Glitter Daze Sunset in the City collection: Afterglow in Aspen

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Afterglow in Aspen is my second Glitter Daze polish, and it's a gorgeous peach-to-teal duochrome shimmer that's lovely on its own or as a layering polish.  I used three coats alone on my index and middle fingers and one coat over black on my ring and pinkie fingers.

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Afterglow in Aspen is available at Glitter Daze for $5.00 for a mini bottle or $11.50 for a full size bottle.

Incoco Fright Night

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Happy Halloween!  Just a quick post with some Incoco polish strips in Fright Night.  Typically easy to use, these can be found on the Incoco website for $8.99 + shipping.

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Glitter Daze A Garlic a Day Keeps the Vampires Away

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Happy Eve of All Hallow's Eve!  My Halloween present to myself was an order from Glitter Daze, my first but definitely not my last!  I got mostly minis, but couldn't resist a full-size bottle of A Garlic a Day Keeps the Vampires Away.  A Garlic a Day has red and holo mini-glitter, plus black squares, shards and bars in a thermal color-changing base that goes from white (warm) to deep rose (cold).  It's supposed to be red, but I couldn't get my hands that cold, and besides, I liked the rose color!  The formula was a bit thick, very glitter-packed, and dried rather slowly, matte and bumpy, but I love this polish.  A coat of Gelous followed by a coat of regular top coat smoothed it out and made it shiny.

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A Garlic a Day Keeps the Vampires Away is LE, so hurry over to Glitter Daze and grab a bottle ($11 + shipping) before they're gone!

Sinful Colors Gilded

purchased by me

When I first saw the news about the big Sinful Colors holiday display on Nouveau Cheap, I figured it would be a lonnnng time before I saw the polishes in person.  NE Ohio is not known for being quick to get new products!  You can imagine my surprise when I found the whole display at my local Walgreen's last weekend!  I was immediately drawn to Gilded, which is a combination of fine gold micro-glitter and larger red glitter.  Red and gold always screams holiday luxe to me, and Sinful polishes were 99 cents each that day, so I grabbed it.  The formula was very easy to work with--full of glitter but not too thick, and it looked great on its own in just two coats.  The ding in my ring finger is because my old doggie always has to go outside NOW when I have wet nails.  He's worth it, though.  The dry time was decent, and Gilded dried a bit bumpy, so I used a coat of Gelous, then a regular top coat for smooth nails.

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If you love red and gold, snag Gilded when you see the display, because I'm pretty sure it's LE!

Ruby Wing Cupcakes & Champagne collection: Cinnamon Bun

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The third and final polish I got from the Cupcakes & Champagne collection is Cinnamon Bun, and they hit the ball out of the park with this one.  It's a scented, color-changing duochrome polish!  Indoors, it shifts from a rosy copper to a greenish gold, and outdoors it shifts from a deep red-purple to a deep reddish brown.  You're going to have to take my word for the latter shift, because it was too cold outside for me to try more than a few times to capture the color.  The formula was smooth and a dream to work with, plus it was opaque in two coats.

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If you get only one polish from the Cupcakes & Champagne collection, make it Cinnamon Bun.  The double duochrome effect is crazy beautiful, and the scent of cinnamon hearts is subtle and far from offensive.  Plus, the colors are gorgeous and so is the formula!  Ruby Wing polishes can be found at a variety of etailers for $8-$10 US.  I got mine at Head2ToeBeauty.

Sneak peek: 10/28/13-11/01/13

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