Juicy Radioactive Orange

I'm wearing three coats of China Glaze- Sun Worshipper topped off with two coats of Color Club- Covered in Diamonds. This reminded me of a juicy orange, but it's so bright it's radioactive. I don't own a lot of neons, and I only have a couple oranges in my collection. I have nothing like this. Normally I'm not really drawn to neon oranges. Covered in Diamonds is very versatile and can be layered over many other colors. The possibilities are endless. I did have some issues with it though. It has iridescent flakies in it, but they aren't the kind of flakies that lay flat on the nail. These ones are more like shards. The sharp edges on them were sticking out and catching on things causing this mani to chip prematurely. I removed it shortly after it started chipping. I actually got a few compliments on this mani though.

I took a couple pictures of Sun Worshipper before I added Covered in Diamonds.

This is pre-clean up and without the flash. You can see that it has a matte finish instead of a glossy one. That's usually characteristic of neons. They also are more jelly-like and sheer. It is recommended that one layers them over a white cream, but I didn't do that (I should have). I used three coats, and it was a streaky mess. I was not pleased with the application.

With the flash, it shows up WAYY more yellow than it actually it, but the brightness in the sun is pretty close. This isn't color accurate at all, but just for fun.

I got some nail mail too!

My expose sale Lynnderellas came in the mail! I'm still debating on whether to use them or sell them in the future.

Purple Glitter Combo

I have a combination today. This is two coats of Sparitual- Chill topped off with one coat of All That Glitters- Plum and Plummer. At first I was a little iffy about how both of these shades would look layered, but I was extremely pleased with the results! Chill was more blue-toned, and Plum and Plummer made it look more purple.

All that Glitters is one of my favorite indie brands. The polishes wear so well on me. I'm sure I could have worn this for another few days without chipping.  Remember Very Peacockish? The pictures were taken after two days of wear. Plum and Plummer has small pieces of purple glitter, medium purple and black hexes, and jumbo-sized silver hexes. The application was pretty smooth. In order to get the large silver hexes, I had to fish around a little bit. 

 Here's a picture of Chill before I layered Plum and Plummer over it. It's in a little mini bottle. It's a violet toned blue creme, that's almost greyed in some sense- I guess you can call that Periwinkle.

Some nail mail arrived also!!!

I had a $5 gift card to Sephora, so I purchased Sephora by OPI- It's My Pink! I LOVE Betsey Johnson, and it's such a shame that she recently declared bankruptcy and everything is being discontinued. I really wanted this for my collection. Plus, I don't own that many hot pinks, and it's scented! I got Pretty & Polished- Bayou Blitz. This was an impulse buy. I have the mini, but I really wanted a full-size so I'll keep the mini aside to swap/sell at some point. My friend Heather had a really old OPI- DS Elegance. The bottle is halfway empty, and the cap used to be silver, but it was heavily used. She gave this to me!! She said she didn't really use it that much anymore and she knew how passionate I was about my collection. I felt guilty accepting it because the old OPI DS shades are highly sought after, but she insisted that I take it! 

I managed to catch Llarowe's flash sale of Lynnderellas last week and this is what I got: 

I also bought three more bottles from Traci from The TraceFace Philes after certain events have transpired which I'm not going to go into on here. They should be arriving soon in the mail though. I ordered Boy-Girl Party, She Lived in a Swamp, and Love, Lace and Lilacs. I'll just say that as more things unfold, the less I even want Lynnderellas in my collection. I probably will keep them for a while and then consider selling them off in the future.

Sky Blue and Orange- What a Combo

 I had my fiance pick out this combo for me. Usually when he selects a combo, it's almost always something with crackle. He chose Funky Fingers- Orange Scales and Deborah Lippmann- Let's Hear it for the Boy. I just chose to do an accent nail with the crackle because I thought it would be too much on all of the nails. Let's Hear it for the Boy is a beautiful sky blue creme. It was opaque in two coats. It was from the Footloose collection. I really like the crackle effect the Orange Scales had. Many different shades of Funky Fingers crackle have been showing up at 5Below. I apologize if this mani is a little messy. Unpacking is still a bit hectic.

I got some indie hauls!!!

From Amy's Nail Boutique I got Pink Lemonade and Fiesta! Both of these are gorgeous matte glitters. I'm loving the matte glitter trend.  From Candy Lacquer, I got Argyle. This is another matte glitter polish with glitter in the shape of bars and dimonds.

My Lynnderellas from the wish list finally arrived! I got Sweets to the Sweet and Matter of the Heart. I now own 5 Lynnderellas, but I'm greedy and I want more! I plan on doing another wish list :)

Lynnderella- Snow Angel and Nail Mail!

It took me months to finally get my hands on one of the rare and elusive Lynnderellas! Snow Angel was one of my top lemmings. I really wanted to try wearing it on its own, even though many others prefer to layer it over a sheer color. Here I'm wearing three coats of it. Some spots are bare and uneven, which I would normally dislike, but it literally looks like snow just fell on my fingertips and I love how natural that looks. There are definitely bare spots in snowfall. This mani looks so delicate, but the glitter was actually rather gritty. It was manageable with a coat of Seche Vite. You can tell that my nails are a little bit stained, but it's actually more noticeable in this picture than it is in person. If I ever wear Snow Angel by itself again, I'll paint my tips white first.  I still want more Lynnderellas! I hope I'll have the chance to purchase more! I'm still on the waiting list for two shades that were on backorder. 

Now for some Nail Mail!

I found some sweet polishes from Fashion Footing's blog sale. Here is Icing- Tiger's Blood, Maybelline- Gilt Trip and Revlon- Khaki Chrome. Gilt Trip and Khaki Chrome look like vintage gems! They also both appear to be duochromes! Icing- Tiger's Blood has been a lemming of mine for a long time. It looks very similar to Cult Nails- Captivated. I originally wanted Captivated, and when it was unavailable, I tried to find Tiger's Blood without success. Now months later, Captivated is available again (which I purchased ASAP),and now I have Tiger's Blood also! Patience pays off! 

HSN had the Deborah Lippmann Footloose collection on clearance. They were selling in duos for about $10 each, which is like $5 a polish. Deborah Lippmann polishes usually go for $16 a pop, so this was a great deal. I got the entire collection! Footloose, Almost Paradise, Dancing in the Sheets, and Let's Hear it for the Boy.

China Glaze- Cyberspace and Nail Mail!

Here I'm wearing China Glaze- Cyberspace. This is a holographic released in the Tronica collection in Spring 2011. It is a really light brown and holographic- definitely unique. Although I love holos, the formula on these is very thin and can be streaky if the polish isn't completely dry between coats. Some fingers I was able to get away with two coats, and others needed three because there were some bare spots. This picture is without the flash.

Here it is with the flash. This color can pretty much go with anything. It's even a work-safe holo for more conservative work environments. I own most of the Tronica collection, and there are only a couple I don't have. I just cut my nails again after these photos were taken because I broke one and couldn't stand the thought of my nails being different lengths. (It's an OCD thing..)

Now the following just may be the most EPIC nail mail I've ever received!

My Lynnderellas arrived! Here I have Change, Snow Angel, and Connect the Dots. I've been on the Llarowe waiting list for what seemed to be forever! The wait was definitely worth it! I still had Matter of the Heart and Sweets to the Sweet on my waiting list and they were on backorder, so hopefully I'll get those someday soon. These are more than enough for now!

I also came across a blog sale on Pretty & Polished. Chelsea had some dusty hunt finds from the China Glaze Kaleidoscope collection and was selling them for $10 each. These were an amazing deal so I got them without hesitation. She had four for sale, and I was able to get these three. This is It's My Turn, He's Going in Circles, and Let's do it in 3-D. These are my first holo China Glazes (pre Tronica collection). I eventually want to own the entire OMG and Kaleidoscope collection- so for now I'll keep dreaming, or at least become less-awkward and suck it up and go dusty-hunting.

My no-buy is still going strong! (4 days without buying nail polish- which is good for me!) The hauls that I am posting are packages that are arriving that I ordered previously. I'll probably cave in eventually  like for the OPI Spiderman collection, but I'm not going to buy polish every day like I used to.