Barneys New York has some awesome Deborah Lippmann exclusives in a bottle with a special white cap. The first one I want to show you is Virtual Insanity.

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Deborah Lippmann Virtual Insanity is a purple base packed with pinky gold and red shimmer. The formula is on the thick side, and I honestly wasn't very happy with it. I'll definitely thin it the next time I wear this. Virtual Insanity is such a beautiful shade, but it instantly reminded me of another polish I'm obsessed with: Formula X Infinite.

2 coats Virtual Insanity, 2 coats Infinite

While they're not identical, you can probably see why Formula X Infinite came to mind when I swatched Virtual Insanity. Personally, I think they're different enough to own both.

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Let's just jump right in to the third and final part of the Dreams Come True set.

1 coat

Deborah Lippmann I Will Survive is an olive metallic. It's crazy pigmented!

2 coats

Deborah Lippmann Come Fly With Me is a dusky blue creme. It's also really pigmented and can be opaque in 1 careful coat.

2 coats

Deborah Lippmann Hey Jude, named for her husband, is a black jelly base packed with holo silver glitter.

2 coats, 1 coat Deborah Lippmann Addicted to Speed

Deborah Lippmann A Hard Day's Night is a navy base with iridescent glitter. I love this polish, but the formula is thick, draggy, and terrible.

3 coats, 1 coat Deborah Lippmann Addicted to Speed

Deborah Lippmann Land of Make Believe is a green jelly base with blue and green glitter. By far my favorite from the entire set. It's like a green Across the Universe on steroids!





This set retails for $195 and is available for purchase from almost everywhere that sells Deborah Lippmann.

If you missed part 1, click here.



This round of swatches contains my two least favorite shades from the set. I rambled enough in my first post, so let's get started.

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Deborah Lippmann The Climb is a dark caramel creme. I don't like browns almost as much as I don't like orange on me. I'm not really a fan of shades like this on anyone, to be honest. The formula is thin and slightly runny. I had to be extra careful while applying this.

2 coats over Deborah Lippmann My Coloring Book

Deborah Lippmann Daydream Believer is...a mess. It was my mistake for thinking it would look good over My Coloring Book, but it's not even that pretty on its own. I can do circle, square, and hex glitter, but diamond glitter just doesn't do it for me. I'm need to play around with this one some more. Formula is thick and goopy. Not fun to apply.

2 coats

Deborah Lippmann My Coloring Book is a raspberry pink creme. The consistency and application of this is perfect.

2 coats over Deborah Lippmann The Climb

Deborah Lippmann Magic to do is a shifty orange shimmer base with pink hex glitter. It reminds me of a more orange version of Ciate Love Letter. It's opaque on its own in 3 coats.

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And my favorite of the bunch: Deborah Lippmann Pure Imagination. It's pure pink with an orange shift glitter that is too blingy for pics. Love!





What are you loving from the swatches you've seen so far? Any plans to pick this up?

The Deborah Lippmann Until Your Dreams Come True music box set is so special. Not only does it contain 15 gorgeous mini polishes, but the music box plays a song sung and written by Deborah Lippmann herself. She started her career as a musician, and music means so much to her that all her polishes are song titles. Included in the music box is a card with the song lyrics, DL's signature, and a number out of 500. Opening this up was such a magical experience.



Here's a quick, low quality video I shot:

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Now onto the polishes. I'm splitting my swatches up into 3 parts to avoid overwhelming you, and to have multiple opportunities to gush over this set.

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Deborah Lippmann Love Will Leave A Mark is a deep oxblood creme. It is named for her brother and business partner Mark. This shade is a perfect vamp for fall, and it went on in two perfect coats.

2 coats

Deborah Lippmann We Are Family is a dark but vibrant purple jelly. You'll have to forgive me for my messy swatch; I was filing my nails in between shots. Stunning color.

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Deborah Lippmann I Dreamed a Dream is a red shimmer. It's a bit deeper than Deborah Lippmann New York State of Mind but just as glowy. Perfect formula on this one.

2 coats over Deborah Lippmann We Are Family

Deborah Lippmann 1999 is a shift blue/purple flecked shimmer in a purple base. I thought it would be sheer, so I layered it. This polish packs a punch, though, and is opaque on its own in 3 coats.

2 coats, 1 coat Deborah Lippmann Addicted to Speed

Deborah Lippmann Looks Like We Made It is a red jelly base packed with silver and red glitter. I wore this as a full mani, hence the top coat. Such a fabulous glitter!





That's all for now. If you'd like to purchase this set (retails for $195) or listen to the full song, you can do so here.

The next Lippmann 15th anniversary set I have to show you is called I've Gotta Be Me. This 6-piece set is pretty much the epitome of what I consider fall appropriate.

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Deborah Lippmann Fashionably Late is a dusty eggplant creme; its a slightly lighter OPI Mis You-niverse The formula is perfection.

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Deborah Lippmann Stand By Your Man is a red with a touch of pink crelly. It dries incredibly shiny, and the formula is great.

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Deborah Lippmann You've Got A Friend is a mauve-y nude creme. DL seems to really like this shade because it's along the same vein as Sweet Life and Modern Love. Not that I'm complaining...I love it! What I don't love is YGAF's formula. It's streaky, so extra is need when applying.

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Deborah Lippmann This One's On Me is a stunner. It's a vibrant purple base loaded with shifty red shimmer. It's very similar to OPI Every Month Is Oktoberfest. Actually, I want to say they're identical, but I haven't swatched them together yet, so I'll save my thoughts for the comparison post. Whether it's unique or not, this is an absolutely stunning shade.





The next two shades are extremely complex shades that are difficult to describe in words or pics, so if you get the chance, go look at this set in person.

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Deborah Lippmann Ya Got Trouble is a shifty bronze/copper shimmer. Even though I don't think it's the most flattering color on me, I cannot deny how interesting and beautiful this polish is.

3 coats

Deborah Lippmann Running On Faith is by far my favorite from this set, and it is easily in my top 5 favorite DLs of all time. There's this greenish blue cast that I couldn't quite capture, and the shimmer mix is so very complex. I don't doubt that this shade will be released as a single at some point. It's too interesting to only exist as a mini.





Gorgeous set, right? I've not been this pleased with a DL set since last year's Starlight set. I've Gotta Be Me is the perfect combination of colors and finishes; I consider this a must-have.



The Deborah Lippmann 15th Anniversary I've Gotta Be Me Set retails for $49 and is available for purchase here.

To celebrate her company's 15th anniversary, Deborah Lippmann has released three (3-pc, 6-pc, and 15-pc) sets of gorgeous mini polishes. Naturally, I bought them all and am so excited to share my swatches with you. First up is this three-piece set called Celebration.

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Deborah Lippmann New York State of Mind is a bight, shiny, red shimmer. Pretty much every polish brand has a red shimmer, so this is not exactly unique. However, that doesn't take away from how glowy and vibrant this is. The formula is a touch on the thin side but still great to work with.

1 coat dabbed onto New York State of Mind

Deborah Lippmann It's My Party is the reason I decided to buy this set. The glitter mix is so fun! There's peach mini hex, butter yellow micro hex, red and baby blue squares...it goes on. I'm seriously in love with this glitter and think it will look amazing over white or in a jelly sammy. It's My Party is not as dense as most of DL's recent glitters, so it's easier to apply and is not at all thirsty.





Overall, Celebration is just okay. Unless you really need another yellow gold and red shimmer, I recommend skipping this and keeping your fingers crossed that she releases It's My Party as a single.



Deborah Lippmann's Celebration trio retails for $29 and is available for purchase here

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Congratulations to Jennifer, who has won the Summer Beauty Envy Bag. She has already been contacted and claimed her prize. Thanks to all who entered; we look forward to sharing more of our favorites next season!

We've dished about our favorite products that help shift our summer beauty routines into fall, and now it's time for one of you to win a bag filled with these essentials. If you haven't yet gotten to know all of the ladies behind the Beauty Envy Bag, here's a quick intro:




























Check out the reviews for the featured products in this season's Beauty Envy Bag:

• Cirque Colors Dear Daliah & Midnight Summer (Reviewed by Lakeisha)


• Hourglass Opaque Rouge Liquid Lipstick in Icon (Reviewed by Latoya)


• Laura Mercier Baked Eyeshadow in Black Karat (Reviewed by Leticia)


• Dior Vernis Gel Shine in Incognito (Reviewed by Lola)

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• Must leave a blog comment (just one blog, doesn't have to be all four) letting us know your favorite way to shift your summer beauty routine into fall.


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• Giveaway closes on Sunday  September, 21 at 12:00 AM EST

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There are no rules when it comes to polish colors (at least no rules that should be taken seriously), but if you're anything like me, you're probably drawn toward season appropriate shades for your manis. Don't get me wrong - I have no problem wearing brights in the winter and vamps in the spring, but something about a neon in summer and a deep, rich red in fall just seems so right.



So, I've been wearing the same shade of bright coral all summer, but I think now is the time to transition into something that screams, "fall is almost here! Let's go boot shopping!"



The perfect summer to fall transition for me is super short nubs (to prep for vamps, of course) and a nude palate cleanser. A subtle mani after weeks of brights is like a breath of fresh air, isn't it?



My go-to, absolute favorite nude would have to be Dior Incognito.

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Dior Incognito is my all-time favorite nude because it has enough pink in it to save me from having corpse or mannequin hands. I've reviewed this previously, so I won't bore you with another review. Just know that it's amazing! I stamped over Incognito with Konad white and an image from BM-419. I've always used Butter London's top coat over my stamping with no problems, but of course this time it decided to smear.



I'll wear this for a few days and then dive into my first "fall appropriate" mani (definitely DL One More Night).





Do you gravitate towards the shades of the season, or are you more, "anything goes" when it comes to your manis? And don't forget to check out these other amazing takes on transitioning from summer to fall!

Of course, the impetus for my posting these swatches is the release of the summer collection! Better late than never, I suppose. Let's talk about these pretties!

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Deborah Lippmann Spring Buds is a pistachio green creme. This shade and I do not usually play well together. Something about the yellow tone in it makes my hands look strange. I much prefer a minty green. It sure is pretty to look at, though.

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Deborah Lippmann Flowers in Her Hair is a mint green creme. It has a touch more blue in it than a true mint green, which I'm a totally digging.

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Deborah Lippmann Blue Orchid is a sky blue creme. It manages to have both a softness and vibrancy that makes it so much more than just another pastel blue. It's clean, bright, and I've been wearing this way more often than I should. Oh well, my pile of untrieds will just have to wait. :)

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Deborah Lippmann La Vie En Rose is a sheer, milky pink base with golden pink shimmer. It's so delicately beautiful, you can't help but love it.

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Deborah Lippman Build Me Up Buttercup is a pale yellow creme. I don't often reach for yellow, but when I do, it's always a pale one. I do appreciate having a couple pale yellows in my collection because they pair so well with so many other shades.



There's one more shade, Tip Toe Through the Tulips, that I want to share, but I need to take new pics of it. None of my shots were even close color accurate.



The formula on these was quite nice on these with the exception of La Vie En Rose. It was more streaky than I'd like, and I experienced some running and pooling with it as well. If she can get her pastels to apply nicely, surely a milky sheer shouldn't be so difficult.



Deborah Lippman Spring Reveries collection retails for $18 each and is available at Sephora.

Spring has sprung! Kind of, at least. I've officially packed away all my winter clothes, so of course snow popped up in next week's forecast. Oh well, I'll always have my nails to remind me what season it is. Today I have a swatch of Dior Bloom to show you.

Hey dolls! The ladies behind the Beauty Envy Bag Giveaway have come together to share some our favorite Radiant Orchid products with one lucky person. I'm sure you all didn't think we just wanted to show them off last week in our first themed post! In case you are a new reader, here is a quick look at the bloggers behind the giveaway.

Lola is a Midwest blogger with a passion for polish, science, and music. She is the blogger behind Burb Beauty.

Lakeisha is a nail polish blogger living in Georgia. She is obsessed with polish, fashion, and merging the two together. She is the blogger behind Refined and Polished.

Leticia is a beauty blogger from the Pacific Northwest. She is a dog lover, sci fi nerd, handbag collector, and makeup junkie. She is the blogger behind Cosmetics Aficionado.

Latoya is a beauty blogger from the East Coast of Canada. While she loves all things girly, she also has a serious geeky side. She is the blogger behind Beauty Obsessed.

So what is going into that gorgeous makeup bag? Read on! (Links to each blogger's reviews included)

• Essie Splash of Grenadine


• L’Oreal Color Caresse Shine Stain in Stubborn Plum


• Mentality in Wily & Sorceress


• Sephora Formula X in Gemini & Harmonics


• Sugarpill Poison Plum Eyeshadow

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• You must leave a blog comment (just on one blog, doesn’t have to be all four) letting us know whether you've tried any Radiant Orchid products this year. If so, tell us about them.
  


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• Giveaway is open to US and Canada residents only (sorry, this is due to issues with overseas mail and nail polish).


• Must be 18 years of age or older.


• Giveaway closes Saturday, April 5th at 12:00a EST.


• Winner has 48 hours to respond to our email or a new winner will be chosen.


• Giveaway is not sponsored by anyone.


• Note: We are not responsible for items lost, damaged, or stolen in transit. If the prize is lost, we will not be sending a replacement, nor will we provide money for the value of the prize. We are not responsible for any customs fees you may incur.

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Radiant Orchid is Pantone's pick for 2014, and it is beautiful. Finally, a color of the year that I actually like! I teamed up with my three of my favorite people to share some products that closely resembled this stunning shade. Fun, right??

I have so many Spring things to show you! I'm determined to get all my spring 2014 swatches up before May, so this should (hopefully) be a fun month!



Anyway, onto this pretty...

1 coat over Dior Porcelaine

Dior Perle is a cloudy base with purple iridescent shimmer. It's meant to be a topcoat, so I applied it over Porcelaine because Perle definitely looks best over lighter colors. The cloudy base makes darker shades look...just plain ugly. The matte finish makes the shimmer extra glowy; it's a nice touch.



The formula is nice enough to allow you to apply one coat without any streaks. Perfect for layering. My only gripe is that the base limits its combo possibilities.



Dior 187 Perle retails for $25 and is available at Nordstrom.