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Trippy Coral

I used to hate big brushes, and that most definitely included Dior's newer big brush.

This is two SUPER EASY, dare I say MAJESTIC coats of Psychedelic Orange. And yes, I kind of love that dang big brush now. It just went on so effortlessly.

The formula on this polish is absolutely superb. It's a creme but with the tiniest amount of basically imperceptible shimmer. The application, opacity, smoothness, finish, and wear of Psychedelic Orange is basically perfect.

I've been on a bit of a coral binge for the past year or so now, and this color definitely makes me happy.

The wear time was great, also, thanks to my favorite top coat, Starlight and Sparkles Crystal. I actually just ordered more of it today! I've been getting a full week's wear out of nearly all of my manis now.

Tomato Soup-ish

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Here is Rainbow Honey Schrammi, as promised. I used Costa del Sol, again, for easy glitter tips!

I only needed two easy coats of Schrammi, which is a dark coral sort of color with lovely gold shimmer.

I got a little carried away with my glitter tips and I have to laugh at the bars all over the place on my ring finger. I still really like it!

Schrammi looks pretty nice in these pictures, but I have to say that in real life, in person, I was a bit disappointed in terms of how the color looked next to my skin. It reminded me more of tomato soup and felt very Fall-like, instead of coral and summery. I think it would look even better on tan or deeper skin tones.

Thank you so much to Rainbow Honey for generously providing Schrammi and Costa del Sol to me for review purposes. The FAB exclusive set featuring three beautiful colors can be found here. And there is more!

I just ordered a LE mini glitter polish set as well as the "Summer Juice" set (by Rainbow Honey) and some really cute skull earrings (not by Rainbow Honey). :D

Coral and Shimmers

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This is two coats of Essie Come Here. I really like this color (lately).

Application was very easy but I stupidly chose to use Dior's top coat over top and thus my beautiful mani only lasted about a day. :(

Next was Lippmann's Sugar Rum Cherry, from a LE holiday Bloomingdales trio set.

I used three coats here and followed with my usual Sephora X top coat. I got great wear time with this one - around a week.

I made sure to go slowly between coats, as this type of polish finish will always bubble on me if I rush.

The shimmers are really complex and gorgeous.

Not my usual sort of color, if there is such a thing, but I enjoyed wearing it!

Orange You Glad?

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Orange you glad the orange never ends here at DizzyNails?!

This is two coats of Sephora Burst of Mango Cream topped with a coat of Sephora by OPI Spark-tacular! Top Coat.

Burst of Mango Cream has a touch of pink to it, which I fear is not showing rightly in these pictures. I'd call it a cross between tangerine and coral.

I adore my Spark-tacular! top coat, but I'm not going to lie, this isn't my favorite pairing for it!

It reminds me a little bit of my famous "clown barf" mani from a long time ago where I used Lippmann Happy Birthday over Illamasqua Ruthless. I'm reluctantly posting a link here. This could be orange clown barf...or caliente clown barf...but really, it's not as bad as the original clown barf. Nothing is!

Okay, okay, so this isn't bad at all! Just not OMG I love it so much I can't stand it. :)

I added bottle shot comparisons of China Glaze Riveting and Sephora + Pantone Tangerine Tango Shimmer to my previous post here, for those interested. They are very similar!

Super Fun Neon Salmon Dots and Things

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This is what I'm currently wearing: Zoya Ali with Lynnderella Connect the Dots.

I used two coats of each polish and then followed it with Gelous and Seche Vite.

I have to apologize because these pictures are terribly color inaccurate! Ali is a tricky beast. She is more pink than what it appears here, although not a true straight-up neon pink. I'd call her neon salmon pink. Almost coral, but not quite.

The polish actuals appears more like what you see in the bottle above, in real life.

I love this picture above (and below!) for showing more of the magnificent micro shimmer that is in the otherwise clear base of Connect the Dots.

Yesterday at work, a more mature woman surprised me by telling me that she liked my nails. :)

Heck yeah! I love this. I kind of have to restrain myself from wanting to use Connect the Dots over everything. It's that good.

Starfish

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This is the second "conservative" color I chose to wear for a challenge on MUA. It's not super duper conservative, but it does lack any glitter or shimmer, and I imagine it would be office appropriate. I suppose that all depends on your job, though, huh?

Four coats of Rescue Beauty Lounge Starfish Patrick. For the record, I am a big SpongeBob SquarePants fan. You must also know that my dear uncle is an even bigger fan! I think he is SpongeBob's #1 fan, in fact. Shout out to Steve! :) He has a really great site here.

I think it would be really cool to wear this more sheer, but alas, I cannot because my nails are stained.

I do really like how it turned out! It's very pretty, very smooth, and super shiny.

This last picture is taken in the warm, setting sun. That's why it looks crazy orange! It doesn't look like this in real life at all. I just included it to be random.

It WAS Coral

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This is two coats of Essence What Do U Think? I put this on the other night when I knew I wanted a quick-drying no fuss polish change.

It did dry pretty quickly, which is a definitely bonus. And great coverage in two coats.

I have quite a few Essence polishes that I've acquired from Ulta (so glad they have this brand now), but I think this is my first post on one! I used one as a base under an Illamasqua, but that's it.

In any case, I do love them. They are cheap - super cheap, perform well, and have cute colors!

This polish is supposed to be a dupe for Chanel Orange Fizz, if I'm not mistaken. See the pretty gold shimmer in the bottle? Doesn't really show on the nail.

The funny thing about this was that it looked like a lovely pink peach coral after I applied it. As I put Poshe top coat over, it instantly turned much more orange looking! I couldn't quite believe my eyes. I checked my bottle of Poshe - picked it up and stared at it, expecting it to look yellow or something. Nope. Crystal clear.

How bizarre! It's still a gorgeous color - kind of a softer orange, along the lines of peach, but I'm not going to lie, I liked it even better before the change! It does dry darker than what you see in the bottle, too, if you are wondering.

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I have more Illamasquas for you! This is the lovely Lament. It's a bright and beautiful coral creme. I'm not a huge fan of corals on myself but I was pretty happy about this one. I think Illamasqua just does a really terrific job with cremes.