It's Christmas Eve!! Here are some Lynnderella Holiday Manis!

*Some items sent for review, please see end of post for a list*

Well, it's Christmas Eve day. That means I had better get my butt out to some stores to do my Christmas shopping, I might want to finish decorating the tree, and maybe I think about wrapping presents too (although I never really do that until around midnight on Christmas Eve). But instead of getting going on those projects, I'm going to show you some of my recent holiday Lynnderella manis! This green treat is Lynnderella Do You See What I See?, a core polish from last year's Season's Glitterings collection that is now being discontinued (more on that at the end of the post). I layered it over Revlon Posh. 

Lynnderella Garnet Grace came out this summer in the Talismans and Birthstones collection and it is STUNNING! I'm copying Lynnderella's description for this one because it's a surprisingly complex mix of glitter. She says it's a "dense mix of red, burgundy and purple accented with green and orange microglitter in a clear base". This is one coat of Chanel Taboo. Garnet Grace is also being discontinued.

Next up we have a Lynn classic, Happy HoloDaze!, the perfect holiday glitter bomb mix of red, green and holo silver assorted glitters. This one is from the Holiday Houseguests collection two years ago I believe and I don't think it's around anymore. If you ever see it for sale/swap, I absolutely recommend picking it up. This is over Zoya Tomoko.

Finally we have Lynnderella Season's Glitterings, another perfect holiday glitter mix from last year's Season's Glitterings collection. This is probably my favorite Christmas polish ever. It has red and green, I feel like you need those in a Christmas polish, but it also has other colors and a ton of tiny holo glitter to add interest. This is over OPI This Gown Needs a Crown. Season's Glitterings is another beauty that is being discontinued.

*Some items sent for review, please see end of post for a list*

Now, don't panic, I believe all of the polishes on the discontinued list are still available right now. They won't stick around forever, but I think if you just send Paul a message on eBay, you'll find that you can still get them. I did purchase several polishes from this year's holiday collection, but I haven't quite gotten around to wearing them yet. A lot of them are not too holiday specific, so I'll be showing you them in a later post. Lynnderella polish is available at lynnderella.com.

I want to wish all of my readers a Merry Christmas and happy, relaxing holiday season! Thank you so much for reading, I never imagined having this many readers when I started this blog. I will be taking a few days off from posting, but I should be back by the weekend with some polishes that are NOT red and green, haha!

*Zoya Tomoko and OPI This Gown Needs a Crown sent for review. All other polishes purchased by me*

SinfulColors Sheer Lustre Glitter Topcoats

 *Sent for review*

I have two polishes from SinfulColors Sheer Lustre Glitter Topcoats collection to show you, and both are festive choices if you need a last minute holiday nail idea. There are 6 polishes in the Sheer Lustre collection and all are meant to be layered over another polish to "transform your fave shades to instant glitz and glam", according to SinfulColors. This lovely gold shimmer topper is SinfulColors 24 Karat. 24 Karat could definitely add some gold pizazz to any old creme polish. It's not really glitter, there is no texture to it, but more like soft flecks of gold in a clear base.

This is one easy coat of 24 Karat over SinfulColors SinfulShine Devious. 24 Karat is packed with gold flecks, so one coat is perfect. I found this to be extremely easy to apply.

This holographic glitter treat is SinfulColors Top Me Off, a mix of blue and silver holo glitter in a clear base. This was way more holo in person- it looked more like it does in the bottle, with rainbows flashing all over the place.

This is one coat of Top Me Off over SinfulColors SinfulShine Set the Mood. I think Top Me Off could be worn on it's own in three coats or so, it was pretty dense. It applied really well, no problems at all.

*Sent for review*

I love both of these toppers, especially Top Me Off. There is also a gorgeous turquoise topper in this collection that I think I need to go hunt down. At the excellent price of $1.99, it's fun to mix and match these with other SinfulColors polishes to make new looks. These are available exclusively at Walgreens.

SinfulColors Holiday Tinsel collection Brings the Bling!

 *Sent for review*

Today I have two polishes from the SinfulColors Holiday Tinsel collection, a small collection of 6 bar glitter toppers. First up is SinfulColors Spiked Ice, a clear base packed with shiny black bar glitter. The glitter pieces are very reflective looking, as you can see in the pictures. They aren't like a flat black. I usually am not a fan of bar glitter, but I really like the way this looks for some reason! These glitters all lay nice and flat too.

This is two coats of Spiked Ice over SinfulColors SinfulShine Rise & Shinier. I had no trouble applying this. Occasionally pieces of glitter would stick out over the edge of my nail, but I just pushed them back quickly before the polish dried. That is to be expected of a bar glitter polish though.

SinfulColors Gold Tinsel is REALLY bling-y! Gold Tinsel is a mix of yellow gold and rose gold bar glitter in a clear base. It seems to be extra shimmery, and my camera kind of couldn't handle it in the sun. I like the mix of the two golds, it's more interesting than just plain gold bar glitter.

This is two coats of Gold Tinsel over SinfulColors Pine Away. Like Spiked Ice, it was easy to apply and I just had to push the occasional stray glitter back on to my nails. These glitters also lay nice and flat.

*Sent for review*

The other four shades in this collection are Silver Rainbows (holo silver bar glitter), Pink Icicles (pink bar glitter), Cold As Ice ("winter white" bar glitter), and Tinsel Town (blue bar glitter). SinfulColors Holiday Tinsel is available exclusively at Walgreens!

An OPI Holiday NOTD

 *Sent for review*

I'm just popping in today with a quick post- I'm in the thick of holiday action this week with decorating, parties, shopping, etc. But I've been dying to sponge one of the OPI holiday glitters over the tips of OPI In My Santa Suit since I first reviewed the OPI Mariah Carey Holiday collection and this time I picked My Favorite Ornament.

I always use a wedge-shaped make-up sponge to sponge on a glitter gradient. I always feel like the corners of the sponge give me more control. I love this look for a fun and festive holiday nail that doesn't take all day to do.

*Sent for review*

The OPI Mariah Carey Holiday collection is available now at Ulta and salons near you.

Deck the Halls with Two Gorgeous Holiday Lumina Lacquers

 *Purchased by me*

The indie polish makers have been killing me lately with their holiday offerings, Lumina Lacquer in particular. I have two of this year's holiday Lumina Lacquers to show you, and I really wish I could have purchased about 4 more! First up is Lumina Lacquer Lights, Christmas, Action. Lights, Christmas, Action is a mix of many different colored round glitters in several sizes and holo green Christmas tree glitter, all in a clear shimmered base. I have been dying for one of these round glitter polishes, they are so cool! The mix of colors in this polish remind me exactly of ornaments on a tree.

I wanted all the different color glitters to pop, so I layered this over two coats of OPI Alpine Snow. It was easiest to load up the brush with glitter, then wipe most of it off onto the neck of the bottle and take it right from the bottle neck to your nail. Tatiana recommends dabbing her polishes on and I normally find that to be the best method, but I think the base of this one is a little thick for dabbing. I just kept applying glitter until I was satisfied, so this isn't really a particular number of coats. Lights, Christmas, Action comes with a bag of extra Christmas tree glitter so you don't have to fish for them if you don't want to!

Lumina Lacquer The Snow King is quite possibly my favorite winter-themed polish EVER. Now, I think I might be a little biased because it just happens to contain my favorite color combination, purple and gold, a lot of the glitter is holo (we all know I love that) AND it has my new favorite circle glitter. There are a couple different shades of purple in here, along with gold and silver. There are also holo silver snowflakes and snowmen! You get an extra bag of glitter with this polish too, with a ton of snowmen and snowflakes. Without the snowflakes and snowmen, I would and will wear this polish year round. I also like that it's an alternative to red and green that still looks really festive.

I decided to layer one dabbed coat of The Snow King over two coats of my new favorite purple creme, Zoya Odette. The Snow King was easier to apply than Lights, Christmas, Action. I had no trouble dabbing it on and getting plenty of glitter on the brush.

*Purchased by me*

Lumina Lacquer's store is supposed to be restocked today! I don't know what time, but I would keep an eye out on Lumina Lacquer's Facebook and Big Cartel store for details. I usually find out restock times on Instagram, so you can follow @luminalacquer there.

SinfulColors SinfulShine Devious

 *Purchased by me*

Pretty much every week, I like to wander around Walgreens after work on Wednesdays. I get out of work a little earlier on Wednesdays and there is a Walgreens that can be on my way home if I don't take the highway (there are actually 2 Walgreens, 2 CVS's and a Rite Aid I can hit on the "way home" on Wednesdays LOL). But anyway, on my most recent trip, my goal was to get a SinfulColors SinfulShine red that would be perfect for the holidays. SinfulColors Devious clearly fits the bill! Devious is a bright true red that actually looks red on the first coat, not pink like some red cremes. Like it's relatives in the SinfulShine line, it is SUPER shiny without top coat. All swatches here are shown with no top coat.

This is two coats of Devious. The pigmentation was excellent. It might be able to be a one-coater if you tend toward thicker coats. The formula was a tad bit thinner than some SinfulShines I've tried, but not hard to work with.

*Purchased by me*

SinfulColors Devious is available at a Walgreens near you!

SinfulColors Pine Away with Christmas Decals!

*SinfulColors Pine Away purchased by me, decals sent for review*

The "good" Walgreens in town is not really on my way home from work on Wednesday nights, so I often take a little stroll through to see what's new. The SinfulColors holiday display caught my eye and SinfulColors Pine Away came home with me this week. Pine Away is the perfect Christmas green I've been looking for. Sometimes I feel greens are too dark or too summer-y to be a real Christmas green, but this one is right on. Pine Away is a dense foil, so it looks glittery, but is totally smooth to the touch.

 Pine Away has great pigmentation. It was nearly a one-coater, but I did two in these photos. The formula was also excellent. Gotta love when a $1.99 polish is super pigmented, has a great formula, AND looks amazing!

I was going to a Christmas fair this weekend to work at a fundraiser for my dance school, so I wanted to add some holiday decals to my nails. I used these Born Pretty Store water decals I showed you last year. I was originally just going to do an accent nail or two with decals, but I got a little excited and just kept putting them on LOL.

Here's a close-up of the cute Santa in a sleigh that was on my thumb nail.

*SinfulColors Pine Away purchased by me, decals sent for review*

SinfulColors Pine Away is available at a Walgreens near you and the Christmas decals are still available at Born Pretty Store.

Glitter and Be Gay This Holiday Season with Deborah Lippmann

 *Purchased by me*

It's December 1st and that means the holiday season is officially in gear! I personally like to enjoy each holiday individually, so I don't allow myself to do Christmas things until Thanksgiving is over and December has begun. Now that it is December, I can start listening to Christmas music constantly and rocking Christmas nails. I couldn't think of a better polish to kick off the season with than Deborah Lippmann Glitter and Be Gay. I am a huge fan of gold holo glitter and Glitter and Be Gay is the ULTIMATE yellow gold holo glitter polish. The glitter in this lacquer must have come from Santa himself because it is super extra sparkly and rainbow-y. There are also some scattered holo gunmetal glitter pieces mixed with the gold and I think they add extra depth and dimension.

This is about one and a half dabbed coats of Glitter and Be Gay over China Glaze Red-y and Willing. My first coat was almost enough, but I wanted to go back in fill in a few sparse areas. The base of this polish is a bit thick, but it's definitely not terrible and it's pretty much to be expected with a polish this chock full of glitter. I didn't have any application problems using the dabbing method.

*Purchased by me*

Glitter and Be Gay is so stunning and perfect for the holidays. In fact, now that I started my holiday manis off with this polish, I am not sure how I am going to top this one. Maybe I should have saved this for last? I got Deborah Lippmann Glitter and Be Gay at Sephora.com.

Nicole by OPI Modern Family Holiday Part 2!

 *Sent for review*

Today I have the other two shades in the Nicole by OPI Modern Family Holiday collection swatched for you. This gorgeous glowing rust shimmer is Nicole by OPI Who Red My Journal?. Who Red My Journal? has much more of an orange tone to it than we usually see in holiday collection reds. I am always a fan of orange, so this is a plus for me!

This is two coats of Who Red My Journal? and it was nicely pigmented. This one was a winner formula-wise too, very nice.

Finally, we have the real holiday sparkler, Nicole by OPI You're My Treasure. This is an excellent mix of gold glitter, some holo, some not, in diamonds, medium hexes, small hexes and small round shapes. The diamonds are all holo and I think the small hexes are too. Something is besides the diamonds, but there was too much rainbowing going on for me to clearly determine.

You're My Treasure applied really well for a polish this packed with glitter. This is about one and a half dabbed coats over Who Red My Journal?. The half was really just me filling in a few places I had missed. The glitters are came out of the bottle readily and I found it much easier to apply than Spark the Conversation (the silver square glitter from this collection).

 *Sent for review*

You're My Treasure is my obvious favorite of this collection, followed closely by Spark the Conversation. I really like the other shades too and it's nice to see a holiday collection with some different colors.

Limited edition Modern Family Holiday nail lacquer will be available November 2013 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!