The Digit-al Dozen Does Blue - Shiny!

This is our final day this month for The Digit-al Dozen Blue Week! And today I am featuring an Indie polish because it is also Thank Goodness, Indy Indie Friday!

Once in a while there comes a polish brand that just completely blows everything out of the water and becomes hot stuff! Case in point: Nerd Lacquer. Sadly she is not creating anymore but if she ever does, the heavens would rejoice! :)

This is one coat of Shiny. A gorgeous bright blue with silver glitters. This is one polish from the Serenity Trio (woot woot! Still Flying!). Serenity is my favorite movie and so I had to have this set and I am so glad I did as it is the only three Nerd Lacquers I own. As you can see, Shiny is a bit sheer for one coat.

Two coats and marvel at it! Such an icy blue! Speechless at this! I had no issues applying this polish! A dream, just like Captain Malcolm Reynolds of Serenity!

Another drool-worthy photo! A little blurry to show what? Yep, it's Shiny!

Bottle shot of this gorgeous polish!

Do you have the great privilege of owning a Nerd Lacquer? Is so, which one?

 

Don't forget to check out the full line-up of ladies in The Digit-al Dozen:





A Girl and Her Polish

Beautygnome
Bee Polished
Caitlin's Creative Corner
Geeky Owl
Glowstars.net
Gnarly Gnails
Manicurator
Manicurity
PishPosh and Polish
The Crumpet
Toxic Vanity

A little Serenity Trailer! :)

Dupes: NerdLacquer I Aim To Misbehave vs Orly Fowl Play

So the other day I wore NerdLacquer's I Aim to Misbehave, remember? (If not, go here). Well, as I was applying it Orly Fowl Play popped into my mind as being a dupe. So I thought I would compare them. As you can tell straight from the bottle shots they are not dupes. But they do have some similarities! Let's take a look shall we?

Macro shot of NerdLacquer I Aim to Misbehave. You can see it is a purple base with red, silver, and blue glitter.

Macro shot of Orly Fowl Play. Look, purple base with red, silver, and blue glitter! See why I thought they could possibly be dupes. But this is how they are similar. :) But the red glitter in this one seems to be flakie than glitter. (no complaints here!)

Whoops! So not dupes! This is one coat of each. NerdLacquer on the left with Orly on the right. NerdLacquer is more of a berry purple with Orly a definite purple base. Nerdlacquer is more opaque too and bumpy!

Still one coat of NerdLacquer on the left with two coats of Orly on the right.

So, though they both are a purple base with red, silver, and blue glitter....that is where the similarity ends. Do you need both? That's a heck yes you do! :) And yes, you are most welcome for added more lemmings to your wishlist! :)

NerdLacquer: I Aim To Misbehave

Ready? Oooh....ahhhhh! Yep. I finally used it! And it is purdy! Oh so purdy! And you know what? This, my darlings, is one coat! ONE! Boo-yah! I didn't want to use it because I was afraid to use it all up, but boy was I ever wrong! This is a case when I like to be wrong!

So the technicals: This is I Aim to Misbehave from NerdLacquer's Serenity Trio with two coats of Seche Vite (one coat and it was still glitter bumpy). You can get it at NerdLacquer etsy shop, Ninja Polish, or Harlow & Co

A word to the wise. She sells out dang quick! If you go to her etsy shop you can be notified by email when she restocks. Ninja Polish will also send you an email when they restock. :) Lovely aren't they!

This polish is a loverly shade of deep plum almost a deep berry with bits of silver micro glitter, blue glitter and red glitter. Mmmmm! Love!

So I told you this was a one coater right? Well, on my right hand (shock! She has another hand!) I can show you what it looks like when you don't happen to put as much on the nail brush. Now, no laughing at the paint job. My left hand is stupid and is only good for holding a bottle of polish.

See my ring finger there? It could have used a second coat of polish. But I didn't mind too badly. Tomorrow I go back to work and will mess them up again. :)

Oh and what's a Serenity post without a little clipage!? :)

Nail Mail of the Nerdy Quality!

Ready? Let's bow down to NerdLacquer! (Can also check Harlow & Co and Ninja Polish for her brand) Her polishes are stunning! Gorgeous! Beautiful! I bought this because they are known as the Serenity Trio. If you haven't looked at her store on etsy you need to! Right now she is on "vacation". She does this to complete the orders put in. You can click to be notified when she returns. I haven't tried them yet. I'm almost afraid to use them. They should be put in a shrine! ;) I also have a set of these lovelies for Debbie at The Crumpet for our swap!

Here is a bottle butt shot to show more of the glitter. And that ring up there, she sent that with the polishes! Cute!

Macro shot of Shiny! *drool* Icy blue with silver glitter in multiple sizes and shapes! Love! Shiny is a phrase that Kaylee the ship's mechanic says quite often. :)

Macro shot of I Aim to Misbehave! A deep burgundy with silver, red, pink, purple, and blue glitter! There isn't any black glitter it is just the red glitter not liking the camera. I aim to misbehave is a phrase that Captain Malcolm Reynolds says.

And finally a macro of Gorramit! A yellow base with orange and gold glitter again in multiple sizes and shapes! The yellow is actually a bit more mustardy like shown in the top/first picture. This polish is inspired by Jayne's Hat from one of the TV episodes of Firefly (Serenity was based on the TV show). The name is a made up word from their universe.

So what do you think? Did she do the best movie/show justice? I think so.

And just because I can: