My Favourite Red.

This ladies and well... ladies; because what gentlemans do we know that is so obsessed with nail polish to read blogs about it, am I right? This is my all time favourite red. I didn't think anything could top OPI From A to Zurich but Zoya Sooki did, and by far! I am a HUGE fan of red. I have more red lipstick than anyone and will swear to anyone to contradict that they are all different. So let me show you...

This is Zoya Sooki, my new best friend. I've her almost 4 time now and I've only had her for about a month.

 I'm not sure what happened to these photos here because they make the nail polish look greasy and almost rough. I assure you that this polish is smooth and glossy.

Now that's better! This colour is more accurate too. It's so beautiful. I feel classy and sexy with this on. It's definitely a Marilyn Monroe red. I just love it.

This was 3 coats of Sooki, coverage was great but I knew I was taking photos and I could see the slightest VNL so I added a 3rd coat. I just love this polish, come to think of it I love that whole Zoya Summertime 2011 collection. Some very nice cremes in that collection.


Currently Listening to: It's the Softest Thing Ever by A Day To Remember.

The Dotting Tool.

Sarah from Chalkboard Nails has a fabulous competition at the moment. To enter you have to produce nail art using the dotting tool. Now I don't have a dotting tool yet, so I used a trusty bobby pin.

The colours I used are, from left to right, Zoya Sooki, China Glaze Peachy Keen, China Glaze Lemon Fizz, Orly Lucky Duck, Zoya Breezi and OPI Alpine Snow as the white. I pretty much started with a my basecoat of CND Stickey then dotted the colour onto my nails. I built up the polish by alternating the coloured dots and the white dots, I then added a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust to give it a bit of sparkle-sparkle.

I am not super happy with this because it didn't look as layered as I wanted, for example my pointer looks like I've painted on Peachy Keen from the brush and then added white dots, which I didn't. But I still like it. It's a different approach to the skittle mani. It really makes me want to go out and get a dotting tool. When I have monies that is.

Currently Listening to: Make Believe by City and Colour

FINALLY...

I have Orly Fowl Play on my nails. Unfortunately the sides of my middle nail kees breaking! Boohoo! I have to say I am quite proud of myself. My nails have never been healthier or longer, even though they newbie nub, I quite like them. Back to Fowl Play. This is THIRD time I have bought this polish. first two times, it didn't arrive and I got refunded. How frustrating right?!? Well i have this pretty on my nails FINALLY!

 Oh my god, there is just so much going on here. Silver micro glitter with bue micro flakes and orange to green colour shifting flakies all in a dark purple jelly base. What a polish! Honestly Orly, you guys are my hero.

 You can see the colour shift in these photos here. It's beautiful.

I have been dying for this colour for over two months, and I was starting to think I'd never get it. So I am super hay that it is here. I feel like OPI and China Glaze need to take a leaf out of Orly's book and make some more combination polishes like this. I'm a little sick of the generic glitters ofter being severely disappointed by the Muppet collection glitter. And I know what you are thinking, Orly is a big fat dupe for OPI Merry Midnight. But was release 2 years ago and it's HTF, as with all the good OPI's. I want the good stuff now!

The Best Green I Own.

So before we start I have to tell you. I had my wisdom teeth out yesterday. OMG, that was NOT fun. I went to the hospital; they put me under, cut me open and put 4 teeth out. It's so uncomfortable now. I just want a burger now, and I won't able to eat solids for a few weeks now. Booohoo. Alright I'll stop complaining.

I have been in LOVE with this nail polish since I first saw it. I finally bought it, it finally came and now I am finally wearing it. Well, actually, this is the third time in the last week I've worn it. Yes, that is how much I love it. I present to you... Holiday Splendor by Colour Club. This is also the only Colour Club I own. I need to get more.

This is three coats of HS. You can get away with two coats but there is a little VNL. It's so beautiful though. A jade green jelly with PACKED with holographic glitter. What stunner.

These photo are taken inside, and they are lot bluer than the polish actually is. But the next photo are taken out side and really show of the green of the jelly.

Honestly, I think this one of my favourite nail polishes that I own. It's so sparkly without being too over the top, I thank the jelly base for that. I wish the whole Beyond the Mistletoe collection would have a colourful jelly base and not just coloured glitter with holo bits. This makes for a much more interesting polish, I believe anyway. Do have to say that I've had to put a lot of thinner in this polish. It is very thick. No biggie though. The colours of the polish really make up for it.


Currently Listening to: Body in the Box by City and Colour

Androgynie.

I had been eying this polish of at my local wholesaler, that and Royal Velvet which I showed you a few days ago. It's weird my local store has the Holiday Soireé collection from Orly but not the Birds of a Feather, or Mineral XF which I'm not complaining about because I hate foils. But as you know, I want my Fowl Play! Anyway I picked up Orly Androgynie. It's so beautiful in the bottle. I know people were especially disappointed with this polish because it so pretty in the bottle and average on the nail. I swatched it first on a nail wheel and realised that if inverted the bottle for about 10 mins (what a drainer, right?) the glitter comes out more.

 It's quite a nice polish. There is a lot going on. A black jelly with brown micro glitter and holo glitter as well as  big iridescent blue, yellow and jade hexagon glitter. Phew!

 The black jelly does cover the glitter which is a damn shame but if you can maneuver the glitter it turns out lovely.

 I really like different variations of black polish. And this is pretty original one. I really loved wearing it.

I found this photo of my little Dwightie on camera that I had to upload. He is a 1 and half year old toy Poodle, and the friggen cutest thing ever. He has so much personality. Best little doggie ever, I love him to pieces.

This is his new favourite spot. Under my brother desk. He like confined spaces. How cute is that!






Currently Listening to: Home is for Heartless by Parkway Drive .

Orly Appreciation Post

Sorry for non posting. I have feel very uninspired and to top that off I have worn all my nails polish a dozen times. So I felt like I had nothing to blog about. My Zoyas and Orlys came in yesterday which I am so excited about. I bought half the Zoya Summertime collection, which is about 6 months old. But I just LOOOVVE the colours, especially Sooki. I also bought Orly Fowl Play and Sea Gurl, thinking Sea Gurl was Nite Owl when I bought it but realised a week ago that it isn't colour that I want. Sea Gurl is still nice though. However, the most irritating thing is that Fowl Play didn't come! They sold out, but it's still on their site saying it available! GRRR! This is the second time I've tried to buy Fowl Play and I wait 2 weeks for my package to come and then I'm disappointed to see no Fowl Play. So I bought it off eBay this time. Rant OVER! Hahaha.

I was reading a blog the other day, I can't remember whose, but they said that they found Orly colours boring. I quite like Orly. In the last couple of collections they has added a few gems in their lines, can you say Fowl Play? I also really like how the bottles are big. And I think their brushes are spot on. Sometimes I find OPI too wide but I like the length of the brush and lid. I find Zoya I little harder to handle because the brush length and lid is so small.  Orlys brushes are great. So now I am going to show you Orly Royal Velvet.

 Royal Velvet is a gorgeous multichrome shifting from a dark cobalt  to a dark blackcurrent-y purple. Really specific right?  It's definitely not you're average multichrome.

 This is Royal Velvet taken inside, you can see the particles blend more into each other.

 This is now taken out in the sun and the blue stands out a lot more, it's very beautiful.

I love this colour very much. It's a different kind of purple-blue multichrome. I used three coats for this or though I could get away with just two coats because the coverage is nice too. I like that Orly comes out with colours like this, I don't think they get enough recognition for their originality

Chucky Real Holo

Ever since I got rid of my Zoya Areej and Connect the Dots mani, my fingers don't feel to special anymore. Seriously Lynnderella, it's not fair that you make every other manicure look boring. I use to love cremes! Todays effect is an attempt to make my mani more lively. This is China Glaze LOL with Kleancolor Chucky Holo Purple. I thought I'd love this manicure. A holo base with multi-shifting glitter. But I just dont love it. 

 I wanted to mimic the colours in the  bottle. It's so beautiful in the bottle. But the Chucky Holo series is really sheer so you have to layer. And to me, it looks just that. A purple base and transparent polish with glitter in it. AWWWW! I just need to keep trying though.

 These last two were taken at about 5pm last night. Whereas the next photos are taken at 12pm today, which is why they have a little golden glow.

 I like how the manicure looks in this photo but I think the colours are too girly for me. I dunno!

 I went out in the sun to see if I could get the holo effect from LOL. I got a little.

Here you can barely see the Chucky Holo-ness. A nice manicure, but maybe not my thing. Wel,l I don't know what I should do as my next manicure. I have to take this off because I feel boring and safe with it on.

Black Scatter Holo

 The other day I bough China Glaze Wireless Holographic Topcoat. Has anyone heard of it? I hadn't until I saw it at my local wholesale store. I was extremely disappointed when I got home and tried it over my mani only to see it's not a linear holo topcoat. BOOOHOOOO! Especially considering I bough China Glaze Fairy Dust a week earlier, which looks super similar in the bottle. However now I realise they are ridiculously different and aren't even dupe cousins. Fairy Dust is different coloured mirco-glitter and this is an actual holo top coat. It does have a little linear effect to it, but for the most part is it a scatter holo. So onto the photos. 

 This is two coats Orly Goth with one coat of Wireless Holo Top Coat, what a shit name aye?

 These two  photos were taken inside and you can see a the holo a little.

 These photos were taken outside. They don't do it justice. The holo effect is a lot stronger in real life.

 This photo shows you how strong the effect is. My pinky (which is blurry) really shows how strong the holo really is in the sunlight.

As far as the holo goes. The topcoat as a holo top coat is a little disappointing. I was expecting a full liner  effect, considering I paid more for it than a normal China Glaze polish. But it is still wicked beautiful! Oh black holo, definitely a wonder of the nail polish world. Alas I'm going to have to get HITS Hefesto from my new favourite store Llarowe.

Currently Listening to: Homeless Jazz by Letlive

Connect the Dots.

I LOVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEE this polish so much. This was a lemming for a good six months and I never thought I'd get my hands on it because Lynn doesn't ship outside the US. Thankfully, us international ladies have Llarowe. I tried this over Zoya Areej. Areej is a smooth smokey pink creme, a perfect base for Connect the Dots.

When I was wishing for this polish and stalking other sites to see their layring combination, I didn't really like the little shimmer that's in. I liked the stark contrasting look of the white and black glitter, and the white shimmer sort of took that away. But the shimmer looks more noticeable in the photos. It's very subtle in read life. I much like it on my fingertips. It's a perfect polish to spice up an old creme manicure.

 

Also Areej is one hard polish to capture. My camera makes this polish look very bubble gum pink, which is just not. Its a nice dark smokey magenta.

I have so many idea for CtD. I'm thinking a creme ombre with CtD layered over it, and a bright skittle mani and CtD. Oh! I need a light grey to under this now. The possibilities are endless. Thank you Lynnderella!

Currently Listening to: Homeless Jazz by Letlive

The Lynnderella's Arrived!

My very first Lynnderella post. I've wanted Snow Angel for agggggeeeessss. It's the most beautiful white ever! I bought this off Llarowe a week before Xmas and they arrived yesterday. Only took three weeks to here from USA, really quick considering I ordered it during the busiest time of year. So lets see shall we? This is 2 coats of Orly Au Champagne and one coat of Snow Angel.

 This is such a beautiful polish. It does, however, go on very lumpy. I used 2 coats of Seche Vite and its still very gritty. This polish is best layered over something else. I think it would take 3 or 4 coats to get full opacity, and like I said, this is lumpy polish. But look... its so PERFECT.

It's so frosty. I think the reason I love this polish so much is because it give a lot of depth to what is a shallow boring colour. It's just so pretty. (Please excuse my lobster fingers. I took these after coming home from a long walk.)

You know this was make a wonderful wedding day mani or pedi. I'll probs wear a bright red  to match my lipstick on my wedding day... in the very distant future. VERY DISTANT! Hahaha! My Kleancolour Chucky Holos arrived too. What do you want to see tomorrow? More Lynn or Chucky Holo Layers?

Currently Listening to: Enimigos/Enemies by Letlive