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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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 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.

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.