Press Samples for Hella Handmade Creations
May 2021

Happy…. Wednesday? Yes, Wednesday. I’m tired. I thought it was Thursday and now I’m mad it’s only Wednesday. I’ve been keeping up on swatching, doing my blog sale and dealing with a family hospitalization from across the US and I’m drained and all my days are off.

The hospitalization situation is better, but after a week of frazzled “I’m not in CA to help” feelings – it took me a bit to relax and it affected my sleep … a lot. But I’m still chugging along and things are returning to normal now.

So tonight – we will be looking at 15 of the items I was sent for the May 2021 Hella Handmade Creations shop!

This month brings a nice assortment of colors, but most in the green or red/orange family. While I love purple, it’s nice to see different colors dominating the collage.

For the fine details – for all photos shown – I used Vapid Lacquer Commitment Issues Peel Off Base, Sweet & Sour Lacquer Gloss Sauce . I purchased the Vapid Lacquer Commitment Issues, Sweet & Sour Lacquer gifted me their Gloss Sauce.

I do use artificial lighting for my photos. I get the most done at night, so I swatch a lot at night. My current setup uses GlamCor Pro LIghts and I use the Ultra X Model and this Daylight Company Duo Daylight Lamp (affiliate link).

Ready to take a look? Let’s go!

Alter Ego Body Care Products | Absolute Treasure Tall Bearded Iris

Theme: Bearded Irises

Description: Absolute Treasure Tall Bearded Iris is a light-medium blue crelly base with blue and gold shimmer mixed in. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $10.00 | Cap: None

By Dany Vianna | The Phantom of the Opera is Here!

Theme: Mixtape Series

Description: The Phantom of the Opera is Here! is a dark grey crelly base with copper aurora shimmer and copper iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: 150

By Vanessa Molina | Trixie

Theme: My Little Pony Equestria Girl series

Description: Tixie is a medium blue jelly base with a mix of purple to pink to re flakes, silver holographic shreds, holographic purple glitters and subtle scattered holo effect. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 120

Cuticula | My Happy Place

Theme: Disney Parks

Description: My Happy Place is an ivory crelly base with rose, rose gold and blue flakes mixed in, as well as small platinum flakes and iridescent rainbow shifting flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: No

Esmaltes da Kelly | Coffee Jelly

Theme: Coffee Time

Description: Coffee Jelly is a warm brown jelly polish. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: 100

Buy as a Duo with Caffeine for $22.00

Esmaltes da Kelly | Caffeine

Theme: Coffee Time

Description: Caffeine is a sheer, baby pink jelly base packed with orange to pink iridescent flakes and aurora shimmer. I used 1 coat of Caffeine of Coffee Jelly for these photos.

The flakes are densely packed so you can use this as a stand along polish as well.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: 100

Buy as a Duo with Coffee Jelly for $22.00

Garden Path Lacquers (Formerly Lollipop Posse Lacquer) | Datura

Theme: The Secret Garden

Description: Datura is a lush, green crelly that leans into teal territory, and it has pink to gold to blue shifting iridescent flakes mixed in.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Great Lakes Lacquer | Leaves From The Vine

Theme: Avatar the Last Airbender

Description: Leaves From The Vine is a sunset orange base filled with a fiery red to orange to yellow shifting shimmer, plus it has a soft scattered holographic effect. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Hearts and Promises | Hello Dolly!

Theme: Broadway Musicals

Description: Hello Dolly! is a medium-deep raspberry reddish pink jelly based linear holographic. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

This shade is deeper in person.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: 200

LynBDesigns | White Witch

Theme: Outlander

Description: White Witch is a teal jelly based linear holographic that shifts from green to silver to gold to purple to blue. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: | Cap:

MLF Lacquer | Papillio Glaucus

Theme: Butterfly series

Description: Papillio Glaucus is a light, cool toned yellow crelly based polish with blue to green to gold color shifting iridescent flakes, green to gold aurora shimmer, black ultra holographic micro glitters, and silver holographic micro glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: 100

Pampered Polishes | BIGFSCH

Theme: Bob’s Burgers

Description: BIGFSCH is a soft, dusty purple jelly base with blue to aqua aurora shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Depending on the angle, more of the purple from the base shows through, so at times it looks more blue due to the aurora shimmer content and at angles it looks more purple

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

Paradox Polish | Witch’s Veil (Glow In The Dark)

Theme: Weather Phenomena & Seasons

Description: Witch’s Veil is a medium yellow leaning neon green with purple ultrachrome chameleon flakes and purple glitters, as well as a sprinkling of holo bits. I used 3 thin coat and a glossy top coat for these photos.

This is a slightly darker shade of green in person.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

Penelope Luz | Holy Grail

Theme: King Arthur

Description: Holy Grail is a sheer gold jelly base loaded with iridescent orange to pink flakes, gold to red to white glitters and gold to pink shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

May need 2 coats of top coat to have a completely smooth finish.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 200

Supernatural Lacquer | Water

Theme: Elemental

Description: Water is a jewel toned teal green base with blue to purple aurora shimmer, blue and holo micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

Hella Handmade Creations | May 2021

I was impressed with this lineup and that all the shades looked so good on me. I loved all the shifty elements and the glitters!

There is a ton more available, so be sure to browse the shop.

Available: May 14th at 12:01 am EST until May 21st at 11:59 pm HST (Hawaii Standard Time)

Where To Buy: Hella Handmade Creations Shop

The site is up for viewing so you can head over and see what all is being offered, as well as more swatches within each listing.

What do you think you’ll be grabbing this month?