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

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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.

Morgan Taylor Scene Queen

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Here's one more Morgan Taylor polish today. This is Scene Queen, a beige polish with silver microshimmer. This polish is very interesting to me - it's kind of like sand color.

KBShimmer Tropic Like It's Hot

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I cannot believe I'm down to two polishes in my KBShimmer collection... today I have Tropic Like It's Hot, an ocean blue holographic polish from the Spring 2017 Nauti By Nature collection. This polish is GORGEOUS.

Morgan Taylor Hide & Sleek

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I have two more Morgan Taylor polishes here on my desk and today I have a different purple creme called Hide & Sleek. This is a blue based purple.

KBShimmer Things That Make You Go Bloom

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I have another Fall 2016 flame polish from KBShimmer called Things That Make You Go Bloom, a lilac holographic glitter. This is another really pretty color!

Morgan Taylor Royal Treatment

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I'm getting through these Morgan Taylor polishes and today I have another purple creme called Royal Treatment. This is a deeper grape creme. I believe this was a core color as well.

KBShimmer Talk Qwerty to Me

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I only have four more KBShimmer polishes to go through and today is Talk Qwerty To Me, a shimmery teal polish that has tiny gold and blue microflakes. This was from the Fall 2015 collection.

Morgan Taylor Met My Match

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I have three purples here on my desk from Morgan Taylor - the first one is Met My Match, a dusty purple creme. I believe this was from their core collection.

KBShimmer Ripe for the Pink-ing

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Today is my middle kid's birthday and I needed to be all sparkly for it. This is KBShimmer Ripe for the Pink-ing, a pink holographic glitter from the Spring 2016 collection. This is part of that mega flame line.

Morgan Taylor Could Have Foiled Me

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I have a great metallic today - this is Morgan Taylor Could Have Foiled Me, a silver metallic polish. Some people might call this chrome. Either way, it's a keeper for me.

KBShimmer Ready For This Jelly

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I forgot all about this flakie from KBShimmer! This was a 2016 Chicago PolishCon Exclusive and it's a medium purple jelly base packed with rainbow iridescent flakes. This was from the same trio as Let's Slang and Alcohol You Later.

Morgan Taylor Seal the Deal

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I have six more Morgan Taylor polishes to go through on my desk and today is Morgan Taylor Seal the Deal, a burgundy shimmer. This is such a dark shimmer and a very fall thing.

KBShimmer Prism Break

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I have a gorgeous topper today from KBShimmer. This is Prism Break, a holographic top coat. This is meant to be worn over another polish, so I layered it over yesterday's Lost in Paradise.

Morgan Taylor Lost In Paradise

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Why do some of the prettiest polishes get UBS! Ugly Bottle Syndrome is just when the pigments sink so while this Morgan Taylor polish is definitely an aqua creme, it looks way more green on the bottom half of the bottle! This is Lost In Paradise, another polish that I have a swatch stick for this polish but I never wore it! I don't think this was part of any collection and was just part of their core release instead.

KBShimmer Pearls Gone Wild

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Today I have another KBShimmer Fall 2017 Blogger Collaboration polish. This was created with Amy from McPolish/Polish Etc. Amy hasn't posted in a LONG time but I always enjoyed her posts. She rocked short nails perfectly. This polish is a beautiful soft grey jelly with holographic microglitter and a beautiful red to copper shifty shimmer that pulls pink for me.

Morgan Taylor Most Wanted

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I pulled another Morgan Taylor today and for some reason, I have a swatch stick for this polish but I never wore it! I do love my swatch sticks but I tend to make them as I wore the polish. This is Most Wanted, a black purple creme.

KBShimmer Orchidding Me?

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Today I have a gorgeous KBShimmer that was inspired by orchids that belong to the owner's mother. From the Fall 2016 collection, this is Orchidding Me?, a red based purple holographic. 

Morgan Taylor Holy Cow-Girl!

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I have another Morgan Taylor today and this is Holy Cow-Girl! This is a sage green with silver micro-fleck shimmer. This was from the Urban Cowgirl collection in Fall 2015.

KBShimmer Night Bright

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I am a sucker for black holographic polishes! Today I have KBShimmer Night Bright from the 2016 Mega Flame Collection. This is a black tinted base with tons of holographic microglitter. Rainbows on rainbows.

Morgan Taylor Who's That Girl?

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I realized I have a TON of Morgan Taylor polishes (like 293...) and I need to start going through them. Today I pulled Who's That Girl? which was originally a purple/pink dense glitter in a grey base. Now mine has definitely faded into more of a bronze/reddish color.

KBShimmer Mai Tai One On

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Alright, I'm back to finishing off my KBShimmer polish drawer in my Helmer because I have 47 new ILNP polishes to add into my stash so today is KBShimmer Mai Tai One On! This is from the Summer 2016 collection and it's a soft lemonade yellow with both yellow gold and soft green shimmer.

KBShimmer Rainbow Shield

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We're at the last KBShimmer 2014 Limited Edition flakie collection and it's my favorite. This is KBShimmer Rainbow Shield, and it's literally a rainbow of flakies.

KBShimmer Lady and The Vamp

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I'm making my way through my KBShimmer polishes and today I have this pretty grape holographic glitter called Lady and the Vamp from the Fall 2017 collaboration with Cosmetic Sanctuary.

KBShimmer Pinfire

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When I first saw KBShimmer Pinfire, I was in LOVE. This is a teal-to-green flakie that was in their 2014 Limited Edition flakie collection. Yes, my base has yellowed and yes it's hard to see in the bottle but trust me.

Zoya Lila

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It's the final polish in the Zoya sweetie Spring 2026 collection - today is Zoya Lila. This is a muted lilac pastel and one of my favorite colors ever. I have a purse this color!

KBShimmer Kiss My Butkus You Ditka

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I have a 2017 PolishCon special from KBShimmer called Kiss My Butkus You Ditka which is a navy blue, near Chicago Bears blue polish loaded with linear and scattered holographic sparkle and this had micro orange glitters.

Zoya Arden

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I'm almost through the entire Zoya sweetie Spring 2026 collection - today is Zoya Arden. This is an icy aqua mint with blue shimmer. This color is super pretty!

KBShimmer I've Seen Sweater Days

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Sometimes I really surprise myself with what I have in my polish collection. Today, from the Fall 2015 collection from KBShimmer, I have I've Seen Sweater Days. This is a teal crelly with cobalt blue glitter, lime green glitter, silver glitter and holo sparkle.

Zoya Fia

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I'm halfway through the Zoya sweetie Spring 2026 collection and today I have Zoya Fia, a powder blue with soft sheen. Now I'd called it to have a light pink shimmer, personally.

KBShimmer I Only Have Ice For You

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I have a bit of an obsession with holographic glitters - this isn't a new revelation. Today I have KBShimmer I Only Have Ice For You, which was from the 2013 Blogger Collection and this was the collaboration with Chalkboard Nails. I miss her blogging SO much. This polish has snowy "flecks" and holographic glitter in a slightly tinted grey base.

Zoya Daria

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Continuing through Zoya sweetie Spring 2026 collection and today I have Zoya Daria, which is listed as a rich raspberry pastel creme. I don't see this as raspberry at all - to me, this is lilac. I mean, MAYBE this is Raspberry Crush M120-7 Behr color paint (look that one up).

KBShimmer Lightning Ridge

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Today's flakie from KBShimmer is called Lightning Ridge, and it's a teal to blue flakie. Unlike Dark Matter, this is more green toned.

Zoya Lolly (2026)

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I'm moving through the Zoya sweetie Spring 2026 collection and today I have Zoya Lolly, which is listed as a dusty rose candy pink creme. Now, as soon as I saw this name, I knew I'd seen it before... yes, Zoya came out with a Lolly polish in 2011 that I reviewed back in the day. The new Lolly has a different ZP even.

KBShimmer Flame Queen

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It's another flakie day! This is KBShimmer Flame Queen, a red-orange-green shifting flakie.

Zoya Sugar

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I received the Zoya sweetie collection which is their Spring 2026 line, and I'm a little excited to go through it. This is a 6-piece collection with 4 cremes, a glitter, and a shimmer. I'm starting off with Sugar, a sparking rose gold glitter.

KBShimmer Dark Matter

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I'm getting back to finishing my KBShimmer overhaul in my Helmer and we have another Limited Edition flakie polish. This is Dark Matter, and it's this gorgeous cobalt blue flakie. As with Aurora, the base has yellowed a little but it doesn't seem to affect the flakies.

Don Deeva MacDeeva

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This is my last polish from my latest Pookie's Polish Swap and it's from Don Deeva - it's called MacDeeva, and it's pink with shimmer, flakes, and glitter.

MJ Lacquer Sparkle & Shine

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I was SO excited for this polish from MJ Lacquer called Sparkle and Shine and I knew it was from Polish Pickup in April 2025 but I completely missed that this is a crackle polish!

Pretty Beautiful Unlimited Light Pillars

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I only have three more polishes in my last Pookie's Polish Swap and today is Pretty Beautiful Unlimited Night Pillars. This is a dark indigo-purple jelly with green-violet aurora multichrome magnetic shimmer, red-green multichrome aurora shimmer and multicolored multichrome iridescent flakes.

I Scream Nails Non Stop Holo

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I have a couple more polishes from my last Pookie's Polish Swap and today I'm using I Scream Nails Non Stop Holo, an orange holographic. This polish is a little decieving because when my lamp hits it? Hard holo craziness. But under my light box and even outside, it's a little muted.

cuccio Liquid Courage

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It's the finale of the cuccio Summer 2022 Karaoke collection - today I have Liquid Courage, which is listed as a white shimmer topper. Now, to me, this is a nude color with lots of green shimmer, so I was a bit excited to wear this one.

Shimmer Crystal

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I have another Shimmer polish from my Pookie's Polish Swap and it's named Crystal (so close!). This is a glitter bomb of brown, gold, green, amber and there was originally holo sparkle. This polish was originally released in 2013 and I do feel like some of the green glitter has faded.

cuccio KJ on the Mic

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Today's polish cracked me up because this is legit a nacho yellow neon creme. Today from the cuccio Summer 2022 Karaoke collection, I have KJ on the Mic and it absolutely reminds me of nacho cheese.

Vegan Pure Pool Party

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I have another polish from my recent swap and today is a new-to-me brand called Vegan Pure and this is the color Pool Party. Vegan Pure says they have a 16-day wear time which is pretty impressive. This is a light jade green creme.

cuccio Girls Night Out

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I'm down to just three polishes for the cuccio Summer 2022 Karaoke and today we have Girls Night Out, an electric lime neon creme. 

Fanchro-matic Nails The Grudge

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I got my 16th swap from the Pookie's Polish Swap yesterday and I was paired with Rachel again and man, she sent me a great box! Today I have Fanchro-matic Nails The Grudge, a slightly rusty blood red crelly with green-blue-purple shifting shimmer and iridescent color shifting flakes. This was part of the Halloween Cursed Box from 2020 that was hosted by Necessary Evil polish.