Here I started with one perfect, gorgeously opaque and creamy coat of a StrangeBeautiful polish.  It's a stunning tomato red creme.  I don't know which volume this was from.  Ugh.  Sorry!  I don't even care anymore.  But if you must know, I can probably figure it out.

 Then I added two coats of China Glaze Love Marilyn.  Pardon my cuticle oil!

 I had so much fun wearing this.  It was like having jewels on my nails.

 I took some weird pictures indoors with early morning golden sun.  Behold!

 Blingtastic!  But everything is looking too golden.

 If you don't already have Love Marilyn, I highly recommend that you get it.

 Application was easy and the wear was pretty good, too.

Sorry I didn't get better pictures in natural light.  I think, I hope, you get the idea, though!

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 These are swatches of the newer StrangeBeautiful Volume 5.  I say newer because there is, to my knowledge, an older version of Volume 5 which contains two fewer polishes but bigger sized bottles.  The above polish is shown at two coats.  None of the swatches are with top coat.

 All of the volumes have newer versions now with smaller bottles and two new colors each.  The above polish is shown at just one coat!

 I find the whole bottle size change and additional colors in the newer volumes to be rather disconcerting.  The above polish, which is quite lovely, is shown at two coats but probably could have been just one coat.

 The polish above is shown at three coats.  It's kind of pinkish taupe?  I like it but I wish my nails weren't so stained.  :(

 The above polish is just about the exact color of my stains, speaking of stains!  I only used one coat.

 The polish above is shown at two coats.  It's a dark grayish brown.  None of the polishes have names, if you hadn't gathered that by now.  I kind of wish they had names or numbers or something.  Or, at least the bottle could have a label on the bottom that says which volume it's from.  It's kind of confusing.

 The polish above is shown at one coat!  It's a lovely dark, cool, gray.

 The polish above is shown at two coats.  It's a caramely color, not too unlike the very first caramely color.  This one is a little muddier or murkier somehow.  I prefer the first one.

 This one above is shown at two coats.  It's a very dark brown with just a hint of green.

This is the last one in the set.  It's shown here at one coat.  Awesome color!

Overall, the set is full of interesting and odd colors.  There are a couple that I really don't care for, but most of them I quite like.  Some feel too similar to each other for me.  The formula and application are excellent and you can tell that they are all ridiculously shiny.  I'm not sorry that I have this set, but I am rather disappointed by the change in bottle size and the addition of new colors to the older sets (some of which I own but now I feel like I'm missing colors from them).  It's frustrating from the stand point of collecting the different volumes.

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I have another StrangeBeautiful for you. It's a teal from volume 4. I only needed two coats.

It applied so perfectly. I can't say enough about how great the formula is on these!

I don't do a lot of cremes, you'll notice; at least, not by themselves. It's because I'm a bit of a perfectionist and it's so hard for me to get the surface to look smooth with the polish and the top coat! One tiny bubble infuriates me.

Also, I do love me some glittah, shimmah, and general blingtasticness. That being said, I did enjoy wearing this just as is. It's so smooth, pretty, and such a calming color.

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Here is one of my StrangeBeautiful polishes, a taupe from Volume 4. I did two coats here.

I really need to rave about the smooth and perfect application here! They are so easy and pleasant to apply.

The bottle shape is slightly annoying to me because it feels unstable. I worry I could easily accidentally knock it over while painting my nails!

It's also kind of weird that they have no names, but I guess I'll get over it.

Maybe I should name them myself? :) Ambiguous Stone.

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