tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18440789800229454442024-03-05T22:34:48.985-08:00Polish MayhemYou are special. You are a beautiful and unique snowflake. And your nails are gorgeous.
Nail Polish reviews, pictures and space monkey mayhem.Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.comBlogger367125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-51516394942354523852010-06-07T19:45:00.000-07:002010-06-07T19:49:51.925-07:00The “Beauty” of a Good Cause – World Blood Donor Day, June 14<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUj8mL43JMHUCAPtKNPZauIgkWbd-l8i5efnXl_bGPQ6hyphenhyphenSCn-0r0GRUE7mV9dGmEE9g3pqjGOQxnmcp938vhu7RygLHoyhUa77tB-IfPGhaHE_vtsyAT-ijoyoIWgnUyj5o_QdD2JYW1/s1600/image003.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUj8mL43JMHUCAPtKNPZauIgkWbd-l8i5efnXl_bGPQ6hyphenhyphenSCn-0r0GRUE7mV9dGmEE9g3pqjGOQxnmcp938vhu7RygLHoyhUa77tB-IfPGhaHE_vtsyAT-ijoyoIWgnUyj5o_QdD2JYW1/s400/image003.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480228889460733970" /></a><br />Forwarded from Orly! Good for them!!<br /> <br />ABOUT THE “GIVE” DONATION INITIATIVE: <br /> <br />Many Americans consider giving blood to be an important act of community service, however, less than 10 percent donate on an annual basis. Incredibly, if just one percent more donated–less than four million Americans–the nation’s blood shortages would disappear for the foreseeable future. To help close this gap, Nexcare Brand and America’s Blood Centers are partnering on the second annual give program, a nationwide blood donation initiative kicking off on World Blood Donor Day, Monday, June 14th, and extending through Sunday, June 20th.<br /> <br />With the support of hundreds of participating local blood centers, the give program inspires Americans with a message of hope, and helps them to spread the word by distributing limited-edition Nexcare Bandages marked with the word give. <br /> <br />World Blood Donor Day comes at an important time each year. As local blood centers face “summer shortages,” the nation’s blood supply comes under strain due to less donations because of increased vacation schedules and other seasonal distractions that tend to take place in the summer months. World Blood Donor Day reminds Americans to donate and enables them to help make a impact in reducing these shortages. <br /> <br />The 2010 give Bandages are inspired by both the patriotic act of giving blood as well as Flag Day, which will also be recognized on June 14, 2010. This collection of three Nexcare bandages are designed to represent the American flag signify the everyday hero in each American who commits to saving lives by donating blood. <br /> <br />Additionally, there’s a dedicated website, www.nexcaregive.com, where visitors can share their story, get directions to our local blood center and register to receive coupons and a free sampling of bandages. <br /> <br />Did You Know? Facts About Blood Donation<br />· One pint of blood can save up to three lives<br />· Every two seconds, someone needs blood<br />· Most Americans will require a blood transfusion at some point in their lives<br />· Less than 10% of Americans donate blood on an annual basis<br />· If one percent more Americans gave blood, all national blood shortages would disappear for the foreseeable future<br />· There is no substitute for human blood<br />· Donors can give whole blood up to six times a yearPolish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-23364736040217986032010-05-05T20:47:00.000-07:002010-05-05T21:12:38.814-07:00MAC Prêt-à-Papier Nail LacquersThe MAC Prêt-à-Papier collection features two lacquers, one is a light brown with a teensy amount of shimmer, the other a fairly standard bronzish metallic shimmer. I found this less boring than the other collections lately. For some reason I am really taken with the brown paper bag color of the light brown, called, of course "Brown Bag". Somehow it strikes me as very stylish. So I got it and I like it. It feels very au courant as MAC says. Though frankly even thinking the words au courant makes me feel like such an asshole.<br /><br />I didn't bother with the bronze lacquer, called Originality, as it isn't. At all. In fact they seem to forget MAC Mercenary, released just last year, is very like it!! Did someone get amnesia? I mean they aren't exact dupes but come on.<br /><br />MAC Brown Bag. Actually not too wildly different from Essie Uptown Taupe, if you have that. Brown Bag is warmer than Uptown Taupe though, and UT has a silver shimmer not a goldish one. So they are like cold/warm sisters.:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4583268084/" title="MAC Brown Bag by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4583268084_e50e2d3245.jpg" width="500" height="360" alt="MAC Brown Bag" /></a>Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-84845004869216346822010-05-04T14:49:00.000-07:002010-05-04T14:50:22.317-07:00What You Should Wear For SpringWhile adding my pictures back to my blog I thought it would be fun to revisit some stuff while I add old pics back and do new swatching.<br /><br />WHO CAN RESIST CHINA GLAZE FROSTBITE??<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3844887480/" title="China Glaze Frostbite by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3473/3844887480_c6deca0b5b.jpg" width="500" height="382" alt="China Glaze Frostbite" /></a>Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-89611102705521120682010-05-03T15:47:00.000-07:002010-05-03T16:02:52.141-07:00Sinful Sale at Walgreen'sBuy One Get 50% Off has never impressed me much, but the polishes are only $2 full price, so it's a pretty decent sale. I guess it will last through Saturday.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3832101528/" title="Sinful Nail Junkie by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3540/3832101528_0a74b71c53.jpg" width="500" height="374" alt="Sinful Nail Junkie" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3832157588/" title="Sinful Call You Later by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2668/3832157588_cefe32027f.jpg" width="500" height="349" alt="Sinful Call You Later" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3832968990/" title="Sinful Sugar Sugar by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2661/3832968990_4f56fa334d.jpg" width="500" height="370" alt="Sinful Sugar Sugar" /></a>Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-24529201932067692812010-04-27T21:55:00.000-07:002010-04-27T21:58:08.668-07:00BTW - Zoya Pictures and Status of Re-Adding Pics to BlogIf you google Zoya pictures to do the Polish Exchange, you should come upon plenty of my Flickr pics. I am MollyHell on Flickr. Of course. I am in the process of adding the pictures one by one back to my site, but all my pictures are available on Flickr. I only have 250 or so to add back to the blog. GAG.<br /><br />Anyway enjoy. I should be done in, oh, 2012.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3836251074/" title="Zoya Brizia by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2568/3836251074_08a7287de8.jpg" width="500" height="338" alt="Zoya Brizia" /></a>Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-23298047490062854532010-04-25T17:07:00.000-07:002010-05-05T23:28:12.833-07:00Hot Summer Days and Cool Denim Inspired PolishesGot some more denim inspired polishes a while ago. These run the gamut between dark and light, some are better than others. The nice thing about the Maybelline formula for these is it is not only easy to apply, it's one coat.<br /><br />Maybelline Boot Leg is a dark navy with a lot of purple in it and some larger size metallic shimmer. It's very pretty.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4549498819/" title="Maybelline Boot Leg by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4549498819_fd399703b7.jpg" width="500" height="306" alt="Maybelline Boot Leg" /></a><br /><br />Maybelline Stone Washed is a faded denim frost. Also very nice.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4439349669/" title="Maybelline Stone Washed by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2784/4439349669_a43a7d70b3.jpg" width="500" height="319" alt="Maybelline Stone Washed" /></a><br /><br />Maybelline Blue Riders is another bran new denim looking shimmer. Looks a lot like brand new Levi's 501s.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4439359549/" title="Maybelline Blue Riders by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2753/4439359549_48cd2bc09d.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Maybelline Blue Riders" /></a><br /><br />Maybelline Hip Huggers is a nice creme, it has a large tinge of lavender to it though.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4550123210/" title="Maybelline Hip Huggers by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4550123210_17bbbf3cbd.jpg" width="500" height="311" alt="Maybelline Hip Huggers" /></a><br /><br />Maybelline Five Pocket is my favorite. A more faded denim blue, it has a soft shimmer to it. Almost a frost.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4549526315/" title="Maybelline Five Pocket by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4549526315_edeaf2423a.jpg" width="500" height="304" alt="Maybelline Five Pocket" /></a><br /><br />NYC Skin Tight Denim Creme is not a creme. Weirdos. It's a SHIMMER. I think this is more a regular navy than a denim inspired, but it's a nice polish.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4440151362/" title="NYC Skin Tight Denim Creme by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2685/4440151362_dc04d6dbef.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="NYC Skin Tight Denim Creme" /></a>Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-1513613656080979692010-04-22T14:06:00.001-07:002012-06-06T20:28:07.125-07:00Time for the Zoya Polish Exchange AgainIf you have $3.50 per bottle and some crap you want to get rid of, it's time for the Zoya Polish Exchange!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.artofbeauty.com/content/category/Nail_Polish_Exchange.html">http://www.artofbeauty.com/content/category/Nail_Polish_Exchange.html</a><br /><br />Any bottle of polish (except Zoya Qtica or Nocti) can be sent in, with $3.50 per bottle you want to exchange, and you can pick a bottle of Zoya polish to be sent to you in return. It's not cheap per se, but it's a lot cheaper than their regular prices!! You must send in at least six bottles. It lasts until June 30, so you have a bit of time.Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-31301579225569138832010-04-19T19:47:00.000-07:002010-04-23T21:08:12.939-07:00Coupla Ulta YummersSnapped these two up on a fast "grab as walk to the cashier". For two bucks who wouldn't? I think the green is a bit too dark, but I like it, and the blue metallic is a dupe for my beloved NDB Midnight I can't find anywhere. They are a whopping $2!! Buy some!!!<br /><br />Ulta Envy:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4519360507/" title="Ulta Envy by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4519360507_6a3e50fdcc.jpg" width="500" height="335" alt="Ulta Envy" /></a><br /><br />Ulta Alter Ego:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4519370547/" title="Ulta Alter Ego by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4519370547_231220f3aa.jpg" width="500" height="325" alt="Ulta Alter Ego" /></a>Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-22993540413158866522010-04-19T10:35:00.000-07:002010-04-19T21:47:01.630-07:00Spa Ritual Contest!!SpaRitual is running a fun sweepstakes to celebrate its Believe Nail Collection for Spring 2010 and we wanted to see if you’d be interested in entering and/or sharing with your readers?<br /> <br />Through April 21st, SpaRitual is asking fans to unleash their creativity and imagination and answer the evocative question, what do you believe? People can upload a video or record a video response on the SpaRitual Believe YouTube sweepstakes page expressing their unique take on what they believe. There are weekly winners and a grand prize of $500 worth of SpaRitual products!<br /> <br />More info:<br />http://www.pitchengine.com/free-release.php?id=53514<br />And contest rules and regulations: http://www.sparitual.com/WhatDoYouBelieve/<br /> <br />Participants go to the SpaRitual YouTube channel to enter and also email their real name, age, mailing address, and YouTube username to: TheSpaRitual@gmail.com<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3670182995/" title="SpaRitual Days of Wine and Roses by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3350/3670182995_8ba9810d51.jpg" width="500" height="343" alt="SpaRitual Days of Wine and Roses" /></a>Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-75016842412208420372010-04-14T21:10:00.000-07:002010-04-30T17:15:59.700-07:00Zoya Flash and Sparkle Collections Summer 2010Well well well what have we here!? Another double collection from Zoya, which to me seems like bright cremes for summer days and shimmery jellies for summer nights. Hot, just like the season! I like that they went with deeper colors for the season, not light shades or pastels. By making the Flash brights, they keep the summer feeling for the cremes, and by making the Sparkle shimmery they catch a "night out on the town" summery feeling. Hot days, hot nights, hot nails.<br /><br />Let's start with the cremes - the Flash collection. These remind me of the OPIs of last year which were inspired by those dumb tight pants which make everyone look fat except supermodels and wimpy boys. The Zoya creme formula is nice, maybe a touch thick, thin it with Zoya Renew or another thinner like my favorite, Poshe Polish Reviver, which is like 2 bucks or something for a pretty big bottle.<br /> <br />The sky blue, Zoya Robyn, is very close to OPI No Room for the Blues and Creative Hot Pop Blue (which was my better/cheaper alternative to OPI No Room for the Blues), but it is actually a shade darker. <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4519784970/" title="Zoya Robyn by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2744/4519784970_b79450f995.jpg" width="500" height="317" alt="Zoya Robyn" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Jancyn is a smooth citrus orange, I like it even though I don't, as a rule, like orange. I know OPI had In My Back Pocket - very similar though I believe that was a shade darker than Jancyn.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4519176499/" title="Zoya Jancyn by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4519176499_6d385c6c72.jpg" width="500" height="317" alt="Zoya Jancyn" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Perrie is a medium purple with some red in it, so it isn't much like Zoya Malia or OPI A Grape Fit. It's like a lighter Creative Studio 54 or MAC For Fun.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4519158845/" title="Zoya Perrie by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2730/4519158845_b6705f995d.jpg" width="500" height="317" alt="Zoya Perrie" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Jolene is a pretty standard candy pink. Very very close to China Glaze summer offering, Sugar High, which is much cheaper. It's a lot like Black Phoenix Croquet also, but hotter pink.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4519237735/" title="Zoya Jolene by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/4519237735_9d3063d200.jpg" width="500" height="315" alt="Zoya Jolene" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Maura is your standard hot red. I actually kinda like it, even though it's not my style, and is that kind of red I always shreik at when I see it on people's lips. It's a tad bluer than Zoya America, but not so different I see the point, really.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4519838450/" title="Zoya Maura by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2727/4519838450_a43a3e0139.jpg" width="500" height="293" alt="Zoya Maura" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Dana: fuchsia pink. What's more to say? Cute. It's the same fuchsia pink we see everywhere but it's mercifully free of the omnipresent blurple shimmer, which makes this a kind of relief.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4519884520/" title="Zoya Dana by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2780/4519884520_f826bf3588.jpg" width="500" height="325" alt="Zoya Dana" /></a><br /><br />Onto Sparkle Collection - the SHIMMERS!!! The size and style of shimmer reminds me very much of <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/11/opi-winter-2009-holiday-wishes.html">OPI's Winter 2009 Collection</a> I loved so much. These are nice, easily applied shimmery jellies (except for Zoya Nidhi, which is a creme). DELUMPCIOUS!!! They loosely follow the color array of the Flash Collection, with a couple replacements, but in a darker shade. Love!<br /><br />Zoya Gilda is probably Dana's match, and even though it adds that tired blurple back to the fuchsia, it manages, with the jelly and the shimmer grain size, to be fresh and yummy. I guess it could be Jolene's match if Zoya Alegra is Dana's match, but Gilda matches Dana better than Jolene (see below). <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4519981974/" title="Zoya Gilda by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/4519981974_f03287f42c.jpg" width="500" height="303" alt="Zoya Gilda" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Mimi is a deep royal purple shimmer jelly. Sweet.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4519896668/" title="Zoya Mimi by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2773/4519896668_79115e79f4.jpg" width="500" height="310" alt="Zoya Mimi" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Alegra, Dana's match? Who knows. Anyway this is a magenta with blurple shimmer. I like it.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4519971638/" title="Zoya Alegra by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4519971638_c64db556a8.jpg" width="500" height="307" alt="Zoya Alegra" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Charla is, in my opinion, the masterpiece. It's like looking at tropical waters. It's an absolutely stunning teal my camera could not do justice. I just stared and stared at this, it is so beautiful. It absolutely glows on the nail, with an almost metallic shine. An instant addition to my top 10 polishes of all time.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4519121419/" title="Zoya Charla by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4519121419_f4a5397387.jpg" width="500" height="314" alt="Zoya Charla" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Ivanka is, thankfully, NOT dark green. I am fucking sick of dark greens. I don't think it's the greatest green ever, but it's nice, shimmery, and I love the jelly!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4519301697/" title="Zoya Ivanka by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4519301697_1c5aa06c4e.jpg" width="500" height="315" alt="Zoya Ivanka" /></a><br /><br />Last but not least Zoya Nidhi is a cream with large blue shimmer. I wish the shimmer showed up more because this counterpart to Zoya Maura is an absolute STUNNER because of the blue shimmer in it. It's hot and original and a must have. LOVE.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4519955288/" title="Zoya Nidhi by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4519955288_df5d78831c.jpg" width="500" height="317" alt="Zoya Nidhi" /></a><br /><br />Enjoy them, you shouldn't be disappointed with any of them unless you already have a close dupe. But BUY CHARLA!!Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-43855381673877464242010-04-04T16:30:00.000-07:002010-04-04T16:32:28.891-07:00Picture Problems? And Facebook!!!If you cannot see my pictures, email me @ polishmayhem@gmail.com. I recently renewed my Flickr Pro account and I think the links are shut down, if they are not back up within 24 hours, I will talk to Flickr.<br /><br />Also I am now on Facebook!! Friend PolishMayhem Nailpolish!!! Hope to see you there!<br /><br />I have a few posts in the pipe, I will hopefully be more active the next two weeks, but after that is finals week, so I'll be down a week or two. Hugs!Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-65121178670592427742010-04-04T15:00:00.000-07:002010-05-05T23:30:26.018-07:00Gettin' Warm! China Glaze Poolside Collection for Summer 2010!They're bright, tight and dy-no-mite! Well, I love neons, so of course I am going to say that. These are probably not colors you don't already have something similar to, though maybe not exact. But they are a great, manageable formula, very bright, and semi- to fully-opaque. These are all three coats, a thin bottom coat, and two relatively thick coats, with, of course, a topcoat, as they dry matte. They dry pretty quickly, so they are easy to apply, and they are inexpensive, one of the reasons (with the fact their colors can't be beat and their whoppingly magnificent glass fleck) they are my favorite brand. I like this collection but I would added a purple to make a full rainbow!<br /><br />China Glaze Pool Party is the bright hot pink. My favorite of the group. This is actually a bit different than most of the hot pink neons I have. I'm keeping it.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4439403955/" title="China Glaze Pool Party by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4439403955_79909207ea.jpg" width="500" height="341" alt="China Glaze Pool Party" /></a><br /><br />China Glaze Sun Worshipper is a great neon orange. A calmer neon orange than some, kinda like a neon clementine fruit. I was surprised to find the only neon orange I had other than this is Orly Orange Punch, and this is nothing like it. It's a true orange, not reddish orange.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4490755429/" title="China Glaze Sun Worshipper by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4490755429_3815de5844.jpg" width="500" height="325" alt="China Glaze Sun Worshipper" /></a><br /><br /><br />China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini is greener than shown here, but is still too much like China Glaze Celtic Sun in color to be worth it - but - this is far more opaque than Celtic Sun, though it is not fully opaque. It may be worth it to spend the few bucks on this and throw away Celtic Sun.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4490810189/" title="China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/4490810189_47b2b6b707.jpg" width="500" height="331" alt="China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" /></a><br /><br />China Glaze Kiwi Cool-Ada is a grassy green neon. And while I like it a lot, it is far overshadowed by China Glaze In the Limelight, which is far more opaque. But still what's not to like about this (providing you like neon, and if you don't you have probably already stopped reading)!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4490705597/" title="China Glaze Kiwi Cool-Ada by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2678/4490705597_2e4609a6fb.jpg" width="500" height="339" alt="China Glaze Kiwi Cool-Ada" /></a><br /><br />China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy is that pink with a hint of orange my camera can NEVER capture, so sorry for the picture, but you can get a hint of the color. It's juicy and very bright. At first I thought I had a dupe for this - Essie Punchy Pink, but that is actually darker and pinker, this has a lot of orange in it, and nothing I have is a dupe for it. Claire's Fabulous is the closest I have, and that too is pinker.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4491429924/" title="China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2752/4491429924_14108b298f.jpg" width="500" height="306" alt="China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy" /></a><br /><br />China Glaze Towel Boy Toy is a summer sky blue with the lovely blue shimmer that my beloved Color Club Electro Candy neons of last year had. And in fact Color Club Pure Energy is an almost spot on exact dupe, but the Color Club has more shimmer in it.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4491367380/" title="China Glaze Towel Boy Toy by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4491367380_9a7298b7ba.jpg" width="500" height="317" alt="China Glaze Towel Boy Toy" /></a><br /><br /><br />Are you ready for summer yet? You better start!!Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-28347680647227759812010-03-16T21:41:00.000-07:002010-03-16T21:58:08.586-07:00MAC Blue IndiaI haven't had much good to say about MAC polish since the Style Black Collection. A few collections have come and gone without me mentioning them, because they were frankly boring crap.<br /><br />But I picked up MAC Blue India from the Give Me Liberty of London Collection and I really like it. It's a great blue/Grey creme, One coat perfect, and I don't have anything like it! A winner! The other polish in this collection is Vestral White, a boring rerelease. If you can't find WHITE CREME cheaper than this, turn in your polish brush, please.<br /><br />MAC Blue India: <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4439213333/" title="MAC Blue India by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4439213333_a11992fe0a.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="MAC Blue India" /></a>Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-26923277282172469542010-02-18T20:43:00.000-08:002010-05-02T21:21:21.942-07:00BleachBlack Dick WeedGot hipped to this by a friend, dude. <a href="http://needsupply.com/womens/brands/bleachblack/dick-weed.html">http://needsupply.com/womens/brands/bleachblack/dick-weed.html</a><br /><br />It looks jawdropping in the advertising picture doesn't it???? I thought it would be like wearing the carapace of a beetle or a bluebottle fly.<br /><br />It's pretty but it's basically shimmer in a smoky jelly base. It needed to be a fully pigmented color and have more metallic to it.<br /><br />BleachBlack Dick Weed:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4369016751/" title="BleachBlack Dick Weed by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4369016751_3db133f0dc.jpg" width="500" height="346" alt="BleachBlack Dick Weed" /></a><br /><br />Looks like a not so shiny Zoya Akyra.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3855133626/" title="Zoya Akyra by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/3855133626_0e9e738a74.jpg" width="500" height="341" alt="Zoya Akyra" /></a><br /><br />Color Club Emerald Depths is better too. Both are cheaper.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3911825238/" title="Color Club Emerald Depths by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2452/3911825238_3a713e1a0e.jpg" width="500" height="351" alt="Color Club Emerald Depths" /></a>Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-36029811546811088512010-02-16T16:41:00.000-08:002010-04-15T21:49:26.516-07:00ZOYA SALE!!!!!!Just got this email from Zoya!!<br /><br />In honor of NYFW(New York Fashion Week) Zoya, The New Color of Fashion, <br />wants to give a "Fashion Reward" to all our followers and fans. <br /><br />Place any Zoya or Qtica order of $10 (on http://www.zoya.com, http://www.qtica.com or http://www.artofbeauty.com/) and get any 2 Zoya Nail Polish shades (0.5oz bottles) as our Free gift to you.<br /><br />Simply add all the items that you want to purchase online to your shopping cart. <br />Enter the code NYFW in the "code" field and press the "update" button.<br />A $14 discount will appear in the shopping cart for the value of the 2 Zoya Nail Polishes.<br /><br />Offer valid from Wednesday, 2/17/2010 until Friday, 2/19/2010, at 5PM ET. Standard shipping charges apply. Offer valid for consumer online orders only. Free ground shipping for orders over $55 in Continental USA only. Not valid with any other coupon code or offer.<br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Enjoy!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4340171214/" title="Zoya Adina by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4340171214_4879393461.jpg" width="500" height="330" alt="Zoya Adina" /></a>Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-82630600196241299802010-02-15T15:03:00.000-08:002012-06-06T20:40:41.995-07:00OPI Alice in Wonderland CollectionMeh. Not much else to say. After the winter's incredible reds, these are lackluster and boring. Winter's glitters were more interesting too. I love glitter, especially microglitter, and these are nice ones but they just don't wallop me over the head. Dunno why. Maybe I am over glitter tossed in clear polish unless it totally covers the nail? Who knows.<br /><br />The OPI Alice in Wonderland Collection is small, and I bought the mini set. <br /><br />OPI Thanks so Muchness! is red. It's a nice blue red shade. It's no world shaker<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4360902770/" title="OPI Thanks So Muchness! by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2765/4360902770_4fb329c31d.jpg" width="500" height="379" alt="OPI Thanks So Muchness!"></a><br /><br />OPI Absolutely Alice is a neat dark blue that seems somehow to have black in it. It has gold micro glitter mixed in with the blue, for interest and dazzle. <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4360866972/" title="OPI Absolutely Alice by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2677/4360866972_58c8366884.jpg" width="500" height="359" alt="OPI Absolutely Alice"></a><br /><br />OPI Off With Her Red! is oranger in person than the picture. It reminds me of burnt carrot casserole or something. <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4360180535/" title="OPI Off With Her Red! by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4360180535_4d80ab58b3.jpg" width="500" height="370" alt="OPI Off With Her Red!" /></a><br /><br />OPI Mad As a Hatter is a mainly dark purple microglitter with opalescent/pastel rainbow microglitter. If it had better coverage I'd probably be in love. This is four coats.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4360878612/" title="OPI Mad as a Hatter by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4360878612_63ee5cc74e.jpg" width="500" height="365" alt="OPI Mad as a Hatter" /></a>Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-68589089816283428202010-02-12T15:25:00.001-08:002010-04-15T21:55:08.766-07:00Happy Glitterday!Here's a few recent glitters I have welcomed into my overloaded drawers.<br /><br />Sally Hansen In the Spotlight. Well I love strip glitter with a white hot passion, so this find was a source of much shreiking. Which was not appreciated at Walgreen's. I like that this can be used as a glitter topcoat.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4350941768/" title="Sally Hansen In The Spotlight by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2719/4350941768_5426e7138c.jpg" width="500" height="305" alt="Sally Hansen In The Spotlight" /></a><br /><br />China Glaze Doll House is okay. Somehow I don't truly love it, but it certainly grabs attention.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4350935470/" title="China Glaze Doll House by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2755/4350935470_c3c2242571.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="China Glaze Doll House" /></a><br /><br />Nicole Let's Get Star-ted is mini rainbow glitter and little purple rainbow stars! You'll have to dab and place the stars where you want them of course. No one who ever read John Bellairs' trio of stories about Louis Barnavelt (The House With a Clock in its Walls, The Figure in the Shadows, and The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring) can look at this polish without thinking of Mrs. Zimmermann. How she would approve.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4340143292/" title="Nicole Let's Get Star-ted by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/4340143292_f40a36fff4.jpg" width="500" height="352" alt="Nicole Let's Get Star-ted" /></a><br /><br />And last but not least GOSH Holographic is a strange one, because this truly is a glitter polish. The is a clear base with just simply tons of holographic microglitter in it. It takes several coats (this is four) and can be a bit tricky to apply. Let each coat fully dry before you add the next or you may lift off the prior coat.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4350917872/" title="GOSH Holographic by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4350917872_235235a64e.jpg" width="500" height="339" alt="GOSH Holographic" /></a><br /><br />Enjoy, mateys! BTW go see the Wolfman!!!! LOVE that Old School action.Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-46616312262528781002010-02-09T18:15:00.000-08:002010-04-30T10:43:04.787-07:00Zoya Reverie Spring 2010 CollectionI love pink/green duochrome shimmer. I LOVE it. And every single color in Zoya's Reverie Collection for Spring 2010 has it. Oh sigh. It's so fucking purty.<br /><br />This is a kind of "Valentine's Day" collection, made up of two pinks, two red/oranges, a purple and a silver all in incredibly thick rainbow microshimmer, so thick it's nearly a frost in application. You might see streaks when you put it on, but let it settle and it goes back to a sleek coat. Just try to be a bit even in your application and you should be okay. It's a good formula, Zoya pretty much always is, so it applies nicely and two coats did me for a nice opaque polish job. This absolutely needs topcoat though, for you non-topcoat wearers, as I found it dried a bit dull, but you should wear topcoat anyway. It brings out the full beauty of a nail polish (except a matte, of course).<br /><br />You can't always see the duochrome effect in my pics, I think the purple, Adina, shows it well, and I think Reece shows the pink aspect okay. Just know it has it.<br /><br />Zoya Happi, the light pink:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4340151080/" title="Zoya Happi by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4340151080_3d0919d5fe.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Zoya Happi" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Reece, the dark pink:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4339467129/" title="Zoya Reece by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4339467129_a36cebddf5.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Zoya Reece" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Gwin, the orangier red/orange:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4339416731/" title="Zoya Gwin by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4339416731_81e595b1eb.jpg" width="500" height="342" alt="Zoya Gwin" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Lana, the redder red/orange:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4340222194/" title="Zoya Lana by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4340222194_e4d7cb2665.jpg" width="500" height="325" alt="Zoya Lana" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Adina, the purple:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4340171214/" title="Zoya Adina by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4340171214_4879393461.jpg" width="500" height="330" alt="Zoya Adina" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Laney, the silver:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4339434059/" title="Zoya Laney by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4339434059_7770950b1a.jpg" width="500" height="327" alt="Zoya Laney" /></a>Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-87744834312772169972010-02-04T22:25:00.000-08:002010-04-22T14:52:07.435-07:00Sally Hansen HD Liquid Crystal Opulent CloudSally Hansen HD Opulent Cloud, the most recent release in SH's High Definition Liquid Crystal line, yeah I have been looking out for it just like everyone else, I guess. Finally found it at Walgreen's with another two unexceptional new HD offerings, and it's pretty. It's not the fingernail scorcher I thought it would be though. It is just pretty nice. The reason I am not terribly impressed is that it is actually just a sedater version of Sally Hansen Arabian Night.<br /><br />Sally Hansen HD Opulent Cloud:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4331338021/" title="Sally Hansen HD Opulent Cloud by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4331338021_44c77c9061.jpg" width="500" height="315" alt="Sally Hansen HD Opulent Cloud" /></a><br /><br />Sally Hansen Arabian Night:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3811188134/" title="Sally Hansen Arabian Night by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2522/3811188134_f1f85caee2.jpg" width="500" height="339" alt="Sally Hansen Arabian Night" /></a><br /><br />You can't get Arabian Night except on eBay. But you CAN get Hard Candy's Mr. Wrong, which is a close dupe of Arabian Night and still more exciting than Opulent Cloud. But OC is nice. I will be keeping my bottle, but probably not reaching for it. Cause I roll like that. I am a polish hoarder, apparently.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4161571253/" title="Hard Candy Mr. Wrong by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/4161571253_b86e850626.jpg" width="500" height="367" alt="Hard Candy Mr. Wrong" /></a>Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-48220377160135455072010-02-03T21:19:00.000-08:002010-04-30T10:30:39.055-07:00A Couple Green ZoyasRemember that very cool "Buy $20 worth of polish" or whatever it was and get seven free green Zoyas? Here are a couple of them I had not already posted. For some reason they sent me two Veruschkas and didn't send me one of the other greens, and I cannot remember which one it was. Anyway enjoy these two beauties!<br /><br />Zoya Tangy:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4328941139/" title="Zoya Tangy by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4328941139_67ec7647ca.jpg" width="500" height="330" alt="Zoya Tangy" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Irene:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4329665428/" title="Zoya Irene by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4329665428_530dcd4b59.jpg" width="500" height="331" alt="Zoya Irene" /></a>Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-39570664529270883772010-01-27T23:40:00.000-08:002012-06-06T20:46:09.809-07:00FIRST ANNUAL POLISH MAYHEM 2009 COLLECTION AWARDS!!!!I hope you're wearing a tux, or some garish outfit worthy of Bai Ling. I hope you're ready to squeal and shriek. Because it's the FIRST ANNUAL POLISH MAYHEM 2009 COLLECTION AWARDS!!!! Yes, the best, and worst (this IS Polish Mayhem) of 2009, as seen by me. It was a hell of a year for polish and I am going to give it all its due. So join me for a beer and a fight in the parking lot as I give out my FIRST ANNUAL POLISH MAYHEM 2009 COLLECTION AWARDS!!!!<br /><br /><br />Let's start with the best, shall we?? It must be said that some MAGNIFICENT polish collections did not get into my top five this year. <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/05/color-club-electro-candy-collection.html">Color Club Electro Candy Summer 2009</a> was an intense neon collection, all with blue shimmer, that really deserves an award, and won't get one. <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/07/china-glaze-retro-dive-fall-2009.html">China Glaze Retro Diva</a> was a great little collection. <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/10/color-club-wild-at-heart-fall-2009.html">Color Club's Wild At Heart for Fall/Winter 2009</a> was a festival of richly pigmented magnificence, even containing a purple holographic. Definitely in the year's top ten. <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/07/orly-once-upon-time-collection.html">Orly Once Upon a Time Collection</a> was a terrific mix of colors, with a great range, including green and denim blue. I loved that collection. But I am only giving five awards.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8gCdRelSIR5xZKH_Tskhw8XL1CTTsMOiUL0VM_D4JC-e_UdrE_9G7E_ZG-Z6hXytvOV97AnVkzKDZNgPdSwfPy_vT2MF674-OTWTvOq8WYBMcrqzU9DbtU1Fjp8AVjMNVnjbJFjK79AF/s1600-h/Best+5th.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8gCdRelSIR5xZKH_Tskhw8XL1CTTsMOiUL0VM_D4JC-e_UdrE_9G7E_ZG-Z6hXytvOV97AnVkzKDZNgPdSwfPy_vT2MF674-OTWTvOq8WYBMcrqzU9DbtU1Fjp8AVjMNVnjbJFjK79AF/s320/Best+5th.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431693162515590754" /></a><br /><em><strong>5th BEST NAIL POLISH COLLECTION OF 2009:</strong></em><br />Tie between <strong>OPI Holiday Wishes Collection Winter 2009 </strong>and <strong>Nubar Going Green Collection</strong>!<br />OPI Holiday Wishes Collection Winter 2009. Jellies, cremes, glitters, shimmers to die for. Rich jewel toned colors that set my imagination afire. Hot reds alive with deep shimmer, cobalts so rich they glowed, even an orange/brown so delicious *I* wanted to wear it. Sapphire in the Snow, Shim-Merry Chic, Merry Midnight, Smitten With Mittens, there really wasn't one bad color, though some outshone the others. Everything I hoped for in a Winter Collection from OPI. <br /><br />My original OPI Holiday Wishes Collection Winter 2009 review: <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/11/opi-winter-2009-holiday-wishes.html">http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/11/opi-winter-2009-holiday-wishes.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4073759345/" title="OPI Merry Midnight by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2658/4073759345_29bc253913.jpg" width="500" height="335" alt="OPI Merry Midnight" /></a><br /><br />Nubar Going Green was the answer to many people's prayers, with stunning, rich greens, which included shimmer, creme, a holographic green (!) and a duochrome green that was one of my single polish top ten faves of the year. This collection was needed and necessary and that's why I cheated and tied it for 5th Best. It had to be done.<br /><br />Original review of Nubar Going Green Collection is here: <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/07/nubar-going-green-summer-2009.html">http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/07/nubar-going-green-summer-2009.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3678001824/" title="Nubar Reclaim by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2625/3678001824_096d845451.jpg" width="500" height="378" alt="Nubar Reclaim" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgypj0hOVwpfW07NcO-6_UGr-TnZBUz1lQIZFx2PXS8xf4Y9c5Fig3C9fom0ssU5VBsyiUjfsGTw00xijdiA5V2aJaPHX2_J1IXEQp5_l1okJzWxIpS8Ll6b9OJ4qNuR8uQstvKK3NCdFv-/s1600-h/4th+Best.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgypj0hOVwpfW07NcO-6_UGr-TnZBUz1lQIZFx2PXS8xf4Y9c5Fig3C9fom0ssU5VBsyiUjfsGTw00xijdiA5V2aJaPHX2_J1IXEQp5_l1okJzWxIpS8Ll6b9OJ4qNuR8uQstvKK3NCdFv-/s320/4th+Best.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431693823753595874" /></a><br /><em><strong>4th BEST NAIL COLLECTION OF 2009:</strong></em><br /><strong>BB Couture Beach Summer 2009 Collection</strong>!!! I went absolutely nuts over this collection. There wasn't a single dog in this bunch. I mean there's always ONE right? Not in this collection. Named after Southern California beaches, this collection was mostly jellies with glitter that just captured light and shimmered. There were cremes in light blue and green, hot pinks, golden brown like tanned skin, it was simply a stunning collection. BB Couture Venice Beach Party is in my top ten favorite nail polishes of all time.<br /><br />I reviewed this in two parts: <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/04/bb-couture-beach-collection.html">Part 1</a> , <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/04/bb-couture-beach-collection-part-2.html">Part 2</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3813478047/" title="BB Couture Venice Beach Party by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2563/3813478047_805b1beaf8.jpg" width="500" height="355" alt="BB Couture Venice Beach Party" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJu9fYSv5ereAaLb2TaB9j_DZb6wm0rBfzK526zW-_4AERyPU9GrOyC8kZdnPQYx8vXUDwW9EDuLn6XwTdRB99o8J2TtK6q2lRKhDbdKZsHH1idG3AgHk8J_szt8VsJWSzqU98CuDUNkZ/s1600-h/3rd+Best.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJu9fYSv5ereAaLb2TaB9j_DZb6wm0rBfzK526zW-_4AERyPU9GrOyC8kZdnPQYx8vXUDwW9EDuLn6XwTdRB99o8J2TtK6q2lRKhDbdKZsHH1idG3AgHk8J_szt8VsJWSzqU98CuDUNkZ/s320/3rd+Best.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431925653364477714" /></a><br /><em><strong>3rd BEST NAIL POLISH COLLECTION OF 2009:</strong></em><br /><strong>Zoya Truth and Dare Fall 2009 Collections</strong>! These were kind of separate collections but were marketed as a team and that's how I am taking them. And they deserve to be taken together. They are a dazzling array of rich jewel toned shimmers, jellies and cremes in gorgeous glowing pinks, reds, blues, purples and a green. Zoya set the trend for the rest of the year, shattering the pastels and wavering shy colors many were putting out just then, and just like with the mattes, other nail brands scrambled to follow their lead. Zoya is giving us so many great colors, OPI better watch their back, because if Zoya gets in as many stores as OPI is in, OPI may be second fiddle and staying there. IMO Zoya is a brand to look to for new trends, exciting colors, and hotness that can't be beat.<br /><br />Original review of Zoya Truth and Dare Collections: <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/06/zoya-truth-and-dare-fall-2009.html">http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/06/zoya-truth-and-dare-fall-2009.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3640131575/" title="Zoya Isla by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3543/3640131575_bbcd4e7f2f.jpg" width="500" height="355" alt="Zoya Isla"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKC2kZpPnpF9Qd-_OvlnE_-QnOimhR8mZggn48vy_vz6wCB-8uNXCd6oMUpXrw_C_mq4fUwr445Rc1RPGSwciI4sIaVmEUA3wjdaT_qz2cyRTmmoaFCu4MyK4Sw2-RdR0hvMUxJdlMo1SI/s1600-h/2nd+Best.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKC2kZpPnpF9Qd-_OvlnE_-QnOimhR8mZggn48vy_vz6wCB-8uNXCd6oMUpXrw_C_mq4fUwr445Rc1RPGSwciI4sIaVmEUA3wjdaT_qz2cyRTmmoaFCu4MyK4Sw2-RdR0hvMUxJdlMo1SI/s320/2nd+Best.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431925977987342722" /></a><br /><em><strong>2nd BEST NAIL POLISH COLLECTION OF 2009:</strong></em><br />Tie Between <strong>OPI Suede Collection </strong>and <strong>Zoya Matte Velvets </strong>(both offerings)!!! Once again a tie but they belong together, I think, because if Zoya hadn't shown the world how matte was supposed to be, I don't think OPI would have fixed their shitty, yes I said it, shitty, mattes.<br /><br />Zoya started the first half of their Matte Velvets with the theretofore standard mattes, black and grey. But they added a red, which changed everything. The red was simply truly like wearing velvet on your fingertips. Later Zoya added a deep purple, a sort of fuchsia, and a forest green, showing us mattes can go as far as you want them to, and look like you got a professional car paint job on your nails. Anyone can look like they visited a salon in matte nail polish. So Zoya deserves my thanks, and yours, even if you don't like mattes, for helping widen the horizons of the nail polish industry.<br /><br />My original review of Zoya Matte Velvets: <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/06/zoya-matte-velvets-new-collection.html">Part 1</a> , <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2010/01/zoya-matte-velvet-winter-collection.html">Part 2</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3640053868/" title="Zoya Posh by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3374/3640053868_868a60a703.jpg" width="500" height="349" alt="Zoya Posh" /></a><br /><br />OPI started out first with a failure of a matte collection. But they quickly wised up and smelled the wind changing and gave us the Suede Collection. They played it safe and only redid old standards of their line in suede, but wow, what standards. They brought out a collection I will use forever, stunning colors with texture and shimmer, despite their matte-ness. OPI may not be on the cutting edge of polish trends, but they learn fast and like the huge company they are, once they get going they can stomp you flat. This collection stomped me flat as a pancake.<br /><br />Original OPI Suedes review here: <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/10/finally-opi-suede-collection.html">http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/10/finally-opi-suede-collection.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4036119834/" title="OPI We'll Always Have Paris Suede by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2433/4036119834_409eb1923b.jpg" width="500" height="341" alt="OPI We'll Always Have Paris Suede" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The trumpets blare! Semi-nude men and women line the stage, dancing!!!!!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBoIZ1YpN6noD-GH6l0jzVG57NNdnK9JQ_9B9LKrUBDB4qD9n3DsNWDHs8g_JNAtU9-ookmjjHykIW7tRBC5sYYJw_Ko-OWy__To-gkwp0kC_KR0UqGjvJvm8PpzQig6Yurxh80VUU5ls/s1600-h/Best.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBoIZ1YpN6noD-GH6l0jzVG57NNdnK9JQ_9B9LKrUBDB4qD9n3DsNWDHs8g_JNAtU9-ookmjjHykIW7tRBC5sYYJw_Ko-OWy__To-gkwp0kC_KR0UqGjvJvm8PpzQig6Yurxh80VUU5ls/s320/Best.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431925980483773602" /></a><br /><em><strong>*** BEST NAIL POLISH COLLECTION OF 2009 ***:</strong></em><br /><strong>China Glaze Summer Days Collection, Summer 2009</strong>. Fruity. Sassy. Glowing, glistening, and mouthwatering. The China Glaze glass fleck formula is possibly my favorite in the business. Everything it touches becomes transformed into something worth drooling over. Even yellow and orange. The Summer Days Collection gave us a great selection of colors, a great formula, and singlehandedly made me a nail polish obsessive. Thank You, China Glaze!!!!<br /><br />My Summer Days review. <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/04/china-glaze-summer-days-collection.html">http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/04/china-glaze-summer-days-collection.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3836422168/" title="China Glaze Strawberry Fields by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2651/3836422168_1ba091eafb.jpg" width="500" height="371" alt="China Glaze Strawberry Fields" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3835643643/" title="China Glaze Raspberry Festival by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/3835643643_dddda375c9.jpg" width="500" height="370" alt="China Glaze Raspberry Festival" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3838508493/" title="China Glaze Cherry Pie by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2659/3838508493_efe5040740.jpg" width="500" height="353" alt="China Glaze Cherry Pie" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3836427666/" title="China Glaze Orange Marmalade by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3452/3836427666_977d77e9d3.jpg" width="500" height="362" alt="China Glaze Orange Marmalade" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3813521605/" title="China Glaze Watermelon Rind by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2588/3813521605_8137e94190.jpg" width="500" height="361" alt="China Glaze Watermelon Rind" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/3835625237/" title="China Glaze Grape Juice by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2551/3835625237_6f7fa69179.jpg" width="500" height="387" alt="China Glaze Grape Juice" /></a><br /><br />TRIUMPHANT FLOURISH OF CELESTIAL MUSIC!!!!!!!<br /><br />The stage darkens.<br /><br />Cue the somber music.<br /><br />No pictures now. Nothing but boring normal fonts and shame. And darkness. Brooding darkness. And did I mention shame?<br /><br /><strong>5th Worst Nail Polish Collection of 2009:</strong><br /><strong>Sula Peel-and-Paint</strong>. The colors weren't so bad, even if they were all kind of jelly. It's the incredible dumbness of the idea. Nail polish that you can just grab and peel off. Who got the idea nail polish was too DURABLE????? Smelled like housepaint, had a lack of depth and shine, and you couldn't fill in your ridges with a base or wear a topcoat. And to top it all off the supposed eco-friendly nature of it - the peeling rather than using remover - didn't work. You still had to use polish remover after peeling off what you could of the polish. Go sit in the corner, Sula. It's time out for you. Til summer 2011 at very least.<br /><br />Original Sula Paint-and-Peel Review here: <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/05/sula-paint-and-peel-nail-color.html">http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/05/sula-paint-and-peel-nail-color.html</a><br /><br /><strong>4th Worst Nail Polish Collection of 2009:</strong><br /><strong>Butter London Fashionista's Favourites Spring/Summer 2009 Collection</strong>. The colors were okay, if somewhat bland and not at all original. Red, yellow, blue, lavender and shimmery bronze. So meh, but what made this collection leave a resounding stench is the formula. WHO WAS ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL WHEN THIS POLISH WAS FORMULATED???? It made me seek out OPI Mattes just to have something easier to use! This was like trying to spread cold marshmallows on your fingernails. It's easier to find an honest politician than apply this crap. Go to the circle of hell reserved for nail polish you can't actually apply, Butter London. And have a long, quiet internal discussion with yourself about whether you really want to be nail polish, or industrial epoxy glue.<br /><br />Original review here: <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/06/butter-london-id-rather-have-sour-cream.html">http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/06/butter-london-id-rather-have-sour-cream.html</a><br /><br /><br /><strong>3rd Worst Nail Polish Collection of 2009:<br />MAC SugarSweet Summer 2009</strong>. Two crappy cremes, one pinky/peach and one mint green. Coulda bought these at any drugstore. Puerile and retro without the genius of making what is retro fresh again.<br /><br />Original review here: <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/04/mac-sugarsweet-polishes-peppermint.html">http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/04/mac-sugarsweet-polishes-peppermint.html</a><br /><br /><br /><strong>2nd Worst Nail Polish Collection of 2009:<br />Color Club Dark Romance Matte Collection.</strong> This was a mini-collection. A matte black, a matte white, and a matte... metallic silver? And get this, none of them were actually matte. They were just dull, like very old bathroom paint. A MATTE COLLECTION THAT WASN'T MATTE. Way to try to capitalize on a fad. With shitty polish. Why thank you, I WILL use that hammer to destroy these bottles.<br /><br />Original Review here: <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/10/color-club-dark-romance-matte.html">http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/10/color-club-dark-romance-matte.html</a><br /><br /><strong>***WORST NAIL POLISH COLLECTION of 2009!!!!! ***:<br />OPI MATTE COLLECTION 2009</strong>. Wow what a steaming load this collection was. Like the Suedes, OPI decided the dark horse of matte trendiness was not good enough to develop new shades, so they tried some old ones. Not a bad group, they used many again in the Suede Collection. The problem was they thought that just making the polish MATTE was enough. So what we got was a fetid bunch of chalkboard textured flat house paint looking muddy junk that spread like rubber cement and was as appealing on your nails as coloring them with Sharpies. OPI wised up, but not before the white hot spotlight brought sweat of shame to their brow. A collection that will live in infamy!!!!<br /><br />Review here: <a href="http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/09/opi-mattes-and-some-ways-to-salvage.html">http://polishmayhem.blogspot.com/2009/09/opi-mattes-and-some-ways-to-salvage.html</a><br /><br /><br />I hope you enjoyed yourself. I exalted some things. I destroyed something beautiful. I danced and sang for you. I think this was epic. Thank you for your gracious attendance at....<br /><br /><em><strong>THE FIRST ANNUAL POLISH MAYHEM 2009 COLLECTION AWARDS!!!!</strong></em><br /><br />Brought to you by Ikea.<br /><br /><br />Not really.Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-43787802161527138362010-01-24T14:18:00.000-08:002012-06-06T20:47:26.759-07:00Zoya Matte Velvet Winter Collection 2009This is the last late post I have for 2009 Collections. Thankful sigh! And there's little to say about these except that I think Zoya perfected the suede/matte formula. These have sparkle even when matte, tons of color, great texture, apply easily, and are colors we didn't have before in matte. Great collection. I love them, even if they do remind me of Vegas casino Mardi Gras beads. I mean these colors are exactly the beads they give you.<br /><br />Zoya Sativa is a gorgeous deep purple.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4299804778/" title="Zoya Sativa by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2757/4299804778_e10ab82cc0.jpg" width="500" height="326" alt="Zoya Sativa" /></a><br /><br />Zoya Harlow, yummy red grape? I dunno. Very pretty whatever you call it.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4299797854/" title="Zoya Harlow by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4055/4299797854_bbeed0e3b0.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Zoya Harlow"></a><br /><br />Zoya Veruschka is complete perfection. FOREST green, not the everpresent yellowish greens we get, and full of tiny sparkles.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4299790646/" title="Zoya Veruschka by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4299790646_15955d7433.jpg" width="500" height="329" alt="Zoya Veruschka" /></a><br /><br />And like I said a month or so before, if you already have FingerPaints Evergreen Dream (sold at Sally's and a lot cheaper than Zoya) if you slap a matte topcoat on it (here shown with Essie Matte About You)you have an exact dupe for Zoya Veruschka. I needed both, obviously.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4177683641/" title="DSCF5020 by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2594/4177683641_c718ddf74e.jpg" width="500" height="357" alt="DSCF5020" /></a><br /><br />What a great year it was eh?? Within the week I will post my 2009 Polish mayhem Awards for 2009, so stay tuned!!Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-77442524341515842472010-01-23T21:17:00.001-08:002010-04-19T10:45:37.116-07:00OPI DS Mystery and DS Glow, Where I Have Been and My NailsSO! Where have I been? Well, I did say I'd be gone most of December. The Winter Holidays are a time of much celebration and stuff to do in my life. Then on December 31, I had some surgery. I recovered just in time to start school, then get sick. Eyeroll and sigh. I am all better now, for the most part. But since I started clinicals in Nursing, I will be much busier. I have also run out of stuff to do daily polish posts about. I'll be posting stuff I buy, and most new collections, but I probably won't be posting daily any more. To top it all off, I have to keep my nails 1/8th inch from now on, so pretty much everything you are going to see from now on is fake nails. Eh, no biggie. I have one more collection to post, possibly tomorrow, then get ready for the POLISH MAYHEM 2009 POLISH COLLECTION AWARDS. My Top 5 Favorite and Least favorite Polish Collections of 2009!!!<br /><br />So anyway on to OPI DS Mystery and DS Glow. I've been waiting for these a while, and I am sure most other blogs swatched these ahead of me. I like these. Same great DS formula, so very easy to use and so pigment rich. The shimmer in these is intense, pinpoint, and packs a nice punch. Your typical OPI DS. Great quality.<br /><br />DS Mystery is a nearly black deep royal purple jelly with a bronze/old gold shimmer. Really nice. I expected a lighter shade, but this is lovely.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4299813584/" title="OPI DS Mystery by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2711/4299813584_fe9157482e.jpg" width="500" height="321" alt="OPI DS Mystery" /></a><br /><br />DS Glow is the same bronze/old gold shimmer as in DS Mystery, but that is all there is to this. I really love this. So many golds are frosts, or cremes with a lot of shimmer in them. This is slightly sheer, and is gonna look INCREDIBLE in the summer, next to a good tan. Wearing this is going to make you look like a summer goddess, trust me. Believe me you will be seeing it on my hands!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4299822202/" title="OPI DS Glow by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4299822202_8592d02c9d.jpg" width="500" height="328" alt="OPI DS Glow" /></a><br /><br />Nice. OPI DS polishes seem to disappoint me very seldom.Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-64476276853000674902010-01-08T13:17:00.000-08:002010-01-08T13:24:09.058-08:00Your Boobs and Real Support.Whether or not you are on facebook, you may have heard of the meme that is going around, people on facebook are posting their bra color. Supposedly this is supposed to help breast cancer in some way, not just excite the guys around you. I think it's just too little. So I started my own meme on facebook. PLEASE either email this or message this to friends on facebook and elsewhere, let's make the ineffectual bra color meme actually do something useful!!!<br />---------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br />We've all seen the colors posted on facebook. It's women posting the color of the bra they are wearing, to raise breast cancer awareness. Well, I don't think I know of anyone that doesn't know that both breasts and breast cancer exist! Let's do something REAL to support breast health. Men love'em, we love'em. Let's keep them safe.<br /><br />So instead of taking a whole five seconds to type a color on facebook, do something to really help breast cancer. Go to http://ww5.komen.org/Donate/Donate.html and donate to Susan G. Komen for the Cure! ONE DOLLAR is all you need to donate. You can do it online. Is one dollar too much to save your favorite boob? When we all donate one dollar, it makes a difference and doesn't cause a hardship for any of us.<br /><br />THEN post, telling everyone you know and love how they can do something inexpensive yet real to help breasts everywhere. You can even include your bra color in the post.<br /><br />Please send this to all your friends on facebook, male and female, so we can make this bra color meme actually do some good, not just words on a screen!!<br /><br /><br /><br />------------------------------<br /><br />If you send this as a private message on facebook, it will link people right to the Susan G Komen Donate page, and I used the pink rose as the icon .<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dskeepsakes.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/P630PNK.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 338px;" src="http://www.dskeepsakes.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/P630PNK.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844078980022945444.post-5519911758705029182010-01-06T15:36:00.000-08:002012-06-06T20:48:53.112-07:00China Glaze Spring 2010 Up And Away CollectionI've had these a while, but with Holidays and an issue on the 30th I had not yet posted them.<br /><br />What a bullseye. China Glaze Spring 2010 Up And Away Collection exactly hits that happy fresh spring mark, and this time while there are many colors I find few if any superfluous. Fun, frisky, candy-coated confections!! Exciting! There are only a few colors I would call pastel, most are vibrant. And I LOVE them. They are all cremes and I had to start thinning them after a bit to apply better, but a few drops of thinner and a topcoat makes these lovely shades I will be reaching for often. So well done, China Glaze. Kudos!!<br /><br />China Glaze Flyin' High is a smoky medium blue. I can't wait to wear this with a matching tshirt. Dunno where THAT fashion mistake idea came from. But I want to. :P<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4223992177/" title="China Glaze Flyin' High by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2570/4223992177_dc57935f50.jpg" width="500" height="353" alt="China Glaze Flyin' High" /></a><br /><br />China Glaze Four Leaf Clover seems more teal to me. But so great!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4224823000/" title="China Glaze Four Leaf Clover by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2668/4224823000_71fbbb7c51.jpg" width="500" height="361" alt="China Glaze Four Leaf Clover" /></a><br /><br />China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint! Mint is not my color but this is fresh and sweet. <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4224713260/" title="China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2501/4224713260_d476c4c10b.jpg" width="500" height="364" alt="China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint" /></a><br /><br />China Glaze Lemon Fizz, light yellow. Nice shade, not orange, not gaudy.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4251770795/" title="China Glaze Lemon Fizz by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2578/4251770795_41f51161ff.jpg" width="500" height="368" alt="China Glaze Lemon Fizz"></a><br /><br />China Glaze Happy Go Lucky is a bright sunny yellow. I don't like yellows, but this is well done.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4224746602/" title="China Glaze Happy Go Lucky by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2551/4224746602_a38dab9381.jpg" width="500" height="360" alt="China Glaze Happy Go Lucky" /></a><br /><br />China Glaze High Hopes. I think this orangy red looks exactly like a persimmon.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4224022827/" title="China Glaze High Hopes by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2718/4224022827_1a1d5213e9.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="China Glaze High Hopes" /></a><br /><br />China Glaze Peachy Keen. Peach! I am sure somewhere I have a dupe of this. But it is a lovely peach. Not too pastel, not too orange.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4224084323/" title="China Glaze Peachy Keen by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2781/4224084323_84d8950c19.jpg" width="500" height="367" alt="China Glaze Peachy Keen" /></a><br /><br />China Glaze Heli-Yum. Yum indeed. Love it.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4224858898/" title="China Glaze Heli-Yum by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2622/4224858898_8b3f56bbae.jpg" width="500" height="349" alt="China Glaze Heli-Yum" /></a><br /><br />China Glaze Sugar High. So sexy girly candy. I want to suck on my fingertips like a flirt. COME AND EAT ME.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4252528852/" title="China Glaze Sugar High by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2771/4252528852_2fbec1922c.jpg" width="500" height="360" alt="China Glaze Sugar High" /></a><br /><br />China Glaze Something Sweet is a pretty standard pink, but I like the hint of blue.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4252552094/" title="China Glaze Something Sweet by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4252552094_a2bcdc042f.jpg" width="500" height="351" alt="China Glaze Something Sweet" /></a><br /><br />China Glaze Light as Air. Again we probably all have a dupe, but this is soooo nice.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4224070567/" title="China Glaze Light as Air by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2512/4224070567_98cd52dfaf.jpg" width="500" height="345" alt="China Glaze Light as Air" /></a><br /><br />China Glaze Grape Pop - GREAT shade. I don't recall having anything exactly like this, certainly not in a creme. Edited to add this shade is very close to China Glaze Grape Juice but no glass fleck.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyhell/4224866162/" title="China Glaze Grape Pop by MollyHell, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2783/4224866162_54c80a0ae8.jpg" width="500" height="382" alt="China Glaze Grape Pop" /></a><br /><br /><br />Pick some of these up. These will be great fresh pops of color for spring, and will easily transfer into summer.Polish Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10079327453237037228noreply@blogger.com17