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Zoya Custom Color Nail Polish Swatches - Bibhu Mohapatra and Peter Som

Zoya Custom Color Nail Polish Swatches!

Custom created by the color expert at Zoya for fashion designers Bibhu Mohapatra and Peter Som. Each color designed to coordinate with the Fall/Winter 2012 fashions the designers debuted during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week (MBFW - NY) and New York Fashion Week (NYFW) recently.

At this point in time, the custom colors have all SOLD OUT but we thought you may still want to see the nail polish swatches of Bibhu's gorgeous Rikha, Parveen and Zeenat plus the beautiful Evvie, Katharine (Katherine) and Audrey that Peter designed... rumor has it that some of the color can be found floating around out there if you really want it. 

See all of the Bibhu Mohapatra and Peter Som - Zoya Nail Polish swatches via the Lacquered Lover blog.

Zoya is the new color of Fashion!

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Basketball and Nail Polish: 30 Day NBA Challenge Day 5 *MAVERICKS*

Today's challenge: Dallas Mavericks
Team colors: Light Royal Blue, White, Silver, Navy Blue

Hi Guys,

Okay I'm still moving along even though I have a cold and coughing my head off. Lol!  I'm having fun coming up with ideas.

Blue: Ulta Blue Streak

White: SinfulColors Snow Me White

Grey: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Wet Cement

Silver Glitter and silver stamping: LA Colors Art Deco

Stamping plate BM20

 

History

The Dallas Mavericks are a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the reigning NBA champions, having defeated the Miami Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals.
According to a 2012 Forbes Magazine report, they are the fourth-most valuable basketball franchise in the United States, valued at approximately $497 million; the franchise is surpassed in value only by the New York Knicks, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Chicago Bulls^[1]
Since their inaugural 1980–81 season, the Mavericks have won three division titles (1987, 2007, 2010), two conference championships (2006, 2011), and one NBA Championship (2011).
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*Other Bloggers taking the 30 Day Basketball Challenge* The Exotic Lacquer

See Challenge Day 1 *Lakers* HERE
See Challenge Day 2 *Thunder* HERE
See Challenge Day 3 *Clippers* HERE
See Challenge Day 4 *Spurs* HERE

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ANNY - Green Hills

I was overwhelmed when I saw the ANNY stand at perfumerie Douglas. There were just too many gorgeous colours to choose from! Take a look on their website and you know what I mean. And the bottle shape.. LOVE it! I had to take one bottle home, I picked Green Hills. Green Hills is a blackened green polish with a jelly-like consistency. It looks mostly black indoors, but outside or under my daylight lamp I can definitely see the green. I adore this colour, it makes me so happy! :D I used two coats of Green Hills and both coats went on smooth and even. The flat brush is easy to handle.

ANNY nail polishes cost €9.50 per 15ml. A bit on the expensive side for me, but I'm afraid I have to try more colours!

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Pink Wednesday...Revlon Bubble and Lynnderella Heart Strings

Good Morning,

I'm finally getting around to participate in Pink Wednesday.  Today, I choose to Wear Revlon Bubble . Indeed it's a bubble gum pink creme that covered well with 2 coats.  Afterwards I applied two coats of Lynnderella Heart Strings which I think goes well together with Bubble.  Heart Strings is in a tinted pink base and is packed full of pink and red bar glitter/string glitter.  I applied it by pushing the brush around to go on evenly.  Used two coats. Sorry my pictures don't give this combo justice.

Without topcoat

Revlon Bubble

 What pink are you wearing today?

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Lynnderella - Mademoiselle Violette de Bleu

First, time to pimp my Nail Art Challenge Giveaway. You can win some Lynnderella polishes just for entering, cause two of the three prizes are random draws.  Aussie girls, so far only three entries, your odds of winning Lynnderella's my never be as good as this!

Now, what does ten layers of nail polish look like?  It looks like this.  It's glassy smooth and it's bullet proof.  I didn't realize I had done ten layers until I counted it all up. But, I think it needed every coat.

This beautiful polish is Lynnderella Mademoiselle Violette de Bleu, or MVdB from now on.  This shade is described as a mixture of royal blue, blue violet, navy, holographic royal blue multi-sized hexagons and squares with a touch of purple and iridescent blue hexagons in a sheer blue-violet base.

Another bottle of glitter perfection, Lynnderella, I bow down to you. I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy.  And people, if you think I'm going a bit over the top, just wait until you get your little hands on a bottle of Lynnderella polish and see for yourself. They truly are the best glitter polishes ever. Period!

You really can see the different shades of blue, as well as the violet and purple hexes.  Just look at how those glitters overlap.  They give it so much depth it's like looking into to deep sparkling pacific ocean.

So this is how I came to ten coats.

1 coat  Nail tek II foundation

2 coats Ulta3 Blue Marlin

2 coats Lynnderella MVdB

2 coats glitter tamer - it was a little rough

2 coats Seche Vite - yep still a little rough after one Seche Vite, so I did two.

1 coat Ulta3 Non-Chip (Australian made version) - added the next day as it was textured again in the morning.

I got a teeny bit of shrinkage on the pinky here, but otherwise it was so smooth.  I really expected it to be an inch thick but, I was surprised how thin it still was.  I guess because I allowed it to dry well between each coat, and I only did thin coats, it never go squishy or dents.

I'm slowly making my way through all my Lynnderellas.  Sorry it's taking so long, but I really need to appreciate each one as a full mani, I can't just swatch these beauties.  

Did you notice I started a colour guide for my Lynnderella swatches too?

Silky Stamp

This pattern and color combination reminds me of a tapestry I hung on my dorm room ceiling sophomore year in college. It was a bedspread I got from Urban Outfitters, and it's truly stunning. The damask pattern is silver, and the material is a sheer white. I hung it right below a light, so the light dimmed down and spread out throughout my entire room. Man that was a good room.

For the base of this, I used French White Creme (Wet n' Wild) and stamped with Passion (China Glaze). I realize I used that color last night, but the color was so striking I wanted to use it again. (I have a feeling it'll be one of those bottles I'll need 2 of.) The plate is RA-109, from the increasingly popular Red Angel line. I remember when I first bought the set in November, there was one or two reviews. Now there are 109 reviews, and I'd like to think I'm a part of that. I hadn't seen the set used on any of the blogs I followed, so I took a risk at $12.99 and wound up with one of the best sets out there. Have you bought your set yet?

Basketball and Nail Polish: 30 Day NBA Challenge Day 4 *CLIPPERS*

Today's challenge:  Los Angeles Clippers
 Team colors: Royal Blue, Red, White

Hi Guys,

I'm getting some use out of Lechat Dare To Wear Back To Basics Collection.  I really like the formula on these.  The red is an opaque jelly!

Used Bundle Monster Plate BM21

White: Lechat Dare To Wear, Rue St. Vincent

Used Konad Special Polish, White, Blue, Red 

Red: Lechat Dare To Ware, True Red

Blue: Lechat Dare To Wear, Ocean View

 

History

The Los Angeles Clippers first came into existence as the Buffalo Braves in 1970. The Braves were one of three expansion franchises to join the NBA that year (the Portland Trail Blazers and the Cleveland Cavaliers were the other two), as the league dueled with the upstart American Basketball Association for prominence. After struggling through their first few campaigns, the Braves soon found playoff success under the coaching of the legendary Dr. Jack Ramsay and high scoring Bob McAdoo. Unfortunately, drastic changes in the organization's ownership during the 1976-77 season threw the team into a tailspin, resulting in back-to-back losing seasons.
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*Other Bloggers taking the 30 Day Basketball Challenge* The Exotic Lacquer

See Challenge Day 1 *Lakers* HERE
See Challenge Day 2 *Thunder* HERE
See Challenge Day 3 *Clippers* HERE

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Basketball and Nail Polish: 30 Day NBA Challenge Day 3 *SPURS*

Today's challenge:  San Antonio Spurs

Team colors: Black, Silver, White

Hi guys, 

Sorry I'm just posting this. My internet service had some issues.  My original manicure didn't turn out like I wanted so I came up with this.  Hope you like it.

Silver glitter I used one coat 

White: SinfulColors Snow Me White

Black: Lechat Dare To Wear Powerful Black (from the Back To Basics Collection)

Silver Glitter: OPI Crown Me Already (from the Miss Universe 2011 Summer Collection)

Konad plate (can't remember)

White, two coats 

Black, two coats 

History

The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 ABA-NBA merger and is the only former ABA team to have won an NBA championship. The Spurs have won four NBA championships, more than any NBA franchise except the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, and Chicago Bulls. The Spurs' perfect record in NBA Finals series is surpassed only by the Chicago Bulls, who have won six without a loss;^[1] the Bulls and Spurs are the only two teams to maintain perfect records through multiple Finals series. As of July 2009, the Spurs rank third among active franchises for the highest winning percentage in NBA history; they have only missed the playoffs 4 times as an NBA franchise.
In their 33 NBA seasons since 1976–1977, the Spurs have captured 17 division titles, which gives the Spurs the most division titles in the NBA during that 33-year span (the Lakers are second with 16). They have made the playoffs in 19 of the last 20 seasons, and have not missed the playoffs in the 14 seasons since Tim Duncan was drafted by the Spurs in 1997.
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*Other Bloggers taking the 30 Day Basketball Challenge* The Exotic Lacquer

See Challenge Day 1 *Lakers* HERE
See Challenge Day 2 *Thunder* HERE

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Lynnderella - Cauldron Drippings

I'm not sure if one really should wear orange polish outside holiday periods, but let me tell you, I totally rocked this bright orange number at work on Monday.  My outfit was black pants and a black top, very office appropriate, then these most awesome nails.  They certainly were attention grabbers.

This is Lynnderella Cauldron Drippings from last years Early Halloween collection.  I'm still enjoying sporting the matching base colour with all these polishes.  This time I chose Kleancolor Metallic Orange, one coat.  Two coats of Cauldron Drippings, glitter tamer and then Seche Vite

Lynnderella say's that Cauldron Drippings is "the first random glitter: every bottle is intentionally different. But basically oranges in an sparkling orange base, plus whatever happens to be in the cauldron at the moment."

I just couldn't pick which macro shot to show, so what the hell, I'll put both in.

I don't believe it needs to be said, but I will say it anyway.  Legend - wait for it - dary!