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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Girly Bits x Gracie Jay & Co I Wasn't Supposed To Put Beef In The Trifle!

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I'm trucking away through my polishes and this was another from a Pookie's Polish Swap. This is the Girly Bits x Gracie Jay & Co I Wasn't Supposed to Put Beef In The Trifle!. This is from the show Friends, which I never watched so the joke was a little lost on me. This is a light-brown polish with small aqua glitter, silver microglitter, and red-to-gold shifting shimmer.

Twinkle & Hex Krampus is Coming

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Today I have another new-to-me indie brand called Twinkle & Hex. This is Krampus is Coming, a brown crelly with red and copper flakes. This was a limited polish as part of their Black Friday 2025 doorbusters.

Cracked Everything I Could Have Wished For

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I have four Cracked polishes here that were from one of my Pookie's Polish Swap, and today I'm swatching Everything I Could Have Wished For, which is a brown-gray polish with silver reflective glitters, vibrant blue aurora pigments, and a subtle red magnetic shimmer. This was part of a collection called "How Would You Describe Your Relationship?" 

Cracked Mocha Mousse

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One of my favorite Pookie's Polish Swaps included a bunch of Cracked polishes. This wasn't my first introduction to the brand, but I was really excited about the 5 polishes I'll be sharing over the next few days. This is Mocha Mousse, the brand's take on Pantone's 2025 Color of the Year.

KL Polish Miami Fever

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I forgot I had some more polishes from one of my prior Pookie's Polish Swap! This is KL Polish Miami Fever, a terracotta orange with brown and orange tones. 

OPI Track Suited Cutie

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I'm moving into the shimmers from OPI's "What's Your Mani-tude?" collection. This is Track Suited Cutie, a taupe with golden shimmer. I know that OPI called it a shimmery mauve but to me, this reminds me of the taupe that had a chokehold on so many of us about a decade ago.

Zoya Emery

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Today's polish is special to me because it's my name! Okay, so it's my married last name, but still. I'm surprised how many people think it's my first name. Today I have Zoya Emery, from the Fall 2025 Muse collection. This is a "velvet metallic spun from black espresso and antique gold." I feel that it's a bit more violet based brown but spot on with the gold. Let's get into it.

Colors for Kamala & Tim Have you heard her laugh?

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Today I have the last creme from the United Colors Project 2024: Colors for Kamala & Tim "Neutralizing Name-Calling" collection. This is Have you heard her laugh?, a deep brown creme. This color is nearly black.

Colors for Kamala & Tim Crazy

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I have another polish from the The United Colors Project 2024: Colors for Kamala & Tim "Neutralizing Name-Calling" collection. Today I have Crazy, a milk chocolate brown creme.

Colors for Kamala & Tim Not Very Smart

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I'm continuing with the The United Colors Project 2024: Colors for Kamala & Tim "Neutralizing Name-Calling" collection. Today I have Not Very Smart, an orange-toned brown creme.

Colors For Kamala & Tim Lyin'

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I'm continuing with the The United Colors Project 2024: Colors for Kamala & Tim "Neutralizing Name-Calling" collection. Today I have Lyin', a beige brown nude creme.

Chamaeleon Nails Ahsoka

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I have another thermal polish today from my Pookie's Polish Swap! This is Chamaeleon Nails Ahsoka. This was the second polish for the August aliens theme for the Little Box of Horrors, inspired by the Togruta, specifically the character Ahsoka. This is a thermal going from brown (cold) to pink (warm) with pink/orange shifting iridescent flakies, and white hex glitters in various sizes.

ORLY Chalet Getaway

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Today I have the last creme from the ORLY Apres Ski collection. This is Chalet Getaway, a light camel brown creme.

Bees Knees Lacquer Forget the Bottle

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I'm so close to swatching all the polishes from my nine Pookie's Polish swaps and today I have a bottle that was either decanted or highly loved. This is Bees Knees Lacquer Forget the Bottle. This was from their Witcher Mysteries and it's a pale beige-gold base with red to green multichrome shift and gold reflective glitters.