These are Sally Hansen Salon Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips in "Speed Dating."  These first two pictures were taken the morning after I applied them.

 The hearts have a cool gradient effect with red and orange.  It's subtle, but nice.  I was pleased with my fit and application.  I've picked up a few tricks having done these several times now!  :)

 This is the first time I have not used any top coat during the process of wearing these stickers.  Here, above and below, are the gratuitous pictures taken this morning, on the beginning of day seven!  I did buff them quickly with the Revlon Crazy Shine buffer, just to perk them up.

I have some tip wear, yes, some out-growth, yes, but they are still looking gosh darn good, I'd say!  While I have so many fantastical polishes I'm eager to wear, I will confess that it's been sweet not changing my polish at all this week.  What a nice break!  I plan on wearing these strips in the beginning of March when I take a week long trip to visit my grandparents.  Then I won't have to worry about packing polish and that sort of thing.  :)

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 This is what I'm currently wearing:  Zoya Ali with Lynnderella Connect the Dots.

 I used two coats of each polish and then followed it with Gelous and Seche Vite.

 I have to apologize because these pictures are terribly color inaccurate!  Ali is a tricky beast.  She is more pink than what it appears here, although not a true straight-up neon pink.  I'd call her neon salmon pink.  Almost coral, but not quite.

 The polish actuals appears more like what you see in the bottle above, in real life.

 I love this picture above (and below!) for showing more of the magnificent micro shimmer that is in the otherwise clear base of Connect the Dots.

 Yesterday at work, a more mature woman surprised me by telling me that she liked my nails.  :)

Heck yeah!  I love this.  I kind of have to restrain myself from wanting to use Connect the Dots over everything.  It's that good.

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 Check this one out!

 Two coats of Orly Rococo A-Go-Go (name, y u so silly?!).

 The formula was a bit too thick and almost tricky for me - I definitely should have just thinned it right away.

 Still, it's absolutely to die for, and it turned out just fine!

 The next day, I added a coat of Inglot 202 flakes.  Here are a few indoor pics first.

 YIKES!  SO BEAUTIFUL!

 As you will see in a moment, the flakes look mostly orange in the bottle, so I was pleasantly surprised to see so much green come out to play!

 It's rainbow-rific, that's for sure.

 Now for some outdoor pictures.

 Can you even stand it?!

 I definitely need to wear more flakes.  Definitely.

 I really like the Inglot flakies because they come out so dense and easily.  I just wish the bottle wasn't so tiny!

 What are your favorite flakes?

 It's nice to see so many companies jumping on the bandwagon now.

 Hopefully we won't be having any more flakie polish shortages in the near future.  :)

Thanks for taking the time to stop by!

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 Today I started my mani with two coats of Rescue Beauty Lounge Fortissimo.

 It's a really lovely dark brown with a hint of gray coolness to it.

 Fortissimo reminds me of delicious, creamy CHOCOLATE!

 I don't use my RBLs too often, but whenever I do I am reminded of how terrific the formula and application is.  I like the smaller brush, too.

 Here I've added a coat of Sephora by OPI Don't be Eggnog-ious.

 I was playing with the light in these pictures.

 Don't be Eggnog-ious is a monotone orange/copper glitter with large hexograms and smallish - well, I don't what they are.  I think they are squares, but I can't tell for sure!

 The glitter spread itself pretty well, I have to say.

 I did a little smooshing things around to try and get the glitters to look as even as possible, but not too much.

 And I see that there is a rather giant clump of hexograms on my ring finger...ha!  Oh well.

 It looks fine, of course, in person.  :)

 What do you think of this glitter and the other ones from Sephora by OPI for the holidays?

I really love them.  The red and purple are so stunning, as well.  I confess that this feels a little "simple" after so many wonderful Lynnderella glitter polishes.  But simple can be good, too!

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 Remember this one?!

 Well, I did it again, only this time around I only used one coat of a-england Lancelot (a very much blackened wine creme) and one coat of my second bottle of Lynnderella Cauldron Drippings.

 I was more than happy to wear essentially the same mani twice in a row because it is so unbelievably fabulous.

 The second bottle of Cauldron Drippings has much more orange to it.  The glitter seems to go on more densely, also.

 The first bottle (you can see my pictures here) has more purple and red.

 Do you see the blue bar on my thumb above?  That was really exciting for me when it came out and off the brush!  I love so much with Lynnderella glitter polishes that you really never know what you are going to get and what's going to come out on each nail.  It's always a super fun surprise!

 Do you have a preference?  I definitely like the first version better, but this one is mega hawt as well!

I'm extremely happy to have two uniquely wonderful bottles of Cauldron Drippings.  If you haven't heard of Lynnderella polishes yet, you can check out her blog here.

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 Check this HAWTness OUT!

 I started with two coats of a-england Lancelot - my first time using this brand.  I am SO uber impressed with the formula and application!  Lancelot, despite looking completely black, is actually an extremely dark and most nearly black wine color.  LOVES it.

 I added a coat of Lynnderella Cauldron Drippings and bwoila, instant awesome-o Halloween goodness!

 I was pleasantly surprised at how easily Cauldron Drippings applied.  I used Lynnderella's Glitter Tamer and the Seche Vite over top.

I'm head over heels for this mani.  I may even do the exact same one over again next, or something very similar because I have a second version of Cauldron Drippings which looks ever so slightly different in the bottle.  It will be fun to compare and I just adore this festive Halloween polish!!  :D

Aaaand, if you still haven't heard of Lynnderella polishes, you can check out her blog here.

I ordered the a-england polish (along with some frens!) from their website here during an awesome sale recently.  Sale or no, these bad boys are worth their weight in gold....er, pounds - well, you get the idea.  Go get some.

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