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Happy Fun Surprise!

Earlier this week at work, my buddy Jaysen came back from a little trip to NYC. He kindly brought me back this awesome set from The Addams Family musical! How flippin' cool is that? THANK YOU, JAYSEN!!

The back of the box is shown below.

Now for outdoor swatch pictures I took this evening before the sun set.

I used three coats with no base or top coat. The bottle shown above and below is Blood Curdling.

It's a gorgeous dark red creme with a squishy, shiny finish.

Don't mind my awful, dry skin (thank you pure acetone!). I was rushing to get these pictures before the sun disappeared.

Bone Chilling is pure clean white.

And here is Midnight Tango on the ring finger.

Dark navy blue with beautiful shimmer.

The bottle above and below is a mini Midnight Cami. It sure seems to be a dead-on dupe for Midnight Tango.

In the picture below, Midnight Tango is the top bottle and Midnight Cami is the bottom one.

I'm super happy to have this awesome set! I love the colors, box, clever names, and the formula seems great on all three.

Diamond Crack!

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Two nights ago I put on OPI DS Diamond. I used two coats. These first few pictures are from weird outdoor lighting at night.

This applied fabulously.

It's a really neat color that looks somewhat gray, somewhat silver, a little bit purple, and also a bit mauve at times.

I really like it!

I pretty much love all the Designer Series polishes - even the ones that aren't holographic.

Yes, it looks crazy and green in the bottle. I don't know why, but my bottle had green looking stuff in it when I bought it and no matter how much I shake it, it really won't completely go away or mix in.

I was lucky enough to find China Glaze Crackles yesterday! I cannot tell you how excited I was and am! I've been stalking them for weeks now and as I'm sure you know, they are quite hard to find (for a reasonable price). Needless to say, I found them all between two different Ulta stores, and was wanting them so bad I didn't mind too much paying a little more than what I would at Sally's.

Here it is, my very first crack manicure! This is Crushed Candy.

I really love this and am very happy with how it turned out. I'm thinking I'm going to have a lot of fun with my Crackles.

I realize I'm a little slow here catching on to this trend, but hey, better late than never, right?

I wasn't 100% sure that I would like the whole Shatter/Crackle thing, but I think I can safely say now that I do!

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.

Yay Green!

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Last night I was debating what green to put on. I have a couple of new Nicole greens that are nice. I have lots of lovely Illamasqua greens. OPI. I thought it would be nice to wear TiNS again, though.

And it is nice. So nice. I heart TiNS!!!!!

This is The Holiday Cheer. Only two coats!

It's wearing great on me so far, as I've come to expect it to do. :) I should be able to get at least another day or two out of it.

Anyone else rocking out green and glitter right now?

SO PRETTY!

Where's My ROSE?!

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I wore this today. It's three coats of Anna Sui 013, from the Spring 2011 collection, with a coat of China Glaze Snow Globe on top.

I thought 013 was going to be a really cool white with subtle shimmer, but it wasn't building up to white for me. Also, my nails are stained enough (although not terribly so) that I think it made the overall effect look more peachy and stained than white and pure.

Yes, I could have put it over an opaque white or even a jellyish white. Probably should have!

It looked fairly pretty in real life - not as gross as it does here. Certainly not one of my favorite manicures, but frilly, light, and definitely different from what I normally do.

This wore just horribly on me, too. :( I don't know what's going on with my wear time lately.

That brings me to my final, and most important point. This Anna Sui polish is NOT ROSE SCENTED. WTH?! I do not understand. I am so disappointed! All of my others are. I was rather despondent over it last night. I bought it off of Urban Outfitters website, which, I have bought Anna Suis from before and not had any problems. I'm just wondering what the problem could be or if they are no longer going to be scented. I need to test the other four I bought and see if they are scented or not, too, and then I will likely contact Anna Sui's company to ask for an explanation. I'll keep you posted. Also, if anyone has relevant information or experience, please share!

Crazy Gamma

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This is my Gamma mani. I used two coats of Illamasqua Gamma and then one coat of CND Effects Sapphire Sparkle.

Gamma is a bold neon orange - however, it doesn't dry matte like most neons.

I can't say that my pictures accurately portray the color, but it is close. It looks more neon and less pumpkin in real life, if that makes sense.

The CND sparkle effect is pretty cool and also did not get accurately portrayed here, either! It's got a blue/pink flash.

The funny thing is that I fully intended to put a purple sparkle over Gamma, thinking that that would look really cool. I was rummaging around in my clear-ish sparkly-glittery drawer looking for one, came upon Sapphire Sparkle, and decided it looked pretty good (perhaps thinking that the combination of the pink and blue looked purple!).

After I put it on, I kind of thought, "Gee, I wish it was actually purple!" But, nonetheless, it looks pretty cool and somewhat purple.

Also, I want to say that Gamma does not really flatter my skin tone one bit. But that has never stopped me from wearing a polish before in my life. :)