Here we go with post 3! We already took a look at Part One: A-D and Part Two: E-M – So now let’s take a look at the January 2018 Polish Pickup Crystals & Gemstones Part Three: N-Z!
I was planning on having this up earlier, but I took a time out to go see the new Star Wars movie with my son and then we did a little shopping to spend his Christmas money. Of course I think we ended up spending more of my money than his, but what can I say? He’s a bit spoiled!
Now I’ve got to get back in the posting mode and power through the third and final post for the January Polish Pickup!
From my understanding, the January Polish Pickup is the largest to date – which isn’t a huge surprise as it’s grown in popularity. I received approximately 86 products in total and I still have 2 in transit. I knew this would be a large undertaking when I agreed to take on this project – but honestly it was a lot of fun and worth doing. About 20 swatches in, I broke one of my nails and patched it so my nails would be close to the same length for these posts. I revealed which nail in post 2, so it’s not really a surprise anymore!
I suffered 2 back to back colds while working on these. I gave a fairly bare bones description with coats used and anything I noticed. If there was a different smell – I couldn’t smell anything, so I cannot tell you one way or another. I apologize for that, but the colds were out of my control and not something I wanted either.
I’m gonna do my usual thing, then we’ll move onto why everyone is really here. Let’s see my spiel first (in case someone who isn’t aware of PPU stumbles upon this post)
Before I get into this, we’re going to talk about this new Facebook group and I’m going to describe it’s concept. The group is Polish Pickup. Polish Pickup offers a fun, interactive experience that allows you to submit theme ideas, vote for your favorite theme, and selectively purchase your favorite polishes every month. It’s NOT a box though. I think when it formed that was the major misconception of it.
Now, I love polish boxes, however, some purchasers shared their frustration in only wanting 1 or 2 polishes from a box and needing to unload the polishes in the box they didn’t want. So essentially they were paying $40 and up for 1 or 2 polishes and hoping they could sell the polishes they weren’t interested in.
Polish Pickup is different. While the concept of picking themes and voting isn’t new, instead of buying the whole box, you can shop online for JUST the single polishes you want. There can be many indie makers involved with the theme, but you only have to pay for the exact polishes you wanted rather than 4-8 polishes you may not have been interested in.
Then every month the theme and makers change and you get a whole new set of polishes to pick and choose from. So while it has a box like feel (with the voting and themes) it doesn’t carry the box commitment.
This set of polishes will be available from January 5th at 11am EST through January 8th at 11:59pm EST.
Let’s jump right in! Here is the January 2018 Polish Pickup Crystals & Gemstones Part Three: N-Z!
Nail Hoot Tanzanite
Inspiration: Tanzanite
Description: Deep, cool toned blurple with silver, blue and purple metallic flecks throughout. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $9.25
No Cap
Night Owl Lacquer Chasing Dreams
Inspiration: Night Owl Lacquer’s inspiration this month comes from a stone drawn by her very talented mom, Kim of Arts At Midnight!
Description: A champagne gold linear holographic base with a pinkish red to yellow shifting shimmer, charcoal flakies, bright silver flakes and 3 different shades of color shifting ultra chrome chameleon flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00
No Cap
Northern Star Polish Le Bijou de Roi (The King’s Jewel)
Inspiration: Hope Diamond
Description: A dusty medium blue creme linear holographic with a light sprinkling of purple and blue flakes. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $10.00
Cap: 75 Bottles
Northern Star Polish Cuticle Balm
Inspiration: Rocks (Clean rocks… this is unscented!)
Description: Unscented cuticle balm in a chapstick like container, but it’s a little larger. 0.25 oz
Ingredients: Avocado oil, Coconut oil, Rice Bran oil, Candelillia wax, Castor Seed oil, and Jojoba oil.
Price: $5.00
Cap: 100 Cuticle Balms
Nvr Enuff Rockin Rainbow
Inspiration: Rainbow Obsidian
Description: Blackened purple crelly based linear holographic with strong purple to gold shifting shimmer, as well as shifting chrome flakes that flash purple, blue, teal and bronze. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Just a disclaimer: The base on this might be black, but the amount of shimmer in it made it incredibly hard to tell if it was straight black – or blackened purple, so I went with ‘blackened purple’ in my description.
Price: $11.50
No Cap
Pahlish Aqua Marina
Inspiration: Aquamarine
Description: Aquamarine jelly base with a mix of holo pigments and flakes with chameleon pigments and flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $11.00
No Cap
Chunks of raw aquamarine glass.
Poetry Cowgirl Nail Polish Watermelon Tourmaline
Inspiration: Watermelon Tourmaline
Description: Burgundy to deep pink to gold to green multichrome with a scattered holo effect and gold microflakes. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00
No Cap
Polished For Days Grey Opal
Inspiration: Grey Opal
Description: Grey Opal is a light grey crelly base with orange to green flakes, orange to green micro shimmer flakes, scattered bright aqua flakes and holographic flakes. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00
No Cap
Polish ‘M Oh Pal! What A Gem!
Inspiration: The Brazilian Opal
Description: A soft white crelly base with red to orange to green shifting unicorn pigment, silver galaxy holo, iridescent orange to green to yellow shifting micro glitter and rainbow iridescent shifting flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. There is a slight texture due to all the elements within the polish, so you may need 2 coats of top coat (or a really thick top coat for one coat) for a completely glassy smooth finish.
Price: $12.50
Cap: 55 Bottles
Polish My Life Harmonious
Inspiration: The Octahedron Purple Fluorite Crystal
Description: Fully opaque shimmer in a deep purple/violet blue base. Various shades of gold shimmer and flakies are throughout to create the bronzed golden effect of the crystal.
Side Note: Polish My Life announced today that she will be closing shop, so this may be your last chance to grab a Polish Pickup Shade from her.
Price: $11.00
No Cap
Pretty Beautiful Unlimited Crystal Flame
Inspiration: Red Flame Aura Crystal
Description: Hot fuchsia jelly base with blue to purple to red shifting shimmer, micro silver holo flakes and chameleon glitters and a custom blend of 8 different crystal shifting flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $11.00
No Cap
Pretty Jelly Stairway To Heaven
Inspiration: Bismuth Crystal
Description: green to blue to gold multichrome based holographic loaded with multichrome metallic flakes that shift burgundy, green, bronze, gold, green and blue. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $11.00
No Cap
Quixotic Polish The Alexandrite Effect
Inspiration: Alexandrite
Description: Fuchsia pink base with strong aqua to blue to purple shifting shimmer and linear holographic effect. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $11.50
No Cap
Ribbits Stickits Un-frog-gettable Cuticle Cover One Jem Too Many
Inspiration: Jem
Description: Blackberry fizz bubblegum scented latex cuticle cover for easy cleanup. Can also double as a latex peel off nail polish base.
Price: $6.50
Cap: 120 Bottles
Ribbits Stickits Water Slide Decals in Jem Jam & Prismatic Rainbow
Inspiration: Jem and the Holograms
Description: Water Slide Decal Set. Easy to use: do your nails as normal. When fully dry, cut out the image you want and place it in a shallow dish of water (I generally use a water bottle cap) and after 10-15 seconds, slide the image off the paper back and place on your nail. Smooth flat and top coat!
Price: $7.00 for the set
Cap: 120 sets (Ribbits Stickits might lift the cap if her supplies for more arrive on time)
Rise and Shine Cosmetics I’m Tourmaline For You
Rise and Shine Cosmetics I’m Tourmaline For You
Inspiration: Pink Tourmaline
Description: Deep rose pink base packed with shades of pink metallic flakes and pigment, dark pink glitter, and color shifting flakes that shift from pink to red to orange. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $9.95
No Cap
Sassy Pants Polish Diamonds Are Forever
Inspiration: Diamond
Description: A silver scattered holographic base with tons of microglitter, flakes and shreds and a very slight blue to green to purple shifting shimmer. I used 2 coats and 2 coats of glossy top coat for a smooth finish. Will dry with a slight texture.
Price: $12.00
No Cap
Sassy Pants Polish Meditation Karma Cuticle Balm
Inspiration: Meditation Chakra Crystals
Description: This luxurious and moisturizing cuticle balm is enriched with all natural skin-loving oils! Warm notes of frankincense, sandalwood, patchouli heightened with an intriguing blend of aquatic notes but softened with creamy vanilla.
Ingredients: Olive Oil, Beeswax, Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, Jojoba Oil, Vitamin E Oil, Fragrance.
Price: $6.00
No Cap
Sayuri Nail Lacquer Strengite
Inspiration: Strengite
Description: Soft pink crelly base with pink/copper shimmer, orange/gold iridescent glitters and chameleon flakes. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $11.00
Cap: 50 bottles
Scofflaw Polish Heisenberg
Inspiration: The *cough* “blue crystals” in Breaking Bad… you know which ones.
Description: Aqua crelly with holo flecks, baby blue holo micro shreds, and finished off with aqua sparkles, micro glitters, and shimmer highlights. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00
No Cap
Shinespark Polish Luminous Stone
Inspiration: Luminous Stones from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild!
Description: A black jelly polish base filled with holo microflakes, iridescent multichrome glitters, and a blue to blue-green glow in the dark glow at night. Will glow with any light charging it, but glows brightest when charged by LED black light or UV light. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
I noticed when I only charged my nails for maybe 30 seconds, the polish glowed green, but when I charged for 45 seconds to a minute – it had a bright blue glow!
Price: $10.00
Cap: 120 Bottles
Shinespark Polish Energizing Apple Pie Cuticle Balm
Inspiration: Apple Pie in Zelda
Description: Standard lip balm-sizes tube of our hand salve in a convenient, Zelda-themed stick! Energizing Apple Pie is a custom blend of vanilla, apple pie, and honey. A little goes a LONG way!
Ingredients: beeswax, shea butter, grapeseed oil, olive oil, Argan oil, jojoba oil, and coconut oil.
Price: $3.50
Cap: 100 Tubes
Smokey Mountain Lacquers Empowermint
Inspiration: Chrysocalla
Description: A slightly minty turquoise crelly with subtle blue shimmer, as well as gold to bronze to silver ultrachrome flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $10.50
Cap: 70 Bottles
Stached Polish The Philosopher’s Stone
Inspiration: The Philosopher’s Stone from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Description: Red jelly base packed with red shimmers. I only needed 2 coats for this because the shimmers actually make it fairly opaque, and I used 1 coat of top coat for these photos.
Starlight Polish Stellaria
Inspiration: Blue Goldstone
Description: Deep blue jelly base with silver sparkles and sterling silver flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00
No Cap
Stella Chroma Forgot The Crystals
Inspiration: Napoleon Dynamite and Uncle Rico’s sweet crystal-powered time machine.
Description: Pale icy pink base loaded with holographic flakes, holographic glitter and pink shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00
No Cap
Stella Chroma Amber Glow Emulsified Sugar Scrub
Inspiration: Amber Stones
Description: A sugar scrub that’s a a warm, sultry scent of amber and jasmine with a tiny bit of vanilla and patchouli. Citrus top notes. This isn’t a coarse scrub, but it’s also not a super fine one. It’s right in the middle.
Price: $5.50 for a 2 oz jar
No Cap
Supermoon Lacquer Moon Crystal Power
Inspiration: Maboroshi no Ginzuishou (or ‘Illusionary Silver Crystal’) from the manga/anime, Sailor Moon. It is named after the command used by Sailor Moon when needing to draw upon the crystal’s power in order to transform from her civilian form to her senshi form, to heal others, and/or to attack enemies.
Inspirational artwork photo by Sugar Coated Unicorns on Tumblr (http://sugarcoatedunicorns.
Description: A pale pink leaning lavender holographic base with blue, gold, purple, and red shimmer, red-to-gold and purple-to-red color shifting shimmer flakies, rainbow pearl flakies, holographic silver flakies, iridescent blue/purple microglitter, and holographic gold, pink, and silver microglitter.
Price: $12.00
No Cap
Supernatural Lacquer Heart Of The Mountain
Inspiration: the Arkenstone gem from The Hobbit
Description: A silvery taupe leaning base with blue and rainbow illusion flakes, coral/pink color shift flakies, a blue/purple/pink shimmer and scattered holo. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00
No Cap
Toadarrific Vinyls Indie Nail Polish Addict Shirt
Description: Crew neck black shirts with bright mint lettering that says “Indie Nail Polish Addict” with a holographic bottle of polish on them!
Sizes Available: Small – 3XL
Price: $25.00
No Cap
Top Shelf Lacquer Cyan-tifically Proven
Inspiration: Fox Turquoise
Description: A bright neon-ish turquoise creamy holo base with tons of gorgeous color shifting flakes that shift through multiple colors but especially teal, orange and pink. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00
Cap: TBA
Turtle Tootsie Polishes Amethyst Geode
Inspiration: Amethyst Geode
Description: A dark silvery gray linear holo polish with neon pink and purple micro flakies, chameleon purple and blue flakies and fuchsia flakies. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $11.00
No Cap
Zombie Claw Polish Morganite
Inspiration: Morganite Stone
Description: A peachy pink jelly base loaded with purple and metallic silver flakes and silver holographic microglitters. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $11.00
No Cap
January 2018 Polish Pickup Crystals & Gemstones Part Three: N-Z Additional Info
Where To Buy: Polish Pickup Shop
Shop Dates: January 5th at 11am EST through January 8th at 11:59pm EST
Shipping Price: $3.00 Within US (regardless of how many you buy!)
If you missed it, head to the first and second posts!
January 2018 Polish Pickup Crystals & Gemstones Part One: A-D
January 2018 Polish Pickup Crystals & Gemstones Part Two: E-M
The Polish Pickup Shop now has WISHLISTS! If you see things you like, you can go to the shop and start adding to your wishlist! Not everything is up quite yet, but it will be soon.
Thank you for reading and happy shopping come the 5th!
Now… Stick a fork in me… I’m DONE!
12 comments
Holy smokes, Lisa! The amount of dedication and work that you have done to showcase all of these beauties blows my mind! To say *Thank You* seems somewhat inadequate….but, for what it’s worth, your amazing swatches, pictures, and supporting information have armed me with everything I could ever wish for as I participate in my first Polish Pickup ever. And man, did I ever pick a doozie of a month to start with!
I bow down to the level of detail & attention that you have given us in all three of your January Polish Pickup posts! Amazing work, Lady! Thank You!!!
I so appreciate this Cath! It was a lot of work, but very fun to do <3 Thank you so so much and I hope you enjoy your first Polish Pickup and continue to enjoy them through 2018!
Wow!!! I can’t begin to imagine how much time this took. From swatching, clean-up, taking the photos, editing, etc., I’m exhausted just thinking about it!! Thank you for all the work you put in!
So much gorgeous! Sayuri Nail Lacquer Strengite is my favorite!!
So many stunners in this set. Clearly I’m leaning toward grey and pink as my favorites are the Stella Chroma, Sayuri, Super Moon, and that wowie wow Polished for Days!
I can’t decide which one I love the most!
Why didn’t I know about these for NYE? Definitely eyeing the morganite one for Valentine’s Day!
Wow! That is quite the nail polish haul! :) And they are all gorgeous colors.
These nail polishes are all so pretty! I’m loving Night Owl Lacquer Chasing Dreams!
Wow, there are so many gorgeous colors in here. I love all the shimmer in them.
I am gasping from all your gorgeous swatches. And once my brain unfreezes from being so dazzled with all the glorious beauty, I am in awe at the time and effort involved in producing such a fantastic swatchfest. Thank You! And, oh yeah, I am also writhing with envy, in a good way, over those exquisite naked nails of yours! What treasures!
Thanks for all the amazing info! This was by far the best PPU blog yet!
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