Essie Poppy-Razzi.....Swatches and Review Part One

Good evening! I have part of the new Essie neon summer collection to show you! I was really surprised to find them, at Walgreens the other day. I didn't think they would be out for at least a couple of more weeks. The collection is called Poppy-Razzi, and has four colors. Lights,Camera,Action and Bazooka. The first two I'm going to show you, are Lights and Action.

Both of them applied pretty sheer, so I used three coats. They dry to a matte like finish. Do you remember the Orly Plastix collection? They dry the same way as those do. Kind of a matte/rubbery finish. I actually quite like that, but I did use a topcoat. I am loving these colors, and think they will be my new go to summer colors. They are great colors for pedis. too :-)

First up, is Lights. It is a really bright pink. I LOVE this color, and think it just might be my new fav. pink. :-)







This is a pic. before I added the topcoat, and you can see the matte finish.



Next up, is Camera. It's a neon red!!! I've been wanting a neon red forever, and this one does not disappoint. It does have the slightest orange tint to it in certain light, but it's mostly bright,hot,red goodness! ;-) Love it!







Before I added topcoat.



I will have the other two colors for you soon. I actually don't have them yet. I wasn't sure if I wanted to get the whole collection or not. However, after wearing and loving these two, I've decided I must go back and get the others.

Have you seen this collection yet? Do you think you will get any of them?

Thanks so much for reading, and I hope you are having a great night! :-)

Lynnderella Sweets to the Sweet over CG Lemon Fizz

Good evening! I know I'm a few days late, but I'm going to show you my Easter mani. I started out using China Glaze Lemon Fizz, which is one of my fav. pastel yellow's. I'm not the biggest fan of pastel's. Well, I guess that's not entirely true. I do like them color wise. I just don't like working with pastel polish. I don't like the chalkiness it leaves behind, if it gets on your skin. I do have my favs. of each color though, and for yellow it's CG Lemon Fizz. It's not terribly hard to work with. I used two coats of LF and two coats of Lynnderella Sweets to the Sweet. I LOVE Sweets to the Sweet! For some reason it just reminds me of jelly beans, or jelly candy. It has a milky white base, that's pretty thin. The glitter is made of multi colored squares and hex, with some white square glitter thrown in.







Here is a pic. of China Glaze Lemon Fizz on it's own.



Thanks so much for looking, and I hope you have a great night! :-)

I'm back.......and Candeo Divebomb mani! :-)

Hey, guys!!! I've missed you all so much! Wow...it's been over a month since my last post. I don't think I've ever gone that long without posting before. I THOUGHT in my last blog, that my troubles were over. However, I was wrong. My horse got really sick again. :-( We almost lost her, but she pulled through....again. I was an absolute mess. I couldn't focus on anything but her. I'm sure you all know by now, how I feel about my pets, so that most likely doesn't surprise you. Shortcake (that's my horse) was at the vet for a week again, and when she was able to go back to her stable, I was there about five times a day, for a few weeks or so. Then my poor Grandma wasn't feeling well again, and my stepson was in a car accident....in my car. Luckily, my Grandma is doing well again, and my stepson wasn't hurt. Sometimes, life just seems to go crazy, if you know what I mean. I almost hate to say it(lol) but I think things are back on track now. Knock on wood!!! LOL! ;-)

Anyway, enough of that...I am SO behind, and have so many manis. to show you all. I still did my nails as much as possible, and have lots of pics. etc...to catch up on. I've recently really started to love the Indie polishes that are coming out. There are so many new ones, that my wishlist is miles long! ;-) The polish I'm going to show you today, is made by Candeo. You can find it on Etsy, here....http://www.etsy.com/shop/CandeoColors She's not open at the moment, but she has some great colors, and will be open again soon.

The polish I'm going to show you is called Divebomb, and it's pure awesomesauce! It's a glitter topcoat made up of tiny blue glitter,tiny copper glitter,med. hex turquoise glitter, and large copper hex glitter. It's so super shinny! Even without a topcoat it shines like crazy. I layered two coats of Divebomb over two coats of Orly Royal Navy. I did use a topcoat, since I left it on as my mani. Application was absolutely perfect!







Thank you all so much for sticking with me through all my time away. I promise to be a better blogger from now on. ;-) Hopefully life has really calmed down this time, and I can get back to my daily,or every other day posts.

Thanks for looking, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Spolied by Wet 'n Wild....Swatches and Review.

Good afternoon! I can't believe it's already Thursday! This week has flown by for me. I'm glad.....although I find myself needing to clean and do laundry, and I don't want to! ;-) I want to have it done before the weekend though, so I guess I will have to get on it. Ugh. I wish I was one of those women who love to clean, but I'm SO not. My best friend is, and I just don't understand it! LOL!

Wet 'n Wild has come out with a new line of polishes called Spoiled. So far, I've only seen them at CVS stores. They are $1.99 each. I'm not sure if they will be available anywhere else or not. There are quite a few colors. I believe over 20. They have some really pretty colors, and some that are your regular cremes. I picked up several of the more interesting colors, and I have several of them to show you today.

One thing about these polishes, the brushes look awful. They are pretty thick, and most of them have stray pieces sticking out. I was really prepared to have a mess on my hands while using them, but I was VERY surprised by how well the brushes worked for me. Now that might not be the case for everyone, but they worked for me. ;-)

Are Mermaids Real....this is a grape purple, with lots of gold shimmer. I used two fairly thick coats, and had no issues with application.





Shrimp on the Barbie...Isn't this an odd name?! It's a really pretty salmon color with the same gold shimmer as Are Mermaids Real. I used three coats, and application was good.





Jewelry Heist is a glitter top coat made up of copper,gold and pink glitter. I used two coats over Shrimp on the Barbie.





Vitamin C is an orange base with the same gold shimmer as the two above. This one was a bit more sheer, and I used three coats.





The last one I have for you today, is Deeper Dive. It's a gorgeous turquoise with glass fleck through out. I used two coats, and application was great.







I do have several more glitters and shimmers that I will be showing you soon. I really, quite like these polishes. What do you think of them? Do you have any of them? If so, which ones?

Thanks for reading, and I hope you are having a nice afternoon. :-)

Nicole by OPI........A Million Sparkles.

Good evening! How are you doing tonight? I have a new Nicole by OPI to show you today. I found a new collection at Bed Bath and Beyond over the weekend. There were only four colors, and I just got one of them. The other three colors were nice, but I have dupes for two of them, and the other I already have. Of the two I didn't get, one was a metallic blue and the other was a purple with shimmer.

I got A Million Sparkles, and love it! I don't have anything like it in my collection, and that's hard for me to do anymore. ;-) A Million Sparkles has small, round blue glitter, med. round gold glitter, and pink bar glitter. Application was actually really good for a glitter. It only took two coats for it to be opaque.

It was pretty cloudy outside, so these aren't the best pics. but I think you can see them pretty well. :-)







Thanks so much for looking, and I hope you have a great night! :-)

Butter London Spring 2012 Swatches & Review.

Good afternoon! How was your Valentine's Day? Did you do anything special? Hubby and I went to a late movie and dinner at Fork and Screen. We saw Safe House. It was okay, but not great. It was pretty much the only movie left! We waited a bit too long to get tickets. Do you have a Fork and Screen near you? For those of you that don't know what it is, it's a theater with comfy seats, that recline. They also serve you food and drinks. It pretty awesome. ;-)

I have two Butter London polishes, from the Spring collection to show you today. First is Knackered over Finger Paints Black Expressionism. It's pretty sheer on it's own, so that's why I layered it. It looks gorgeous over black though. It really brings out all the colors of Knackered. It's a multichrome that flashes green,purple,silver,pink,and in the right light, blue. It also has fine holo silver glitter through out. Application was good, but like I said, it is sheer. I think it works best over black. I used two coats.







In this pic. you can really see the holo glitter.



Next up is Disco Biscuit. It's a very bright pink jelly with glitter. It also has flashes of purple. Being a jelly, it took four coats. With that being said, application was really very good. If you don't want to use so many coats, it would look good over another bright pink.





Do you have either of these? I rather like them both, quite a bit. Especially Knackered.

Thanks for looking, and I hope you are having a good day! :-)

Happy Valentine's Day, I'm Back, Lynnderella, and LOTS of Manis!

Hey guys!!! How have you been? I've missed you all, and blogging SO much! I didn't really mean to take a break, but well...life happened. I've had a lot of issues I've had to deal with over the last month or so. It's been crazy, and unfortunately, not in a good way. BUT I'm hoping that's changed now. ;-) I've been dealing with a sick horse,sick dog,sick me,sick grandma,broken computer,hubby being out of town for work, and just so much crap. As you all know me by now, you know that when one of my babies is sick, I'm a mess. So it's been tough. They are all okay for now though. My grandma is better, I'm better...my computer? So-so. I'm actually going to have to send it off for a week or so to get fixed. I will still be blogging during that time though. We have another computer I can use. I'm sorry for disappearing on you all like that, but I'm back now, and I have so much stuff to show you. :-)

Since today's Valentine's Day, I've been doing V-Day manis. over the last few days, so I'm going to start with those first. I'm going to let the pics. do most of the talking, as there are quite a few of them to get through. ;-)

First up is today's mani. Lynnderella Matter of the Heart over Essie French Affair.



Essie French Affair on it's own.



Lynnderella Heart Strings over Finger Paints Red-Brandt





Finger Paints Red-Brandt on it's own.



Lynnderella Boy-Girl Party over Sinful Colors Cinderella





Sinful Colors Cinderella on it's own.





Lynnderella Sweets to the Sweet over Love & Beauty Cream





Love& Beauty Cream on it's own.



Lynnderella Liquid Valentine over Zoya Lolly



Zoya Lolly on it's own.



Lynnderella Chocolotta Love over OPI Wooden Shoe You Like to Know?





OPI Wooden Shoe You Like to Know? On it's own.



What do you think of Lynnderella's V-Day collection? I personally, think it's my fav. one yet. ;-) Do you have any of them? Which one is your fav? It's too hard for me to pick a fav....I love them all!

If you have any questions about any of them let me know. Thanks so much for being patient with me, and sticking around the last few weeks. I really appreciate each and every one of you. I hope no matter who your with, or what your doing tonight, that you have a wonderful Valentine's Day! :-)