Glitter Gal White Sparkle

This mani is a Glitter Gal White Sparkle Holo.
White Sparkle is a sheer white frost base that flashes peachy pink with large rainbow holographic glitters.
This polish is SHEER. This is three coats and there's still VNL.
I'm kinda on the fence on this one. I'm not one for traditional/quiet shades and I'm not sure layering would improve this one...
This mani is one coat Spa Ritual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat CND Stickey bc, three coats of polish, and one coat of Revlon Quick Dry tc.
Indoors in artificial light:


Outdoors in full sun:

Lynnderella Bride of Franken

Today's manicure is Lynnderella Bride of Franken over China Glaze Tempest.
Bride of Franken is a super sheer purple tinted clear polish with some weird stuff in it. I believe there's a little holo glitter, some iridescent hex glitter that flashes blue and purple and a sort of swampy green-brown color. It's an odd combination of barely there and over the top. I'm not sure that I selected the right base for it, because the frostiness makes the manicure read sloppy to me. Maybe it would be better over a more stolid base like a black (though maybe you can only use stolid to describe humans and not colors...sober, then?)
I am loving the new blogger feature I just discovered last night. If you enlarge a blogpost photo now you get a slideshow of all the photos in a post that you can scroll through quickly. It's worth checking out if you don't usually enlarge photos (since it forces you to navigate away from the blog post too many times.)
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 ChG Tempest, two coats of Bride of Franken, and one coat of Revlon Quick Dry tc.
Taken indoors in artificial light:


Taken outdoors in gloomy no sun weather:

Rescue Beauty Lounge Pizzicato

I only ordered two of the Rescue Beauty Lounge “L’Oiseau de Feu” or Firebird Collection after examining the swatches on Scrangie, ALU, and AKA. The one that really caught my eye was Piu Mosso, but I was also interested in Pizzicato. Poco a Poco made me think of the recent Essie Lion Around, so I'm waiting on comparison swatches on that one. Fortissimo just seemed kinda boring.
This mani is RBL Pizzicato. Pizzicato is a pale pink-toned lavender creme with icy green and pink shimmer that mostly just appears silvery. It is a sheer and somewhat thick polish for RBL and required 3 coats to cover up bald spots. Not the best formula. It is unique and delicate looking.
This mani is one coat Spa Ritual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat CND Stickey bc, three coats of polish, and one coat of Seche Vite tc.
These pictures were taken indoors with artificial light.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Hidden Treasure

Today's manicure is yesterday's manicure (Maybelline Banana Puddin') with two coats of Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Hidden Treasure slapped on top. I wanted to add a little visual interest to this puppy.
Hidden Treasure is a limited edition polish that may be located in a recent drugstore display of Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure. Some others included in this display were Lagoon, Sea and Be Seen, and Silver Lining. Hidden Treasure has two slots on the far right end of the display. I found this bottle at a Rite Aid; the two bottles were already gone by the time I made it in to my local Walgreens.
Hidden Treasure doesn't really look like much, but can pack quite a punch layered over a dark base color - which I didn't do :-P
If you're unable to find it, I will suggest some alternates that were bandied about on makeupalley: Nubar 2010 and Nfu Oh 38. It's really not THAT special, but it is a big deal in that it's the first drugstore flakie I can remember since Maybelline Coloramas. Let's hope we see more in the future.
Man my fingers look red...I don't know how much of it is that my fingers ARE red and how much is this yellow polish.
This mani is one coat Nubar Nu Nails, four coats Maybelline Wet Shine Banana Puddin', one coat Nubar Diamont, and two coats Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure.
Isn't that crazy?
Sorry about my cuticles. They're a bit neglected.
Artificial light/light box:

Natural sunlight:

LE Borghese Tutti Gelati and LE Finger Paints Glitter Collection

The next time I returned to Sally Beauty Supply, they had put out the little display of their (Generic for OPI Alice in Wonderland) glitter collection. They are not dead dupes, but kind of a riff on the Mad As a Hatter and Absolutely Alice glitter polishes from that collection.
Sapphire Shimmer, the stand in for Absolutely Alice, is silver holographic glitter in a blue jelly base. The base seemed to be a little patchy, so it may be better as a layering polish, but it is pretty.
Wicked Glitter is the sub for Mad As A Hatter, MAAH had a dominant silver/neutral glitter undertone, while this glitter is dominantly red and pink with silver and blue mixed in. It also turns out a bit patchy, but is a very cool glitter anyways.
I found the Borghese Tutti Gelati summer collection at Rite Aid and purchased these three colors: Pistacchio, Menta, and Limoncello.
Limoncello is the best of these three in my opinion. Pistacchio is a great color, but both Pistacchio and Menta do not provide full coverage with three coats. This was my first experience with Borghese and I found them rather disappointing given their cost.




This mani is one coat Nubar Nu Nail, three coats polish, and one coat Nubar Diamont. Three coats was not particularly great for any of these polishes as they all could use more coverage.

Hard Candy Walmart Hypnotic

Today's manicure is Hard Candy Walmart Hypnotic.
Hypnotic is a sheer delicate dusty rose pink with gold sparkle. This mani is three coats and there's still some visible nail line. I actually like this as is - it's way more subtle than I usually go for, but on my skin tone it's like a basic nude with a bit of a twist. It may benefit from being pumped up over a tonal pink or white - but I don't imagine layering it over black will do much for the delicate tone.
This mani is one coat SpaRitual resurface base coat, three coats of polish, and one coat of SpaRitual tout de suite top coat.
Happy Halloween tomorrow!

Hard Candy Walmart Sugar Daddy

Today's manicure is Hard Candy Walmart Sugar Daddy.
Sugar Daddy is an ultra sheer white that flashes gold shimmer. This polish is crazy sheer - my nails are completely visible under three coats. I think it is best suited to layering. I show it over black in the bottom two pictures.
This mani is one coat SpaRitual resurface base coat, three coats of polish, and one coat of SpaRitual tout de suite top coat.



The pictures below show comparisons between Sugar Daddy over black (two coats of Barielle Monique Jet) and three of the new Creative Nail Design Effects: Jade Sparkle, Gold Sparkle, and Gold Shimmer. This polish is closest in color to one coat of Gold Shimmer, but I don't think they are exact dupes.

Hard Candy Walmart The End and Break Up

Today's manicure is Hard Candy Walmart Break Up over Hard Candy Walmart The End.
The End is a simple black creme. Break Up consists of microglitter and large hexagonal chunky glitter that flashes orange, yellow, and green depending on the lighting in a clear base. Since The End is not unique or interesting in and of itself and Break Up is glitter is a transparent base, I thought these colors would make good a good layering combination.
Disclaimer: I think that Break Up is beautiful, but unlike Hot Pants, the glitter is so chunky it does not lie flush to the nail. It doesn't look horribly chunky to the naked eye, but even with top coat the nail surface still feels bumpy and uneven.
We'll see how difficult removal will be.
In case you were wondering, The End is a good black creme. It's easy to apply and opaque in two coats, but a comparable polish can be found cheaper in the drugstore.
This mani is one coat SpaRitual resurface base coat, two coats of The End, two coats of Break Up, and one coat of SpaRitual tout de suite top coat.

Hard Candy Walmart Rumor Mill and Hot Pants

Today's manicure is Hard Candy Walmart Hot Pants over Hard Candy Walmart Rumor Mill.
Rumor Mill is a vampy purple so dark it's basically black. Hot Pants is a sheer purple jelly with silver holographic glitter and larger hexagonal silver holographic glitter chunks. Since Rumor Mill is not very unique or interesting and Hot Pants is very sheer, I thought these colors would make good a good layering combination.
This mani is one coat SpaRitual resurface base coat, two coats of Rumor Mill, two coats of Hot Pants, and one coat of SpaRitual tout de suite top coat.