Hella Handmade Creations February 2024

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Howdy friends! I have a super quick blog post for you all today, I have swatches for the newest Bee’s Knees Lacquer polish coming to Hella Handmade Creations! The HHC website is live now for wishlisting but the sale starts on February 14th.

If you’re new to HHC, I will have some more sale details and links at the end of the blog post. Thank you to BKL for sponsoring this blog post!

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Hella Handmade Creations is a monthly indie polish collaboration. Makers each pick their own theme and make a series of polishes based on that theme. Each month brands have a new polish, that is exclusive to the Hella Handmade Creations website.

Bee’s Knees Lacquer – Then Do Not Spend Your Life Exhausted

Inspiration/Theme: the book Belladonna
Description: a silver polish that shifts from red to green with a scattering of matte black flakes and holo flakes. It also glows in the dark!
Price: $14 for 15ml | Cap: none

Then Do Not Spend Your Life Exhausted whenever BKL releases a nail polish with a whole lot of flakies, I do a little happy dance. I feel like this brand is most well known for its shimmers but in my not-so-humble opinion, their polishes with flakies AND shimmer are where it’s at!

This polish had a fantastic formula, it is pretty sheer though so you do need to build it up to get the most opacity. I personally really liked coverage for this polish in two coats but opted to add an extra coat to give the GITD pigment the most oomph.

Speaking of the glow in the dark aspect, I found it to be a little finicky. I charge it up using my go-to blacklight flashlight and while it does charge up brightly it does also seem to fade in brightness quickly. I did give the brand a headsup on the GITD pigment so hopefully that won’t be an issue for customer bottles.

I wasn’t a big fan of the glow in the dark aspect of this polish but the shimmer and flakie combo I was a huge fan of! I don’t know if I loved the black flakies or the holographic ones more but either way I loved how this looked.

My photos show Then Do Not Spend Your Life Exhausted in 3 coats plus glossy top coat. I think it might have some topper possibilities but I will call it a 2-3 coater depending on your own personal preference. Removal won’t super difficult but it sure will be messy, use the soak off method!

Bee’s Knees Lacquer
15ml, 5+ Free, Vegan & Cruelty-Free
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Sale Info

The Hella Handmade Creations store opens on the 14th of every month at 12:01am Eastern Time and closes on the 21st at 11:59pm HST (4:59AM Eastern time on the 22nd). All items sold are on a pre-order basis and won’t ship until around 4 weeks after the sale period.

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Multiple orders to the same name and address are combined and shipping overages are refunded. Shipping price is based on weight. Shipping is available internationally and there is a Facebook group for international group buys.