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5 Lynnderella Swatches & Review

Posted by Unknown on Friday, February 10, 2012

Well for those out there trying to get Lynnderella polishes know it's like impossible! Well it's possible just very tough. But I'm urging my readers to PLEASE be patient and to NOT purchase on eBay no matter HOW bad you want some Lynnderella's. Lynn made these polishes herself with passion and SHE should profit the money not some money hungry person. If you fail the first time, be patient and wait for the next one. Subscibe to Leah Ann's site llarowe so you can get updates on when Lynnderella's are available. I am not saying this to kiss a$$ to them but this is how I truly feel.

And that was exactly how I was able to purchase five polishes that I have for you ladies today. Of course I'll be constantly stalking llarowe to see if I can get the new collection!


Group shot


Shape Shifter is a mixed holographic glitter shapes in different varieties. I did this over a blackened teal so it won't be completely black and have a little color. There's a mix of diamond, square, hex, tiny, and bar glitters.


Blurred pic of Shape Shifter to show the holo


A square I happen to get on my nail


A diamond shaped glitter


Gotta Love Brains is a sheer gray with pink, blue, aqua, silver glitter in different shapes. This is two coats over Sally Hansen's Eel Skin. This reminds me a little of Deborah Lippmann's Glitter in the Air because of the soft shades of the glitter.


Bride of Franken is a purple shimmer with hologaphic micro glitter and blue iridescent glitters mixed with the bunch. I did two coats over Wet n Wild On A Trip. And boy do I love the turn out of this one. I love how the blue glitters just pops out of no where in certain lighting.


This angle shows more of the blue


A blurred picture to show some of the sligh holo glitters.


Snow Angel is a shimmerry hex and square glitters in a sheer frosted white base. I did two coats over white. This is very hard to photograph as the glitters are quite subtle. I tried doing it over black and it just takes out the innocence of this polish, so I decided to just keep it over a white. My picture does no justice to polish. It's a definitely must see in person.


Connect the Dots is a mix of black and white glitters, bar, square, and oval in a clear base. I did it over a hot pink from China Glaze. I can't really remember the name but I *believe* it's Flip Flop Fantasy. But anyways, Connect the Dots is an instant nail art polish. It goes with so many colors because it's black and white, and it applies like you just splattered it on your nails. Pretty awesome if you ask me.

Ok so the formula for these were amazing. They applied so smoothly, but that's also because most of these were over a base color. Nevertheless, it's still amazing. The only problem is that I needed at least two coats of top coat to smooth out the glitters, but that's never an issue for me since I barely keep my nails longer than 3 days. So even though I was showing minimal tip wear, it still looked awesome on my nails. I can't pick one favorite because I love all five of them. These are $15 at llarowe. But I feel it was worth every penny in my wallet.

Lynnderella polishes will only be available for purchase through Leah Ann. Once again I urge you to be patient and only purchase from her and not rely on eBay!

And that's all I have for today!
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CND The Look Jason Wu Swatches & Review

Posted by Unknown on Sunday, September 4, 2011

I hope everyone is enjoying their Labor Day weekend more than I am. But anyways, today I have CND's The Look Jason Wu collection to share with you guys today. Designer Jason Wu collaborated with CND to create a set of five polishes named after five iconic women. Of the five polishes, one of them gives a matte feathery like texture effect called Anna; which is pretty awesome and fun to play with. Let's have a look at the swatches!





Miss Wu is a white out grey with very subtle shimmer. 2 coats. The shimmer is more noticeable on the bottle than on the nails.





Brigette is a rosey mauve creme. 2 coats





Sophia is a taupe brown creme. 2 coats





Veronica is a creamy vampy red with a semi jelly finish. 2 coats.





Anna over Miss Wu. You can't really see the feathery texture in this one because Miss Wu is so light.





Anna over Brigette is slightly more noticeable.





Anna over Sophia. Here you can definitely see the feathery texture, pretty cool huh?





Anna over Veronica. This is my favorite combo.



The formula for these were superb. They applied like magic. They were pretty opaque under one coat, but I did two out of habit. Now the colors may not be unique and easily dupeable. But I feel like Anna is unique for its effect. I don't think there's any top coats that can create the feather effects. Veronica happens to be my favorite of the whole set. Which is surprising because I am not a fan of reds.



I ordered this set from CND.com back in May (I know I'm late with my reviews) but I don't see this on the website anymore, so correct me if I'm wrong!



Did any of you buy this set? If so which one was your favorite?

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OPI Pirates of the Carribbean on Stranger Tides Collection Swatches & Review

Posted by Unknown on Friday, May 20, 2011

In honor of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Stranger Tides debuting today, I have the OPI Pirates of the Carribbean on Stranger Tides Collection to share with you guys tonight. And I have to be honest, I have never watched any of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, but fear not because I have all three movies so I can catch up and then watch the fourth movie soon :)

So this collection consists of 6 pastel like cremes and a silver shatter. Let me first say the silver shatter is amazing. In my pictures it might look a little dull because my camera cannot really capture the shimmer in the silver and the contrast between the pastels. First set of photos are the six pastel shades with no top coat. And the second set of pictures are with silver shatter over them.



Planks A Lot is a medium lavender creme. 3 coats


Sparrow Me the Drama is a rosey pink creme. 3 coats


Steady As She Rose is a greyed out super light pink creme. 3 coats. Such a unique color!


Skulls & Glossbones is a light grey creme. 3 coats. I do not know why my camera made it appear green-ish. I went through every photo I took of this swatch and it all appeared green-ish. In person, this is really a light grey creme that is a bit close to beige.


Stranger Tides is a greyish green creme. 3 coats. Now this one is correct. It is indeed a green grey, or grey green. This is my favorite one!


Mermaid Tears is a turquoise close to mint green creme. 3 coats. It's not bright enough to be a mint green, but I still think its pretty sexy xD

And here are them with silver shatter over them!


Silver Shatter over Planks A Lot


Silver Shatter over Sparrow Me the Drama


Silver Shatter over Stead As She Rose


Silver Shatter over Skull & Glossbones


Silver Shatter over Stranger Tides


Silver Shatter over Mermaid Tears

Now the formula for these were a excellent. I didn't have any problems with application whatsoever. They weren't fully opaque therefore they all required 3 coats to reach bottle color. I must say I am really in love with the Silver Shatter. It is by far my favorite shatter ever!

What did you guys think of this collection? I really loved it because I love pastels and the silver shatter just made it even more amazing!

Well that's all I have for tonight!

P.S- It's Friday, Friday! Gotta get down on Friday! Oh Rebecca Black, your song is Friday's Anthem..

(These were sent to me for review)
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Color Club Alter Ego Collection Spring 2011

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Hey guys! I know I haven't posted in awhile but I've been super busy and I am very behind in posting my swatches and review. I think I will be scheduling a few posts soon when I get the time. I have so much to show!

Today I have Color Club's Alter Ego collection. The collection contains two sets; Reveal Your Mystery, which consists six cremes, and Alter Ego Keep it Under Cover, which consists of six shimmers. I was a little iffy about buying the whole collection, and I must admit I do regret buying the whole collection. You'll see why after.

Reveal Your Mystery Set


Secret Rendezvous is a lavender creme. 3 coats


Sheer Disguise is a light grey creme. 3 coats


Give Me a Hint is a taupe/grey/purple creme. 3 coats


Get A Clue is a soft pastel pink creme. 3 coats


Incognito is a sheer nude creme. 3 coats


Revealed is a peachy pink creme. 3 coats

These cremes were a little bit tough to handle. They all required three coats for me for full coverage. Three coats wasn't even a choice. The formula was a little thin but still manageable. Colors were seen before and nothing special. I didn't have a favorite from this set.

Alter Ego Keep it Under Cover Set


Alter Ego is a grey-purple base with flecks of gold and silver. Similar to Hard Candy's Mr. Wrong but more shiny. 3 coats


Ulterior Motive is a dark fuchsia shimmer with flashes of pink and purple shimmer. 3 coats


Masquerading is a metallic grey steel. 2 coats. A little bit streaky with visible brush strokes, but that's how all metallic are anyway.


Alias is a blue purple with glass flecks and flashes of green, pink, silver shimmer. 3 coats. Very awesome color that needs to be seen in person to value!


Secret Agent is a bright purple with frost-like finish. 2 coats. My picture makes it appear more blue than it is.


Total Mystery is a blue purple shimmer. 3 coats

In this collection, I actually have a few choices that I like. My favorites happens to be alias, alter ego, and total mystery. Those three colors shine out from the rest and it's quite unique. The formula was these were also a bit on the thin side. Majority of them also needed three coats for full coverage but as you can see on some pictures there is still visible nail line.

What do you guys think of this collection? Any favorites?

That's all I have for today!
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Zoya Wicked and Wonderful Collection

Posted by Unknown on Monday, October 11, 2010

Happy Columbus Day! I'm glad to have today off so that I can catch up on some of my school work. I already finished some but I'm currently taking a break. And I'm taking a break by writing an entry for my blog haha

Anyways, before I begin. I want to ask you guys to do me a favor. It will only take a few seconds of your time. There's a poll put on the left sidebar. I would really appreciate it if you guys participate in the poll. It would help me a lot. Because if you guys like my pictures under artificial light, it will speed up my postings; since I don't have to wait for sunlight to do swatches. But I don't want to do that in case my readers do not like pictures of swatches under artificial light. Therefore this poll is very important to me. I want to satisfy my readers. Thanks :)

Now today I have for you guys Zoya's Wicked and Wonderful collection for the Fall 2010. I'm glad to finally get to swatched these because these are gorgeous. All 12 of them! Especially the Wicked collection. Again, while everyone is posting their Fire & Ice Collection I'm behind and posting the Wicked and Wonderful collection. I do have the Fire & Ice collection and hopefully I will be swatching those real soon. I finally caught sunlight therefore all pictures are taken under direct sunlight.

Zoya Wicked Collection consists of 6 gorgeous sparkles


Kym - a bronzy red sparkle


Carrie Ann - wow this is a very bright red sparkle. Very sparkly! I love it


Karina - a dark red sparkle. Slightly darker than Carrie Ann.


Cheryl - brown sparkle. This one has a little green in it, can barely tell, but you'll know when you remove the polish.


Julieann - a dark purple shimmer. Picture shows more blue than purple, but we all know how hard it is to capture purples -_-


Edyta - smokey green gray sparkle. Love this one! Such a gorgeous color.

Zoya Wonderful Collection consists of 6 gorgeous cremes


Shawn - an army green creme. I said army because this reminds me of the greens in camouflages.


Cola - a brown red creme. Cola because its a little like coca cola? I don't know but it's definitely brown red.


Kristi - a true red creme. Very bright and vibrant, very sexy!


Burke - a soft mauvey red creme. I can't really describe this color. It definitely reminds me of some type of berry but I can't get my tongue on it. But it's still a nice color.


Stacy - a raspberry red creme.


Kelly - dark gray creme with purple tones. My favorite of the wonderful collection!

All of them were under two coats. Their formula, of course, is absolutely flawless. I love Zoya nail polishes because of their formula and for their forever supply of polishes. There's no need to worry about a polish being discontinued. Zoya you rock!

I love both of the collections. Colors are nice and they match my skin tone! I'm waiting for the day where Zoya have a nail polish named Gladys :D

Well that is all I have for today gotta go back to school work :(

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