Daring Digits Punch Me Purple + Stamping

I refreshed my Essie mani by adding a glitter accent from daring digits and stamping from my cheeky xl plates.

The glitter is called punch me purple, it makes a great layering polish but would've been very difficult to wear by itself. This glitter is very well suspended and dries quickly, I used SV on a few fingers and did get shrinkage so I'd probably recommend wicked fast for this one.

The stamping was done with konad wine red.

Nails Inc Sprinkles Sweets Way

This is the only other member of the Sprinkles collection that I had to own... Another blogger described it as what she dream Glitter in the Air would be like and I totally agree.

Sweets Way has a milky whitish gray base with just a touch of pink to mess with you. It features very small metallic blue, pink, and silver glitter (in abundance). I used two coats to achieve opacity, this is with cult nails top coat, but this polish really doesn't need it. It dried fairly fast on its own and doesn't get much shinier with top coat.

Essence Snow White Collection Evil Queen

As some of you know I've had a few surgeries in the past month and have been busy trying to recover. A very sweet friend of mine knows this and sent me the most wonderful RAOK. She sent ALL of the Snow White glitters, an Essence peel off base coat and the cutest little Dior make up purse. She did all this in the name of a get well present, I was totally floored and am left speechless by her kindness and generosity. I can NOT thank her enough, I was so excited and thrilled when I opened the package.

Without further ado, here's evil queen over OPI DS Original. Evil Queen is a 'special effects' glitter topper, I found that it was best to dab it on in order to get the glitter to spread out evenly. I used one coat of Wicked Fast top coat but am thinking that I should have used SV, wicked fast bubbled.

The Essence limited edition collections are not available for sale in the us. So if you have a friend in Europe you may still be able to get these, otherwise your best bet is a swap.

Nails Inc Sprinkles Pudding Lane

I wasn't going to buy this, online swatches had convinced me that it wasn't special enough to need... Then I SAW it in sephora and it somehow came home with me...

Pudding Lane is a creamy baby blue base filled with matte purple and green glitters. It's completely opaque in two coats and dries quickly to a semi matte gritty finish. Pictures show the polish on its own, with a matte top coat, and with SV.

Daring Digits Master Shake Reformulated

So, a while ago I wore Master Shake by Daring Digits... I wasn't thrilled because the polish she sent me was a frost rather than the jelly that was pictured in the listing. I emailed the shop owner and inquired as to whether she was going to make the jelly version available again and she was extremely nice and told me that because she didn't modify the listing she would send me a bottle of the jelly version free of charge. I really wasn't looking for a freebie, I would have been more than happy to place a second order.

I was terribly impressed with her customer service, and when the second bottle of master shake came in I was impressed with her polish. The formula was perfect, 2 coats for a squishy but opaque finish that was heavily complimented.

Lush Lacquer Mr. Bubble over Zoya Juicy

Today I'm wearing Zoya Juicy topped with Lush Lacquer Mr. bubble. Juicy is a muted raspberry jelly, this is three coats plus SV. Mr Bubble is matte pink, blue, and white hexes in various sizes.

I was really excited about mr bubble, I love the colors and thought the listing showed great density. It took a little over two weeks for my polish to get here, but they do state a 2 week turn around in their policies. I am disappointed at the over abundance of clear base in the polish though, I was expecting a lot more glitter, what you see here is about 3 coats, dabbed on for maximum coverage. I still think this polish is pretty, but it was a let down.

Lynnderella The Garden of Even

My pictures of this polish are AWFUL! I apologize for not being able to show you how truly awesome this color is. It explodes with holo goodness the minute the light touches it! I plan on wearing this again soon and I hope to have a better camera by then.

This is 2 coats (no VNL in real life!) with one coat of Gelous and one coat of SV. This was really easy to apply, I didn't even have to dab, just put it on like normal polish and it went full coverage for me. I'm really pleased with all the Lynns from the new collection, they're even better than I imagined they would be

Lynnderella A Neutral Party

This is another polish from the SSSS collection. I have it over one coat of a basic taupe polish. A Neutral Party is gorgeous! It's loaded with brown, gold, and copper metallic glitters in various sizes. It also has a crazy micro shimmer and matte white micro glitter... And there are also a few bars in there for good measure! This is one heavy coat followed by SV

Lynnderella Common Sense + OPI San Tan-tonio + Striping

Love Common Sense, LOVE!!! I didn't want to take it off so I decided to try my brand new striping tape for the first time. I decided to go with OPI San Tan-tonio because it gives a very nice contrast to the glittery holo-y awesomeness of the Lynn.

The striping took FOREVER! I love the way it turned out and I could never do this with scotch tape but this is the most time consuming mani I've ever done.

Lynnderella Common Sense (very pic heavy)

Yes, I still LOVE my Lynns. No, I'm not going to give them up because I think she did wrong. Yes, this is from the new SSSS collection that is IMPOSSIBLE to get, and I got mine as a result of praying... A lot.

I enjoyed this polish immensely. This is a pink chameleon, it looks different in EVERY angle. These pics were taken in varying degrees of natural light to show just how gorgeous and multi dimensional Common Sense is. This is 2 coats + Gelous + SV. Enjoy!

Nail Pattern Boldness: Flipping Out Hard + Black Spotted

This is the most insane, radioactively bright polish I've ever seen in my life! Floam-esque but much more yellow, it's not neon, it's the green goo that turned the Ninja Turtles into mutants! This is 2 coats + 2 coats gelous + SV. It's thick and gooey and super gritty, not for the faint of heart! I added black spotted the next day because I'm still obsessed with that polish. Enjoy!

Julep America the Beautiful + News

Here's my 4th of July mani, this is my own patriotic matte glitter franken called 'melting pot' and an accent nail done in Julep's America the Beautiful. America is two coats, went on very easily and I had NO trouble with formula or coverage.

As you may have noticed, I've been gone for a while... I've been in the hospital due to a car accident and a needing a second surgery. I'm home now and am doing much better. Thank you to everyone who sent me get well messages, I appreciate it.

So how was your 4th of July (if you celebrate) did you rock a patriotic mani too?

Daring Digits Master Shake

Today in wearing daring digits master shake. I'm very disappointed in this polish... The listing shows a deliciously squishy soft white jelly with pink and gold glitter, she changed the formula and this polish is now a frosty pearly mess. The formula went on pretty easily, and if you like frosty pearly things this may work out well for you. I really don't like it and didn't even polish my right hand. This is 3 coats plus one coat SV.