Black and White and Red All Over... ♥

Happy Thursday! We are creeping closer to the weekend and that makes me a happy woman! 

I have some fun nail art to show you today. I had been wanting to do a red, black and white mani for a while but everything I tried didn't turn out like I wanted it to. I was playing around last night and came up with this and I love it!

I used Cult Nails Annalicious as my base - once that was dry I sponged white, very carefully, over that and let it dry. I then used striping tape and a plain black creme to create the stripes.  I used Lynnderella Connect the Dots on my accent nails. All topped off with one coat of Poshe.

Black, white and red mani

Black, white and red mani

Black, white and red mani

I hope you enjoyed this mani! I am loving it today!


Thanks for reading and happy polishing! ♥

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Lynderella Connect the Dots!!!!

Happy Thursday my lovely readers!!! I have surpassed 800 followers today!! I cannot believe it!!! I want to thank each and everyone of you for following my ramblings and polish adventures!! Without all of you I would be talking to myself, which has been known to happen. LOL 
OK, onto the epicness that is Lynnderella Connect the Dots!!! I wanted to put this over a bright, fun color and decided Julep Helena would be perfect!! I must take a minute to say that Helena has worn like iron! I have been wearing it for nearly 3 days and have no chips and only very minimal tip wear on a couple of fingers, and I have been doing a lot of stuff with my hands. (AND ONLY TWO OF MY FINGERS HAD TOPCOAT OVER HELENA!) I am very impressed!
Back to Connect the Dots! I waited a long time for this polish and it was definitely worth the wait!! It is simply amazing. It is classy and fun all at the same time, and there is so much going on. There is black and white micro glitter, as well as black and white glitter in hex, square, round and bar shapes! There is also a white shimmer to it that makes it extra special! My camera didn't capture the shimmer very well but you can see it a little in the closeup. :)
I usually put Gelous over my glitters but this one didn't seem all that rough so I tried it with just Orly Won't Chip and it is ok. The bar glitter still sticks up in a few spots. Next time I will wear Gelous over it. OK, on to the pics!!!
**Please keep in mind, once again, this is not an accurate color pic for Helena. The first one is the closest but still not accurate**

If you are not familiar with Lynnderella polishes, they are handmade frankens by a sweet and very creative woman named Lynn. Because these are gorgeous, handmade and unique they are in very high demand.They are hard to come by but worth the wait. They can be purchased two different places when they are in stock.

They can be purchased directly from Lynnderella's blog HERE for $12 each but she has a minimum order of 5 bottles. Her store is currently closed but is supposed to re-open sometime in January.

They can also be purchased from Llarowe for $15 each but she is also currently out of stock. She is expecting a new shipment in mid-February.

Julep Helena is available at Julep.com. If you are interested in becoming a Julep Maven, they are running ANOTHER penny promo!!! You can become a Maven and get your first month for only $.01!!! Use promo code NEWYEAR2012!! Click  HERE to take your style quiz and  join! Don't forget, you can skip a month, switch styles to cancel at any time. :-)