OPI Sparkle Teal Sunrise

One coat of STS over Julep Megan. Gorgeous.

CND Perfectly Bare Duo

 Two coats of Perfectly Bare

One coat of Perfectly Bare Shimmer added.

Lynnderella Mysterious Ways

Two coats of Mysterious Ways over China Glaze Secret Periwinkle. The base of MW is sheer enough to not really alter SP. I used the dabbing method to apply which yielded great results. (In case you're not familiar with the dabbing method, it's where you "dab" the polish on instead of brushing it on. Usually the best method in applying tricky glitters to ensure the glitter stays put.) I used one coat of top coat, and I still feel some bumpiness, so two would probably be ideal.

Because lists are just easier:
- Mostly grey/slightly lavender jelly base
- Holo micro glitter
- Small white hex & squares
- Small purple hex
- Medium holo hex, squares, & diamonds
- Gunmetal medium hex
- Large silver hex

Description from Lynn herself:
Mysterious Ways is the long-lost sister of Gotta Love Brains. It features a grey-violet base with multi-coloured shimmer, white, silver, gunmetal  and holographic hexagons, diamonds, squares and dust. The holographics look amazing peeping out of the translucent grey. Like buried jewels.

Mysterious Ways is also one of four Lynnderellas that is being/has already been discontinued.

Love My Nails Envy + China Glaze Fairy Dust

2 coats of Envy
1 coat of Fairy Dust

China Glaze Party Hearty

 1 coat over Essie Funky Limelight

Check out the awesome reflection!

Lynnderella Connect The Dots

One coat (should've done two) over Essie Cocktail Bling and some bad cell phone pictures.

Zoya Trixie & China Glaze Fairy Dust

2 coats Trixie
1 coat Fairy Dust

So shiny!

Lynnderalla Mercurial

1 coat over Cult Nails Enigmatic

Chicago Bears Ruffian

I'm not big on football, but I'll watch it when it's on.

I used China Glaze Life Preserver & China Glaze First Mate

Chicago Blackhawks Crackle

For those who don't know, I'm a huge hockey fan. Since I'm in Chicago, I'm a huge Blackhawks fan. I wore this mani to the home opener at the beginning of October. I forgot to post it, and since they're playing tonight in Florida, I thought it'd be appropriate to post now.

Base:
China Glaze Red-Curl-Grl
China Glaze White-Kwik-Slver
Wet n Wild Black Creme

Crackle:
China Glaze Black Mesh
China Glaze Lightning Bolt
OPI Red Shatter

Lynnderella Snow Angel

I'll let the pictures do the talking here.

2 coats over Illamasqua Load

For those interested in owning some of Lynnderella's creations, visit her blog:
http://lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.com/
She's opening the shop again this Friday, so jump on it!

Chanel Khaki Vert + CND Jade Sparkle

2 coats. My nails were so long!

Now with one coat of Jade Sparkle. So pretty!

OPI I Lilly Love You

Two coats over Milani Bear to Wear. This was impossible to photograph! ILLY is a pink jelly packed with multicolored flakies. It's GORGEOUS. I want to layer it over everything. I don't think I need to say much else, just look at it!

The Evolution of a Mani featuring Essie Shelter Island

I don't get to change my mani as often as I'd like to. I'm a full time student and have a part time job, so needless to say, I'm usually pretty busy. During the school year, I typically change my polish once a week. In order to keep my nails looking good and prevent me from getting bored, I experiment with layering. I'd like to take you on a journey through my latest layering mani, which occurred during my last week of summer school.

Essie Shelter Island. It's slightly sheer/streaky, but nothing outrageous, so I used three coats. It has that half creme/half jelly finish going on that Essie loves to do. I love it, too. It's a gorgeous, dusty light blue. I have no dupes for this. SI is from the popular Northfolk Collection, which also includes Greenport & Sag Harbor.

A few days later, this happened...

I added one coat Essie Kisses & Bisses. I apologize for the terrible picture; I took this at work under my fluorescent office lights. K&B is a very sheer (think topcoat) shimmer polish. In the bottle, it looks mostly red, but over the blue of Shelter Island it pulled more purple. At first I thought it was similar to CND Amethyst Sparkle, but the CND is sparkley (duh) and K&B is shimmery. Kisses & Bisses came out this spring in the French Affair collection.

And finally...

One coat of OPI Servin Up Sparkle. You can see how terrible my outgrowth is. *shudder* SUS has small silver holo glitters and large silver holo hex pieces in a clear base. It was recently released in a Serena Williams duo with Grape... Set... Match (the one I got) or that silver foil who's name escapes me.

Thanks for reading this giant post. Speaking of posting, I hope to be doing more of it now that summer school is over. I have less than a month til fall semester. We're having a huge sale at work this weekend, I'm helping DBF move two weekends in a row, and he's taking a week of in between those weekends, so I'll still be busy, but it'll be "free time" busy, not "I have so many cases to read" busy.