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Hello friends! It is that time of the month once again for Polish Pickup! And this month I am extra pumped as the theme for September is Trick Or Treat. Yes, you read that right, Halloween has arrived! I am so beyond ready for Summer to be over. The humidity this year has been brutal!
The September Polish Pickup opens on September 3rd. As always, sale details and links will be at the end of the post.
Polish Pickup aka PPU is a monthly collaboration of indie polish and other handmade product makers based on a chosen theme. There’s a new theme with new products each month from dozens of makers. Items are available the first Friday – Monday of each month for pre-order.
Live Swatch Video
1422 Designs – It Was A Graveyard Smash
Inspiration: Monster mash
Description: a cranberry jelly with a gold green micro flakies and white flakies
Price: $12.50 for 15ml Cap: 100
It Was A Graveyard Smash had a really great formula. This is a true cranberry red shade. The flakies all spread out smoothly and evenly. In person, the green/gold micro flakes looked mainly golden to me.
This had nice coverage in 2 coats but to get the color you see in the bottle, you will want to go in for 3 coats. Nothing in here dried textured or will be difficult to remove. I didn’t experience any staining.
1422 Designs
15ml, 5 Free
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Alter Ego – Pink Pumpkin
Inspiration: pink pumpkins
Description:
Price: $10 Cap: 50
Pink Pumpkin had a great formula. The glitters spread out evenly and easily. The base is on the more sheer side so you will want to build it up for opacity. This has a beautiful shimmery effect to it.
To get the color you see in the bottle, you will want to go in for 3 coats. This can also be used as a topper. I showed it in 1 coat over Olive Ave Polish’s Strawberry.
Nothing in here will dry textured but removal might be on the tricky side if you try to scrub it off. I would recommend soaking it off or wearing a peel off base coat.
Alter Ego Body Care Products
17ml, 5 free, Vegan & Cruelty Free
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Babygirl Lacquer – Frankie’s BOO-Thang
Inspiration: Bride Of Frankenstein
Description: a dark gray to light gray thermal, #GlowInTheDark crelly with assorted shimmer pigments, UCC flakies, holo & iridescent glitters, plus holo shards
Price: Cap:
Frankie’s BOO-Thang had a nice jelly-like formula. Unfortunately, this one died in transit on me so I can’t speak on the thermal aspect. The glow in the dark pigment was very strong and I didn’t have any problems getting it to glow. The flakies all spread out evenly and do not dry textured.
I think this will be a solid 3 coater. It is on the sheer side so you will have VNL with this polish. Nothing in here will be overly difficult to remove. You will want top coat to smooth it out as GITD polishes tend to have a not gritty but not completely smooth finish.
Babygirl Lacquer
5 free & cruelty free
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BCB Lacquers – I AM CALM!
Inspiration: fan art of the Sanderson Sisters
Description: a dark teal polish with a blue/green shift, blue micro flakes and holo.
Price: $13 for 15.6ml Cap: 150
I AM CALM! Had a great formula. It’s a beautiful dark teal color this is right between a blue and a green this is a true teal in my opinion. This polish is very opaque. It’s not quite a 1 coater but I think pretty much everyone should be good in two coats. You get a beautiful color shift on this one. The flakies and the holographic do not dry down textured and give this a nice sparkle.
Like I mentioned this nail polish is very opaque. While I didn’t experience any staining, I would recommend wearing base coat. Potentially 2 coats of base if your nails are prone to staining.
BCB Lacquers – Whipped Sugar Scrub: Witches Brew
Description: A whipped sugar scrub with a custom oil blend for hydration and exfoliation! Scent is top notes of ginger, fizz, oranges, toasted orange zest, lemon, sugar, and musk. This has white and brown sugar for extra exfoliation. Throughout the scrub you will see orange and purple jojoba beads. On top you will see a sprinkle of the orange, purple and gold jojoba beads.
Ingredients: Glycerin, Water, Sorbitol, Sodium Cocoyl/Lauroyl Isethionate, Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate, Sodium Chloride, Phenoxyethanol, Tetrasodium EDT, Caprylyl Glycol, Methylparaben, Ethylparaben, Butylparaben, Propylparaben, Mannitol, Cellulose, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Mica, Iron Oxide, Titanium Dioxide, Tin Oxide, Silica, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil, Mango Butter, Jojoba Oil Granulated White Sugar, Brown Sugar, Avocado Oil, Vitamin E, Sweet Almond Oil, Skin Safe Fragrance.
Price: $9.5 for 2oz Cap: 50
Whipped Sugar Scrub: Witches Brew this sugar scrub was SO beautiful I didn’t want to use it! I found that a small amount works great for a manicure. Texture wise this isn’t super gritty like a traditional sugar scrub (think the KBShimmer sugar scrub). If you find that other sugar scrubs are too rough, this would be really great for you.
As far as the fragrance goes, the scents I was getting were the citrus fragrances, fizz, and musk. It smells just as amazing as it looks.
BCB Lacquers
15ml, 5 Free, Vegan & Cruelty-Free
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Bee’s Knees Lacquer – Blood Moon
Inspiration: American Horror Story Roanoke
Description: an orange to gold to green pastel multichrome loaded with black to red multichrome flakes
Price: $13 for 15ml Cap: None
The Blood Moon had a really great formula. It went on very smoothly and evenly. The shimmer is extremely glowy and strong. I was seeing all of the described colors in person.
This has the same multichrome flakies as the polishes from the Resident Evil Village collection (reviewed here). The flakies all spread out evenly and easily, without any texture. This will be a 2-3 coater depending on your nail length and personal preference. I used 3 coats for my photos.
Bee’s Knees Lacquer
15ml, 5+ Free, Vegan & Cruelty-Free
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Cameo Colours Lacquers – Spooky Silhouettes
Inspiration: Spooky shapes silhouetted against the moonlight
Description: a white crelly base with blue and turquoise metallic micro flakes mingle with red/bronze/copper UCC flakes and a smattering of black holo micro glitter in a white crelly base with an aqua shimmer, a touch of scattered holo sparkle, and a ghostly aqua glow when the lights go out. Each polish will come with a small bag of black matte bat glitter for decoration
Price: $11.50 for 15ml Cap 105 bottles
Spooky Silhouettes had really great crelly formula. The flakies and gliiters all spread evenly and easily, without needing to do anything special. I just love the base color for this polish!
The glow in the dark aspect of this polish is extremely strong. I charged this up with a blacklight flashlight for just a few seconds and my nails were glowing so brightly that in the darkness of my basement, it looked like I had a lightbulb on my nails. I didn’t test how long this glowed for but after charging this I did notice in my nail room where it was slightly dark, my nails were glowing noticeably 15 minutes after charging.
This polish really comes alive with top coat. Nothing here will dry down textured or be difficult to remove.
This polish also comes with a little baggy of the bat glitters. For the little bat glitters, I would recommend adding those to your polish after the first and second coats. Then apply your final coat of polish like normal and of course top coat. Doing it this way will keep the bats from giving your polish a textured look/feel. For my 4 finger swatch photos, I applied the bats after I did 3 coats of polish. On my thumb, I layered the bats under Spooky Silhouettes.
Cameo Colours Lacquers
15ml, 5 free, Vegan & Cruelty-Free
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Color Spectrum Polish – Say His Name 5x
Inspiration: Candyman
Description: a bloody red base with loads of gold shimmer and scattered black holographic glitter
Price: $12 for 15ml Cap: 115
Say His Name 5x had a really nice formula. The gold shimmer gives this polish the look of having a red to orange color shift. The black holographic glitter’s all spread out evenly and easily and do not dry down textured. I LOVE the inspiration behind this polish!
This had good coverage in 2 coats but to get the color you see in the bottle, you will want to go in for 3 coats. My photos show this in 3 coats. Nothing in here will be overly difficult to remove.
Color Spectrum Polish
13ml, 7 Free, Vegan & Cruelty free
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Colores De Carol – Witch’s Best Wishes
Inspiration: Halloween Decorations
Description: A black/gold/orange/red multichrome base with UCC flakes (blue/green/purple) and multichrome 3D magnetic effect (pink/purple/blue)
Price: $12.50 for 15ml Cap: 200
Witch’s Best Wishes had a fantastic formula. It didn’t feel overly thick or thin and I didn’t have any application issues. This polish is EXTREMELY color shifty! The magnetic pigment pairs perfectly with the multichrome base.
I swatched this in 3 coats.It was opaque on me in 2 coats but I used the third coat to magnetize it. Nothing in here will dry textured or be difficult to remove.
Colores De Carol
15ml, 5 Free, Vegan & Cruelty-Free
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Crystal Knockout – Hand Over The Treats!
Inspiration: A cute little cat trying to steal your candy stash on Halloween!
Description: A dark grey crelly with matte neon green and orange dots, and matte orange and white hex glitters
Price: $11 for 15ml Cap: None
Hand Over the treats had a really great crelly formula. It was slightly on the thicker side but I didn’t have any application issues. This polish starts off on the sheerer side so you will want to build it up for full opacity. This has a TON of glitters in it and they all spread out really well without needing to do anything special.
I think this will be a solid 3 coater on pretty much everyone. If you don’t mind a more sheer look, you could do 2 coats. I had a tiny bit of VNL but I don’t think that will be an issue for those of you with natural nails.
Note: I did have a few streaks from a unmix pigment in my polish. I did notify the maker and so that should not be an issue with customer bottles
Crystal Knockout – A Witch’s Work
Inspiration: A witch getting ready to work her magic on a fall evening
Description: A topper with an orange glow, a golden shifting shimmer, and iridescent flakes in fuchsia, orange, violet, and gold
Price: $10 for 15ml Cap: None
A Witches Work had a great formula. It was on the slightly thicker side but I did not have any application issues. The shimmer in this looks SO amazing over black but I see it looking just as great over a variety of base colors. The flakies spread out evenly and easily.
This polish also dries down dull so you will want top coat for a glossy finish. I swatched this in 1 coat over a black creme (Heather’s Hues Shadow).
Crystal Knockout
15ml, 5 Free & Cruelty Free
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Cupcake Polish – Fangs For The Memories
Inspiration: Vampires
Description: a blood red linear holo
Price: $13 for 15ml Cap: None
Fangs For The Memories had a really nice formula it went on very buttery smooth. It was also very opaque, not quite a 1 coater but very close. In person, this polish to me was more of a berry shade than a blood red shade. It did lean very pink on my but I would call this a berry shade.
This will be a solid 2 coater on pretty much everyone. I used 2 coats for my photos. This is very pigmented so be sure to wear base coat. I didn’t experience any staining.
Cupcake Polish
15ml, 5 Free & Cruelty Free
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Fancy Gloss – Spook-tacular
Inspiration:
Description: A clear when warm to a deep purple when cold thermal with flakies
Price: Cap:
Spook-tacular had a fantastic formula. Y’all know Fancy Gloss knows how to make a great flakie thermal polish and this is no exception. The cold state is a perfect Halloween purple and the warm state is a translucent white. The flakies all spread out evenly and easily without any texture.
This polish will be a 2-3 coater depending on personal preference. I used 3 coats for my photos. You will have very obvious VNL in the warm state.
Fancy Gloss
15ml, 10 free, Vegan & Cruelty-Free
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Glisten & Glow – Cats & Bats
Inspiration: Halloween superstitions of black cats and the spooky bats that fly at night when trick-or-treating
Description: very vampy and mysterious dark, dark purple almost black jelly polish filled with iridescent flakes that shift from dark blue to purple and iridescent flakes that shift from pink/red/orange/green/gold. Added holographic flakes and holographic sparkle that round out this beauty
Price: $12.50 for 15ml Cap: None
Cats & Bats had a really great jelly formula. It didn’t not feel overly thick or thin and I didn’t have any application issues. The purple base is extremely dark so it will look black in some lighting. The flakes all spread out evenly and easily.
This has a really nice delicate holo sparkle as well. I think this one is going to probably be a 2-3 depending on the nail length and personal preference. I used three coats for my photos. The third coat did deepen the color slightly.
For more photos and a full product list on the things I used to create the nail art for this look check out this blog post Cats & Bats Halloween Nail Art or click the image above
Glisten & Glow – Glitter Grabber
Description: an amazing new product that gets applied after any glitter or flakie dense manicure is done and it’s fully dry and before your top coat. It aids in creating a smoother surface for your top coat or matte top coat all while “grabbing” that extra texture!
Directions: After you have applied your glitter or flakie polish and have fully let it dry, you add a nice layer of Glisten & Glow Glitter Grabber on top. It’s a shiny formula upon application and will add that extra layer of protection and smoothing action to that texture. Allow to fully dry and then add your glossy or matte top coat! It works at grabbing that extra texture that glitter or flakies can have!
Price: $8 for 15ml Cap: None
Glitter Grabber is my go to product for wearing glitter heavy polishes. I have been buying this product since it launched. This is something I always recommend to people who are struggling with getting their glitter polishes to be perfectly smooth. I have noticed that this product will keep a textured glitter polish smoother than if I used 2 coats of my top coat.
I usually wait until my polish is dry to a *light* touch before applying this product. And then once the GG layer is dry I go in with my glossy top coat. I have paired this product with numerous brands of glossy top coats with no issues.
I used Glitter Grabber for all of the glitter polishes in this post.
For my demo of this polish, I used the Zoya Pixidust polish Imogen which is a textured polish. In the before photo is the polish in 2 coats over Heather’s Hues Shadow. In the after, I used 1 coat of Glitter Grabber and 1 coat of the Glisten & Glow quick dry top coat.
Glisten & Glow
15ml, 5 Free, Vegan & Cruelty-Free
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Hearts & Promises – Frankie
Inspiration: Frankenstein
Description: a green to black thermal loaded with purple shimmers
Price: $12.50 for 15ml Cap: 250
Frankie had a great formula. It was on the more sheer and thin side but it didn’t feel watery. I didn’t have any application issues with this polish. This one really does give me Frankenstein vibes. The purple shimmer is very strong and glowy but you will need top coat to bring them out as this does dry dull.
Since this is sheer, you will want to go in for 3 coats of polish for the best opacity. You will still have some VNL so using a blurring VNL base will hide your nail line. My photos show this polish in 3 coats.
Hearts & Promises
15ml, 5 Free
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Heather’s Hues – Get Lit
Inspiration: jack-o-lanterns hanging out on a porch
Description: a black base with a touch of black to red multichrome flakes then loaded with a mix of metallic and holo glitters in orange, red, and purple and red-copper-gold multichrome flakes.
Price:$12.50 for 15ml Cap: None
Get Lit had a really great formula. The glitters all spread out evenly and easily on their own and do not need you do not need to do anything special to get great coverage.
This polish screams Halloween! This will be opaque in 2 to 3 coats depending on the thickness of your coats, personal preference, and potentially nail length. My photos show it in three coats. For personal wear, I would most likely wear this one in 2 coats.
This does dry down slightly textured so you will want to go in for 1 to 2 coats of topcoat for a smooth finish. I used 2 coats for my photos.
Heather’s Hues
15ml, 5 free, Vegan & Cruelty Free
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KBShimmer – Witch Please
Inspiration: Halloweentown
Description: a grape-leaning purple crelly loaded with flakes. Color-shifting flakes shift from orange, pumpkin-like hues to gleaming shades of burnt orange and gold. Silver holo flakes add a unique sparkle to the polish, with a more glowy rainbow glimmer added to be reminiscent of a Halloween night sky.
Price: $11 for 15ml Cap: 750
Witch Please had a really great formula. The flakies in this base are EXTREMELY glowy! They spread out evenly and easily on the nail. I really loved Halloweentown as a kid and this polish has made me want to do a rewatch!
This polish will be opaque in 2-3 coats. I lost my swatch notes for this polish but my middle nail is in 2 coats. I could have sworn I used 3 coats for the other nails but I’m not seeing a difference color wise between them so it’s possible I used 2 coats.
Nothing in here dried textured or will be overly difficult to remove. I didn’t have any issues with staining.
KBShimmer – Warm Apple Cider Hand & Body Sugar Scrub
Inspiration: Fall and its cozy comforts
Description: The warmth of simmering cinnamon is accented by the sweetness of juicy apple. The spice of clove adds depth, while a subtle hit of bourbon adds interest to this fall scent. A soft, cream-colored scrub is accented by a cider-like, rust-colored swirl.
Price: $10 for 9.5 ounces Cap: None
This month’s scrub smells exactly how you would expect it to! Apple spiced anything is probably my favorite fall scent ever. I can’t get enough of it and this smells SO GOOD!
KBShimmer makes my all time favorite sugar scrub in the world so I am big fan of this product.
KB Shimmer
15ml, 5+ free, Vegan & Cruelty Free
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Leesha’s Lacquer – The Pumpking + Pumpqueen of Halloween
Inspiration: Pumpkins
Description: A black jelly base with gold flakies and orange hex glitters in multiple sizes
Price: $11 for 15ml Cap: None
The Pumpking + Pumpqueen of Halloween had a great formula. It was pretty sheer but builds up nicely. The flakes and glitters spread out evenly and easily. I think this polish would be a really fun one to play around with as a topper. It would give a blackened/vampy look to lighter colored polishes.
I swatched this one in 3 coats. I was tempted to try it in 4 to see if I could get the base color darker. This didn’t dry super textured, so I only needed 1 coat of top coat for a smooth finish. Removal will be on the tricky side so I would suggest soaking this off.
Leesha’s Lacquer
15ml, 5 free, Vegan & Cruelty Free
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LynB Designs – Spirit Offering
Inspiration: leaving treats for spirits during Samhain so they won’t trick you-
Description: a dark pink to yellow to green shifting multichrome with silver magnetic pull and scattered holo flakies
Price: $12 for 15ml Cap: None
Spirit Offering had a really great formula. This went on very easily and smoothly and was extremely opaque. I did not have any issues getting the magnetic effect to appear on my nail. I used a ring magnet to get the effect shown (reviewed here).
With the magnetic effect applied, you can better see the multichrome color shifts. Without it, the silver pigment covers up much of the color shifts. This one is going to be a solid 2 coater for full opacity. This potentially could be a 1 coater if you don’t want to do the magnetic effect. My photos show it in 3 coats.
LynB Designs
15ml, 5 free, Vegan
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My Indie Polish – Mombies
Inspiration:
Description: A greyed out green with purple dots and stars and a bit of shimmer too
Price: $13 for 15ml Cap: 100
Mombies had a great crelly formula. All the glitters spread out evenly and easily on their own without needing to do anything special. I did hold the bottle upside down between coats as I noticed I got *slightly* more glitters out that way.
I tried to do minimal glitter placement with this swatch but I did do a few dabs to move glitters around. This had pretty good coverage in 2 but it was a little too sheer for me personally. Shorter nails might be passable in 2 coats. I used 3 coats for my photos.
This will dry down textured so you will want to go in with a glitter eating top coat for the smoothest finish. Removal will be difficult, I would recommend soaking this one off.
My Indie Polish
15ml, 7 free, Vegan & Cruelty-Free
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NeVerMind Apothecary – The Ghost With The Most
Inspiration: Beetlejuice
Description: a glow in the dark polish with a ghostly white base, green to yellow shimmer and black flakies
Price: $13 for 15ml Cap: 200
The Ghost With The Most had a really great formula. The shimmer in this polish GLOWS off of the nail. I tend to keep the lighting dim in my nail room and this one was so glowy in the low lighting my mind was blown!
This polish will be a 2-3 coater depending on nail length and personal preference. It has good coverage in 2 coats so for personal wear, I would wear this in 2 coats. My swatch photos show it in 3 as I did have some VNL. You will want top coat as this dries a little dull.
This GITD pigment in this polish is extremely strong. I charged mine up for my photos using a blacklight flashlight, but I do not think that will be necessary. I found just going outside and letting the sunlight hit this charged it up nicely as well.
Nothing in here will dry textured or be difficult to remove.
NeVerMind Apothecary
15ml, 5 Free, Vegan & Cruelty-Free
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Night Owl Lacquer – That Halloween Glow
Inspiration: glowing jack-o-lanterns.
Description: a blackened orange base filled with orange/bronze/gold/green shimmer.
Price: $13 for 15ml Cap: None
That Halloween Glow had a really great formula. The base for this is like a blackened pumpkin orange paired with color shifting shimmer, it’s Falloween in a bottle! The shimmer does not show brushstrokes at all. I was seeing all of the described colors in person.
This will be a 2-3 coater depending on your nail length. I used 3 coats for my photos.
Night Owl Lacquer – The Answer is Treat
Inspiration: brightly colored candy wrappers.
Description: a clear base with holographic micro flakies, red/orange/gold & green/blue/purple multichrome flakes. It can be worn in 1 coat as a topper or 3 coats on its own.
Price: $12 Cap: None
The Answer Is Treat also had a great formula. It did not feel thick at all despite having so many different flakies in it. This one builds up nicely on its own in three coats but it also looks amazing as a topper. In 3 coats on its own, you will have some VNL.
I swatched this in 1 coat over Zombie Claw Polish’s Lethal from the September Talk Indie To Me Box (reviewed here) as well as in 3 coats on its own. I like this both ways.
Nothing in here will dry textured and removal will be typical flakie polish removal.
Night Owl Lacquer
15ml, 5 Free & Cruelty Free
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NvR Enuff – Case Studies
Inspiration: The Fourth Kind
Description: A blue based jelly filled with blue/green/gold shifting flakes, micro metallic green flakes and black galaxy glitters
Price: $12.50 for 15ml Cap: 200
Case Studies had a great formula. The glitters all spread out evenly and easily on their own without needing to do anything special. This polish is extremely sparkly and holographic in person!
This will be like 90% opaque in 3 coats. I did have some VNL on some angles but the glitters largely distracted from it. . It’s passable in 2 coats but a third coat adds some opacity. My photos show this one in both 2 and 3 coats. I accidentally added top coat to my live swatch (middle finger) nail early.
NvR Enuff
15ml, 5 Free & Cruelty Free
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Poetry Cowgirl – We’re All Dead Things
Inspiration: Kristen’s lifelong love of dressing up as a “Dead [blank]’ for Halloween
Description: A dark grey base with strong green-blue-purple shifting shimmer and a tiny hint of blue-purple-red micro UCC flakies.
Price: $12.00 for 15ml Cap: None
We’re All Dead Things had a pretty good formula. It did not feel overly thick or thin. I did notice that it did have a tendency to pull up previous layers so definitely do not overwork this polish or go in for overly thin coats.
In person, I was seeing mainly the blue to green color shift with the purple at extreme angles. Nothing in here will dry textured or be difficult to remove. I used 3 coats for my photos.
Poetry Cowgirl Nail Polish
15ml, 5+ free, Cruelty-Free
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Pretty Beautiful Unlimited – Foolish Mortals
Inspiration: The Haunted Mansion
Description: a medium purple crelly base with holographic pigment, Aurora shimmer, a mix of Halloween inspired holographic glitters and a mix of 5 crystal chameleon flakies
Price: $12.50 for 15ml Cap: 190 US / 10 UK
Foolish Mortals had a really great formula. I LOVE the base for this polish. This is also extremely holographic and sparkly. This polish reminded me a lot of Ursula from The Little Mermaid For some reason.
All of the glitters/flakies spread evenly and easily on their own without needing to do anything special. I think most people will be good with this one in 2 coats. I did have a little bit of transparency on my nails due to them being clear but obviously, this won’t be an issue for natural nails. So I used 3 coats for my photos.
This polish does dry dull so you will want top coat for a glossy finish as well to smooth it out. No issues with staining.
Pretty Beautiful Unlimited – Hansel & Gretel’s House Wax Melt
Inspiration: Hansel & Gretel
Description: Hansel and Gretel’s house covered with vanilla frosting, cinnamon sticks, toasted graham crackers, a hint of spice and juicy raisin
Price: $6 for 2.5 ounces Cap: 90 US / 10 UK
Hansel & Gretel’s House Wax Melt this month’s wax melt fragrance is PERFECT for fall! I have already abandoned all of my summer fragrances in favor of fall scents. This one smells exactly like the description. As someone who hates raisins with a passion, I was not picking up that scent in this melt.
This has a great throw. I’ve had this melt going for 4 days now and the room still smells amazing. I have found this brand’s wax melts still have great scent throw despite having the AC going.
Pretty Beautiful Unlimited
15ml, 5 Free, Cruelty Free
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Red Eyed Lacquer – I’ve Got The Kielbasa You Ordered
Inspiration: Trickster from Supernatural
Description: A grayed indigo base with red/pink shifting multichrome shimmer
Price: $12.50 for 13ml Cap: 200
I’ve Got The Kielbasa You Ordered had a really great formula. It starts off on the more sheer side so you’re definitely going to want to build this one up or alternatively wear it as a topper. The shimmer in this is very color shifty. I was seeing a red to pink to orange with a hint of green at extreme angles.
In person, I wasn’t seeing any brush strokes but my camera picked up some. You will have VNL with this polish, so this would be a good polish to pair with a VNL blurring base coat. My photos show this polish in 3 coats.
Red Eyed Lacquer – Tamesies
Inspiration: Candy Crush
Description: Lemon, lime, raspberry, strawberry, orange and pear on a bed of creamy vanilla with just hints of sweet rose to round it out.
Price: $12 Cap: 75
I have been singing Tamesies praises for a while now. I really enjoy this product and it’s something I use on my hair on a weekly basis. I went gave a full review of this product in my video this month (timestamp for the tamesies is 35:41)
This month’s fragrance is pure fruity goodness. It doesn’t scream fall, but it smells so good I don’t care!
Red Eyed Lacquer
12ml, 5 free & Cruelty-Free
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Sassy Sauce Polish – Witch with a “B” upgrade
Inspiration: A photo of a Halloween landscape
Description: a sliver/blue metallic polish. When magnetized it has a strong silver cat eye and leaves behind a really cool purple/blue/pink/gold shifty shimmer. Named by Mary Sandberg.
Price: $12.50 for 15ml Cap: 500
Witch with a “B” Upgrade this polish has a fantastic formula. This polish was very color shifty. I was seeing all of the described colors in person.
This polish was opaque in 2 coats. I added a third coat to magnetize it. My thumb nail shows this in 2 coats unmagnetized.
Note: I did have some issues with my live swatch nail (I waited too long to magnetize) so I did use a magnetic top coat to rewet the polish so that I could magnetize it.
Sassy Sauce Polish
5 Free & Cruelty-Free
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Sweet & Sour Lacquer – Spook Squad
Inspiration: a trick or treat image
Description: a deep purple jelly loaded with matte and holographic glitters in different shapes and sizes. You’ll find neon pink and green diamonds, white stars, holographic micro bars, black and orange hexes, and best of all, GHOSTS!
Price: $12.50 for 15ml (includes a bag of glitters) Cap: 350
Spook Squad Had a great jelly formula. All of the glitters spread out evenly and easily on their own. I did do some minor glitter placement and a little bit of dabbing. I also held my bottle upside down between coats. Doing this ensured I got out plenty of the ghost glitters. This polish is *slightly* on the thicker side due to all of the glitters.
Since this is a jelly, I would recommend building this polish up in 3 coats. Use your first coat to apply the base color evenly, and then focus on glitter payoff for the second and third coats. This polish will dry down textured due to the glitters. So using a glitter eating top coat like the Glisten & Glow Glitter Grabber before your glossy top coat will be your best friend.
Removal of this polish will be difficult if you try to scrub this one off. I would HIGHLY recommend soaking this polish off or using a peel off base coat. I soaked this one off with acetone with no issues.
Sweet & Sour Lacquer
15ml, 5 Free & Cruelty-Free
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Twisting Nether Lacquer – I’m A Cher-iff
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Description: a black polish with ruby red gold silver micro flakes. Red metallic flakes and red gold and silver galaxy glitter’s
Price: $13 for 15ml Cap: 200
I’m A Cher-iff had a really great jelly formula. It starts off on the sheer side so you will definitely want to build this one up. All of the flakies spread out evenly and easily on their own you do not need to do anything special to get even coverage. Nothing here will dry down textured either.
This one is going to look best in three coats potentially even for coats if you want to have a darker base color. I use three coats for my photos. Does does does does dry down doll see you all want top cut for a glossy finish.
Twisting Nether Lacquer
15ml, 5 Free, Vegan & Cruelty Free
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Other Products Used
- Base coat: Vapid Commitment Issues (peel off) & Heather’s Hues 1st Base
- VNL blurring base: Soft Focus by Polished For Days
- Top Coat: KBShimmer Clearly On Top, Glisten & Glow Top Coat (recieved in PR)
- Matte Top Coat: Glisten & Glow Matte
- Heather’s Hues Shadow (black creme), Zombie Claw Polish Lethal (grey creme, in the September Talk Indie To Me box)
- Blacklight flash light
A note on thermal/solar polishes…
I want to note that thermal and solar polishes do have a shelf life on how long they will change colors. Generally, they are guaranteed to change colors for 6-12 months. Be sure when shipping thermals during the summer months to not let them sit for an extended time in your mailbox as the heat will kill them. More information on
My oldest thermal that still transitions is from 2018. My oldest solar is from 2019 and also still transitions. To get the most out of a thermals/solars (all nail polish really) you’ll want to store them in a cool, dark place. I store my thermals with my other nail polish in the Ikea helmers. Once a thermal no longer changes color (aka dies), you can still wear them! The thermals that I own that have died, all stayed in the warm state but it’s not guaranteed to stay in the warm.
