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 All Hallow's Eve

Today's manicure is Lynnderella All Hallow's Eve over Butter London British Racing Green.
All Hallow's Eve is a clear base densely packed with iridescent small and large hex glitters, black square glitters, green square glitter, green bar glitter, small green hex glitter, and loads of green glitter.
You can buy these Lynnderella polishes here: lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.
Lynderella posted yesterday that she's opening the shop for another sale this week (the week of Sept 19).
This mani is one coat Spa Ritual Lacquer Lock bc, one coat CND Stickey bc, one coat of Butter British Racing Green, two coats of All Hallow's Eve, and one coat of Revlon Quick Dry tc.
Taken indoors in artificial light:



Taken outdoors in full sun:

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:

100th Post: Revlon Street Wear FX Flash (two versions)

Today's dual/dueling manicures are the two versions of Revlon Street Wear FX Flash.
I decided to use the blue and teal StrangeBeautiful cremes as a base for these polishes since they have a clear base and are quite suited to layering.
Streetwear was a line of super cool trendy polish out during my transition from junior high to high school. The line was first released in 1996, though I couldn't say exactly when they were discontinued. These polishes can still be found in discount stores and on eBay, though some are more difficult to locate than others.
These green version looks AMAZING in the bottle, but I think the blue one looks great on the nail.
The green version consists of black glitter and loads of iridescent glitter that shifts golden peach, green, and blue depending on the light, hence the gradation in the bottle.
The blue version is black, silver, and teal/turquoise glitter and larger bright blurple glitter.
These mani are one coat Nubar Nu Nails, two coats of StrangeBeautiful creme polish, one coat Nubar Diamont, two coats of Revlon Street Wear FX Flash, and another coat of Nubar Diamont.
These photos were taken indoors in a light box with artificial light:


These photos were taken outdoors in direct sunlight:






Off to Comic Con in SD until Sunday. I hope I don't melt!

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:

Hard Candy Manic

Today's manicure is Hard Candy Manic. Manic is from the OG Hard Candy line that has been discontinued for a few years.
Manic is a glowy/iridescent blurple shimmer. It has a lit from within quality. I think it's beautiful. I'm sure it would look great in sunlight if we get any.
This mani is one coat SpaRitual resurface base coat, two coats of polish, and one coat of SpaRitual tout de suite top coat.


Photo w flash:

Hard Candy Dork

Today's manicure is Hard Candy Dork. This mani was a reader request, which are always welcome.
Dork is an iridescent peach with golden pink undertones. Dork was part of OG Hard Candy's Radioactive Line, consisting of 8 iridescent polishes.
The nail on my ring finger is two coats of polish over 1 coat of black creme.
Unfortunately, the sun has been scarce this week and I took these pictures indoors - the polish practically looks like a creme. It's much more glowy in person. The last picture taken with flash is the most accurate representation. It's also a bit sheer, showing some vnl with three coats.
This mani is one coat SpaRitual resurface base coat, three coats of polish, and one coat of SpaRitual tout de suite top coat.



with flash: