Sally Hansen Fall Metallic Miracle Gel Shades!

 *Sent for review*

Happy hump day! We are half way through the week- not that it helps me right now because I am working both days this weekend :/. But I have some pretty metallic Sally Hansen Miracle Gel shades that are perfect for fall festivities. Sally Hansen Game of Chromes is a shimmery platinum metallic. It's like a white gold, a bit warmer and more unique than straight up silver. Game of Chromes is highly reflective and will be great right up into the holidays.

This is two coats of Game of Chromes. It could maybe even be a one coater if you do thicker coats. It has a great formula and was easy to work with.

Sally Hansen Stilettos & Studs is a dark gunmetal metallic shimmer. It has a tinge of deep blue to the shimmer in some lighting. I love colors like this for fall!

This is two coats. It was nicely opaque, but has some visible brushstrokes. They were less apparent in person though and didn't really bother me.

Sally Hansen Rock On is an interesting one. It's a soft silver shimmer with small black glitter in the base. The silver is a more satin-y shimmer in person and the glitters are pretty flat, not chunky looking.

This is two coats and it was easy to apply. The brushstrokes are definitely not as noticeable in person. I really liked this, but it didn't photograph that well to be honest. Every once in awhile that happens, but just picture the silver looking more satin-y and smooth, and less brushstrokes.

These great three metallic shades are available now at drugstores, Ulta, and Target stores near you!

NerdLacquer Returns to Never Enough Nails!

*Purchased by me*

I have a fun post for you today with a brand that really helped kick off the indie polish world a few years ago. If you weren't involved in the polish world back then, let me tell you- NerdLacquer was crazy in demand! I loved all of the NerdLacquers I got back then and was sad when the brand ceased to exist for a bit. However, over the summer, I discovered that NerdLacquer is back in action and better than ever!! There are TONS of great new shades, but you can also have some of the old shades remade. I purchased two new shades and had two old ones remade to satisfy years old lemmings of mine! First up is NerdLacquer Kylo. I really just purchased this for the name, since I have a secret crush on Kylo Ren. Kylo is described as a "glowy and menacing wicked blood red with flame and violet (violent?) shimmer and black microglitter". I love this violet-tinged red and the violet shimmer is more apparent in person. The red glitter lurking under the deeper red jelly base really pops out. I love this much more than I thought I would, and though I only got it for the name, I can't wait to wear it!

This is two easy coats. It was easy to apply and has a nice gel-like consistency, not runny or thin at all. It was smooth to the touch with one layer of top coat.

I wanted NerdLacquer Acid of 1000 Fangs SO badly a few years back. I think one went on eBay for like $75 and I was actually considering it for a minute. Acid of 1000 Fangs has a chartreuse acid green crelly base with matching chartreuse hex glitters, lighter yellow-green glitters and teeny silver sparkles. It is a really unique polish and not for the faint-hearted or glitter-fearing among us. I love a good weird green polish and I also love glitter, so this is everything I had hoped it would be!

This is two coats of Acid of 1000 Fangs. I used two layers of top coat and this mostly felt smooth, I just had one or two glitters that stuck up a bit on the sides. I probably could have pushed them over to the center of my nails more, but I really didn't notice them at the time. The formula was a little thicker, but I didn't really have trouble with it.

Another older NerdLacqer that I coveted for ages, NerdLacquer Batcave was originally released as part of a trio that was exclusive to Harlow & Co. I could not nab this for the life of me and I was so sad about it. Happily, I was able to get it remade now and I am thrilled with the result. I think this version is even better than the original. The original seems to have had a darker gray base, whereas this is more of a blue-gray jelly base. Both versions have plentiful metallic blue glitter and black glitter accents, as well as teeny silver sparkles.

This is two coats of Batcave and I found it to be pretty easy to apply. It is packed with glitter, so you may need to push some pieces around. I used two layers of top coat and it is smooth and shiny.

My second new shade that I purchased is NerdLacquer Tristan & Iseult. Tristan & Iseult is a dirty olive green with copper and orange sparkles, bronze flakes, and a shimmer that looks like it could be slightly gold toned, but it's not too warm. The shimmer just adds a nice glow to the polish. This is a really complex and unique polish and unique polishes are what drew me to NerdLacquer years ago. I am so happy to see that tradition continue!

 This is two very easy coats. It has a great formula and was perfectly smooth to the touch with one layer of top coat.

My order also arrived with these adorable skulls-

 and this cute light up squishy ring!

I placed my order on July 22 at night and received it on July 27, an excellent turn around time. Everything was packed extremely well and I will definitely order again. I am very happy that NerdLacquer is back and can't wait to see what else she will cook up! 

You can purchase Kylo and Tristan & Iseult on http://www.nerdlacquer.com. If you are interested in purchased Acid of 1000 Fangs or Batcave, you can email info@nerdlacquer.com. 

Lynnderella Friday, Vol. 56!

 *Sent for review*

It's witching season over on lynnderella.com and I have two of the new Halloween polishes to show you today, as well as two minty fresh cuties. Lynnderella Wild Life is one of the five polishes released in the Season of the Witches collection. It contains silver holographic glitter in a menagerie of shapes- bats, starfish, fish, penguins, butterflies, and Mickey glitters with smaller silver holo accents like circles and squares. I love the bats, they are SO cool!!!

This is one dabbed coat over Dr.'s Remedy Timeless Teal. It was pretty easy to apply, I did have to angle the bats a bit to stay flat on my small nails. But it wasn't hard and I love having holo bats on my nails!!

Lynnderella Witchy's Blushing! is a stunning bright acid green shimmer with chartreuse microglitter accents. It's my new favorite green and will be perfect for Halloween-themed manis. Because it's shimmer based, it looks nice and smooth, never lumpy. The holo microglitter really pops against the acid green.

This is two flawless coats. I didn't even do any clean-up, it was perfect. I used one layer of top coat and it had a nice glossy finish. A++++!

Lynnderella Minstagram is a new LE with lots of small matte mint green glitters, iridescent and mint accents in an aqua shimmered base. The shimmer is super reflective and pretty!!

This was three thin coats. It was still a bit sheer after two coats. I didn't want to do two thinkers coats, because the glitter is so plentiful, it could end up looking textured or bumpy. But three thin coats hit the spot!

Lynnderella Minterest is a shimmery mint with aqua, green, turquoise, cyan and mint shimmers. The shimmer is beautifully complex in this one and can make the polish look a bit more green or more blue depending on lighting. Beautiful!!

This is also three thin coats. Two had a touch of VNL, but it built up nicely with the third. The formula was lovely, a great consistency.

The Season of the Witches polishes are available now on lynnderella.com. I purchased two more of those myself, so I will have swatches of those next Friday. Minstagram and Minterest are available now at http://stores.ebay.com/lynnderella-lynnderella.

Vapid Spellcaster!!

*Purchased by me*

I am finally wearing the coveted Vapid Lacquer Spellcaster! Vapid had a fall/Halloween restock on Sunday, so I thought I'd break out Spellcaster for a bit of luck to help me get everything I wanted in the restock. Spellcaster has a deep burgundy linear holo base with green shimmer and shifting flakie accents. Mine is from the second release and I think the original was more purple-based. Mine also seems to lack some of the intense green shimmer I've seen in photographs, but I could still catch glimpses of it in certain lighting. It's beautiful nonetheless and I am enjoying wearing it.

This is two easy coats. The formula is great, very easy to apply and little to no clean-up needed for me.

Here you can see the green shift-

Spellcaster is a Hella Holo Customs exclusive and is no longer available, although if you join HHC on Facebook, you may be able to buy one from someone.

So what did I get from the Vapid restock?? The Boo-tacular Box (a collab with The Holo Pineapple featuring two polishes, magnets made with polishes and a squishy slime toy), Apparition, a new color from the fall collection called Weaponized Guilt, Drunken Pun'kin Nail Sauce, and some soaps! Some things are still around on the site, check it out at http://vapid.mybigcommerce.com.

Lynnderella Friday, Vol. 55!

*Sent for review*

Hi all! Hope you are having a great Friday so far! I have a new Lynnderella glitter topper for you today that is perfect for a Friday. Lynnderella Shoe Shopping contains different colored shoe and wine glass (!) glitters, as well as stars, large hex glitter, small hex glitter, squares, triangles and many more. The base has a lovely strong pink shimmer ( I think you can see it very well below). I've said before that Lynnderella glitter toppers are still my favorites, and this one is definitely a winner for me. It feels like a party! 

This is one dabbed coat over OPI I saw... U Saw... We Saw... Warsaw. It was pretty easy to apply, though I did place the shoes and wine glasses. My nails are too short and curved for them to lay flat by themselves, so I have to coax them along!

Lynnderella Shoe Shopping is available now at lynnderella.com. Use the code "LoveLynnderella" at checkout to save!

MAC Skin of Evil

*Purchased by me*

Some of you may already know that my makeup collection and passion for makeup is equal to my love of nail polish. So I was super excited when MAC announced their Star Trek collection! I ordered a couple of items from the collection, including MAC Skin of Evil nail polish! Skin of Evil is really unique yellow-green shimmer with large black glitter. In some lighting the shimmer looks more golden, and more green in others. The shimmer is gorgeous, it glows! This polish is probably not for everyone, but I'm glad I got it. It's very unique and it will be perfect around Halloween!

 This is two coats. It built up pretty nicely. In person, I could not see any VNL, but my camera picked up on a bit. To the naked eye, the shimmer makes this look more opaque and also it makes the black glitter look smoother, so the overall effect in person is nicer. It was fairly easy to apply. Sometimes the black glitters clumped up a bit, but they were easy enough to separate.

MAC Skin of Evil is available now at MAC counters and stores, as well as maccosmetics.com. There are also two other nail polishes in the Star Trek collection, a silver and a gold sparkle. I might want to grab the gold sparkle too!!

Lynnderella Friday, Vol. 54!

 *Sent for review*

OK this time I'm actually going to do Lynnderella Friday on a Friday and get back on track here. This was my first full week back to our regular class schedule and I am exhausted!! It's quite an adjustment to get back on a schedule from the carefree summer days. But Lynnderella Orchid Child reminds me a bit of my carefree summer afternoons. It's a beautiful orchid "shimmerella" with some matching holo microglitter accents. It's a nice medium purple with some reddish undertones, but it's well balanced so it will flatter a variety of skin tones.

This is two coats and it was lovely to apply. The shimmerellas are very easy to work with and hardly need any clean-up, so it's a quick and simple mani.

Ahhhh look at the cute shoe glitters!!! Lynnderella Always a Bride has a mixture of soft white and pink satin shoe glitter, mini hearts and stars, and blue satin diamonds. It has a nicely shimmered base with hints of pink. I am just super excited about the shoe glitter, it's adorable!! Despite having small nails, I was able to angle these a little and have them lay perfectly flat, so that was great news too!

This is one dabbed coat over Lynnderella Orchid Child. Always a Bride was surprisingly easy to apply and I just had to nudge the shoes a bit to angle them.

For a nice soft look, I used one dabbed coat of Always a Bride over OPI It's a Boy!. Very Cinderella feeling!

Orchid Child and Always a Bride are available now at http://stores.ebay.com/lynnderella-lynnderella. For more beautiful polishes, check out lynnderella.com.