Nerd Lacquer: All of Time and Space

Nerd Lacquer All of Time and Space (3 coats)

Deadliest Catch is on tonight! I know, most of you are sick of me talking about it, and I promise to try and curb my enthusiasm, but it's still one of the highlights of the week. Am I the only person watching this? I should consider making a Deadliest Catch blog to appease me. 

I love Nerd Lacquer polishes. If you haven't heard of Amanda from her Etsy shop, you're missing out on some fabulous one-of-a-kind polishes. I always feel bad when people who don't know much about polish ask me where to buy her polishes and I have to answer them that you have to go online and wait for her shop to open. I also wish she could go back to selling some mini polishes because variety is the spice of life. All of you Doctor Who fans will appreciate All of Time and Space. I'm a huge Doctor Who fan, but somehow stopped watching after I got back from my Cambodia trip last November. David Tennant will always be my Doctor. I digress. All of Time and Space is a mint green jelly with loads of large and small pink and silver glitter (do I hint a little blue glitter as well?). I absolutely adore it. The only issue I had was with the sheerness. I used three coats, but you can still see some tip line. If I had to do it over again, I would put a base color on first to save as much of this unique polish as possible. 

Nerd Lacquer Series: Cuprum

Nerd Lacquer Cuprum (3 coats)

How is it only Tuesday? I asked a fellow co-worker if she was coming in today (I knew she worked on Wednesday) and she had to remind me it was only Tuesday. Oops! I'm spending most of the week doing soil digestions which involves adding concentrated nitric and hydrochloric acid to the samples and then putting them at 95 degrees Celsius. I'm generally a careful scientist, but boy, does working with these acids make me go really slow (I'd like to keep my arms and face, thank you very much)!

It makes me really sad to say this, but Cuprum is my least favorite Nerd Lacquer. There's just something about this copper/orange jelly color with identical glitter that makes it look crappy with my skintone. It's sad because I really wanted to love it. I don't think Cuprum is the most popular Nerd Lacquer polish anyway. It also had the worst application, needing probably 4 coats for full coverage. Yup, I only posted 3 above, but if you look at my middle finger you can see some bald spots. Perhaps this one might look better layered over another polish. 

Nerd Lacquer Series: Hyperspace Bypass

Nerd Lacquer Hyperspace Bypass (3 coats)

Hola, chicas! Yup, it's Monday so I'm back to the grind. I've been working on getting my flight schedule for my next trip to Cambodia (whoa are they expensive!) and I think I'll be leaving May 7. I'm happy to report that a friend of mine in the department will be going with me :-D

Just look of the awesomeness that is Hyperspace Bypass. Boy, do I hate bees, but this one reminds me of a bumblebee and that makes me happy. It's a bright yellow jelly with lots of gold glitter of various sizes and some smaller black hexagonal glitter. I think Amanda from Nerd Lacquer even threw in a handful of holographic glitter for good measure. All the polishes I've used applied the same and need the same number of coats (3). It's a weird polish, but I think this one was my favorite. 

Nerd Lacquer Series: Crunchy Frog

Nerd Lacquer Crunchy Frog (3 coats)

I've had a pretty good Sunday so far. We went to see 21 Jump Street and it was hilarious. I always find Jonah Hill really funny and I wasn't disappointed. What did you end up doing?

Day 2 of Nerd Lacquer polishes brings up Crunchy Frog which is a light chocolate shimmer with large hexagonal green and silver glitter and smaller green and silver pieces. It is such a complex polish, but in a good way! It as also a little sheer, but there were no bald spots after 3 coats. I should mention that the prices went up on the polishes and they now run $10 (up from $8 for full bottles). When I got the 4-pack minis they were only $15 for all. They are a bit pricey, but if you want a custom blended polish you're going to have to pay a little more. Will the prices deter you from buying? 

NerdLacquer Spaaaace Series: Quasar

NerdLacquer Quasar (3 coats)

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Today would have been my grandfather's birthday and he was named Leo Patrick due to this (I thought it was cute). I almost forgot it was today and my husband had to remind me (I wasn't wearing any green, either). 

NerdLacquer is a seller on Etsy who has become extremely popular as of late. If you want to purchase any of her polishes, you will need to sign up for a notification when she opens and purchase them within a few hours. Yup, she gets so many orders within 4 hours that she has to close up shop to make the polishes. Quasar is from her Spaaaaace Series and is a hunter green jelly with small green and silver hexagonal glitter and some sparse larger green hexagonal pieces. Do I also detect some holographic and blue glitter in there as well? It is truly a beautiful color and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Even if you only wear green polish for St. Patrick's Day, it would make a fun part of your collection for that one day. Application was great, but it definitely needed all 3 coats I gave it. I am showing one of her mini polishes, but unfortunately, she doesn't seem to make these anymore (only full-sized bottles for now). 

I also love the fact that she uses "nerdy" names for the polishes. I am a huge Dr. Who fan and was excited to see some named from the show.