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Who’s ready for January 2018 Polish Pickup Crystals & Gemstones Part Two: E-M? I showed Part One already, so clicky the link to head there if you missed it! It’s a little late, so hopefully I get the info right, I’ll have to double check in the morning!

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. So if a nail (not saying which) looks wonky – that’s the nail.

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.

Delanie of Swatch The Box will have a live swatching of a large majority of these polishes, so make sure you join her event so you can watch (or watch at a later time if you can’t make the event)

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.

Okay – ready to get into this? The theme of course is Crystals & Gemstones. Here we go with the January 2018 Polish Pickup Crystals & Gemstones Part Two: E-M!

Ellagee Mojave Twilight

 

Inspiration: Mojave Turquoise

Description: A cool toned purple that’s borderline blurple crelly with copper and blue flecks mixed in. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00

No Cap

 

 

Ever After Polish Playing With Fire

 

Inspiration: Fire Opal

Description: A black jelly base packed with orange red and green flakes, with blue holo and green glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00

No cap

 

Fair Maiden Polish Dioptase

 

Inspiration: Dioptase

Description: Emerald green that shifts to a teal violet with copper holographic sparkle and multichrome flakes that shift red to copper to gold. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00

No Cap

 

Fanchromatic Nails In The Age Of Wonder

 

Inspiration: The Dark Crystal

Description: A deep cool-toned plum with a red/gold color shift, red/gold chameleon flakies, and a scattered holo finish. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $10.00

No Cap

 

 

Fanchromatic Nails Mystic Healer Lip Butter

 

Inspiration: The Dark Crystal

Description: An all-natural, vegan, ultra-nourishing lip butter. Unscented and unflavored, this has a lovely swirl of color and sparkle in the container, but will not tint your lips!

Ingredients: coconut oil, castor oil, olive oil, mango butter, candelilla wax, shea butter, avocado butter, cocoa butter, colloidal oatmeal, cocoa powder, vitamin E oil, mica.

Price: $6.00

No Cap

 

 

Femme Fatale Cosmetics Nacreous

 

Inspiration: Blue Cap Tourmaline

Description: A pale pink sheer jelly base with a blue flash and silver holographic glitters, as well as black holographic glitters. Can be worn alone or as a topper. Shown is 3 thin coats on it’s own and a glossy top coat.

Price: TBA

Cap: TBA

 

Forty Winks Jewelry The Unity Earrings & Ring

 

These items are sold separately!

Inspiration: Fluorite

Description: Costume jewelry peices handpainted with 6 different Indie lacquers. No two will be exactly alike. Glows blue in the dark but needs to be “charged” first. Will charge naturally when being worn or charge by directly placing the jewelry close to a bright light source for a quick and strong glow.

The earrings are posts and the ring is sizable.

Price: $8.00 Each

Cap: 35 of Each Available

 

 

Girly Bits Law Of Attraction

 

Inspiration: Rainbow Hematite

Description: Strong multichrome that shifts from fuchsia to violet to teal to navy blue with iridescent glitter that has a copper to gold to green shift, and green to copper to violet iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00

No Cap

 

 

Great Lakes Lacquers Glass On Fire

Inspiration: Dragon’s Breath Fire Opal

Description: Magenta flowing with blue to purple shifting shimmer, packed with flake shifting from orange to gold to green.  2-3 coats for an opaque look. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00

No Cap

Handmade Natural Beauty Crystal Energy

 

Inspiration: Rainbow Quartz Crystal

Description: “Crystal Energy” is a handmade goat milk soap swirled with a rainbow of colors like the rainbow quartz crystal geode inspiration. It is also topped with clear quartz crystal shaped glycerin soap embeds and finally topped with a generous sprinkling of cosmetic glitter to give it that wow factor! The scent is a complex custom blend of Dragon’s Blood, Acai Berries, Lemon & Strawberry accented with Rose, Bamboo and Teak Wood.

The scent is incredible and Nick has requested I get him another bar at launch.

Ingredients: Olive Oil, Goat Milk, Coconut Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Castor Oil, Fragrance/Essential Oils, Mineral Pigments, Micas, (Glycerin soap “crystal” embeds: Coconut, Palm, Castor, Safflower, Glycerin, Sorbitol (from berries), Sorbitan Oleate, Soy Protein), Cosmetic Glitter.

Price: $5.00 for 2.5 oz

Cap: 94 Bars

 

Heather’s Hues Crystal Cluster

 

Inspiration: Starry Nights Faux Crystal Cluster

Description: It’s a dark grey crelly with an iridescent teal to violet color-shifting shimmer, a mix of multichrome and iridescent flakes in purple/blue/green/aqua, sapphire and violet holo microglitters, as well as purple/blue/green and green/gold chameleon glitters.  I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.50

No Cap

 

 

Jior Couture A.T. Power Crystal

 

Inspiration: Adventure Time Power Crystal

Description: A violet to blue to pink multichrome polish with pink to purple to blue green to gold multichrome shifting flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. This shade is on the sheer side, but builds up nicely.

Price: $11.00

No Cap

 

Kissing Toad Polish Sparkly Diamonds

 

Inspiration: Diamonds

Description: A linear holographic top coat with silver holographic diamond shaped glitter mixed in. I used 1 coat over a black creme for these photos.

The holo and diamonds do settle in this base, but easily mix back up with a quick shake. I did have to fish for the diamond glitters a bit and dabbed them on for the final mani.

Price: $8.00

No Cap

 

 

le polish I Want To Suck Your Bloodstone

 

Inspiration: Bloodstone

Description: Dark green leaning teal crelly base with linear holographic effect, pink shimmer and red to orange to gold color shifting flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Because of the shifty elements, in some lights this shade looks more teal and in others it looks more green.

Price: $11.50

No cap

 

 

Leesha’s Lacquer Liza Spinel-y

 

Inspiration: Spinel minerals which are SUPER shiny and sparkly in there Gemstone forms.

Description: A super sparkly pinky purple based polish with a iridescent  flakes and microglitters, as well as silver holographic microglitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00

Cap: 150 Bottles

 

Leesha’s Lacquer Agate Shore Cuticle Oil

 

Inspiration: In Duluth, Minnesota, there’s shores and shores of gorgeous Agates in all colors and sizes. This cuticle oil is inspired by the smell of Lake Superior and all the beautiful shore lines that it has to offer.

Description: The scent profile for this cuticle oil is top notes of sparkling nectarine, cool ozone and rocky coastline. Middle notes of wild violets, beach juniper and palm leaves. And Base notes of sea moss, crystal amber and teakwood.

Ingredients: vitamin e, jojoba oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil, apricot kernel oil, essential oil

Price: $4.00

Cap: 100 Bottles

 

Lemming Lacquer Ghosts Of The Vault

 

Inspiration: Elemental Artifact in the video game Borderlands.

Description: Ghosts of the Vault is an indigo jelly with red/copper/gold shift and purple/blue/green iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $15.00

Cap: 200 Bottles

LevelUP Lacquer Infinite Realities

 

Inspiration: Aether/The Reality Stone – one of the Infinity Stones from the Marvel Universe

There were 3 Infinity Stones covered in this months Polish Pickup. The first 2 were shown in Part One (Chirality Nail Polish & CrowsToes)

Description: An intense shear holo base filled with black and red glitters in different shapes and sizes. The Polish is made to be layered in 2 or more coats (or sponged) but can be layered over a base coat. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $10.50

No Cap

 

 

Lilly Anne’s Garden Cherry Marshmallow Hand & Body Lotion

 

Inspiration: Cherry Quartz

Description: A sweet bing cherry accord is brightened with hints of strawberry to awaken the senses in this luscious scent. Rich vanilla and creamy marshmallow form a cloud of sweetness that brings this scent to perfection!

This is a light lotion with no greasy feeling left behind. The scent isn’t overwhelming and plays nicely with other fragrances.

Ingredients: Distilled Water, Emulsifying Wax NF, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil,Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Stearic Acid, Phenoxyethanol (and) Caprylyl Glycol (and) Sorbic Acid, Fragrance. 

Price: $5.50

No Cap

 

 

Lollipop Posse Lacquer Made Of Love

 

Inspiration: Garnet of The Crystal Gems from Steven Universe

Description: A juicy magenta/garnet crelly with shifting blue/indigo shimmer, color shifting iridescent glitter, and color shifting flakes.

Price: $12.00

No Cap

 

 

Lucky 13 Lacquer Emerald Of The Forest

 

Inspiration: Kokiri Emerald from Legend Of Zelda

Description: Deep Emerald green jelly base with gold to green color shifting shimmer. This is on the sheer side, but builds up nicely. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

If you haven’t guessed it yet – my index is my wonky patched nail and the added patch and gel overlay made the VNL visible (which is why you only see it in the 1 nail)

Price: TBA

Cap: TBA

 

 

Lucky 13 Lacquer Spiritual Stones Elemental Ward Top Coat

 

Inspiration: Legend Of Zelda Spiritual Stones

Description: Fast Dry Top Coat that smells like strawberries, blueberries and crisp green apples!

Price: TBA

Cap: TBA

 

LynBDesigns Biz-Myth-Icorn

 

Inspiration: A Bismuth Crystal Unicorn

Description: Pale pink toned lavender crelly base with purple to blue to red to gold ultrachrome flakes, as well as pink to purple to blue shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00

Cap: 90 Bottles

 

Mace Polish Starlight Starbright

 

Inspiration: Boulder (Starlight) Opal

Description: Starlight Starbright is a blue toned purple filled with multi chrome flakies as well as shifting glitters. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00

Cap: 80 Bottles

 

Moon Shine Mani El Corazon

 

Inspiration: El Corazon from the film Romancing The Stone

Description: Intense emerald green linear holographic with scattered evergreen holographic microglitter, as well as a mix of glitters in iridescent red to green, iridescent purple, olive green, aqua holographic squares, and lime to gold iridescent sparks. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. Because of the intense amount of glitters, 2 coats of top coat may be needed, and the maker recommends a good base coat (I didn’t experience staining, but it is recommended just in case)

Price: $12.00

No Cap

 

Ms. Sparkles Harlequin Black Opal

 

Inspiration: Harlequin Black Opal

Description: Black jelly base packed with red to gold to copper to green shifting chrome flakes and matching shimmer, scattered holographic and silver holo flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00

No Cap

 

MTK Design Fire Within

 

Inspiration: Orange Variation of a Fire Opal

Description: Thermal polish that goes from a red orange when cold to golden yellow orange when warm, loaded with multi colored iridescent flakes, glitters and has a subtle chartreuse flash. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.50

Cap: 50 Bottles

 

My Indie Polish Rhodonite

Inspiration: Rhodonite

Description: Clear base packed with a blend of pewter holographic pigment, pink holographic glitters of all sizes and shapes and diamond dust shimmer. This can be used as a topper or on its own. For these photos I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat.

Price: $12.50

No Cap

 

My Stunning Nails A Play On Lapis

 

Inspiration: Lapis Lazuli

Description: Denim blue creme base loaded with subtle  silver holographic shimmer and silver flecks. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $10.95

Cap: 50 Bottles

 

January 2018 Polish Pickup Crystals & Gemstones Part Two: E-M 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 post! January 2018 Polish Pickup Crystals & Gemstones Part One: A-D

Delanie of Swatch The Box will have a live swatching of a large majority of these polishes, so make sure you join her event so you can watch (or watch at a later time if you can’t make the event)

I will have posts 2 and 3 up hopefully tomorrow, but I might have to do Post 2 tomorrow and 3 on Sunday.

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!