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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Morgan Taylor Most Wanted

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I pulled another Morgan Taylor today and for some reason, I have a swatch stick for this polish but I never wore it! I do love my swatch sticks but I tend to make them as I wore the polish. This is Most Wanted, a black purple creme.

KBShimmer Orchidding Me?

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Today I have a gorgeous KBShimmer that was inspired by orchids that belong to the owner's mother. From the Fall 2016 collection, this is Orchidding Me?, a red based purple holographic. 

KBShimmer Lady and The Vamp

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I'm making my way through my KBShimmer polishes and today I have this pretty grape holographic glitter called Lady and the Vamp from the Fall 2017 collaboration with Cosmetic Sanctuary.

Zoya Lila

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It's the final polish in the Zoya sweetie Spring 2026 collection - today is Zoya Lila. This is a muted lilac pastel and one of my favorite colors ever. I have a purse this color!

Zoya Daria

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Continuing through Zoya sweetie Spring 2026 collection and today I have Zoya Daria, which is listed as a rich raspberry pastel creme. I don't see this as raspberry at all - to me, this is lilac. I mean, MAYBE this is Raspberry Crush M120-7 Behr color paint (look that one up).

Pretty Beautiful Unlimited Light Pillars

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I only have three more polishes in my last Pookie's Polish Swap and today is Pretty Beautiful Unlimited Night Pillars. This is a dark indigo-purple jelly with green-violet aurora multichrome magnetic shimmer, red-green multichrome aurora shimmer and multicolored multichrome iridescent flakes.

cuccio Duet

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I'm starting on another cuccio collection from Summer 2022. This is the Karaoke collection - an 8 piece of energetic and vibrant shades. Today I'm swatching Duet, a retro purple creme.

cuccio Go With The Flow

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Today I have the finale from the cuccio Spring 2022 "Go With The Flow" collection with the name sake of the collection - Go With The Flow. This polish is periwinkle creme that I just loved when I first saw it.

Great Lakes Lacquer Festival of Fantasies

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I was organizing one of my Helmer drawers and pulled this Great Lakes Lacquer polish called Festival of Fantasies which is a limited edition from PolishCon Chicago 2017. This is a beautiful violet jelly with red-to-green shimmer and red-to-bronze flakies. I can't believe I haven't worn it before!

KBShimmer 352

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I have more KBShimmers to go through and today I have 352, which I believe I got as part of a grab bag. This is a deep purple polish with tons of holographic glitter.