Paper Chasing

For tonight glittery polish lovers, I have a simple China Glaze swatch. Someone wanted a swatch, so I have a shimmery green one for you! I offer up China Glaze Paper Chasing for your viewing delight!

Again, a green I like! This is a gorgeous shimmery green. It's very thin though, so I put on 3 coats with a coat of Seche Vite on top.  Dry time is nice. No pulling when I go to apply a second coat. In some lights it's a medium green, and in others it's a lighter lime green. It's even duochrome between those in some lights! Of course there's great green and gold micro shimmer too. Loooooooove. I'll definitely be using this again!

Holly for the Holidays

Afternoon all! It's closer to December, so here's an early Christmas nail design I came up with! Using China Glaze Angel Wings, Sally Girl Glitter, and a glitter pot from 5 Below, I made this cute holly design! 

This was a super easy design, just a bit time consuming! To start off, I used 2 coats of China Glaze Angel Wings from the Holiday 2012 collection and a coat of Seche Vite.  This is gorgeous. It's a lighter gold with holo glitter scattered throughout. I can't decide if I like this one or Glistening Snow better! 

I pulled out my dotting tool and put 3 dots together for the berries using the cute snowman shaped polish from Sally's called Glitter. Appropriate? YES! Then I put a coat of Seche Vite on top, placed my star glitter for the leaves, and put another coat of Seche Vite on top. The glitter pot is only like $2-$3 at 5 Below, and my nice friend Megan got it for me :) I love this mani. Very Festive! I give this a 8/10 for glitter and a 8/10 for application. Show me your Christmas nail too!

The Stars in Her Eyes...

Evening glittery polish lovers! Today I give you something that literally took my breath away. Legit. I  won Lynnderella The Stars in Her Eyes from OhThreeOhFour in a giveaway, and over Sinful Colors Nova, the combination is positively stunning!

Let's get to the how to before I gush shall we? To start off, I used 2 coats of Sinful Colors Nova from the Holiday 2012 collection. This is WOAH. It's a dark blue-black crelly with dark green micro shimmer through out. I can definitely see how it got its name. Nova it is! Here it is with a coat of Seche Vite on top! This is a tiny galaxy in itself!

Now to The Stars in Her Eyes. OMG. This is my favorite Lynn yet! This is just 1 coat! The formula was extremely workable, and I didn't have any challenging application at all! The Stars in Her Eyes is glittery awesomeness! There are small holo stars, the occasional big holo star (I got one on my pointer!), holo hexes, glowing blue glitter similar to the Bride of Franken, and lots of rainbow dust!

This is glorious. I feel like I have a galaxy or a night sky on my nails. The best night sky ever! Challenging application? Please Lynn don't kill yourself. This was perfect. The glitter in it is phenomenal.  I'm totally in love. With a coat of Gelous and a coat of Seche Vite, my nails are smooth and shiny! 10/10 for glitter and 9/10 for application! Woooooo!

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Happiness is a Buff and Shine Away!

Evening glittery polish lovers! As I have finally gotten into nail care, I thought I'd take a break from glitter polish for a day (gasp!), and show you guys a little how to in nail care! First of all, I apologize for my stained nails. The brush on my base coat broke, so I didn't wear one for a few weeks. I have a new one though, so hopefully the stains go away with soaking and base coats! Now to the awesome ASP Miracle Buff and Shine Block from Sally's! Here's the before picture.

Look at those ridgy, not shiny nails! Gosh! So here's how you get those nails less ridgy, more shiny, and primed for polish application! Use the gray side (which is 600 grit) to buff your nails. This smooths them to take away some of those ridges, and this makes polish application easier! I go back and forth along the entire nail for about 10-20 seconds. Then use the white side (4000 grit) to shine your nails up! I feel like if it squeaks, you know it's working! I do about 15-30 seconds depending on the shine I want. And then boom!

Look at that shine! I think my nails even look a bit pinker. Now if I could just get rid of those stains ;) The shine lasted about 2 days, and my nails were wonderfully smooth to the touch. I'm definitely gonna buff and shine my nails more often. It also makes your polish go on so much easier! This is only $2.19 with your Sally Beauty club card, so get it while you can!

Link, The Hero of Time

Evening glittery Black Friday goers! Have you found some awesome sales? Bought some awesome polish? Well if you haven't, you should check out more of the Hylian Hero Collection from Lucky 13 Lacquer! Tonight I give you Link over Harvest Moon!

To create a great base for Link, I decided to use Harvest Moon, a lighter brown with golden undertones and micro shimmer from the China Glaze Hunger Games collection. I used about 1 and a half coats for this, just to fill in the bald spots. I was too lazy to do 2 XD

Now for Link, the reason for the Hylian Hero Collection! This polish definitely shows off the Hero of Time. Blue hexes for his eyes, yellow hexes for his hair, and green hexes for his popular green outfit. The formula for this one was also pretty good. Not to thick and not to thin. And one coat of Seche Vite was all I needed to smooth everything out :) Now brown is not my normal color (to perhaps bring to mind Epona, Link's trusty steed), but with this polish I'm in love! 10/10 for glitter and 8/10 for application hands down!

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A Starchild on the Catwalk

Happy Thanksgiving glittery polish lovers! I hope all of you are spending your day with some family, friends, and polish! For today's mani, I have more sparkle times 100, just for Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for my freedom to wear my nails how I please, so here's some sparkle and glitter!

To start this awesomeness off, I used 2 coats of Color Club Catwalk Queen. It was very streaky on the first coat, but the second coat smoothed it out and brought out the shimmer and shine!  This is a very dark purple, almost black in some light, with lighter purple micro shimmer throughout. This is gorgeous, and it's a great purple to add to my collection of polishes I could wear for Stockata events!

Then I used about 2 coats of Barielle Starchild with a coat of Seche Vite on top to complete this glitter bomb look! I LOVE Starchild. More than Picture Polish Glitter Ball (which I swapped).  This polish has various sized holo silver hex glitters. YESSS. My mom even wants a bottle for Christmas! I just kept staring at my nails. Then here's a secret...I used a coat of Yellow Stopper from Sally's under this mani, and the next day I was able to peel it off in one go! No acetone! No foil! Just peels off easily. There will be a post on this soon! And obviously this mani is a 10/10 for glitter! :D

Stockata, the Mani of the Fall 2012 Concert

As you ladies know, last night was the Fall concert for my all female a cappella group, Stockata. As our colors are purple and black, and because I am known as 'The Glitter Queen' or 'Sparkles,' I had to have both glitter in my outfit and on my nails! A while ago, I worked with Sabrina from Black Cat Lacquer to make a custom bottle of polish called Stockata to remind me of my group. What better way to rock Give Your Heart a Break on stage than with this awesome polish? Here's one lovely coat over Avon's Starry Sky with a coat of Seche Vite on top :)

This made me sooo happy. Stockata is easy to work with (not too thick or goopy at all), and is gorgeous! It has medium and small dark purple and black hexes, pale purple dot glitters, and white stars, since we are also nicknamed the Rising Stars as the newbie group (we're just a year and a half old!).  This polish represents us so well, and it even has our name on it! I love Sabrina for making it. She even made a few extra, so I gave mine to our old president and got myself another. There's nothing like this at all! 10/10 for glitter and an 8/10 for application!

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