Alter Ego Elbaite Tourmaline Swatches (Polish Pickup January 2021)

Alter Ego Elbaite Tourmaline PPU Jan 2021 Swatches 2

Alter Ego Elbaite Tourmaline might be the shiftiest polish Cynthia has made. It looks purple in the bottle but is a green base with pink, blue and purple shifts and a beautiful shimmer. It is exclusive to Polish Pickup starting today through Monday and priced at $10US. Alter Ego Elbaite Tourmaline Swatches Three coats of Alter […]

Alter Ego Pewter Perfect & Cuticle Oil Duo for Polish Pickup

Alter Ego Cuticle Oils Polish Pickup Nov 2020

Polish Pickup time already? This month is red carpet themed and Alter Ego chose a pretty silvery dress from a model at the Cannes film festival. Pewter Perfect is an antique silver base with grey microflakes. My swatches show three coats on my middle fingers and two on my pointer/baby fingers. I think it does […]

Alter Ego Wwiillmmaa! & Loopy Fruits Acetone Additive

Alter Ego Loopy Fruits Acetone Additive (2)

How is it Polish Pickup time already? This month, animation was chosen as the theme which means lots of old school cartoons. Cynthia chose WWIILLMMAA as her polish, It is a white creme polish that glows orangey in the dark and is inspired by The Flintstones. White for Wilma’s dress and pearls and orange for […]

Alter Ego Nothing Good Happens After Midnight Swatches

Alter Ego Nothing Good Happens After Midnight Jelly Sandwich Manicure PPU Sept 2020

It is Polish Pickup time and that means a new limited edition Alter Ego polish. Nothing Good Happens After Midnight is a teal toned blue that gets to a midnight blue at full opacity. It has a jelly like formula but is quite opaque for a jelly. I love the name of this one as […]

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 […]

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 […]