Lyn B Designs “You Better Work”

I recently shared my very first solar polish from Cupcake Polish, and today I have another solar polish from Lyn B Designs to share! Indoors, "You Better Work" is a bright orange with a rainbow of shifting iridescent flakies and green to red to silver shifting shimmer. In person, I did feel like the orange…

LynB Designs “Perfectly Balanced”

Today I have a phenomenal shimmer polish that literally looks like it's glowing! "Perfectly Balanced" is a robin's egg blue with green to blue to purple shifting multichrome flakies, plus a stunning light purple shimmer. This polish applied beautifully and was opaque in two coats of polish. The purple shimmer pops in direct sunlight! I…

Cupcake Polish “It’s Sherbert Day”

Today I'm sharing my very first solar polish! I'm obsessed with thermals, so I was super psyched to try this color-changing polish out. "It's Sherbert Day" is a new release from Cupcake Polish that is still available at the time of this blog post. You can find this shade here, but hurry-- this shade was…

Born Pretty “Tender” and “Recall”

Today I have two stunning shimmer shades from Born Pretty to share! These were my first two polishes from Born Pretty and I was really impressed. First up is "Recall", a sheer light purple polish with intense pink shimmer and scattered holographic shimmer. Recall starts off very sheer, but was opaque in three coats of…

Blush Lacquers “Lasso the Moon” PPU April 2018

This stunning, shimmery white from Blush Lacquers was an exclusive to Polish Pickup in April 2018. I realize it's almost cruel to share an exclusive from several months ago, but.... this polish is too gorgeous not to post! April's theme was "Across the Universe", and this polish was inspired by a quote from the movie…

Julep “Cathy”

Cathy is a newer shade from one of beauty box brand "Julep"'s most recent collections. I've been buying fewer polishes from Julep over the past couple years, but I was really attracted to this pretty pastel yellow. Cathy is described as a yellow custard with ghost shimmer. Unfortunately, I found Cathy's formula to be pretty…

Emily de Molly “Love Each Day” August 2018 PPU

This month, Emily de Molly is bringing a beautiful gold magnetic to Polish Pickup! New to Polish Pickup? Every month, PPU has a theme voted on by fans. Tons of indie makers then create a polish inspired by that theme. You can order as many shades from any maker participating that month for a flat…

Quixotic Polish “Another Glorious Morning” PPU September 2018

This month, Quixotic Polish is contributing this stunning magnetic polish to Polish Pickup! New to Polish Pickup? Every month, PPU has a theme voted on by fans. Tons of indie makers then create a polish inspired by that theme. You can order as many shades from any maker participating that month for a flat rate…

Emily de Molly August 2018 Collection

Today I have an absolutely stunning upcoming collection from Emily de Molly to share! This collection releases on Thursday, August 16th at 10 AM AEST in Australia on the Australian Emily de Molly site, and on Wednesday, August 15th at 8 PM EDT on the USA and international Emily de Molly site. This is going…

1850 Artisan Polish “The 13th Doctor” Collection

Today I have swatches for 1850 Artisan Polish's upcoming collection, based on Doctor Who! I'm not personally a fan of Doctor Who, but this collection is absolutely incredible. Keep reading for all of my swatches and reviews of these beautiful polishes! This collection will release on the 1850 website on Saturday, August 18th. First up is an…