LynBDesigns Oh Captain, My Captain

I had LynBDesigns Oh Captain, My Captain sitting around in my stash for a long time, and I have no idea why I'd forgotten to wear it until now! (This polish is from the October 2014 Spark of Madness collection inspired by Robin Williams.) As usual, two thin coats, topped with Essie Good to Go top coat,...

Zoya Bela & LynBDesigns The London Season

In a moment of ambivalence, I asked Mr. 'Fiend what color I should paint my nails this week. He said pink, then white-pink when I asked for more specificity. So, I dug out a pale pink I hadn't tried yet: Zoya Bela, which apparently achieved fame as the nail polish featured in Black Swan (which I...

LynBDesigns Mind Palace

This is three coats of LynBDesigns Mind Palace, topped with Essie Good to Go top coat, in outdoor natural light: Mind Palace is from LynBDesigns' Sherlock-inspired collection, Baker Street. This one's a beautifully glassy grape-purple jelly loaded with turquoise square glitters; variously sized purple, silver, matte black, and matte white hexes; and matte white diamonds. The...

Vacation nails & Taiwanese nail lacquer: Julep Shay, LynBDesigns Thirsty & UNT EA055 愛情的微光 (A Glimmer of Love; English name: Mint to Be)

I recently got back from a two-week trip to Taiwan and had a great time there! Can't go wrong with the company of beloved family, copious amounts of great food, and lots of hiking in brutal island sun to kick this post-baby body back into some kind of shape. ...Plus, I had the chance to snag some...

Face-off: LynBDesigns Time and Relative Dimension in Space (TARDIS) vs. Essie Starry Starry Night (Retro Revival version)

Been too busy to post for a while now, so I'm playing catch up today. 🙂 Going to try to make it quick! Quickie comparison between LynBDesigns Time and Relative Dimension in Space (TARDIS) and Essie Starry Starry Night (SSN), this year's Retro Revival (RR) collection version, not the original. Index and ring are TARDIS,...

LynBDesigns Start with the Riding Crop

Belated swatch from New Year's - LynBDesigns Start with the Riding Crop, from her Sherlock-themed Baker Street collection! (We just watched the Sherlock Christmas special about a week ago - still so good. ❤ Season 4 can't come soon enough!) This is two coats topped with Essie Good to Go top coat in indirect natural...

LynBDesigns I am Beyond Impropriety

This is another polish from LynBDesigns' Meet Me at the Abbey collection, I am Beyond Impropriety. Here's two coats, topped with Essie Good to Go top coat, in outdoor indirect natural light (shade): My bottle of I am Beyond Impropriety is a neutral-ish, slightly blue-leaning, slightly dusty lavender crelly base with a good helping of...

LynBDesigns Defender of the Downtrodden

I'm still alive! Not surprisingly, it's even bigger of a challenge to post regular swatches now that I'm back to working full time and taking care of a newborn, but I'll still be posting when I can. 🙂 Here's LynBDesigns Defender of the Downtrodden from the Meet Me at the Abbey collection, three coats, topped with Essie Good...

LynBDesigns Slay

Quick swatch post: this one's LynBDesigns Slay, a blazingly neon watermelon red-pink crelly, from the Vocab collection. This is two coats in outdoor natural light - and believe me, it's even brighter and more vibrant in person, as cameras can't capture its fiery fluorescence like our eyes can: Imagine this red-leaning pink in full neon glory, and...

Space nails! LynBDesigns Amazingly Unlikely & Time and Relative Dimension in Space

I'd been admiring LynBDesigns indie nail polishes from afar for a long time before recently taking the leap and picking up a bunch I'd been eyeing, including Amazingly Unlikely (3 coats on all nails except for ring) from the About a Galaxy collection and Time and Relative Dimension in Space (3 coats on ring finger) from the The Doctor...