Happy Saturday… almost Sunday. It’s late and I’m hoping I finish this post up before I head to bed. I have my big post for Polish Pickup ready, and for April 2022 the theme is Periodic Table!
It’s been a busy couple of weeks – so I’ve been hauling butt to swatch and keep up and I’m not doing too bad at it. This week I turned 40, and since I had my 10 year Blog Anniversary in late December – that means I officially blogged my way through my 30’s.
Pretty sure I just heard my son squawk upstairs…
Anyways. April brings us a theme I’ve wanted for awhile! Periodic Table! This means Periodic Table of Elements and makers can create what they wish and tie it into the theme however they see fit.
I am still waiting on a couple items (surprise surprise) I always feel like 2 items are on the way, just 2. Otherwise – I currently have 75 items to share.
This is also Polish Pickup’s 5 year anniversary! So makers that are still in PPU that were involved in the very first Polish Pickup shop in 2017 were invited to recreate their first polish as well as their April shade! That’s why you will see 2 shades from some makers.
For the fine details – for all photos shown – I used Vapid Lacquer Commitment Issues Peel Off Base, and for the glossy photos I did use a combination of the top coats including Vibrant Vinyls which was sent as PR this month, and Night Owl Lacquer’s Patience Not Required, as well as Anchor & Heart Sea Glass. I purchased the Vapid Lacquer Commitment Issues and the top coats were sent as pr or as gifts.
Also – i got my periodic table prop on .. Zazzle I think. We can never redo this theme or I’ll have to duct tape over the month and year.
I do use artificial lighting for my photos. I work during the day and weekend afternoons I’m with Nick and Jacob, so I do most swatching when the sun is setting or gone. My current setup uses GlamCor Pro LIghts and I use the Ultra X Model and this Daylight Company Duo Daylight Lamp (affiliate link).
For reflective polish photos – I only used my camera flash. It was taken in low light with a my camera (Nikon Coolpix L830)
For Glow In The Dark and Solar polishes I used this UV flashlight to “charge” my nails for photos.
My nails are not my natural nails – I’m using ENailCouture Full Coverage Gel Nail Tips in Active Almond shape.
Wish-listing opens tomorrow (Sunday… in case I post this after midnight) so let’s get this going.
ALCHEMY LACQUERS | METALLOIDS (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by the upper right-hand corner of a pastel version of a periodic table!
Description: Metalloids is a sheer white jelly base with green to blue to purple shifting shimmer, blue to purple to black chrome chameleon flakes with a scattered holographic finish and purple reflective glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This polish will dry down with a mild texture.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 200
ALL MIXED UP LACQUERS | UNBALANCED AF (Solar)
Inspiration: Inspired by balancing the chemical ratio to keep a swimming pool clean and clear
Description: Unbalanced AF is a white (indoors) to berry (outdoors/UV) jelly based solar with pink to gold to green to blue shifting shimmer, green to blue to violet color shifting flakes, as well as pink, purple, black and white glitters of different shapes and sizes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Middle 2 nails show the color in UV lighting.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 200
ANCHOR & HEART LACQUER | LA VUE 2.0 (5 Year Anniversary Polish)
Inspiration: La Vue was inspired by a Henri Matisse painting called Les toits de Collioure. It was released in Polish Pickup’s first preorder in April 2017! The community, the makers and their beautiful creations continue to inspire me and it’s been an honor to participate in all but two months since then! Happy 5th Anniversary, PPU!!
Description: La Vue 2.0 is a lavender leaning pink crelly (slightly brighter than the original) with blue to green shifting shimmer, a tiny bit of purple shimmer, and various sizes and finishes of glitter in lime green, aqua, turquoise, and periwinkle. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
ANCHOR & HEART LACQUER | MOON METAL
Inspiration: Inspired by a collectable Niobium coin depicting a geographically correct design of the moon’s surface! Niobium is a shiny white metal used in a wide variety of things from hypoallergenic jewelry to superconducting magnets. Most recently it was used by SpaceX in the development of the engines of its Falcon 9 rocket! The metal forms a film when exposed to air, turning shades of blue, purple, green or yellow. Niobium, also known as columbium, is a chemical element with the symbol Nb and atomic number 41.
Description: Moon Metal is a multichrome polish that shifts cyan to teal to purple with turquoise micro flakes and shifting iridescent flakes in green to pink to purple. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
ATOMIC POLISH | BI IS FOR BISMUTH
PAID PR
Inspiration: Inspired by the element Bismuth (Bi)
Description: Bi is for Bismuth is a black base with blue to purple to gold to green shifting chameleon pigment, with scattered holo and holo flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
BARONESS X | XPRESS DRYING DROPS IN MIXED ROCK CANDY
Inspiration: Inspired by the little chemist sets for kids, which always includes a little glass dropper. The scent is inspired by the science kits for growing your own crystals.
Description: Xpress Drying Drops scented in a house blend, Mixed Rock Candy (hard candy scents in watermelon, apple, peach & passionfruit).
This product contains ingredients that bond with the solvents in nail polish to help them evaporate faster, namely disiloxane. This is the ingredient that evaporates and bonds with solvents the fastest of all the silicones in drying products. Drying products that do not contain this ingredient, won’t dry your nails nearly as quickly as Xpress Drying Spray. Baroness X also added camellia and jojoba oil to help hydrate skin and cuticles at the same time as drying.
Simply apply 1-2 drops over each nail to speed the outer layer for drying. Be sure to do this as the FINAL step – not between layers. Do this once the mani is done.
Price: $7.25 | Cap: 150
BLUEBIRD LACQUER | CHLORIDE THE LIGHTNING
Inspiration: Inspired by the green-yellow color of chlorine gas.
Description: Chloride The Lightning is a silvery based shattered holo (holo flakes and large particle shimmer) with green to gold to bright yellow shifting shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
BY DANY VIANNA | BE-⁴ (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by Beryllium and Emeralds
Description: BE-4 is a black jelly base with green reflective glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 500
CADILLACQUER | OXYGEN (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by a beautiful picture called Oxygen, by May Caras
Description: Oxygen is a very pale mint (almost seems like a mint tinged pale grey) with pink to orange to gold shimmer and silver reflective glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: None
CAMEO COLOURS LACQUERS | ALL MY F*CKS ARGON
Inspiration: Inspired by Argon (Ar)
Description: All My F*cks Argon is a lilac leaning pink crelly base with scattered holo, indigo to purple to pink to red shifting shimmer and purple metallic flakes, as well as silver holo micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $11.50 | Cap: 105
COLORES DE CAROL | ELEMENT 79 (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by gold
Description: Element 79 is a golden yellow jelly base with gold reflective glitters and pink to aqua to gold flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 550
CRYSTAL KNOCKOUT | VOLT (Glow In The Dark)
Inspiration: Inspired by The Energizer Bunny’s lithium batteries
Description: Volt is a white-grey crelly base filled with platinum silver flakes, matte black, blue, white, and pink micro glitters, white flakies, and two shades and sizes of pink dots. Glows bright green in the dark.
Dries with a texture due to the glitter – use 2 coats of top coat to smooth, or a glitter smoothing top coat and then normal top coat.
Price: $11.00 | Cap: None
CUPCAKE POLISH | RADIUM GIRLS (Glow In The Dark)
Inspiration: Inspired by the “radium girls” who lost their lives working with radium in factories
Description: Radium Girls is a super pale (almost white) green with glowy gold to orange to green shimmers. It glows bright green in the dark. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This almost looks like a cool toned ivory on me with the slightest hint of green.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
DAM NAIL POLISH | DON’T PEE IN POOLS (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by the periodic element Chlorine.
Description: Don’t Pee in the Pool is a blue jelly with metallic blue, holographic silver, and white glitters, as well as silver reflective glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This does dry down with texture, so you would need 2 coats of top coat or a glitter smoothing topper and top coat for a glassy finish.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 300
DREAMLAND LACQUER | CZECH THIS OUT (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by the neodymium glass (also called alexandrite glass) that was developed in the 1920s by the Moser Glassworks in the Czech Republic. The glass is generally pink or purple in natural light and blue under fluorescent lights, but it also can have an almost multichrome appearance.
Description: Czech This Out is a lilac jelly base filled with a mix of reflective and holographic glitters and blue to purple aurora shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 500
DRK NAILS | H.O.H (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by reflective light under water
Description: H.O.H. is a blue lake jelly base with turquoise reflective glitter and ultra bright iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This is slightly more green tinged in person and a shade deeper.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 400
DRK NAILS | MAGIC EFFECT FOR MAGNETICS TOP COAT
Inspiration:
Description: Easy Magnetic Effect was created to make it easier to get a magnetic effect from a magnetic polish. Using this will save you time and help to get the result you want. No need for rushing! Just apply the magnetic polish as a regular one and let it dry. Then apply a generous coat of this top coat on one nail and use the magnet over it (repeat in the other nails). I painted 3 thin coats of the Bee’s Knees Lacquer Demeter as regular polish – no magnet used during the 3 thin coats) then I used this top coat, and after each nail I used a magnet. I got nice circles from it and it was a lot less work than usual.
The magnet used will also be in this months shop – it’s from The Crafty Taco.
Price: $7.80 | Cap: None
ETHEREAL LACQUER | DIVA (Reflective Glitter)
PAID PR
Inspiration: inspired by plavalaguna from the fifth element.
Description: Diva is a vibrant medium blue jelly base loaded with teal to blue to violet shifting shimmer as well as reflective glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: TBA | Cap:
FAIR MAIDEN POLISH | HEART OF GLASS
PAID PR
Inspiration: inspired by Europium Sulfate (Eu2)
Description: Heart of Glass is a bright pink leaning red jelly base with violet to red to gold iridescent flakes as well as holographic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
FAIR MAIDEN POLISH | METAMORPHOSIS 2.0 (5 Year Anniversary Polish)
Inspiration: Fair Maiden for the first month of Polish Pickup ‘Famous Works of Art’ was inspired by the painting ‘Metamorphosis’ by Vladimir Kush.
Description: Metamorphosis 2.0 is a lilac-gray crelly base with strong red to orange shimmer and fiery flakes that shift red to orange to gold and scattered holo. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
GARDEN PATH LACQUERS | BUILT TO PROTECT (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by the film “The Fifth Element”.
Description: Built To Protect is a clear base loaded with blue and teal metallic micro flakes, silver reflective glitter, and red/orange iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This dries with a mild texture.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
GARDEN PATH LACQUERS | GOOD MORNING, LOLLIPOP! 2.0 (5 Year Anniversary Polish)
Inspiration: Garden Path Lacquers is honored to be part of the fifth anniversary celebration of Polish Pickup as one of the original contributing brands! For the very first PPU, under the Lollipop Posse Lacquer brand, we released ‘Good Morning, Lollipop!’, inspired by one of our favorite paintings at the Butler Museum of American Art. This month we are excited to offer a 2.0 version, inspired by the original but interpreted through the lens of an extra five years of making experience.
Description: Good Morning, Lollipop! 2.0 is a pastel turquoise base filled with pink to purple aurora shimmer and pink to gold shifting iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
In person this polish is a little more toned down – almost more sky blue leaning
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
GLISTEN & GLOW | GLITTER GRABBER
Inspiration:
Description: Glitter Grabber gets applied after any glitter or flakie dense manicure is done and it’s fully dry and before your top coat. It aids in creating a smoother surface for your top coat or matte top coat all while “grabbing” that extra texture.
It works by filling in all the nooks and crannies without “sinking” in like top coat usually does.
Apply a coat of this and then top coat over it for a smooth finish.
Price: $8.00 | Cap: None
GLISTEN & GLOW | MINTY FRESH
Inspiration: Inspired by the element Fluorine (F) and it’s use in toothpaste! Keep that Smile Bright with Minty Fresh Toothpaste! If you know the maker, Jill you know that she is an avid tooth brusher! She’s huge into dental care!
Description: Minty Fresh is a white crelly base loaded with mint and blue metallic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
HEALTHY FAWNS | CHEMICAL COMPOUND POUCH
Inspiration: Inspired by familiar scents and their chemical compounds.
Description: The Chemical Compound Pouch is made with 100% cotton and features a mix of chemical compounds like Coca Cola, Sugar, and even the Scent of Rain. The pouch measures 9″ x 7.5″ and has a black iridescent zipper and rainbow zipper pull.
This is one of the larger pouches Cassandra has done, so I do have a photo with my hand over it to help a little with size.
Price: $17.00 | Cap: 75
HEARTS & PROMISES | KING TUT’S MASK (5 Year Anniversary Polish)
Inspiration: We were one of the original PPU makers and have been invited to remake our original polish.
Description: King Tut’s Mask is a medium navy blue crelly base with gold shimmer and gold flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 300
HEARTS AND PROMISES | POTASSIUM FLAME (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by the element of Potassium
Description: Potassium Flame is a pastel purple crelly base loaded with silver reflective glitter, purple metallic flakes, purple and red shimmer, as well as rainbow flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 300
HEATHER’S HUES | IO-DINE AND DASH (Solar)
Inspiration: Inspired by the beautiful colors that iodine puts off when burning
Description: Io-Dine and Dash is a hot pink (indoors) to bright violet (outside/UV Light) solar polish filled with orange to gold iridescent flakes and pink to orange to gold shimmer. I used 3 thin coats an da glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
HIT THE BOTTLE POLISHES | HAPPY OXIDANT (Stamping Polish)
Inspiration: Inspired by the element Sulfur (symbol S, atomic number 16)
Description: Happy Oxidant is a pastel neon yellow stamping polish. Wears well as regular polish but is a touch on the thick side so keep that in mind when painting. I used 2 coats on index and pinky and stamped over black using Hit The Bottle For The Love Of Science stamping plate.
Price: $8.50 | Cap: 300
INDIE BY PATTY LOPES | MR. WHITE (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by Breaking Bad TV Series
Description: Mr. White is a teal jelly base loaded with blue to gold aurora shimmer and blue reflective glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 250
JEN & BERRIES | UNOBTANIUM
Inspiration:
Description: Unobtanium is a charcoal crelly base loaded with silver to blue shifting shimmer and holographic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 150
JIOR COUTURE | PERIODIC TABLE OF BLACK HISTORY (Reflective Glitter & Magnetic)
Inspiration: We were inspired by the Period Table of Black history created by central Florida third grader Dana Boone and his mom Charnetta Starr in January 2022. It has a similar layout to the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements, but instead, there are 90 African American history-makers.
“I wanted to represent our Black culture and I wanted to represent all the amazing people in this project,” Dana said.
“And I’m hoping that students and teachers will learn about more people who have contributed to the success of Black culture and the history and all of the things that they’ve contributed,” Starr said. (Wesh.com)
Description: Periodic Table of Black History is a black jelly base loaded with silver magnetic pigment, silver reflective glitter, as well as an assortment of glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: None
KBSHIMMER | GRAND FINALE
PAID PR
Inspiration: Inspired by fireworks
Description: Grande Finale is a red leaning violet base with holo flecks and gold to copper to bronze shifting shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $11.00 | Cap: None
KBSHIMMER | SWEET SANGRIA HAND & BODY SCRUB
PAID PR
Inspiration: Inspired by Friends & Conversation
Description: KBShimmer’s sugar scrubs are good for all over the body or as a hand scrub, the sugar particles are medium grit so they do a good job getting dry spots on your body situated.
Sweet Sangria is a sweet, fruity blend as refreshing as a glass of sangria loaded with seasonal produce. Sweet grape notes are brightened by a hint of tart berry. Deep wine notes amplify hints of orange, black plum, and pineapple for a blend that will have you envisioning relaxing days laughing with family and friends.
My nose primarily picks up grape juice and plum… and it almost seems like a hint of plumeria but this doesn’t have floral notes. It’s semi sweet but not tooth aching sweet. I wouldn’t mind having a body wash in this scent as well… and a lotion.
Price: $10.00 | Cap: None
LEESHA’S LACQUER | BINKY BUNNIES (Reflective Glitters)
Inspiration: *This polish was originally made for March’s theme, but they had to pull it last minute.
Inspired by my three bunnies, Harvey, Bella and Delano. A binky is something bunnies do where they jump and twist around in the air. It’s usually done when a bunny is super happy!
Description: Binky Bunnies is a pale silver holographic base with both scattered and linear holo pigments, with purple to pink to gold shifting multichrome pigment, and flakes and reflective glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
LEESHA’S LACQUER | POP! 2.0 (5 Year Anniversary Polish)
Inspiration: Our first ever PPU polish was inspired by Pop art, thus the name POP!
Description: POP! 2.0 is a grape purple jelly base loaded with pink to purple to blue shifting shimmer and matching chrome flecks. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 200
LEMMING LACQUER | MADE OF STAR STUFF (Magnetic)
Inspiration: Inspired by elements like hydrogen and other ionized gases that make up a nebula.
Description: Made of Star Stuff is a blackened blue jelly with magnetic pigment shifting pink to gold to green and a scattering of silver holographic sparks. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
I only magnetized the center 2 nails so you can see it both ways.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 200
LILYPAD LACQUER | GLOW UP
Inspiration: Inspired by a neon sign
Description: Glow Up is a bright yellow leaning orange jelly base loaded with pink to orange to gold to green crystal chameleon flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This polish is slightly more mustard yellow tinged in person.
Price: $14.00 | Cap: 200
LUCKY 13 LACQUER | YOU ARE WHO YOU CHOOSE TO BE (Reflective Glitter, Magnetic & Thermal)
Inspiration: Inspired by The Iron Giant
Description: You Are Who You Choose To Be is a pewter grey (hot) to blackened iron grey (cold) thermal with silver magnetic pigment and silver reflective glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
I only magnetized the middle 2 nails for these photos.
Price: $11.00 | Cap: 150
LUMEN | LIQUIDITY
Inspiration: Inspired by liquid oxygen
Description: Liquidity is a frosty blue jelly base saturated with a golden iridescent shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 250
LYNBDESIGNS | WAX In The Scent MOLECULAR
Inspiration: Inspired by the four elements of scent
Description: LynBDesigns has another wax for us this month!
Top Notes: Japanese grapefruit, apple, fresh air
Mid Notes: lily of the valley, jasmine, cantaloupe, rose, lotus blossoms
Base Notes: patchouli, musk, ebony woods, bamboo
To my nose this is a musky floral on dry sniff – primarily lily of the valley and a touch of rose. When melting though a bit of apple comes out and cantaloupe. You do need to like musky florals for this, while it isn’t super strong, it is enough that I would say it sits heavily in the floral category and the fruit notes are in the background.
Price: $5.00 | Cap: 110
LYNBDESIGNS | THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEPHANTS (Reflective Glitters)
Inspiration: Inspired by a play on words that my family like to use when talking about the elements
Description: The Periodic Table of Elephants is a sheer pale grey jelly base loaded with pink to yellow to orange to green to blue shimmer and silver reflective glitter and holo shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
MANMADE BY J&S | THE SCIENCE SCRUNCHIE DUO
Inspiration: Science
Description: We have 2 scrunchies that are perfect for those science enthusiasts. This is a set of scrunchies and one is a black scrunchie with bright Periodic Table of Elements print, and the second is a black and white chemistry print. These are both made with 100% cotton fabric and are approximately 4x4x.5 in size.
I have fairly thick hair but can wrap my hair twice in these for a pony tail, or once around for a bun.
Price: $5.50 | Cap: 38
MOO MOO’S SIGNATURES | THE LAST MINERAL ON EARTH
Inspiration: Inspired by raw minerals wallpaper
Description: The Last Mineral On Earth is a white crelly base with gold to orange to green chameleon flakes, diamond flashing blue shimmer, bronze to orange ultrachrome chameleon flakes and neon yellow tiny hexes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 200
MY INDIE POLISH | THC
Inspiration: I was inspired by THC which stands for Tetrahydrocannabinol which is the active ingredient in marijuana.
Description: THC is a semi sheer medium green jelly base with tiny grape purple flakes, as well as blue micro glitters and gold to green shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
NATIVE WAR PAINTS | WAKANDA FOREVER (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by Vibranium, a fictional metal from Marvel Comics that is mined in Wakanda.
Description: Wakanda Forever is a black jelly base loaded with teal to blue to purple multichrome shimmer, as well as silver reflective glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.75 | Cap: 150
NIGHT OWL LACQUER | SHELL YEAH!
Inspiration: Inspired by element 20 Ca (calcium) and abalone shells
Description: Shell Yeah is a periwinkle jelly base packed with purple to pink to gold to green to blue shifting shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
NOODLES NAIL POLISH | HYDROGEN IN THE SKY
Inspiration: Inspired by the element hydrogen. Color inspired by a photo of hot air balloons against a sunset.
Description: Hydrogen In The Sky is a lavender purple crelly with color shifting flakes in purple to pink to gold to copper to green, as well as pink, lavender, and periwinkle matte glitters, pink and yellow iridescent glitters, and a touch of fine gold holo glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Dries with texture due to glitters. Apply 1-2 coats of topcoat for a smooth finish.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
NORTHERN STAR | SCREAM OF NATURE 2.0 (5 Year Anniversary Polish)
Inspiration: Inspired by The Scream
Description: Scream Of Nature 2.0 is a medium blue crelly base with jewel toned metallic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $11.25 | Cap: 100
PAHLISH | NEON
Inspiration: Inspired by the element neon
Description: Neon is a super bright neon yellow packed with neon red to copper to green shifting shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This polish pissed my camera off. It didn’t know where to focus and finally said “F*ck It” and I had to take a lot of photos and hope some came out.
Price: $14.00 | Cap: None
PAINT IT PRETTY POLISH | CO
Inspiration: Inspired by the Cobalt element
Description: Co is a cobalt jelly base with purple to pink to orange to yellow to green to blue shifting flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 120
PAMPERED POLISHES | ZINK
Inspiration: Inspired by zinc (No, the polish isn’t spelled incorrectly- the makers last name is Zink)
Description: Zink is a light grey crelly base with black and holographic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
PARADOX POLISH | AVOGADRO’S NUMBER
Inspiration: Chemistry is my minor in my degree and I love figuring out the atomic mass in each element in the periodic table by using Avogadro’s number (6.0221408e+23).
Description: Avogadro’s Number is a pale yellow crelly base with purple flakes, holo flakes, silver shimmer and purple matte glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
My photos show this almost as a banana yellow but it’s not – the yellow base is a little more toned down and almost… chartreuse tinged? It’s a beautiful shade of yellow – so please look at all photos in listing and the main photo is much closer to real color.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
PENELOPE LUZ | OSMIUM (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by an illustration of the element Osmium.
Description: Osmium is a deep blue jelly base with blue shimmer and silver reflective glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $14.00 | Cap: 700
PRETTY BEAUTIFUL UNLIMITED | UNICORN SPRINKLES WAX
Inspiration: Inspired by Perfume Wheel
Description: Unicorn Sprinkles is a blend of Sweet fluffy, Cotton Candy, Rainbow Candy Drops, Sugared Lemon. Sweet, tart and delightfully delicious.
This is pure sugar love. My nose primarily picks up the cotton candy and sugared lemon. On dry sniff it’s more pure cotton candy with extra sugar. But when melted – the lemon comes out.
Price: $6.00 | Cap: None
PSYCHE MINERALS | BE NICE
Inspiration: Inspired by a cute poster I saw on Etsy including the signs for Beryllium (Be), Nickle (Ni), and Cerium (Ce).
Description: Be NiCe is a light grey milky crelly base with aqua to green and orange to gold crystal chameleon flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
I especially love this one matte!
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 150
RED EYED LACQUER | A LITTLE HARD TO COME BY
Inspiration: Inspired by Plutonium from Back To The Future
Description: A Little Hard To Come By is a pink leaning red jelly with gold to red and red to orange glass flakes and holo micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 200
RED EYED LACQUER | BLUE MY BREAD FIZZY BATH MILK
Inspiration: Inspired by Potassium- Banana
Description: Fizzy Salty Bath Milk scented in a blend of blueberries and banana nut bread. My nose is weird though and it almost smells like you are chewing banana flavored gum while someone is baking blueberry muffins. So you get that blueberry muffin scent but the banana gum is also invading.
This smells so good.
Fizzy Salty Bath Milk is a luxurious bath soak to help relax you. All you need to do is sprinkle in the desired amount and then lay back and relax. It can make your tub a little slippery – so be careful, especially if you don’t have those slip proof mats.
Price: $7.00 | Cap: 50
RED PANDA LACQUER | A WORLD WITHOUT ZINC
Inspiration: Inspired by Zinc and the Simpsons scene “A World without Zinc”
Description: A World Without Zinc is a black crelly base loaded with red to gold to green aurora shimmer. The shimmer is larger particle and stands out against the black base. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This shade is HOT with a matte top coat.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 105
ROGUE LACQUER | RHODIUM & ROSES (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Rhodium
Description: Rhodium & Roses is a pale taupe base with red to gold to green shifting shimmer, scattered holo and silver reflective glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $ | Cap:
SAKI COSMETICS | NEON LIGHTS
Inspiration: Inspired by Neon Signs
Description: Neon Lights is a neon pink with gold and silver glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 100
SAKI COSMETICS | VOLCANIC ERUPTION WAX SNAP BARS
Inspiration: Inspired by volcanos
Description: Volcanic Eruption is a tropical blend on mango, goji berry and pineapple.
This is a nice, tropical scent and pineapple is the dominant one in it. It’s not super tart and almost smells like it was mellowed by a touch of vanilla.
Price: $5.00 | Cap: 115
SASSY SAUCE POLISH | ELEMENTARY MY DEAR (Magnetic)
Inspiration: Inspired by element 10 neon
Description: Elementary My Dear is a black jelly base with gold to pink to green to purple 5D magnetic multi chrome pigment with blue to purple to pink shifting chameleon flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. I only magnetized the center 2 nails so you can see the polish both ways.
Price: $ 13.00| Cap: 300
SCOFFLAW VARNISH | PLUTONIUM MILK FOR MY ATOMIC KITTEN
Inspiration:
Description: Plutonium Milk for My Atomic Kitten is a milky crelly base with shifting lemon-lime shimmer and sparkles, holo flecks, and neon green matte micro-glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.75 | Cap: 126
STELLA CHROMA | THE HOLO-GENS
Inspiration: The halogens are a group of chemically related elements in the periodic table. I’ll not go into greater detail so I don’t put you to sleep.
Description: Holo-gens is a silver holographic base with metallic flakes in black, purple, and bright pink. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
I don’t know why – but I get Vegas vibes from this polish.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
SWEET HEART POLISH | 83+🔥=🌈
Inspiration: Inspired by the 83rd element, Bismuth
Description: 83+🔥=🌈 is a micro glitter polish with gold, royal blue, fuchsia, emerald, copper, and rose gold glitters with a soft gold shimmer. I used 3 thin coats, a glitter smoothing topper (Glisten & Glow) and a thin coat of top coat for these photos.
Price: $10.50 | Cap: None
THE CRAFTY TACO | BI HAND NAIL ART MAGNET
Inspiration: Inspired by Bismuth (Bi)
Description: This piece features a small neodymium round magnet attached to a black painted wooden hexagon, with a cabochon painted with a magnetic polish. The magnet on the cab itself proves to be a bit slippery, so the hexagon helps with a nice grip to hold the magnet over the nail. It creates a circular design on the nail and is quite strong.
When not in use – it looks like a decorative piece to attach to a helmer or fridge.
The polish used is Bee’s Knees Lacquer Demeter
Price: $7.00 | Cap: 50
THE SOAPY CHEF | LIFE BEGINS AFTER COFFEE CUTICLE SCRUB
Inspiration: Inspired by a cute image with Co F Fe “The Only Elements I need”
Description: This gentle cuticle scrub and balm is made with a blend of oils and butters, as well as granulated sugar that buffs away dead skin around the cuticles and nail beds. Simply rub the scrub into nails and cuticles in a circular motion then wash off excess with warm water.
This smells so yummy – I am a huge coffee lover and this made me leave my house to grab an iced coffee at Dunkin’
Scent notes: Kona coffee, citron peel, caramel, dark chocolate, sugar cane, rich sweet cream, vanilla, fresh baked chocolate chip cookies
Price: $8.50 | Cap: None
TREO LACQUER | NEODYMIUM (Magnetic)
Inspiration: When I realized that Neodymium is an element I thought to myself, “I have to make a magnetic polish inspired by Neodymium!” We all love those strong magnets to make our magnetics look their best.
Description: Neodymium is a black jelly with purple magnetic pigment, as well as aurora shimmer that shifts green to berry pink to purple. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 160
UNICORN MAGIC SKINCARE | NEPTUN~IUM HAND CREME
Inspiration: Inspired by Neptunium and Neptune the god of water
Description: Coconut milk is also packed full of vitamins and antioxidants, especially vitamin C, which is known to brighten skin and increase elasticity. Along with quality skin loving oils and butters, this makes coconut milk the perfect option to include in our creamy coconut milk hand creme. This creme has a more fluid consistency than Unicorn Magic Skin Care’s Deluxe Triple Butter Hand Lotion, but is still rich, nourishing and moisturizing.
This isn’t as stiff as the Deluxe Triple Butter, but I do find it really good to use at work and such because it does soak in quick and has a creamier consistency.
Neptun~ium: top notes of sea salt, ocean mist and aquatic florals blend with base notes of sea greenery, fresh air, soft musk and sandalwood.
This sea salt and soft musk are the notes that pop out to my nose. This is a cleaner, relaxing scent that is beachy.
Price: $8.50 | Cap: 200
UNICORN MAGIC SKINCARE | PLUTO~NIUM ACETONE ADDITIVE
Inspiration:
Description: The use of acetone can wreak havoc on nails and surrounding skin, leaving those unsightly dry white marks. The use of acetone additive will help diminish the stripping of natural oils from your hands & nails, helping them look healthy and beautiful. Contains skin loving oils such as jojoba & argan oil for maximum benefit.
This acetone additive is in a plastic bottle that you squeeze to dispense. Shake before using, add the desired amount and give the acetone a shake then use.
I do suggest adding a little, testing it to see if it needs more, then add more. I usually add 1/4-1/3 of the 1 ounce bottle to a 10 oz amount of remover (I used zoya remove+)
Pluto ~ nium – Floral top notes blend with orange blossom and hints of spearmint and are then laid down on a bed of musk and patchouli. This inspired by Supernova by Lush.
Price: $5.50 | Cap: 150
VAPID WAX | SMELLEMINT WAX
Inspiration: Inspired by Costa and her “Periodic Table of Smellements”
Description: This is a home fragrance wax melt with notes of: Fresh picked spearmint, ginger and a hint of vanilla.
Okay bear with me a moment.
On dry sniff, this straight up smells (to me) like someone tried making a cupcake flavored soda. The ginger and spearmint almost gave it that effervescent zing, and I was like “What the hell is Jenn doing…”
So obviously I melted it.
When melted it actually smells really nice and refreshing and it’s more of a vanilla spearmint with the slight ginger kick.
The cupcake soda had me worried though initially.
**My clam shell says 2.75 oz. but it’s actually 3 oz**
Price: $6.00 | Cap: None
VIBRANT VINYLS | NEON DREAMS – SCENTED DOUBLE BOND BASE COAT
Inspiration: Inspired by the element on Neon
Description: Double Bond is a ridge filling base coat and sticky base coat in 1. Best of both worlds. I also sometimes like wearing it alone cause it gives a healthy, sheer, milky look to the nails.
‘Neon Dreams’
Let this island blend of juicy mango and fruity papaya light up your life with neon dreams of a tropical drink on a sandy beach.
This is a really nice tropical scent. When dry I get more citrusy scents – like orange and pineapple. This is a medium strength scent and one of my new favorites from April.
Price: $8.00 | Cap: None
VIBRANT VINYLS | NEON DREAMS – SCENTED FAST & HARD QUICK DRY TOP COAT
Inspiration: Inspired by the element on Neon
Description: Fast & Hard is a super glossy quick dry top coat that can be applied over wet polish without issue. It also works over stamping, just make sure you float the top coat!
‘Neon Dreams’
Let this island blend of juicy mango and fruity papaya light up your life with neon dreams of a tropical drink on a sandy beach.
This is a really nice tropical scent. When dry I get more citrusy scents – like orange and pineapple. This is a medium strength scent and one of my new favorites from April.
Price: $8.00 | Cap: None
WHAT ADDICTION | STEEL LOVIN’ HUE
Inspiration: Inspired by the St. John’s bridge in Portland, OR. Using the elements of iron and carbon which creates steel.
Description: Steel Lovin’ Hue is a turquoise leaning teal crelly with holo micro flakies, aurora shimmer and red gold flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This is actually my top pick for the month.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 100
Polish Pickup April 2022 | Periodic Table
I am still waiting on Lacquer Is In The Air and Aurora 5 Free that I know of. When they arrive I will add them in.
Wishlisting starts later today (it’s 3:55am EST) so be ready
Where To Buy: Polish Pickup Shop
Shop Dates: April 1st at 11am EST through April 4th at 11:59pm EST
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