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Lynnderella Sweet Somethings For A Summer Solstice Collection – Swatches and Review
Morning Everyone!!
Well I’ve been hanging onto this post for… a LONG time. I was provided with this collection by both Lynnderella and Leah Ann, and then… er… well… Some events took place that made me shelf this review for a month. 
And if you don’t know what happened, then count yourself as lucky because it was a bit of a clusterf*ck. 
Anyway, I decided to finally share these swatches with everyone because when it comes down to it the polishes are really quite gorgeous. And for those that are still interested in the Lynnderella Sweet Somethings Collection, I wanted to show you how the polishes look and how they applied. This post is HUGE. There are 13 polishes in this collection and this will be picture heavy, so you’ve been warned!!
I used Models Own 3-In-1 as my basecoat and Lynnderella Glitter Tamer and China Glaze Fast Forward as my topcoat for all the swatches shown here today. Now let’s get started!
Pentimento
1 coat of Pentimento over 2 coats of Zoya Kimber.
Pentimento is dense and has great coverage at one coat. There’s about 8,000,000.5 things going on in this polish. Hex, small, bar, multi-colored glitter. Definitely one of my favorites in the bunch because you can layer it over virtually anything!
Salad Days
2 coats of Salad Days over 2 coats of Barry M Spring Green.
This one reminds me a lot of Lynnderella’s I Can Afford It (swatched [HERE]) but with more colored glitter. I think I like Salad Days a bit more because the green in it is broken up a bit more.
The Garden of Even
2 coats of The Garden of Even over 2 coats of Verity Brilliant Violet.
This one was a problem child for me. Gritty, even with Glitter Tamer and a thick coat of top coat and it’s still a little bumpy. You can see some lumpy-ness on my middle finger above. This is one of the polishes with intentionally bleeding glitter. ಠ_ಠ
When The Moon Was A Star
1 coat (dabbed on) of When The Moon Was A Star over 1 coat of A England Camelot.
I effin’ LOVE this one! Something about the little stars and moons and the luminescent blue-violet glitter layered over black just makes me swoon. ♥ Dabbing method works well with this one, I didn’t have too hard of a time grabbing the larger glitters.
50 Shades of May-Be
2 coats of 50 Shades of May-Be over Rescue Beauty Lounge Stormy.
I LOVE this one too! I can even get over the fact that it’s named after something that makes the Twilight series look like a literary masterpiece. But Lynn’s Connect The Dots has always been one of my favorites so I knew this one would make me happy.
Here’s bottle shots of Connect The Dots vs. 50 Shades of May-Be. You can enlarge this image by clicking it. The main difference between the two is the silver and grey glitter in 50 Shades of May-Be that is missing in Connect The Dots. 50 Shades of May-Be is also much more densely packed.
A Neutral Party
2 coats of A Neutral Party over 3 coats of Butter London All Hail The Queen.
Another love for me! In the great sea of glitter packed indie polishes, A Neutral Party is the first time I’ve come across a neutral toned glitter-bomb! I love the bar glitter and the golden micro-shimmer in this one too.
Common Sense
2 coats of Common Sense over 3 coats of Chameleon Corona.
This one is quite pretty too! The mix of copper and pink glitter is beautiful, and what looks like micro copper flakies is beautiful! This one is another topcoat eater, so you’ve been warned.
Deep Blue Seeing
2 coats of Deep Blue Seeing over 2 coats of Julie Dance In The Dark.
I DIE!! Deep Blue Seeing is absolutely stunning!! I love all the different shapes and sizes of the blue glitter, I think my favorite are the ones that look like blue striped squares (you can see it in the macro). It makes me want to be in Bali vacationing in one of their gorgeous glass bottom huts. *sigh* A girl can dream. 
Glass Houses
2 coats of Glass House over 2 coats of Zoya Myrta.
O.M.F.G. You guys know how I feel about orange! I absolutely LOVE this one! The different shades of orange mixed with the blue and violet luminescent glitter is to die for!! Apparently this one is limited edition, so hopefully it hasn’t sold out yet for those that want to snag it! Just. Look. At. That. MACRO. 
Golden Rules
1 coat (dabbed on) of Golden Rules layered over 2 coats of Dermelect Head Turner.
I LOOOOOOVE this one! But I love gold glitter errrrrythang so this comes as no surprise. Ignore the bubbling in the macro shot, that was my fault being impatient with my coats of polish and not letting them dry enough between layers. All of the glitter is golden AND holographic depending on the lighting! Lynn said that Golden Rules is like a golden version of ShapeShifter.
I Don’t Mean Rhinestones
2 coats of I Don’t Mean Rhinestones layered over 2 coats of Zoya Zuza.
Another limited edition polish in this collection. I love the diamond blue-green opalescent glitter in this one, and it’s a beautiful shade of turquoise.
Inner Space
2 coats of Inner Space over 3 coats of China Glaze Grape Juice.
Inner Space is like the kid sister to Pentimento. It’s filled with multi-colored bar, hex, square and holo glitter. Another great one for layering over ALL the nail polishes!
Kabbalah Bracelet
1 coat of Kabbalah Bracelet layered over 2 coats of Sally Hansen Thinking of Blue.
This one has a warning about possible curling glitters. It’s also the other polish in the collection with intentionally bleeding glitter. I could definitely tell it was bleeding because the suspension base was tinted red. I’m assuming it’ll get darker as the glitter continues to bleed? And once again, ಠ_ಠ. Red bar glitter, multi-colored holo hexes. I like the color combo on this one when it’s layered with Thinking of Blue but it’s not my favorite in the bunch.
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Final Thoughts:
The application on almost all of these was fairly easy. I think dabbing worked beset with Golden Rules and When The Moon Was A Star. As for the two polishes with possible curling and intentional bleeding glitters (Kabbalah Bracelet, and The Garden of Even)… Yeaaaahhh.. I’m not really feeling that. Honestly the idea of someone trying to say that curling and bleeding are okay is preposterous to me, especially at Lynnderella’s price point! And if Lynn says it’s okay then that means that anyone can sell faulty indie polishes and it’s alright, right?! WRONG. It makes me worry about the precedent that sets for other polish creators out there. 
With that said, I didn’t experience any troubling curling on any of these. The only ones that were a bit gritty were Garden of Even and Common Sense. If I had to pick my favorites, they would be Glass Houses, Golden Rules, A Neutral Party, When The Moon Was A Star and Pentimento.
Purchase Info:
I believe the only place to purchase Lynnderella polishes at this point in time is on EvilBay. There are a lot of other people selling her polishes on eBay, but http://myworld.ebay.com/lynnderella-lynnderella/ is the one that is actually run by the real Lynnderella. She has a mix of Buy-It-Now (your best option through her) which’ll run you at $20.00 per bottle of polish, ridiculously overpriced bids (who the hell is spending $700 on a bottle of polish?!), and she sells a mix of her older collections and new things that she puts up regularly.
Sooo… you can try your luck through Lynnderella’s eBay shop, or you can just search for Lynnderella on eBay and buy from some other seller. That’s pretty much the way the cookie crumbles right now.
Lynnderella occasionally posts on her blog – http://lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.com/ - so you can stay somewhat updated there too.
* The product(s) in this post were sent to me for unbiased review consideration.
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Thanks for your honest appraisal of the intentional “bleeding” and “curling” polishes. If it pisses me off when a dirt-cheap Sally Hansen glitter goes bloody, it sure as shootin’ frosts my cookies BIGTIME when it happens to a $20 bottle. In truth, I find these sparkly lacquers GORGEOUS, but is it awful to say that I’m so turned off by the dramafest that I now look elsewhere for my bottled bling?
Whatever the case, your pix are positively stunning!
Lisa
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Thank you Lisa! I do my best to always provide honest reviews and I just had to get on top of my soap box for a minute here, haha!
And honestly, with some many other GREAT indie polish brands out there, it’s no big deal to skip a Lynn polish. Someone somewhere has to be making something similar at a better price and with better customer service!
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I love A Neutral Party, Common Sense, and Salad Days. I have honestly given up on owning a Lynnderella because it is just so difficult to do (at a reasonable price). I’m sure you understand, being a nail tech as well, I have a hard enough time paying retail cost for any polish, never mind crazy $$$$ like these can go for. Oh well…rant over
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As an indie polish maker, I call shenanigans on the whole “I intend for the glitter to bleed and curl” business. I would hope that others do, too. I appreciate Lynnderella for opening the door for indie polishes, but I fear she has shut it for several people as well.
Some of these are truly beautiful, but I’m not going to indulge simply because I don’t want to feed into her drama.
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For some silly reason I clicked on your ebay link only to see one bottle being bid at $600….all I can say is: why???
No, that’s a lie, it’s not all I have to say. What is the fuss about. Sure, they look nice but they’re not that great to warrant such stupid prices. What idiot is looking at their ebay bid that says $600 and thinking it is money well spent?? I’m betting it’s some fool with too much money, who hasn’t earned their money themselves and has more money than sense.
I’d rarely bought any indie polishes until this month when I got 6 shimmer polishes, bought at a reasonable price for beautiful glitter but if any polish company started charging 1000 times their normal price, I’d be saying “sayonara” with my common sense intact (even if I do own 400 polishes so who am I to say I have common sense…) -
#20 written by Kellilee 10 months ago
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Gorgeous swatches and I’m glad you are showing them, but even happier that you addressed the “intentional” curling and bleeding factor. I say…get the eff out of here. That’s just an excuse for “I didn’t get it right”. There are too many other wonderful Indies being created to play her “artist” game.
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I’m not big on glitter polishes to begin with, but this turns me off even more. Your swatches are beautiful (as usual) but the drama and greed that surrounds Lynderella is more than I can stomach. People say no publicity is bad publicity, but I think Lynn has proved them wrong.
Thanks for always giving us your honest opinions!!
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#29 written by KathyB 10 months ago
It saddens me how beautiful these are. I don’t usually purchase indies for financial reasons but these polishes are absolutely gorgeous! I think you’re combination of colors to match the glitters made them even more spectacular. However…Lynn is trippin’. She’s got a great product but I think she’s let herself be controlled by greed; she no longer cares about her customers (or her product if she’s allowing bleeding and curling). When I do spend my money on indie polishes, I won’t be spending them on Lynderella. Thank you for the swatches and your honest opinion!
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Rie, your swatches are always amazing. I always forget to comment on your blog because I know you’re so busy and I’m not usually spewing anything groundbreaking, but had to comment on these. Loved these, wanted them so badly, then everything hit the fan… and now I can’t afford them. I liked Lynn as a person, but not sure I will ever buy from her again and certainly never will via eBay. However, as a lovely substitute, I find Candy Lacquers is a really similar style to her polishes with lovely customer service, speedy shipping, and frequent restocks … for all us ladies who didn’t get our hands on them! Again, lovely job and thanks for the honesty!
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Do you know of a similar shade to The Garden of Even? What I like about it is the base color and the colors of the glitter, though I prefer small glitters or just shimmers or scattered holographics to big chunky glitters. I love your swatches. Hate all the drama surrounding this brand and I’ve never purchased one.
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#36 written by Sharon 10 months ago
Phyrra:
I recently got a polish that killed my lemming for Lynn’s The Bunny Code and my mild interest in Salad Days:
Mitochondrial Eve by Darling Diva Polish
(from her Battlestar Galactica series)http://www.etsy.com/listing/105508339/mitochondrial-eve-nail-polish
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These r so gorgeous but u couldn’t pay me enough to put this persons polishes on my fingers. It’s so sad because they r so beautiful (besides the curling, bleeding etc). I will buy from people with integrity and morals, enchanted polish, pretty n polished, cult nails I could go on and on. Will never wear lynderella, not for any amount of beauty or money!
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I’m fairly new to the indie polish thang, and I do have a few Lynderella’s [I died to have Snow Angel a while back and now I barely wear it because it cost so effin' much] – so I don’t know ALL of the drama that surrounds her polishes. But I’ve found a few frankeners on Etsy that I really like, so I’m building up my collection.
I follow you on IG and am finally visiting your blog to see more of your awesome swatches. I just had to say that A Neutral Party looks ahh-mazing on you! -
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I loooooove when the moon was a star! I like the others, but I don’t like having to layer polishes. I’m just no good with finding colour combo’s.:) Awesome review!