Heya Peeps. I'm stoked to be comin' at ya with another new-to-me indie post. I won a giveaway hosted and sponsored by
The Nail Files by Lynda (blog FB page) aka
Creations by Lynda (shop FB page). I'm really hoping I don't have to tell you her name is Lynda. She makes and sells some awesome polish, soaps, candles, cuticle oil, and more. She's a busy but talented chicky. I've linked to both of the FB pages so if you don't already like them, you should. Catch some sneak peeks of new releases & other cool stuff. Ok meow, let's get on with the review shall we? First up is Berry Glittered. It's a gorgeous polish but it hates my camera (or perhaps my camera just hates me), and it would be nice to have a little sunshine someday. I probably could've gotten some killer photos of Berry Glittered in the sunlight but I haven't seen it in 2 days. Lame. Anywho, here's an attempt at a macro to show detail...
There's tons of little shiny things packed off in that one little bottle. Check it out swatched...
The base is a super shimmery pink-purple, yeah berry is a good name for it. I love that color! There is tons of iridescent and silver glitter shreds, iridescent square glitters, pink stars, silver hearts, and there's probably more that I haven't mentioned but you get the idea. It really is kickass, but my camera doesn't pick up the iridescent shreds so the finish looks kinda lumpy in the photos. The swatch above and below are 2 coats Berry Glittered over OPI Ridge Filler, one coat of top coat. I left the glitters out and tried not to add tons of shreds but I didn't do so good on my ring & middle finger. Just take my word for it, this polish is prettier in person. Here's a closeup that shows the shreds a bit more...
Regardless of my crummy swatch pics, let me show you Berry Glittered, glitter included...
That there shows ya what 4 coats of Berry Glittered looks like. I dabbed on the glitters for the most part. Btw, there was no glitter fishing at all involved with the application. It was actually more work trying to swatch it without the glitter :) The formula is an awesome consistency, dry time seems good. Just keep in mind, I couldn't capture the iridescent shreds & squares so the photos are kinda weird. If you're diggin' that awesome base color, Lynda told me that Fusion from her Tempus Fugit Trio is the same base as Berry Glittered. But, instead of shreds & glitters she added holo to it. I found an awesome review of the entire collection over at ColorSplash Nails, click
here to check out Fusion & the other pretties. Next up is that sweet holo top coat, Aurora Australis. Love it...
I used the flash with that photo, obviously. It seems to be the easiest way for me to pick up holo without sunlight. Anywho, I haven't seen tons of red holos, and I realized China Glaze Merry Berry had yet to be swatched so...waalaa! Awesome sauce, although I think Merry Berry is too dark for this time of year, for me anyway. I did not use a top coat while swatching Aurora Australis, and used Seche Clear for my base coat. Just thought I'd throw that out there. Let's check out this holo masterpiece over some other colors, shall we?
I got a little ingenious with my swatches as you see. I used Sinful Colors Cinderella as my base color. Perty, aint it? I could look at that all day. Seriously, that happens to me whenever I wear an awesome polish. I can't concentrate worth s#&t because pretty, shiny things distract me. Anywho, I decided to swatch Aurora Australis over one more color. Here it is over Sally Hansen Sonic Bloom from the Insta-Dri line...
I'm diggin' that one too. I really wish I could get some sunlight photos, but that still rocks. Now on to the cuticle oil. I really love it. I suppose I'll add a bottle shot so you can see it...
As you can see it's nice & clear, good consistency too. It's not uber thick and it's not too thin, making it very easy to paint on, not messy & I don't have butter fingers after application. I've been using this on my swatch hand daily for about a week & a half now. I can already see a difference in my nails and cuticles. And the scent, Plumeria is one of my favorites. I guess the only disadvantage to using this stuff is it's hard to resist the urge to smell your fingers, which can earn you some strange looks if you get caught in the act. The oils is light, not greasy or sticky, and it absorbs quickly and easily. Lynda provided me with the list of ingredients, check 'em out:
Safflower Seed Oil, Fractionated Coconut Oil, Avocado Oil, Grapeseed Oil
, Sesame Seed Oil , Olive Oil, Soybean Oil , Aloe Vera Leaf Extract ,
Jojoba Seed Oil , Vitamin E
(with the option of additional essential oils for scented versions like my awesome Plumeria)
Heavenly stuff. It beats the crap out of my Burt's Bees and Sally Hanson. I totally recommend picking up a bottle of this when it goes on sale. The official release date is set for May 10, and the price will be $4.75 for a full 15ml bottle. I'm sure I'll be purchasing some just as soon as this mini runs out. So, my opinion of the Creations by Lynda products I've tried...Her polish is awesome, Aurora Australis of course being my favorite. Obviously I'm diggin' the cuticle oil. Lynda has some gorgeous new releases, and is continually adding more unique pretties to the shop. Don't forget to like both of her Facebook pages for updates, sneak peeks, all that good stuff, links are in the opening paragraph. You can check out her shop, Creations by Lynda,
here if you're wanting to buy some killer pretties. So...Whatcha think? Have you tried any Creations by Lynda yet? Want to? Going to? Leave me some comment love yo. Till next time peeps!
