It's Gotta Love Brains!

Hello everyone!! I have another post for you! I've neglected my blog for so long I thought 2 posts in one day was a must! I have another Lynnderella for you! I just love her polishes they are just so unique and fun! I'm a glitter lover so anything glitter gets my attention. Gotta Love Brains is quite sheer so the underwear I used for this mani is OPI I vant to be a lonestar. Let me just say that I really didn't like it. It was so streaky and just a nightmare to apply. I know i'll never use it again. It was a real PITA for me. But the polish on top is gorgeous! It has been said it's a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Glitter in the air and the newest Revlon Whimsical. I don't have either of those so i can't do a comparison for you. Both are on my wishlist! Gotta Love Brains is pink, blue and purple square and hexagon shaped glitter in a bluish lavender base. It's very unique! So without further adieu I give you Lynnderella's Gotta Love Brains! : )

2 coats of OPI I vant to be a lonestar and 2 coats of Gotta Love Brains 

What do you think?

It reminds of me cotton candy!

Such a fun polish : )

I flooded my cuticle a little! Oopsie!

You can buy Lynnderella's polishes from her directly when they are available. You might have to stalk her blog for updates that's what I had to do. I even went as far as making her page my home page. Talk about obsessed!? You can find her blog here. You can also buy them directly from llarowe. She is now selling them and she is getting a new shipment soon : )

How do you like it!? Do you have any Lynnderella's!?

Let me know what you think!

-Ash

OPI Dating a Royal and Lynnderella Connect The Dots

Hello lovelies!!

OMG! I think yesterday makes 2 MONTHS since i've posted!  I don't know what's been wrong with me. I think i just got in a really big funk. I've been doing my nails just not posting on my blog. So i have a lot of manicures to write about. I was sitting on the couch the other night trying to figure out what color to paint my nails! I knew I wanted to use Lynnderella's Connect The Dots just couldn't decide what base color to use. My good friend Taylor from Nailed to the T helped me decide on OPI Dating a Royal. I love how shiny it looks and i just love jellies! We saw jellies first in OPI's Texas collection. I picked up a few of those. I think jellies looks so pretty but I don't really like the application of them because they are so sheer and i always feel like they are streaky. I used 2 coats for the picture below :)

2 coats of OPI Dating a Royal 

After I saw how pretty and shiny Dating a Royal looked I wasn't sure I wanted to put Connect The dots on but of course I had to! Connect the dots is a polish made by Lynnderella. She has some gorgeous polishes and you can check out Lynnderella's page here. Here new collection Lovely is As Lovely Does is coming out soon! She does have a 5 bottle minimum if you are interested in less bottles than that head on over to llarowe! I think a lot of them are out of stock right now but she is getting a new shipment in soon :) 

2 coats of Dating a Royal and 2 coats of Connect The Dots

 I love this combo! It's like constellations on my nails!

What do you think?  

Of course I used one coat of Poshe topcoat like always : )

It's so perfect to me! I just love it! I've had this mani on since tuesday. Of course it's only been 2 days but  no chips yet :)

What do you all think of this mani? Have you bought any Lynnderella's yet? If so tell me which ones in the comments! 

-Ash

Better late than never!!

Hello lovelies!!

I know I'm late posting this but I figured better late than never! I decided that for Halloween this year i'd buy my costume a few weeks early! So I tried on a million like always and decided on Queen Bee ;-) It looked the best out of all of them. I also figured that it was quite fitting for me ;-) Of course I was thinking about what mani I would do to go with it. So one of my nail polish buddies sent me a link to a youtube video for the most adorable bee manicure. But I suck at nail art. I am trying to get better I guess with anything it just takes a lot of practice. After all I used to not even be able to paint my left hand! The middle of my costume has stripes so i figured I can do this! It will be pretty simple and it was. I got a lot of compliments on it. Oh and did i mention that I was the only Queen Bee!? That was awesome! I knew that I would need to do a test run and I decided on OPI The "It" Color. I describe this color as taxi cab yellow because that's exactly what it looks like to me. I only did one thick coat and then I did the black stripes with  black nail art polish. It has a very thin brush that is used specifically for nail art.

Queen Bee ;-)

My test run : ) 

1 coat of OPI The "It" color and a black nail art striper from Sally's Beauty Supply.

 The finished mani. 2 coats of OPI Banana Bandana and a black nail art striper from Sally's 

What do you think about this mani? : )

My very first Manglaze!!

Hello lovelies!! Can you believe it 2 posts in 2 days!? I had to take off my mermaid scales mani tonight : ( Sadly, today when I was doing arts and crafts I got paint allll over my nails! So of course they looked really bad. But i really couldn't wait to try my new beauty that I got in the mail wednesday! It was my very first Manglaze Matte Is Murder from the lovely Carly at Lacquered Lover! I was so lucky to be a winner of one of her giveaways! I have never won a giveaway ever! I love Matte is Murder it's a fierce black! Manglaze is the original matte nail polish! Originally created for men but then women started wearing them. You can buy their polish from their store on Facebook :) I have to get some more asap!! :)

Manglaze Matte is Murder 

My first matte and i'm in <3

Manglaze Matte is Murder 

Do you any of my lovely readers like mattes? What are some other brands you like?

One of my TOP 5 polishes!! (pic heavy!)

Hello ladies! I know I haven't posted in awhile! I need to start planning out my blog posts better! I sat down last night wondering what color to paint my nails. I finally decided on the gorgeous OPI Catch Me In Your Net. I have heard from other bloggers that CMIYN stains really bad. So i didn't want to take any chances! I don't do swatch-a-thons so my nails are never stained. I wondered what color I would use as a base. I decided on OPI Ski Teal We Drop which is a gorgeous blue/teal creme. I LOVE this color! I thought about just making it my mani but I needed some sparkle! So I put Catch Me In Your Net over top! Catch me in your net is a teal foil metallic. Let me just say I love this combo! I'm going to have to start wearing it more often. It's BEAUTIFUL!! I can't stop staring at my nails. It reminds of a mermaids tail shimmering in the sun. I think it looks ALOT better over top of other colors such as blue, green or black. It's just very sheer and requires at least three coats and you still have visible nail line. Who the heck wants to waste Catch Me In Your Net!? Not me that's for sure! This color comes from the OPI Summer Flutter collection. I have also heard that Zoya Charla is a dupe for it. I cannot do a comparison for you because I don't like Zoya. (Zoya takes forever to dry! IMO : ) I actually got this on Ebay for around $16. I had to have it when I saw it!

2 coats of OPI Ski Teal We Drop

I just love this teal creme!

I need to use this more often!

OPI Ski Teal We Drop w/OPI Catch Me In Your Net : )

I just love this!!

What do you think of this combo!? I ABSOLUTELY love it!! <3 : )

My first Halloween mani!!

Hello everyone! It has been a busy day but I managed to squeeze in a Halloween mani. I couldn't decide what to use for this manicure. I finally decided on OPI Black Onyx it's my favorite black creme. I love it. I love it on it's own but of course it's not very Halloween-ish! So i had to put Lynderellas Cauldron Drippings over top from her Early Halloween collection! Check out her website Lynnderella : ) I'm not sure when her store will be open again. Cauldron Drippings is a mixture of mainly orange bar glitter and square yellow and green hexagon shaped glitter. I love it!

2 coats of OPI Black Onyx

My favorite black creme : )

1 coat of Cauldron Drippings 

A close up  : )

I love this glitter!

what do you all think? 

GIVEAWAY WINNERS!!

Hello lovelies!! I hope you are all doing well. I know it has been along time since i have posted I have been busy! I have been on Fall Break and I was out of town so I wasn't even online much! Let alone doing manicures :p But I have the winners of my giveaway! So glad that random.org is so easy to use!

Jacki from Adventures In Acetone! She is actually my blog twin! : )

The 2nd winner is SWEET GIRL : )

The winners have been notified by email and they have 24 hours to respond or 2 new winners will be chosen! 

My first leopard print mani!

Good afternoon ladies! So I got bored with OPI Bubble Bath and decided to attempt my first leopard print mani! I used mermaid tears, planks a lot and lucky lucky lavender all OPI :) I also used OPI black onyx for the outlining of the spots. I hope you all like this! I can't wait to attempt some more nail art! This was pretty easy except for my right hand of course. It was a little bit tricky! I hope with more practice I'll get better :)

What do you think about my first attempt at nail art? : )

OPI Bubble Bath

Hello ladies!! I've been watching my show tonight so i just did a simple mani while I watched tv. For those of you that don't know the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy was tonight! I've been so excited for it! I have for you tonight OPI Bubble Bath it's a very light milky pink. I've had this soft shade for awhile and I haven't used it much. I applied a 3 coats and there is still visible nail line. I don't mind though because I think it's pretty. I heard that older bottles are more of a milky white color. I have newer one though : ) I just love this color. I'm thinking about maybe using it as a base for water marbling tomorrow!? What do you all think?

3 coats of OPI Bubble Bath

Just simple and pretty : )

 A little visible nail line never hurt anyone!

What do you all think of Bubble Bath? What are some of your favorite Soft Shades? 

You asked for it!

Hello! I hope everybody has had a great weekend. Mine has consisted mostly of sleep and homework and of course nails : ) The poll is over and OPI Black Onyx is the next color you all wanted to see OPI Standing Room Only over. My best friend actually came over to my house the other day with black nails! So of course an idea popped into my head for Standing Room Only. Let me just tell you it's gorgeous over black. Amber has long round nails and she will be featured in this post. I love her nails if I could grow mind that long I'd probably file them round. But I have always had square nails because that's just the way they grow : ) Amber was so excited when I told her I was going to have her nails on my blog! I told her about the poll I had going and that this was such a coincidence. I've never seen her nails black before but she just got a tattoo and she wanted to paint her nails to match. I can totally understand that I'm sure I would probably do the same thing. I don't have any tattoos though.  I hope you all enjoy seeing her nails on this post!

2 coats of OPI Black Onyx w/1 coat of Standing Room Only 

How pretty is that!?

I've decided that Standing Room Only definitely belongs in my Top 5 : )

The Glittering Crowd

Hello lovelies!! Today i received the best nail mail EVER!! My order from Lynnderella arrived wednesday but I just got home today! I couldn't wait to tear into the box. I opened the box and just sitting there all wrapped up were my Lynnderella frankens!! The 3 I got are The Glittering Crowd, Connect the Dots and Cauldron Drippings. I have The Glittering Crowd swatched for you tonight. I'm not sure how long i'll keep this on but i'm really loving it! The Glittering Crowd is a multi colored hexagon, square and circle glitter. All the hexagons are different sizes. This might just be my new favorite glitter! If you haven't heard of Lynderella you're missing out! Check out her website if you're interested in ordering some. She just posted that her shop will be open again next week for more Early Halloween orders. Click the link to view her page :) Lynnderella's Early Halloween They are $12 per bottle with a minimum order of 5. The best way to get these is to do a group order with somebody who is also interested in getting some. Shipping wasn't cheap but it was UPS and they arrived just 2 days after I placed my order. I even went as far as making my home page her website! I know i'm a little obsessed but I didn't want to miss a beat : ) Don't miss out on these. I'm not sure how long they will be available for but start practicing your clicking skills! I'd also write the email you're going to send her and save it as a draft. That way you don't have to worry about missing out! There are a bunch to choose from. I had a hard time just choosing 3! I need more : )

L to R: Cauldron Drippings, Connect The Dots and The Glittering Crowd

1 thin coat of The Glittering Crowd. I like one coat because you can see all the different shapes and colors of the glitter. This would also look awesome over any color! : )

2 coats! Don't you just love the bar glitter thrown in there too!? I know I do : ) 

The finished product 3 coats : ) I <3 this!

Ahhhh it's gorgeous <3

A close up bottle pic of all the glitter! 

Make sure to let each coat of glitter dry completely. If you don't you will just be pushing glitter all over your nails. I hope you all love this : )