A Collection

Not complete yet, but I'm helping a friend with her senior art project on "Collections" so I hauled my collection up to her.  It was also the first time I had counted all the bottles & products I have.  Rough picture until I can get hers (taken with my iPhone)

 Total count: 321 polishes and treatments & 12 bottles of remover.

While not complete, I also was able to fix my spreadsheet.  (I need to add collection names and blog postings)

List of Polish Galore Stock

Cheeky Monkey Hangover

Cheeky Monkey Hangover is described on their website as "mouse's back" and is a light brown/grey concoction with tiny (and I mean TINY) sparkles, and I swear I saw purple and blue sparkles in it.  It gives just a tiny bit of shimmer to it, instead of being a creme.  At first I thought I wasn't going to like this shade at all, but I'm very impressed how neutral it is and how the light plays on it.  I have a sun and shade picture, but what I couldn't capture was my bathroom light and how it almost made the polish look like a very dusty grey purple.  Great for the office!


More tag love!

And my sun and shade pictures.  As you see, I'm back to SUPER nubbins.  My nails started peeling - PEELING and I'm freaking out.  I used 1 coat of Cheeky Monkey Wet Dream for my base and a coat of Seche Vite for my top coat.  This was the recommended 2 coats of color but I wasn't as happy with the formula on this one - the first coat seemed a bit thick and with extra wiping, the second coat went on well, but the polish just seemed thicker than Staggette.

Cheeky Monkey Cosmetics is based out of Canada and you can order right from their website [official website].

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

Color Club Ms. Socialite

A curious plum creme is how I'd describe Color Club Ms. Socialite that I received from the Rebel Debutante collection.  It's not super purple like China Glaze Grape Pop, but has much more of a red tone to it.


The formula on this was very nice - I used Seche Natural for my base and Seche Vite for my top along with 2 coats of Ms. Socialite.

Color Club is located on several etailers, including Head2Toe Beauty which has it for $3.00.  You can also Like them on Facebook and Follow them on Twitter.


Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

Cheeky Monkey Staggette

Cheeky Monkey Staggette was the perfect red for me today (although it's called "orange red" on their website) because it's bold, strong, and yes, even gave a hint of jelly (JELLY!).  I used 1 coat of Wet Dream, 2 coats of Staggette, and on my swatching hand - 2 coats of I Like It On Top and then 1 coat of Seche Vite.

Tag love!  I was noticed (kinda) today with this red.  My male co-worker was semi curious as to why I was going outside and practically laying on the pavement taking pictures, so I explained to him about Polish Galore and told him some of the names of Cheeky's polishes and he said "I want to get some for my girl - she's a perv!"  Deal co-worker.  I told him I'd buy a couple of great ones like "Sweet Ass" or "Hot Slut".  I'm actually thinking of buying the whole line, mostly for shock value.

Believe it or not, this is a SHADE picture.  Check that out!  (Well, not my index finger - it's in time out.)  Jelly, red, HOTNESS.

We actually had some beautiful sun.  I love how red this color is.

More sunshiney day pictures - such a great coverage too... no pooling in the cuticles, no streaks, no VNL.

Just beautiful.  Now while I was wearing this, I noticed I think I have a color a LOT like it from China Glaze, and when I swatched them both on a nail wheel, I couldn't really tell which was which.  Are they exact dupes?  Well that will be another post.  ^_^

Cheeky Monkey Cosmetics is based out of Canada and you can order right from their website [official website].

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

Cheeky Monkey Wet Dream & I Like It On Top

Included in my bag of treats from Cheeky Monkey Cosmetics [official website] was their sticky base coat Wet Dream and their shiny shine top coat I Like It On Top.  Even though they are definitely colored in the bottle, they both go on the nail clear.

Wet Dream says on the bottle to shake gentle and apply 2 coats, but I forgot and only used one coat.  The bottle has a nice wide brush for complete nail coverage.  Additionally, all of Cheeky Monkey bottles comes with a small tag on each bottle with a great note inside.  Here was Wet Dream's tag (although I don't think they are specific to each bottle, not sure on that one).

Seriously, just something to make you smile a bit, and I did.  Oh yes, I did.  ^_^

Like Wet Dream, I Like It On Top also says to shake gently and apply 2 coats.  Now, you know that I'm complete spoiled by Seche Vite, but I had to try this out.  Also, you can see that my bottle has a bit missing from it - it arrived that way, but I didn't see any spilling or leakage in the box.  All the other bottles were completely full, and I know Cheeky Monkey is a small company, but I don't know where or how they fill their bottles.  Honestly, not that big of a deal to me, but it was noticeable, especially in the first shot.


Don't forget the tag!

Now, this is the hard part.  I had to wait.  And wait.  And wait.  I waited 15 minutes after the second coat and then brought the nail to my lips to see if it would leave lip prints.  Instead, my lip dragged on past, so I thought I was in the clear.  I then touched my index nail with my finger tip and BAM, finger print.  Yes, the top coat was not fully dry.  This is when my impatience got the best of me and I pulled out my Seche Vite and added one coat of it and within 3 minutes, my nails were hard and slick.  I must say though, I really did like Wet Dream and I think if I had more patience, I'd really like I Like It On Top as well.

Cheeky Monkey Cosmetics is based out of Canada and you can order right from their website [official website].

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.