote down some thoughts on GT. I hope they are useful if Lynn ever makes it available for purchase in the future....

First thing, this stuff is thick. It's exactly how she describes it - like caramel. Thick and stringy. I added thinner to my bottle until it was completely full. That helped a little both with the thickness and strings.

One coat of Glitter Tamer then SV. SHINY! Holy hell my mani was so freaking shiny. It also wore really well. I wore VPV for two days. If I hadn't removed it, I doubt my mani would have chipped for days and days. There was no tip wear, no nothing.

Speaking of removal... this was much harder for my acetone to cut though. Not that I minded much. I usually use the foil method to remove heavy glitters anyway. I soaked my nails longer than usual and it mostly slid off my nails. Then it took a little scrubbing with felt and acetone to remove any glitter left behind.

So yeah... Glitter Tamer. Delicate application. Blinding shine. Tricky removal. Extraordinary for hungry glitters.

This is completely worth the little extra effort it requires. Two thumbs up!

Lynnderella All Hallows' Eve

So what can I say about this... it's dark, it's green, it's chock full of crazy glitter and... it has my heart. One coat over two of Dare to Wear Enchanted Forest which is amazing in it's own right.

As you can see, I'm nubbinising to the extreme (as in, more than usual lol) to try and get rid of all the gross peely tips that keep appearing. Luckily for me, I enjoy short nails so I'm not too upset. I am a little bummed though. I want healthy nails dammit!

There's black, gold and multiple shades of green glitter some of which are holo. Different shapes. Different sizes. Complex to the extreme. I mean, even the sparkling base is complex! There's shimmer and a couple sizes of really tiny, sparkly microglitter.

*sobs* It's like... something from my dreams. So perfect.