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

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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.