Urban Decay Cult and China Glaze Optical Illusion

Cult was a most generous gift given to me by a dear friend. ♥ It's absolutely gorgeous.

Three coats. I love these sorts of blue/teal/greens with gold shimmer. Love! I think my pictures pull it a little too blue - it leans more green.

The next day I did a little layering...

One coat of Optical Illusion. I'm still not completely sold on the Prismatics... this is the only one I own and I don't exactly love it. It is insanely sparkly in the sun though which is nice :)

NOTDs - CrowsToes, Lynnderella, NerdLacquer and Nfu-Oh

I'm really behind in posting. Here are a few NOTDs. Sorry, not much chat since I'm in a rush to go out to dinner and then get back to do more study *sigh* Such is life.... lol

One coat of CrowsToes Absolum over CND Urban Oasis. Absolum is packed with glitter! I will probably try to wear it alone next time.

Two coats of Lynnderella Love Potion No. 99 over China Glaze Virtual Violet. A little more red than my pictures show. Supremely gorgeous.

NerdLacquer All of Time and Space. Two coats over Essence You Belong To Me. I didn't really need the base but I was already wearing it beforehand. I hope everything is ok with the creator of NerdLacquer...

One coat of Nfu-Oh 56 over Revlon Royal. So so pretty. I love how glowy the flakies are in the sun.

Lynnderella Connect the Heart

I have a special one for you guys today - another deeply generous gift from Lynn, Connect the Heart.

Connect the Heart is like Connect the Dots but with white, pink and red hearts as well as pink shimmer in a pink-tinted base. I've worn this twice already. The first...

One coat over Australis Bombshell. I'm sorry for the wrinkling. My Glitter Tamer desperately needed thinner and it caused some wrinkles because it was so thick - you couldn't really tell IRL though. Look at that gorgeous shimmer! And those pretty hearts just make my day.

And here's what I've got on now...

Over BYS Rebel Red, a juicy red jelly. I just noticed that the placement of the hearts and the big black hex are almost the same as when I previously wore it LOL. Now I don't get the best wear out of BYS, but I'm hoping to squeeze a few days out of this mani because I love it so so much! ♥

A-England Perceval and Lippmann Ruby Red Slippers

Adina from A-England recently contacted me to see whether I would like to review one of her polishes. Since I already own and love quite a few of her polishes, of course I said yes! So here is what I chose, Perceval...

Glowy, metallic red shimmer. Very dense and pigmented. It's opaque in one coat but I used two for depth.


And because I've been unable to resist glitter lately. I slapped on a coat of Lippmann RRS.

The black base in RRS looks lovely over red. The whole look is very deep and vampy. I did a mani like this I think for Christmas back in 09.

Perceval is available directly through A-England's website. And um, three words: Free. International. Shipping.

Lynnderella Boy-Girl Party

Somehow, I lost my original pics with Boy-Girl Party so I decided to put it back on today.

One coat over China Glaze Fly. Boy-Girl Party is filled with blue, teal, red, fuchsia and pink glitters in a pink-tinted base. The glitter is also really dense and applies easily so there's no messing around with placement. Glorious! Fun Fact: ChG Fly has been sitting around in my untrieds since I bought it back in 2009 when it was released. That's a really long time... o.O


And after that swatch, I put it back on again for a mani...

This is one coat of Boy-Girl Party sandwiched between Ulta3 Blossom Fever as a base and Rimmel French Rose on top. I have fairy floss nails! So pretty! I think I'm beginning to appreciate pinks more and more. I've worn many pinks this month and I can't get enough of really girly looking manis.

Kleancolor Chunky Holo Purple

Reece pretty much convinced me I needed these Chunky Holos with this post. DUDE. I don't even.... O.O

I am highly uncreative and just layered mine on black. Still pretty freaking amazing though!

These definitely aren't holo but they are awesome... many different flavours of awesome.

Lynnderella Holiday Houseguests

Another Christmas post. This time by Lynnderella - her holiday duo, "Holiday Houseguests" which includes Happy Holo Daze! and One Nutty Fruitcake.

Two coats of Happy Holo Daze! over black. The easiest way to describe this would be.... Bottled Christmas. Yes. A hundred times better than Party Hearty. Red, green, silver, gold and holo glitters in all different shapes and sizes. Amazing!

One coat of One Nutty Fruitcake on dusty lilac... I can't remember what it is, sorry! One Nutty Fruitcake is freaking gorgeous. It's basically black, red, green plus a plethora of other different colours. The predominance of the red and green keeps this festive even amongst all the other colours. The microglitters also really pull everything together. Love. Absolute love.

As always, please check Lynnderella's blog and Llarowe for more info. I believe neither Lynn or Leah Ann will be selling until the new year.

Lynnderella Funny Money Part 2

Here's the second part of Funny Money!

Two coats of Mysterious Ways over Missha VL001. I layered MW over a lilac because I wanted to bring out the purple tones in the polish. The holographic glitter looks awesome glinting through the sheer base. It's ethereal looking. Really lovely!

Two coats of Attitude Adjust-Mint over ChG Re-Fresh Mint. Ahhh this one is so cool. I love the iridescent green-y, gold-y glitter. I think I should have chosen a different base though. Maybe a softer mint green... the China Glaze looks pretty stark doesn't it?

Two coats of Change over Essence Nude It. This one was one of the Lynn's I was most excited for. It doesn't disappoint! It's freaking perfect.... the best gold glitter ever. Actually, a lot of the glitter isn't even gold. There's silver, copper, flecks of red and green and also note that big ass bronze hex on my ring! I was stumped on what to layer this over though... Gold to match? Purple to contrast? I settled on a tan-based nude. I think it looks really nice!

Two coats of I Can Afford It! over Ulta3 Frog Prince. Bright as hell green glitter with specks of copper and purple. Did I mention it's really bright? It's kind of like a very subtle Mardis Gras mani...


As always, please check Lynnderella's blog and Llarowe for more info. I believe neither Lynn or Leah Ann will be selling until the new year.