A little while ago I picked up Mermaid's Lagoon, a really beautiful teal with coppery pink shimmer. When I first applied it, it looked fantastic: the color was great, and the shimmer was very visible. But as it dried, the color changed from teal to green! So I took it off, and figured it just reacted weird with that particular top or base coat, and tried it again a couple weeks later. Well this time the color changed again, and the shimmer disappeared. Agh!!

Jesse's Girl Mermaid's Lagoon

Look how visible that beautiful shimmer is in the bottle, yet it was nowhere to be found on my nails! Also the picture above is very color accurate to what the color should have been, but it was a few shades greener in actuality.

+ CND Copper Shimmer & Crimson Sparkle

So I just decided I'd have to amp it up by adding my own shimmer and sparkle with CND Effects, and then it looked pretty awesome.

I've never had issues with a nail polish reacting that way where it changed colors, or at least not to where I noticed it. I really wish this color looked as good on my nails as it does in the bottle though!

Solid Glitter

Rock Solid is part of the Mineral FX collection from Orly, part of their Fall line from last year. Some very similar polishes also came out at that time, dark greys with holographic glitter, but Rock Solid is a little more unique.

Orly Rock Solid

The base color is very nice: charcoal with silver shimmer, almost foil looking, but to me it seems like the holographic glitter was an afterthought or that it's kind of like frosting on top of a chocolate chip cookie (I seriously saw this at Walmart the other day, would you like some sugar with your sugar?). >,<;; The holo glitter isn't as sparkly as it is in the other near-dupe polishes (CG Some Like it Haute for one), and I think the color would be prettier without it really.

Despite my thinking this color could use a little tweaking, I do really like it as a polish, although I will admit to purchasing its more sparkly counterpart by China Glaze. Some like it holo!

Now give me some figgy pudding! Or jam.

Revlon just released another scented polish collection, Scented Treats, and I couldn't wait to try them! There was a lovely dusty mint green aptly named Mint Gelato, a pretty pale orchid pink, and about six other shades perfect for spring. Most were creme finishes, expect for the one I was weirdly drawn to the most, Fig Jam.

Revlon Fig Jam

Fig Jam is completely unique to any other polish I own, mainly because it just isn't a color I typically go for. It's a really lovely warm-toned, coppery color with gold shimmer running through it. Honestly it probably doesn't even look very good with my complexion, but I don't care-- I just love it! The smell is rather nice, too. It has a warm sugar scent, kind of like crème brûlée, but with a touch of fruit.

I may have to go and pick up a couple more of these treats; the scented polishes really are fun, and this collection has some fantastic colors!

Adjusting some attitude (with a hint of mint!)

While patiently waiting for my Lynnderella wishlist to go through, I thought I would see if I couldn't recreate one that I was really lusting after, Attitude Adjust-Mint. This awesome polish is a mix of iridescent & green large glitters, all different shapes and sizes, plus an amazing green microshimmer, as well as many other awesome little treasures all jammed into one. Well, mine isn't exactly like that, but here's what I came up with.

Diamond Cosmetics Oh Tiff! + Hard Candy Breakup + Love & Beauty Light Green (aka L.A. Girl Crowd Surfing) + Pure Ice Heartbreaker

I was really lucky to come across a dusty bottle of HC's Breakup at Wally's; it has such amazing iridescent glitter that shifts from orange-gold to green to lavender in the shade.

While I was very pleased with this layering combo, it's definitely no dupe for Lynnderella's. And having recently acquired my own bottle (yaaayyy!) I can see there is a lot more going on in Attitude Adjust-Mint, and I absolutely love it. Here are a couple of bottle pic swatches (in direct light & shade):

Soo mesmerizing right?! I'm actually wearing it right now, so I'll be posting pictures of it soon to compare.