Halloween 2015 Collection: The Vagantem Damnatorum Release

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages welcome to The Vagantem Damnatorum! 

Inside you will be enlightened by Madame Alina the Fortune Teller, hypnotized by Magnus the Magician, terrified by Levi the Reptile Boy, enticed by Serafina the Firebreather, and delighted by Stitches the Clown. A chosen few will even meet the Ringmaster himself! Can you face the temptations and horrors within?

Beware and take care while inside the carnival because not all is what it seems. If you find yourself wandering too long and forgetting the world you left behind, you have been chosen by the Ringmaster to become a pawn in his game. Will you face your fears and receive your prize at the end or will you succumb to wickedness and fall? Brace yourself and come inside.

Elevation Polish Pic de Sotllo and Doctor Who Cybermen Manicure

Hello, hello!

I've had this mani in mind for a long while and while I couldn't use all the components in my head I like the way it turned out.

For my base I used Elevation Polish's Pic de Sotllo, a gorgeously vivid deep blue similar to Revlon Royal. I actually own several polishes in this category of blue: Revlon Royal, Sally Hansen X-treme Wear Pacific Blue, Pure Ice First Kiss, Sinful Colors Endless Blue and who knows how many more are lurking in my melmer drawers!  Elevation's the only indie brand of this blue I have and the only one I use consistently. Pic de Sotllo has an opaque jelly finish. I wouldn't call it a crelly because I feel like a crelly has a weightier base that happens to be sheer.  My bottle is full on delicious, juicy jelly but can be built up to opacity in about 3 thin coats.  In my manicure I'm using 3-4 really thin coats to deepen the color. The formula was really easy to work with, self- leveling and non-patchy which can be a problem with some jelly polishes.  Pic de Sotllo is probably my favorite Elevation Polish!

New Year's Eve Manicure with Enchanted Polish

Hey lovelies!

Here's a couple quick pics of my New Year's Eve mani.  I was finally able to track down Enchanted Polish Dark Fantasy and Flashing Lights.  Funny story about Flashing Lights--I ordered it and Glitter Unique's Gold Galaxy Holo glitter to play with and then the next day found out they're the same thing.  Whatever, I still wanted the real thing with Flashing Lights. I'll have to post these as full manis soon because they are so pretty.

Digital Nails Nox and Sectumsempra Review

Here are some quick and dirty swatches of a polish I bought some time ago and hadn't gotten around to posting yet.

Colors by Llarowe Yo Cupid Take A Hike Swatches

Quick review of the first time Colors by Llarowe participated in their monthly collection of A Box Indied.

Colors by Llarowe Yo, Cupid, Take a Hike is a deep, ultramarine blue holographic polish.  This is one seriously pigmented polish.  One coat was almost all that was needed but photos below are with two thin coats and no top coat.  The polish flows really well—there was no thinning necessary!  As usual with Colors by Llarowe the holo is gorgeous and stunning.

Yo, Cupid, Take a Hike was limited edition and exclusively available in the February box of A Box Indied.  You may try your luck on eBay, polish groups on Facebook, or Storenvy to score a bottle.  

Superbowl XLVIII 2014 Denver Broncos Inspired Manicure

Happy Superbowl Sunday!

Today’s mani is featuring a polish I made myself.  I came across a custom polish created by Darling Diva Polish and since it wasn't available for sale to the public I figured I’d make one for myself.  I’m not sure if I’ll release this under Lemming Lacquer but I loved the way the custom looked.

My unnamed polish is made up of dark blue and orange holographic microglitters.  I love the extra twinkle from the orange holographic glitters!  This is three coats of my unnamed polish over three thin coats of Picture Polish Cosmos.  I know that seems like a lot of polish but layering my unnamed polish over Cosmos adds even more depth.  I really love how the shade of blue from Cosmos is changed by layering the darker different shade of blue from my unnamed polish.