Duri Red Carpet Collection

Okay, I have finally finished up editing photos of the nine polishes in Duri's Red Carpet Collection - this is going to be a bit long! I'll just go ahead and jump right in with photos and details.
As I suspected, Addicted To Fame, the orange I saw in the press release is hot! It's a bright orange loaded with gold shimmer and would look great in the summer as a pedi. I used two coats here for opacity.

Behind The Scenes is a deep vampy reddish toned purple. It looks a bit dark here in the low light photo, but trust me, you can still tell it's purple. Perfect opacity, I could almost have done one coat here.

Celebrity Scandal is a silver foil. It's very fine, though - it could almost be considered a chrome, since it's not very textured! Gorgeous. We have proof here that you need to baby these bad boys when you're applying, because I must have had SOMETHING on my middle finger that didn't agree with the polish! It shows right up on these metallics. If you don't have a nice silver foil, this is a good one - the application was easy, it dried in a snap, and any brush strokes disappear when it's dry. I love that!

Fashion Police is a gorgeous, gorgeous cornflower blue jelly with strong silver shimmer. It's more sheer than the other polishes, but that's to be expected since it's a jelly. I used three coats here. This is as gorgeous as I thought it was going to be from the press release!

Limo Ride is probably my only nemesis in this whole collection. Colors like this are just not me, it might be pretty on summer toes as one of my lovely twitter followers suggested, or topped with a darker stamped polish? It's a copper frost/pearl (maybe someone can identify, I can never QUITE tell the difference) that shows up brushstrokes pretty easily. I used two coats here.

Okay, we've come to the surprise of the collection, for me. Oscar Party is a bright, celery green shimmer. I had to do several photos for you guys and I'm going to ask you to click to enlarge these - it's a duochrome! It shifts from that celery green to a strong orange gold - stunning! I cannot get over how cool this is. I used three coats here, it's a little bit thin. This is going to be hot in the summer especially on your toes.

Whew, that was cool, huh? This next one is Paparazzi, an emerald green shimmer. I don't think I have a polish quite this shade and it is VERY pretty. Two coats here.

Tabloid Rumors is a very nice dark charcoal gray shimmer. Two coats here.

And last, but definitely not least: VIP Lounge. This bright red stole my heart - I don't even like bright reds and I fell head over heels for it! This has more of a berry/blue undertone so that's probably why I like it so much. Two coats here.

So, that's a pretty well rounded collection, huh? My favorites are VIP Lounge, Fashion Police, and Oscar Party, but I think it's a very good collection. What are your favorites?

Disclaimer: Product(s) featured in this post were provided by the PR company in return for an honest review.

OPI Warm & Fozzie

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Wocka Wocka Wocka! Man, I always did love the Muppets as a kid. Naturally, I was super excited to see a Muppets collection come out - but when I started seeing swatches, I was just underwhelmed. The only one I knew I absolutely had to seek out was the Fozzie bear one, Warm & Fozzie.
This is so, so cool! This is a multicolor foil that's almost hard to describe, there are so many colors going on here. I pick out gold, bronze, pink, and there are shifting colors here too. This was opaque at two coats and had a very nice application.
You can see in my photos the shift at the fingertips, especially at the last two photos - I think I even see purple and green here.

I am so glad I went on the hunt for this and nabbed it - it turns out it was the last one in the store, too!

Sinful Colors Envy and China Glaze Cracked Medallion

Oh my GOSH. How much do I love Envy? SO much that I'm going to get a backup of it. Fingers crossed this hasn't sold out at my Walgreen's. Envy is from the Beverly Hills display, and it's a lighter green than Last Chance, which I think was introduced to the Sinful Colors core line this spring. It's got the jelly creme formula, and it's a mid toned forest green. Two coats of perfection here.
I thought it might look good with China Glaze Cracked Medallion, which I'm calling a coppery gold crackle. I was right - what a great combo.

Ahhh, so much love. I've still got to find something I want to pair with Latticed Lilac. I think these new metallic crackles are so awesome! Okay, I'm sure you're all breathing a sigh of relief - that's all of the two SC collections, Adventure Island and Beverly Hills, that I've got to show you.

Focus On Glitter: Deborah Lippmann Superstar

It wouldn't be a glitter week without a Deborah Lippmann glitter, would it? I don't think so. If you've never tried one of her glitters and you're the least bit intrigued, do it. They're sublime.
Superstar is a brown jelly base with small copper hex glitter. It's...stunning. I don't see it featured often, but it's one of my favorites - and I think it makes a great polish for summer, which is when I start longing for metallics like copper and bronze  - especially in eyeshadows. I'm not sure why that is, but I definitely think of hot metals about as much as I think of bright colors in the summer.
Anyway, I used two coats in this application. I would be willing to bet if I had done a thicker coat, I could have gotten away with one - this is absolutely packed with glitter. You will notice a bit of sparsity on my index finger but it really wasn't noticeable until I took pictures. I'm just going to look at that like - hey, at least you can see the brown jelly base! Hah.
A TON of photos here. This really glows.

Wow, that just makes me want to go put this on all over again, even though I'm wearing a gorgeous lavender layering experiment. So yummy.
One more day of Focus On Glitter! I'll be posting a poll for the next Focus On tomorrow.

Disclosure: The product featured in this post was sent to me in return for an honest review by the PR company, when I had my previous website, Magic Maid.