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 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. 

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.

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.

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 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.

China Glaze Ho! Ho! No.

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Nearly 10% of my collection is China Glaze, and yet I've only worn about a quarter of them so I'm going through those drawers next. If you've been following my blog for awhile, you'll know that China Glaze was my first polish love and I was able to actually work with the brand for several years before they changed their PR and ultimately, their entire brand. Today I have Ho! Ho! No. from "The Grinch" Holiday 2018 collection. This was a collaboration with the animated Grinch movie that came out that year with Benedict Cumberbatch as the Grinch and Pharrell Williams as the Narrator.  This is a red based polish with gold microglitter.

cuccio On The Up & Up

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I'm having to play catch up and today I'm wearing cuccio Fall/Winter 2022 collection Speakeasy polish called On The Up & Up, an oxblood creme. Oxblood reds had a MOMENT in the early 2010s.

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.

KBShimmer Ripe for the Pink-ing

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Today is my middle kid's birthday and I needed to be all sparkly for it. This is KBShimmer Ripe for the Pink-ing, a pink holographic glitter from the Spring 2016 collection. This is part of that mega flame line.

KBShimmer Pearls Gone Wild

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Today I have another KBShimmer Fall 2017 Blogger Collaboration polish. This was created with Amy from McPolish/Polish Etc. Amy hasn't posted in a LONG time but I always enjoyed her posts. She rocked short nails perfectly. This polish is a beautiful soft grey jelly with holographic microglitter and a beautiful red to copper shifty shimmer that pulls pink for me.

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.

Zoya Lolly (2026)

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I'm moving through the Zoya sweetie Spring 2026 collection and today I have Zoya Lolly, which is listed as a dusty rose candy pink creme. Now, as soon as I saw this name, I knew I'd seen it before... yes, Zoya came out with a Lolly polish in 2011 that I reviewed back in the day. The new Lolly has a different ZP even.

KBShimmer Flame Queen

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It's another flakie day! This is KBShimmer Flame Queen, a red-orange-green shifting flakie.

Zoya Sugar

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I received the Zoya sweetie collection which is their Spring 2026 line, and I'm a little excited to go through it. This is a 6-piece collection with 4 cremes, a glitter, and a shimmer. I'm starting off with Sugar, a sparking rose gold glitter.

Don Deeva MacDeeva

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This is my last polish from my latest Pookie's Polish Swap and it's from Don Deeva - it's called MacDeeva, and it's pink with shimmer, flakes, and glitter.

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.