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Mint Crelly

This is three coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Perfect Pear-ing. I got it on sale at Target a few weeks ago along with a few others.

Dare I say that this is a crelly!? I don't think I've ever used that term before, but it totally came to mind as I was applying this polish. It's not as opaque as most cremes and definitely has a slight squishiness to it! What say you? Crelly or no?

I love this color. I find it to be rather unique to my large collection of minty colors. It's more spring green and lime green than most mints but still has a distinctly mint feel to it.

The application was easy, though I was kind of annoyed to need three coats.

My wear time sucked with this one, but to be fair I have been playing with my base and top coat combos lately, so more than likely that is to blame versus the actual polish! I believe I was wearing the Dior Gel top coat here, which absolutely did not dry quick enough. I'm still testing it out in various ways, though, so I haven't made up my mind completely on it.

Very Pretty Fails

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I've been having weird luck with my manis lately - some lasting a good, long time and others chipping within a day. Here are two of the unlucky ones! This is Deborah Lippmann Let's Go Crazy. I only needed two coats of polish, and it applied very nicely. I did, however, use two coats of Gelous over top, plus top coat!

It was super smooth and shiny. I had a little bit of tip shrink (which annoys me to no end), but it was hardly noticeable in person. I would definitely like to wear this again, and hopefully for more than a day.

This is one coat of Rescue Beauty Lounge Dead Calm with one coat of Rainbow Honey Mt. Moon over top.

Dead Calm applied very nicely, but was a bugger to clean up since it stains and clings to the skin so much.

Mt. Moon has a really lovely duochrome shift from blue to purple. I don't think my pictures here captured it all that well.

With the random flakey white bits, it was almost a galaxy nail type of look!

I was also sad that this one didn't last well on me. Beautiful, but short-lived.

Viscous Vampire

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This is my first Pretty Serious polish!! I'm so excited! It's two coats of Viscous Vampire. Great application and wear. These pictures absolutely do not do this wonder justice (as is the case with many a red). It's definitely red but it also has this super beautiful pink chunky shimmer!

Holy hotness. Such juicy goodness! I DO LOVE THIS. Sorry I didn't get very many good pictures at all. If you love reds, though, you will need this, in my opinion. I ordered it with a few others from Llarowe.

Pink, Silver, and Tessie

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For this mani I used Color Club Raspberry Rush and Essie Beyond Cozy.

I did three coats of Raspberry Rush. It's candy scented - slightly obnoxious but it did fade within about a day. It's a super bright and cheery neon pink.

For Beyond Cozy I only needed two coats, but I did top with Gelous before my top coat.

I liked that this was kind of fun, summery, and a little unexpected for me.

And here is another one for you! Rainbow Honey Tessie.

This is two coats of periwinkle perfection. I cannot tell you how much I adore this color and it's pretty soft shimmer. It's more purple in real life. Think right between purple and blue. These pictures make it look far too blue.

Tessie just makes me happy. It's such a soothing, comforting color for me.

The formula was thick but easy to work with. Check out the shimmer in the bottle below!

I'm debating if I should get a full sized bottle of this one, assuming it's still available! I probably won't, just knowing how much polish I have and how much is untried! But dang, this color kills me.

Frosty Meadow

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This is three coats of BB Couture for Nails Frosty Meadow. Pardon the hair on my pinky nail!

This applied easily and was nearly good in two coats. I used Butter London's top coat and then added Sephora X top coat after that, just for extra smoothness.

I can't say for sure, but I'm guessing that adding in the Butter London top coat ruined my somewhat magical Sephora X combo, because it chipped and peeled the first day. How sad!

It was gorgeous while it lasted.

161 OMG!

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I should not have waited so long to wear this beauty. I'm sure you read that a lot on blogs (and, no doubt, have read it before on here)! I am ga-ga in love with Star Gazer 161.

I used three coats here and topped it with Butter London's top coat. Application was easy. The brush was a little bit fluffier than I like, but didn't give me any trouble.

Yes, it looks almost black in most lights. But I see the purple! I know it's purple. And the shimmer is just...*speechless*

A very special thank you to the very special lady who made this dream possible and gave me this stunning polish! <3 p="">

This wore well for three days on me. I switch up my base and top combos so much that I can't help but wonder if it would have worn even better had I used Sephora X base and top. Nonetheless, three days is respectable enough for me!

Shine by Night

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Are you ready for this?!

This is three coats of Two Birds Shine by Night.

Uh.....YES, PLEASE!

This instantly reminded me of Across the Universe, but truly, I think this is cooler.

My coworker saw these and squealed, "Green Hornet nails!" with delight! :)

I used a ton of I don't know what exactly to smooth everything out, but clearly it was well worth it. Application was somewhat tricky, as chunky glitters can be, but nothing out of the ordinary or particularly difficult. I would probably opt to use dark underwear next time around, just to make the application a little easier (but then again, you likely loose some depth and groovy jelliness that way).

You can find Two Birds' unique and gorgeous polishes at their Etsy shop here. Thanks again to Sarah for sending me this polish to review. :)

Red Black

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I've been feeling like wearing darker Fall colors lately, so it was only natural that I grabbed Barry M Red Black to try. It did not disappoint!

I used three coats here. It was a great application and I had good wear. I did mess something up to end up with a few bubbles within a couple nails (you can see them mostly on my pinky), but fortunately it hardly showed in real life, thus I was able to cope with it. :)

Anyone else really feeling the vampies right now? I'm also trying them more on my lips, too!

Halloween Ugly-Pretty

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This is my first post using Nostalgic Lacquer! Hooray! I was recently able to snatch up some of her Halloween limited edition polishes as well as regular polishes I've been wanting for some time now.

I ordered them from the Nostalgic Lacquer shop site here. The hard part is that you have to have perfect timing in terms of when the shop is stocked. I got lucky and was tipped off on a nail polish forum. I expect you can also get updates on Facebook (I'm merely speculating).

Here I've used three somewhat generous coats of B*tchcraft polish, topped with two coats of Butter London top coat.

When I first started painting my nails, I was a little taken aback by the ugliness of the base color. I say that with a lot of love for all colors, I really do! I was just worried at how it was going to turn out all on its own, without any underwear.

By the time I was done painting, I really loved it! It's so ugly it's PRETTY! This polish rocks. I love the glitters and the jelly base. Despite having a few small bubbles, I'm really pleased with this polish and mani. Also, the application was quite easy.

I got several compliments on it today, so that is always a good feeling. Do you love it, or maybe not so much?

P.S. My previous mani, with Hits Borealis, lasted a whole entire week. A WEEK! That is absolutely nutso. I still can't believe it. :) I think that is a personal record!