Silver Shatter over White + Strange Creature~

Hello, Everyone!  I thought I was over the whole "Shatter" business.  I liked the Black Shatter, but then I got over it.  But then I went to Trade Secret and there were so many bottles of Silver Shatter... how does one say no?  So I got a bottle.  And I'm in love~

I used one coat of OPI Silver Shatter on top of Zoya Snow White, which is a simple white creme.  But I looooooove the combination of white and silver!

I highly recommend you get the Silver Shatter.  Now.  

And also, Hello, strange creature, that was outside of my house this morning.

It was just chillin'.  

~LinZ

Revlon: Not So Blueberry (With guest nails!)

Hello, Everyone!  Today I have a swatch of Revlon's "Not So Blueberry".  The color isn't actually mine.   It's my sister's.  Well, at least, I bought it for her, so it's hers.  I didn't use it.  But!  I did her nails over Spring Break.  And here they are, shaped, buffed, and painted. :D

Two coats.

"Not So Blueberry" is a lavender/periwinkle shimmer polish.  The pictures are color accurate.

The color is supremely light and airy.  It doesn't seem heavy on the nails.  "Not So Blueberry" is a part of Revlon's scented nail polishes.  This one is supposed to smell like blueberries, obviously. :D  And it kind of did.  It certainly smelled good.

And then my sister wanted the "Black Shatter".  So we shatter-fied it.

It looks good!  It's a nice combination!

I love this color.  And yet I don't own it.  I bought it as a gift because I am a loving sister. :D  I'm considering getting it for myself.  My Spring Break is practically over.  Farewell.

My sister has a blog of her own, and check it out, HERE, if you're bored. LOL. 

OH!  And, everyone, don't forget to make a Zoya account by 5 PM EST, becaue there is a promo coming up~!

~LinZ

Blue Glitter Polishes + Black Shatter

Hello!  LONG time no post.  What can I say? Life gets in the way.  But in my absence I have not stopped painting my nails.  Obviously.  Today I have another Black Shatter experiment.  I used four different blue glitter polishes and added Black Shatter.  Behold. (Feel free to click the photos to see better detail)

                                     1.  O.P.I "Last Friday Night"

                                     2.  Sally Hansen HD High Definition "Byte"

                                     3.  Zoya "Crystal"

                                     4.  China Glaze "Dorothy Who?"

(3 coats, no top coat)

(Black Shatter with top coat)

The pictures below go in order of 3 coats of color, "Black Shatter" with no top coat, "Black Shatter" with top coat.

1.  O.P.I "Last Friday Night"

2.  Sally Hansen High Definition "Byte"

3.  Zoya "Crystal"

4.  China Glaze "Dorothy Who?"

My personal favorite with the 'Black Shatter" on top is "Last Friday Night" and "Byte".  My least favorite is "Dorothy Who?".  I just can't seem to do anything with "Dorothy Who?" and like it. 

That's all for today.  And I am officially on Spring Break. :D

~LinZ

Black Shatter Experiment #2 Fire Nails!

I like to call them "Fire Nails" because... I shouldn't have to explain.  Click to enlarge!~

(Above) With top coat, (Below) Without top coat.

                     Design before "Black Shatter"                    Design after "Black Shatter" (without top coat)

 

                                   Without Top Coat                                                          With Top Coat

  

All I did was add the "Black Shatter" to yesterday's post which you can click HERE to see how I made the design.

I wanted to experiment with how the "Black Shatter" would look over a design that had at least two colors.  And the effect was awesome.  This has been my favorite way of wearing the "Black Shatter".  The look instantly reminded my of fire embers and the matte black before I put a top coat on reminding me of charcoal.  It was just very cool.

I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did.  I am currently doing a wear test for Deborah Lippmann's "Razzle Dazzle".  :)

☮ ♥ ☀

~LinZ

Black Shatter Experiments #1

I have been playing around with O.P.I's "Black Shatter".  Trying different color, different ways of applying it, etc.  And here is today's experiment.  I used a bunch of different colors.  Enjoy.

No top coat, and 2 coats of each color.

 1.  Revlon "Emerald City"

       2.  China Glaze "Awakening"

    3.  O.P.I "Simply Smashing"

 4.  O.P.I "Teenage Dream"

           5.  O.P.I "Not Like The Movies"

In order of 2 coats of color (no topcoat), "Black Shatter" (no topcoat), "Black Shatter" (topcoat).

1.  Revlon "Emerald City"

2.  China Glaze "Awakening"

3.  O.P.I "Simply Smashing"

4.  O.P.I "Teenage Dream"

5.  O.P.I "Not Like The Movies"

Tomorrow I shall have another experiment with the "Black Shatter".  This is kind of fun.  LOL.

☮ ♥ ☀

~LinZ

Black Shatter I Have Found You!

After 3 weeks of searching that consisted of 3 trips to Ulta, 2 calls to ULTA, and 2 trips to Trade Secret... I have finally gotten my hands on apparently one of the most coveted nail polishes in EXISTENCE.  O.P.I's "Black Shatter".  And the only way to get it was if I got Serena William's Glam Slam Duo pack.  And I was like HECK YES.  I wasn't going to pass up the possibly only chance to get the "Black Shatter".

I felt giddy when I got it.  And then I hit Sally's in search of China Glaze's crackle polish.  But no luck.  BUT, I did get Chna Glaze's "Awakening", Seche Vite Base Coat, and Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.  Why you may ask?  Because apparently if you get the Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat, you get the base coat for free.  And all China Glaze polishes were a dollar off.  And I have a Sally Club Card.  So everything ended up being pretty cheap.  So THERE.  I'm rambling, but here are the pictures.

(Left to right) 

• Seche Vite Base Coat (it had a Sally sticker on it and I started to remove it, but then stopped because that way I can easily differentiate between the base coat and the top coat)
• Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat
• China Glaze "Awakening" (The color reminds me of a sunset.  It's SO pretty!)

And here it is.  The Serena Williams Glam Slam Duo pack.

(Left to right)

• O.P.I "Black Shatter"
• O.P.I "Simply Smashing" (A yellow shimmer/slight glitter that reminds me of a tennis ball)

I have already used the "Black Shatter".  I used it over a mani that I was already wearing and it looks &$^#%@ AWESOME.  And then I chose 5 random colors and painted my left hand a different color on each nail, and put the "Black Shatter" on each color, to see how it looked. *sigh*  This stuff is neat.

And that will be tomorrow's post.

☮ ♥ ☀

~LinZ