Zoya Rio

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I'm back in the second half of the Zoya Beachy Brights 3 Summer 2026 collection and today I have Rio, a vivid molten red-orange shimmer. This color is GORGEOUS. It reminds me of the glass fleck polishes that made me fall in love with Zoya originally.

China Glaze Smoke and Ashes

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What's with these bottles being impossible to see. This is China Glaze Smoke and Ashes from the Capitol Collection... this was supposed to be District 12 - Coal. This is a super dark base (pretty much black) with green/blue shimmer.

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.

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 "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.

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.

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 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 Holy Cow-Girl!

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I have another Morgan Taylor today and this is Holy Cow-Girl! This is a sage green with silver micro-fleck shimmer. This was from the Urban Cowgirl collection in Fall 2015.

KBShimmer Mai Tai One On

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Alright, I'm back to finishing off my KBShimmer polish drawer in my Helmer because I have 47 new ILNP polishes to add into my stash so today is KBShimmer Mai Tai One On! This is from the Summer 2016 collection and it's a soft lemonade yellow with both yellow gold and soft green shimmer.

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!

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.

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.

MJ Lacquer Sparkle & Shine

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I was SO excited for this polish from MJ Lacquer called Sparkle and Shine and I knew it was from Polish Pickup in April 2025 but I completely missed that this is a crackle polish!

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 Liquid Courage

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It's the finale of the cuccio Summer 2022 Karaoke collection - today I have Liquid Courage, which is listed as a white shimmer topper. Now, to me, this is a nude color with lots of green shimmer, so I was a bit excited to wear this one.