March is always the month I wait and see what the theme will be, mainly because it’s my birthday month. I’ll be 40 on March 22nd. I’ve seen Maker’s Choice suggested many times, it even made it to voting several times… but it finally happened. Actually we’re seeing a lot finally win the votes (April too!) so it’s fun to see. So tonight we’re looking at the Polish Pickup March 2022 shop… and the theme is Maker’s Choice!
Not surprising – we have a lot of purple tones. I knew if Maker’s Choice ever won, it would be blue/purple heavy and … I was right. Purple is my favorite color though – so I’m not complaining. Also not surprisingly – there’s a lot of reflective glitter (BRING IT ON!) as well.
I almost want one Maker’s Choice a year just to see how the finishes and trends come and go. I do think it would always be heavily blue/purple – but as far as finish goes it would be interesting to see.
So Maker’s Choice is exactly how it sounds – makers each got to pick their own theme/inspiration and had complete control over their item. Some created companion polishes, others created what their fan groups voted on, and some just did what their passion/fandom/love was.
I am still waiting on 2 items for this month’s post, so I’ll pop them in when they arrive. Vapid Wax and All Mixed Up Lacquer as far as I know are the 2 I’m waiting on.
For the fine details – for all photos shown – I used Vapid Lacquer Commitment Issues Peel Off Base, and for the glossy photos used Vibrant Vinyls and Glisten & Glow Top Coat which were both sent as PR this month, and for matte top coat I used Alchemy Lacquers Mattenum Opus Top Coat which the maker sent as a gift in my swatcher packs. I purchased the Vapid Lacquer Commitment Issues and the top coats were sent as pr or as gifts.
There are a lot of reflective glitter polishes this month – and for most I have 2 flash photo sets for. One (holding bottle) was taken in low light with a my camera (Nikon Coolpix L830) flash and the 3 finger set is with my cell phone (iPhone 12 pro) flash. Both flashes give very different effects and I included both.
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).
My nails are not my natural nails – I’m using ENailCouture Full Coverage Gel Nail Tips in Active Almond shape.
Wishlisting opens this Sunday, so let’s get this show on the road!
Alchemy Lacquers | Begonya (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by a picture of a blue Begonia.
Description: Begonya is a microglitter style stunner. This is a clear base with blue, red and gold micro holographic glitters, silver reflective glitter, as well as strong red to orange to gold to green shifting shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
While this shade doesn’t really dry down with a strong texture, 1 coat of top coat only might have a mild “pitted” look to the polish when dry – so you may need 2 coats of top coat or a glitter smoother and top coat to get a nice, glassy look.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 200
Anchor & Heart Lacquer | It’s-A-Me, Mario
Inspiration: The maker was inspired by Super Mario! Not only was he a fixture of her childhood, but her own children now play the games, collect the stuffies, and build with the Super Mario Bros themed Legos!
Description: It’s-A-Me, Mario! is a clear base packed with matte and metallic glitter in red, blue, aqua, green, yellow, and white. It is made up of mostly smaller glitter sizes to create a fun speckled effect.. This can be used as a topper, but I used 3 thin coats and then a glitter smoothing top coat and QDTC to give it a smooth finish.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Atomic Polish | Cosmic Pull
Inspiration: Inspired by a photo taken by Nasa showing one small galaxy being absorbed into another larger galaxy as they pass each other in orbit. This will one day happen to our galaxy!
Description: Cosmic Pull is a grey holographic base coat with 4 different sizes of holographic pigment, as well as holographic flakes, as well as gold to red to pink shimmer, green to blue and red to gold flakes. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This shade is more opaque and slightly thicker, but not difficult to work with at all.
Price: $14.00 | Cap: None
AURORA 5-Free Nail Lacquer | Multichromosome
Inspiration: Inspired by Sister polish to “DNA Sequins”
Description: Multichromosome is a purple to blue to green multichrome base with geometric pigment and metallic red glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
I did need 2 coats of top coat to get that smooth glassy finish, as this shade does have a very mild texture when it dries down.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 300
Acetone Antidote by Baroness X | Unicorn Pops
Inspiration: Inspired by summer fruits because most of us can’t wait for summer, right?
Description: Acetone Antidote is an additive for your acetone to protect your skin from the harshness of acetone. It contains glycerin and jojoba oil to help protect and moisturize your nails, skin, and cuticles during polish removal. Plus, no more ashy, dry skin! Simply shake up the vial and pour into your polish remover. I generally pour a full vial into a 10 oz pump bottle, but I recommend shaking it and pouring half in and adding more if you feel you need more.
The March scent is Unicorn Pops which is bright notes of blood orange and satsuma combined with goji and mango with a touch of vanilla to ground the sweetness.
To my nose – satsuma is the stronger scent with underlying notes of vanilla and some blood orange. It has a citrus bite, but it’s more the bitter than the tart type citrus. It smells really good and I plan to grab a backup.
Price: $8.00 | Cap: None
Baroness X | Sol de Aureate (Fluid Art Polish)
Inspiration: Inspired by the sun and wanted to do sort of a sister fluid art polish to La Vie En Rose (also from PPU). Sol de Aureate loosely means Sun of Gold.
Description: Sol de Aureate is a berry pink based fluid art polish with gold to green to blue shifting shimmer and some large particle holo scattered in. I wore this in 3 thin coats on index and pinky, and used it as fluid art polish alone with a black creme and milky white crelly.
For the fluid art look, I did the following:
First I needed to make a decal. I recommend a silicone mat to do this, I personally use this one (affiliate link) but you can find them cheaper – I just like the size and having 4 to use.
The method that works best for me is to drop the polishes on top of each other a couple drips at a time (similar to water marbling without the water) and I do 3 drops of Sol de Aureate and then 3 drops of each of the other polishes right on top of each other. I keep doing this until I have a nice blob of polishes in the center of the mat. Then I picked the mat up and just carefully moved it around to get the blob to warp and stretch and flatten out.
Once I saw the desired cells and spread of the polish, I set it aside for about 15 hours to dry (can take less, I just waited 15) and then I cut out the desired size, painted my nails with a sticky base and applied the cut out decals. Then I manipulated and sealed them in with a cotton swab dipped in polish remover. I used an orange stick to help cut off any extra I didn’t need.
If you are a more visual learner – check out this video tutorial from Courtney of Polished Lifting
Price: $11.75 | Cap: None
Bee’s Knees Lacquer | Velaris (Reflective Glitter)
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Inspiration: Inspired by the city of starlight from ACOTAR
Description: Velaris is a black to blue to purple multichrome with gold light reflective glitter. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Bluebird Lacquer | Front and Centaur
Inspiration: Inspired by the Centaurus Constellation.
Description: Front and Centaur is a bright cobalt blue shattered holo. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
By Dany Vianna | Emer’lds R a Girls BF (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by green ring
Description: Emer’lds R A Girls BF is an emerald jelly base with holographic flakes and silver reflective glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 500
Cadillacquer | Aloy (Tri-Thermal)
Inspiration: Inspired by the main character of the video games Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West.
Description: To start – this is a tri-thermal, but it got super cold here at night (when I swatch) and getting the warmest state to hold long enough for photos was a challenge.
Aloy is a dark green (cold) to green (war) to light green ( hot) crelly based thermal with matte red glitters ranging from micro to large sizes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: None
Cameo Colours Lacquers | You’re Riding It, Dude!
Inspiration: Inspired by the tubular sea turtles riding the EAC.
Description: You’re Riding It, Dude! is a muted ultramarine base, full of green to champagne to blush shimmer, scattered holo sparkle, with turquoise and gold metallic micro flakes and silver holo micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Each bottle will come with a small bag of green sea turtle-shaped glitter.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 200
Colores de Carol | Cassiopeia (Magnetic and Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by constellation
Description: This is a magnetic, and I did not realize that, so i only have photos of it unmagnetized.
Cassiopeia is a blue to gold to orange to pink multichrome base with a multidimensional magnetic effect, mermaid flakes and silver reflective glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 300
Crystal Knockout | Astrology Owl (Thermal)
Inspiration: Inspired by Celeste from Animal Crossing
Description: Astrology Owl is a bright lilac pink to pale milky pink crelly based thermal with matte navy stars, baby blue dots, and periwinkle and bright blue hex glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $11.00 | Cap: None
Cupcake Polish | Very Peri (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: This polish is a super flashy take on 2022’s color of the year!
Description: Very Peri is a medium periwinkle nail polish packed with reflective glitter and a tiny bit of holographic glitter for extra sparkle. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Dam Nail Polish | That IS America’s (butt) (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by Steve Rogers wielding Thor’s hammer
Description: That IS America’s (butt) is a full coverage reflective glitter bomb with red, silver, and blue glitters, along with silver and blue star glitters, and larger red and silver hex glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This will dry down with texture, and you will want to use a smoothing glitter top coat and then a glossy top coat.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 300
Dreamland Lacquer | Just Squiddin’ Around (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by the adorable bobtail squid
Description: Just Squiddin’ Around is a mix of reflective and holographic microglitters with a strong aurora shift from teal-green to blue to purple. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This shade dries down with a mild texture and you may need 2 coats of top coat to smooth.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 500
Ethereal Lacquer | Luna Moth
Inspiration: Luna Moth
Description: Luna Moth is a spring green jelly base with red to gold to green shifting aurora shimmer mixed in. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $TBA | Cap: TBA
Fair Maiden Polish | Forbidden Fruit
Inspiration:
Description: Forbidden Fruit is a hot magenta pink jelly base loaded with pink to orange aurora shimmer, with black holographic micro glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $11.50 | Cap: None
Garden Path Lacquers | Stray From The Path
Inspiration: Garden Path Lacquers is inspired by our bespoke keyhole brand mark and brand tagline.
Description: Stray From The Path is a medium-deep teal crelly base packed with large particle holo pigment and red to orange aurora shimmer. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Glisten & Glow | Amethyst Skies (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by beautiful, vibrant purple skies that are rarely seen, but once experienced, are breathtaking and majestic.
Description: Amethyst Skies is a warm purple base loaded with reflective glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Dries with a mild texture – you can use 2 coats of top coat to smooth, or a smoothing glitter topper with top coat.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Glisten & Glow | Top Coat
Inspiration:
Description: Glisten & Glow top coat is perfect for nail art and stamping and is a long lasting glassy quick dry top coat. I’ve been using the top coat for 8 years now and it’s never failed me. It dries fast, has a very glossy, high shine and floats well over nail art.
This top coats dries fast (about 4 minutes on me) and glows under blacklight. Also pairs beautifully with G&G Glitter Grabber if you picked that up in previous shops.
For stamping I used the Hit The Bottle Urban Wildstyle plate featured this month.
Price: $7.50 | Cap: None
Grace-full Nail Polish | Love Story
Inspiration: Inspired by my wedding
Description: Love Story is a warm purple with blue to red shifting shimmer, with chrome chameleon flakes in navy, purple and pink, as well as holo flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 130
Healthy Fawns | CB Stare On The Go Bag Keychain
Inspiration: Inspired by the OG Care Bares and the comeback the have recently made!
Description: The CB Stare On The Go Bag Keychain is perfect for small items when taking a large bag is just too much. Each bag comes with a iridescent phone cord style bracelet, aurora electroplated zipper, swivel clasp, and split keyring – perfect to hook onto backpacks or purses.
Product Size: 5″ x 2″ x 2.5″
Price: $16.00 | Cap: 100
Hearts & Promises | Bring On Spring (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by bright spring flowers
Description: Bring On Spring is a light grey creme base with silver magnetic pigment, as well as silver reflective glitter and an assortment of neon flakes and 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: $13.00 | Cap: 300
Heather’s Hues | In the Near Fuschia
Inspiration: Inspired by a beautiful sunset on the beach
Description: In The Near Fuchsia is a warm purple jelly base filled with fuchsia and purple holo microglitters, as well as red to pink to orange to gold to green iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Pigment Kit by Hit the Bottle Polishes | Stuck on You & Midas Touch
Inspiration:
Description: A sticky black stamping polish designed to be used with pigments and nail art foils. Comes with 0.5 gr of multichrome (shifts from gold to olive green to steely grey) holo chrome pigment and applicator.
To use this set you would paint your base color and then apply a matte top coat. Once done, use the black sticky polish (Stuck on You) to stamp your selected design on. Wait 20-30 seconds, then gently apply pigment to stamping with applicator.
The pigment will not stick to the matte portion of nails which makes this a bit easier. Plus this way you can use the pigment without using the method that requires your stamper (which can make it permanently cloudy)
Once done, either use a water based top coat to protect the design, then the top coat of your choice. You can also skip the water based top coat and float your top coat of choice over, but it does run the risk of dulling the holo effect.
I used this kit over Starlight Polish’s PPU shade this month. Stamping plate design is Urban Wildstyle – also featured in PPU this month.
Price: $14.00 | Cap:80
Hit the Bottle Polishes | Just Because (Stamping Polish)
Inspiration: Inspired by the bright pink flower of the succulent plant I know as “Pigface”
Description: Just Because is a bright orchid stamping polish. I used this shade with the Hit The Bottle Urban Wildstyle stamping plate, and I added onto my mani featured above using the powder kit.
Price: $8.50 | Cap: 300
Stamping Plate by Hit the Bottle Polishes | Urban Wildstyle
Inspiration: This plate draws inspiration from Wild Style. Which is a form of graffiti that originated in New York and is made up of overlapping and interwoven letters and shapes to form complex pieces.
Description: If you love graffiti art then you’ll have loads of fun creating your own unique look with the images on this plate! Stamp and colour a mural type design over many nails or use single images over a brick pattern for a fun unmistakable street art look! Designed to suit various nail lengths from stilettos to smaller nubs. Ideal for reverse stamping or lead lighting techniques.
This is a really fun plate with some unique designs.
Price: $14.99 | Cap: 300
Indie by Patty Lopes | Glorious (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by Lavender Fields by Van Gogh
Description: Glorious is a clear base packed with purple to pink to gold aurora shimmer, purple metallic micro flakes and gold reflective glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 300
Jen & Berries | I Dreamed That I Was Racing
Inspiration: Inspired by Julie Mao after being taken over by the protomolecule in the expanse
Description: I Dreamed That I Was Racing is a light aqua crelly base with aqua shimmer, as well as black and holographic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 150
Jior Couture | PASS THE PIKLIZ (Thermal and Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: We decided to use pikliz as our inspiration.
This polish will be a companion polish to January’s polish “Epis Dassit”.
Pikliz is a Haitian condiment.
If you love tangy, spicy, and delicious pickled veggies, pikliz is definitely for you!
It is commonly served with fried plaintains, fried meats, or rice and beans to enhance the savory flavor. Honestly, we put it on EVERYTHING!
Description: Pass The Pikliz is a red orange (cold) to chartreuse (hot) thermal with chameleon shimmer that shifts red to gold to green, and is packed with silver reflective glitters, and red to orange to green micro glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: None
KBShimmer | Beach You To It (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by Caribbean blue water
Description: Beach You To It is a bold medium blue with green to turquoise shimmer, as well as reflective silver glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $11.00 | Cap: None
KBShimmer | Hand & Body Scrub in Vanilla Bean
Inspiration: Inspired by vanilla desserts Rich, smooth cream combined with the fragrant vanilla bean form the base of many favorite desserts: ice cream, crème brulee, pudding, and pastry creams. My favorite way to enjoy a scoop of vanilla is with a drizzle of thick, dark caramel sauce. The toasted notes of the nearly burnt sugar complement the cool vanilla so well, it’s no wonder that the combo is even featured in fragrances.
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.
Vanilla Bean is a simple, rich vanilla bean scent with notes of sweet cream. This isn’t your typical super sweet vanilla scent, which I enjoyed. It’s a more mature vanilla scent.
Price: $10.00 | Cap: None
Krisable Designs | To Key, or Not to Key?
Inspiration: Inspired by Harley Quinn key from the Locke and Key series.
Description: To Key, Or Not To Key? is a black jelly base with red metallic flakes and red to gold ultrachrome chameleon flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 100
Lacquer is in the Air | Just One Dream
Inspiration: Inspired by one of my current obsessions, the Netflix series Julie and the Phantoms and the song Edge of Great from episode 7.
Description: Just One Dream is a silver holo base with flakes of pinks, reds, and aqua. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Leesha’s Lacquer | Binky Bunnies (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: 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: 150
Lemming Lacquer | Madame Pele
Inspiration: Inspired by Pele the goddess of volcanoes and fire and the creator of the Hawaiian islands.
Description: Madame Pele is a deep indigo jelly base with flakes shifting red to pink to copper to gold to green. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 200
Lucky 13 Lacquer | Which Craft? (Thermal)
Inspiration: Inspired by being crafty & creative
Description: Which Craft? is a blackened purple (cold) to amethyst purple (hot) thermal with a ton of aqua to violet color shifting shimmer, orange to pink to gold color shifting crystal flakes, and scattered lavender holo microglitters. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This polish is on the thick side due to the shimmer and flake content.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 120
LŪMEN | Diamond Tide (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: I was inspired by the beautiful sunset on the shores of the beach where I grew up
Description: Diamond Tide is a bright fuchsia pink base with magenta to gold to pink shifting shimmer and silver reflective glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 500
Luna Wax | Dalgona Candy Wax Melts
Inspiration: Inspired by Squid Game
Description: 6 wax melts with various shapes which were represented the the show Squid Game.
The scent is Maple Frosted Cookies and to my nose – they do smell like a warm bakery maple without being too sweet. The wax melts are the perfect size to just grab one and set it in the warmer.
Price: $7.50 | Cap: 75
LynBDesigns | Prismatic Spring
Inspiration: Inspired by geysers and hot springs
Description: Prismatic Spring is a cerulean base with purple to pink to yellow to green to blue shifting shimmer and linear holo. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Wax by LynBDesigns | I’m Makin’ Waffles
Inspiration: Inspired by freshly made waffles with hot maple syrup
Description: I’m Makin’ Waffles (and I always say this in my head with Donkey’s voice from Shrek) is an incredible bakery scented wax that smells like fresh waffles topped with butter and maple syrup – and sprinkled with pecans. The pecan scent helps mellow out the sweetness of the syrup and this is a warm, inviting scent.
Price: $5.00 | Cap: 110
Michelle Mildred Art | Timeless, Gorgeous, Perfect Himbo Sticker Sheet
Inspiration: Inspired by the most glorious, perfect, heart-of-gold famous person of our lifetime – Brendan Fraser
Description: This is a sticker sheet dedicated to Brendan Fraser – and I adore him. So many movies I love him in – but also, I love the episodes of Scrubs he’s on.
This sticker sheet is an ode to his more iconic roles,and Michelle stuck to some classics and personal favorites: George of the Jungle, The Mummy and Blast from the Past. This is a 4×6″ sheet of stickers.
Price: $5.00 | Cap: 95
Moo Moo’s Signatures | Hey, Lizzy! I Miss You
Inspiration: Inspired by my kids’ playlist to watch everyday.
Description: Hey Lizzy! I Miss You is a muted, yellow leaning tan crelly base with pink to gold to green chameleon shift with chameleon flakes, blue to purple ucc flakes and holo flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 200
MTK Design | Swirling Clouds in Violet Haze (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s particular style of Neo-Impressionism
Description: Swirling Clouds of Violet Haze is a deep blurple leaning violet jelly base packed wtih iridescent flakes that shift copper to gold to green, as well as blue to purple to red to orange, as well as ruby to copper to gold multichrome flakes and silver reflective glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
My Indie Polish | Because Of Or In Spite Of
I chose to donate payment for this to Voices of Children, which is a Ukraine-based aid organization that provides psychological support to children who have witnessed war. It uses art therapy and storytelling to support children’s wellbeing, and provides financial support to families who have suffered as a result of war.
Inspiration: I was inspired by a saying that I have used across my weight loss journey. Somebody told me once that you cannot work out because of whatever your reason is or you can work out in spite of whatever your reason is. Life changing
Description: Because Of Or In Spite Of is a medium grey crelly base with aqua and yellow micro to small glitters, as well as orange dots, yellow hearts, pastel red stars, pink flowers and pearl white hexes. There will also be a small bag of extra shape glitters for placement if you wish. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Native War Paints | Best Sweater Ever
Inspiration: Inspired by Native War Paints “Sweaters” collection of polishes.
Description: Best Sweater Ever is a medium, warm, mid toned purple loaded with gold shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 150
Night Owl Lacquer | Among the Stars (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by night skies & star gazing.
Description: Among The Stars is a clear base loaded with silver reflective glitters, as well as sapphire to indigo to violet to burgundy to red multichrome flakes. I used 3 thin coats alone, but this can also be a topper.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Noodles Nail Polish | Blueberry Lemonade
Inspiration: Inspired by a sister polish to a fan favorite of ours – pink lemonade
Description: Blueberry Lemonade is a very pale blue crelly with yellow, blue, and white matte glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
Pahlish | Emily In Paris
Inspiration: A throwback to Guilty Pleasures, inspired by one of my personal favorites!
Description: Emily in Paris is a warm orchid lavender crelly base packed with aqua to blue to green iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $14.00 | Cap: None
Paint It Pretty Polish | Take Me Away
Inspiration: Inspired by dreaming of a vacation and was inspired by a sunset picture taken thru an airplane window
Description: Take Me Away is a warm purple jelly base packed with pink to orange to burnt gold shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 160
Painted Polish | Just Keep Blooming
Inspiration: Inspired by the upcoming blooms of Spring!
Description: Just Keep Blooming is a greyed out minty teal crelly base with pink metallic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This shade is more grey leaning in person.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 300
Paradox Polish | Chakram (Reflective Glitters)
Inspiration: Inspired by Xena Warrior Princess and the Chakram Episode
Description: Chakram is a burgundy red jelly base with metallic flakes, holo flakes and silver reflective glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Penélope Luz | My Man Has Two Jobs! (Magnetic and Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by Rochelle from tv’s series everybody hates Chris
Description: My Man Has TWO Jobs! is a candy pink base with magnetic silver pigment, blue shimmer and reflective silver glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos, and I only magnetized the middle 2 nails.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 500
Poetry Cowgirl Nail Polish | I Left My Heart in Arizona
Inspiration: Inspired by a recent road trip through Arizona, specifically Prescott and Sedona.
Description: I Left My Heart In Arizona is a rich terracotta crelly base packed with various colors of metallic micro flakies, lavender and emerald green holo micro glitters, and orange-gold crystal chameleon flakies. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
Wax by Pretty Beautiful Unlimited | Black Sugar & Vanilla Lace
Inspiration: Inspired by ideas submitted by my FB Group
Description: Mysterious yet sweet, this fragrance blends luscious, creamy vanilla and tart raspberry intertwined with agarwood, myrrh and spicy musk. Sandalwood warmly highlights its sweetness.
My nose picks up the sandalwood smoothed out by vanilla mostly. It’s a warm and familiar scent that I cannot place – but I know it’s a fragrance i’ve smelled before.
I do want to say that the pink coloring used did transfer to my fingers when putting a cube in the melter – so be aware of that as you will want to wash it off right away. I didn’t experience staining – but I did have a small smudge on my face since I wasn’t paying attention.
Price: $6.00 | Cap: None
Da Balmer by Red Eyed Lacquer | What’s A TSP?
Inspiration: Inspired by Green Fairy from Sleeping Beauty making a birthday cake!
Description: Da Balm-er is a cross between a balm and body butter. It’s creamy like a body butter but has a more emollient feel like a balm would. It’s an intensive treatment you can use anywhere (I love it on cuticles of course) but a little goes a long way. If you use too much – it will feel very oily (like a balm would) so start with a little and build up if you need more.
The March scent is a sweet blend of fresh pomegranate and citrus creates natural juicy tones for this sweet heart delight. Creamy undertones of berry and musk are sweetened with vanilla and sugar crystals.
This scent reminds me of a mixed fruit cup. I don’t know why – but when I first opened it, it reminded me of those fruit cups you got as a kid in school that had one solitary half sliced cherry in it… but like an ambrosia like version of that. It smells sweet, fruity and delicious.
Price: $7.50 | Cap: 100
Red Eyed Lacquer | Well, She Can’t Be All Bad
Inspiration: Inspired by Green Fairy from Sleeping Beauty
Description: Well, She Can’t Be All Bad is a spring green crelly with gold to green to copper shimmer and holo flakies. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Rogue Lacquer | Adventures in Wonderland (Reflective Glitter)
Inspiration: Inspired by Alice in Wonderland
Description: Adventures in Wonderland is a pink to gold ultrachrome chameleon and chartreuse metallic flake bomb with micro holo flakes and silver reflective glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This does dry down with texture, so I used a glitter smoothing top coat and then a quick dry top coat over it for a glassy finish.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Sassy Sauce Polish | Girls Night Out (Thermal)
Inspiration: Inspired by Girls night out the show
Description: Girls Night Out is a warm purple (cold) to silver (warm) thermal silver linear holoo with red shimmer and blue to green to purple and pink ultrachrome chameleon flakes and ghost flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 300
Scofflaw Varnish | The Chia Pet Conspiracy
Inspiration: The first rule of the the Chia Pet Conspiracy, is you don’t talk about the Chia Pet Conspiracy.
Description: The Chia Pet Conspiracy is a neon pastel lime green creme packed with glitters in shades of green, teal, and aqua, and finished off with holo sparkles and an aqua-blue shimmer. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Serum No. 5 | You Had Me at Aloe (Glow In The Dark)
Inspiration: Inspired by the calming effects of aloe
Description: You Had Me At Aloe is a cool pastel turquoise leaning mint with a subtle red-purple shimmer that glows turquoise in the dark. i used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $14.00 | Cap: None
Starlight and Sparkles | Are You Dreaming?
Inspiration: Inspired by my own experiences with narcolepsy, including vivid dreams, nightmares, and hypnopompic hallucinations (times where your brain doesn’t quite stop dreaming for a little while after you wake up).
Description: Are You Dreaming is a black jelly base with red to gold to green original unicorn pee shimmer, with holographic shimmer, and holo microflakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy to coat for these photos.
Two dollars from each bottle sold will go to Narcolepsy Network, a non-profit patient support organization.
Price: $17.00 | Cap: 200
STELLA CHROMA | Stuck-asaurus
Inspiration: We had just gotten some snow, so I wanted to go with a snowy white polish. Then I saw the most wholesome thing on the internet… A video of a 4 year old girl in a dinosaur snowsuit snowboarding. Her dad put a microphone on her and adorableness happened. And our polish was made! Want to see some cuteness? You do… https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdBHwCXE/
Description: Stuck-asaurus is a white crelly base with pink to purple to gold to green iridescent flakes, holo flakes, and pink to blue shifting shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Sweet Heart Polish | Full Moon Vibes
Inspiration: Inspired by a photo I took of the full moon, Jan 17th 2022
Description: Full Moon Vibes is a sparkly vibrant blue base with a pink to orange shifting shimmer and gold, pink, and royal blue holo micro glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
The shimmer in this almost give the base a blurple look.
Price: $10.50 | Cap: 200
The Soapy Chef | Lemon Meringue Pie Wax Melt
Inspiration: Inspired by Lemon Meringue Pie
Description: This is a parasoy wax melt that smells like real lemon meringue pie with fresh lemon, buttery crust and creamy meringue. If you love citrusy bakery scents – you’ll love this! It also comes in a pie shaped clam shell
Price: $7.00 | Cap: 50
Treo Lacquer | I, Pisces
Inspiration: March is my birthday month! So I thought it would be fun to do a Pisces inspired polish.
Description: I, Pisces is a bright blue jelly filled with a contrasting aurora shimmer that shifts purple to pink to orange, and a sprinkling of copper and iridescent indigo glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 160
Unicorn Magic Skincare | Deluxe Cuticle Balm scented in Almost Herbal Essences
Inspiration: Inspired by the classic shampoo Herbal Essences
Description: This is a cuticle balm (which I find more hydrating for me than creams) that is made with local beeswax from the famous Hollywood Farmers Market, as well as oils that help nourish and soften your cuticles.
This stuff is magical in the Winter/cooler months.
Almost Herbal Essences: inspired by the 1980s version of Clairol Herbal Essences shampoo. It’s a fresh mix of lime, grapefruit, bergamot, heather, jasmine, ylang ylang, and wood. Please note this is not an exact match for the shampoo, that is why we are calling it Almost Herbal Essences!
I find this to be less fruity in scent than the actual shampoo, but it still has that fresh and clean scent with a light lime and grapefruit zing.
Price: $7.50 | Cap: 300
Base Coat by Vibrant Vinyls | Rainbow Sugar Scented Double Bond
Inspiration: Inspired by rainbow sugar
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.
For March the scent is Rainbow Sugar – The delicious smelling scent of fruity rainbow sherbet combined with sweet sugar crystals. Pops of raspberry, lime, and orange sit on a base of sweet sugar candy.
This is a nice, strong fruity candy like scented top coat.
Price: $8.00 | Cap: None
Top Coat by Vibrant Vinyls | Rainbow Sugar Scented Fast & Hard QDTC
Inspiration: Inspired by rainbow sugar
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!
For March the scent is Rainbow Sugar – The delicious smelling scent of fruity rainbow sherbet combined with sweet sugar crystals. Pops of raspberry, lime, and orange sit on a base of sweet sugar candy.
This is a nice, strong scent too! If you like sugary fruit scents, you’ll love this.
For these nails, I used a black creme base (Vapid Lacquer Pessimist) with Hit The Bottle stamping plate in Go With The Flow and HtB stamping Polishes in the colors: Just Because (also available in the March shop), Lapis Of The Gods (March 2020 PPU Shop) and Free to Flutterby (March 2021 PPU Shop)
Price: $8.00 | Cap: None
Polish Pickup March 2022 | Maker’s Choice
Like I said, I do have a couple more items on the way – so I’ll add them as they arrive.
Like I said – Purple and Reflective Glitters are heavy this month… both of which I love.
Wishlisting starts Sunday – so be ready!
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