Morgan Taylor Danced and Sang-ria

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Going back to the Morgan Taylor Fall 2017 collection and today is Danced and Sang-ria. This is an extremely dark, vampy plum creme.

Morgan Taylor Plum-Thing Magical

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Today I have another "new" Morgan Taylor collection - this is from the Little Miss Nutcracker collection that came out in Holiday 2017. Today I'm showcasing Plum-Thing Magical, which is a gorgeous red-purple duochrome shimmer. I absolutely love colors like this!

cuccio Roman Holiday

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I have another cuccio "Paradiso" Spring/Summer 2023 polish today! This is Roman Holiday, a pure violet creme. To me, this is more lavender with a lot of rosy tones to it but it may have faded in the 3 years I've owned it. I do keep all my polishes in a Helmer, in a cool(ish) room, away from sunlight.

Pahlish Kismet

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I'm powering through my latest Pookie's Polish Swap and today is Pahlish Kismet, from the 2025 "Life of a Showgirl" collection. Kismet is a prussian blue with fine purple/pink/gold shimmer. Now, the prussian blue is so hard to photograph but it is the base especially in the first two coats.

Fair Maiden Unbreakable

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I have another polish from my Pookie's Polish Swap and this is from the brand Fair Maiden. This is Unbreakable from the Breast Cancer Awareness 2022 box that was on Hearts & Promises website. This is a beautiful magenta purple with blue shimmer.

Morgan Taylor Sapphires, Rubies, and Emeralds Oh My

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How did I get so many Morgan Taylor glitters? Today I have Sapphires, Rubies, and Emeralds Oh My, which is a blue/purple base with purple based glitter.

Morgan Taylor To Rule Or Not To Rule

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Today, I grabbed Morgan Taylor To Rule Or Not To Rule, from the Holiday 2013 Royal Life collection. This is a purple/magenta tinted polish with tons of purple/magenta glitter.

Zoya Leeloo

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I'm on my last two Zoya Beachy Brights 3 collection and this is Leeloo, a orchid pink suffused with holographic glitter. This is such a beautiful glitter bomb!

Morgan Taylor Plum Tuckered Out

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I'm back in the Morgan Taylor Urban Cowgirl collection and today I have Plum Tuckered Out. This is a red-based dark purple creme.

Envy Lacquer Love, Charlotte

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I have a very sentimental polish today. From Envy Lacquer, this is Love, Charlotte, which is a holographic purple created in 2016 for IG user marindasmanis. This polish was in honor of her daughter who passed in 2007 - the same year my oldest was born. We were a group of women in the Baby Center forums and I remember it was the "Bargain Hunter" forum but I can't remember where the "bhbnails" came from. Back to the polish - we had a short run of the polish.

China Glaze Electric Lilac

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I was trying to clean out another Helmer and somehow grabbed a bunch of China Glaze polishes - some I had already featured here on my blog. However, I hadn't worn Electric Lilac yet. This is a light purple jelly base with mylar flakies throughout it. This was part of the Specialty Colors collection that came out in 2009.

China Glaze Seas and Greetings

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Somehow I pulled another China Glaze purple today. This is Seas and Greetings from the Christmas 2016 collection by the same name. This is a shimmering deep purple with a pink shimmer.

China Glaze You're A Mean One

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Who doesn't love a good deep wine purple shimmer polish? Today I have China Glaze You're a Mean One from the Christmas 2018 "The Grinch" collection. This was a collaboration with the movie that came out that year. This is a gorgeous deep purple with wine/magenta shimmer.

China Glaze Gothic Lolita

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My nails haven't been this long in a very long time (lol). I know I'm going to have to shorten them soon since it's getting harder to type and I do use a computer every day between work and home. Today I've pulled China Glaze Gothic Lolita from the Spring 2012 ElectroPop collection. I have to say, 2012 was a great year for me and I remember this collection pretty fondly. This was in the "Lights" 6-piece of the collection and it's a purple polish with a tiny hint of a shimmer flash but you barely see it.

China Glaze December to Remember

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So here's an oldie! From the China Glaze 2014 "Twinkle" holiday collection, I have December to Remember, a dark blue polish with pink/purple iridescent shimmer. This was part of a 12 piece collection that also had 5 gift sets and 5 nail art kits. No shot glass in this collection but I do have a couple of them from other years.

ILNP Flip Side (M)

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When I was preparing for my work trip last month, I considered wearing an ILNP Magnetic for the days I'd be gone so I pulled out a bunch of them. I thought it would only be right to swatch them before I put them back in my Helmer. Today I have ILNP Flip Side from the Illusions collection. Now, this says it's a magenta to orange to gold sparkle with blue to teal magnetic pigment. That's a mouthful.

China Glaze Good Tide-ings

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It's been satisfying going through my drawers and KonMari-ing my way but also the memories of each new collection that I pull. Today from the 2016 Seas and Greetings collection, I have Good Tide-ings, a lilac-blue creme. This was actually their holiday collection - which was definitely a huge departure from the normal reds and greens of the holidays.

love, Angeline Parisian Jewel

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I think this is technically the last color in the love, Angeline Chateau Macaron collection and it's called Parisian Jewel - a light matte purple. I actually really liked this color.

Lucky 13 Lacquer Lord of the Dead

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I have another Lucky 13 Lacquer polish from my 17th Pookie's Polish Swap with dc_nails4fun and Lord of the Dead, a blue flakie thermal. The light blue turns to a purple but I could barely get that to work. I don't think this is a dead thermal - I just think my nails aren't long enough right now.

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.