My Ten Friends Lunar Love Song

Hey guys! Today I have another lovely polish from My Ten Friends to share with you! Lunar Love Song is a sheer shimmery pale dusty jade green base with matte pink and red squares/hexes/microglitter and holo gold hexes/microglitter. It can reach opacity on its own, but to deepen the color I layered it over butter LONDON Victoriana, a teal with silver shimmer. I love love love this mani, take a look!

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On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off Base coat
2 coats butter LONDON Victoriana
2 coats My Ten Friends Lunar Love Song
1 coat OPI Topcoat
1 coat Seche Vite

So pretty! As far as application everything was excellent -- a little thick, but just use thinner coats and then the polish should spread out on the nail nicely. While this is listed as a Valentine's Day polish, it is not in your face bright pink hearts or anything -- but it is definitely whimsical and romantic, and I adore it. This polish was inspired by a dream of cherry blossoms blooming on the moon, which is such a lovely image, I think :)

Some solo shots of butter LONDON Victoriana because it is so pretty! I am going to try to include more solo shots of base colors when I can, because they are always pretty enough to deserve them :)

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Have a great day! ♥

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Happy Valentine's Day! Lynnderella Mon Petit Chouchou & Matter of the Heart

Happy Valentine's Day lovelies! I hope however you ended up spending today, you had a grand ol' time doing so  :) To celebrate, I have two manis to share today! Both are pretty glitter-filled pink milky-base polishes from Lynnderella -- same idea in basic concept but they ended up looking quite different on the nail! I layered both over OPI You Callin' Me A Lyre? a sheer pink jelly. Take a look!

Matter of the Heart is a sheer bubblegum pink base full of various purple, pink, red, and silver shiny/holo hexes and squares as well as silver holo hearts. There was not a whole lot of glitter in the first coat but I think it glittered up quite nicely by the second; these were mostly just regular coats with not much dabbing needed. I will say that I had a hard time snagging the silver hearts out of the bottle and ended up stealing a few from Revlon Heart of Gold FX (which I will post on its own soon enough) so sorry if a few gold microglitters are stuck to the hearts; it doesn't show in person but macro has never been the most forgiving soul :) This one is super fun, super Valentine's Day!

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On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off Base coat
4 coats OPI You Callin' Me a Lyre?
2 coats Lynnderella Matter of the Heart
(dabbed on hearts only) Revlon Heart of Gold FX
1 coat OPI Topcoat
1 coat Seche Vite

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Mon Petit Chouchou (My Little Darling/Cabbage Head, depending on whether you listen to Google Translate or Lynn herself... either way adorable name!) is a sheer peachy base with matte/shiny/holo purple, pink, and white hexes, squares, hearts and flowers as well as lavender microglitter. What a mouthful! From the description, it sounds like a lot more going on here than Matter of the Heart, but this one actually has a more mellow look. 
I must say I definitely prefer this peachy shade of base with my skin tone. Application here was about the same. The only bummer was major curling on the large square glitters, which would not flatten down completely even with three coats of topcoat, alas (says one coat below; I was doing my typical race against the setting sun and did not want to chance losing light, so I did the remaining two coats after pictures). I did find though that if you can just rearrange them before application so the concave side faces down on the nail, they will lay flat... easier said than done, though :)
Still, I love this polish! Pink is low on my list of preferred nail colors (despite being my all-time favorite color otherwise, weird right?) but a peachy almost neutral shade is definitely one of my favorite ways to wear it :)

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 On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off Base coat
3 coats OPI You Callin' Me A Lyre?
2 coats Lynnderella Mon Petit Chouchou
1 coat Seche Vite

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And a few of OPI You Callin' Me A Lyre? on its own, because I have fallen in love with this polish! I just used it for the first time with these two manis, and while I struggled with some streakiness the first time through, once you figure out how to apply it best (three thick coats, don't let the brush touch the nail if possible, let dry in between coats is what I'd recommend) it is amazing :) Officially my new go-to sheer pink!

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Overall, while Mon Petit Chouchou is more my style, both in terms of flattering base and the glitters themselves, both it and Matter of the Heart were super cute, very Valentine's Day manis! I love celebrating holidays with my nails, so these were both lots of fun :)

You can find Lynnderella polishes at her eBay store~

Have a great day! ♥

Jindie Nails Love Conquers All

Hey guys! Today I have to share with you a fun Valentine's Day polish from Jindie Nails. Love Conquers All is a white base full of black, white, pink, lavender, dark purple, deep/bright red small hexes, microglitter, and hearts. A lot going on here, but so pretty -- check it out!

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On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off Base coat
3 coats Jindie Nails Love Conquers All
2 coats Seche Vite

It built up better than I was even expecting (and having tried and loved several Jindie Nails crelly base polishes at this point, I was expecting a lot). There are tons of heart glitters in the one! You can see that easily in the pictures, how I have them layered and even overlapping at times, which is somewhat unusual (but definitely appreciated!) for accent-type glitters like these. I really like this polish! Been saving it for my actual Valentine's Day mani -- I love that it is obviously very Valentine's Day without being a pink or red base -- I love me my white polishes!

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If you'd like to check out Jindie Nails be sure to visit her etsy and Facebook~ you can also buy on Llarowe and MeiMei's Signatures~

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Have a lovely day! ♥

Darling Diva Polish Ti Amo + L'Oreal The Queen's Ambition

Hey guys! Today I am excited to share with you one of the first indie polishes I bought way back before I was really into the indie scene at all (barely even into the polish scene, actually!). When I got this lovely Darling Diva Polish I figured it would be perfect to save for Valentine's Day, and I was definitely right on the money there :) Ti Amo is a pink-tinted base full of red and white hexes and hearts, white microglitter, and awesome great big squishy white glitter! The squishy white hearts are absolutely the reason this polish called out to me -- even now, I have never seen anything like them :) I wanted both the glitter colors to pop, so I layered over L'Oreal The Queen's Ambition, my favorite black with silver glitter. I adore how this one turned out!

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 On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off Base coat
2 coats LOreal The Queen's Ambition
2 coats Darling Diva Polish Ti Amo
1 coat Seche Vite

I just love those big white hearts! Of course, as you can imagine they were an ultra-pain to fish out of the bottle (and I totally gunked up the neck of the bottle trying, alas) but it was worth it, and I managed to find enough to have one each for my ring fingers and thumbs, hurray. They actually stuck down quite nicely with just the one coat of top coat, but after these pictures I ended up adding an extra coat of SV because some of the other glitters were still a little pokey. Such a cute polish! Glad I picked it up back when I did :)

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 If you'd like to check out Darling Diva Polish be sure to visit their Etsy and Facebook!

 Have a great day! ♥

My Ten Friends Hailing Frequencies Open

Hey guys! Today I have a darling Valentine's Day mani for you from one of my favorite newer indie brands, My Ten Friends! Hailing Frequencies Open is a shimmery pale lilac base with various sizes of matte pink/red/purple glitter and microglitter and silver holo glitter and microglitter. I believe it can reach opacity in three or so coats, but just to be safe I layered it over Catherine Arley 670, a pale lilac linear holo. 670 is about the exact same shade as Hailing Frequencies Open's base color, but none of the holo of 670 ended up in the final look, so clearly it is pretty opaque! :) I just love this mani, take a look!

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On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off base coat
2 coats Catherine Arley 670-
2 coats My Ten Friends Hailing Frequencies Open
1 coat Seche Vite

Such a cute polish! Application on this was really lovely too -- the glitters spread out really nicely and layered with the base color really well. I really like this one, very Valentine's without being in-your-face red and pink hearts -- although I love those too! :)

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Have a great day! ♥

Daily Lacquer Satine

Hey guys! Today I have a lovely new polish from Daily Lacquer to share with you from Maggie's new Moulin Rouge-inspired collection! Satine is an amazing charcoal gray holo with holo silver microglitter and holo silver diamonds as well! Talk about a holofest! This polish is seriously so sparkly, I just about cried when it chipped and I had to take it off. It absolutely can reach opacity on its own (2-3 coats depending on how careful you are) but since I had some issues with the holo base covering up the diamond glitter (which can create a bit of a lumpy effect) I ended up layering it over Catherine Arley 667, a medium gray linear holo, but it doesn't really show up in the final mani as Satine is much darker than 667 -- it just helped with opacity so that I didn't have to deal with layering the glitters. Seriously loved the way this mani turned out, take a look!

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 On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off Base coat
3 coats Catherine Arley 667
1 coat Daily Lacquer Satine
1 coat Seche Vite

I just love how much holo is going on in this polish -- not only the holo base (which I confess I was not aware just how holo the base was until I stepped outside this morning to grab my mail and was blinded - nearly dropped my keys) but then the holo microglitter, and even holo diamonds! I like how sparse the diamonds are, because it really gives it a classy, interesting look. Overall I just love the inclusion of the glitters, because it makes it super sparkly and pretty, even in the shade :)

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If you'd like to check out Daily Lacquer be sure to visit her website, Etsy or Facebook

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Have a great day! ♥

Lynnderella Key to Her Heart + Zoya Cassi

Hey guys! Today I have a pretty Lynnderella polish to show you from her new Groundhog Day collection. Key to Her Heart is a sheer coral-tinted shimmery base full of a variety of peachy coral/pink/white/some gold glitters, as well as gold/red/pink hearts and light pink flowers. A lot going on in this one! I layered it over Zoya Cassi, a pretty peachy shimmer (that is one of my favorite polishes ever, pre-polishmania!). They went together really well, check it out!

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 On my nails:
1 coat Innisfree Eco Peel-off Base coat
4 coats Zoya Cassi
2 coats Lynnderella Key to Her Heart
1 coat Deborah Lippmann Addicted to Speed
2 coats OPI Topcoat
1 coat Deborah Lippmann Addicted to Speed

A lot of coats on this one, right? I don't recall Cassi being a 4-coater in the past, so I don't know it it is affected somehow because my bottle is about half empty or if I just had total failure-application... no surprise though that the glitter devoured topcoat. Even with five coats of topcoat it still wasn't totally smooth, or even totally glossy-looking all the time. I really love the color though! The abundance of accent-type glitters is really fun too -- this is a very in-yo-face Valentine's Day mani :) Look forward to more in the next week; you know I love my holiday manis!

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You can find Lynnderella polishes at her eBay store~

Have a great day! ♥

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