Today Was a Fairytale

 For Monday, we have the sixth Lippmann featured! This one is Today Was A Fairytale and it has diamond bits in it! (They probably said that to justify the price, but you could go around saying “I’ve got diamonds on my nails.” and feel luxe)
Pictured next to Essie Limited Addiction, a polish I used to layer the Fairytale polish with.

 A pic of Limited Addiction. The color is much darker than this, and I think this is my “the Red.” I am not sure. I need to do research.

 This is one coat. You can see why I chose to layer this polish because one) hello price tag and two) it’s silver glitter suspended in a clear jelly base. It would never get opaque!

Hexagonal and small glitter, a la Bad Romance and Across the Universe. Purdy! Unfortunately I destroyed this manicure quickly so I took it off before I remembered to take out the matte topcoat D:

Today Was a Fairytale

 For Monday, we have the sixth Lippmann featured! This one is Today Was A Fairytale and it has diamond bits in it! (They probably said that to justify the price, but you could go around saying “I’ve got diamonds on my nails.” and feel luxe)
Pictured next to Essie Limited Addiction, a polish I used to layer the Fairytale polish with.

 A pic of Limited Addiction. The color is much darker than this, and I think this is my “the Red.” I am not sure. I need to do research.

 This is one coat. You can see why I chose to layer this polish because one) hello price tag and two) it’s silver glitter suspended in a clear jelly base. It would never get opaque!

Hexagonal and small glitter, a la Bad Romance and Across the Universe. Purdy! Unfortunately I destroyed this manicure quickly so I took it off before I remembered to take out the matte topcoat D:

Who’s a Superstar?

Today we have Deborah Lippmann Superstar, featured for the third day of the Lippmann theme week (and a day)!!

Sup?

 Superstar is another lovely dense glitter. It has small dark brown and copper flecks of glitter suspended in a light brown/espresso jelly base. I like this one, it’s a sophisticated color.

The only problem I had with this was that it’s very very gritty. I had two thick coats of Seche Vite, and you could still feel the bumpiness (not the rough sort.)

Then of course I had to… Break out the matte topcoat! I used Essie Matte About You in this one.

I like this effect, the gold/copper was brought out a lot. The dark espresso base wasn’t so overpowering anymore.

Enjoy 🙂

Who’s a Superstar?

Today we have Deborah Lippmann Superstar, featured for the third day of the Lippmann theme week (and a day)!!

Sup?

 Superstar is another lovely dense glitter. It has small dark brown and copper flecks of glitter suspended in a light brown/espresso jelly base. I like this one, it’s a sophisticated color.

The only problem I had with this was that it’s very very gritty. I had two thick coats of Seche Vite, and you could still feel the bumpiness (not the rough sort.)

Then of course I had to… Break out the matte topcoat! I used Essie Matte About You in this one.

I like this effect, the gold/copper was brought out a lot. The dark espresso base wasn’t so overpowering anymore.

Enjoy 🙂

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Razzle Dazzle, ready to go in line! This is the second day of my Lippmann theme week (and a day).

It’s a lovely ruby red shimmer/small glitter suspended in an extremely vampy raspberry base. Fitting for a Friday, I think, however I spent this evening watching L’Abbe de L’Epee, an awesomely funny satire.

Spam! Not the canned kind. What? You hungry or something?

Check out this! It required about three coats, but that’s because I wanted things to be all even and nice. Three coats for polish doesn’t bother me as it might for some people.

What’d I do next then, after wearing this all day? Broke out the matte topcoat of course! (Probably much to the chagrin of my cousin Shauna, who believes matte polish should be banned from using on polish like this.)

Nee ner nee ner, I actually like the matte version a little bit more better.  I’m weird like that!

In my humble opinion, it brings out the sparkles. This picture pulls way too purple though.

Thumb closeup. Please excuse the cuticles, the tiny glitter made it a biatch to clean up.

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

Razzle Dazzle, ready to go in line! This is the second day of my Lippmann theme week (and a day).

It’s a lovely ruby red shimmer/small glitter suspended in an extremely vampy raspberry base. Fitting for a Friday, I think, however I spent this evening watching L’Abbe de L’Epee, an awesomely funny satire.

Spam! Not the canned kind. What? You hungry or something?

Check out this! It required about three coats, but that’s because I wanted things to be all even and nice. Three coats for polish doesn’t bother me as it might for some people.

What’d I do next then, after wearing this all day? Broke out the matte topcoat of course! (Probably much to the chagrin of my cousin Shauna, who believes matte polish should be banned from using on polish like this.)

Nee ner nee ner, I actually like the matte version a little bit more better.  I’m weird like that!

In my humble opinion, it brings out the sparkles. This picture pulls way too purple though.

Thumb closeup. Please excuse the cuticles, the tiny glitter made it a biatch to clean up.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Didn’t start off the day too good– insomnia then woke up with like the worst back pain ever D: But I had pretty nails.

 Kisses! I’ve had this idea for Valentine’s day for ever, and it took a lot of restraint to wait until today to be able to slap it on.

Base color is Zoya Jolene, layered with Nubar Sugar. Stamped on is China Glaze Snow for the white lips, and Zoya Sarah for the red lips 🙂

smooches to all of you 🙂

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Didn’t start off the day too good– insomnia then woke up with like the worst back pain ever D: But I had pretty nails.

 Kisses! I’ve had this idea for Valentine’s day for ever, and it took a lot of restraint to wait until today to be able to slap it on.

Base color is Zoya Jolene, layered with Nubar Sugar. Stamped on is China Glaze Snow for the white lips, and Zoya Sarah for the red lips 🙂

smooches to all of you 🙂

Last Friday Night Dupe

Liane mentioned how she might have picked up a dupe for Last Friday Night from OPI’s Katy Perry collection, from our Rite-Aid. Being curious, I invited her over for a dupe party.

Here is OPI Katy Perry and Sinful Colors’ Hottie side by side:

 Similar isn’t it?

 It’s obvious that Last Friday Night’s glitter is more chunkier and dense than Hottie, but the same jelly base and sparkles are present.

Hottie, Last Friday Night, Hottie. Pretty damn similar in my opinion! Hottie is a lot more shimmery while Last Friday Night has the glitter down. I don’t think anyone would ever wear these by themselves, so if layered I believe the effect would be identical.
So if you don’t want to pay eBay scalpers for LFN since it’s sold out every freakin’ where, Sinful Colors is a pretty good alternative (only 2 bucks a bottle… yeah I’d say it’s a good alternative)

Last Friday Night Dupe

Liane mentioned how she might have picked up a dupe for Last Friday Night from OPI’s Katy Perry collection, from our Rite-Aid. Being curious, I invited her over for a dupe party.

Here is OPI Katy Perry and Sinful Colors’ Hottie side by side:

 Similar isn’t it?

 It’s obvious that Last Friday Night’s glitter is more chunkier and dense than Hottie, but the same jelly base and sparkles are present.

Hottie, Last Friday Night, Hottie. Pretty damn similar in my opinion! Hottie is a lot more shimmery while Last Friday Night has the glitter down. I don’t think anyone would ever wear these by themselves, so if layered I believe the effect would be identical.
So if you don’t want to pay eBay scalpers for LFN since it’s sold out every freakin’ where, Sinful Colors is a pretty good alternative (only 2 bucks a bottle… yeah I’d say it’s a good alternative)