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I sort of felt like I won the lottery. A few of these will need thinning but I don’t mind.

Top row are black label OPI:
Fiji Weejee Fawn
Cosmo not tonight Honey
Osaka to me Orange
OPI Red
Bogotá Blackberry
Changing of the Garnet
Romeo & Joliet

Middle row:
Rimmel Climax
Rimmel Sunny Side
Sweet Georgia Brown Glamma-ricious
Sally Hansen Apricot Sun Frost
Sparitual Hijinks
Sephora by OPI Note to Self
Sally Hansen Something New
Sally Hansen Ruby Ring
Sally Hansen Twist of Lime

Bottom row:
China Glaze Go Crazy Red
Revlon Tender Berry
Maybelline Brownberry Caramel Rose
Wet’n’Wild 453A
Kleancolor Mellow Khaki
American Apparel Santorini
Cherimoya Pacific Ocean
Nicole by OPI Party in the Penthouse

My birthday is coming up, and this polish reminds me of my birthstone, peridot. I don’t have Chanel Peridot but this is truer to the actual gemstone anyway.

After years of gathering dupes and near dupes of Rouge Noir, I finally got the real thing, and it does not disappoint. First photo is Rouge Noir, purchased very recently. In 2023, Chanel renumbered Rouge Noir from 18 to 155; mine is 155. (Other shades were also renumbered - Pirate went from 08 to 151).

Second photo is Vamp, shimmer version. From what I gather, in 2003, Chanel added shimmer to the original non-shimmery Vamp. The shimmer version became Vamp, and the non-shimmer version became Rouge Noir. Both were numbered 18 (so confusing) till around 2016 when Vamp was discontinued. I think my bottle is from around 2013. I didn’t even know it would have shimmer when I got it.

I prefer Rouge Noir!

I’ve been going through my Chanel stash. My manis have been red-heavy lately. I just took off Rouge Moire.

Phenomene
Rouge Moire
Coup de Coeur
Pirate

I’ve been wearing my Essence polishes lately and I think they don’t get enough love. They are mostly creams, good formulas and have a wide curved brush.

Chic Reloaded
Do you Speak Love
Chili Together
Hot Red Chili
Off to Miami
Mint to Chill

I know it’s the middle of summer and I know this is more of a fall shade, but I don’t care! I just love this brownish brick red.

I thrifted this beauty some time ago and finally got around to wearing it. It’s a bit streaky and more sheer than I’d like, but I do appreciate its pearliness. This is 3 coats.

This is one of my favorite polishes ever. It’s super sheer with an intense blue flash. My nails are too stained to wear this on its own so I’m wearing it over a neutral (Wet’n’Wild Yo Soy, which is old but not quite vintage). My phone camera is going berserk trying to handle this blue flash.

This polish is by essence - Pearls are a Girl’s Best Friend, a sheer polish with a pinky peach iridescence. This is three coats and it’s almost enough to hide my staining.

Shopping my stash, and I’ve had this polish for at least a decade. It’s a charcoal base that shifts slightly purple, pink and teal. These polishes look best in the shade so I used indirect light to take this photo. My skin tone looks off, but I managed to capture the various tones of the polish.

Left to right:

Who the Shrek are You?
Coney Island Cotton Candy (black label)
Flit a Bit
A Good Man-Darin is Hard to Find
Dress to Empress (black label)
Monsooner or Later
La Paz-itively Hot

These are all green label except for the two mentioned.

This polish was called Single Stroke in the US, and One Stroke in Canada, meant to be full coverage in one coat and quick drying. This line was launched in 1987 and was still available till the mid 90s. I’m not sure how old this one is so I’m going with 90s. It looks like a bright warm red in the photo but it’s really more of a bright orangey coral.

Nothing mirror about this, in my opinion. It’s nice enough but it doesn’t give the chrome finish like the rest of this line; it’s also a bit lumpy and hard to use.

From the Surf Party collection. I was gifted this polish in 2003 by a lovely coworker after starting a new job.

Sometimes I just feel like a vampy mani.