Christmas is all about the Christmas movies for me. I may have squealed a little when I saw that Elf would be on soon because it means the start of so many Christmas movies. So when Stephanie mentioned her upcoming Merry Grinchy Christmas polish when I tried out Spiced Plum and Goldschlacquer a while back I […]
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Joy & Polish Co Spiced Plum & Goldschlacquer

Always looking out for local makers for beauty products, I noticed that the upcoming Craftadian show in Mississauga this weekend has a nail polish maker, Joy and Polish Co. I can’t make it to the show this weekend, but tried out Stephanie’s personal fave polish, Goldschlacquer along with Spiced Plum and some of her new […]
Retro Peacock Nail Art – Guest Post by The Lazy Laquerista

Hello Tea & Nail Polish readers, A couple months ago Eithne was kind enough to visit over me over on The Lazy Laquerista with an awesome smokey nail art look. Now it’s my turn to return the favor with a retro peacock design. I started with a base of Trust Fund Beauty K, Bye plus […]
Steel City Reflections – Bits of Tim Swatches

Time for week two of the alphabet of nail polish and this week I have Steel City Reflections Bits of Tim. This polish is inspired by Hamilton’s own Tim Horton’s! It is a coffee brown jelly with square, red matte glitters. Personally, I find the jelly in it a little hard to work with since […]
Steel City Reflections – Sarah Sanderson Swatches

As I mentioned recently, I still had Sarah Sanderson to share with you from the Steel City Reflections Hocus Pocus collection. While Winifred Sanderson became an instant favourite in the warmer weather when I bought these, this vampy purple holo with red medium and larger glitter was a winter fave. Like Mary Sanderson, it did not […]
Steel City Reflections – Mary Sanderson Swatches

I reviewed Winifred Sanderson, one of the sister polishes to Mary Sanderson a while back. It is part of a trio by Steel City Reflections, a local Hamilton based indie nail polish company. Now I have Mary Sanderson for you. It is described as a blood red holo polish with larger burnt orange holo glitter. Against […]
Steel City Reflections Winifred Sanderson Swatches

When Sarah from Workaday Beauty posted a swatch of Steel City Reflections’ Winifred Sanderson, I had to have it. Not only is Steel City Reflections local, but blue and green holo is beautiful. Steel City Reflections made The Sanderson Sisters based on the Hocus Pocus movie. I have had them for a while but only just […]