cuccio Rolling Stone

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I swear, my cats have been a blessing and a curse. One of the reasons why I'm going through the fall 2019 Bella Natura collection from cuccio is because SOME cat of mine (honestly don't know which one) decided to leave me a food present in the box next to my desk and some of it got on the outside of my cuccio box. So that box went in the trash as I pulled the collection out safely. Thanks cats. Today is Rolling Stone which is a purple based black with silver shimmer particles. 

cuccio Cheers To New Years

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I have been going through my box of goodies and today I decided to grab cuccio Cheers To New Years from their Holiday 2019 Soiree Collection. This is a "sugared plum shimmer" with the shimmer being gorgeous gold flakes.

Morgan Taylor A Kiss In The Dark

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Saving the best for last? Sure. The finale from the Morgan Taylor 2019 winter Champagne and Moonbeams collection is this black purple creme called A Kiss In The Dark. I stared this polish down hard.

Morgan Taylor A Girl And Her Curls

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I'm in the middle of some training for my son's Boy Scout troop and figured I might as well pull out a pretty purple. This is Morgan Taylor A Girl And Her Curls, an eggplant purple shimmer. This is also from the fall 2019 Marilyn Monroe collection. The shimmer is really pretty in the bottle but does it show up on the nail?

ILNP Chateau

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Why hello there friends. I started a new job on Friday and one of the things I really want to do is wear all the nail polish so today I decided to grab ILNP Chateau from the new Monarch collection which is sitting on my desk. This is a purple leaning grey with copper micro-flakes and holographic shimmer.

Patricia Serenity

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Now that I have Helmers to fill, I'm very excited to get all my polishes in one spot and not in three different rooms. Today I grabbed Patricia Serenity, a light lavender shimmer.

Bee's Knees Lacquer Squatchin Around

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I missed the Fall 2018 PolishCon that was held in Minnesota, but I was really happy that I was able to purchase a VIP bag after the fact. In it was this GALAXY from Bee's Knees Lacquer called Squatchin Around. This polish amazing. It's got purple, blue and green all melded together along with some shimmer and rainbow reflecting holographic shards that just make it magical.

Sally Hansen Just in Wine

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Did you ever fall in love with a polish but just know she's going to be trouble? When I spied this wine purple creme from Sally Hansen called Just In Wine, I knew I had a trouble maker.

Morgan Taylor Bedazzle Me

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The finale in Morgan Taylor's Summer 2019 Rocketman collection is Bedazzle Me, a luxe glitter overlay that gives each color its own disco ball vibe. However, I was looking online and saw other people making this color opaque on its own, so I just had to try.

Morgan Taylor Just Me & My Piano

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I'm a huge purple neon lover and so when I saw Just Me & My Piano in the Morgan Taylor 2019 Summer collection, I was stoked. This color is my jam, always and forever!

Sally Hansen Va-Va Violet

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So I have a new person to give some of my purge polishes too and so I'm trying to really push through and get my polish under control. Today I'm wearing Sally Hansen Va-Va Violet, a red based purple creme.

Sally Hansen Heather Hustle

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After using Thyme is Money the other day, I figured I wanted to try more of the Insta-Dri polishes that I had here. (Literally, more than a dozen - don't judge.) Because I had so many, I had to just close my eyes and blindly pick and I ended up with Heather Hustle, a lavender creme.

Lollipop Posse Lacquer This Fruit Was Bruised

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I typically don't care for mini bottles of polish but when this bottle of Lollipop Posse Lacquer was in my VIP bag from PolishCon Chicago 2016, I had to make an exception. This Fruit Was Bruised is from the Summer 2015 Midsummer Midnights collection and it's a deep purple/burgundy holo.

Ever After Millennium Park

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It's crazy when I think about how much nail polish I have sitting around my house that's never been tried on. One of those is Ever After from the VIP bag at PolishCon Chicago 2016 called Millennium Park. It's a lavender a light linear holo and fuchsia flakes. Additionally, my bottle has UBS (ugly bottle syndrome) where there's a white pigment that has settled into the bottom of the bottle. This doesn't affect the formula or application of the polish.

Top Shelf Lacquer Moonlight Margarita

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Reaching into my PolishCon Chicago 2016 box again and this time I pulled out Top Shelf Lacquer Moonlight Margarita. This polish is from the Margarita Time collection. The base grape purple and then there's a scattered holo within.

colors by llarowe Navy Pier

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This weekend I'm headed to PolishCon NOLA and I'm so excited. Not only am I getting to be around all my polish friends, but I get to hang out with a coworker who I haven't seen in almost 3 years too! (We work for the same company but in different states.) In slight celebration, I grabbed a colors by llarowe polish today from PolishCon Chicago 2016. This is a purple/blue duochrome with scattered holo. Up top with just the polish, the purple is shining through but what happens when I put it on and have my hand in the photo?

KBShimmer Hashtag You're It!

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I can't believe it's already April! This year is definitely going by fast but I feel like I say that every year. I'm trying to balance my blog out with indies and mainstream again especially as I go through and purge my polishes so today I have KBShimmer Hashtag You're It! from the Summer 2017 Summer Vacation Collection. This is a grape purple polish with holo glow flakes (silver?) that has a duochrome that looks sometimes more red, sometimes more blue. Mind blown yet?

Morgan Taylor Merci Bouquet

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Continuing with The Color of Petals collection, today I have Morgan Taylor Merci Bouquet, a beautiful lavender purple creme. I had really high hopes for this polish because it reminds me a lot of the purple I wore for my wedding so that brings back good memories.

Cupcake Polish San Antonio Shuffle

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Texas is huge but when I heard the Indie Shop was going to be in San Antonio in October 2017, I was super stoked. That's only about a 2.5 hour drive north of me so I packed up the car and drove up. One of the exclusives from Cupcake Polish was called San Antonio Shuffle and it was a purple/blue polish with blue shimmer and subtle holo. I snatched it up.

le Polish Be (Polish) Confident

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Back in 2017 at PolishCon NYC, I really made an effort to buy polish from all the vendors especially ones that I didn't know. le Polish was selling Be (Polish) Confident, a dusty purple shimmer. Your eyes aren't broken, my label was double printed and missing the name of the brand.