Happy New Year's Eve Eve!

One of my biggest lemmings since I became obsessed with nail polish earlier this year was The Glittering Crowd by Lynnderella. I had tried & failed to get my hands on it numerous times. Just when I had given up all hope, she released a glitterbomb that is even more amazing! New Year's Eve Eve is like The Glittering Crowd on steroids!! It has everything that TGC has plus a whole lot more! Lynn described it on her blog like this:"New Year’s Eve Eve is a multiglitter—363 days of glitter. We expected it to have some relationship to The Glittering Crowd, and it does. But the addition of new matte and satin glitters add an extra whallop. Just like 2012." I am so incredibly happy with this polish that my desire for TGC has completely disappeared!

This is one coat of NYEE over butter LONDON Lillibet's Jubilee (which can be seen by itself at the end of this post), with 2 coats of topcoat.

Some of the square & bar glitters had some minor curling, but nothing that topcoat couldn't smooth out. I assure you that any curling you see in these pictures is merely reflective.

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Lightbox:

Regular lamp:

Macros!:

 

Every color, shape, & finish of glitter you can imagine all in one bottle.. pure perfection!

Lillibet's Jubilee by butter LONDON is a gorgeous silver foil with a hint of lilac. This baby could have been a 1 coater, but I opted for 2 just because I like it better that way. Here it is shown with 1 coat of topcoat.

Lightbox:

Somehow the 2nd t got a bit scratched so my bottle says "butler london"..Ha! 

I purchased New Year's Eve Eve from the Lynnderella eBay store for $22.50 (pricey I know, but it was my Christmas gift to myself & worth every penny!).

You can check out Lynnderella's blog here & the Love Lynnderella Facebook fan page here.

I purchased Lillibet's Jubilee from ButterLondon.com for $14.

You can check out butter LONDON on Facebook here.

I was watching "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" on TV earlier today (is 29 too old to watch that sorta stuff? Oh well.), and now I have this song stuck in my head.. it seems terribly appropriate for this post, so I just had to share it!

Thanks for stopping by & have a happy new year! :)

Maisie Shine Friday Night & HARE polish Midsummers Midnight

I was going through my untrieds and couldn't help but notice how similar these two looked.. so I figured I'd wear them together & do a comparison post! On my index & ring I have Maisie Shine Friday Night, and on my middle & pinky I have HARE polish Midsummers Midnight. Both are 2 coats each with 2 coats of topcoat. They both have great consistency and application was a breeze! I did a combination of regular brush strokes, with some minimal dabbing (I seriously think I just do it out of habit at this point, lol). The Maise Shine polish has blue, pink, holographic aqua hexes & purple squares in a black crelly base. The HARE polish has blue & purple squares, and pink & green hexes also in a black crelly base. They're definitley not dupes, and if I had to pick a favorite out of the 2 I would go with the Maisie Shine because it has a wider variety of glitters in it.

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I'm holding the Maisie Shine bottle in these first 3 pics:

L-R: Maisie Shine, HARE, Maisie Shine, HARE

Top to bottom: Maisie Shine, HARE, Maisie Shine, HARE

L-R: Maisie Shine, HARE, Maisie Shine, HARE

In these next 3 pics I'm holding the HARE bottle (as you can see from the cute lil bunny ears!):

Top to bottom: Maisie Shine, HARE, Maisie Shine, HARE

L-R: Maisie Shine, HARE, Maisie Shine, HARE

L-R: Maisie Shine, HARE, Maisie Shine, HARE

L-R: Maisie Shine, HARE, Maisie Shine

With flash:

L-R: Maisie Shine, HARE, Maisie Shine, HARE

Mattified!:

L-R: Maisie Shine, HARE, Maisie Shine, HARE

and some lovely bottle shots:

I purchased Maisie Shine Friday Night from here, and HARE polish Midsummers Midnight from here.

Check out Maisie Shine & HARE polish on Facebook here & here respectively.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Christmas Nails!

I finally made a light box (yay!). I used this tutorial from The Collegiate Nail, and it was surprisingly easy! All of the following pics were taken in my light box with the use of an Ottlite desk lamp (which I bought from Bed Bath & Beyond here).

On my thumb, middle, & pinky I have 2 coats of China Glaze Exotic Encounters, a green creme with a pinch of teal. On my index & ring I have 3 coats of Essie Bordeaux, a dark red jelly that leans a bit brown.

Then I topped all fingers with 1 dabbed coat of Sonnetarium Snowfall, a gorgeous glitter filled with various sizes of matte white hexes & small iridescent hexes in a clear base. This polish is awesome & really looks like glistening snow! All fingers have 2 coats of topcoat.

Here are all the polishes I used. The Essie is not quite that dark in person. 

I purchased Snowfall from the Sonnetarium Etsy page (though she can now be found here), and the Essie & China Glaze from my local Harmon.

Check out Sonnetarium on Facebook here.

Thanks for stopping by & Merry Christmas! :)

OPI - I Vant To Be A-Lone Star

I Vant To Be A-Lone Star is a very light blue-grey creme with a hint of silver shimmer throughout. It's a really soft & pretty color. This is actually the first OPI polish that I ever bought & it's still one of my favorites!

This is 3 coats of I Vant To Be A-Lone Star with 1 coat of topcoat.

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Outdoors, indirect sunlight:

Indoors, without flash:

Indoors, with flash:

I purchased this at my local Harmon for about $8.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

"Not Too Shabby" Franken

This is a franken polish I made in an attempt to dupe Color Club Shabby Drab. Regardless of whether or not I succeeded,  I ended up really liking the end result - so I named it Not Too Shabby! (lol.) I used a mixture of Barry M Grey, Kleancolor Pastel Purple, an unnamed Hot Topic purple, Essie Lapiz of Luxury, & Wet n Wild French White. 

This is 2 coats of Not Too Shabby with 1 coat of topcoat.

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Outdoors:

Indoors, without flash:

Indoors, with flash:

Thanks for stopping by! :)

butter LONDON - Slapper

Slapper is a green leaning teal creme. This was another polish that was difficult to get a color accurate photo of, but the indoor pics come a bit closer to the truth. This color is fantastic and application was great, literally like butta! Teehee.

This is 2 coats of Slapper with 1 coat of topcoat.

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Outdoors, overcast:

It was drizzling out again, so please excuse the raindrops!

Indoors, without flash:

I purchased this from butterlondon.com 

This song was the first time I ever heard the term "slapper" so of course I couldn't stop singing it while wearing this!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Cult Nails - Charming

Charming is a dusty purple with gorgeous violet shimmer throughout. It was quite challenging to get a color accurate photo of this one. In the outdoor pics it comes out looking too blue toned. The indoor pics captured the true color a bit better. Application was nice & smooth. This polish is beautiful and definitely a must have for any purple lover like myself!

This is 3 coats of Charming (except on my index finger which has 4 coats because I kept smudging it!), with 1 coat of topcoat.

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Outdoors, overcast:

It started raining while I was taking these so please pardon the little droplets!

Indoors, without flash:

Most color accurate (except for my skin). 

I purchased this from the Cult Nails website.

Check out Cult Nails on Facebook here.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Tough As Nails Lacquer - Go Sit On A Egg

Go Sit On A Egg is a yellow tinged white crelly loaded with hexes of gold, orange, & yellow. When I first read the name of this polish I thought it was a grammatical error, but I was relieved to find out that was purposely done. The creator herself said:"The poor grammar is intentional, and "Go Sit On A Egg" doubles as a lacquer and a great phrase that a beloved in-black-and-white child actor muttered in one of my favorite television series." Since I didn't get the reference, I had to Google it - and what I found was very cute indeed (I've linked the video at the bottom of this post). Application was good - I used a combination of dabbing & regular brush strokes. I will admit I'm not in love with the color, but this polish gets huge points for originality in my book!

This is 3 coats of Go Sit On A Egg with 2 coats of topcoat.

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Direct sunlight:

Indirect sunlight:

I purchased this from the Tough As Nails Lacquer Etsy page as part of The Breakfast Combo No. 1 (along with The Baconian Method) for $10.

Check out Tough As Nails Lacquer on Facebook here & her blog here.

Thanks for stopping by! :)