Nvr Enuff Polish - Minerals Rock! Collection Review!

I now have dark chocolate peanut butter cups from Trader Joe's, so I apologize in  advance if this post is even more sugar-filled than normal! For my next blog post, I have what is probably my favorite collection from Nvr Enuff or any other thing on the planet ever. The Minerals Rock! Collection resonated with me early on since I collected rocks when I was little and it just reminded me of that. And then I saw the actual polishes and I was like "WHAAAAT?" They're so amazing. So without further sugar-induced ranting, here we go!

Needless to say just from these pictures, this collection is just perfect. The colors really work for fall, but are still very easily transitioned into other seasons. One of my favorite things about Nvr Enuff is that they create polishes that mean something to them, not necessarily ones that "fit the season." Mind you, that's by no means a knock on any indie or mainstream brands that have seasonal collections - I love them as well! I just always enjoy not being able to guess what these ladies will come up with next!

A deep red/purple with red pearl shift, and lots of red holo dust and glitters
(two coats for opaqueness)

Star Garnet is first up in this collection because these ladies never fail to give me another unique red! This cranberry-toned red/magenta/purple is so hard to categorize because it just transcends real life. It has the perfect dusting of holo glitters and it just looks like Thanksgiving dinner to me. (My grandma makes the best mashed potatoes ever - Hi Grandma!)

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Sorry for the random cat hair in the first picture, my cat was lounging in the sun as I went outside to take pictures and he just needed some snuggles. But on to the polish! It is magnificent. I'm sure you're surprised by this, but I promise it is perfect. This was two amazing coats on all nails and top coat. I tried to think of some nail art to do with this, but I really couldn't imagine not having this beauty on every nail that I own. I do absolutely plan on using it during the holidays though, it just seems like an amazing fall/winter polish to me! As always, the formula was perfect and there was no staining or issues with it even though it was a rather pigmented red.

A dark teal jelly filled with turquoise holo hex
(two generous coats for opaqueness)

Next up is Dioptase, the most majestic of all colors in the world. I was extra excited when I saw this polish because I've been looking for a good green/teal for Eagles nails, and this one just looked perfect! I still can't get over it. It has the perfect amount of holo glitters and it just makes me so happy inside. So happy.

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I swear that's a 9 and not a lowercase g. I SWEAR. This polish just is so perfect to me. It's so deep and squishy and yet it requires so few coats to look that way! It's like having all of the good parts of jellies and none of the bad parts. I used two coats on all nails and attempted to free-hand a 9 using Alpine Snow (OPI). The font the Eagles use is apparently very hard to reproduce with an OPI brush though. As always, very little clean-up and great dry time! Definitely a go-to polish for fall and winter for me.

A blue cream with large and small golden flakeys
(two coats for opaqueness)

Next up is Lapis Lazuli! I was so surprised when I saw this polish for so many reasons (all good ones, I promise!) Firstly, I was amazed that, despite blue being the color I have the most of, none of them were close to this shade! That's always exciting to me to get an entirely new color in my collection. The next thing that was super excited was the little pearly gold flakes swimming around in there...I almost died. And if they looked pretty in the bottle? They looked even more amazing on nails.

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What did I tell you? Not to mention my phone's camera is not very great, so all of these are even more mind-shattering in person! One thing that I really loved about this (besides every single thing about it, which I also loved) was that it's sheer enough to layer on other things and opaque enough that it isn't a pain to work up to opacity alone. That sentence doesn't really make sense, but hopefully the pictures kind of show you what I mean! I used one coat alone on my thumb (it was even, but gave it more of a jelly look than two coats did), one coat over Blue Lagoon (also Nvr Enuff) on my pointer finger, two coats alone on my middle finger, and one coat over Limitless (Pure Nail Polish) on my pinky. My ring finger is a gradient using Princeton (ILNP Brand), Sporty (Nvr Enuff), and Autumn (Enchanted Polish) to bring out the iridescent shards. Needless to say, just sheer love.

A deep blurple cream with large and small silver flakies
(two coats for opaqueness)

Iolite is probably one of my favorite polishes ever. The color combination is so classic and perfect, and I'm such a sucker for deep, vampy shades like this. It's such a deep purple (similar to Posh in it photographing a little darker than it really is) that it looks black in some lighting - which I looove. Plus the silver flakes just make it so unique and just ajwafiwje amazing.

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I'm gonna go ahead and just blow your mind right now. All of my nails have one coat. No top coat, no clean-up, just joy. Despite having flakies in it, it dried super fast and glossy and SOOO opaque in one coat! I'm such a happy clam. I used Perle (Dior) to make a random stripe on each nail since it dries matte and I liked the contrast. Now you see why this is one of my favorites ever! So low-maintenance but so stunning.

A multicolored, multi flakie 'topper'- best used over white in one to two coats for a real 'opal look' or thin coat over a darker color to show the dimension of the multi flake

I was so excited to use Opal because it's my momma's birthstone and because it's one of those polishes that just looks amazing over everything! This picture didn't really do it justice, so I got another inside later that I'll have at the bottom. This flakie topper just brings out every color in the rainbow, dries so fast, and makes any boring mani so much more intricate and neat.

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I really wish the sun didn't wash out my pictures as much on this one, it looks so majestic and unicorn-like in the sun! One thing that I really love about this polish (and I tried to show in these swatches) is that it can really work for any season. I used it over spring colors on my middle finger and a deep red on my pinky - it really looks amazing on anything! I used one coat over Limitless (Pure Nail Polish) on my thumb, two coats alone on my pointer finger, one coat over a random sponging of Princeton, Cutie Pop, Music Box, and Dreaming in Violet (all ILNP Brand) on my middle finger, one coat over Alpine Snow (OPI) on my ring finger (P.S. this nail was way drop dead gorgeous in person), and one coat over Killer Curves (Color Club) on my pinky. Great dry time and it applied much more evenly than flakie toppers like this normally do!

A black jelly filled with multicolored and multi sized flakeys
(two generous coats in a more 'dabbing' manor for opaqueness)

Black Opal is another amazing polish, as I'm sure you assumed from my ranting. While it isn't as versatile as it's clear-based twin, it is an amazing base for galaxy nails and a nice twist on basic black nails. It's basically a win-win-win!

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Black Opal was so much fun to play with, I'm still thinking of fun new ways to use it! Clearly everyone else agreed, as it's currently sold out, but it might be making a comeback soon. For these nails, I used one coat over Limitless (Pure Nail Polish) on my thumb and middle fingers, three coats alone on my pointer finger, one coat over Elephant Walk (China Glaze) on my ring finger, and one coat alone on my pinky. I really loved all of these looks, but I think my favorite was one coat over black! It still looked deep and squishy like it was layered but it saved polish and dried more quickly with fewer coats. Still though, any combination that involves this polish is going to be amazing!

Overall, another home run from Nvr Enuff. As always, their polishes are entirely affordable, great quality, and they're two of the sweetest ladies you could ever meet. As always, these polishes were sent to me at a discounted rate for my honest review and swatches, and everything that I've shared is 100% my honest opinion.

While Black Opal is currently sold out, you should still head over to http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/ and grab some of the others! All polishes are $8.75 each (15ml)/$3.75 each (5ml) for the remaining shades. Don't let them sell out before you grab one! And make sure you follow @nvrenuffpolish on Instagram to get all of the updates on any upcoming releases and/or restocks! 

Nvr Enuff Polish - Spice World Collection Review!

Hello again, friends! Sorry I'm being so sporadic with blog posts, I've had some crazy family stuff coming up recently that's keeping my mind occupied. But I do have two new Nvr Enuff collections to review for you all today! First up is the Spice World collection which, as you may have guessed, was inspired by the five sassy members of the Spice Girls. And as if I didn't love the Spice Girls enough already, this collection only increased my love exponentially.

Aren't they glorious already? And let me tell you, as much as I have always loved Nvr Enuff, these two collections blew me away even more than normal. The formulas were somehow even better than before, the colors even more astounding, I can't even begin to gush enough about them. But we'll get to that in a bit!

A baby pink crelly with tiny iridescent glitters (two coats for opaqueness)

First up in the Spice World collection is Baby! I was always compared to Baby as a kid because I was blonde and everyone thought I was sweet, which was really annoying, but there's nothing annoying about this beauty! Both my sister and I rushed to try this on as soon as I opened my swatching package BECAUSE LOOK AT IT. Not to mention, neither of us are very pink people.

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Super duper in love with this color. Can't even. I CANNOT. I used two coats on all nails except my accent which is two coats of Alpine Snow (OPI) and a wonderful, free-handed pink ribbon using Baby. I finished this swatch on October 1st and I felt it was fitting to begin the month with a Breast Cancer Awareness mani using this gorgeous shade of pink. The formula is very similar to Matin from the Light Collection, although a little easier to apply. The iridescent glitters make it a little thicker than other polishes, not dissimilar to a glow-in-the-dark polish, if you've used those. But still, by no means difficult to apply.

A dense flakie topper with gold, bronze, taupe, midnight and gunmetal flakes
(two generous coats in a more 'dabbing' manor for opaqueness)

Next up in this swatching marathon is Scary! Again, this polish just killed me. The coloring and metallic-like look is just magnificent for fall! I just love everything about it. While it is "intended" to be worn as a topper, it also just looks beautiful alone. Not to mention it wasn't difficult at all to build up to opaqueness!

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RIGHT? Do you see how perfect it is? I tried to show a range of uses for Scary in these swatches, so there's a lot of different views for you! I used three coats alone on my thumb and middle finger, one coat alone with a French tip of Vampires Suck (Enchanted Polish) on my pointer finger, one coat over Vampires Suck on my ring finger, and one coat over Hot Chocolate for Unicorns (Enchanted Polish) on my pinky. This was an amazing formula, as you may have expected. The dry time was great, the coverage was fantastic, just all around lovely.

A linear teal in the sun! (Two coats for opaqueness)

Sporty is another absolute must-have from this collection. It's such an amazing color and, I believe, a staple for any nail polish addict! My favorite part about this polish might be the difference between shade and sun. In the shade, it's such a delicate and simple blue, but in the sun it's such a knock-out holo! I just love the versatility that it brings for me.

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Where do I even begin with this? First of all, when I first saw pictures of this color, I was a little confused. I thought it was strange that they would make a color that was so similar to a previous color (Apres-Midi), but after receiving it in person I could definitely see the difference! I would also like to point out another miraculous note on this polish, along with most of this collection. This is two coats on all of my nails (except my accent which is Alpine Snow and a black striper). Two coats, no clean-up around my nails, no top coat. The formula was so excellent that I really didn't need anything else. It dried amazingly fast, it was super shiny, it was so even that I didn't need any clean-up. In everyday wear I would probably still use a topcoat just to make sure it didn't chip, but it's just amazing that it's so perfect!

A reddish/pink with red holo dust and micro iridescent glitters
(two coats for opaqueness)

Up next is Ginger! I love how unique this red is with hints of pink and some blue iridescent glitters in it. These ladies never cease to amaze me with their ability to make so many perfect and unique reds! As you might expect if you remember my love for red polishes, this is also an absolute favorite of mine.

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This whole collection was ridiculous to swatch, each polish became my new favorite as I went on swatching! Ginger was no exception to this strange phenomenon. And again, this was two coats of Ginger with no clean-up! My accent nail is Blue Lagoon from Nvr Enuff that they were sweet enough to send me as a thank you for my continued support and swatching. I'm not entirely sure if they're releasing it for sale any time soon, but it was also two beautiful coats. Since there was a little more glitter on this one, I did use top coat for these, but it actually had a cool, semi-textured look without it!

A black jelly in the shade and has a gorgeous purple pearl shift in the sun
(two coats for opaqueness)

Last, but certainly not least, is Posh! While beautiful in the bottle, this polish is something else on the nails. It has a similar, undefinable quality to Sporty in that it is entirely different in different lighting. In the shade it's such a deep plum purple that it looks nearly pitch black, while in the sunlight it's a gorgeous pearlescent purple! I cannot even imagine how amazing this would be for stamping!

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Disclaimer: this actually did look a little more purple than this in the sun, my camera couldn't quite capture it. Now, I know this swatch looks like all of the nails are Posh by itself, but you might be surprised to find out that that is not true! I anticipated it being much more sheer/jelly when I saw the color, for some reason, so I had polishes under many of these coats to see how it would effect the base color. But the polish was so opaque and glorious that you can barely tell! This both made me sad that I couldn't get different effects, and very happy that it was so opaque and magnificent in such a small amount of coats. My thumb and middle finger are two coats alone, my pointer finger is one coat over Iolite (also Nvr Enuff, look forward to this beauty in the Minerals Rock! Collection post!), my ring finger is one coat over Limitless (Pure Nail Polish), and my pinky is one coat over Undenied (ILNP Brand). as before, very little/no clean-up necessary and a wonderfully glossy finish.

Overall, this collection knocked my socks off. They continue to deliver amazing colors, fantastic quality, great pricing, and wonderful customer service. As always, these polishes were sent to me at a discounted rate for my honest review and swatches, and everything that I've shared is 100% my honest opinion.

While Scary is currently sold out, you should still head over to http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/ and grab some! All polishes are $8.75 each (15ml)/$3.75 each (5ml) for the remaining shades. Don't let them sell out before you grab one!

Baby Bliss Challenge!

If you've been following my blog or my Instagram, you may have noticed that my nails suddenly went from long claws to baby nubs. About 5 weeks ago I broke a nail all the way to the skin, so I've been recovering from that! I decided to make updates every week after I filed them all down so that you could all see how amazing the products are that I use, if you have yet to try them.

I posted about both Bliss Kiss Oil and Sweet Baby by Donna in my Nail Care Routine post several months back, but many of you might not really understand how amazing these products are - especially when combined. I've been using them for quite a while, so I can tell personally how much my nails and cuticles have improved, so this is for those of you who don't see my nails every day! A few of the ladies I follow on Instagram (including Donna of Sweet Baby by Donna herself) have begun combining these two products and using them daily, so I decided to try the same. The results were so fantastic, I figured I should make a blog post to share it with you all! I tried to keep the conditions in the pictures as similar as possible so it was easier to see the changes, but there are some minor differences. Sorry in advance!

Day 1:

I took this picture on July 25, 2014 - a couple days after I finally filed all of my nails down. As is obvious (to me, at least) from this picture, my middle finger nail was the one that broke so it is actually beyond a nub at this point. Starting from this date, I began applying a mixture of Sweet Baby by Donna and Bliss Kiss as often as I could. The mixture that I used was roughly 50/50, I just showed both of the products separately in this picture. On days that I didn't work, I didn't wear polish and just applied this throughout the day whenever I had a few minutes to let it absorb. When I had to work, I wore polish to make sure that none of my nails broke again.

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I took this picture on August 1, 2014. After a week of using only these products, my nail had almost grown past my finger! I was pretty excited about this. At this point, I wasn't filing my nails at all because I didn't really bother shaping them at this length. As before, I spent all down time applying the mixed oils.

Day 14:

I took this picture on August 8, 2014. A few days before I took this, I began shaping my nails into little stilettos. So for all following pictures, keep in mind that I've been filing my nails to keep this shape! They did actually grow a little longer than this, but I kept filing them to this shape.

Day 21:

I took this picture on August 15, 2014. As before, I've still been filing my nails, but they've now grown far past my skin so they actually look like points! Yay! Still not back to the claws, but they're getting there. At this point, I was on my summer vacation from class, so I had a lot of down time to do as much nail care as possible.

Day 28:

I took this picture on August 22, 2014. This is the most updated picture of my nail length, as it was taken last Friday. This is after only one month of using nothing but Baby Bliss (the combination of Bliss Kiss and Sweet Baby by Donna). By that I mean that I didn't use Nail Envy as my base coat, I didn't take any Biotin, and I used no other nail care products except for lotion and polish itself. My nails are still growing out to the length that I want them to be, but they've grown so quickly! I can't promise anyone will get the same results as I have since there's no way to know how much of it is related to body chemistry or the unusual amount of free time that I had in this time period, but I definitely recommend these products.

DISCLAIMER: I purchased all of these items myself and I'm sharing this because I use them exclusively and love them! You can purchase them at the following sites if you're interested.

- Sweet Baby by Donna: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetBabybyDonna (I also recommend her lip balm and lotion, they're amazing!)
- Bliss Kiss Pure Nail Oil: http://www.nailcarehq.com/products/ or on Amazon.com

Nvr Enuff Polish - The Pagemaster Collection Review! (Picture Heavy)

What is this, two posts in one day!? I must really love you guys. Or I don't want to accidentally let another three weeks slip by before I post this one...Next up in Blogfest 2014 is the Pagemaster Collection from Nvr Enuff Polish! In case you're too young or forgetful to know what that is, The Pagemaster was an awesome and underrated movie from back in 1994 about a lame kid who gets turned into a cartoon and has to overcome his own insecurities and hang out with cool books before he can go back to his boring life. Okay, so maybe I'm not a movie-describer for a good reason, but I swear it's a legit movie and these polishes just make it even more so!

So much love going on in this picture. So very much. Fair warning for you, the top two polishes in this collection are actually currently completely sold out. With any luck, not to mention stalking of @nvrenuffpolish on Instagram, you may get lucky and see them back in stock soon!

The Pagemaster is The Pagemaster - based off the wonder that is the keeper of the books and stories, we have this blue, purple, orange to red multichrome with some added real silver coated flakes.

Best worn one coat over black, but is also opaque in three thin coats

First up in this collection is the namesake, The Pagemaster. This probably my favorite multichrome that I own, it has so many colors that I wouldn't expect to see together, and I love it! And I think they totally nailed it on the inspiration, this enigmatic shade is so Pagemaster-y!

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Sadly, there was no sun outside for me to take some super awesome shiny pictures of this, but I promise when it comes back out, I will get right on that! Really, all you need to know is that this polish is perfect. I added my little video to show a little bit better what all of the different colors are that it transforms into since the pictures really only show blue and purple, but I swear I discover new ones every time the light hits it differently! Amazin'. For these pictures, I used two coats over one coat of Limitless (Pure Nail Polish) on my thumb and middle finger, one coat over Lady of the Lake (A England) on my pointer finger, three coats alone on my ring finger, and two coats over Lucid (Pure Nail Polish) on my pinky. All nails that had a base coat have French-ish tips using the original color to show the difference after The Pagemaster. I had no issues with application or formula on this guy, as you would expect from Lynnae and Alix!

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde is based off of the gentleman the characters meet after encountering Horror from the movie "The Pagemaster" - Starting out just sweet as Mr Jekyll with the linear holo, then ending just as chaotic as Mr Hyde with the massive amount of real Silver Coated flakes. This multichrome shifts from blue to green to purple perfectly representing that which is Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

Best worn one to two coats over black

I love this polish so muuuuch. Again, not trying to brag since it's currently sold out, but you ladies need to stalk them to try to get your hands on this! I already have a weakness for multichromes (let's face it, what don't I have a weakness for?), but the glitters in this one just did me in. This is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and it is very mad scientist-y.

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I'm still so annoyed that my skin tone changes color like three times in that video, but at least you can see all of the shifty goodness! I couldn't completely capture the blue shift in this, but the green and purple are very clear, if nothing else. For these swatches, I used two coats of Mint Sorbet (Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear) on my thumb, one coat of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde over two coats of Mint Sorbet on my pointer, three coats of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde alone on my middle finger, one coat of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde over Limitless (Pure Nail Polish) on my ring finger, and one coat of Limitless on my pinky. These pictures make the polish look really streaky and uneven over Mint Sorbet, but it really looked very seamless and delicate in person! I wanted to show it over both a light and a dark polish because I thought that was very Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-y of me, hopefully you'll agree! As always, this polish had no formula issues, it was a breeze to apply.

Fantasy is based off the book Fantasy from the movie "The Pagemaster" - This Lavender/pink cream polish has a wonderful golden/pink shimmer flake

 Up next is Fantasy! This is such a perfect purple/pink shimmery bucket of love, I just smile thinking about it. And not many things make me smile that easily. I think this perfectly sums up the fairy-ish girly Fantasy from the movie! I bet she would polish her book pages with this color.

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In case you guys didn't know, I love this polish. I think it makes my skin look really good and it was just so fun and girly to play with! For all of these pictures, I used two coats of Fantasy on all nails. My middle finger has one coat of Nobody Asked You, PATRICE (365 Days of Color) and one coat of Holo Wasted (Painted Polish), my pointer finger has a glitter gradient using Dashboard Dancing (Loaded Lacquer), and my pinky has two coats of The Pagemaster over it. I was really happy with how this came out! This polish has amazing application, better even than the others, and they're not bad by any definition. I really had so little clean up to do for these, it was astounding!

Adenture is based off the book Adventure from the movie "The Pagemaster" - This bright red polish is packed full of gold flakies and pink/red shimmer

Adventure! This fiery red with all of its adventurous gold shimmers really sums up Adventure from the movie. It's very sassy and just drop dead gorgeous. Before I start, I just want to point out that, carefully applied, THIS COULD BE ONE COAT. Freak out and scream now. I was amazed at how opaque it was since it looks like it would build in a couple coats, but I barely had any nail showing after one. I'm always looking for more go-to reds, and this just made the top of my list!

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This is probably my favorite non-multichrome of the collection. That is honestly soooo hard to say since I really love them all. I kind of stared at this polish for a while before I could think of anything to do with it (other than paint everything I own with it), but I saw an envelope that my best friend had given me for Lunar New Year, and it was the perfect inspiration. Since this polish already had gold flakes in it, it worked out really well! For these pictures, all nails except my accent nail have two coats of Adventure with a dry brush gradient using West End Wonderland (Butter London). My accent nail is two coats of Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (OPI) with the same glitter gradient over it. I was so happy with how these came out, I couldn't stop staring at them! As you might suspect from my rant about one coat, the formula on this was pristine, no problems at all. And on top of that, this is probably the most opaque red that I own that caused no staining to my skin or nails whatsoever. Just magic.

Horror is based off the book Horror from the movie "The Pagemaster" - this Slate Blue jelly is filled with matte gray hex, bright blue hex and baby blue circles.

Last up in this funderful world of polish reviews is Horror. Horror always has sad endings! But not if it's this polish, because there is nothing sad about it. Unless you don't own it. That would make me sad. Every collection needs a good jelly, and here it is! And sure enough, this polish reminded me of something that I personally am horrified of - sharks.

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Sorry I have a cut on my finger in this one, I slammed my hand in a door because I am not a smart person. Anyway, Horror! For this gooey, love-filled swatch, I used three coats of horror on all nails except my middle finger. On my middle finger, I used two coats of Apres-Midi with a little Matin shark fin (both polishes are also Nvr Enuff). I felt that this was fitting since it was Shark Week and I'm absolutely terrified of sharks. To sum up, this polish is fantastic. It combines two of my favorite colors to wear (blue and grey), and it just looks so squishy and deep. The formula and dry time were fantastic as always.

Overall, I would snag as many of the remaining polishes as you can! This collection has basically become a staple for me, and with 700 polishes, that's saying quite a bit. These polishes were provided for be at a severe discount for my honest review, and I honestly love them! I think you ladies will too, so make sure you head over to http://nvrenuffpolish.bigcartel.com/ and grab some! All polishes are $8.75 each (15ml)/$3.75 each (5ml) for the remaining few shades. Don't let them sell out before you grab one!