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.