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The holidays are fast approaching, are you ready? Do you know what you want or what your friends/family wants? Well I might have the solution!

I have put together a list of nail polish/manicure gift ideas for you! These polish collections are all ones I have swatched and personally endorse. The manicure ideas are all products I currently use and love.

You can find pricing and where to buy these products at the bottom of my posts. The links under the “Other Manicure Ideas” section will take you straight to their website to purchase.

Classic Holiday Nail Polish Collections

• China Glaze Loves You Snow Much collection

• Diamond Cosmetics holiday 2009 collection

• OPI Holiday Wishes collection Part I & Part II

• Color Club Wonderland collection

Other (non-Christmas colors) Collections

• Essie winter collection

• BB Couture For Men (2nd collection)

• China Glaze Wizard of Ooh Ahz collection

• Nubar Chocolate Truffles collection

• Jessica Baby It’s Cold Outside collection

• Urban Decay Apocalyptic

• CND Colour & Effects

Other Manicure Ideas

• CND Almond Hydrating Lotion (search under “Creative” category)

• CND Almond Soothing Creme (search under “Creative” category)

• CND Solar Oil (search under “Creative” category)

• Nubar Foundation base coat and Diamont top coat (my two favs)

• Sephora glass nail file

• Essie Matte About You top coat

• Jaqua Pink Buttercream Frosting Guilt-Free Treats gift set

Happy shopping!

-VV

TGIF!

The weekend is upon us, who has fun plans? I don’t have much going on, which is kinda nice. Think I might go on a photo expedition if the weather cooperates

Diamond Cosmetics has four new colors in their winter collection, which I have for you today.

The formula on these was really great, as I have found all their polishes to be so far. They are thick, but not sticky and very opaque. A couple of these didn’t knock my socks off, but the other two I really like a lot. Peep them out.

Smokey Rose

Smokey Rose is a smoked out rose pink creme. I actually liked this on me more than in the bottle, but I still don’t think it’s a color I would normally reach for. It’s a little “tame” for me personally. This was two coats.

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Hallo there!

Essie’s got a cute new collection of three polishes for winter 2009 that I’ve got for ya.

These are all new colors, and though you might not immediately think of them as “winter” colors, they really fit right in with the season in in my eyes.

The formula on these is pretty great, as Essie’s tend to be. One of them was a wee bit on the thick side, but didn’t cause me any troubles. More on that later. Peep ‘em out!

Rock Candy

Rock Candy is a super sheer pink. This is REALLY sheer, it almost looks like just a top coat on my nails. Great if you just want something clean, and shiny looking. This was two coats.

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Good afternoon!

Jessica Cosmetics has a really great new winter 2009 collection called Baby It’s Cold Outside. It consists of four new colors, all total hits in my book.

The formula is pretty great on these. Not too thick, not too thin, just right. They were all three coaters for maximum opacity, but that’s ok with me. Take a look-see!

Frost At All Cost

Frost At All Cost is a subdued dark teal with very slight shimmer. This one leans towards the blue side of teal and I LOVE it. Totally gorgeous and unique to me.

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Hey there Internet, how are you today?

Remember waaaaaaay back last week when I posted the first part of OPI’s Holiday Wishes collection? Well I finally have the second half to show you. The sad part is, the sun decided to hate me this day, so the pics aren’t as nice as they should have been, sigh. Oh well, I guess I can’t control Mother Nature.

The formula on these is really good and thick. Almost all of them were two coaters.

For me, this is the better half of the collection (read: no red’s). Let me know what you think!

Shim-Merry Chic

Shim-Merry Chic is a caramel colored polish with gold flake glitter, and green  and gold micro-glitter. I love this one because it’s unique, and really pretty. This was three coats for full opacity,

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