perfect pelican gray

Oh gray polish, how I love thee.

There have been some seriously lovely paler gray polishes come out in 2011 already and since I'm a sucker I pretty much love them all. Pelican Gray from China Glaze's Anchors Away collection is really no exception to the love fest. It's pale. It's gray. It has a slight shimmer. It wins my heart. Love. x

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perfectly pretty purple pizzazz

Purple Pizzazz has got to be one of the prettiest purple polishes I've ever seen, let alone worn. It's a vibrant royal purple with tiny flecks of pink and red glitter that make the entire thing glow. I'm so glad I sought this out on ebay. It really is just gorgeous! Recommend to all who are unfortunate enough to not already own this. xx

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below deck beckons

Below Deck was the first colour from China Glaze's Anchors Away Collection that I knew I just HAD to have. I'm a sucker for this type of muddy taupe/gray/brown/purple type polishes. They interest me to no end and look so lovely on the nail. This polish will certainly not go unloved. x

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haleys, awfully pretty, comet

This polish is basically a Disney mermaid in a bottle. It's ridiculously lovely. I've heard it's similar to OPI's Catch Me In Your Net but I don't own that so I can't compare. For me and my collection Haleys Comet is wholly unique and a very welcome addition. I really need to seek out more from the Cosmic FX collection as all I own are this and Out of This World. What one's would you recommend?

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william tell me about opi...please?

William Tell Me About OPI is currently my favourite vampy polish. It's a deep deep burgundy wine creme with an extremely glossy finish. It looks amazingly chic and rather grown up on the nail, which makes a nice change from about 80% of my collection. This polish is from last years Swiss collection which I love a ridiculous amount. I currently own 8 out of the 12 polishes. I may end up buying the other 4... who knows? What collections do you love?

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bravo for barricade

Yes it's another gray. And yes it's another Nubar gray. What can I say? The Fortress Collection killed me. You know, in a good way... Barricade is very similar to another colour I've featured, Palisade, the only real difference being the base colour which is yellow/green for Barricade and blue for Palisade. Personally I love both of them but Palisade suits me better and is therefore my winner! Hopefully the constant assault of Palisade and Barricade wasn't too confusing for the senses...

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to the emerald city at once!

Reference The Wizard of Oz in a polish name and I'm happy. Actually reference anything I love in a polish nail and I'm happy. Emerald City by Revlon is part of their matte suede line and I for one love the finish on these little darlings. It looks a little like velvet to me. Extremely pretty. Worth a try I say. x

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awaken-me up

Awaken by China Glaze is my perfect one coat polish. It's so opaque and the formula is so great to work with that it's easy to go from bare nail to fully polished in about3 minutes including base coat. You could add a top coat as well but I didn't in the pictures below. I was actually in a bit of a rush when I applied this so application isn't perfect. Didn't have time for a clean up...oh dear. But I think it still looks pretty darn good. Plus this shade is right on trend. This is from China Glaze's 2009 Romantique collection but it's still pretty widely available on e-tailers all over so if you don't already have it I'd recommend the investment. x

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incognito icon

This is the third polish I've posted that's pretty much dead on for Chanel's Paradoxal. I can't help it. This type of shade suckers me in every time. This particular one is Incognito by BB Couture and while it's obviously not unique it's still lovely and well worth the time in my opinion. Enjoy. x

If you were wondering what the other dupes are the posts are here and here. :)

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pink jelly

I picked up this sportsgirl jelly polish on clearance for $1 last week and I am so glad that I did. I wasn't expecting too much from this but I ended up loving it. The pictures below are four coats and I don't think I'd wear this when my nails weren't super short since it's so ridiculously sheer but as it was I loved the juicy watermelon type colour on my little stumps. It just looked clean and polished and I felt very girly. Think I'll get a lot of use out of this in the summer.

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