Happy Christmas!
Today is our big celebratory day around here. Tomorrow will be the day we sleep in real late and watch Netflix all day. Or maybe the Doctor Who special if we can get our hands on it! Today is also the day I show you some of my "other" favorites this year, starting with Indie polishes...which certainly continued to be a huge trend this year, if not THE trend of the year.
Today I've got my Number Nine polishes of the year to show you.
Remember, I'm doing 3 polishes per number, one indie, one mainstream and one texture.
And trust me, just because these are Number Nine on the list, hardly makes them any less special than those higher up the list!
Remember, I'm doing 3 polishes per number, one indie, one mainstream and one texture.
And trust me, just because these are Number Nine on the list, hardly makes them any less special than those higher up the list!
It's another day of the Crumpets Nail Tarts' 33DC (aka the 33 Day Challenge...not to be confused with the Pepsi Challenge, and certainly not to be confused with omg I feel old for saying that).
Todays prompt is abstract.
And for the record, after yesterdays massive photo editing session to get the OPI Holiday Collection up to show you guys, I was too pooped to polish....so I kind of phoned this prompt in by showing you a mani I had originally done for last weeks Skittles theme, but scrapped it for something else...it's still worthy of a look though because it's a gorgeous polish!
Todays prompt is abstract.
And for the record, after yesterdays massive photo editing session to get the OPI Holiday Collection up to show you guys, I was too pooped to polish....so I kind of phoned this prompt in by showing you a mani I had originally done for last weeks Skittles theme, but scrapped it for something else...it's still worthy of a look though because it's a gorgeous polish!
 | I am trying to be on the ball this time and post up some seasonal polishes I have purchased BEFORE the actual holiday. I know it's crazy. I have so many untrieds that I can fawn all over polishes and buy them and then they rot in untried hell for months, possibly years. So today I'm bringing you 4 Halloween polishes I recently picked up! |
 | I am back to the 33DC after Wednesdays minor hiccup - today we are talking Texture. Oh yeah, Missy loves the texture! I had JUST gotten these two amazing NEON textures a week or so back - so I was all over using them for this challenge! |
 | Every month, myself and few awesome lady friends get together and do a theme week. Different and smaller than Digital Dozen, this is just an informal week where we can pop in and out as we please and do a fun week of nails! This month we planned a NEON theme. I was so excited about this one! Last year neons were all the rage too (like they seem to be every summer), but this year they really took me by storm! I am soooo Team Neon. |
When you see this mani, it may look familiar. I actually did it about 2 weeks ago and posted a small teaser of it around the web. But now here it is on the blog, where it counts, in all it's glory with a few extra pictures!
These are all of the polishes I used, PLUS not pictured is also Sally Hansen Sugar Coat in Lick-O-Rich and the pink neon studs. This mani includes the new Neon Kit from OPI, but I will be reviewing that later this week in detail.
For this mani i did white base coat on pinky, index and thumb nails. The ring and middle are Sally Hansen Sugar Coat in Lick-O-Rich (aka matte black texture polish)
On the pinky and index I took ALL THE NEONS and I did some brushstroking/splotching/layering. The thumb is a combination of glitters, Lynnderella Candy Blossom and Elevation Polish Huangshan (which is about my most favorite glitter EVER and she just announced it will be discontinued after her next restock, so don't miss that one)
Obviously, the ring and middle have then been studded with hot pink neon studs I got from Born Pretty Store, reviewed HERE.
The index and pinkie were then adorned with more of the textured polish in slices, which I made by painting the polish to some clear tape and then cutting triangles of it out after it was dry and sticking them to the nail. It reminded me of grip tape (the stuff on skateboards), so I called it a Grip Tape mani all over the net when I posted it, and it looked so convincing that I am fairly certain some people may have gone out and used actual Grip Tape on their nails. I hope it didn't rip anyones nail layers off if so, because its not something I would suggest, that stuff it SUPER sticky.
So there you go! Off to a bangin' start for Neon Week! Can't wait to see what the other ladies do! This is the list of everyone participating:
 | It is Untried Polish Challenge Day! Todays prompt is 'In Season' So I'm guessing summery jellies and neons is whats in season more or less. So I kind of did all of that. I think initially I was going to cheat and use this mani as my 'Glitter' and 'Creme' prompts, but I figured I'd just use up as many polishes as possible, since that's kind of the point! That and the fact that, like any good Polish Passionista, I seem to accumulate more than I can use up equally! |
The main guy in this mani is this beautiful new addition to my life - Lynnderella Beside Herself. Look at all that pretty, doused in matte white. So.In.Love.
I paired this glitterbomb up with Sinful Colors Pistache (the green) and then I did an accent nail with some white polish and a splash of Barry M Papaya!
I really like the turnout here, it reminds me of juicy hybrid of a honeydew melon and a cantaloupe.
I shall dub thee: HONEYLOUPES!
How gorgeous is that blue shimmer in Beside Herself? Aye baby.
Don't forget to check out all the other awesome ladies doing this challenge:
Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily
Raine at Lacquer Lily
Amy at Fancy Side
Amanda at Designer Nail Accents
Sam at Polished Art
Patricia at Polished and Glittered
Lizajane at Organic Neglect
Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails
Kristina at Lacquer Fetish
 | Oooops? So...this post was supposed to be up on SATURDAY. I'm only...4 days late. So late I actually have two of these back to back to post. It's another installment of the Untried Polish Challenge, which runs every third day. Todays' prompt is Most Expensive. While this isn't my MOST expensive, it's my most expensive in the untried category. And it's about the limit at what I will pay for a polish, because it's Lynnderella, and I'm worth it. |
I'm pairing Lynnderella's BirdBrain Blue over Barry M Greenberry. Both of these have been huge lemmings of mine for AWHILE. Luckily I was finally able to grab this Lynn a few weeks ago, and then I also got this amazing surprise package from Debbie that included this Barry M! SWEET!
BirdBrain Blue is a soft blue jelly base loaded with aqua microglitters and then fun neon pieces in hearts, flowers, hex, diamonds, all kinds of awesome.
I wanted to pair this gorgeous polish over something a little more bold, as I normally see it matched up with sky and light pastel blues. I really think it looks gorgeous with this nice, bright mint greenish blue.
BirdBrain Blue did run pretty thin so I had to fish a LITTLE bit for glitters. But they aren't hard to find at all! This is just one coat over 2 coats of Greenberry and a coat of top coat.
Here is a great view of that aqua microglitter!
You can check out the Lynnderella shop at lynnderella.com
What's YOUR most expensive polish?
Don't forget to check out all the other awesome ladies doing this challenge:
Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily
Raine at Lacquer Lily
Amy at Fancy Side
Amanda at Designer Nail Accents
Sam at Polished Art
Patricia at Polished and Glittered
Lizajane at Organic Neglect
Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails
Kristina at Lacquer FetishDigital Dozen Bling Week - Love and Potions and Hearts (and BLING!)
- Tuesday, May 14, 2013
- By Missy
- 17 Comments
 | It's Day 2 of Bling Week! Of course, what we as the Digital Dozen have dubbed Bling Week, its not a national holiday or anything like that! One of our members, Vic (glowstars.net) picked this theme - and if you are at all familiar with her blog you will know why! She is the crown princess of bling, thats for certain! Hopefully I don't embrass her with some of what I've done this week - but I know I am pretty proud of todays installment! |
Just when you thought it was safe....
I've jumped from a week of Catrice polishes to this....
A Month of Indies!
Well - it's more like 26 Days of Indies!
I partake in a monthly challenge so 5 days of this month will be devoted to that, but the rest will be devoted to Indies - a different one every day!
Luckily I had 26 untried Indies!
Today I am pairing up some swampy goodness for you!
China Glaze Deviantly Daring and Lynnderella She Lived In A Swamp.
I have wanted this Lynnderella polish since I found out who Lynn was, over a year ago. A friend had it and I passed when she decided to get rid of it, and kicked myself when it seemed like they might become hard to get and all that silliness surrounded the brand for awhile. But then I got lucky when Elizabeth at Nail Polish Is My Crack offered to swap it to me!
I've jumped from a week of Catrice polishes to this....
A Month of Indies!
Well - it's more like 26 Days of Indies!
I partake in a monthly challenge so 5 days of this month will be devoted to that, but the rest will be devoted to Indies - a different one every day!
Luckily I had 26 untried Indies!
Today I am pairing up some swampy goodness for you!
China Glaze Deviantly Daring and Lynnderella She Lived In A Swamp.
I have wanted this Lynnderella polish since I found out who Lynn was, over a year ago. A friend had it and I passed when she decided to get rid of it, and kicked myself when it seemed like they might become hard to get and all that silliness surrounded the brand for awhile. But then I got lucky when Elizabeth at Nail Polish Is My Crack offered to swap it to me!
This is a clear based polish full of greeny gold glitters of all varieties, bars, squares, micros, hex's...all green and nothin' but green!
I paired her up with Deviantly Daring because it seemed to remind me of The Creature From the Black Lagoon poster, all those cool blues and greens. Subsequently I was doing a dupe comparison on it and Sally Hansens Scarab. Turns out I lost those pics, but the polishes ARE identical.
Here is a macro on the nail.
I seriously am so happy to own this polish now - it rounds my Lynnderella collection out to a solid 3 polishes now! Hahah...the only complaint I do have about this polish is a few of the bar glitters did curl on my nail, some I was able to push down into the top coat, some I had to remove, some caused no problems at all!
This is a gritty glitter, it took a coat of Gelous and 2 coats of Top Coat to smooth.
Lynnderella polishes are currently ONLY available through their store on ebay and I think her current retail price is $23 per bottle.
Lynnderella - I Don't Mean Rhinestones
- Saturday, February 02, 2013
- By Missy
- 5 Comments
I alluded to something awesome coming today in yesterdays post of Ulta's Dance Teal Dawn.
I guess depending on your definition of awesome, this may or may not be it!
Despite your feelings on the matter of a certain polish maker, you gotta admit, some Lynnderella's are in a class all their own. Case in point:
I guess depending on your definition of awesome, this may or may not be it!
Despite your feelings on the matter of a certain polish maker, you gotta admit, some Lynnderella's are in a class all their own. Case in point:
This is 2 coats of I Don't Mean Rhinestones over 2 coats of Ulta Dance Teal Dawn and ONE coat of the new Julep Freedom Top Coat.
So much sparkle with hints of holographic delight!!!
I die.
Outdoor sunlight to see some of the holo that hides within this beauty.
^Outdoor/Shade^
Now this only marks the 2nd polish I have from the Lynnderella brand, but I love them both to death. There may be other polishes similar to this, but there is something about this that I just can't put my finger on that makes it so special, to me anyway.
When I wore it, I felt like I had teal colored Ruby Slippers on from the Wizard of Oz. I couldn't stop looking at my fingers.
On a side not - I used the new Julep Freedom Top Coat with this manicure and while I can't say anything about its longevity (sorry but even with this gorgeous polish on, i was still too tempted to remove it the same day)- I can tell you that it has a great consistency and covered/tamed this glitter in only one coat.
If you are interested in purchasing Lynnderella polishes, you can search her on ebay.
Swatch - Illamasqua Nomad/Lynnderella Connect the Dots
- Saturday, June 09, 2012
- By Missy
- 6 Comments
Gorgeous Illamasqua Nomad with Lynnderella Connect the Dots on top.
This is 2 coats of Nomad and 1 coat of Connect the Dots.
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The Purple Crumpet Fairy Spring Challenge - Day #5: Spring Clean/An Out of Season Color
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
- By Missy
- 9 Comments
2 Coats China Glaze Recycle and 2 Coats Lynnderella Connect the Dots.
Have a great day! XOXO.
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