Lynnderella Very Pretty Vampire

Today's manicure is Lynnderella Very Pretty Vampire layered over Wet n Wild Buy Me a Drink from the recently released On the Prowl collection.
Very Pretty Vampire is a clear base with large red hex and square glitters, small red hex glitter, small black hex glitter, small magenta hex glitter, orange square glitter, and black, magenta, and red glitters. The glitter is a little more sparse than it is is Cauldron Drippings or Bibbitty Bobbitty Boo Blue.
You can buy these Lynnderella polishes here: lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.
Lynderella posted yesterday that she's opening the shop for another sale next week (the week of Sept 19).
This mani is one coat Spa Ritual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat CND Stickey bc, two coats of WnW Buy Me a Drink, two coats of Very Pretty Vampire, and one coat of Revlon Quick Dry tc.
Taken indoors in artificial light:


Taken outdoors in full sun:

Red Dead Vamps

Today I'm bringing you MAC Concubine from the Fall/Winter 2010 Nail Trend Collection and Loreal Femme Noir from the recent drugstore LE collection Midnight Muse (only one bottle per display). I was surprised to like Concubine because I went to the counter with the express plan of buying just Jade Dragon and Ming Blue and when I swatched this, I grabbed it too. It's a lovely deep red jelly full of pink shimmer and looks better than it photographs in my opinion. Femme Noir is a lovely lit from within blackened red, that looks black indoors. It's only in good lighting that you catch this shimmery majesty.
Both these manis are two coats of polish over one coat of Nubar Nu Nails and topped with one coat of Nubar Diamont and one coat of Seche Vite.
These photos were all taken indoors using an artificial light source.

Reds, New and Old

Today I'm presenting two reds, Illamasqua Scarab and Chanel Nirvana. Illamasqua



Scarab is from the new Art of Darkness collection. I got this at a local Sephora that carries Illamasqua, so even though they don't stock the LE collections online, don't give up and order directly from the company before you check out brick and mortar Sephora locations. This mani is one coat SpaRitual Resurface, two coats of polish, and one coat of SpaRitual Tout de Suite. This polish is honestly a one-coater, but it was a little thick and goopy for me so I used a second to smooth the application. This polish is a lovely lit from within (in the words of Scrangie) shimmering blackened burgundy red. It's not stunningly original - I found it similar to OPI Black Magic Mountain (which is more purple) and Ciate Stiletto (which has larger shimmer particles), but neither of those are necessarily readily available.





Chanel Nirvana is a bright orange-leaning red jelly with silver and red glitter. It is somewhat thin, but not unreasonably sheer for a jelly and practically applied itself. The glitter is much more subtle on the nail than in the bottle. This mani is one coat SpaRitual Resurface, two coats of polish, and one coat of SpaRitual Tout de Suite. Again, I don't find this terribly unique - I find it similar to NYX Heart, Nicole by OPI Extreme Jingle, and OPI Red Dazzle in my collection. NOPI Extreme Jingle, OPI Red Dazzle and Chanel Nirvana are old discontinued shades. You may run into them in the retail arena, but you are more likely to find them through swapping or eBay.

Bloom Jessica Mauboy I

Today's manicure is Bloom Jessica Mauboy I.
This is the other varnish of two designed by Jessica Mauboy.
This is a vampy red with sparkling shimmer. In the bottle it almost looks like a foil. Indoors it's a rich metallic red, but in sunlight it is full of purple and a bit of green microshimmer - so it really sparkles.
Happy Friday. I'm off to see Jennifer's Body.
This mani is one coat Nubar Nu Nails, two coats polish, and one coat Nubar Diamont.

Lippmann Collection Ruby Red Slippers

Today's mani is the spectacular Lippmann Collection Ruby Red Slippers. Yes, it is worth all $35 I paid for it. This amazing polish is part of a limited three piece set put out for Lippmann's 10th Anniversary. It is packaged with a repromote of another great Lippmann polish that I already owned - Superstar (brown with chunky bronze glitter) and a truly heinous polish by the name of Funky Chunky (black with big black chunky glitter-looks like badly applied black). But buying the set was worth it for this shade. You can pick up the set here:
Lippmann Collection 10th Anniversary Set.
Ruby Red Slippers is a sheer black jelly loaded with red glitter and chunky red hexagonal glitter pieces. The black does build, but after swatching I decided to put one coat of black creme underneath to make the base more opaque. It looks amazing outside, but it's flashy enough not to be mistaken for black indoors as well. It's everything I wanted RBL Black Russian and Chinoiserie Black Magic to be. Both have a similar tone to Ruby Red Slippers, but are much more subdued. My husband says, "I like that. It's different then your other polishes." I concur.
This mani is one coat SpaRitual Resurface base coat, one coat Wet n Wild Wild Shine Black Creme, two coats of Lippmann Ruby Red Slippers, and one coat of SpaRitual Tout de Suite top coat.

OPI Vampire State Building

Today's manicure is OPI Vampire State Building. This hard-to-find polish was released with the New York City collection in Fall of 2000. Word on the street is that this polish has a dead dupe in Mrs. O'Leary's BBQ, which should be easier to locate as it was released in summer of 2005 with the Chicago collection. I bought this one just for the name. I love vampires, so this is a great time in pop culture for me.
This is a deep burgundy creme, opaque in two coats, but I did three. Like all of my lovely old formula OPI, this is thin and smooth like buttah.
This mani is one coat Nail Tek Foundation II, Orly Bonder, three coats polish, and one coat Seche Vite top coat.