love, Angeline Meringue Tango

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So maybe this is the last love, Angeline Chateau Macaron polish because it's a white matte polish.

China Glaze I'm Not Lion

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This polish is an oldie but a goodie! From the 2012 China Glaze On Safari collection, this is I'm Not Lion, a gold glitter in a clear base with holo microglitters. I cannot believe I haven't worn this year. This is such a gorgeous polish. 

love, Angeline Parisian Jewel

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I think this is technically the last color in the love, Angeline Chateau Macaron collection and it's called Parisian Jewel - a light matte purple. I actually really liked this color.

China Glaze Custom Kicks

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It's time for another 2009 polish from China Glaze. This is Custom Kicks from the Kicks Collection. This was a 12-piece neon collection that paid homage to Sneakerheads everywhere. Custom Kicks was listed as a dusty teal but it really was a beautiful teal with the tiniest of gold shimmer.

love, Angeline Match-a-Mint

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I'm halfway through the matte polishes from love, Angelina. This is Match-a-Mint, a light green matte polish. I don't have a ton to say about this.

China Glaze Stellar

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I have another 2009 polish here today from China Glaze. This is Stellar from the Specialty Collection. This is a sandy brown glitter in a light brown base. I was obsessed with this collection - a 50 piece collection of glitters, shimmers, and just beautiful colors. This is the collection that Rose Tea comes from.

feral Mystery 5

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I received this next bottle from my Pookie's Polish Swap. I hadn't heard of feral before so I went looking and learned that this is the rebrand of 77 Lacquer. This is Mystery 5, a grey creme with orange shimmer.

China Glaze Short & Sassy

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Here's another vampy red shimmer from China Glaze! Today I have Short & Sassy, from the 2009 Retro Diva collection. This is such a pretty color and looks amazing for being 17 years old.

love, Angelina Con-fection-ary Yellow

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Here's another matte polish from love, Angelina. This is Con-fection-ary Yellow, a yellow matte polish. It's hard for me to explain how meh this collection is to me now. I was so obsessed back in the day.

LOUD Lacquer Wynette

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This is my next LOUD Lacquer from my 17th Pookie's Polish Swap and today is Wynette, a cerulean blue shredded glitter that was named after the CEO's mother-in-law.

Lucky 13 Lacquer Lord of the Dead

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I have another Lucky 13 Lacquer polish from my 17th Pookie's Polish Swap with dc_nails4fun and Lord of the Dead, a blue flakie thermal. The light blue turns to a purple but I could barely get that to work. I don't think this is a dead thermal - I just think my nails aren't long enough right now.

love, Angeline Summer Sorbet

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I have another polish from love, Angelina today. This is Summer Sorbet, an orange matte polish. This totally reminds me of a creamsicle.

China Glaze Cranberry Splash

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I was so proud that I had cleared all the nail polishes off my desk and then bam, I have 30 more sitting here but that's a whole month of content so, yay me? Today I have China Glaze Cranberry Splash, a ruby red shimmer. This came from the 2012 Holiday Joy collection which also had some beautiful glitters in it.

Zoya Rio

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I'm back in the second half of the Zoya Beachy Brights 3 Summer 2026 collection and today I have Rio, a vivid molten red-orange shimmer. This color is GORGEOUS. It reminds me of the glass fleck polishes that made me fall in love with Zoya originally.

love, Angeline Almond Darling

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I'm going through another indie brand that I had a small obsession with - today I have love, Angeline Almond Darling from the Chateau Macaron collection. I can't find too much about the brand any longer since they closed shop but I believe I owned this entire collection.

Zoya Aja

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I grabbed the second half of the Zoya Beachy Brights 3 Summer 2026 collection and the first color is Aja, a sun-washed pastel neon orange creme. Think mac n cheese because that's how I felt with this polish. I can see the melon inspired look they were going for but it just reminded me of cheese.

China Glaze Under the Boardwalk

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YAY it's neon time! Today I pulled China Glaze Under the Boardwalk from the 2012 Summer Neon collection. When I was looking it up, it said that it was a bright plum jelly so uh... what happened. Did mine fade? No, come to find out, there were two versions of this polish. There was the light purple and then there was a raspberry pink which is the one I received. Fun fact, this polish was repromoted in 2015 in the Make It Rain-Bow brights trio.

Zoya Zelli

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Today I have the other Zoya polish from the Beachy Brights 3 that I hadn't seen before but it was a repeat color. This is Zelli, a vibrant hot pink creme. This is such a bright pink in person and on camera.

Zoya Alora (3)

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Zoya's Summer 2026 collection just came out and it's called Beachy Brights 3. Six of these polishes are from other collections and 6 are brand new. I wanted to check Alora to see if it was really the same one as before. This is a raspberry pink creme.

Glam Polish BAM!

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Making my way through my Helmer and today I have another Glam Polish from the Knockout Collection. This is BAM! which is a green-based turquoise holographic polish. I think mine may have faded a little bit since its original release in 2015.

China Glaze Water You Waiting For?

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China Glaze was really THE company back in the early 2010s and had all the movie brand deals. Today, I have Water You Waiting For? which was part of the Cirque du Soleil "Words Away" movie. This is a turquoise glitter in a darken jelly base.

Glam Polish Are You Sea-rious?

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I'm back to the Glam Polish Under the Sea collection and today is Are You Sea-rious?, a seafoam green holographic polish with green and blue microglitter. You can see the microglitter really well in this polish.

China Glaze Shut The Front Door!

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I have the most random China Glaze polishes. Today I'm sharing Shut The Front Door! from the 2016 House of Colour collection. This is a purple pearl that is almost orchid like. This collection was supposed to be inspired by the eclectic tones of the 1970s.

Glam Polish BANG!

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A different Glam Polish collection today - this is BANG! from the Knockout Collection and it's a bright magenta holographic polish. 

China Glaze C-C-Courage

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Another dark China Glaze polish today! This is China Glaze C-C-Courage, a dusty dark purple with silver glitter. This 2009 polish was a re-release of the 2001 version in the Wizard of Ooh Ahz collection but it wasn't a perfect match. I feel that this one is a bit more gritty and I was told the original had a pink frost to it.

Glam Polish Bohemian Rhapsody

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Another throwback to 2015 with my Glam Polish Bohemian Rhapsody from the Gleek collection. This was in the height of Glee, the tv show and I bought the whole collection which consisted of nine polishes. This is a raspberry-pink holographic polish with holographic microglitter.

China Glaze Smoke and Ashes

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What's with these bottles being impossible to see. This is China Glaze Smoke and Ashes from the Capitol Collection... this was supposed to be District 12 - Coal. This is a super dark base (pretty much black) with green/blue shimmer.

Glam Polish Did You Catch That?

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How (why) do I have 51 Glam Polish bottles? I swear, it's like a surprise every time I open my Helmer drawers. Today I have Did You Catch That? which was originally an orchid crelly holo with red holo microglitter, shimmer, and glass flecks. This was from the Under The Sea collection that came out in 2015. I do think my bottle may have faded because it feels more pink than purple.

China Glaze Hyper Haute

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I will never forget in 2011 when China Glaze said they were releasing their Tronica Collection which was supposed to be the remix of the OMG linear holographic polishes. I couldn't wait to buy every single one of them because I LOVED the OMG collection with all my little heart. Today I'm bringing you Hyper Haute, a raspberry "holo" polish.

Sally Hansen Royal Rage

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I was in Wal-mart the other day and spied this blue polish from Sally Hanson that looked VERY much like Pacific Blue or so I thought. This is Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Royal Rage, #489.

Great Lakes Lacquer Leaves In The Lake

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Finishing up my Great Lakes Lacquer polishes and today is Leaves In The Lake. This is a dark navy jelly with red-gold flakies. This was part of the PolishCon 2016 Chicago exclusive. The brush on this was super fluffy.

China Glaze Teen Spirit

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So, this bottle was impossible to photograph. From the China Glaze 2016 Rebel Collection, this is Teen Spirit, a super deep black-blue with metallic blue shimmer. This whole collection was such a vibe. Lots of darken polishes and then some random cremes.

Painted Polish Mer-Maid It To The Pier

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I thought I had a lot of Painted Polish bottles but it's only 10 as well. I have at least three different logos of theirs but I really like the current one which is a rectangle of two P's. This is an older polish called Mer-Maid It To The Pier, which was the exclusive polish for PolishCon 2017 at the Navy Pier in Chicago. Now sadly, it appears that my bottle has faded as this was originally a lavender/light periwinkle creme base, holographic glitter & multichrome metallic flakies.

Great Lakes Lacquer Bayou Shenanigans

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I only have two more Great Lakes Lacquer polishes and today is Bayou Shenanigans. This is a blue-purple duochrome with green and blue microshimmer - oh and surprise... it's magnetic too. This was from the 2019 PolishCon New Orleans.

China Glaze What I Like About Blue

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I'm not sure how I grabbed so many blues in my China Glaze stash this week but today I have What I Like About Blue, a turquoise neon with pale golden shimmer. This was from the Summer 2016 Lite Brights collection. This was a giant 12 piece collection that had a bunch of really nice polishes in it.

Great Lakes Lacquer Love At Navy Pier

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Today's Great Lakes Lacquer polish brought up some big memories for me. Today I have Love At Navy Pier, which was the VIP polish for the 2017 PolishCon Chicago event. This is a deep green/blue polish with holographic shimmer and blue purple shimmer.

China Glaze Strike Up A Cosmo

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I'm back with another China Glaze polish. This is Strike Up A Cosmo, a rose pink foil/metallic/shimmer from the 2013 Autumn Nights collection. I was really excited about this collection because I got to see it up close and personal at Cosmoprof North America. This was a 12 piece collection that had lots of beautiful jewel tones.

Great Lakes Lacquer Love Times Five

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In the same Helmer as my rouge China Glaze, I have my Great Lakes Lacquer polish. I decided to pull all the ones I haven't worn before and I was surprised there was only 4 bottles. I have been selling and trading some of these which is why I only have 10 now in my collection. One thing I love about GLL is that they have done a lot with flakies. Today I have Love Times Five, which was a PolishCon Minneapolis VIP Bag Exclusive. This is a teal blue polish with multicolored flakies and blue microglitter/shimmer.

China Glaze Ho! Ho! No.

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Nearly 10% of my collection is China Glaze, and yet I've only worn about a quarter of them so I'm going through those drawers next. If you've been following my blog for awhile, you'll know that China Glaze was my first polish love and I was able to actually work with the brand for several years before they changed their PR and ultimately, their entire brand. Today I have Ho! Ho! No. from "The Grinch" Holiday 2018 collection. This was a collaboration with the animated Grinch movie that came out that year with Benedict Cumberbatch as the Grinch and Pharrell Williams as the Narrator.  This is a red based polish with gold microglitter.

cuccio Giggle Water

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Finally at the last polish in the cuccio Fall/Winter 2022 Speakeasy collection and this is Giggle Water, a blue/grey duochrome metallic. This is a color you've seen before by several different brands.

cuccio The Cat's Pajamas

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I only have two more polishes in the cuccio Fall/Winter 2022 Speakeasy collection and this is The Cat's Pajamas, a blurple duochrome. Now cuccio says this is blurple but to me, this is more purple-black.

cuccio Hotsy Totsy

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I'm on the back half of the cuccio Fall/Winter 2022 Speakeasy collection and this is Hotsy Totsy, a violet duochrome. This was a very thin polish that did build up.

cuccio The "It" Girl

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It's another cuccio Fall/Winter 2022 collection Speakeasy polish called The "It" Girl, and this is listed as a sugar plum shimmer.

ORLY Shine On Crazy Diamond

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I was shopping in my local Marshalls the other day and saw this bottle of ORLY Shine On Crazy Diamond, and the glitter got me. I am such a sucker for holographic glitter.

cuccio On The Up & Up

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I'm having to play catch up and today I'm wearing cuccio Fall/Winter 2022 collection Speakeasy polish called On The Up & Up, an oxblood creme. Oxblood reds had a MOMENT in the early 2010s.

cuccio Sitting Pretty

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We have another cuccio Fall/Winter 2022 collection Speakeasy polish and this is Sitting Pretty, a mauve clay creme. This color is photographing more brown than mauve but it is definitely more mauve in person.

ILNP Adrian (M)

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Today, I'm working at Commencement and we have over 800 students walking in 3 ceremonies. I really wanted something unique on my nails so I pulled out ILNP Adrian which is a deep blue magnetic polish from the Playground collection.

cuccio The Bee's Knees

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I'm continuing with the cuccio Fall/Winter 2022 collection Speakeasy and today I have The Bee's Knees, a honey orange-brown creme. At first I was like - eh... but let me tell you when I put this on...

cuccio Putting on the Ritz

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I only have two more cuccio collections here on my desk to go through and today I'm starting on the Fall/Winter 2022 collection Speakeasy. This was a really rich 8 piece collection with cremes, duochromes, metallics, and shimmers. First up, Putting On The Ritz, a multifaceted chocolate brown with gold shimmer that was a bit duochromed as you can see above.

KBShimmer Yeti or Not

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I'm swatching my final KBShimmer from my collection and this is Yeti or Not, a pale cool-toned grey crelly with silver holographic micros glitters and iridescent glitters to resemble snow. This was from the Winter/Holiday 2016 collection.