LynBDesigns Space Gandalf

Somewhen last week I decided to engage in my own personal challenge of using Creative Shop 50 several times over, coming up with a different look each go - this is round 4, and I haven't decided completely if I'm done just yet.

indoor, bright CF lighting

LynBDesigns released Space Gandalf as part of a 2013 Doctor Who series, and when I wore it back then I gave this glitterbomb 4 stars.  It started as a deep, smoky deep-space navy, but I think it may have faded just a bit in the intervening years, because it now looks smoky black even on the first thin coat.

outdoor, bright morning sunlight

Within the midnight blue-black base is a whole starfield of holo glitters, plus both diamond and moon-shaped larger glitters.  The formula is fairly thick to suspend all that, but behaves very well, applying right where you put it, without balding if you tend to overwork things a little to get those moons to spread out and lay down flat.

indoor, bright CF lighting

This polish is exactly as textured as you'd imagine, still feeling lightly pebbly with 2 coats of topcoat here, and with a few rough edges where I failed to prevent some of the larger glitters from hanging off just a bit. 

outdoor, direct sunlight

I considered using this stained glass design over white or palest silver and lead-lighting parts of it, but I feel like I've done that mani before so went with this gold framework inset with jewels look instead.  The stamping is with Born Pretty gold metallic, and any circular areas in the pattern are filled in with various jewel-tone crème stamping polishes.

indoor, bright CF lighting

I'm going to forgo my usual rating, since I didn't wear this solo this time or let it shine to full effect.  The galaxy of stars is lovely, though, and well worth dealing with the pain of glitter removal.  Space Gandalf appears to no longer be part of LynB's offerings, but she still has plenty of other things to check out at her store here.

~Michelle
~Michelle