Lynderella and Hare Polish Giveaway

Hi Ladies,
It’s time for the new small giveaway!!! This time I’m giving out Lynnderella Cauldron Drippings and Hare Polish.

I accidentally ordered 2 similar Hare polishes from Etsy and Llarowe, so you will get 1 absolutely new
“Cosmo Blossoms” Hare polish.

I also mentioned a while back that I’m planning to start giving out Lynnderella polishes from my collection. I decided to start with Cauldron Drippings, it’s very appropriate for fall season. I used it only once for swatching and the nail polish hasn’t been opened ever since. 

 
The lucky winner will receive both of the nail polishes. The giveaway is international. The winner will be announced after October 6th.
Good Luck Everyone!!!!

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Lynnderella Scandal - Opinion of the Marketer

Hi Ladies,


Initially I wasn’t going to write a blog post about the entire Lynderella scandal. But I stumbled upon her eBay store over the weekend and saw that she sells her polishes as an auction. Moreover, people are bidding and willing to pay more than $50 for the bottle. I wasn’t surprised….I was shocked!!!

I’m not going to go into the details of Lynnderella’s “gift” policy to her brother or other people. It’s not my right to judge and I don’t know her brother’s situation.

My post is more about her being a brand, an artist and a designer.
Most of my career I’ve been studying and working in marketing. And for me things she could have done to ruin her brand she did. Usually, people pay extra money or buy products for several reasons:
1. Exclusivity
2. Quality
3. Customer relations
4. Creativity

Lynnderella polishes were exclusive from the start. Limited labor gives limited supply and creates an opportunity to raise the price. And let’s all agree…we would pay anything to get any of her polishes. But what we see now is not a right way to reach prosperity. It’s called supply deficit or, simply saying, manipulation of the number of produced polishes to sell it for the higher price. Let’s all wake up…people are thinking whether to buy Unicorn Pee for $50, but are blindly bidding and paying much more to get Lynnderella’s polishes. Ask yourself…Are these polishes so unique? Ask yourself…. Is her new collection one of a kind? Haven’t you seen this from other indie brands that released almost similar polishes before she did? Nobody told her that she is copying them.

Quality is another issue. If you read my blog you know that I’m an indie junkie. I’ve tried a lot of Etsy and Facebook brands. Their quality surpasses the quality of the Lynnderella polishes. Why? They care what they put into their polish. I’m not even talking about the “Bleeding Glitter”. I’m talking about overall proportions of the glitter to the base. Lynnderella polishes are chunky and hard to settle. They have always been like that. For the person that states: “it took decades of self-work, research, training, study and paying attention to processing visual information to be able to create Lynnderella's lacquers", it is a sloppy work. She thinks that she is still the Queen of the indie nail polish market, but there are much more humble and talented people that started their brands.

The thing that was a turning point for me is more about the attitude. Although everybody understands that small indie brands sell nail polishes for profit, we still get the feeling of the community while purchasing from them. We know that if we ask, they will answer. If they have a problem with supplies, they will tell us. It’s a two-sided communication that makes brand more personal. Lynnderella’s attitude towards her customer…hmmm….what can I say, we all feel the ignorance I guess.

It is sad to see that a great brand has fallen. She started the new era of the nail polish, almost disrupted the entire industry….almost. I don’t think most of the people who are disappointed in her behavior will buy again. Lynnderella should really think about putting her Shiny Golden Crown in the closet and appreciating her customer. Without doing so, her so-wanted prosperity will be very short-term.

P.S. I don’t feel I will ever want to wear my Lynnderella polishes again. I’m not planning to sell them either. I’m thinking of giving them away, for people who do not have such strong feeling about the entire story. I’ll keep you updated.

Lynnderella Nosegay

Lynnderella Nosegay is sheer subtle lavender base with lots of bright purple square and hex glitters. It is perfect for layering with other shades, because the base is almost transparent. Nosegay also has some shimmer that helps to smooth the entire look.

I used OPI Por Le Vous OPI as a base.

Lynnderella Boy-Girl Party

This week I’m cheating a little bit for Pink Wednesday J. 

Lynnderella Boy-Girl Party is a square and hexagon glitter top coat consisting of blue and pink particles. It really feels like party on the nails.

Technically, I still have pink in my manicure, so it’s not 100% cheatingJ . As a base I used Royal Orchid by Priti NYC that is also dark burnt mauve pink. Surprisingly, Boy-Girl Party made the base look darker and more purple.

Lynnderella Connect the Dots

Hey everyone!

I hope you weekend was amazing, but it’s Monday againL.  I was hoping to see some snow in Boston this weekend, but it never happened. It’s freezing though.

Today I’m sharing some Lynnderella photos. Personally, I think Connect the Dots is the most amazing creation of hers. I love the idea of combining opposite shapes of glitter and shades of color.

As a base I used Chanel Blue Boy.  I was a little surprised to see the shimmery base of Connect the Dots, it the bottle you can’t see shimmer at all.

Lynnderella Snow Angel

Lynnderella…what are you doing with me!? Snow Angel is just so airy and magnificent.

This is another review of the beauties from my Lynnderella haul. 

Snow Angel is one of my favorites – white glitter sprinkled with a little bit of silver. I got a lot of compliments on this nail polish from people who generally do not notice even my craziest manicures J 

It’s definitely a statement polish. I used 3 coats and no base coat. I don’t think this polish requires one, but definitely I would try to experiment with some of the different colored bases. The glitter is of different shapes and sizes. It’s not hard to remove it from cuticles, but you can definitely feel some edgy ones on your nails, in other words the finish is textured and creates a real feel of snowflakes on your nails.

Gotta Love Brains and Cauldron Drippings swatches

I was so excited when I saw Leah Ann’s announcement that she will start selling Lynnderella nail polishes on her website. I was hoping that Connect the Dots that I’m madly obsessed about wasn’t sold out yet. And it wasn’t…

  

Glitter Gal lizard Belly and HITS Demeter are from this haul as well, but I already posted swatches earlier here and here.

Today is Lynnderella’s turn.

Gotta Love Brains is one of my favorites it’s a light dirty grey-blue with glitter of different colors and shapes. It is pretty close to Revlon Whimsical and Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air, especially when used with baby blue cream base.

For this mani I didn’t use any base, just Gotta Love Brains. I found the formula to be on the watery side and sometime it’s hard to evenly apply the glitter. Other than that it’s a lovely unique nail polish, like most of the Lynderella polishes, right?!

Cauldron Drippings is an orange jelly base with different glitter particles. It is also stunning, but much harder to apply than Gotta Love Brains. It looks chunkier on the nails, because of the size and shape of glitter.