By the Power of Grayskull, I will finish this damn series if it kills me. It’s been a while but today I’m picking up where we left off with my tenth helmer drawer, aka drawer four in Helmer number two. Today’s drawer contains my Milani, Orly and Misa polishes. Click Swatch For Larger Pic 46. ORLY FLICKER YEAR: 2012 AVAILABILITY: CURRENTLY AVAILABLE I get a real nailboner for these sorts of rusty orange shades. I’ve probably got at least twenty of them but that didn’t stop me diving right on Orly Flicker when I spotted it at a trade show [...]

I still sigh dreamily to myself when I look at this polish, even though I have owned it for close to five years now. When I purchased this back in 2008, it cost me mere pocket change from a discount beauty chain. Now these are as rare as some of my most lusted after wishlist items. I spent such a long time looking for that “perfect purple”. Something that wasn’t too blue, wasn’t too red and applied like a dream. This folks, is it. Man I wish I’d bought a backup – or ten.

There’s just something otherworldly about this polish. I know what you’re thinking – it’s just a green glitter in a clear base. And while yes, you are correct, at the same time I think it’s so much more. The size, density and shade of the glitter are all perfect. It glows. It’s bottles like this that make me sad that the Streetwear line was discontinued.

I was really hoping that when Sally Hansen announced their Luster Chrome line that we’d see shades as beautiful as this long discontinued prism, but alas it wasn’t to happen. Ruby Emerald is almost a dupe for the much loved OPI La Boheme. Unfortunately though, they’re both as HTF as each other.

Wow, this post series is becoming sort of a staple here at ol’ Pretty Random. This blog will turn five (!!) next year, and I’ve done posts for 2010, 2011 and 2012 – and I’ve had successes from all the lists. So what they hey? There’s still plenty of pretty on my must find lists so why not continue the trend! Before I begin my new list, I would like to take a look over what I did manage to pick up in the last twelve months. 2012 was a slow year in terms of polish acquisition compared to the [...]

Today’s drawer is where I keep my Models Own, Nfu-Oh, CND, Sephora OPI, Nicoles and those little Hot Topic bottles with the skulls on them. I was surprised by some of the colours I found in this drawer. I also discovered I have a habit of buying green Nicole shades at Christmas. I’m really enjoying this opportunity to go through my Helmers and revisit some forgotten faves. Click Swatch For Larger Pic 41. Nfu-Oh 125 YEAR: 2008 AVAILABILITY: Still Available Nfu-Oh 125 is a gorgeous sheer chartreuse shade that can be built to opacity. I picked up 121-125 (all green) [...]

Today’s drawer is where I keep my modest little Essie collection, my Icings, My Claire’s and my BB Couture stash. I thought my Essie stash was larger but what I have only takes up a few rows in the Helmer drawer. I found some interesting polishes in this lot, and a few that I had completely forgotten that I owned. Click Swatch For Larger Pic 36. Essie Viva La Vespa YEAR: 2003 AVAILABILITY: VHTF I’m guestimating on the year here, but I can’t find any reviews or info on this polish prior to 2003 so I’m thinking that’s the year. [...]

Now we’re getting into the juicy stuff! Today’s drawer is where I keep my Wet & Wild and Cutex! I have some REALLY old and interesting stuff in these drawers – even some shades I’d forgotten I owned! This drawer is packed to the brim so I really have no idea what I’m going to do if I ever get any more of these (and let’s face it, I know I will!). I’m really thinking it might be time to rethink this self imposed six helmer limit! But enough of that, here’s what I have dug out for you today! [...]

Today’s drawer is my Zoya and Color Club drawer and I gotta tell you, I had a blast picking through these. A lot of them I had forgotten that I even owned! While my Zoya collection is fairly decent, my Color Club collection is pretty small, but I love the ones I have. Zoya in particular is a brand that I love for a number of reasons, the first being that they rarely discontinue anything (a practice I am hoping to maintain with Pretty Serious) and also the fact that it started as a one woman show who just wanted [...]

I’m taking a break in being behind on my Helmer count posts to post something a little different today. Some of you may not be aware, but the 14th of November is World Diabetes Day, a day when Diabetes charities and organisations around the world band together to help raise awareness for this life changing disease. I was contacted by Pretty Random reader and loyal Pretty Serious customer, Hannah, who told me about her brave young daughter Rae who has been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Rae loves reading our blogs along with her Mum and enjoys having her nails [...]

Today’s helmer drawer is OPI. You’d think that as someone with such a large stash that I would have more than one drawer of OPI, but nope. And this one isn’t even full. I’ve never been too sold on the OPI hype train, and I prefer to think of my collection as more of a “greatest hits” to paraphrase my friend Emma, than a comprehensive collection. I’ve picked out five shades today for various reasons, and I hope you enjoy them. Click Swatch For Larger Pic 21. OPI Swimsuit… Nailed It! YEAR: 2011 (Miss Universe) AVAILABILITY: Discontinued I picked this [...]

The second of my Revlon drawers isn’t quite full but I definitely found some interesting stuff inside! Here are the five shades I’ve selected from this drawer to share with you today. Click Swatch For Larger Pic 16. Revlon Magical YEAR: 2003 (Prismagic) AVAILABILITY: Discontinued/Rare I’ve had this polish a LONG time. I think it was one of the first things I ever remember photographing (badly) on my nails. It was part of the Prismagic collection from 2003 along with Crystal Ball, Levitate and Potion (the only one of the three I don’t have). It’s a vibrant blue with a [...]

Still behind, I know but I plan to get a bunch of entries up today! Today’s drawer is the first of my two Revlon drawers. I can’t say that I’ve been terribly enthusiastic about recent offerings from Revlon, but when it comes to their vintage stuff – I can’t resist! I’m pretty sure all of the ones I am showing you today are vintage, with the exception of Rosefire which may be easier to find than the rest. Click Swatch For Larger Pic 11. Revlon Rosefire YEAR: Unknown AVAILABILITY: Limited Edition Funnily enough, as much as I love reds with [...]

Holy behind the times Batman! What is it now, the 7th or something? Don’t worry. I have been diligently counting and swatching every day but with the latest Pretty Serious presale I haven’t had time to post. I plan on posting 2-3 entries a day from today until we’re caught up. Now let’s get on with highlights from Day 2, my second China Glaze drawer!! Click Swatch For Larger Pic 6. China Glaze Agro YEAR: 2012 (Capitol Colours) AVAILABILITY: Limited Edition, Still available at time of posting I don’t know the first thing about what this polish means, or anything [...]

I should probably start with a small introduction to this series of posts. Pretty ambitious of me to embark on a project that’s going to require me to post every day for 30 days straight considering I’m the most sporadic blogger on the planet, but sometimes I flourish under pressure (see my 50 polishes series). I currently have five helmers. I also have absolutely no documentation on what is in them, nor do I have any idea how many polishes I actually own. I am concerned the number will be staggering, but the girls from The Scholarly Nail, Polished Claws [...]

If I had an obsession with any vintage Halloween line, it would have to be Fantasy Makers, Wet & Wild’s Halloween line. Fantasy Makers are still around to this day, more recently seen in the bottles with the cool “RIP” headstone caps. I love that Wet & Wild get into Halloween so much that they have their own sub-brand to accomodate it! Here’s my collection – I’ll start with the newest ones first. These two are still fairly recent but I’m not sure where they came from. They don’t look like part of the regular line. These Fantasy Makers are [...]

Yesterday I bombarded you with delicious oranges (not literally. That would be assault) and today I thought I’d pick through the flickr and show you some of my favourite green Halloween shades. You know the kind of green that I’m talking about – bright, grassy, yellowed… Leave that emerald shiz for Christmas! On with the spam! Naturistics Ever Green Pearl, Streetwear Monster Mash China Glaze Moonpool, OPI Who The Shrek Are You? China Glaze Limonyte, Streetwear Toad Dare 2 Wear Hunter Green 2 Gold Emerald, China Glaze Zombie Zest Beauty UK Unnamed Green, Maybelline Electric Apple Are you feeling the [...]