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     Today I'm sharing another polish that I wore a few months back, In fact, I've already blogged a little about Charmed, I'm sure because I used it in a nail art look for spring. And to be honest this is probably a better color for springtime than it is for fall but hey, I don't always follow the rules and am a firm believer in wearing whatever color suits your mood.

     L'Oreal Charmed, I'm Sure is a light camel colored shimmer polish with subtle scattered holographic glitters.  I don't know what it is but I'm drawn to metallic and jeweled toned polishes. I find myself reaching for them in the stores, and from my helmer drawers when trying to pick a polish to wear. 

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      So I have a confession to make. At the beginning of the year, I swatched a ton of polishes and then I lost my blogging mojo. Thankfully I am in the habit of taking notes as I go along but, they aren't very good notes. That usually isn't a problem because I write my post within a week. My problem right now is that I swatched, and wore Fair Maiden Snow Jewels way back in January and my cryptic notes haven't left me with much to write about. So based off of that this is going to be a very quick and to the point post. 

     Snow Jewels was released in the winter of 2015 as part of the Winter at Dusk Holiday collection. Snow Jewels is a metallic purple polish with violet to red micro shimmer and gold flecks. 

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     I thought it might be fun to kick off the weekend with a nail art look on the blog. After all, I got into nail blogging because of nail art, not just swatching. I've titled today's look the Queen of Heart but probably not for the reasons you might think. First off, there isn't a single heart to be found, but the colors are what inspired the name. Black, red and white always brings to mind the unforgettable  cartoon character from Alice in wonderland to me. They are bold and striking together which makes an impact and classics to me. Plus, as you can tell from the theme of my blog I'm quite fond of the color combination. 

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     For today's post, I decided to use 2 nail polishes from The Giver Collection by China Glaze. When this collection first came out I rushed to my local sally's because I just had to have the whole thing. In fact, they were pulling them out of the shipping boxes for me.  I happily purchased each one, brought them home, added them to my collection list, organized them in my helmer and there they have sat, unloved and unused. It's a common tale for me, I tend to be more of a polish collector than a user but I'm working on changing that. Which is why when I decided to get a jump on my fall colored manicures I went with two untried polishes with a dark and vampy fell to them.

     Now if you've read my blog for any length of time you might remember me saying that I stayed away from the dark, deep , rich polish colors because I thought they would make my nails look shorter. As a former nail biter, I was proud of the fact that I could finally grow my nails out without them peeling and breaking right away and I didn't want my polish to take away from that. Wow, was I missing out on a lot of beautiful colors! Just take a look for yourself.

      The dark colors didn't take away from my nail length at all. In fact, I think they make my nails look better. More sophisticated even. And as much as I love wearing fun nail art, I like to rock a classy sophisticated look from time to time.

     The polishes I used to create this simple look are Prey Tell and Boundary of Memory. I think they go together flawlessly how about you?   

     Prey Tell is a dark wine color creme with a tad more red undertone than I was expecting. It shows up more in real life than my camera wanted to capture but you can see evidence of the redness up near my cuticle line. The application was smooth and even with full opacity after 2 coats.

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     For today's post, I'm going to be a bit of a stinker and share with you a very limited edition polish that was released last February. Why would I do this you ask? Well, the short answer is simply because I can. The long answer is that I hardly ever and I mean almost never get my hands on a LE polish and I want everyone to know that I finally did! Never mind that it's a beautiful polish because it's all about me. ok ok, I know I don't have the attitude to pull that off, I barely had enough to write it. Now that I've had my little fun, let's get to the polish. I'm going to keep this short and sweet because I'm battling a migraine and need to get away from my computer screen, but I'm determined to get at least 2 posts done this week and stay on schedule.

      There really isn't much more to say about this polish that the pictures can't say for themselves. I hope you have a great weekend, Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing! 

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    As summer comes to an end and we send our children back to school I thought it only appropriate to write a post about a nail polish named Song of Summer.  Although  to be honest the songs of summer in Minnesota this year have either been raindrops or A/C's running on max. I can't complain too much though because the kids and I went on some fun trips and made a ton of memories. So in honor of the fun summer I had and ringing in the new school year, I present to you Sinful Colors Song of Summer. 

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     How is everyone today? I don't know about you but I'm very happy it's Friday. I'm even more happy that  it's a holiday weekend and I don't have any plans. It seems like I've only been home long enough to wash clothes and repack before we were off for another adventure. I did manage to fit in a few nail art looks between trips and I wanted to share one of my favorites with you today. I call this look Bling and Swirls. But I bet you could have guessed that by the title of my blog post huh. 

    A few of you may have already seen this look floating around the interwebs in various places but in case you missed it here's your chance to see it in all its glory!

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The Pretty & Polished 2016 Fall Collection consists of 10 polishes in total. We have Thermals, Glitters, Flakes, and Dusty Cremes! Lavendarling is a holo Lavender Polish filled with pink and blue flakes. This polish will turn to a darker blue/purple when cold. The change is subtle but very pretty.  Fall in Love a Latte is another thermal. This shade changes from a light brown to an off white when warm. It is filled with different shades of glitter that we feel represent Fall. Taupe me off and Leaf! is a taupe creme polish packed with browns, golds, coppers, and orange glitters to represent the falling leaves of the season.  Heavy Metal (the name is self-explanatory lol) is a silver based polish packed with metallic glitters in silver, gold, and copper. It also has a sprinkle of color shifting flakes that may be hard to see if you aren't looking for them.  Dark Magic is a dark gray creme holo with metallic purple hex and holo glitters.  Fuzzy Sweater is a mustard yellow creme packed with color shifting flakes.  Riverside Drive is a dark midnight blue creme with blue, silver and dark gray flakes. I Done Plum had it! is a plum creme shade packed with copper orange flakes.  Patch is a pumpkin orange dusty creme.  Creme De La Creme is a creamy sand shade and another one of our Fall Dusty Cremes! This collection will be available at Polish Con in Chicago on September 17th and available online (www.shopprettyandpolished.com) on September 23rd!  Color changers are $9 each Glitters and Flakes are $8.50 Dusty Cremes are $7.50 You will be able to purchase the full collection for $78 (which will qualify domestic orders for free shipping).