Why hello, lovely Chameleon Mari Moon!  Aren't you pretty?!

 This is two coats swatched over clear base coat with no top coat.

 This one applied relatively well, despite the brush needing a nice little trim.

Stay tuned for more Mari Moon swatches!

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 Cool!  Yeah, that's the name.  Cool surprised me by being awesomely pigmented.

 These swatches are shown at two coats over a clear base and with no top coat.  I would definitely wear this as a mani with just two coats!

 This is probably my second favorite of the Mari Moons!  I really like the richness and depth.

Want to know my very favorite?  You'll have to wait a little longer!

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 Saturday night I had yet another painful round of manicure failures (two failures and then this success).  Yuuuuggggh!  I don't know what's going on with me lately.

 I'm glad I ended up with this, though.  It is SO lovely!

 I used one easy coat of a-england Camelot and then added a carefully worked coat of Lynnderella's Change.

 Change is an instant favorite for me.  I absolutely love the combination of colors and shapes.

 The sporadic red and lime bits really make this one superb!

 I had a little bit of smooshing on the ends of my middle and ring fingers (from my sheets!), but it was so barely noticeable.  This is good.  While I love Nails Inc. Kensington Caviar top coat for its shine and  durability, this just reminds me that it doesn't quite dry fast enough for what I would like.

Folks, I matted one nail before taking this off this morning, and while I was lame and did not take a picture, I can assure you that it looked really freaking cool!

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 There are four new $OPI "Jewelry" glitter top coats.  Here are some bottle pictures first.

 I was so excited about I Found a Pot of Gold!  Something about those diamonds.

 Here are the swatches, shown over black and with top coat over everything.

 I used one coat of the glitters for each nail.  The coat used on my pinky was pretty thick.

 Indi-go With the Flow (middle finger) is more purple and less blue than in these pictures (you can see how it looks more purple in the bottle shot from above).

And, it should be said that I was a little disappointed by I Found a Pot of Gold! because when I put the coat on my nail no diamonds appeared!  I had to fish one out and I plopped it on just for representation!

 Diamonds are fun.  I wish they had put more in it.

Overall, I think these are pretty fun and I definitely do like them.  I really love how To the Glitter End! turned out.

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 I have too many pictures.  Consider yourselves warned!  :)

 This is two coats of Revlon ColorStay Rain Forest.  No top coat.

 Application wasn't great - I don't love the brush and the formula was a little thick.

 I forgive it, though, because it's so freaking gorgeous!

 Check out all the yummy glass-flecked shimmah.

 How could you not love this?

 I found it at CVS with other new ColorStay polishes.  I was lucky enough to get them buy one get one half off, too.

 This was my Christmas mani, so I added some gold glitter to pep it up.

 I used one coat of Inglot 207 over top.

 I put a coat of Revlon's ColorStay top coat over it all, and then a coat of the new Sally Hansen Diamond Flash.

 The Diamond Flash dries to the touch pretty quickly, but does seem to take a while to completely dry on me (longer than I like).  I also got a few bubbles, which is never good!

 I will say that once everything was completely and totally dry, it was rock solid!

 I have to thank my online nail polish buddies for helping me come up with this combination.  I was feeling overwhelmed with choices, and they recommended this one. 

 Thank you!  I loved it!

 What did you wear for Christmas?  I have to say that I'm particularly fond of my pedicure combo - it's Zoya Ivanka topped with Diamond Cosmetics Chunky Red Glitter.  It's so festive and reminds me of elves.  :D

Thanks for looking!  This will officially be the end of the Christmas manis.  I just took this one off and changed it about an hour ago.

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 It's glittah time!  Here I started with two coats of Eternal END-202.

 The Eternal glitter is sooooo pretty with pale gold and silver.  I wish I had taken a picture of it by itself for you!

 Next, I added a coat of Color Club Gingerbread, for a little extra gold and holo bling.

 Love it!

 And then two coats of Lynnderella Happy Holo-Daze!

 I needed a coat of Gelous after, as well as two coats of Poshe.  It still wasn't quite smooth, but close enough for me.

 My Happy Holo-Daze! is scented!  I know that sounds absolutely bonkers, but I swear to you it's true.

 The smell reminds me a little of Paul & Joe polishes, but not exactly. (I have a cold which does not help.)

I think the fact that mine is scented is likely a mistake and without a doubt SUPER COOL!  My Funny Money turned out to be not scented (and it is supposed to be), so all in all, I feel pretty content.

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