Happy St. Patrick's Day!

*Products sent for review*

What a strange St. Patrick's Day this is for me. The first time I've been home on this day in probably 28 years. But I had to do some nails to celebrate no matter what. This is Zoya Leif with Zoya Veruschka shamrocks created with nail vinyls. Leif is from the Zoya Spring 2020 Calm collection and I'll have full swatches and review of that later this week. We could all use some calm right now I think!

Zoya Leif is available now at zoya.com.

First St. Patrick's Day Mani of 2018!

Having a snow day yesterday gave me some extra time to do my nails! Of course I had to go with a green with a little shamrock accent for St. Patrick's Day! This nice spearmint green creme is OPI Infinite Shine S-ageless Beauty. I haven't worn it since it came out and I had forgotten what a nice pastel yellow-toned green it is.

I used Zoya Chita and What's Up Nails Shamrock Stencils for an easy shamrock accent. Have you done any St. Patrick's Day manis yet? Let me know in the comments!

Lynnderella Friday, Vol. 74!

 *Sent for review*

Happy Friday! Are you hanging in there today? This week was rough for me after St. Patrick's Day weekend and we still have a few more shows to do this weekend. But I'll make it, I guess! I have some pretty Lynnderellas for you today, starting with my new favorite golden neutral, Lynnderella Puppy Cake. Lynnderella describes this as "beige microglitter with small tonal holographic accents and matching multishimmer". This is one of my favorites of recent releases, it's really beautiful. The color is neutral enough that I think you could wear it to work. But with all of the sparkle, it's not at all boring!

This is two coats of Puppy Cake. It dries a bit on the textured side, so I definitely recommend using two layers of top coat for shine and smoothness. The formula was a tad thicker, but not hard to use.

 *Purchased by me*

Next up, we have a Lynnderella Mystery polish I purchased recently. Look at the St. Patrick's Day kitty on the label!! How could I not buy this one? The fact that this is a smooth silver holo nanglitter with green accents is a plus too! There are green moons, flowers, circles, and more in here! I added the clover glitters, I had them loose from some other polish years ago. 

This is two coats of this Mystery! The glitter packed a lot of shine and holo, but it was nice and smooth with one layer of top coat. This particular Mystery is not available, but Mystery polishes are listed all the time in the eBay store.

 *Gift from Lynnderella*

This gorgeous green multi glitter was a gift to me from Lynn. I had to wear this as my St. Patrick's Day mani!! This polish has a green shimmer-packed base with green accent glitters in lots of different shapes and sizes. There are moons, stars, hearts, large circles, diamonds and more! The green shimmer is so pretty and iridescent in this one. This is one coat of the Lynn over OPI I'm Sooo Swamped!. I used What's Up Nails Shamrock vinyls and Sally Hansen Emerald Express for the accent nail.

Lynnderella Puppy Cake will be available again on the Lynnderella eBay store. The other two polishes are not available, but similar offerings may become available on lynnderella.com or Lynnderella on Amazon.

Lynnderella Friday, Vol. 34!

*Sent for review*

Well it's officially March, crazy time for me! We already have a bunch of shows today and both days this weekend, so we're kicking off St. Patrick's Day month pretty well, haha! I am already sporting green nails too, so I'm well prepared. Speaking of green nails, Lynnderella Windfall is a shimmering forest green with holo microglitter. Lynnderella describes this as a "multishimmered dark green with subtle gold holographic microglitter". It's very complex looking and the holo comes through nicely. I don't see the gold microglitter, but it does lend a nice warmer sheen to the polish.

This is two SUPER easy coats of Windfall. You probably could do one coat depending on your application. This was also really smooth without top coat, although I did use one layer to bring out the shimmer. I will definitely sport this one during March!!

Lynnderella Goosey is a glowing golden treasure of a polish. It is a combo of golden shimmer and gold holo microglitter with lots of pink shimmer. It also has these awesome iridescent fire opal glitters that might be a new favorite of mine. I think you can see those best in my indoor picture (a few pics down). I think the pink shimmer in this will make it wearable for people who think they can't wear gold polish.

This is two coats of Goosey. It applied very nicely, I didn't have to do any clean up. Like Windfall, it was pretty smooth without top coat, but these swatches have one layer to accentuate shine.

Below is the indoor picture. The fire opal glitters are so cool! They just glow!

OMG Lynnderella Chocolate Bunny Ears makes me want chocolate SO BADLY!!! But I gave up chocolate for Lent! I also gave up complaining, so I can't even complain about not eating chocolate! Chocolate Bunny Ears is a delicious rich reddish chocolate with lots of holo glitter. Lynnderella describes it as "chocolate creme shimmer, pink holographic microglitter and pink shimmer". I like to describe it as "YUMMY!".

This is two coats. Great formula, nice and smooth application.

And now for my current NOTD- Lynnderella 12-7-14 Pistachio Trifle over OPI I'm Sooo Swamped! Pistachio Trifle is an Advent polish that I purchased back in 2014 when it came out, but I thought it would be a great topper for I'm Sooo Swamped! Turns out I was right, these two are a perfect pair! 

This is one layer of Pistachio Trifle over two coats of the OPI. I am testing out my new Vapid Lacquer base and top coats with this mani, so I will keep you posted on how that goes! (So far I am SOLD!)

With the exception of Pistachio Trifle, these are all available now on lynnderella.com. I don't know if Pistachio Trifle is sold out or if it might pop up someday, but you can always email Paul (lynnderellalacquer@gmail.com) if you are looking for a polish.

Lynnderella Friday... On a Saturday!!!

*Sent for review*

Hey everybody! I hope you had a great week and have plans for a fun weekend! I meant to finish up this post and publish it when I got home from work last night, but totally blanked, so we are having Lynnderella Saturday this week haha! I have some more beautiful Lynnderellas for you today, starting with the adorable Lynnderella Sea the True Porpise of Life. This is a really complex little gem that looks purple-y taupe or steely gray depending on the lighting. It contains these great silver holo micro flakes that add peeks of rainbow throughout the polish. I love this one!! It's a more interesting alternative to a boring gray creme. 

This is two coats of Sea the True Porpise of Life. It was pretty easy to apply, maybe a little thinner in consistency than some Lynns, but not in a bad way. The flakes are nice and smooth, and easy to remove as well!

This is a test version of Sea the True Porpise of Life that Lynn sent me because she knows I like my warm-toned polishes! I don't think this one will actually be released, but I am so enamored with it that I just HAD to show you!!! This one is a warmer gray/taupe and it seems even more shimmery than the other one. It has the same pretty silver holo micro flakes.

This is three thin coats. It was easy to apply. Look at this shimmer!!

Lynnderella Shell Game is described as a "shimmer-microglitter hybrid made with beige and pink shimmer as well as silver pink holographic dots". The base is a pale nude pink shimmer with holo microglitter and lots of small iridescent and holo glitters. It also has pale silvery pink circle glitters scattered about. This is a great nude shade for me and is way more exciting than a creme!

This is three thin coats of Shell Game. It applied well. It was sheer on this first coat, but started building up nicely with the second. It looks pretty glittery, but it is very smooth and shiny with just one layer of top coat.

And we are starting to see the first St. Patrick's Day Lynnderellas now, woohoo!!!! I am so excited about this one, Lynnderella Fun with Leprechauns. It has my favorite circle glitters in various sizes in holographic gold, a couple shades of green and black. I love the gold in there, like leprechaun gold! The base is clear with lots of pretty gold shimmer and some holo green microglitter. This is definitely going to be my St. Patrick's Day mani!

This is one coat of Fun with Leprechauns over Lynnderella Vanilla Mint Cloud (from last week). It was easy to apply and a great consistency. Those circle glitters are so cooperative!

*Sent for review*

These pretties are all available on lynnderella.com now!

Happy St. Patrick's Day- Lynnderella A Green Rainbow!

*Sent for review*

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!! I am running around doing tons of shows today, but I HAD to quickly show you my St. Patrick's Day mani. I am wearing the STUNNING Lynnderella A Green Rainbow over Sally Hansen Emerald Express, with an accent nail of OPI That's Hula-rious!. Lynnderella aptly describes A Green Rainbow as a "multiglitter that contains assorted holographic and metallic green glitters featuring three-leaved shamrocks in a clear base". The holographic glitter in this is really eye-catching and stands out amid the green. I had a bag of holographic shamrock glitter from some other polish, so I used that for the accent nail. There are also shamrocks in A Green Rainbow itself, but since I didn't want any of the other glitters on my accent nails, I thought it was easiest to use the loose ones.

 This is just one coat of A Green Rainbow over two coats of Emerald Express. I used two coats of That's Hula-rious!. A Green Rainbow had plenty of glitter and was very easy to apply.

*Sent for review*

Hope you all have a great St. Patrick's Day!!!

Lynnderella A Green Rainbow and other Lynnderella polishes are available at lynnderella.com and lynnderella.storenvy.com. For more information about upcoming collections, check out lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.com.

Smitten Polish Shamrock Shake a.k.a. Love of My Life

 *purchased by me*

I missed out on Smitten Polish Shamrock Shake during it's first release (for St. Patrick's Day) and I was DETERMINED to get it the next time it was in stock. I mean, minty green holo goodness named Shamrock Shake??? Yes PLEASE! Well, I camped out for that restock and got my Shamrock Shake and I couldn't be happier. I am fast becoming a rabid Smitten Polish fanatic, her holos are so gorgeous! Shamrock Shake is a lovely blue-toned mint green linear holo.

This is three coats of Shamrock Shake. It was pretty much opaque in two coats, but I did a third because I do thin coats. If you haven't tried Smitten's holos, I have found every single one that I have tried to be well pigmented and so easy to apply. That is not always the case for holos, but these are not patchy or draggy and go on so smoothly. These swatches are with no top coat.

The other great thing about Smitten Polish is that Noelie believes in offering her polishes until the interest in them dies down, so you don't have to worry about missing out on a super LE polish. If you haven't tried this brand yet, what are you waiting for??? Magical holos and gorgeous glitters await you at Smitten Polish's Big Cartel store! For restock info, check out Smitten on Facebook.