OPI Wooden Shoe Like To Know?

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Wooden Shoe Like To Know? was part of OPI's Holland collection for Spring 2012, but I love it in autumn.  It's a warm brown with red-gold shimmer and the formula is gorgeous.  It's smooth, easy to work with, opaque in two coats and dries shiny without top coat.

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Although Wooden Shoe Like To Know? was part of a 2012 collection, it can still be found at salons and on Ulta's website for around $9.

BOO!

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Did I scare ya? :P  Halloween is coming, and I couldn't resist grabbing these adorable glow-in-the-dark polish strips from Incoco.  They are the cutest mummy pattern I've ever seen, in black and white with little hints of red.  They also glow so strongly that they illuminate things around them in the dark!  Little bitty cute flashlights for your nails--what could be better for Halloween?  As always, they're easy to use, and I used one coat of top coat even though Incoco says you don't need it.

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Boo! and other Halloween nail polish strips are available at Incoco, $8.99 for the regular strips and $9.99 for the glow-in-the-dark strips.

Ruby Wing Cupcakes & Champagne collection: Strawberry Shortcake

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Strawberry Shortcake is a glitter bomb with gold and holographic glitters in a strawberry candy scented base that's clear in artificial light and pink in sunlight.  The formula was smooth and not at all thick despite being so packed with glitter, and it was opaque in two coats.  It did dry a bit rough, so I recommend a good thick top coat when you wear it.

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Ruby Wing polishes are available at a number of etailers, and I've seen them in person at my local Rite-Aid

Ruby Wing Cupcakes & Champagne collection: Doux

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Ruby Wing is a division of Color Club, and their fall collection, Cupcakes & Champagne, is full of scented, color-changing polishes.  The first of three that I got was Doux, which is a pale champagne base with pink-to-purple shifting shimmer.  There is a lot of shimmer, and even indoors, it doesn't matter that the base is still transparent after three coats, because the glow hides all the flaws in my nails.  Outdoors, it changes to a medium greyed-purple base with the same color-shifting shimmer.  It smells like grape candy, but not so strongly as to put you off if you don't like the scent.  I love this polish--it's work-safe with a hidden twist!

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Ruby Wing polishes are available at a number of etailers, and I've seen them in person at my local Rite-Aid

Milani Gold Glitz

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Gold Glitz is part of Milani's "One Coat Glitter" collection, but I found it took two coats for complete opacity.  It's a warm gold, looking yellow-toned in bright light and almost copper in lower light.  I love this as a fall color, and the formula was super-easy to work with.

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Gold Glitz can be found in many major drugstores, etailers and at Milani's website.

Sally Hansen Salon Effects: Don't Be Koi

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Ugh, another punny name, which I can live without.  However, the strips are adorable--fat red fishies standing out against a background of black and white fish scales!  As always, these were easy to apply and lasted four days before I saw any tip wear and five or six before I had any chips.

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Sally Hansen Salon Effects strips can be found at major drugstores, usually for between $10-$12 per box.  I like that the boxes have 2 sealed containers of 8 strips each, because if you rock the shorties, you can get one manicure per container and have a second for later.

Sneak Peek: 10/14-10/18

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