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Milani Sun Flash. I can’t even tell you how long I’ve owned this polish. 5 years maybe? Maybe even 6? I remember way back when I used to bite my nails I bought this polish. It was summertime and I remember reading in one of the women’s magazines, most likely Cosmopolitan, that hot coral was the “it” pedi color for the summer. I ran my butt to Target and found Milani Sun Flash and bought it since it was the only color remotely close to the hot coral pictures in the magazine. To this day, it remains my favorite coral and one of my favorites to wear in summer. I wish they still sold it but as far as I know, it’s unfortunately been off the shelves for years. Talk about a bummer.

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Do you ever have those days where you stare at you massive nail polish stash and can’t figure out what the hell to wear? And you look through each drawer three or four times figuring you’ll finally settle on something but don’t, so you end up choosing something random or something you really don’t want to wear because you have not other choice? Well, that’s been me lately. Almost every day. So I came across this no name Bonnie Bell blue shimmer polish that I’ve had since Christmas and never worn cause I figured it was too sheer and decided to wear that. But then I came across NYX that I’ve has since before Christmas and had never worn either and decided to layer it on top of the no name Bonnie Bell since the base colors were similar. So this is three coats of the no name Bonnie Bell topped with two coats of NYX Aqua Glitter. And I have to say, for polishes I really wasn’t at all excited to wear, I really like the outcome. It minds me of bubbling ocean water. For a $1 polish and a $2 polish, I think I found a really good layering combination.

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Pure Ice Jamaica Me Crazy! I love the name first off. And second off, I think this is one of two purple polishes I have that really remind me of summer. It seems like I don’t own any purples that aren’t dark, grayed out or just fall/winter colors in general. I always feel like I struggle to find good purple polishes to wear in the summer but Jamaica Me Crazy has renewed my faith in purple being a summer color. It’s a bright purple-fuchsia with blue shimmer that’s opaque in three coats. I really like this. It reminds me of a less neon, less blue-shimmery version of Color Club Ultra Violet. Perfect for summer! Woo!!

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(This product was sent to me for review.)

1. How was your past week? It was uh-maaaayyyy-ziiing! I got a job interview that I’m pretty stoaked about.
2. Name 10 things you want to do before you die: See the aurora lights, fall in love, have children, live in London, live in NYC, go on a safari, go snorkeling in Hawaii, go out to the middle of the desert to watch a meteor shower, own a Mini Cooper, go to Australia and hold a koala. 
3. Do you have any plans for summer vacation? I’m going back to NYC in July and going to London for the Olympics in August with side trips to Oxford and Paris.
4. What’s your favorite type of M&Ms? Pretzel M&Ms
5. What smells remind you of summer? Sunscreen, hot dogs, Escada perfumes, Banana Boat Aloe lotion, coconut shampoo, Banana Boat sun tan lotion, bar b ques, salt and vinegar chips, the beach, chlorine.
6. What’s the most fun thing you’ve done in the past 24 hours? My best friend and I worked on our Wreck This Journals together.
7. Do you have any fun plans for this weekend? Today I am going to this really fun dinner with a group of friends for a friend’s birthday where the staff are actors and we basically get to solve a fake crime as we eat dinner… it should be really fun. The tomorrow my brother graduates from law school so I am going to his ceremony, then my whole family is going out for Mexican food, then we plan on getting piss drunk.
8. Chucks or Toms? Chucks. Always Chucks.
9. What’s the last song you listened to? Listening to Pour Some Sugar On Me right now by Def Leppard. This song is the shiz.
10. Fill in your own answer to what ever question you want. My mind has gone blank. These questions are too much for me. I don’t know man. Sounds like a personal problem to me.

Your turn!!

1. How was your past week?
2. Name 10 things you want to do before you die:
3. Do you have any plans for summer vacation?
4. What’s your favorite type of M&Ms?
5. What smells remind you of summer?
6. What’s the most fun thing you’ve done in the past 24 hours?
7. Do you have any fun plans for this weekend?
8. Chucks or Toms?
9. What’s the last song you listened to?
10. Fill in your own answer to what ever question you want. My mind has gone blank. These questions are too much for me.

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OPI Wine Me & Dine Me. Not gonna lie, i totally bought this polish for the name. Luckily, it’s a pretty color though. It’s a deep, shimmery wine-red with a hint of brown that has that lit from within look. It’s got a slight burned yellow-gold duochrome to it but it’s more noticeable in the bottle and not so much on the nails. This is two coats.

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First things first. These pictures are not at all color accurate. OPI Fly will not capture at all on camera. It’s such a sad story. In real life Fly is a somewhat bright, darkened turquoise jelly. It’s not at all the bright sky blue you see here… it’s much prettier in person. I topped off Fly with a glitter gradient using OPI Rainbow Connection. I love me some glitter gradients.

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Island Girl Island Girl. A polish with the same name as the brand name. How unique. Anyways. Island Girl polishes, as you may already know, are only found at ABC Drugstores located only in Hawaii and on the strip in Las Vegas. This brand is pretty damn cool. Island Girl (the polish, not the brand) is a hot, almost neon, bright brink with small-medium sized holo glitter and a slight light iridescent purple shimmer. The application is less than perfect but I like the color and after about a week and a half of crappy grey weather, I decided that it was time to wear something bright and holo since the sun finally came out and Island Girl (again, the polish) fit the bill. This was three coats.

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