Lynnderella - THANK BLUE

Today I got nail mail! I received my Lynnderella Wish List order from Llarowe. I picked up Thank Blue and The Glittering Crowd. I couldn't get over how awesome Thank Blue looked in the bottle. Pictures don't really do it justice, you have to see it in person to get what I'm saying. But I did take some photos to show, so here we go.

Lynnderella - Thank Blue and The Glittering Crowd

I have had three other Lynderella polishes. I swapped Choco-lotta Love, but still have Bibbity Bobbity Boo Blue and Connect the Dots. I have to say that Thank Blue is my favorite out of all of them. Since I had just put a coat of OPI's Dutch Ya Just Love OPI? on as the mailman was dropping off my package, I used it as my base.

One coat of Thank Blue over Dutch Ya Just Love OPI?

I had intended to put The Glittering Crowd on all of my fingers, but put it on my ring fingers before deciding I had to try Thank Blue. That's what ended up on the rest of my fingers and it's gorgeous!!

Close up of Thank Blue

Like I said, pictures don't really do it justice. It has several different colored glitters as well as holographic glitter, which makes it pop on any color. I'm going to try light blue and pink next to see what it would look like. But it's a definite one coater. Some glitters are hard to get on and you have to move them around with a brush. Not this one. It's probably the best glitter out of Lynn's line I have used.

Here's another closeup of Thank Blue!

The only seller of Lynnderella is Llarowe. You have to go through a wish list process. It can be time consuming, but it works. Since I'm a W last name, I was able to get both the polishes I wanted on the first try. I will have to wait for everyone to get what they wanted before I resubmit a new list. Some people had 10-12 polishes on their wishlists, but at $15 a pop, I didn't want to be stuck not being able to pay since I didn't know when I'd actually get an invoice. 

I have a couple of other colors I'd like to try, but for now, I'm happy with the two I got. Here is a closeup of The Glittering Crowd, which uses over 30 different types and colors of glitters.

One coat of The Glittering Crowd

It doesn't cover as well in one coat, so I would suggest two. This is one of the polishes Lynn is retiring, so the only way you'll be able to get one is by going on eBay or finding someone who is willing to swap it. I'm definitely holding on to this one!

Before I go, it's usually tradition for me to put up some puppy spam for all to see. We wouldn't be Puppies and Pawlish without it! But this week, I have a different kind of spam for you - hubby spam!! 

Last weekend, my husband Chris, who is the assistant sports editor at a local newspaper here, received the PWR Media Award of Excellence for his wrestling coverage. It's given to one writer every year at the Pennsylvania High School Wrestling Championships. Since I'm so proud of him, I wanted to show everyone a picture of him getting his award. He is on the right in the snazzy purple tie! 

Former Harrisburg Patriot News writer Rod Frisco, left, presents the PWR Media Award of Excellence to
Chris Wechtenhiser, right

Zeke and Brinlee are also so proud of their award-winning father as am I! 

Thanks for reading!

Lynnderella - CHOCOLOTTA LOVE

Hello!!
Today I have for you Chocolotta Love from Lynnderella. This is the third Lynnderella polish I've added to my collection. For those of you who have never heard of Lynnderella, she makes all of her own polish, much like my friend Pam from Pam's Girly Bits. I also have Connect the Dots, which I love, and Bibbity Bobbity Boo Blue, which is still untried.

Lynnderella's Chocolotta Love

According to Lynn's site, Lynnderella, this polish is a blend of multi-sized hexagons and squares, black microglitter, as well as scattered yellow, red, purple, turquoise, lime and emerald "candies" in a sheer chocolate base. It's compared to brownies with M&M's baked in.

I thought this may look good over a bronze polish as it would help pick up the browns and different colored glitters in the polish. I chose OPI's Brisbane Bronze. It's one of my favorite colors from OPI.

Left: OPI Brisbane Bronze. Right: Lynnderella's Chocolotta Love

Turns out I was completely wrong. This combo doesn't work for me. I don't know if the bronze makes the black microglitter stand out too much, but instead of thinking M&M brownies, I thought more like loose tobacco.

One coat of Brisbane Bronze, two coats of Chocolotta Love.

Lynderella's polishes are always gorgeous in the bottle, and I love Connect the Dots. I'm still on the fence about this one. I'm thinking I'll try it over at least one or two other colors before I decide to swap it. Especially since get Lynn's polishes are so hard. I almost fell guilty for not loving it right away.

I think it's the black microglitter that  I don't like.

Here is a blurred picture so you can see some of the different colored glitters.

Lots of pretty colored glitters in there!

If you have any suggestions for base colors for me to try, feel free to leave a comment!! And, as always, I must leave you with some puppy spam.

Zeke and his stuffed duck, Hokie

And not be left out, here is our little princess.....

Brinlee Belle

Enjoy!!

Secret Santa and Lynnderella!!

So today I wanted to focus on the "pawlish" side. First I wanted to post a picture of the AWESOME Secret Santa gift I got from the very awesome Pennie in Virginia! Pennie sent me several Sinful Colors polishes I didn't have as well as some nail art stickers, nail polish remover pen, buffer, makeup bag, nail jewels and the most handy thing - nail glue! So I just wanted to thank Miss Pennie again for the thoughtful gift!

Secret Santa gift from Pennie in NPG!!

Also, I wanted to post a picture of one of my new favorite brands of nail polish. It's called Lynnderella and made by the lovely Lynn, who makes the polishes right in her own home. I've been really wanting one of her polishes called Connect the Dots forever (okay, well since I started collecting nail polish in January). Anyway, a bunch of girls decided to get together to place an order since Lynn has a minimum purchase order. The bottles are really cute, and I promise to post a pic of it soon. But just so you can see her lovely polish now, here is a pic of Connect the Dots over OPI's Charged Up Cherry.

Once coat of Lynnderella's Connect the Dots over Charged Up Cherry

That's all for today! Hope everyone has a great Christmas holiday!!