Great Lakes Lacquer Meet Me At Shedd

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I mean, if we're going to talk PolishCon Chicago 2017, might as well pull out Great Lakes Lacquer Meet Me At Shedd - the PolishCon exclusive. This is a pale blue with shimmery blue and green multichrome flakes that shift purple. There's also microshimmer in green and blue.

Great Lakes Lacquer Chicago Shenanigans

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I am throwing it back to PolishCon Chicago 2017 today with Great Lakes Lacquer Chicago Shenanigans. I am trying to organize my Helmers, and I have polishes EVERYWHERE. My goal is to have brands together in the same drawer. This is a glowing lilac polish with lots of shifting shimmer, most prominently pink and purple.

Kathleen & Co Lake Superior Sunset

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I can't believe this is my first time wearing a Kathleen & Co polish! Today I have Lake Superior Sunset from the Stardust Shimmer Collaboration from July 2023. This is an aqua holo base with bright orange shifting shimmer. As you will see below, I got a lot of pink in my shimmer. This was another polish from my Pookie's Polish Swap.

Polished for Days Evening Flurries

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I have a really pretty polish today... I am so close to getting through all my Pookie's Polish Swap polishes (only 31 left) and today is Polished for Days Evening Flurries. This is from the For The Love of Polish Box in January 2023. It's a smoky grey base with blue and purple iridescent shifting micro flakies and multiple sizes of holographic flakes.

Bee's Knees Lacquer Daydreams

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This was an interesting polish today from my Pookie's Polish Swap... Today I have Bees Knees Lacquer Daydream, which is a dark burgundy with blue to purple shimmer and there's silver light reflective glitter. You can see the glitter in the bottle shot up there.

Cupcake Polish Mom Jeans

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I am still working through my Pookie Polish Swap polishes and today is Cupcake Polish Mom Jeans from the October 2023 PPU. This is a purple-blue shimmer in a darkened base.

Hearts & Promises Making Friendship Bracelets

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Today, I have another new-to-me brand from my Pookie's Polish Swap! This is Hearts & Promises Making Friendship Bracelets from the Polish Pick Up March 2024. This is an aqua based polish with aqua glitter & aqua shreds.

Don Deeva Foolish Mortals

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I'm really proud of myself for making a dent in the polish sitting on my desk. Don't mind that I have like 50 more on my desk but still... Today I have Don Deeva Foolish Mortals, another polish from my Pookie's Polish Swap. This was from their Haunted Mansion exclusive. This is a deep burgundy/plum with aqua microflakes. I don't think I've ever seen a polish like this before!

Swamp Gloss Adjust The Sails

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This was from another Pookie's Polish Swap and has been hiding on my desk. This is another new-to-me brand called Swamp Gloss and this is Adjust The Sails. I cannot find anything out about this polish but it's not for sale on their website. This is a blue based jelly with purple and blue shimmer.

Cuticula Sea Glass

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I have another new-to-me brand today! This is Cuticula Sea Glass, from their June 2023 Monthly Subscription. This is a slightly blue base full of small holographic flakies, orange/green/gold large shimmer, and pink, green, orange and purple "glass flakies" and then finished with silver holo flakes. Sea glass indeed!

Zoya Seren

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As you're doing your last minute dashes for Christmas Eve, I have the Zoya Color of the Month for December - Seren. This a beautiful sapphire blue with holographic glitter and shimmering blue micro glitter. Much like some of the others that Zoya has put out but holy cow, this is amazing.

Beaux Reves Lacquer The Little Prince

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I'm pretty determined to spend my winter break getting all my nail polish off my desk including all the polishes from my Pookie's Polish Swaps. Instagram has stopped showing the hashtag of course, but you can always learn more from following PookieBear0625. Today I have a new to me brand - Beaux Reves Lacquer. I can't find much on the brand other than they are based out of Minnesota. Today I have The Little Prince, which was part of a 4 piece collection. This is an indigo base with gold-green-aqua-violet shifting shimmer.

Monarch Lacquer Fish Food

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Today I have yet another new-to-me brand but not entirely. Before she was Monarch Lacquer, she was half of Fair Maiden, a brand I definitely loved. Today I have Fish Food from her Mix-It-Monday series. These are limited run bottles that are made on Monday, named by her followers, and then sold that week (if I understand correctly). This is an interesting pale green crelly with lots of blue shimmer and blue-to-purple flakies.

Pretty Beautiful Unlimited Prototype 185

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I decided to grab another polish from my desk from my Pookie's Polish Swaps and today I have Pretty Beautiful Unlimited Prototype 185. This is a blurple base polish with multicolored glitter and blue shimmer. I can't find anything about it online so this might be one of a kind.

The United Colors Project: Colors for Kamala - America The Beautiful

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Tomorrow is a very important day here in the United States - Election Day. Fun fact - I even ran in two local elections (didn't win) and plan on running again in 2028. When The United Colors Project was pitched to me, I was interested in reading their story. 

While I do want to review their polishes separately, as I usually do, I also wanted to do a little nail art (in my own way) for tomorrow using the America The Beautiful collection.

Sally Hansen On the Download

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Y'all know that I love the OG Sally Hansen Pacific Blue, but it's been discontinued and that breaks my heart. However, I kept seeing Sally Hansen On the Download in stores with a "HOT" sticker on it so I finally broke down and bought it.

Zoya Tucker

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I cannot believe how fast this year has passed me by. Today I have the Zoya Color of the Month from August - Tucker. It's a medium cool blue creme that does dry matte.

Lemming Lacquer Just Fear Me, Love Me, Do As I Say

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I am in the middle of my 5th Pookie's Polish Swap and this time I got an amazing package from ForeverLacquered that included this beautiful bottle from Lemming Lacquer named Just Fear Me, Love Me, Do As I Say. The bottle label says it was from Polish Pickup February 2023 which was their Movie Quotes theme. Turns out the bottle name is a line from Labyrinth, which I've never seen. I know - I missed out a lot on movies in my younger years.

Girly Bits Prototype 5179

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I just participated in my 5th Pookie's Polish Swap and had ForeverLacquered as my partner. She sent me an AMAZING box full of 35 polishes including this Girly Bits Prototype 5179. Typically, prototypes are just that - one or two bottles of a color while a maker is fine tuning a polish.

Zoya Marisol

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Today I have the final polish from the first half of the Summer 2024 Zoya Beachy Brights 2 collection. This blue neon is called Marisol, and it's a sky blue.