ella + mila me time

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Since I'm in the middle of another Pookie's Polish Swap on Instagram, I realized I needed to get through the rest of my polishes that I've gotten over the last several swaps! I only have 15 after today! I have a lot of cuccio and Zoya to go through so hang on. Today I have ella + mila me time. This was actually from their very first collaboration with lovefreshpaint from Instagram. Her name is Crystal (fitting) and for this polish she said "Because self care is so important, especially for moms, I loved the idea of a shade to signify those little moments where we can steal away to nurture ourselves after nurturing everyone else. This is a dusty purple, a quintessential winter shade." I can definitely say that this is a dusty purple creme.

OPI Significant Other Color

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I am trying to make some room in my Helmers and grabbed OPI Significant Other Color, a pink/lilac pearl with green shimmer. I don't remember when I got this bottle but I had never seen anything like it. It's crazy how many bottles of OPI have and I was super grateful when I used to be on their media list and would get advanced samples.

China Glaze Fall From Grace

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If you're an OG to the blog, you know that I was originally addicted to China Glaze and was fortunate enough to receive press samples from them for years. Unfortunately, I haven't seen much of them in the last few years and they haven't put out a collection since Spring 2014. Today I have China Glaze Fall From Grace from the Halloween 2023 "Serpentine" collection. This is a navy jelly with tons of blue and purple sparkles.

mooncat Serpent's Tongue

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During one of my Pookie's Polish Swaps, I got this bottle of mooncat Serpent's Tongue. This is a purple polish with holographic sparkle and green shimmer. This polish does dry textured but a good top coat will smooth that out.

Kokie Rock Star

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I grabbed a couple of Kokie polishes from my Helmer - this is Rock Star, a lilac purple with gold shimmer. It's a little thin but super pretty for spring.

Zoya Soraya

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I saved the best for last! This is Zoya Soraya from the Beachy Brights 2. A beautiful purple neon creme - this is going in my Helmer 

Zoya Brinkley

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I'm not sure how I missed that I started the second half of the Beachy Brights 2 and then it got pushed back on my desk. I already reviewed Loni, but I thought I'd go with Brinkley next, an ultra-bright raspberry magenta neon creme.

Digital Nail Sectumsempra

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I really miss Digital Nails. She was based out of Austin and just had some of the best, nerdy polishes. Today I have Sectumsempra, a burgundy leaning oxblood jelly with spectraflair - the original holographic pigment. This was inspired by Severus Snape.

Shimmer Kim

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I pulled another Shimmer polish today - this is Kim, and it's a blue, purple, and silver glitter bomb. My base is tinted blue now but I'm pretty sure it was a clear base originally. I bought this polish because my Mom's name was Kim.

Lime Crime Lavendairy

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Here's the other Lime Crime that was hiding in my Helmer. This is Lavendairy which is a lilac purple creme. This polish also dries matte but top coat brings out the shine.

essie bahama mama

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It may be spring but I love a good deep plum and today I have essie bahama mama which is a deep plum creme.

BLUSH Lacquers The Turn

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I pulled another oldie but goodie from my Helmer today. This is BLUSH Lacquers The Turn, which was part of the Magician's Trick limited edition trio. It has a plum base with brown shimmer and scattered holo and was from PolishCon 2017.

KBShimmer Claws and Effect

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I also found this polish in my stash, but I forgot I got it in 2015 from the KBShimmer Winter/Holiday collection. Claws and Effect is a dark purple-leaning navy holo polish with blue/pink shifting glass flakes. I originally thought it was a straight holographic purple polish!

Rescue Beauty Lounge Scrangie

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Today I have Rescue Beauty Lounge Scrangie, which was from the original Blogger Collection by Rescue Beauty Lounge back in the day. It was released in July 2009, and I quickly bought it because the Scrangie blog was one of my gateways into nail polish blogging. The blog ended in 2014, but the blogger is now known as Sam and uses he/him pronouns. Additionally, my polish has sadly faded.

Zoya Venus

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This is the final color in the trio from the February Color of the Month, Kismet. This is Venus, and on the website, it says it's a sparkling rose red. However my bottle was very much purple.

Zoya Ono

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I'm jumping back to the February Color of the Month, Kismet. This is Ono, and it's a dark berry magenta creme with a tiny hit of berry undertone. I feel like this is more fall than spring.

Zoya Abby

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This is the last creme from the trio from the January Color of the Month, Yuki. This is Abby, and it's a light lavender creme. I really love this color and it reminds me of the purple I wore for my wedding.

OPI DS Mystery

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I found another OPI DS or "Designer Series" polish today. This is DS Mystery, a deep purple with gold shimmer.

Tonic #Chibound

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Today I have Tonic #Chibound, which was originally a PolishCon limited edition color. This is a deep glowing royal blue with blue-purple multichrome pigment and blue-purple shimmer.

Girly Bits V.I.Polish IEC 2017

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In 2017, I went to IEC—Indie Expo Canada—in Toronto, Canada. It was my first time in Canada and my first time traveling internationally by myself. I was so excited to go and really enjoyed my time. Today I'm sharing Girly Bits V.I.Polish IEC 2017, which was originally a medium denim blue with blue and silver flakes, holo and blue shimmer. Mine has faded quite a bit to a dark blue and the shimmer switches from blue to purple in different lights.