Butter London Lillibet's Jubilee with a side of Orly Flash Glam FX

I've been lemming Butter London's latest addition to their line, Lillibet's Jubilee, ever since it was announced. The Queen's Jubilee celebration came and went and I finally got my polish! This was created to honor the international celebration marking the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne. According to Butter London's site, they describe Lillibet's Jubilee as:

Lillibet’s Jubilee is a silvery, lavender metallic foil that boasts the perfect amount of sparkle that is fit for a queen!

To me it is more than a foil, it's borderline frosty. I don't normally like frosty but I love this polish! My camera wasn't very happy in trying to take pictures! You would not believe how many pictures I took just to get these two. I used two thin coats and one coat of SV.

taken in shade

taken in direct sunlight

This has a really nice application and as you can see in the second picture above, there is a definite lavender tint there. I'm surprised it shows up more in the second picture, rather than the picture that was taken in the shade!

So after a couple of days I was kinda bored and had bought these two Orly Flash Glam FX Polishes, and I said to myself...gee I wonder how these would look layered over ole Lillibet?

Be Brave

Be Brave in the shade

Can't Be Tamed

OK, so it was a good idea while it lasted and I will try anything at least once! Actually, I love both of these polishes. Be Brave reminds me of tinsel on a Christmas tree, even though it's purple (holographic bar glitter), but in the way it sparkles! I didn't mind it so much over Lillibet's Jubilee. However, as much as I love Can't Be Tamed, I think it was a bit much for this mani. It really needs to be over something less sparkly to begin with, a creme or a matte would be fun. It's a wonderful mix of purple glitter and a small almost gunmetal glitter combination in a clear base.

Have a great weekend everyone! TGIF!

Ozotic 505

Have you ever had one of those manis that you never want to take off? That's how I feel about this one. I love love love (Did I say I love?) Ozotic 505!! I got this as part of a recent nail mail haul from llarowe.com. It's sold out at the moment but according to her site, it's supposed to be restocked next week (6/20). Unfortunately, this is one of the Ozotics that is soon-to-be-discontinued so if you don't have it yet, I highly recommend getting yourself a bottle if you can. I hope Ozotic comes up with something equally as fabulous, if not more fabulous to replace it.

Ozotic 505 is a multi chrome nail polish that shifts from dark green to dark purple to blue. I know most people layer this over black, but i decided to layer it over white. Three coats (it's very sheer), plus top coat.

Check out the blue/green!

The color is shifting so you can see blue/green and purple at the same time!

Purple on the nails, while green (teal) reflects off the bottle.

I have actually had this on for almost a week now, and it has worn quite nicely. No chipping, no signs of wear.  Not to mention, I have never had so many compliments on my nails before. From complete strangers! Love this line and I am definitely going to add more colors before it's gone forever!!

Some Fun with Yummy Mummy

I've been wanting to try Butter London's Yummy Mummy forever, having adding it and several other of their fabulous colors to my stash recently. Love Butter London! Goes on nicely, it's opaque in 2 coats and Yummy Mummy is a great neutral beige. On their web site they say: "This medium beige colour is simply stunning on EVERY skin colour." Well, I'm not sure about that. To be honest, I think it would look better on me if I was tan. So I will try it again later in the summer to see how it compares.

I am in an experimenting mood these days because I have been reading all the great nail blogs out there and want to try everything! LOL After a couple of days of wearing Yummy Mummy, I thought, hmmmm.. this might be a good time to try a Caviar Nail! Or Microbead Nail if you will. So off I went to Michael's to get my microbeads and this was my result:

Outside shot in the sun

In the shade!

Not too bad for my first try, I used a copper bead to have a little more of an accent color. It was a lot easier to do than the water marble! :)

Unfortunately, the beads didn't last too long. They started chipping away and then I started picking and then it was all over. But I still wasn't ready to let my Yummy Mummy mani go yet!

I have also been wanting to try out the new Sticks 'n Stones by Cover Band I got from ninjapolish.com and thought, this would be a great time as any!

Fabulous!

See the little hints of glitter?!

Oh my, I just LOVE this polish! Sticks 'n Stones is a clear base with a collection of various sizes and shapes of white and black hex glitters and bars. If you look closely on the 2nd picture, you can see some of the fine glitter that adds this pop here and there. I only used one coat. Awesome!

Stay tuned to see what I do to my next color of polish. One never knows..

Whimsical Ideas by Pam Kitty Glitter

In my never ending quest to discover all the great indie polishes out there, and there are oh so many (!), I came across Whimsical Ideas by Pam. Pam is not on Etsy but on Facebook. You can check out her Facebook page here and see all the great polishes she has to offer. I bought 4: Nimbus, Nancy's Birthday, Peanut Butter and Jelly, and Kitty Glitter. I love the packaging, the labels...and check out the cute bows on all the bottles!

Here is a shot of the back of the bottles, you can see all that fabulous glitter!

The first color I chose to try was Kitty Glitter. I already had Zoya Bevin on so I thought, this looks like a purrfect match..get it? Kitty Glitter? purrfect? Anyway...this is plain Zoya Bevin, which is pretty on its' own.

But add some Kitty Glitter and you get WOW!! I loved how this went on. I only used one coat and it was enough to give me the sparkle I wanted. And, there was no fishing around for sparkles. It was easy peasy. I also used one coat of Seche Vite for my top coat.

These pictures were taken indoors in both direct light and indirect light.

Be sure to check out Pam's Facebook Page. I know I'll be going back for more. In the meantime, I need to decide which one I'm going to try next!

My First Water Marble Manicure

OK, so I've been reading all the tutorials on the web and watching all the videos on water marbling and I'm thinking to myself, I can do this. How hard can it be?? Uh... yeah... pretty hard... I bow down and honor all of you water marble gurus out there that have mastered this fine art.

I started this morning and can't believe I worked on it most of the day. I was determined to get five fingers done damn it!! :)

The colors I used were: Essie Turquoise & Caicos, A Crewed Interest, To Buy or Not To Buy and Marshmallow as the base.

I wasn't too happy with my first nail:

Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles! But I was not to be deterred. So what if I was supposed to be working today. I was on a mission!! I kept going, and going and going. This was my final result.

Some bubbles, some blurry lines, I mean...check out that index finger..don't know what I was thinking when I did that one!

For some reason though, the bubbles seemed to lessen a bit when I put on a coat of Seche Vite. Or maybe I was just imagining it after staring at it all day today.

It sure looks prettier outside in the full sunlight. The soft lilac which appears white indoors really shows it's true color outside.

Will I do this again? Probably. I really enjoyed it. The toughest part was a) the bubbles b) getting a good design consistently and c)the clean up. Every time I would take a picture and look back at it I'd see something new on a cuticle that I'd missed. Which is why I only used my iPhone to take pics of this mani.

Now the only question is, who is going to do my right hand? I made such a mess of it with all the taping and scraping of the left hand, I'm afraid to touch it! I'll think about that tomorrow...

Lush Laquer

My latest stash haul arrived! Can I say I am officially addicted to Indie Polishes? I just can't help myself, someone needs to cut off my access to Etsy. LOL This latest acquisition, from Lush Laquer is fabulous!

I got, from left above: Mint Madness, Glitterazzi, Chubby Checker, Pinky Toes, and Dreamsicle.

I had already done my nails with Zoya Bevin so I decided to try out an accent nail with Mint Madness. OMG, perfect match! As they describe on their Etsy site: "Mint Madness is a beautiful semi-sheer mint base with a mixture of glitter....silver and green glitter in many different sizes make up this refreshing color."

This was two coats of Mint Madness and layer of Poshe Top Coat. It went on like a dream, no fighting to get bits of glitter. It's a shiny, holographic delight! I can't wait to try the rest of them.

You can order these lovelies and more directly through Lush Lacquer's Etsy shop. I know I will be going back for more!!

Chanel Peridot and Lynnderella Change

So I've been putting off getting Chanel's Peridot. I don't know why, I love Chanel's nail polishes. I guess it's because I'm new to the whole green/blue world of polishes. Well, I don't know what took me so long, I just love this shade, it's gorgeous!

Two coats was enough, although I have to say I was surprised as after only a day or so I had some chipping. Hmmmm... never have had this problem with any other Chanel polishes before. And for the price you would think it should last a week or two. just sayin...
So I thought, this is gorgeous on it's own, but since I'm also new to the world of Lynnderella and all the other fine indie polishes out there, why not try something extra on my Peridot? Enter Gold. Lots of it! As in Change. Change is a clear base with mix of gold, silver, pewter, copper, bronze and gold holograph glitter. The glitter is in different shapes and sizes, from squares to bars and everything in between!
I took several different pictures, and was amazed at the Holy Holograph of this polish! First I took a shot indoors in the daylight.

Even indoors, you can see the flecks of gold, how they shine. *sigh*
Then I took a picture outdoors in the shade to see how it would shine.

Still, the gold just pops!
But my most favorite of all favorite is when I took my lil fingers out in the sunshine. OMG!

Looking at the bottle, it seems that every color of the rainbow is represented. I did two coats of Change, one coat of Glitter Tamer and then one coat of Poshe Topcoat. I like having done this just on my ring finger as an accent. I don't know if I could handle it on all ten fingers unless I was going to a special party, wedding, etc. But knowing me, by tomorrow I will have had all ten nails done. I can't just do a "little" bling. LOL