Alter Ego I Huff and I Puff Swatches (Polish Pickup April 2020)

Alter Ego I Huff and I Puff - PPU April - Swatches 2 with Hit the Spot

Aquatic Wonders month at Polish Pickup is just around the corner and Cynthia from Alter Ego has two wonderful offerings. Alter Ego I Huff and I Puff was inspired by this image of a puffed up pufferfish shared in the group. It is fully how people see it so differently, I was imagining it would […]

TREO Lacquer Oh My Whiskers Swatches (Alice in Crellyland)

Treo Lacquer Oh My Whiskers Swatches 1

Oh My Whiskers by TREO Lacquer If you are not familiar with TREO Lacquer, it is a Canadian Indie brand from Amanda Boss. TREO makes 10 Free small batch indie nail polish and is based in Atlantic Canada. Her releases all come in threes and her latest TREO-trio is Alice in Crellyland. Alice is a […]

TREO Lacquer Cheshire Cat Swatches (Alice in Crellyland)

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Cheshire Cat by TREO Lacquer If you are not familiar with TREO Lacquer, it is a Canadian Indie brand from Amanda Boss. TREO makes 10 Free small batch indie nail polish and is based in Atlantic Canada. Her releases all come in threes and her latest TREO-trio is Alice in Crellyland. Alice is a white […]

TREO Lacquer Alice Swatches (Alice in Crellyland)

Treo Lacquer Alice Swatches 4

Alice by TREO Lacquer If you are not familiar with TREO Lacquer, it is a Canadian Indie brand from Amanda Boss. TREO makes 10 Free small batch indie nail polish and is based in Atlantic Canada. Her releases all come in threes and her latest TREO-trio is Alice in Crellyland. Alice is a white crelly […]

Paint it Pretty Polish Water of the Sea Swatches

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As always, Paint it Pretty excels with blue polishes. Her polish of the month is Water of the Sea. It is inspired by Aqaumarine, March’s birthstone and is a light blue base filled with shifting flakes and holo microflakes. This one really glows on the nail and is just beautiful. I had so many compliments while […]

Paint it Pretty Polish The Sunken Kingdom Topper Swatches

Paint it Pretty Polish - The Sunken Kingdom Topper 1

Paint it Pretty Polish is one of the chosen few to have a second polish available through Polish Pickup this month. Each month, they are allowing a few makers who do not make non polish items to do a topper or similar along with their polish. This is not a duo, The Lost City (her […]

Paint it Pretty Polish The Lost City Swatches

Paint it Pretty Polish - The Lost City Swatches 1

It is Ancient History month at Polish Pickup and Paint it Pretty Polish has two polishes this month. The Lost City, shown in this post, and a topper named The Sunken Kingdom. Sadly, Polish Pickup just announced changes in shipping fees for Canadians so if you are outside the US, be sure to check out […]

Alter Ego 5th Century Indian Nut Swatches & Review

Alter Ego 5th Century Indian Nut Swatches and Soap PPU 2 - edited

Another Polish Pickup is just around the corner and the theme for this month is Ancient History. Cynthia chose coconut as her inspiration. The oldest reference to the coconut is from 5th century AD Egyptian traveler Cosmas who wrote about the “Nut of India” after visiting India and Ceylon. Alter Ego 5th Century Indian Nut is an […]

Paint it Pretty Polish Forget Me Not Swatches (Polish Pickup Feb 2020)

Paint it Pretty Forget Me Not Swatches PPU Feb 2020

Polish Pickup starts tomorrow and Paint it Pretty Polish is treating us to another purple polish. Forget Me Not by Paint it Pretty Polish is a shifting blue/purple/pink packed with glowing aurora shimmers. It has a jelly like formula and while visible nail line wasn’t obvious in indoor lighting, it is noticeable under my lights with […]