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As promised, here is part II of China Glaze’s new Kicks collection for summer 2009. I didn’t like these quite as much as the first collection. The colors aren’t as interesting and original as I had hoped. I think I am having bright summer polish backlash right now! I am dreaming of dark, creamy, vampy shimmers… It’s funny, I much prefer the weather in spring/summer, but I much prefer the nail polish colors in fall/winter. Such a paradox! Pics taken in sun with no top coat.

Breakin’ was a really nice bright tangerine with yellow shimmer that actually FOR ONCE flattered my skin tone! It was really creamy and nice and I only needed two coats.

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Orly’s new collection for summer 2009 is called Tiki Time and it’s a collection of four bright (but not neon) cremes. I REALLY like this whole collection and am very happy that A. it’s not a HUGE collection (4 seems just right) and B. that they are not neon’s. Not that I don’t like neon’s, it’s just that I have been seeing a lot of them lately. I had absolutely zero application issues with these. They were smooth, opaque and fabulous! I have heard people say that Orly takes a long time to dry, but I have never had that experience and these dried just fine. Pics taken in sun with no top coat.

Mint Mojito is just a perfect mint green creme. We have been seeing a lot of variations of mint creme’s this season (MAC Peppermint Patti, BB Couture Laguna Lagoon and Make Up Store Paula) but I think this might be my favorite one. This is what I would call a true mint green. The application was just perfectly buttery smooth and opaque in two coats.

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I took these a few weeks ago and just haven’t gotten it together to show! I am slacking this week, I know, I know. I have TONS of stuff to swatch but since it’s so nice out I don’t feel like swatching all day long. Good things to come though, I promise! So this is Orly’s Carnivale collection for spring 2009. There were some hits & misses for me with his collection, which you will read about below. Pics taken in sun with no top coat.

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The second collection Zoya has for summer 2009 is called La-Di-Da. These are cremes and four of them in particular are neons (though they call them Ultra Brights). Pics taken in sun/clouds with no top coat.

So as you know neons are notoriously hard to get true pictures of. Pippa is brighter than this pic but its not as screaming yellow as some. The yellow of this one is really nice and sunny, almost lemony. This is one yellow I can wear, yay! This was streaky the first two coats but mostly evened out after the third.

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Holy brightness Batman! Color Club’s new collection for summer 2009 is a very vivid one called Electro Candy. These colors are definitely in the “neon” category (with shimmer!) though my pictures don’t necessarily show that. Neon’s are really hard to photograph, at least for me, so trust me when I say these are even brighter in person. Pics taken in sun with their color enhancing top coat.

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