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OPI - Merry Midnight. I got this and the mini 4-pack from Aveyou.com.

I didn't do the polish justice though. It probably should have had a third coat.

And I used OPI's quick dry top coat over it, which really sucked. It went on kinda dry and sticky.

But even with those issues, this polish is TO DIE FOR! I absolutely love it. It's in my "already worn but must wear again soon" basket which sits on top of my untrieds box. Yes, I'm a little nutty!!

OPI Shim-Merry Chic. This was one of the mini bottles. I loved this too. It's fascinating!

Plus I felt it was nuetral enough to wear to work. Hehe.

This monstrosity was taken before I broke my nails. :( This was Wet-n-Wild Craze "Lust" with Cover Girl "City Lights" on the tips.

A little over the top, but I think I wore this somewhere at the end of August? So, it felt very summery and pretty. I did not wear this one to work.

Here is lust all by itself.

AND again with City Lights.

I love the blueish flash Lust has. I was looking for a fuschia JUST like this! For my toes though, I don't usually wear colors this bright on my fingers!

Zoya "Pasha". I wore this to kick off a week-long trial. So, I got out all my boring nuetrals for the week and lined them up. Pasha went first. I shouldn't call this boring. It was actually quite nice. Wore well too.

MMMMMMMMManicurist of Seville. This TOTALLY STOLE MY HEART. I have never liked a red nail polish before, but this was true LOVE! It is the perfect crimson with a touch of pink red to it. I wish I had taken better pictures of it. This does not do it justice at all. I wore this for about a week and never got tired of it. I also worked as an extra on a film set in the 1930's and the makeup artist and wardrobe lady both complimented me on what an awesome color it was! This is also in my basket "to be worn again soon". It's going on my top 20 list as well!

Here is a shot of Heirloom Organza next to my coffee. Hehe. I was being silly. Loved this polish. I felt quite sophisticated with it for some reason.

China Glaze "Thunderbird". Another AWESOME RED that I did not get a worthy picture of. This is more shimmery and orange-toned red, but gosh is it pretty! My husband and I used to go to a lot of antique car shows and this definitely reminds me of the paint jobs on some of my favorites.

What I've been wearing lately...

Metallic Illusions - "Heavenly Body" I am planning to post all the pictures I have on this later, but this was a fascinating polish to wear! I applied smooth and easy and wore really well.

Ignore the mess I mde on my thumb...Mystical Knights is one of those lovely Diamond Cosmetics polishes.

This is such a gorgeous, deep-steely blue. It's not navy, it's not grey, and it doesn't appear black in low light.

It's got a really silvery, pretty shimmer to it. It also wore very well and didn't leave me with smurf fingers when I took it off.

Essie "Damsel in a Dress" I have a hard time getting excited about Essie polishes. This was pretty, it wore well, it also has a sort of silver shimmer to it, bit it's a pretty standard plummy-burgandy color.

China Glaze "Short and Sassy" from the Retro collection. I loved this color, but then I forgot I had even worn it, until I found these photos on my camera. It's beautiful, but I guess it wasn't very exciting.

Essie "Mink Muffs". This is kind of neat. The formula was fantastic. The wear was very durable. I love the color, but it's also been done a few times by now.

No name Rusty, shimmery color by Goldie. I liked this. This is the first Goldie polish I have worn. The finish was really pretty and shimmery. I got a lot of compliments on this. It only held my attention for one day, so I can't speak to the durability of it.

Comparison Swatches!

Here we have 4 lovely shades of blue-green gorgeousness! Sinful "See You Soon" WnW Craze "Morbid" Barielle Shades "Blackened Blue" and Sinful "What's Your Name".

Similar...yes, but you can see they are all very different. Morbid seems to have more green. "See You Soon" and "Blackened Blue" are the closest, but the Barielle has way more shimmer to it, (even though it's hard to tell from my unholy slopped on mess -sorry!) "What's Your Name" is very thin and watery. This is probably 3 coats.

Then for fun, I added some flakies, cause let's admit it, flakies make everything prettier!

All of them in the sun.

The Barielle Swatches I Promised! (well, most of them!)

I am torn. Misbehaving Mistress and Lava Rock are tied for 1st place in this collection!

I've never seen another color like this! It's brown-taupe-silvery, smooth, glossy goodness!

Slate of Affairs.

Slate of Affairs...swoon! I love this color! It's a very unexpected vibrant slate blue with tons of shimmer to it.

Gorgeous!

Get mauving. I like this one a lot, but it's no a knock-out.

My poor fingers were starting to suffer from all the swatching! Sorry about that!

THIS LITTLE STUNNER IS LAVA ROCK! MY FAVORITE OF THE BUNCH!

It's got a deep-brownish-plum-smoldering-shimmery thing going on. Very unlike anything I have ever seen. I was just mesmerized by this!

Hidden Hideaway vs. Lava Rock

Hidden Hideaway. Gorgeous purple. But not something new and different.

Secret Encounter. Really pretty, but it reminds me of other colors I already have, like...China Glaze "Short and Sassy" comes to mind. This has really pretty shimmer to it though, very delicate.

I didn't swatch Swizzle Stix or Grape Escapre. I got tired of swatching and was losing sunlight. Plus they are spring colors and I was feeling very FALL!

First Barielle Order!

I have never had any luck finding these at CVS. Well, once I found one on clearance randomly. But, I was really excited about the new fall colors. Espcially Lava Rock and Slate of Affairs. I dove in! From the website, they were buy 2 get 1. At a certain amount you get free shipping AND I had some sort of "welcome" coupon code. So, I think with shipping, these ended up being about $4.00 each. Not too shabby in my opinion.

Swatches coming soon...I swear!

Halloween Mani

I'm getting over the flu. Don't judge me.

Wild at Heart

I really like Color Club polishes. They're relatively cheap. The brushes are a decent size the polishes I have tried glide on effortlessly and don't make too much of a mess. Even for a spaz like me!

I thought this was going to be a more holographic purple along the lines of China Glaze's LOL but without the horrible chipping.

But, it's a very sublte holo. Still really pretty though. It wore great, not a single chip and came off with ease.