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December Hauls

So, I admit it. I’ve been a slacker lately. With the holidays (lame excuse I know) and some personal issues the blog has fallen on the backburner more than I should have let it. I’m trying to get back into the habit of posting regularly though. What better way to start than showcasing the pretty polishes that joined my collection last month?

DSC04260OPI Sui Says Feng Shui, Gargantuan Green Grape, and Gift Cards for Everyone!; Orly Miss Conduct, Halo and Mermaid Tale

DSC04261China Glaze Fuji Fling, Immortal, Dreamsicle, Angel Wings, Make a Spectacle and Oxygen

DSC04264China Glaze Glitter All the Way (mini, but its a huge mini!), It’s a Trap-Eze, Whirled Away, Get Carried Away, Lasso My Heart and Red Stallion

DSC04266Finger Paints Cop an Attitude (magnetic); Layla Cherry Diva; Zoya Gilty 18K topcoat, Dove, Willow, Flora and Avril

DSC04268Essence Chic Reloaded, Oh My Glitter!, Gorgeous Bling Bling, Walk on the Wild Side, Ultimate Pink, and Grey-T to Be Here

DSC04270Julep Dakota, Pippa, Hayden, Penelope and Renee; Color Club Age of Aquarius and Wild at Heart; Candy Lacquer White Wedding and Orly Old School Orange

DSC04271Ciate Angel Wings, Mistress, Speed Dial, Headliner and Dangerous Affair

DSC04273Ciate Glass Slipper, Cutie Pie, Ladylike Luxe, Caberet and Vintage

DSC04276Ciate Power Dressing, Cookies and Cream, Fade to Greige, Enchanted Rose and Mojito

DSC04277Ciate Magic Carpet, Halo, Cupcake Queen and Big Yellow Taxi

DSC04279Ciate Cavier Mani Pearls in Bumble Bee, Prom Queen, Candyshop and Sundance.

I didn’t turn into a crazy polish buying fool in December, I had an amazing secret swap partner who bought a ton of older polishes that I missed out on and spoiled me rotten. I also got the Ciate Manicure calender and used it for an advent calender leading up to Christmas. Lastly, I made a quick trip into Ulta and they finally had a stocked Essence section and I was able to find the polishes I was looking for.

November Haul

Here are the polishes I found myself unable to live without this month. I bought way too much considering I’m participating in a secret swap and shouldn’t have purchased anything. Most of the non-Julep ones were from trades or blog sales so its not as bad as it seems.

I upgraded to the full Julep collection in November and these are the ones I kept: Matte Top Coat, Hailee, Amber, Donna, Nora, Minka, Brit, and Meryl

Illamasqua Scarab, Julep Eva, Eileen and Georgia.

DSC04158Orly Devil May Care, OPI Skull & Glossbones, OPI Play the Peonies, OPI DS Classic and SOPI It’s Real

DSC04160China Glaze Pizzazz, Glistening Snow, Cranberry Splash, Glitter All the Way and With Love.

DSC04162Color Club Snow-Flakes, A-England Iseult, Zoya Felicity, Zoya Rose and Zoya Clara.

DSC04165Color Club Halo Hues Blue Heaven, Cloud Nine, Harp On It, Halo-Graphic, Cherubic and Angel Kiss

DSC04166Wet N Wild Toxic Apple, Poison Ivy, Root of All Evil, Venomous Vixen, Lethal Injection and Deadly Dose

DSC04168A-England Princess Sabra & Morgan Le Fay, Urban Outfitters Silver Holo, Pink Holo and Green Holo.

DSC04171Gosh Holographic Hero, China Glaze Deviantly Daring, OPI Tickle My France-y, OPI Cuckoo For This Color

DSC04173Snowman white sparkle, Snowman Red Glitter, Lynnderella Lovey Dovey, Hits Demeter

October Haul

So I didn’t too to terribly badly with my polish spending this month and was able to cross some polishes off my wishlist. Now on to the pretties!

Avon Suede Polishes: Soft Violet, Fuchsia Feel, Sumptuous Rose, Blue Royale and Touch of Taupe

Deborah Lippmann Raise Your Glass, Orly Pixie Dust (wishlist item), Nubar Black Polka Dots (wishlist), Nostalgic Lacquer Blane and a Depend blue polish with no name.

OPI Don’t Pretzel My Buttons, Finger Paints Cordur-Orange (wishlist), Essence Twins Blair (wishlist), Essence Twins Chuck (wishlist) and Zoya Myrta.

Last but not least, the Zoya Gilty Trio including Purity, 18K top coat and Raven.

July Hauls

Another month flew by and more beauties were added to my collection. Here are the polishes I just couldn’t live without this month. What’s on your list?

The Wet N Wild Saved by the Bell Collection (L-R): Nerd Alert: Screech, Pom Pom Kelly, Pin ‘Em Slater, Straight A Jesse, Fashionista Lisa and Chick Magnet Zack

Black Cat Lacquer Fifty Shades of Grey, Let Them Eat Cake and America F%ck Yeah, Nostalgic Lacquer Pride and Rescue Beauty Lounge Santa Fe Road

BB Couture Tequila Sunrise, Essie Turquoise & Caicos, Show Me the Ring, Raise Awareness and Exposure

Finger Paints (L-R): Stunning Stilettos, Tiffany Imposter, Micheltangelo, Peaceful Purple and Blank Canvas Cream

OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, Orly Forever Crimson, Decades of Dysfunction, Melt Your Popsicle and Glowstick

China Glaze Luminous Lavender, Agro, Color Club Velvet Rope, Zoya Renee and SOPI It’s My Pink

Wet N Wild Heatwave, Club Havana and Sugar Coat, Fresh Paint High Voltage, Pistachio and Hot Lava

Rimmel Sunset Orange, Sinful Colors Timbleberry, Megan Miller Coral Bliss, NYC Times Square Tangerine Creme, Wet N Wild Dreamy Poppy and Julep Hayden

China Glaze Pink Voltage, Exotic Encounters, Zoya Cho, Sally Hansen Coral Reef and Seche Vite

Julep Meryl, Yumi, America, Mila, Kate, Daphne, O Canada and Chelsea

Deborah Lippmann Lara’s Theme, Ray of Light, Let’s Go Crazy, Naked, Oh! You Pretty Things, Pearly Queen and Footloose

Jade Deja Vu, Fascinio Violetta, Magia Negra, Vermelho Surreal, Illamasqua Nomad and Muse, Zoya Parveen and China Glaze Fast Track.

You Pick Thursday! Julep Portia

Today’s You Pick Thursday! is Julep Portia. Julep Portia is a sheer blue polish with holographic glitter. I got her in a swap not too long ago but haven’t worn her yet.

Since Portia is a sheer shade, I layered one coat over two coats of Orly Sapphire Silk. Sapphire Silk is my absolute favorite blue so I always reach for it when I need to layer blueish shades.

Barielle Shannon’s Attitude

Today I’m showcasing one of Barielle’s newer shades: Shannon’s Attitude. I so wonder who this is named after -why can I never find a Kristal polish?

Shannon’s Attitude is a bar glitter polish in a sheer purple base. Since its definitely a layering polish, I put two coats on over Orly Lollipop (Lollipop is a pastel purple creme I wore for You Pick Thursday! a few weeks ago here).

I’m not the biggest glitter wearer but I like this one and bar glitter is just neat. It wore really well for me. What do you think?

***This polish was sent to me for review***

You Pick Thursday! Orly Lollipop

Can you believe I actually managed to set up a You Pick Thursday! post that’s scheduled to post first thing on Thursday morning instead of like 7pm? Hooray for me getting it together this week!

This week’s winner is Orly Lollipop from the Sweet collection. This collection game out a couple of years ago but I’m in love with all of the shades in it. Super spring-y pastel cremes with adorable names? Sign me up!

Lollipop is a light lavender creme. Despite its being a pastel, Lollipop applied really well and could even be a one-coater with careful application. I used two but only because I was taking pictures and didn’t want to take any chances. What do you think?

You Pick Thursday! Orly Lemonade

Today’s You Pick Thursday winner was actually a tie so I picked Orly Lemonade. The weather outside gorgeous and springy outside so I went with a lighter color.

Lemonade is from the Orly Sweets collection and is a pretty medium yellow creme. It was a pain to apply in the way that only yellows can be. I wasn’t expecting that since all the others from that collection have applied and worn beautifully. This is three coats and a coat of Wicked Fast.

Sorry for the lateness- I had to torture my kitties by taking them to the vet this afternoon.

Orly Gumdrop

Today’s manicure is Orly Gumdrop from the Sweet Collection that came out in 2010. I’m a big fan of pastel creme polishes so I bought the whole collection on Evilbay a couple months ago.

Gumdrop is a turquoise-y blue green polish. It applies well, I didn’t have any of the normal issues that come with pastels. This is two coats and I wore it for a couple days without any chipping.

Its amazingly similar to China Glaze’s Aquadelic that just came out but also to Color Club’s New Bohemian that came out in the Back to Boho Collection. I’m sure there are a handful of other similar colors that I’m forgetting as well.

Orly Rage

Today I’m wearing Orly Rage from last spring’s Foil FX collection. Rage isĀ  a gorgeous rose gold polish with micro glitter pieces. It seriously sparkles in any type of light. This is two coats and its soo pretty!

If you don’t have Rage already, you definitely need it. I need to hunt down the rest of this collection.