So I have been ridiculously slack at putting any posts on this blog. Don't get me wrong, my nails are rarely without polish and I have been taking photo's I just haven't had the energy or inclination to upload them. Then I got home from work today to find a familiar looking yellow postpak sitting on my dining room table.
Yep, my Lynnderella wishlist had finally been fulfilled and posted to me!! Of course, my husband and boys could not understand the excitement that 8 little bottles of glittery nail polish could evoke. So, for anyone who is interested, here are the photo's (which don't even come CLOSE to doing them justice!)
Group Shots!
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| I have been waiting SOOOO long for these. Easily 4-5 months, but it was worth it. |
Now for the individual shots of my new pretties!
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| Very Pretty Vampire - gorgeous magenta coloured jelly with black, red & pink multi sized glitters - with flash |
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| Bride of Franken - This was a last minute addition to the wishlist, but could easily become a favourite. Beautiful lavender jelly with holographic micro glitter and teal to purple shifting glitter hexagons (?) - with flash |
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| Thank Blue - This is a clear (I think) jelly with teal & holographic micro glitter plus aqua to green glitter. It is more green/aqua than I expected, but still stunningly pretty! |
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| Thank Blue - No flash, shows more of the green hue |
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| Mercury's Rainbow - I'm not sure if this is a clear or light grey jelly, full of holographic micro & regular glitter, either way it is lovely. No flash shows the regular sized glitter well |
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| Mercury's Rainbow - with flash demonstrates the silver tone |
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| Connect the Dots - Quite possibly one of THE most hyped polishes around. It certainly doesn't disappoint and I can't wait to try it over different base coats to see the effect. With flash |
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| Connect the Dots - In the bottle, it looks like this is a light grey jelly, but I think it is actually clear judging by how it looks on the nail. It is chock-a-block full of black & white bar, hexagon, multi sized glitter, topped of with a generous dose of holo micro glitter |
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| Love, Lace & Lilacs - Clear Jelly with white bar, square, hexagon, small round and micro glitter (with a subtle silver shimmer) |
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| Mercurial - Clear Jelly with large silver hexagons, regular silver hexagons, lilac glitter, black squares and oodles of silver shimmery micro glitter. With flash |
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| Mercurial - No flash |
And now for my most awaited purchase, drum roll please.....
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| I would like to present Cauldron Drippings. This is by far the polish I was the keenest to get my hands on. I am a self confessed Halloween Junkie and this polish reminds me of nothing more than Halloween! No flash |
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| Cauldron Drippings - This is an orange jelly base packed full of everything! There is orange micro glitter, bar, hexagons, squares, small round and that is just what I could see in orange!! There is also green squares, small round & maybe hexagons. Gold holo bar, small round and I'm pretty sure I spotted a hexagon as well. Purple squares, small round and possibly hexagons. I think I also saw a few black squares and some small white rounds as well.! |
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| Cauldron Drippings - When the Lynnderella site was still up and running and available for everyone to view (I get a message to tell me I haven't been invited to see the site when I try now!), there was a description something along the lines of being everything that was left in the bottom of the pot! |
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| Cauldron Drippings Without flash - you can pick out the purple, green & black in these ones |
I couldn't help myself and I had to sample some of the polishes straight away, so the toe nails got a mix and the ring finger on my right hand got Bride of Franken and on my left it is Thank Blue. There are no photo's of this because it is over Layla Butterfly effect which is over a less than ideal purple gradient. The overall result wasn't great, but I got to experience the finish, which is talked about a lot. I topped the glitters with one coat of Out the Door, because I don't have any Seche Vite at the moment. It certainly isn't glassy smooth, but 2 coats should do the trick and it certainly wasn't as bad as I expected after reading some of the reviews. Maybe the formula has been improved?
All of the above descriptions are from my observations and no doubt when I get them out in the sun tomorrow I will see even more details! It is a real shame that the Lynnderella site is no longer available as it seemed like a bit of a treasure hunt to go off and find all the listed glitters in each polish, but I understand and respect her reasons for closing it down or at least limiting the audience. It would be terrible to have something that you started because you loved it being torn apart by jealous and impatient people.
To anyone reading, hopefully I will be posting some of my many photo's again soon.
