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Monday, February 27, 2012

Lynnderella LavenDear

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Today's manicure is Lynnderella LavenDear over Illamasqua Boosh. LavenDear has the heaviest coverage of the new collection, so I just threw it over black creme.
LavenDear has dense purple-pink hex and smaller glitters with holographic small glitter and blue shimmer in the base.
This manicure is one coat of SpaRitual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat of CND Stickey bc, one coat of Boosh, two coats of LavenDear, and one coat of Seche Vite.



Saturday, February 25, 2012

Lynnderella Sweets to the Sweet

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Outdoors in full sun:

Today's manicure is Lynnderella Sweets to the Sweet over NARS Rouge Andalou. Sweets to the Sweet is a sheer white base with white square glitter, sheer white square and hex glitter, red, purple, blue, and iridescent green glitters of various shapes and sizes. The glitter in this one is a bit sparse. The candy vibe I got from the bottle led me to pair it with a shiny candy apple red base (Rouge Andalou aka Red Dog).
This manicure is one coat of SpaRitual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat of CND Stickey bc, two coats of Rouge Andalou, three coats of Sweets to the Sweet, and one coat of Seche Vite.


Friday, February 24, 2012

Lynnderella Mlle. Violette de Bleu

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Today's manicure is Lynnderella Mlle. Violette de Bleu over Orly Stone Cold. I didn't bother attempting to include this in my complementary base project because it has one of the more heavily tinted bases of the new collection. I just decided to use a close matching base. Mlle. Violette de Bleu aka Throwing Violets into the Ocean is a purple base with bright and navy blue and bright and dark purple hex and square glitters and a little kick of green glitter.
Stone Cold is an intense royal blue macroshimmer.
This manicure is one coat of SpaRitual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat of CND Stickey bc, two coats of Stone Cold, two coats of Mlle. Violette de Bleu, and two coats of Seche Vite.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Lynnderella ChocoLotta Love

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Today's manicure is Lynnderella ChocoLotta Love over Butter London Dosh. ChocoLotta Love is a preponderence of brown square and hex glitters punctuated by black microglitter and red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, and purple glitter of various sizes and shapes in a sheer brownish base.
Dosh is a lime green full of peach and green microshimmer.
This manicure is one coat of SpaRitual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat of CND Stickey bc, two coats of Dosh, two coats of ChocoLotta Love, and two coats of Seche Vite.


Outdoors in full sun w fill flash:

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Lynnderella Boy-Girl Party

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Today's manicure is Lynnderella Boy-Girl Party over Butter London The Black Knight. Boy-Girl Party is a dense glitter bomb of red, blue, pink, turquoise multi-sized square and bar glitters with holo diamond glitters in a almost clear, pinkish base.
The Black Knight is a sheerish black base loaded with red, blue, pink, and gold fine glitter.

This combo was someone else's suggestion. They complement each other well as the have the same glitter color palette and the black is a good canvas to showcase the color play.
This manicure is one coat CND Stickey bc, two coats of The Black Knight, one coat of Boy-Girl Party, and two coats of Seche Vite.

Outdoors in full sun w fill flash:

Friday, February 3, 2012

Lynnderella Lovey Dovey



You should be able to purchase Lynnderella's new collection, Lovely is as Lovely Does, here in the near future:
llarowe.com
Today's manicure is Lynnderella Lovey Dovey over Essie Armed & Ready.
Lovey Dovey is a smokey sheer base with lavender purple large hex and square glitters, silver large hex, dusty pink square glitter and a hint of shimmer.
Pictures taken outdoors in full sun:

This polish was another case that mixed neutral elements with purple color, so instead of going for the complement of purple as a base, I decided to play up the neutral elements in the base of the polish so the purple would function as an accent color.
This manicure is one coat CND Stickey bc, two coats of Armed and Ready, two coats of Lovey Dovey, and one coat of Seche Vite.


Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Lynnderella Love, Lace, and Lilacs



You should be able to purchase Lynnderella's new collection, Lovely Is As Lovely Does, here in the near future:
llarowe.com
Today's manicure is Lynnderella Love, Lace, and Lilacs over Essie A Crewed Interest from the new spring collection.
LLL is a clear base with small and large white hex, glitters, bar glitter with a little bit of shimmer. It's one of Lynn's ethereal shades and basically the child of Snow Angel and Connect the Dots.
These pictures were taken outdoors in full sun:

Since white is a neutral, rather than a color, it has no complement. As far as I'm concerned, the two choices are a soft shade that blends with the polish or a high-contrast base like black or a bright. I decided to embrace the lace and do a soft peach.
This manicure is one coat CND Stickey bc, two coats of Essie A Crewed Interest, two coats of Love, Lace, and Lacquer, and one coat of Seche Vite.