Lynnderella Evermore + Good News for Worldwide Lynnderella Fans!

Base: none

Color: three coats Color Club Angel Kiss, two coats Lynnderella Evermore

Top: one coat NYC Grand Central Station

Application: average (out of poor, average, good, excellent)

I really couldn't bear to remove my Color Club Angel Kiss mani from the other day, but I'm trying to wear some of my Early Halloween Resurrected Lynnderellas before my new Season's Glitterings Lynns arrive. So, I decided to layer Lynnderella Evermore on top of Angel Kiss. Evermore is a beautiful assortment of black glitters and TONS of teeny multi-colored glitter in a clear base. I want to share Lynn's own description of Evermore, because I think it's touching. "Evermore is dedicated to two friends: One lovely and brainy and the other a dear feline who has departed for other realms. The ravens may say “Nevermore,” but the tabby said “Evermore....” And that’s just about how long we will love and miss you. This lacquer contains multiple black shapes with a potent multi-coloured microglitter (think One Nutty Fruitcake amplified). When viewing swatches, how many silhouettes do you see up there? Is that a bird on the Kiwi Fruit? We’re calling this the Rorschach effect. Application may require patience and skill."

Evermore is definitely one of those polishes that needs to be dabbed on, not applied with regular brushstrokes. This is two dabbed coats, and I positioned some of the larger glitter pieces. Lynn says application may require patience and skill, but I think it just needs a bit of patience. It's not challenging to apply, it just takes a bit more time. By the way, I don't have a pic, but I got a pretty black heart on my right thumb nail (I could NOT take a picture of my right thumb nail hahaha)! And I loved that giant circle glitter I got on my ring finger.

Now the good news for you international Lynnderlovers, Lynnderella will soon be shipping overseas!!! They just started shipping to Canada and Lynn's blog says worldwide shipping is coming soon! Now you won't have to use the services of a drug smuggling ring to get your glitter fix LOL. Lynnderella polishes are sold in her eBay store.

Happy December 1st!! I think most of my posts for awhile now will be holiday themed, as I really like to wear holiday polish for most of December. I also have a giveaway coming up, I think I'll have the post ready for Monday!

Color Club Angel Kiss OMG SO HOLO!!!

Base: none

Color: three coats Color Club Angel Kiss

Top: none

Application: good (out of poor, average, good, excellent)

I don't know about you, but my polish loving brain kind of explodes when I look at these pictures. Color Club Angel Kiss, from the Halo Hues collection, IS SO DANG HOLO!!!!! I only bought one polish from Halo Hues because I wasn't sure how holographic they would really be, but I definitely need to go back for more! Angel Kiss is a silvery seafoam green holo that sometimes leans a little baby blue, depending on the light.

 I did not use a base coat with Angel Kiss because I find that base coats actually make holo polishes apply kind of patchy and uneven. Angel Kiss applied really nicely with no base coat. There was no patchiness, it went on smoothly and evenly. I did three coats, but it was opaque in two. I did the third because I wasn't sure how my camera would see the two coats. The holo-ness of this polish is just incredible!! I would say it's even a bit MORE holo than my pictures show!

The Color Club Halo Hues collection is available now, although certain polishes do seem to be selling out at some stores, so grab them quickly. Color Club's website has a store locator if you don't know where to buy them!

A Vampy Glittah Combo: Lynnderella VamPink

Base: one coat Zoya Get Even
Color: two coats Zoya Katherine, two coats Lynnderella VamPink
Top: three (!) coats Gelous, one coat NYC Grand Central Station
Application: good (out of poor, average, good, excellent)

I figured I should try to swatch my untried Lynnderellas from Early Halloween Resurrected and Sweet Somethings for a Summer Solstice before my new Season's Glitterings preciouses arrive! I've been seeing a bunch of pretty manis with Lynnderella VamPink (from Early Halloween Resurrected) lately, so I decided to wear that today. For this look, I layered two coats of VamPink over two coats of Zoya Katherine, a vampy purple jelly. Lynnderella VamPink has a berry purple tinted base, so I'm pretty sure you could actually wear it alone pretty easily. It also contains a TON of magenta, burgundy and small holo glitter, so it could probably be full coverage in 2-3 coats. I thought those large dark square glitters were black by the way, but from Lynn's description, they're probably actually deep burgundy.

I love that giant bright pink square on my ring finger!! VamPink was nice and easy to apply. There's so much glitter in there, it's quite easy to get it all on the nail. This is two thin coats of VamPink. This is a top coat eater though, and I found two coats of Gelous still left it looking a little dull and didn't let the holo glitter shine through to it's full potential. So I added a third coat of Gelous and then a coat of NYC Grand Central Station just to dry the coats of Gelous. The third coat made this a super shiny and smooth mani and really brought out the holo glitter.

I was expecting to like VamPink, but for some reason I didn't think I'd love it. Now that I'm wearing it, I LOVE it. It's so gorgeous!! I almost didn't buy this one and I'm so glad I did. If you haven't seen Lynnderella's new holiday collection, Season's Glitterings, check it out here. I will, of course, have some of those to show you soon!

Lynnderella polishes are available on eBay. Remember, you can message her brother Paul on eBay and set up a custom set if you don't see the selection of polishes you're looking for!

Thanksgiving Ombre/Skittles mani

This isn't a real post today, but I just wanted to find out how everyone's Thanksgiving was!! Did you eat a lot?? (What kind of question is that?? DUH!). My family had TWO turkeys, a ham, two kinds of mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry, roasted brussel sprouts with butternut squash, pumpkin pie, apple pie, rum cake, cookies and MORE! YUM! I ended up wearing an ombre-ish mani with all OPI fall color polishes. I say ombre-ish because the colors are not quite a perfect ombre, but I loved how they went together! From thumb to pinkie: OPI Black Cherry Chutney, OPI German-icure by OPI, OPI Danke-Shiny Red, OPI Deutsche You Want Me Baby?, and OPI Goldeneye.

Who already has the Christmas songs rockin??

Some products sent for review. For more information, please see my Disclosure Policy.

Happy Thanksgiving!!! Smitten Polish Spice Cake

Base: one coat Zoya Get Even
Color: three coats Smitten Polish Spice Cake
Top: one coat NYC Grand Central Station, one coat Gelous
Application: average (out of poor, average, good, excellent)

Happy Thanksgiving to my US readers! I hope you are about to enjoy a relaxing day filled with family fun and delicious food! I'm currently wearing Smitten Polish Spice Cake on my polish, a polish I bought a few weeks ago, but wanted to save for Thanksgiving! Spice Cake is an orangey-brown creme base with orange, gold and brown glitters. There are teeny glitters, as well as larger hex glitters. This polish really screams "holiday food" to me!!

I did find the formula of Spice Cake to be a little challenging. It was a bit thick and also somehow applied a little patchy/streaky in the first coat. That's really why I had to use three coats to even it out. I also felt like some of the glitter got lost in the opaque base. My other Smitten polishes have absolutely dreamy formulas, so I was a little surprised at this one. It wasn't terrible, just more difficult to work with than the others I've tried. I also discovered that Spice Cake really requires two coats of top coat to be smooth. It was kind of lumpy after the first one, so I added the coat of Gelous. It's a really unique polish though, so I think it's worth a little effort!!

Smitten Polish Spice Cake is still available at the Smitten Polish Etsy store. Noelie is also going to be selling her holiday collection soon and it looks amazing! There are some preview pictures on her Facebook page. The Holly And The Ivy and Adeste Fidelis are definitely going to jump in my Etsy cart as soon as they're in stock!

A Thanksgiving Mani with Born Pretty Store Loose Glitter!

Ahhhhh! It's Thanksgiving week in the U.S. already! Thanksgiving is one of my personal favorite holidays. It comes right after a HUGE stressful dance competition (I got 3rd this year!), and I feel like I get to really de-stress and relax. I haven't decided what I'm going to wear on my nails this Thanksgiving, but this nail art glitter gradient using Born Pretty Store loose glitter is a top contender. This loose glitter comes in a set of 12 different colors!! I picked four of them to use in this mani.

 I started with three coats of Zoya Penny, a soft metallic copper, as my base. Then, using a make-up sponge, I dabbed on the gold, orange, yellow, and red glitters from the set. I concentrated a bit more glitter at the base of my nails and used less towards the tips.

The glitter colors I used are kind of subtle against the copper, but I still really like the effect. It's very fall-like and Thanksgiving appropriate!

Yet another picture that Blogger decided to flip on it's side ^. I really hate that.

What will you be rocking on your nails this Thanksgiving? More importantly, what will you be eating??? I plan on shoveling large quantities of mashed potatoes, turkey, cranberry, and apple pie into my mouth.

This set of 12 loose glitters is available online at Born Pretty Store. Don't forget to use the code ERJ61 for 10% off of your order!!

Product sent for review. For more information, please see my Disclosure Policy.

Nicole by OPI CVS Exclusives Preview

Think Neutral, Not Boring!

Nicole by OPI Launches Seven New Nail Lacquers, Exclusively at CVS

Nicole by OPI announces seven new nail lacquers to be sold exclusively at CVS. With various hues of pink and rose, along with blue, maroon, purple and silver shades, these colors give fingers and toes “new neutrals” to complement the hottest trends for 2013.

 “Nicole by OPI is excited to provide the CVS customer with lacquers that can work with any style – from office formal to soccer practice sporty to date night dressy,” explains Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, Nicole by OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director.  “I consider these lacquers ‘new neutrals’ because they can be worn any day, at any time. In the past, certain shades and textures were considered appropriate only for specific occasions, but now, nothing is taboo when it comes to wearing color.

“The CVS shopper leads a fast-paced lifestyle, but she doesn’t want to sacrifice fashion-forward, stylish colors,” adds Weiss-Fischmann. “When she shops at CVS, she knows she’ll be able to find all of her beauty essentials in one convenient place.”

The seven new lacquers include:

I Sea You and Raise You
       Go for it...this ocean blue is a sure bet.

Always a Silver Lining
       This positively-charged silver will keep you feeling optimistic.

Don’t Overpink It
       Trust your instincts...this rosy pink will be perfect on you.

Feeling Grapeful
       Count your blessings...including this yummy purple.

A Pinker Shade of Pale
       The slight blush of this cool pink is just the right touch.

Personally Speaking...
       Between you and me, I look ah-may-zing in this light and airy rose!

Marooned in Paradise
       This deep burgundy could make even a castaway look chic.

Nicole by OPI nail lacquers and Nail Treatments contain no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde. Nicole by OPI formulas are long-lasting, fast-drying, and salon-quality. These new CVS-exclusive shades will be available November 2012 for $7.99 each at select CVS locations nationwide.

For more information, visit nicolebyopi.com. Follow Nicole by OPI on Twitter @NicoleByOPI and become a Facebook fan!

Smitten Polish ERMAHGERD Candy Corms, plus Hurricanes, Flying Squirrels, and Snow, Oh My!

Base: one coat Zoya Get Even

Color: three coats Smitten Polish ERMAHGERD Candy Corms

Top: one coat Seche Vite

Application: excellent (out of poor, average, good, excellent)

Well ladies and gents, I am happy to be back to blogging! I hope you missed me as much as I missed you!! I know I wasn't gone for too long, but after more than two years of blogging at least 3 times a week, it seemed like a long absence to me. I had a really rough week though, starting off with Hurricane Sandy. Sandy hit my area extremely hard, and the whole feel of my town was very apocalyptic. My own home was safe, but it was a mentally hard time. During the hurricane, our chimney cap blew off and before we could have it replaced, a flying squirrel (!!) came into the fireplace. Despite our best efforts, she came into my living room through the fireplace. Trust me, you do NOT want a flying squirrel in your house. No matter how cute they are. Here is the little devil hiding in my coat closet:

The little squirrel was safely relocated by a professional to a lovely tree in the woods behind my house. She was not hurt at all and quite happy to be free. If you are in Southwestern CT and need a critter relocated from your house, I HIGHLY recommend Wild Things. After flying squirrel-gate, we lost power for a few days while the utility company fixed downed trees in our area. And now I have bronchitis, plus the Nor'easter is here, ravaging my town yet again (see picture of snowy bush below)!! So, it's been a really unpleasant week, but I am so thankful to still have a house, unlike many people just down the street from me.

Now on to the happy stuff!! Smitten Polish ERMAHGERD Candy Corms is my nail of the day, and I am loving it! This polish has a smooth, even, creamy white base filled with small yellow and orange glitters and large orange and yellow hex glitters. Every time I look at my nails, I want to eat Candy Corn (which I can do, since I bought a giant bag of it)!

ERMAHGERD Candy Corms applied like a dream. I said it before, but Noelie from Smitten Polish is a master at making white bases that apply easily and streak-free. I am not sure how she does it, but I will keep buying her polishes LOL! This is three coats of ECC by itself, no base color needed (another plus!).

Above, you can see the view out of my front door today. This is really uncalled for right after a hurricane. I didn't have work today because of this and I also didn't have work for three days last week because of Sandy! Unfortunately, I don't get paid when we don't have work... :(. I'm going to work on my OPI Skyfall Part 2 right now though!

Smitten Polish is developing her Holiday colors by the way, and they look EXCELLENT!! To see previews of the holiday color/stay in touch with Smitten Polish, visit her Facebook page. Smitten Polish is available through her Etsy store, and ERMAHGERD Candy Corms is still in stock right now (along with Spice Cake- review coming soon, Confection, and a couple other goodies)!

I Forgot, Witch Cauldron Was It that had my Love Potion No. 99??

Base: one coat CND Stickey

Color: black nails- two coats OPI Mourning Glory, two coats Lynnderella Love Potion No. 99 with dabbed Lynnderella Witch Cauldron Was It?. orange nails- two coats OPI Hi, Pumpkin!, two coats Lynnderella Witch Cauldron Was It? with dabbed Lynnderella Love Potion No. 99

Top: one coat Gelous, one coat Poshe

Application: excellent (out of poor, average, good, excellent)

This is definitely one of my favorite Halloween looks I have done, possibly ever. I started by applying OPI Mourning Glory and OPI Hi, Pumpkin! on alternating nails. On my left hand, I did it so that three nails are orange and two black. On my right, I did three black and two orange, just for fun! Then I applied Lynnderella Love Potion No. 99 to the black nails and Lynnderella Witch Cauldron Was It? to the orange nails. Lastly, I dabbed a bit of Love Potion No. 99 on the orange nails and a bit of Witch Cauldron Was It? on the black nails to add some extra color. Lynnderella's most recent post actually gave me the idea!

This was my first time trying Witch Cauldron and Love Potion. I have to say, the formula of both was absolutely excellent. Witch Cauldron is a huge improvement on my already beloved Cauldron Drippings. I was super obsessed with Cauldron Drippings, so I'm sure my love of Witch Cauldron is borderline unhealthy. Both of these polishes were densely packed with glitter, and I easily could have left them at one coat. I was just going for the all-out MAX amount of glitter I could get. I want to wear this FOREVER, so I did a coat of Gelous and a coat of Poshe to finish it off.

There are some very cool teeny iridescent glitters in these as well. They don't really show in the pictures, but they add a lot to the polish. Both of these polishes are from Lynnderella's latest collection, Early Halloween Resurrected. They are available now, along with tons of other goodies, at Lynnderella's eBay store.

Happy Halloween!! Any plans for tonight? My city has officially rescheduled Halloween until Nov. 7, due to Sandy. They are still live wires and trees down, not exactly safe trick-or-treating conditions. I plan to watch Hocus Pocus tonight though. I'm kind of excited because I get an extra week to have Halloween decorations and Halloween nails!

This Polish Makes Robbing Graves Quite Dandy!

Base: one coat CND Stickey
Color: two coats OPI Mourning Glory, two coats Dandy Nails Grave Robber
Top: one coat Seche Vite
Application: excellent (out of poor, average, good, excellent)

OMG.... the Indie polish makers are killing my bank account with their Halloween releases. Resistance to Halloween polish is futile for me. I hadn't tried Dandy Nails at all, but when I saw the first swatch of Dandy Nails Grave Robber, I went to her Etsy store and purchased it STAT. Grave Robber is orange and GRAY (!!) glitter shards in a clear base with a sprinkling of smaller orange glitter. GRAY GLITTER. THAT IS LIFE.

I wish my pictures captured the beauty of this, I might have to re-swatch. Hurricane Sandy's impending clouds of doom kind of ruined any sunlight I would have liked for these pictures. This is two coats of Grave Robber and the application was ridiculously awesome. The base was not too runny or thick, and there were sh*t tons of glitter in every brushstroke. I could have done one coat very easily, but I wanted that extra glittery feel!

Now that I've tried Grave Robber, I want MOAR Dandy Nails! All three of her Halloween polishes are still available on her Etsy shop. I'm debating about ordering Legal Assassin. I'm only debating it because I've spent so much money on polish this month, it's getting bad. My birthday is November 15 though, I wonder if I could make my boyfriend order it as an early bday present!

New Halloween Favorite: Lynnderella Early Halloween

Base: CND Stickey
Color: two coats Nicole by OPI Others Pale By Kim-parison, two coats Lynnderella Early Halloween
Top: one coat Gelous
Application: good (out of poor, average, good, excellent)

I think Lynnderella Cauldron Drippings has officially been replaced as my favorite Halloween polish. There's a new star in town, specifically Lynnderella Early Halloween. This mix of violet, orange, and green glitters with random fun pieces like holo diamonds, gold stars and teeny silver stars is one of the coolest polishes I own. I tend to get super excited over Halloween polish and Early Halloween manages to feel very Halloween-y, but I could also wear it year round (which I will do). I really love the particular shades of purple, orange, and green that Lynn used in this polish. They look so awesome together!

Lynn had noted that Early Halloween might have a challenging application, but I didn't experience anything terribly difficult. This is two dabbed coats over two coats of Nicole by OPI Others Pale By Kim-parison. Having read her note about the application, I decided to dab right off the bat and it worked very well. I did find one huge orange square that was all curled. I wiped it off on a tissue because I knew it would never lie flat. None of the other glitters were curled though, so maybe it was just a weirdo.

I wore this for three days and then decided to see what it looked like with a matte top coat. I LOVED it matte! It looks even spookier! Below you can see it with one coat of KnockOut Cosmetics Flatte Top.

What are your Caturday plans? Mine are: get ready for the Snowicane heading my way, and watch the Halloweentown movies on Disney!! Speaking of the Snowicane/Frankenstorm, if by any chance you don't hear from me on Monday or Tuesday, it's possible that I've lost power and can't blog. My neighborhood rarely loses power, so I'm hopeful we'll be fine!

Lynnderella Early Halloween is available on her eBay store.

Nicole by OPI Others Pale By Kim-parison was sent for review. For more information, please see my Disclosure Policy.

Orly R.I.P.

Base: one coat Zoya Get Even
Color: one coat OPI Mourning Glory, two coats Orly R.I.P.
Top: one coat Seche Vite
Application: Good (out of poor, average, good, excellent)

As a lover of all Halloween polishes, I knew I required Orly R.I.P. the minute I saw the first swatch of it online. R.I.P. is a sheer black base packed with small orange glitter and large orange hex glitter. It is the same kind of idea as the coveted China Glaze Fortune Teller. The small glitter in Fortune Teller is about the same as the small glitter in R.I.P., but R.I.P.'s large glitter is larger than Fortune Teller's small/medium hex glitter. I actually own China Glaze Fortune Teller (I paid a ridiculous sum of money for it on eBay), if you'd like to see a comparison of these two, let me know in the comments!

R.I.P. was not too hard to apply, I did use a black base underneath to make it opaque faster. The large hexes were pretty easy to get on to the nail and I did a bit of dabbing for placement, but nothing strenuous! This is two coats of R.I.P. over my black base, OPI Mourning Glory.

Overall, I love this polish! I might even love it MORE than China Glaze Fortune Teller. The best part is that you don't have to pay an arm and a leg for this beauty. It's widely available at the moment! I got mine at Sally Beauty Supply!