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Polish Pickup November 2022 | Tis The Season
Disclosure: I am a paid employee for Polish Pickup. While this post is not sponsored, I do have a relationship with the hosting collaboration shop.
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Happy Friday/Saturday! It’s been busy and while I was going to post this a few days ago, I knew I had close to 10 items still on the way to me – so I decided to wait it out. Now everything is here (I think) and I’m good to go. We’re going to be taking a look at the Polish Pickup November 2022 items I received… and the theme is Tis the Season!
We’re so close to the end of the year and it’s hard to believe I’ve been doing these massive posts for about 5 years now.
For the Polish Pickup November 2022 Tis The Season theme I have 64 items to share. I don’t think anymore are on the way, but I could be wrong. If any trickle in, I will add it. I also use the fabulous zig zag magnet for the magnetics in this post, and you can grab one through Polish Pickup ($3.50 and it will be available during the shop) During last month’s PPU, I believe a little over 1200 of these magnets sold and we were blown away… so we got more inventory for this month. I hope everyone who snagged one loves it!
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 Sweet & Sour Lacquer and Vibrant Vinyls which was sent as PR this month. For matte photos I used Glisten & Glow Matte Top Coat, which she generously gifted me 2 bottles of last month due to the amount of matte top coat I go through each month. I purchased the Vapid Lacquer Commitment Issues and the top coats were sent as pr or as gifts.
My lighting set up was changed. The new lamps give a much truer to color photo with less Photoshop manipulation. So now, since I use artificial lighting due to my day job, my new set up involves 2 Neatfi XL Lamps from Amazon (affiliate link) as well as this Daylight Company Duo Daylight Lamp (affiliate link).
Wishlisting will be opening this Sunday at some point in the early to mid afternoon. Let’s jump on in and take a look!
Alchemy Lacquers | Hoodie Season
Inspiration: Hoodie Season was inspired by my most favorite grey hoodie (that has thumb loops) and one of the chairs in my lab that I am always sitting in that has a purple velvet cushion!
Description: Hoodie Season is a medium gray crelly nail lacquer with purple to magenta to red shifting shimmer and black to red to gold shifting micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 200
All Mixed Up Lacquers | Holiday Whoobe Whatty?
Inspiration: Inspired by the Grinch
Description: Holiday Whoobe Whatt? is a pale grey jelly base loaded with scattered holo flakes, holographic and metallic glitters in multiple shapes and sizes. I used 3 thin coats, a coat of glitter smoothing topper and top coat.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 150
Atomic Polish | Help Me! I’m… Feeling (Paid PR)
Inspiration: Inspired by The Grinch’s growing heart. Honestly, I feel like we all could have related to him when his heart was itty bitty.
Description: Help Me! I’m… Feeling is kelly green, crelly based polish with olive metallic micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
Baroness X | Xpress Drying Drops in Wild Passionfruit
Inspiration: Inspired by fruity bath and body gift baskets that we all seem to get at least 1 or 2 of during family Christmas gatherings.
Description: Wild Passionfruit (type) is a dupe of Yankee Candle’s, it’s described as a vivacious and bright fragrance, this exotic passion fruit is blended with melon and mandarin.
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: $7.70 | Cap: 175
Bee’s Knees Lacquer | Perchta (Paid PR)
Inspiration: BKL is going to take inspiration from Gilded by Marissa Meyer and the winter huntress, Perchta.
Description: Perchta is an icy sibling to A Lion With A Thorn In It’s Paw! This is an icy blue tinged silver base with red to green to gold shimmer and tons of holo flakes. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: None
Black Dahlia Lacquer | Hanukkah Party
Inspiration: Hanukkah Party is inspired by the traditional Hanukkah menorah, along with wondrous childhood memories of the excitement of the annual Hanukkah party held on the first night!
Description: Hanukkah Party is a sheer, pale blue jelly base loaded with silver and blue reflective glitter, blue Aurora shimmers, blue to green shifting flakes, blue metallic flakes, and silvery blue and iridescent micro glitter with a some blue holo shreds scattered in. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.75 | Cap: None
Bluebird Lacquer | Pining Away
Inspiration: Bluebird was inspired by my home state of Colorado and the beautiful Rocky Mountain pine forests and red rock.
Description: Pining Away is a bright pine green shattered holo with green shimmer and orange to red shifting metallic flakes. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 300
By Dany Vianna | Glittering Garlands
Inspiration: Inspired by Christmas Garlands
Description: Glittering Garlands is a dark emerald jelly base with green iridescent flakes, red metallic micro flakes and black flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 400
Cadillacquer | Let It Glow
Inspiration: Inspired by the picture Let It Glow by Michael Humphries.
Description: Let It Glow is a deep blue jelly base loaded with strong red to copper to orange to green shifting shimmer and matte aquamarine glitter in different sizes. I used 3 thin coats, a coat of glitter smoothing topper and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: None
Cameo Colours Lacquers | Tarnished with Ashes & Soot
Inspiration: Inspired by a line from ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.
Description: Tarnished with Ashes & Soot is a vibrant Santa suit red crelly base with a dash of holo sparkle and gold flash, full of gold metallic flakes, red holo micro glitter, a touch of small matte white glitter and silver holo micro flakes, plus a smattering of black flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top cot for these photos.
Price: $11.50 | Cap: 105
Colores de Carol | All Is Bright
Inspiration: Inspired by holiday lights
Description: All Is Bright is a clear base loaded with gold reflective glitters as well as chameleon holographic hex glitters. I used 3 thin coats, a glitter smoothing topper and glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 250
Cupcake Polish | Jingle Jangle
Inspiration: Christmas Lights
Description: Jingle Jangle is a black jelly base loaded with green to gold to red iridescent flakes, red metallic flakes, and green metallic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Dam Nail Polish | Say It Ain’t Snow
Inspiration: Inspired by a beautiful wintry scene with a purple and pink skyline
Description: Say It Ain’t Snow is a purple crelly base with blue shimmer, white glitters and pink reflective glitters. I used 3 thin coats, a glitter smoothing topper and top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 300
DRK Nails | Santa Baby
Inspiration: Inspired by a image of Eartha Kitt
Description: Santa Baby is a mini flake magnetic that shifts magenta to gold to green mixed with chameleon blue to black. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos, and I only magnetized the middle 2 nails.
Price: $13.90 | Cap: 350
Ethereal Lacquer | The Pickle (Paid PR)
Inspiration: Inspired by Holiday tradition of hiding a pickle shaped ornament in the tree.
Description: The Pickle is a brightish pickle green jelly base loaded with pink to orange shifting shimmer and tiny holo flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Fair Maiden Polish | Holidazzle (Paid PR)
Inspiration: ‘Holidazzle’ is inspired by the yearly winter carnival we have here in Minnesota!
Description: Holidazzle is a bright champagne golden yellow crelly base with violet to red to green shifting shimmer and silver reflective glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy tp coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
Foxfire | Car Diffuser in Sweaters & Champagne
Inspiration: cozy sweaters and bubbly
Description: Foxfire’s Car Diffuser is a clip-on glass skull liquid car freshener/wood & reed diffuser, and it is scented in their house blend of Sweaters & Champagne. It’s a blend of B&BW Sweater Weather and Champagne Toast (Sweater Weather – top – green & mint, middle – apple & peach, bottom – musk & mist + Champagne Toast top notes of champagne, middle – nectarine bottom – black currant)
The liquid inside will soak into the wood lasting up to 60 days depending on temps etc. (Refills will be available on our website.) The air vent you clip this on should be one you use often, this will help circulate the scent.
To Use:
1. Remove wood lid by unscrewing it.
2. Carefully remove the plastic stopper/bung in the glass bottle top.
3. Place the white metal clip over the screw top. We found that it fits most vents best if the clip is “up”, further away from the glass skull.
4. Hold the white clip in place and replace the wood cap by screwing it back on. This holds the clip in place.
5. Insert the included reed and wood stick into the hole on top.
6. Choose a vent in your vehicle to place the clip on. It doesn’t need to be pushed in all the way, just half way.
7. Please make sure the vehicle is not in motion when performing this optional step. You may carefully take the reed insert out as needed to add fragrance to the top of the wood cap. (Repeat this as needed.)
These instructions will also come with your item, so no worries if you need to refer back – you’ll have them on hand.
If you want, you can also not add the vent clip and keep these little diffusers on your desk. Or buy 2 and one is for car, one for home. Either way!
Price: $8.90 | Cap: 95
Garden Path Lacquers | Percy McTinsel-Bud’s Tinsel Machine
Inspiration: Inspired by Gene Belcher and his treasured holiday record.
Description: Percy McTinsel-Bud’s Tinsel Machine is a clear base filled with red to orange shifting aurora shimmer, holographic micro flakes, blue to purple shifting ultra chameleon chrome flakes, and pink shifting iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Glisten & Glow | Cuticle Duo in Winter Cheer & Sugar Plum
Inspiration:
Description: Glisten & Glow is bringing her Cuticle Remover & Cuticle Oil Pen Duo for the November shop!
Cuticle Remover is scented in: Winter Cheer – orange, cinnamon leaf, clove, cranberry and baked vanilla (orange color of the product is normal, color change is due to the vanilla content)
Cuticle Oil is scented in: Sugar Plum – mild spicy, lightly sugary fruity scent of the popular candied fruit sugar plums for the holiday season
Glisten & Glow’s Cuticle Remover softens and removes excess cuticle as well as eponychium skin and comes in an easy to use twist-up pen style applicator.
Directions: Apply generously to the cuticle area and let sit for 60 seconds. Next, gently push back with your favorite tool. Finally, wash hands and cuticles thoroughly with soap and water.
These work really well to keep your cuticles maintained… especially in the chillier seasons
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Glisten & Glow | Magical Winter
Inspiration: Inspired by the purple hues of winter skies that reflect on the fresh snow fall
Description: Magical Winter is a dusty medium purple crelly base loaded with silver and rose gold metallic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Great Lakes Lacquer | Lake Superior Shenanigans (Paid PR)
Inspiration: Inspired by a beautiful snapshot in time of the Northern Lights over a snow covered beach in winter. If you’ve ever been by, drove by, or lived by Lake Superior, you know it pulls some serious shenanigans in the winter.
Description: Lake Superior Shenanigans is a soft white crelly base with green to blue to purple shifting aurora shimmer and a subtle sprinkling of scattered holo. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: None
Healthy Fawns | Pastel Grinchy Fanny Pack
Inspiration: Inspired by The Pastel Grinchy Fanny Pack features fabric inspired by the 1966 Classic movie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Description: The Pastel Grinchy Fanny Pack will have a coordinating complementing-colored pastel body exterior and zippers, as well as the body strap, which can extend to fit waists up to 55″. **The colors will vary between bags (There won’t be more then 2 bags with the same color way).**
The Pastel Grinchy Fanny Pack has 2 pockets, one on the front, and one on the top, both with aurora electroplated zipper pulls. The fanny pack measures 13″ at the widest (9″ at the bottom) and 7″ tall and is made with 100% Lux Nylon that is waterproof and can be washed on cold and air dried or spot cleaned.
Product Size: 13″ x 7″ x 1″
Price: $45.00 | Cap: 30
Hearts and Promises | You’re A Mean One, Mr Grinch
Inspiration: The Grinch
Description: You’re A Mean One, Mr Grinch is a neon lime green crelly base loaded with silver holo micro glitters, as well as silver reflective glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 300
Indie by Patty Lopes | My Little Place
Inspiration: Inspired by Places with Christmas tree
Description: My Little Place is a dark blue to purple teal to blue shifting multichrome magnetic pigment, blue to purple to pink aurora shimmer, gold to green iridescent flakes and gold reflective glitter. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. I only magnetized the middle 2 nails so you can see it both ways.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 250
Jen & Berries | Its A Bit Nipply Out
Inspiration: Inspired by a Clark Griswold quote from A Christmas Vacation
Description: It’s a Bit Nipply Out is a super pale grey crelly base packed with holographic flakes, blue holographic microglitter and blue, gold and black flakes with a subtle blue to purple shifty shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 250
Jior Couture | Peppermint Bark
Inspiration: Inspired by Holiday peppermint bark candy
Description: Peppermint is a white crelly base with red, white and silver holo glitters in various shapes and sizes, as well as golden red shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
KBShimmer | Hand & Body Scrub in Peppermint Marshmallow (Paid PR)
Inspiration: marshmallows
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.
Peppermint Marshmallow Hand & Body Scrub starts with sweet notes of sugary whipped marshmallow. A hint of vanilla blends perfectly with notes of fresh peppermint.
This smells exactly how you’d expect – light, fluffy peppermint marshmallows!
Price: $10.00 | Cap: None
KBShimmer | Snow Unique (Paid PR)
Inspiration: snow flakes
Description: Snow Unique is a sky blue tinted jelly base packed with slightly larger particle shimmer that shifts mint to baby blue to pink to coral to green to yellow to orange. This is one of those shades that will look different almost every time you glance at it. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 1000
Leesha’s Lacquer | Queen of the Ice Castles
Inspiration: The ice castles in Minnesota
Description: Queen of the Ice Castles is a silver holographic base with green to purple duochrome and 3 types of holo shimmer. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Lemming Lacquer | The Wild Hunt
Inspiration: Inspired by The Wild Hunt in mythology and the video game The Witcher. The Wild Hunt involves a chase led by a mythological figure escorted by a supernatural group of hunters in pursuit. The leader is often associated with Odin but other figures like Gwyn ap Nudd, Herod, Cain, Gabriel, or the Devil have also been depicted. The hunters are usually the souls of the dead, ghostly dogs, fairies, valkyries, or elves. Seeing the Wild Hunt was thought to be a portent for war, plague, or at least the death of one who witnessed it. People meeting the Hunt may also be abducted to the underworld or the fairy kingdom. In some stories, people’s spirits could be pulled away during sleep to join the Hunt
Description: The Wild Hunt is a purple to red to orange multichrome base with antiqued gold magnetic pigment. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. I only magnetized center 2 nails so you can see it both ways.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 200
Lucky 13 Lacquer | Shiny!
Inspiration: Tis the season. ‘Tis the only season… of the show Firefly :(
Description: Shiny is a slightly olive tined brown jelly base with gold magnetic pigment and gold reflective glitters. Will also come with a 60mm long bar magnet.
I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos, I also only magnetized the center 2 nails so you can see it both ways.
Price: $11.00 | Cap: 130
LUMEN Nails | Snowflake Fairies (Paid PR)
Inspiration: Inspired by the snowflake dance in the Nutcracker ballet is magical and was always the favorite scene of the season. We loved had to add a new ballerina ornament to our tree each year to commemorate the annual tradition.
Description: Snowflake Fairies is a vivid blue jelly base with a strong blue to green to violet aurora shift. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
LynBDesigns | Tis The Season To Be Cozy
Inspiration: Inspired by my love of cozy weather. Wooly socks, blankets, a warm drink are all it takes to make me nostalgic for fall/winter
Description: Tis The Season To Be Cozy is a blurple holo base with a intense pink to orange to blue shifting micro flakie shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
LynBDesigns | Toasted Marshmallow
Inspiration: Inspired by The cozy scent of freshly toasted marshmallows
Description: Toasted Marshmallow wax melt is a sweet and earthy scent with notes of marshmallow, vanilla, deep woods and a hint of smoke.
My nose picks up a perfect blend of smoky vanilla with the slightest hint of woods. I actually would wear this as a perfume if I could.
This wax melt has a beautiful blue to blue shimmer as well.
Price: $5.00 | Cap: 110
Manmade by J&S | Holiday Scrunchie Pack
Inspiration: We were inspired by traditional Christmas images and then added a twist!
Description: This fun Holiday Scrunchie Pack is a 3 pack of scrunchies with some traditional and some fun print with the added Nightmare Before Christmas print.
There is a red and black buffalo plaid scrunchie, a black with red, green and light blue snowflake print with a tiny bit of glitter, and finally we have the fun Nightmare Before Christmas one. These have a nice elastic band inside. I’ve been wearing my hair up in buns, so I’m just going to add these to my bun for a little spunk.
Price: $10.00 | Cap: 50
Moo Moo’s Signatures | Dark Christmas
Inspiration: Inspired by fantasy wallpaper of Christmas tree dancing at night.
Description: Dark Christmas is a medium black multichrome base with pink to orange to green iridescent flakes, blue to purple ultrachrome chameleon flakes, holo flakes, orange to gold to green aurora shimmer, red to blue to purple tiny flakes, sterling silver shimmer, green to purple shimmer and pink to gold to green aurora shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $14.50 | Cap: 200
Native War Paints | Ribbons & Wrapping
Inspiration: Ribbons and wrapping paper!
Description: Ribbons & Wrapping is fuchsia jelly base loaded with pink holographic micro glitters, red micro flakes, and silver reflective glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $ | Cap: None
Night Owl Lacquer | Spread Love & Kindness
Inspiration:Inspired by The spirit of the season.
Description: Spread Love & Kindness is a clear base loaded with fuchsia to peach to gold to green shimmer, holo dust and turquoise flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Noodles Nail Polish | Festivus
Inspiration: Inspired by Colorful ornaments
Description: Festivus is a white crelly base with red, green, silver, gold, purple, pink and blue metallic glitters, as well as a sprinkling of red microflakes. I used 3 thin coats, a coat of glitter smoother and glossy top coat for these photos
Price: $11.50 | Cap: None
Pahlish | Single and Ready To Jingle
Inspiration: Inspired by Holiday Parties
Description: Single and Ready to Jingle is a bright aqua crelly base packed with violet to blue shifting pigment. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $14.00 | Cap: None
Painted Polish | Feelin’ Frosty
Inspiration: Inspired by a frosty winter scene
Description: Feelin’ Frosty is a white crelly base with blue, aqua, periwinkle, blue frost and lilac metallic glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 400
Pampered Polishes | So. Festive.
Inspiration: Inspired by Rainbow holiday lights
Description: So. Festive. is a shimmer, silver holographic base with holographic microglitters and a rainbow assortment of glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat. You can also use this as a topper over another shade.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Paradox Polish | Chillin’ With My Gnomies
Inspiration: Inspired by Gnomes and the holidays
Description: Chillin’ With My Gnomies is a red (cold) to clear (Warm) crelly base with gold, red and green metallic flakes as well as iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Penelope Luz | Funny Tree
Inspiration: Inspired by a turquoise and purple Christmas tree
Description: Funny Tree is a vibrant neon purple jelly base loaded with turquoise to purple aurora shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 500
Poetry Cowgirl Nail Polish | Love Bug
Inspiration: Inspired by Florida Love Bug Season
Description: Love Bug is a delicate taupe crelly base with red to black multichrome micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Pretty Beautiful Unlimited | Gingerbread Wax Melt
Inspiration: Inspired by Gingerbread House
Description: Gingerbread is a spiced gingerbread with rich and creamy butter notes, hints of maple and nut with vanilla, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.
To my nose this smells just like a decorated gingerbread man cookie. It’s sweet and spiced bakery type scent.
Price: $6.00 | Cap: None
Pretty Beautiful Unlimited | Pink Nightmare
Inspiration: Inspired by A Christmas Story
Description: Pink Nightmare is a medium pink crelly with holographic pigment, micro flakes and 2 types of crystal chameleon flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Psyche Minerals | Keep The Change
Inspiration: Inspired by Kevin’s pajamas from Home Alone
Description: Keep the Change is a super shifty polish that goes between emerald green, orange/gold, copper and red. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 150
Red Eyed Lacquer | Da Balm-er in Crisp & Juicy
Inspiration: Inspired by Summer Season
Description: Da-Balmer 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.
Crisp & Juicy is a refreshing scent. It reminds me almost of fresh, ripe cucumbers and a fizzy drink… not quite seltzer water – but along those lines. The scent has a certain nose tickle fizzy drinks bring. It’s very summer, very refreshing.
Price: $9.00 | Cap: 100
Red Eyed Lacquer | It’s What Maryland Does
Inspiration: Inspired by Crab Season!
Description: It’s What Maryland Does is a dusty steel blue crelly base with red to orange to gold shifting shimmer and packed with silver holo flakes. I used 3 thin coats an da glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 200
Red Panda Lacquer | The Christmas Serpent
Inspiration: Every holiday season, Life University in Marietta, Georgia hosts an annual event called Lights of Life. For a small fee you can drive through the campus at night to see animated lights and animatronic displays. My favorite decoration was a sea serpent with a Santa hat on in the lake. I included a photo of it in one of the photos of this listing. Even seeing it now makes me grin.
Description: The Christmas Serpent is a murky, dark green jelly base loaded with silver scattered holo and a mix of red, gold, green and silver reflective glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 105
Rogue Lacquer | Holiday Calories Don’t Count
Inspiration: Holiday Treats
Description: Holiday Calories Don’t Count is a white crelly base with gold, teal and metallic red micro and small flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Sassy Sauce Polish | Pinch My Grinch
Inspiration: Inspired by a photo of Mr. Grinch with an ornament
Description: Pinch My Grinch is a dark olivish green (cold) to clear (warm) jelly based thermal with a strong pinky red/copper/golden shimmer, red holo micro glitter and red flakies. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 500
Serum No 5 | Anti-Snow-Cial
Inspiration: Inspired by The feeling of not wanting to go out when the weather gets bad.
Description: Anti-snow-cial can be a topper or a stand alone polish. I used it as a standalone shade in 3 thin coats. This is a super pale grey, buildable shade with black, aqua, blue, purple and yellow glitters in squares, hexes and stars, with silver reflect glitters. Plus it glows blue in the dark! I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $14.00 | Cap: None
STELLA CHROMA | Emulsified Sugar Scrub in Caramel Apple Pie
Inspiration: Caramel Apple Pie
Description: Stella Chroma’s Emulsified Sugar Scrub is an incredibly fine particle sugar that’s densely packed in. Dig a little out of the jar, massage into your hands then rinse and keep rubbing it in while rinsing. Your hands will feel smooth, soft and incredible.
The November scent is This scent is fresh and fruity with a hint of spice and some warm vanilla sweetness. It’s such a perfect foodie scent!
My nose definitely picks up that warm, slightly spiced apple scent with vanilla. It smells delicious and it’s one of those scents that make you think “it can be THAT bad to eat if it smells that good… right?”
Price: $6.50 | Cap: None
STELLA CHROMA | Holiday Home
Inspiration: Inspired by Our Christmas Tree
Description: Holiday Home is a champagne crelly base with a fine gold shimmer, gold holo glitters, silver holo flakes, as well as green to silver to red shifting metallic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Sweet & Sour Lacquer | Gloss Sauce
Inspiration:
Description: I’ve been mentioning Gloss Sauce in my posts for awhile, and it’s one of the top coats I use the most. A couple of years ago, the maker gifted me a bottle and a refill bottle and I went through it QUICK. It works well with stamping if you float it, it leaves a beautiful, glossy finish to manis and it dries quick.
Gloss Sauce is free of DBP, Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin, & Camphor. It contains Toluene, which allows for it to be a high gloss, quick dry top coat.
Price: $8.00 | Cap: None
Sweet Heart Polish | Winter Sunrise
Inspiration: Winter Sunrise was inspired by the beautiful colors that can be seen early in the morning over a fresh coat of snow.
Description: Winter Sunrise is a full coverage micro glitter featuring pinks, purples, and silver glitter in a range of finishes, with a gold to pink aurora shimmer finish. I used 3 thin coats, a glitter smoothing topper and a glossy top coat.
Price: $11.00 | Cap: None
Treo Lacquer | Yuletide Treasure
Inspiration: I love the glitz and glamour of the holiday season, all the sparkling lights and beautiful decorations fill me with warmth. I love to bake and craft with my family. Friends and family are the real treasure!
Description: Yuletide Treasure is a frosty golden base filled with different sized green, red, and white glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 160
Unicorn Magic Skincare | Peppermint Swirl Deluxe Acetone Additive
Inspiration: Inspired by The holiday season
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.
To start – I suggest squeezing 1/4 or so of the container into your acetone, mix and try it. Add more as needed. If you add too much it can overdo it a bit but it will still be usable. I personally use 1/2 of a container in my Zoya Remove+ and it’s perfect for me.
November’s scent is Peppermint Swirl which a festive blend of peppermint essential oil, huckleberries, hints of violet and white florals, with creamy base notes of vanilla marshmallow.
Peppermint and vanilla are what my nose picks up, and while the floral and huckleberry scent are there, they are really really light and just enhance the rest to elevate it to a more mature scent.
Price: $6.50 | Cap: 150
Vapid Wax | Lit AF
Inspiration: Inspired by the holidays and the smells that come around that time, and Lisa, our amazing admin!
Description: Vapid Wax is back with a wax melt that is described as holiday trees with a splash of cinnamon and peppermint.
The scent description is dead on. It’s fairly simple but perfect for the holidays. Pine tree, cinnamon and peppermint – and I would love to have this for Nick as a beard oil scent.
Price: $5.00 | Cap: 75
Vibrant Vinyls | Double Bond Base Coat in To Be Merry
Inspiration: Inspired by the holiday season
Description: This revolutionary 2 in 1 base coat is formulated with proteins to fill imperfections and ridges on the surface of the nail leaving you with a smooth even base ready for polish.
To Be Merry – A combination of crisp apples, red berries, orange, warm spices and the aroma of cheer in the air.
My nose picks up spiced berries with a very slight citrus kick and a very slight appley undertone.
Price: $8.50 | Cap: None
Vibrant Vinyls | Fast & Hard QDTC in To Be Merry
Inspiration: Inspired by the holiday season
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!
To Be Merry – A combination of crisp apples, red berries, orange, warm spices and the aroma of cheer in the air.
My nose picks up spiced berries with a very slight citrus kick and a very slight appley undertone.
Price: $8.50 | Cap: None
What Addiction | Winter Sunset
Inspiration: I was inspired by a beautiful purple wintery sunset
Description: Winter Sunset is a deep smokey purple jelly base loaded with a rainbow assortment of flakes, as well as purple shimmer and a subtle sprinkling of holo. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $14.00 | Cap: 100
Polish Pickup November 2022 | Tis The Season
And another month posted! I am working on live swatching all of the polishes received on my Instagram later today so you can see a large range of application in one spot.
Where To Buy: Polish Pickup Shop
Wishlisting Starts: October 30th (Sunday) in the afternoon
Shop Dates: November 4th at 11am EST through November 7th at 11:59pm EST
227 comments
ohhhh the psyche minerals is gorgeous and the paradox and sassy sauce! love a holiday thermal
Sassy Sauce, such an unusual thermal
I really want BKL and Night Owl Lacquer!
The bkl is the want
Wfl have a Christmas gourd and bkl perchta
I’m getting BKL and Cadillaquer, but I bet that Penelope Luz shade is suuuuuper popular!
Cadillacquer is #1 on my list!
Penelope Luz uggghhhh imm need 7 of those!!
I’m so excited for several days and I hope to snap up a magnet this time!
*things. Several things!
One of my favorites is the Painted Polish this month :)
I’m loving the KB Shimmer Peppermint Marshmallow scrub!
Great Lakes, BKL and KB are my must haves!
BLK for sure and GLL
Sassy sauce! I might have to break my no buy for this month
The Pahlish is so glowy!
BTW, what polish did you use for the VV QDTC post?
That Noodles is a must have!
I want allllll the wax!!
I’m loving KBShimmer | Snow Unique. It’s on the top of my to-buy list.
The Pahlish is so beautiful!!
I am absolutely getting That’s What Maryland Does , Crab Season ’cause I’m a Maryland girl at heart.
Me too!
BKL, KBShimmer, and NOL!
I’m getting Bluebird Lacquer this month and since I’m on a spending time out, that will be all unless I win this month. I really do appreciate all the work you put into swatching for us.
Wow! So many unique crellies this month!
Cadillacquer!
That is my #1 as well!
I’m most excited for the Mystic Charm stamping plate coming back!
My must-have is the BKL!
So hard to pick the top must-have, maybe Fair Maiden Holidazzle. Or BKL, or KBS, or Pahlish, or…
Cupcake Polish is my favorite this month.
I’m most excited for Cupcake Polish
Bee’s Knees Lacquer- Perchta
It’s a Lion sibling!
I have never tried Jen &berries but I kinda want it cus of the inspiration
GLL is so Dreamy! I need!
Must have perchta
I must have The Wild Hunt and Snow Unique!
Well I’m really going to need to do some thinking because I like around 30 of the polishes this month! So I’m in trouble, lol!
Absolutely getting the BKL!
Only just started following this month, might have to get something, everything is so pretty!
Appreciate the new lighting setup for color accuracy.
Hearts & Promises You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch is a great fresh green.
So far on my list is Alchemy, BKL, GLL and Red Eye. So many pretties!
I love Peppermint Bark so Jior Couture’s peppermint bark polish is a must get for me.
The GLL is a must have for me!
Love Single and Ready to Jingle and Funny Tree! Those iridescent colors are everything!
Great Lakes laquers is a must for me!
I have to pick just one??? I am all about Atomic polish, that green is fantastic!!! And Rogue and Pahlish and GLL ……….
BKL and Colores De Carol are my top picks this month!
I am really excited for Pahlish and Great Lakes Lacquer!
By Dany Vianna Glittering Garlands is so beautiful
There are several beauties but I think the BKL is up near the top of my list!
My nose is craving To Be Merry!
I gotta grab Snow Unique (and Jingle Jangle!)
BKL and Great Lakes are on my wish list. I want to try some of the wax too! I love Polish Pickup so much!
I love Cupcake Polish Jingle Jangle because it reminds me of a Christmas tree!
Same! It’s a perfect holiday polish IMO
My favorite seasons for nail polish are fall and winter! I wish I could get every polish this month!!!
My favorite seasons for nail polish are fall and winter! I wish I could get every polish this month!!! But if I had to choose the number one I need this month, I think it would have to be either KB Shimmer or Wildflower Lacquer! SO SO SO BEAUTIFUL!
Great Lakes is my must have, but craaaaaap. Your swatches put another handful on my wishlist. So thanks. XO
Noodles and Dam are blowing my mind
Lovely swatches, Lisa! ❤️ My must haves are def the BKL, WFL and the PP, etc! I thought Nov was going to be a light buy month, I was wrong!!
It’s a tie for me between Colores de Carol and Dany Vianna!
Perchta! I can’t NOT have a lion sibling! Lol plus about 8 others just in your list alone.
The BKL and Ethereal are up my alley for sure!
I like the Bees Knees Lacquer. it is the top of my list
I’m for sure getting Pahlish
There’s too many polishes to choose! #1 must have is honestly the kb shimmer scrub. I love anything peppermint scented
Cadillacquer’s Let it Glow is my top so far.
Mine as well, and it’s a top of a long list!
I’m most interested in the Psyche Minerals Keep the Change. The quick drying liquid also sounds cool. I’ve never heard of that before.
I have the one from the previous ppu and it works great.
I’m torn between 3 favorites but I think it’s LynB Tis the Season to be Cozy that wins favorite polish.
Which three are you torn between? I’m having a hard time choosing between Lynn B, NOL, and KBShimmer
Love Dany Vianna’s Warm Hugs from Oct 2022 PPU
I’m thinking about getting an acetone additive. I hate the smell of the Zoya remover but I love how it works. This might be the solution.
The cuticle remover and oil! My cuticles have been soooo dry. Incorporating a cuticle Oil to my routine has been a new focus for me.
I can’t wait for the Rogue and Great Lakes polishes!
Great Lakes Lacquer | Lake Superior Shenanigans!
I need Glittering Garlands by Dany Vianna. So pretty!!!
I love KB Shimmer’s Snow Unique. Such a gorgeous polish!!
I’m seeing several potential dupes to formulations I already have (at least 5!) but for each potential dupe there are at least 2 more that are totally not in my collection, arghh! Super happy w Garden Path Lacquers ‘Percy’ offering!
That Night Owl polish is the top of my list this month!
Dany Vianna | Glittering Garlands
Lit AF wax. Sound so holiday perfect!
Top of my list this month is My Little Place by Patty Lopes!
G&G is my #1!
Looking at Night Owls polish. Wanting to stamp snowflakes on it.
I can’t wait for Great Lakes Lacquer! I don’t usually do whites, but this one is awesome
You had me at hello with Alchemy’s submission.
Fair Maiden and Great Lakes Lacquer are my top picks this month!
I simply MUST have Lake Superior Shenanigans!
Cupcake!
Rogue, Dreamland, G&G, Wildflower
I love all the blues!
At this moment, I am loving the Stella Chroma– there is something about that champagne base with the green flakies that is calling to me!
Yuletime treasures
Lumen and WFL are my must-haves for November’s PPU
Funny Tree by Penelope Luz is one that I must have. It looks like the perfect pink!
Cadillacquer Let It Glow ❤️
Pampered Polish – So. Festive. ❤️
I have so many favorites this month but I think my #1 must have is the Great Lakes Lacquer
Always have to get KBShimmer but have a couple others on the list!
Cupcake is so festive!
Indie by Patty Lopes | My Little Place, Vibrant Vinyls
Have to get the BKL and Penelope Luz.
Love the GLL this month!
I love the wildflower this month
KB Shimmer Snow Unique is my favorite of the November PPU lineup.
Sugar scrub
Jingle Jangle is my jam!! But my list this month is l o n g.
I would love the BKL Perchta, GLL and the Lantern and wren stamping plate
My #1 must have is the KB Shimmer polish! It is just so shimmery and beautiful for the holidays. But not gonna lie, my wishlist is massive with tons of must haves… narrowing it down this month will definitely be a struggle lol
Pahlish and Atomic polishes.
This month I have a longer list than usual but my #1 (and the first one I decided on) is the Cadillacquer! It is a perfect holiday shade for me.
Thank you for the swatches, Lisa! They are as gorgeous as they always are and this shape is irresistible! My list just expanded a couple of items because of your swatches! <3
Bee’s Knees and Cadillacquer are my two favorites!
Bees Knees is my top pick this month!
KB shimmer is a beauty!
So excited for the Hanukkah themed polishes! It’s awesome to be included.
I am so excited for that Treo polish! Those little red bar glitters!!!
I love that REL!
I’m really interested in Sassy Sauce’s offering for November. It looks so unique!
DRK Santa Baby is such a stunner!
KBShimmer’s polish is the must-have for me this month!
My top pick is Penelope Luz.
So many good ones this month. I really love the green from Atomic.
I’m excited for the Cuticula polish.
Serum’s!
The KB Shimmer is my top pick this month, but the BKL comes in a close second!
I’m loving all the glitters! The one I want most is Jior Couture Peppermint Bark, it’s just unlike anything I have
I’m really excited for the Great Lakes (stunning shimmer!!!) and the Wildflower polishes.
My #1 must have from ppu for November is Ethereal The Pickle not only is the polish gorgeous but I love the inspiration behind it
I’m grabbing the KB Shimmer peppermint scrub along with GGL great lakes shinnanagan and Patty Lopezs My little place. So many beautiful polishes and fantastic swatches as usual.
I love the NWP!
KBshimmer
It’s a Bit Nipply Out
Oh my god! That Pahlish one I’m in love!
Adding to my list! Polished for Days is another must-have!
Excited for wishlisting! So far my top picks are the Atomic Polish and Red Eyed Lacquer
I’m loving a polish you didn’t get to try, Bumbles Bounce. I also definitely need the zig zag magnet! Might not be able to resist the Cadilacquer either…
it’s so hard to choose just one favorite (or five). i love Cadillaquer’s, Lemming Laquers’s and Serum No. 5’s offerings. i also love that zig-zag magnet wand.
I’m very excited for My Little Place and it wasn’t on here and I felt it needed a mention, Grandpas Flannels by BCB Lacquers looks amazing!
I’m so excited for Cadillacquer’s Let it Glow!!!
The red Wildflower is probably all I’ll get but there are so many beautiful snow ones like Dreamland and some pretty purples. I’m sure I’ll cave and get more than one.
I think I’d like to try the unicorn magic skincare acetone additive
Red Eyed Lacquer
Because a sweet friend gifted me a surprise Pickle for my tree last year I HAVE to have Ethereal’s The Pickle!
The GLL completely blows me away – just so shifty and amazing!
Always love the crocheted cat toy :)
My favorite polish this month is the Cadillacquer.
Oh it’s such a good month, it’s hard to choose but I adore the Cadillacquer. So unusual!
GLL is gorgeous.
I absolutely love magnetic polishes and Dani Vianna the green is Phenomenal
I’m intrigued by Femme Fatale.
GLL and Psyche Minerals!
The pickle!
Kb shimmer is one of my favorites
My #1 is Cadillacquer Let it Glow
and my #2 is Cupcake polish, I considered this polish and after your swatches it is a #2 for sure!
BKL!!!
I absolutely love the all mixed up lacquer or pampered polish glitters. So cute!
#1 must have is the GLL (of course!)
Ugh, this is going to break my bank account … I love them all, but I’m a huge sucker for crellies with flakies, and I think Stella Chroma’s Holiday Home might be my must-have this time!
My roommate has decreed our house a no-buy zone for polish (they’re totally justified, given that I have a bunch of polish stored in their office because I ran out of space in mine), but … these are so pretty they have to cave, right? RIGHT?
Bees Knees is my top pick this month because I have to “catch them all” (the Lion With a Thorn in it’s Paw siblings that Sarah has been making)
I need that Cupcake polish
Today I have my eye on the just recently revealed DRK Lab advent kit! Oye! Do I dare??
I think the Cupcake Polish is very festive!
BKL Perchta! I love everything BKL lately. I missed out on Magic is Life a few months ago, so Snow Unique by Kbshimmer is also on my wishlist because it looks so similar. And the scents! I don’t like the fruity, sweet smells that are usually on ppu so this time I’m really excited for the Lotion of Immortality duo by Lucky 13 and the Cutie-cle Balm by Heather’s Hues.
KB Shimmer!
Love the Cuticula!
Restored by polish and dreamland lacquer
I really love the Great Lakes polish. The shifts are so stunning!!!
Polished for Days! I love a good green!
I do too, I also love just about everything from Polished for Days, and I don’t have that shade of green with flakes *gasp!*
Ethereal’s pickle!
Red Eyed Lacquer!
#1 is Cadillacquer
#2 is Cupcake
#3 is Polished for Days.
KBShimmer—the color shifting are the best!
“Help Me! I’m… Feeling Pain” for the win!
I think i’ll go for Its A Bit Nipply Out, it’s soo pretty.
The KB Shimmer is calling my name.
Dreamland…
Great Lakes Lacquer is looking beautiful!
Glittering garlands by Dany Vianna is a must have.
I love that one too!
There are so many options that I’m having a hard time choosing! I think Glittering Garlands really knocked the concept out of the park though
Dreamland is really pretty.
The magnetic polishes look really great!
I’m surprised there’s only one red
I love the Night Owl polish because it looks like an icy winter wonderland!
What a lovely, very Christmasy PPU! Love ❤️
I’m absolutely in love with that gorgeous blues from Pahlish, Lumen, Whatcha, and Dark & Twisted!! Thanks for the beautiful swatches and all your hard work bringing them to us!!
You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch is such a pretty polish
Really loving GLL and Cadillacquer this month!
I like Hoodie Season!
What Addiction for sure
I really like Hoodie Season
I need that zigzag magnet!
The Cadillacquer is fabulous!
This is a tough month. EN & BERRIES | IT’S A BIT NIPPLY OUT; PAINTED POLISH | FEELIN’ FROSTY; ZOMBIE CLAW | ALL THINGS PASTEL & SCARY; MOON SHINE MANI | FOR THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE
Dreamland is also beautiful!
I have lots of Christmas stamping plates, but the EDK Ho Ho Ho one is still on my list!
I’m really taken with Lumen’s contribution this month.
Wildflower will be my first red polish
I changed my mind because now my
#1 is Cadillacquer Let it Glow
#2 is Cupcake Jingle Jangle
#3 is Glisten&Glow Magical Winter
and that moved Noble Fir by Polished for Days to #4
I needed the Pahlish color. I saw it somehow and wow!
I just noticed Mulled Wine by Nevermind Apothecary and it looks gorgeous! I just wish there were more pictures of it
Really loving the Nailed It polish this month too!
BKL, Dreamland lacquer & GLL!
Looking at Nailed it but not sure. Hoping it is more purple than pink
Pahlish’s Single and Ready to Jingle is stunning!!!!
BKL
The Great Lakes Lacquer is my must-have this month.
Cadillacquer and Great Lakes Lacquer are my top favorites!
Cadillacquer and Great Lakes!
Dark and Twisted is also on the list :).
Love ur layout as always
I like the Heather’s Hues cuticle balm because I love the scent of pine.
I have to have night owl this month!
It’s time for me to try Swamp Gloss!
I don’t know that I need more cuticle products, but I want them every time!
That’s me as well :-)
BKL, MTK and Dany getting KBB sugar scrub and a maybe for GLL. I want Christmasy and I love jelly.
MTK is super jelly for sure!
And I also need Perchta by BKL, I think it’s an amazing combination of base and that Lion stuff in it
Lumin Snow Fairies keeps growing on me…
So many gorgeous polishes so hard to choose
GLL!
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