First, time to pimp my Nail Art Challenge Giveaway. You can win some Lynnderella polishes just for entering, cause two of the three prizes are random draws. Aussie girls, so far only three entries, your odds of winning Lynnderella's my never be as good as this!
Now, what does ten layers of nail polish look like? It looks like this. It's glassy smooth and it's bullet proof. I didn't realize I had done ten layers until I counted it all up. But, I think it needed every coat.
This beautiful polish is Lynnderella Mademoiselle Violette de Bleu, or MVdB from now on. This shade is described as a mixture of royal blue, blue violet, navy, holographic royal blue
multi-sized hexagons and squares with a touch of purple and iridescent
blue hexagons in a sheer blue-violet base.
Another bottle of glitter perfection, Lynnderella, I bow down to you. I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy. And people, if you think I'm going a bit over the top, just wait until you get your little hands on a bottle of Lynnderella polish and see for yourself. They truly are the best glitter polishes ever. Period!
You really can see the different shades of blue, as well as the violet and purple hexes. Just look at how those glitters overlap. They give it so much depth it's like looking into to deep sparkling pacific ocean.
So this is how I came to ten coats.
1 coat Nail tek II foundation
2 coats Ulta3 Blue Marlin
2 coats Lynnderella MVdB
2 coats glitter tamer - it was a little rough
2 coats Seche Vite - yep still a little rough after one Seche Vite, so I did two.
1 coat Ulta3 Non-Chip (Australian made version) - added the next day as it was textured again in the morning.
I got a teeny bit of shrinkage on the pinky here, but otherwise it was so smooth. I really expected it to be an inch thick but, I was surprised how thin it still was. I guess because I allowed it to dry well between each coat, and I only did thin coats, it never go squishy or dents.
I'm slowly making my way through all my Lynnderellas. Sorry it's taking so long, but I really need to appreciate each one as a full mani, I can't just swatch these beauties.
Did you notice I started a colour guide for my Lynnderella swatches too?
Such perfectly suspended shiny glitter, I did notice you started the Lynnderella colour guide....that's pretty awesome!
ReplyDeleteUmmm, I did my nail art tonight - it looked better in my head :-/ will email my entry tomorrow
Thanks Kristy - love your entry for the nail art
DeleteSo beautiful! I've done 10 layers on one finger before, it was so thick it looked like I had an acrylic nail!
ReplyDeleteI did notice your Lynnderella colour guide and I've been trying to figure out how you did that image pop up all afternoon! Like how I can hover over the name of the colour and the picture of it pops up. Could you pretty please link me to the instructions for how to do that? Or point me in the right Google Search direction... :)
I was so surprised that it wasn't like a massive thick acrylic. I think it's cause each coat all dried well.
DeleteMy job involves web design and coding, so I just coded something up. But if you google search "css image popup", the first result seems to provide a good example.
Well that comes in handy when you have a blog :)
DeleteThank you so much!
So gorgeous! I can't stop staring at this. I love it!
ReplyDeleteYou and me both. I was staring at it all day.
DeleteThis is so stunning! I just did a big Kleancolor glitter polish order on BeautyJoint to get my gliter fix until I can get my hands on some Lynderellas!!
ReplyDeleteSome of the Kleancolor glitters are amazing too! Good choice.
DeleteVery pretty- certainly doesn't look like 10 coats! :-)
ReplyDeleteIKR - it's just because of all that top coat!
DeleteSo perfect, so amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteWhere I can find this precious one?!
Tnanks
Tuli
Lynnerella ordering details are available on my Lynnderella colour guide page.
DeleteI love that you are doing each color in its own post. I also love your color charts. That must have taken so much time to do and it really helps those of us that have to buy them online. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I know when I polish shopping online that I love seeing all the colours available as swatches in one spot. I just wish I could put them up quicker, but each of these beauties needs its own post and full day (or two/three) to wear.
Delete10 coats - you must have the patience of a saint waiting for them to dry.
ReplyDeleteThe finished look is perfect and as stunning as all the rest.
Thanks for the great color guide.
Patience of a saint - Ha! No just a lazy arse watching tv as my nails dry.
DeleteCan I just say thank you for your amazing swatches! I know its so much work, and your doing an amazing job.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog :)
Thanks Karen - its an absolute pleasure!
DeleteI'm definitely entering... I have an idea but haven't had time to do it yet :) Can't wait to see the entries!
ReplyDeleteYep, get your entry in, there isn't that many Aussie ones still!
Deletehow long do you think will this polish last before it all comes off in one giant nail shaped piece? i manage to layer 3 coats and it peels off. how do you do it?
ReplyDeleteYou are so right. I wore this for two days, and just before I took it off I was washing a dish and about a quarter of my thumb nail lifted and come off in one chunk.
DeleteThank you for the tag :)
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