Tony Moly GT01 Mercury

This mani is Tony Moly GT01 from the Galaxy Collection. As previously stated, Tony Moly is a Korean brand (not distributed in the US as far as I know). I ordered the whole collection on eBay for $10 a bottle. This is a black jelly loaded with silver, blue, and red glitter.
This mani is one coat Spa Ritual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat CND Stickey bc, two coats of polish, and one coat of Seche Vite tc.
These pictures were taken indoors with artificial light.

Tony Moly GT05 Jupiter

This mani is Tony Moly GT05 from the Galaxy Collection. As previously stated, Tony Moly is a Korean brand (not distributed in the US as far as I know). I ordered the whole collection on eBay for $10 a bottle. This is a purple jelly with orange and lavender glitter and blue iridescent hex glitter. This glitter was not as dense as GT04 for me. I don't know if it just needed more shaking, but I feel the coverage with two coats was inadequate and the purple jelly base dominated the glitter a bit.
This mani is one coat Spa Ritual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat CND Stickey bc, two coats of polish, and one coat of Seche Vite tc.
These pictures were taken indoors with artificial light.

Tony Moly GT04 Neptune

This mani is Tony Moly GT04 from the Galaxy Collection. Tony Moly is a Korean brand (not distributed in the US as far as I know). I ordered the whole collection on eBay for $10 a bottle. This is totally unique and amazing. It's a dense green and gold glitter in a dark green base with green hex glitter. This polish eats top coat. I heartily recommend buying it if you live in Asia, visit Korea, or don't mind ordering overseas polishes on the internet like me.
This mani is one coat Spa Ritual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat CND Stickey bc, two coats of polish, and one coat of Seche Vite tc.
These pictures were taken indoors with artificial light.

Estee Lauder Metallic Sage Mega Comparison Post

I ran out and bought Estee Lauder Metallic Sage yesterday after seeing both Scrangie and Vampy Varnish do beautiful manicure posts with it. Since I can't compete with their presentation skills, and the $19 price tag is rough, I decided to do an exhaustive comparison to hunt for dupes.
Metallic Sage is a brown toned sage green with a subtle golden, slightly coppery shimmer.
First I compared all of my green nail wheels and pulled Rescue Beauty Lounge Anne and BB Couture for Men Adam and Posse. Adam is the closest thing I had. The base color is almost spot on (perhaps a little more brown), but as you'll see, the shimmer is different (much more red).

SHIMMER COMPARISON


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Outdoors in sun:


Next I decided to find the closest green creme I had to the base color of this polish. I pulled Rescue Beauty Lounge No More War, Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Swamp Thing, and Chanel Khaki Brun. Khaki Brun was the closest (not a perfect match) so I decided to try layering combos to match the shimmer in Metallic Sage.

CREME COMPARISON (BASE COLOR)

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Outdoors in sun:


I layered two coats of Chanel Khaki Brun under Lippmann Collection Diamonds and Pearls, NARS Adelita, and Wet n Wild Flirt in Gumdrop.

LAYERED COMPARISON


Outdoors in sun:

I also layered two coats of Chanel Khaki Brun under CND Effects Crimson Sparkle, Copper Shimmer, and Copper Pearl. Copper Shimmer was the closest to the shimmer in Metallic Sage, but the effect gives off a stronger shimmer.

Outdoors in sun:


All swatches are two coats of polish over base coat without top coat.

Lynnderella's The Glittering Crowd

Today's mani is the last of the three Lynnderella first editions that I ordered, The Glittering Crowd. I had a NARS Purple Rain mani from my friend's wedding yesterday that I layered one coat of Glittering Crowd over.
Sorry the pics are not the best ever. I am sick and trying to take it easy, but I really wanted to try this and share it before I get Lynderella's Halloween collection.
In case you're living under a rock or without a makeupalley, please check out the Halloween Collection here:
lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.com.
I ordered all 9 and I think they look amazing. She will be resuming the sale Friday, August 19 @ 9pm Eastern / 6pm Pacific.
The Glittering Crowd is intense. It is a vast collection of glitters in all shapes, sizes, and colors in a clear base. I'm fairly confident I cannot possibly identify them all. I know there are at least three sizes of hex glitters, two sizes of square glitters, bar glitter, mini glitter, and more...
Okay, I just checked Lynnderella's blog and here's what she says:
"New batch has over 100 different multi-coloured hexagon, square and bar glitters in various sizes. Royal blue, chartreuse, red,
violet, holographic silver, orange, lime, emerald, teal, cyan, gold, pink, aqua, fuchsia"
This polish is available again along with the Halloween collection.
It is so much better than Lippmann Collection Happy Birthday and all it's various imitators because of it's diversity. Literally every nail I painted looks completely different and it is impossible to predict what will come out of the bottle when you are painting your nails. As someone who has a lot of nail polish (and may be slightly jaded), I find the novelty of this exciting.
These pictures are taken indoors with artificial or natural lighting as indicated.

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without flash in low natural light:

Lynnderella Mercurial

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Today's mani is Lynnderella Mercurial. I put it on for my friend's bachelorette party.
Mercurial is a blackened silver shimmer jelly-ish base filled with small and large silver hex glitters, large square silver glitter, and small lilac hex glitters. It is so variable (or mercurial) that it almost looks better indoors, since the complexity can get lost in the glare of the sun.
This mani is one coat Spa Ritual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat CND Stickey bc, two coats of mercurial, and one coat of Seche Vite tc.
All these photos were taken indoors with natural and artificial light.

Lynnderella Snow Angel

Today's manicure is Manglaze Mayo topped with Lynnderella's First Edition Snow Angel. If you haven't heard of lynnderella, you're probably not on makeupalley. She is a frankening genius, who up until recently only made her creations for pleasure. She has some truly unique and amazing creations that you can find photographic examples of around the web. She recently sold a limited edition set of creations here: Lynnderella's blog site.
They sold out uber fast and I only managed to get on the backorder list because she is a doll. Hopefully her first sale didn't burn her out to the point that she never does one again, but honestly I would be happy to know she's out there still creating with her joy of the process intact. Snow Angel is a really cool white hex glitter in a sheer base that I layered over matte white.
This mani is one coat Spa Ritual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat CND Stickey bc, two coats of Mayo polish, one coat of Snow Angel and one coat of Seche Vite tc.
All these photos were taken indoors with artificial light except where indicated.

Low natural light without flash:

Low natural light without flash: