Orly Smoky collection: Smoked Out

purchased by me

Smoked Out was my final choice from the Smoky collection, and it was definitely worth saving for last!  In the bottle, Smoked Out looks like emerald green glassfleck glitter in a black base, but on the nail it's a phenomenal deep teal.  It's opaque in two coats and dries satin matte, so my swatches have two coats of polish and one coat of top coat.

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Smoked Out is available at various e-tailers, including Head2Toe Beauty, where I got mine for $6.25 each + shipping.

Orly Smoky Collection: Darkest Shadow

purchased by me

Darkest Shadow is a black jelly base filled with deep pink glassfleck glitter.  It's opaque in two coats, very well behaved and dries to a satin matte finish, so my swatches are with top coat.

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Darkest Shadow and the rest of the Smoky collection are available available at e-tailers, including Head2Toe Beauty, where I got mine for $6.25 each + shipping.

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Orly Smoky Collection: Brush It On

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For Autumn 2014, Orly has six shades inspired by smoky eye makeup.  I got three of the six, and today's polish is Brush It On, a clear base full of shiny fuchsia and copper glassfleck glitter.  On its own, it's not opaque even in three coats, but so sparkly it hides that fact.  Over black, the copper is lost and the fuchsia shines out.  I'm on the fence about this one, and I think I'll need to see if I can get the copper to come out more before I decide I'm not going to keep it.  I haven't seen these in stores like Ulta yet, but they're available at e-tailers, including Head2Toe Beauty, where I got mine for $6.25 each + shipping.

On the left, two coats over black, on the right, three coats alone.

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Sinful Colors Hallowee 2014

purchased by me

As always, the Sinful Colors Halloween display has lots of core colors plus the usual glow in the dark top coat, but there are three new glitter toppers this year, and I bough them all!

All three are shard glitters in a clear base, with similar thick but not goopy formulas and not anywhere near enough glitter to get opaque on their own.

Cauldron Couture is black and green glitter.

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Mystery Moonshine is black, copper, purple and green glitter,

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Splatter Spell has black and copper glitter.

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All three polishes are very Halloween-appropriate glitter toppers, and at $2 each, you really can't go wrong.  Sinful Colors polishes are available at Walgreens and Rite Aid.

Color Club Seven Deadly Sins: Indulge Me

purchased by me

Indulge Me is the other polish I got from the Seven Deadly Sins collection, and it has edged out I Like It Chunky as my favorite textured copper.  The formula is easy to work with, well-behaved and opaque in two coats, plus the color shifts from a goldish copper in low light to a stronger, rosier copper in bright light.

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As I mentioned yesterday, the Seven Deadly Sins collection is available at many e-tailers.  I got mine at Head2Toe Beauty.

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