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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 I recently wore this combination:  NerdLacquer I Aim to Misbehave with Lynnderella Liquid Valentine.

 I started with two coats of I Aim to Misbehave.  Then I added one coat of Lynnderella's Liquid Valentine.

 I had a horrible time using Glitter Tamer (which has happened to me before), so I ultimately did not wear this for long at all.  As it was drying more fully, there were very noticeable streak marks.  :(

 I'm not exactly sure why this happens and why only sometimes, but I know I am not alone in finding Glitter Tamer very tricky to work with.  It is awesome for lots of people, though, so I'm not knocking it.  I just think for my own sanity, I should be using it much less (if at all!).

 At least I managed to get these beautiful pictures before everything went yucko!  :)  I think the two polishes looked so perfect together.

 Here are some indoor pictures of I Aim to Misbehave all by itself, two coats with top coat.  It's a top coat hungry glitter, but so ridiculously pretty and complex.  The thing that surprised me about this one is how it's amazingly complicated and enchanting to look at yet so seemingly simple, all at the same time!

 Just look at everything going on in that bottle.  It's a crazy mess of wonderful glitters and shimmers.  I think it ends up looking slightly more plummy on the nail where it seems a bit more maroon in the bottle.

It's absolutely lovely to look at and wear.  I highly recommend NerdLacquer!  Color me obsessed.  I must continue to have them all.

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 Truth be told, I wore this manicure about two weeks ago.

 I started with two coats of Sally Hansen Smooth and Perfect Satin.

 Satin is a slightly pearly (I almost say frosty, but that's not the best word for it) light peachy pink color. The brush is quite large, which is not my favorite, but I made it work.

 Then I added the magic!  Two coats of Lynnderella's very special Liquid Valentine.

 Liquid Valentine has tons of beautiful tiny blue shimmers and then various sizes and shapes of red, pink, purple, and holo glitters.  I think there is silver, too...it's hard to tell/remember!  :)

 I love the hearts, diamonds, and squares.  Heck, I love it ALL.

 I didn't even have to fish out the hearts, so that was pretty awesome.

 I was thrilled to receive this polish as a gift from the wonderfully talented Lynn.  Thank you so very, very much, Lynn!  You continue to amaze me with your insanely beautiful, fun, and funky works of art.

Liquid Valentine is not for sale at this time, but you can learn more about Lynnderella polishes at both her blog site here, as well as Llarowe's shop here.

I have more heart-tastic manis in store for you, my lovelies!  Stay tuned.  :)

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 I started with two coats of OPI Save Me.  Then I added a coat of Lynnderella Boy-Girl Party, because, why the heck not?!

 Well, let me go back...because after Save Me, I used a coat of Glitter Tamer and a coat of Poshe.

 Then, a coat of Boy-Girl Party, followed by another coat of Glitter Tamer and Poshe.  It was actually quite smooth!

 It reminds me of fireworks and New Year's, which is not very creative thinking on my part.  My friend at work told me that it reminded her of "unicorn-ness," or something like that.  I was thrilled and much prefer her idea!  We both reminisced about loving unicorns, Rainbow Brite, and Punky Brewster as little kids.

This last picture is probably my favorite.  I wore this for a just over two glorious days and I was sad to take it off last night (it started chipping).  And you know what else?  Removal with my beloved scrubby tub was shockingly NOT atrocious or hard!  Major win!

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This started with one coat of a-england Camelot, a black creme.

Then, I added a coat of Lynnderella I Can Afford It!, which is a glorious green glitter.

And next I added a coat of Lynnderella Ruby Red Ruby, a very chunky red glitter.

 To smooth it out, I used a coat of my new and improved, officially awesome Glitter Tamer, followed by two coats of Cult Nails Wicked Fast.

 I wore this on Thursday and Friday.  It was perfectly Christmassy.

I hope everyone had really terrific holidays!  I had a great time with family and friends.  :)

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 I wore this last year on Christmas day.  I didn't take any pictures of it then, though!

 This is three coats of Deborah Lippmann Ruby Red Slippers.

 You can see teeny bubbles in the top coat, but honestly it was not noticeable in real life.  I think I used too thick of a coat of Cult Nails Wicked Fast.  I've read that bubbles can occur when too thick of a coat is used.

 Also, I had a heck of a time getting this to dry properly, fully!  I'm wondering if Wicked Fast doesn't agree with Gelous (which I used after the polish and before the WF).  Or maybe it doesn't like Lippmanns?

 It actually all worked out fine in the end, despite my worries and fears.  I'm experimenting more with Wicked Fast after reading so many rave reviews about it.

If I had this one to do over, again, I would have used a coat of Boosh as "underwear," then maybe two coats of Ruby Red Slippers, then my new and improved version of Lynnderella's Glitter Tamer (which is officially AWESOME), and then a careful and thin coat of Wicked Fast.

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 It's glittah time!  Here I started with two coats of Eternal END-202.

 The Eternal glitter is sooooo pretty with pale gold and silver.  I wish I had taken a picture of it by itself for you!

 Next, I added a coat of Color Club Gingerbread, for a little extra gold and holo bling.

 Love it!

 And then two coats of Lynnderella Happy Holo-Daze!

 I needed a coat of Gelous after, as well as two coats of Poshe.  It still wasn't quite smooth, but close enough for me.

 My Happy Holo-Daze! is scented!  I know that sounds absolutely bonkers, but I swear to you it's true.

 The smell reminds me a little of Paul & Joe polishes, but not exactly. (I have a cold which does not help.)

I think the fact that mine is scented is likely a mistake and without a doubt SUPER COOL!  My Funny Money turned out to be not scented (and it is supposed to be), so all in all, I feel pretty content.

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 Here I started with one perfect, gorgeously opaque and creamy coat of a StrangeBeautiful polish.  It's a stunning tomato red creme.  I don't know which volume this was from.  Ugh.  Sorry!  I don't even care anymore.  But if you must know, I can probably figure it out.

 Then I added two coats of China Glaze Love Marilyn.  Pardon my cuticle oil!

 I had so much fun wearing this.  It was like having jewels on my nails.

 I took some weird pictures indoors with early morning golden sun.  Behold!

 Blingtastic!  But everything is looking too golden.

 If you don't already have Love Marilyn, I highly recommend that you get it.

 Application was easy and the wear was pretty good, too.

Sorry I didn't get better pictures in natural light.  I think, I hope, you get the idea, though!

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