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August 2020 | Weird Science

What a month it has been! So many things happened and I’m honestly a little surprised I pulled this off. At the beginning of July we started clearing out our home to get ready to sell. My final day of work was July 15th, we sold our home and were on a plane to Massachusetts by July 24th. And now here I am with my Polish Pickup review for the August 2020 Weird Science theme!

As of the time of typing this post up – I have 94 items done. I still have several on the way and I will be popping those in as they show up. Because of the move, some makers held off sending just in case it was delayed and got caught up in the routing to the new address. My USPS dashboard for packages looks crazy busy – so as they arrive, I’ll still be adding. I know of at least 9 more I’m waiting on for sure.

Okay so this month the theme is Weird Science. This could refer to the movie or Science in general – as always it’s makers choice!

For all photos shown – I used Vapid Lacquer Commitment Issues Peel Off Base, Sweet & Sour Lacquer Gloss Sauce as top coat (except for the photos showing another top coat as the PPU item.) Usually I do matte top coat as well, but I had packed up the trunk of my car to be transported to Massachusetts ahead of leaving, and my matte top coat was in the trunk. So I skipped them this month. They will be back in next month’s post though.

I do use artificial lighting for my photos because of my schedule – and mostly use Glamcor lighting. A few sets of photos were taken after moving and I did change up my photo area – so some might be a tad different positioning wise. I’m still getting used to the new area. I also was surprised with a new iMac pro as my work space and I’m getting used to that as well, so I’m relearning some things here.

The August Polish Pickup shop will begin August 7th and close on August 10th. Wishlisting will be this coming Sunday.

Make sure you stick around to the bottom of the post and enter the giveaway as well!

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77 Nail Lacquer | Blue Lava

Inspiration:Blue Lava is inspired by the Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia. Lava coming from the Kawah Ijen has a blue appearance. It was thought that the lava was actually blue. Exposed to the oxygen in the air and sparked by lava, the sulfur burns readily, and it’s flames are bright blue. But because only the flames are blue, rather than the lava itself, the effect is only visible at night.

Description: Blue Lava is a cobalt blue crelly base with purple to pink ot orange to copper shimmer, as well as silver holographic micro bar glitters mixed in. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 350 US / 50 UK

Alchemy Lacquers | Popcorn Laser

Inspiration:Inspired by The scene from the movie Real Genius where they use the laser to fill an entire house with popcorn. 

Description: Popcorn Laser is a deep, cool toned purple jelly base with pink to orange to green shifting iridescent flakes, holo flakes and micro holographic glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.50 | Cap: 200 US / 10 UK

I’ve Been Slimed! Bath Bomb | Alter Ego Body Care Products

Inspiration: Inspired by “I think making slime from common ingredients is very weird. I found some commercially prepared slime in a 1″ clear round ball, so of ourse I knew I had to embed that slime ball in my signature foaming bath bomb formula.” 

Description: Alter Ego Body Care Products brings us a hand packed Bath Ball! This is unscented, so it takes on the natural scent of the ingredients. I mainly can smell the Cocoa Butter and Shea Butter. This is a VERY moisturizing bath ball, so I do recommend breaking it up and using it in smaller pieces. I got 3 uses out of mine and actually put it in a freezer bag and gave it a good whack – then used the particles of it in my bath. If you use the full thing at one time, it may be too greasy for you.

This was hand packed due to Cynthia’s shoulder being injured and she couldn’t use the press. It has (as she describes it) a ‘meatball’ like appearance since it’s hand packed.

Price: $7.50 | Cap: 40

Alter Ego Body Care Products | I’ve Been Slimed!

Inspiration: I think making slime from common ingredients is very weird. I got the color from a website I looked at on how to make slime, the maker used pink to color her slime. It wasn’t very opaque, it was more translucent, so I made a jelly polish to mimic that look.

Description: I’ve Been Slimed! is a sheer, hot pink jelly. I used 3 thin coats and still have a visible nail line (and my nail line isn’t super opaque) so that should show you how sheer this tends to be. It would work well as a topper OR for ‘pond mani’ type looks.

Price: $9.00 | Cap: none

Apipila | I’m Weird

Inspiration:Inspired by Brown Diamond – Steven Universe

Description: I’m Weird can be a normal polish or a stamping polish. As a normal polish – it’s good to go in just 1 coat (as shown on my pinkie and index nails) or you can stamp over virtually any shade. I stamped over a black creme and it was still an incredibly rich terra cotta brown.

This is one of those colors that you didn’t realize you needed in your collection. I am not usually a big brown fan, however – this fills a hole in my stamping polishes that I didn’t realize I was missing. It’s a beautiful shade – and even with the warmth of I’m Weird – it still played nicely with my cool toned skin.

Price: $9.00 | Cap: 80 US / 20 UK

I Need Space | Stamping Plate by Apipila Cosméticos

Inspiration: Inspired by “Apipila wanted to bring an I Need Space Stamp Plate with diversified designs, a little bit of everything! What is strange for some may not be for the other.”

Description: I Need Space is an incredibly fun stamping plate! It has aliens, organs with faces and arms and legs (I was fairly amused by those) as well as organisms and chemistry stuff – this has a little bit of everything science wise. I do have some sciencey plates – but none like this one. It’s 18×10 – so fairly large and the images are well etched and stamped beautifully.

There is a clear film over the plate – so be sure to peel that off. I might have been tired and forgot to do so when I first got it.

I did want to play with it more, but because of my move – it got to me a tiny bit later and I just got it yesterday. So I’ll definitely play with it more once I’m a little more settled.

Price: $14.50 | Cap: 250 US / 50 UK

Bee’s Knees Lacquer | Not Such A Fungi

Inspiration: Inspired by the Chordyceps fungus. It’s known as the zombie as the spores take control of the host’s mind. You might know them for the video games The Last of Us

Description: Not Such A Fungi is a neutral, pale beige with a strong peach tone to it, as well as red to green shimmer. The shimmer gives it more of an orangey feel, but the base is actually quite neutral. I was surprised because this type of shade usually gives me lobster hands – but it played nice on me and was quite wearable.

I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: None

Black Dahlia Lacquer | Fusion

Inspiration: Inspired by fusion reactions which combine two or more atoms; this polish combines multiple shades of blue and purple. 

Description: Fusion is a violet jelly base with a strong blue to green shift, packed with periwinkle flakes, blue to green to purple ultra chrome chameleon flakes, purple metallic micro flakes, holographic shimmer and blue to violet aurora shimmer. This is a very shifty shade and photos don’t do it justice. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. The flakes give it a very mild texture, but 1 coat of top coat should smooth it over just fine

Price: $11.50 | Cap: None

Black Dahlia Lacquer | Spontaneous Combustion

Inspiration:Spontaneous Combustion is inspired by thermal reactions, often reaching a red/pink or rose color during the reaction. 

Description: Spontaneous Combustion is a sheer rose gold top coat, with rose to green shifting aurora shimmer, metallic rose gold flakes and holo flakes. I used 1 coat over a black creme for these photos.

Price: $11.50 | Cap: None

BLUSH Lacquers | Positronic Brain

Inspiration:Inspired by data from Star Trek The Next Generation

Description: Positronic Brain is a pea green jelly base that borders on crelly based. It has holographic microflakes mixed in. Definitely the “prugly” color people seem to love. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: None

By Dany Vianna | Carbonation

Inspiration:Inspired by Coke and Mentos experiment

Description: Carbonation is the perfect Coca Cola brown jelly base with pearl white hex glitters in square and hex ranging from micro to medium sizes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.50 | Cap: 250 US / 20 UK

By Vanessa Molina | Flaming Star

Inspiration:Inspired by a star called a fire star that has stars around it that look like micro crystals.

Description: Flaming Star is a neutral leaning warm red loaded with iridescent flecks and holographic shimmer. The holo is slightly on the subtle side, but in some lighting it pops up. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 300 US / 20 UK

By Vanessa Molina | Space Storm (Magentic)

Inspiration:space magnetic storms

Description: Space Storm is a magnetic effect top coat with a clear base and deep silvery magnetic shimmer, as well as holographic shimmer and iridescent flakes that shift all the colors of the rainbow. I used 1 coat over Flaming Star (shown above) and a black creme.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 300 US / 20 UK

Cadillacquer | I Am The Danger

Inspiration: Inspired by the chemistry teacher Walter White, aka Heisenberg, from the tv series Breaking Bad

Description: I Am The Danger is a bright lime green crelly base loaded with glowing iridescent chameleon flakes and bright red hex glitters in micro and small sizes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Now the base of this is bright, but not quite neon. I do love the inspo though – Breaking Bad is one of my favorite shows to binge watch.

Price: $13.50 | Cap: None

Cameo Colours Lacquers | Talos I

Inspiration: Inspired by one of my very favorite video games, Prey (2017). Talos I is the 8th wonder of the world, in space. It’s a scientific and technological marvel, housing an inky, malevolent secret.

Description: Talos I is a black jelly base loaded with scattered holo, indigo to purple shifting shimmer, gold metallic micro flecks and silver holo micro flecks. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

This is one of my top picks this month and I can already tell – I will wear it a lot come Fall. It’s beautifully done and has an inner glow thing going on.

Price: $11.50 | Cap: 95 US / 5 UK

Color Spectrum Polish | Glowing Volcano

Inspiration:Inspired by The Glowing Volcano Project

Description: Glowing Volcano is a bright yellow tinged orange jelly base with purple ghost flakes, orange to pink to gold shifting microflakes and green to gold aurora shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

While this is a jelly base, the shimmer helps add to the opacity – and it builds up really nicely!

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 75 US / 5 UK

Colores de Carol | Hotter Than The Sun

Inspiration:What’s Hotter Than the Surface of the Sun? The Solar Corona
The Sun’s tenuous upper atmosphere is extremely hot, and extremely mysterious.

Description: Hotter Than the Sun is an olive green with a strong reddish brown shift to it, as well as loose scattered holo and ultrachrome chameleon flecks in red to orange to bronze. The base color shows through more in person, but the artificial lighting shining on it shows the shimmery red/brown a tad more. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: None

Copacetic Cosmetics | Practically Inseparable

Inspiration:Inspired by Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood – Nina Tucker

Description: Practically Inseparable is a baby pink crelly base loaded with pearl white flakes and shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $10.00 | Cap: None

Crystal Knockout | Black Hole World

Inspiration:Inspired by the theory that a mysterious Planet X in our solar system could be a black hole.

Description: Black Hole World is a pale lavendery-pink base with purple shimmer and a golden glow, filled with tons of iridescent flakes in aqua, pink, green, and gold. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: none

Cupcake Polish | Sake Up Close

Inspiration:Inspired by Sake under a microscope

Description: Sake Up Close is a magenta-ish leaning red jelly base loaded with bronze and gold metallic flakes, orange to green to gold iridescent flakes and bronze glitters sprinkled in. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Due to flake content, there is a light texture – 1 coat of top coat should smooth it over, but if you have a thinner consistency top coat – you might need 2 coats.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Cuticula | Chemicals React

Inspiration: This Polish was inspired by a photo of beakers with colorful accents. The name was inspired by the song ‘Chemicals React’ by Aly & Aj

Description: Chemicals React is a blue green jelly base packed with various types of shifting iridescent flakes, and silver holo micro flakes. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. This dries with a mild texture but should only need 1 coat of top coat to smooth over.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

Cuticula | The Game Changer Duo

Inspiration:Inspired by the science behind pop rocks.

Description: The Game Changer Duo consists of Cinque Base Coat and Limitless Top Coat.

The scent this month is “Pop Rocks” which is described as notes of grape and strawberry, followed with candy sugar and a bit of tangy fizz to finish off this amazing scent. It’s definitely very fruity, sweet and light.

Cinque Treatment Base Coat can be used as a treatment under your manicure or wear it alone to give your nails a nice, glassy shine.

Limitless Top Coat is a quick dry, 5 free top coat.

Price: $16.00 | Cap: None

DIfferent Dimension | Cuticle Oil Duo

Inspiration: Inspired by Science

Description: This is a cuticle oil duo that features Proton and Neutron!

Proton is a sweet cherries with orange cream, coconut and vanilla custard scent. Neutron is sweet cranberry and raspberry scent. Both smell delicious – but Neutron has my heart! Both are sweet and slightly tangy smelling and come in twist up brush applicators.

Price: $8.00 | Cap: None

Different Dimension | It’s Electrifying (Magnetic)

Inspiration: Inspired by Plasma Ball

Description: It’s Electrifying is a purple to pink multichrome magnetic polish with blue to purple to pink iridescent color shifting flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

The magnetic shimmer pull is more apparent in person. When we moved, I left my normal magnets at the old house (or just haven’t found them unpacking yet here…) and only had a really fat magnet here. So it pulled the shimmer into a thick line, which makes it less obvious in photos.

Whether you use a magnet or not though – this is a beautiful shade with lots of shifty colors.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: None

Dollish Polish | Omelette Du Fromage

Inspiration: Inspired by Dexter’s Laboratory

Description: Omelette Du Fromage is a white crelly base packed with micro glitters in shades of black, purple, orange, green and blue. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

DRK Nails | Messier 82? Messiest 2020!

Inspiration: Inspired by Messier 82

Description: Messier 82? Messiest 2020! is a pale silvery white magnetic microflake polish with red to pink to orange to gold to light green shifting iridescent flakes. This can be worn alone (I used 3 thin coats) or as a topper (I did 1 coat over black)

Price: $13.00 | Cap: No cap US / 25 UK

Emily de Molly | Element Of Strange

Inspiration: Inspired by Bismuth

Description: Element of Strange is a pink to orange to gold to green mutlichrome. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

IMPORTANT: The pigment Emily de Molly ordered didn’t match the original pigment she used in swatcher bottles, so while swatchers will have a similar look – they are NOT exact to what you will get. Check out the Emily de Molly listing on the Polish Pickup site and the photos watermarked Emily de Molly are the accurate shots of what you will receive.

It will be a “similar but not the same” situation with all other swatcher photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 500 US / 50 UK

Esmaltes da Kelly | DeLorean

Inspiration:Inspired by Back to the Future movie time machine

Description: DeLorean is a sheer neutral crelly base with black holographic galaxy glitter, iridescent flakes that shift gold to green, as well as copper to red ultrachrome chameleon flakes. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. The more coats you use, the more you build it up – but the base itself is incredibly sheer. At first I was like “Hmm” but then I really fell in love with the overall look of this shade. It has a certain elegance to it that I fell in love with.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: 300 US / 20 UK

Ethereal Lacquer | Prism

Inspiration:Inspired by Prisms

Description: Prism is a super holo shade. It has a variety of holo going on including linear holo, scattered holo, as well as holographic micro flecks. It’s very sparkly and dazzling in the sunlight. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: none

Fair Maiden Polish | It’s Glow Time

Inspiration:Inspired by Synchronous Fireflies. The synchronous species of fireflies are very special, and they exist only in a handful of places throughout the world. No one is sure why the fireflies flash synchronously. Competition between males may be one reason: they all want to be the first to flash. Or perhaps if the males all flash together they have a better chance of being noticed, and the females can make better comparisons. Fireflies light is bio-luminescent, which makes for a fun inspiration when designing a polish.

Description: It’s Glow Time is a deep teal jelly base with yellow to green shifting shimmer, as well as iridescent orange and green shifting flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: None

Flirtin’ | Constellation Jar

Inspiration:Inspired by DIY Constellation Jar Science Project

Description: Constellation Jar is a deep blue jelly base with holographic micro glitters as well as silver holographic large dot glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.50 | Cap: 75 US / 5 UK

Ginger Fizz Boutique | Hit It Liz

Inspiration: Inspired by rainy day recess and the Magic School Bus—those were the days! You may have had the best teacher ever if you got to watch the Magic School Bus at school. I still want to take a trip on that bus and hang out with Liz! Imagine all the places that you could go. Imagine discovering new science and technology. Where would you go on the Magic School Bus? What would you discover?

Description: Hit It Liz is a refreshing, clean, laundry scent – Downey April Fresh type! The top notes are citrus, middle notes are jasmine, violet, and rose. Bottom notes are cedar, sandalwood and musk. Clean, fresh and wonderful home scent.

Price: $6.00 | Cap: 75 US / 25 UK

Cuticle Remover Pen & Cuticle Oil Duo in Kumquat | Glisten & Glow

Inspiration: Unspecified

Description: Glisten & Glow Cuticle Remover Pen & Cuticle Oil Pen scented in “Kumquat” is a custom blend of a bright and refreshing citrus scent with orange base notes.

Glisten & Glow’s Cuticle Remover softens and removes excess cuticle as well as eponychium skin and comes in an easy to use twist-up pen style applicator.

Directions for Cuticle Remover: Apply generously to the cuticle area and let sit for 60 seconds. Next, gently push back with your favorite tool, I personally love my Germanikure Crystal Cuticle Pusher (that’s an affiliate link) Finally, wash hands and cuticles thoroughly with soap and water.

Follow up with the cuticle oil pen, and your cuticles will be in tip top shape

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 140 US / 10 UK

Glisten & Glow | Zealandia

Inspiration:Inspired by Zealandia named after the drowned continent and often classified as Earth’s 8th Continent. (The “weird science” of geography)

Description: Zealandia is a deep oceanic blue jelly polished filled with color shifting iridescent flakes that shift between green, orange, pink, and purple with a dash of holo micro flakes. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap:315 US / 15 UK

Great Lakes Lacquer | Can We Not Right Now?

Inspiration:Inspired by mega-ulvz zones recently found near the Earth’s core.

Description: Can We Not Right Now? is a warm, red tinged violet jelly base loaded with pink to red to orange to green iridescent flake and scattered holo. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Heather’s Hues | Beat the Heat (Solar)

Inspiration:This solar polish was inspired by Tesla’s special “rainbow glass” designed to keep out UV rays and heat out which reduces the energy used by the electric car

Description: Beat The Heat is a bright almost pinkish orange indoors that transitions to a deep fuchsia in the sun or UV light. It has iridescent purple to pink to gold to green shimmer mixed in, as well as iridescent flakes in orange to pink to gold to green and a tiny bit of holo sprinkled in. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap:200 US / 20 UK

Hit the Bottle Polishes | Positively Charged (Stamping Polish)

Inspiration: Inspired by flesh eating bacteria!

Description: Positively Charged is a hot pink creme stamping polish with what appears to be a very subtle hot pink shimmer. The shimmer is super subtle and I could only see it in the up close photos and in the bottle when the light hit. I used this in 1 coat on the index and pinkie nails, then stamped over black.

Price: $8.50 | Cap: 250 US / 15 UK

Indie by Patty Lopes | Dark Experiments

Inspiration: Inspired by test tube experiments

Description: Dark Experiments is a deep grey crelly base with red hex glitters in micro to medium size, as well as iridescent color shifting flakes that flash gold, pale green and silver. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 180 US / 20 UK

Indie by Patty Lopes | Meet me in Montauk

Inspiration: Inspired by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind movie

Description: Meet Me In Montauk is an effect topper with a clear base, loaded with aurora shimmer that shifts blue to purple to pink to green with multichrome micro flakies and holo pigment. I used 1 coat over a black creme for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 80 US / 10 UK

Jior Couture | Into The Unknown

Inspiration:Inspired by wandering scientists

Description: Into The Unknown is a teal to blue to violet multichrome loose linear holographic. The violet shift is fairly subtle and seen well at slightly more extreme angles. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: None

Kathleen & Co | Superionic

Inspiration:Inspired by Superionic water, also called superionic ice or ice XVIII is a phase of water that exists at extremely high temperatures and pressures. In superionic water, water molecules break apart and the oxygen ions crystallize into an evenly spaced lattice while the hydrogen ions float around freely within the oxygen lattice.

Description: Superionic is a shifty blue to purple creme. The blue shift goes from a slightly aqua like shift to medium blue to violet. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: None

Hand & Body Sugar Scrub by KBShimmer | Citrus Cooler

Inspiration:Inspired by Ecto Cooler from Ghostbusters. In elementary school, nothing tasted better than a chilled juice box. Taking off that crinkly wrapper and then stabbing that foil hole was always a risky adventure – would you get in without squirting the juice all over? In the late ’80s, one of the coolest drinks to hit the lunchbox was a movie-themed, green-colored, orange-flavored drink featuring our favorite slimy neon green ghost.

Description: Citrus Cooler is inspired by that ectoplasm-inspired drink. A bright and fresh scent, there are notes of orange with grapefruit, lemon and lime, adding to the citrus feel of this scent. Subtle hints of cucumber, jasmine, pineapple, blackberry, and champagne add sparkle and depth for the perfect juice-inspired scent!

This is a very refreshing scent and I have been loving using it in the shower!

KBShimmer’s sugar scrubs are good for all over the body or as a hand scrub, the sugar particles are medium grit so they do a good job getting dry spots on your body situated.

Price: $10.00 | Cap: None

KBShimmer | He Slimed Me!

Inspiration:Inspired by Slimer from Ghostbusters. We all have those classic flicks; the ones that you come across on TV and stop channel surfing to watch again and again. For me, the iconic ’80’s classic ghost-fighting movie that made slime cool was one of them. By the end, we all knew exactly who we were going to call if we saw a ghost!

Description: He Slimed Me! is a vibrant slime/lime green loaded with gold to green shifting iridescent flakes and holographic micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $10.00 | Cap: None

Leesha’s Lacquer | Far Out, Man!

Inspiration:Inspired by the awesomeness and mystery of lava lamps

Description: Far Out, Man! is a neon coral that leans slightly more orange and has orange to pink to red shifting flakes, as well as shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: None

Lemming Lacquer | Cyberpunk

Inspiration: Inspired by the cyberpunk sub genre of science fiction, particularly the bright and electric colors against a muted dystopian landscape. 

Description: Cyberpunk is a purple to pink to gold to green shimmery shifting multichrome in a dusty blue creme base with holo micro flakes and sparks. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 250 US / 25 UK

Lollipop Posse Lacquer | You Are Stellar

Inspiration:Inspired by an amazing green, pink, and purple infrared photo of the M16 Eagle Nebula

Description: You Are Stellar is a green leaning teal crelly base with pink to purple iridescent color shifting flakes, pink aurora shimmer and holographic micro flecks. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Lucky 13 Lacquer | Good News (Solar)

Inspiration: Unspecified

Description: Good News is a vibrant spring green (indoors) to midnight blue (UV/outdoors) crelly base with aqua to violet color shifting shimmer, orange to pink to gold crystal chameleon flakes, and it glows sky blue in the dark. I was unaware of the glow in the dark aspect until later – so I do not have those photos to share.

I did find this formula a bit thick. I don’t know if it was the polish itself or just the weather here since it was slightly humid and warm the day I swatched this. You might need a couple drops of thinner though to loosen it up a little. It wasn’t a huge deal – but enough that it was worth mentioning.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: 145 US / 10 UK

LynBDesigns | Petri Dish Picasso

Inspiration: Inspired by Agar art

Description: Petri Dish Picasso is a bright teal crelly with various sized matte glitters in neon pink, blue, green, and yellow, orange and matte glitters in teal and lavender. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

Petrichor Wax Melt | LynBDesigns

Inspiration:Inspired by the smell of the earth after it rains and the science of smell

Description: Petrichor Wax Melt smells like chamomile and jasmine, with hay, ozone, citrus and fresh herbally grass. It’s refreshing and calming, and kinda makes you wish for more rain. It’s the perfect scent to throw into your warmer and sit back with a book and a blanket. Yes I know it’s summer – but I live with someone who keeps the place freezing cold. I’m currently bundled up in a hoodie and sweat pants and still chilly.

Price: $4.50 | Cap: 50

MLF Lacquer | Star Factory

Inspiration:Inspired by star-producing nebulae

Description: Star Factory is a blurple jelly base packed with turquoise to blue to purple color shifting shimmer, as well as holographic microflakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

The color shift is more obvious in person – however the blue notes are strong and my camera grabbed onto them and only wanted to show hints of the purple shift. In person that purple shift is much stronger.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: 190 US / 10 UK

Moo Moo’s Signatures | Bubbly Bunny

Inspiration: Inspired by foam bubble with a bunny shape

Description: Bubbly Bunny is a green jelly with pink to gold iridescent flakes, green to blue ultrachrome chameleon flakes and holo flakes. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.50 | Cap: 55 US / 9 UK

Moon Shine Mani | Neo Code

Inspiration: Inspired by the digital rain in the film The Matrix

Description: Neo Code is a shamrock green creme base with silver to gold to green multichrome flakes, and red to orange to yellow to green shifting iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

MTK Design | Frozen Smoke (Tri Thermal)

Inspiration:Inspired by Aerogel – a nearly light as air and practically see through insulation.

Description: Frozen Smoke is a tri thermal that transitions from a deep, smokey blue (cold) to bright indigo (warm) to colorless (hot) loaded with copper to gold to green shifting shimmer and iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: None

My Indie Polish | Replicated

Inspiration: We took inspiration from this picture that we were given when I was pregnant with my son and we were having a lot of testing and alot of issues and it was so neat the way certain components of DNA replicate and others don’t. It still is very fascinating to me.

Description: Replicated is a slightly dusty lilac pink crelly base with matte glitters in white, black, violet, bright blue and gold. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

My Indie Polish | Sourpuss Exfoliating Soap

Inspiration:

Inspired by “The inspiration for myself was how we can be clean naturally.  It only takes the right basic ingredients formed perfectly in nature to clean ourselves.  I also love lemons because they are scientifically proven to be useful for just about anything”

Description: Sourpuss soap is lemony and clean and has ground walnut husks to scrub the day off. This will be in a 2 pk set (only 1 is photographed.) The base is sls sles free and has organic lemon grass oil, organic lemon fivefold oil and some yellow coloring.

It does have ground walnut husk – so don’t go too rough when scrubbing with this. If you have really sensitive skin, I would only use this on areas like your heels and such for exfoliation since walnut husk can be rather rough for more sensitive skin. This is ground really fine so I didn’t find it too rough, but everyone is different.

Price: $5.50 | Cap: 25 US / 5 UK

My Stunning Nails | Into the Depths

Inspiration:The inspiration for Into the Depths is based on looking through a microscope.

Description: Into the Depths is a light blue almost metallic like base with iridescent green aurora shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glosys top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: 100 US / 15 UK

Nail Hoot | Stranger Things

Inspiration: Inspired by the Netflix artwork for Stranger Things 3

Description: Stranger Things is a bright fuchsia jelly base loaded with pink shimmer and iridescent flakes that flash pink and gold. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.99 | Cap: None

Matte Talons | Nail Hoot

Inspiration: Unspecified

Description: Matte Talons is a matte top coat! This adds a nice, flat but velvety look to your manicure. I used 1 coat of Matte Talons over Stranger Things, Nail Hoot’s August polish shade.

Price: $6.25 | Cap: None

Nailed It Nail Polish | Neural Network (Magnetic)

Inspiration:Inspired by Neural Network

Description: Neural Network is a blackened navy blue jelly base loaded with magnetic flakes that shift from green to teal to blue to pink and pink to gold to green crystal flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Because this polish has flecks/flakes that are magnetic – the line will look more scattered and not super sharp. It gives more of a “constellation” vibe this way.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 300 US / 20 UK

Necessary Evil | The Water Cycle (Thermal)

Inspiration: The Water Cycle

Description: The Water Cycle is a light blue (cold) to baby blue (warm) thermal with pearl white hex glitters, blue micro glitters, iridescent flakes and violet shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

NeVerMind Polish | Porphyria’s Slumber

Inspiration: Inspired by Porphyria

Description: Porphyria’s Slumber is a cool toned purple jelly base loaded with shimmer, holo microglitter and iridescent multicolored flakes, as well as holographic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 125 US / 20 UK

Night Owl Lacquer | Surreal Lights

Inspiration:Inspired by the science behind the polar lights

Description: Surreal Lights is a black based multichrome that shifts green to teal to blue to purple to magenta with holo dust and crystal chameleon flakes that shift yellow to pink to green. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Nvr Enuff Polish | Chemical Reaction

Inspiration:Inspired by a scientists hard at work in their laboratory making chemical formulas!

Description: Chemical Reaction is a bright teal linear holographic with a blue to green metallic shift. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

Painted Phalanges | The “P” is Silent

Inspiration:Inspired by the shifty bacteria Pseudomonas

Description: The “P” Is Silent is a cool toned purple crelly base loaded with platinum micro flakes, as well as purple to blue to green to gold shifting micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Despite all flakes – this polish does lay smooth and only needs 1 coat of top coat.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: None

Glitter Smoothing TC by Painted Phalanges | Smooth Phalanges

Inspiration: Unspecified

Description: Smooth Phalanges is a glitter smoothing layer applied between polish and top coat to “fill in the grooves” and smooth the final polish. Some polishes are top coat hungry and when it’s dry and settled – there are divots all over. Smooth Phalanges helps prevent that and give a nice even layer.

This is a topper – but does not dry glossy – so if you want a glossy finish – follow it up with a glossy top coat (or matte if you prefer!)

I used 1 coat of Smooth Phalanges over a microglitter bomb of a polish, and then a quick dry top coat over Smooth Phalanges. Below are before and after photos!

Price: $6.00 | Cap: None

Painted Polish | Salt Lake Serenity

Inspiration:Inspired by Pink Salt Lakes of Las Coloradas: The vibrant pink color of these lakes is due to red-colored algae, plankton, and brine shrimp that thrive in the salty environment. As the water evaporates, these organisms become more concentrated, glimmering pink in the bright sunlight.

Description: Salt Lake Serenity is a lavender blue crelly base with pink to orange to gold iridescent shifting flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Pampered Polishes | Science Rules

Inspiration:Inspired by Bill Nye the Science Guy

Description: Science Rules is a deep but vibrant eggplant purple jelly base with bright blue micro flakes, blue-purple-green shifting iridescent flakes, and neon pink microglitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Peachtree Polish | What Did You Sage?

Inspiration:Inspired by the changing of leaves from green to gorgeous Fall colors

Description: What Did You Sage? is a shimmery sage green crelly base with copper and red holographic micro glitters and ultrachrome chameleon red to orange to yellow to gold to purple flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.50 | Cap: 75 US / 5 UK

Penelope Luz | Crazy Rick

Inspiration:Inspired by Ricky to the animations Ricky and Morty

Description: Crazy Rick is a dusty, baby blue crelly base with pink to purple to green to blue iridescent flakes and a light, subtle sprinkling of scattered holo. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Poetry Cowgirl Nail Polish | A Good Day for a Rocket Launch

Inspiration:Inspired by a selfie taken with my boyfriend at the Kennedy Space center for the SpaceX rocket launch on May 30th.

Description: A Good Day For A Rocket Launch is a sky blue crelly with red, white, and blue glitters and gold shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

This dries down with a texture due to the glitter content, so you will need 2 coats of top coat for a smooth finish.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: None

Wax by Pretty Beautiful Unlimited | Penny Blossoms

Inspiration:Inspired by The Big Bang Theory

Description: 15 scent sampler inspired by the wonderful science and geeky world of The Big Bang Theory.

The scent list for this sampler is:

Acai Blossoms – Crushed blueberries are accented with green tones and balanced with acai berry to create the fragrance signature. Soft woods and clear musk surround creamed strawberry to create the underlying sweet sensation that carries the scent to a lingering finish.

Aloha – A tropical delight that combines sweet coconut and juicy island fruits with exotic, and delightfully fragrant native flora of tiare and plumeria flowers.

Apple Harvest – Walking through an apple orchard in late fall. Fresh apple cider with cinnamon and sugar.

Best Friends – A wonderful aromatic blend of boysenberries, elderberries, strawberries, guava and pomegranate with a down of soft vanilla.

Blueberry Cheesecake – The sweet, yummy decadence of Tahitian vanilla, rich creamy butter and ripe blueberries atop a crumbly graham cracker crust.

Cabernet Sauvignon – The sweet aroma of wild grapes enhanced with hints of strawberries and sweet sugary notes with a light alcoholic background. A wonderful aroma of red sweet Cabernet wine.

Chai Latte – A rich blend of cinnamon and clove is balanced with butter cream and sweetened with rich vanilla.

Chai Tea – A fabulous aroma of just the right amount of gourmet tea leaves, rich spices, and vanilla soy milk.

Cherry Cheesecake – Grandma’s homemade cheesecake, topped with sweet cherry glaze and baked in a delicious graham cracker crust.

Green Apple – Refreshing and bright, this is a true crisp and tart Granny Smith green apple at its best!

Lemon Cheesecake – Rich, creamy cheesecake infused with fresh lemon juice.

Napa Valley – A complex blend of aged wine, lilac, vanilla, violets, and lilies, with a light musky base note.

Pumpkin Cheesecake – The incredible aroma of cardamom, ground cinnamon, Vermont maple, pumpkin puree, carrot, whipped cream, rum, cream cheese, caramelized sugar, and French vanilla which is all blended to true perfection.

Strawberry Cheesecake – The perfect aroma of cheesecake with a nice thick strawberry sauce.

Wild Berry Cheesecake – A perfect dessert scent carefully crafted with the combination of fresh berries and creamy buttery accords.

Price: $8.00 | Cap: 180 US / 20 UK

Pretty Beautiful Unlimited | Science is the Best

Inspiration:Inspired by The Big Bang Theory

Description: Science Is The Best is a gun metal gray holographic base loaded with holographic micro flakes, and a custom mix of 5 crystal chameleon flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 150 US / 10 UK

Red Eyed Lacquer | Rainbow Walk

Inspiration: Inspired by Dyed Paper Towel trick

Description: Rainbow Walk is a vibrant green jelly base loaded with rainbow shifting flakes and scattered holographic. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: 200 US / 20 UK

Rogue Lacquer | Rainbow Ice Ice Baby

Inspiration:Inspired by the rainbow ice experiment

Description: Rainbow Ice Ice Baby is a creamy white base loaded with a rainbow of micro metallic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: None

Big Bang! Soy Based Polish Remover | Rogue Lacquer

Before I get into this one, I also wanted to say that I had to recycle photos from a previous Polish Pickup. When I loaded my trunk – I also loaded all my giant bottles of Zoya Remove +. I thought I left 2 pump bottles to keep me happy – but apparently I forgot to refill them. I used this remover for the entire post. By the time it was empty and I tossed the bottle – I realized I didn’t do new photos of this remover.

It did work well and kept my skin hydrated throughout the month though.

Inspiration: Big Bang

Description: This is a soy based polish remover so it is gentler on the skin and nails. This is a 2 oz bottle of remover in a glass bottle.

Soy based removers are generally better for the nails since they contain vitamins and oils to moisturize, strengthen and hydrate while still effectively removing polish. They do not work as quick as pure acetone – but they do still get the job done.

The August Big Bang scent is tart lime margaritas with a touch of grapefruit and sweet cherries! I will be buying another bottle because it smelled so good (and obviously worked pretty well!)

Price: $7.00 | Cap: 100

Sassy Pants Polish | Rainbow Rain

Inspiration: inspired by the science experiment of the same name

Description: Rainbow Rain is an ultra silver holographic base with assorted holographic and crystal rainbow glitters, as well as purple to green shifting shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

Serum No. 5 | Dancing Waters (Thermal & Glow In The Dark)

Inspiration:Inspired by a science experiment where color travels through the use of water.

Description: Dancing Waters is a dusty sage mint (cold) and transitions to a milky pastel yellow (hot) and is filled with iridescent rainbow shimmers and flakes that glows blue in the dark. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

The description says the hot stage is a milky white, but I didn’t see the milky white, I did get a beautiful pastel buttery yellow though.

Price: $14.00 | Cap: None

Soap Frosting by Skyline Soapworks | Bug Juice Buttercream

Inspiration:Inspired by A bright green toxic concoction!

Description: Soap Frosting is a whipped soap that lathers up nicely and is fun to use. My son actually stole this for his new bathroom. He loved the scent (snowcone… strawberry, apricot, peach and candied banana) as well as the color. It’s on the sink edge for hand washing, but he could easily take it into the shower with him as well.

He has already made a formal request that I grab another for him when the shop opens. If he requests something, it’s simply a request. If he makes a “formal” request – he means business.

Price: $14.50 | Cap: 25 US / 10 UK

Skyline Soapworks | Caput Mortuum Artisan Dip Powder

Inspiration:Inspired by Caput Mortuum Artisan Dip Powder

Description: Skyline Soapworks is back with another fun dip powder! This time we have a deep rusty red with copper flecks.

For all steps I used, I went by this Youtube Video, and I do suggest you take a look as she’s very helpful – especially for beginners like me.

This is for the powder only. I do have a 3 piece nail dip liquids set I bought on Amazon before, which is what I used with this powder. No “curing” with a lamp and nothing was overly difficult for me. You will also need files – like buffing blocks to smooth over the dip when done.

Price: $6.75 | Cap: 50 US / 15 UK

SCIENCE! Charm and Page Marker Set | Starlight and Sparkles

Inspiration:Inspired by “My personal favorite branches of science, chemistry and biology.”

Description: An eight piece set, with six paperclip page markers and two clip-on charms.  The six page markers are a bottle with a syringe, a microscope, a section of an electrograph (most people will know of these from electrographs of heart or brain activity), a caffeine molecule, a brain, and a section of DNA.  The clip-on charms are an Erlenmeyer flask and an atom – carbon, if we’re assuming the atom is uncharged, since there are six electrons.  Each charm and page marker has two glass beads, which glow green in the dark.

This is a super cute set and my son picked a few to use as bookmarks for his books.

Price: $15.00 | Cap: 47 US / 3 UK

Starlight Polish | Fetch Me My Lab Coat

Inspiration: The color is inspired by copper and nitric acid, but the true inspiration for Fetch Me My Lab Coat is a quote by chemist Ira Remsen (which is apparently a trimmed down version of the full original).  

“While reading a textbook of chemistry, I came upon the statement, nitric acid acts upon copper, and I was determined to see what this meant. Having located some nitric acid, I had only to learn what the words act upon meant. In the interests of knowledge, I was even willing to sacrifice one of the few copper cents then in my possession. I put one of them on the table, opened the bottle marked ‘nitric acid’, poured some of the liquid on the copper, and I prepared to make an observation. But what was this wonderful thing which I beheld? The cent was already changed, and it was no small change either. A greenish- yellow liquid formed and fumed over the cent on the table. The air became coloured dark-red. How could I stop this? I tried by picking up the cent and throwing it out of the window. I learned another fact: nitric acid acts on fingers. The pain led to another unpremeditated experiment. I drew my hands across my trousers and discovered nitric acid acts on trousers. This was the most impressive experiment I have ever performed. I tell of it even now with interest. It was a revelation to me. Plainly the only way to learn about such remarkable kinds of action is to see the results, to experiment, to work in a laboratory.”

Description: Fetch Me My Lab Coat is a teal crelly base with ultra chrome chameleon flakes that shift from red to bronze to green, as well as original Unicorn Pee pigment that shifts from red to gold to green. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $16.50 | Cap: 150 US / 15 UK

Static Lacquer | Turn the Light On (Glow In The Dark)

Inspiration:Inspired by the music video Erase by the Swedish metalcore band Imminence.

Description: Turn The Light On is a pale khaki crelly with holographic pigment and flashes of green. Also glows green in the dark. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: 200 US / 100 UK

Emulsified Sugar Scrub by STELLA CHROMA | Misty Morning

Inspiration:Inspired by “The pastures in our farm, which are covered in a fine mist on humid summer mornings. “

Description: Stella Chroma’s Emulsified Sugar Scrub is an incredibly fine particle sugar that’s densely packed in. Dig a little out of the jar, massage into your hands then rinse and keep rubbing it in while rinsing. Your hands will feel smooth, soft and incredible.

The August scent is refreshing and a smell-alike of the popular Herbal Essences shampoo from the 90s. It’s pretty much dead on – so if you loved that scent – this is for you.

Price: $6.50 | Cap: to US / 3 UK

STELLA CHROMA | Recreational Chemistry

Inspiration: For Weird Science, STELLA CHROMA was inspired by the jam band moe. and their amazing, vivid light shows! Recreational Chemistry is one of their classics and the name of our exclusive shade! 

Description: Recreational Chemistry is a bright blue leaning purple cream base packed with ultrachrome chameleon flakes that shift in every shade of green, pink, and purple. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Supernatural Lacquer | The Incredible Pants

Inspiration:Inspired by the fact that the real weird science is not how gamma radiation turned Bruce Banner into the Hulk, but how those pants manage to survive the transformation.

Description: The Incredible Pants is a royal purple crelly base loaded with green to blue to violet to red multichrome and color shifting shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

Sweet & Sour Lacquer | Forbidden

Inspiration:Inspired by Dexter’s Laboratory

Description: Forbidden is a violet jelly base filled with light pink, yellow, and blue matte glitters, as well as blue iridescent glitters and shimmer, and a small amount of silver holo glitters. You may need 2 coats of top coat for a smooth finish. I used 3 thin coats and 2 coats of top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.50 | Cap: 100 US / 10 UK

Sweet Heart Polish | Hot Dr. Pepper & Lemon??

Inspiration:Inspired by The weird food combinations that came out of the 50’s & 60’s like Hot Dr. Pepper with Lemon and Lime Jello with Cottage Cheese and Mayo, which my grandma still eats to this day. 🤢

Description: Hot Dr. Pepper & Lemon?? is a burgundy bronze brown with a soft linear holo and gold sparks. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. Indoors, the holo is very subtle.

Price: $9.50 | Cap: None

The Lady Varnishes | Pyrotron

Inspiration:Inspired by Spontaneous Combustion Particle

Description: Pyrotron is a sheer topcoat with iridescent red to green shimmer and glitter. I used 1 coat over a black creme for these photos.

Price: $11.50 | Cap: 150 US / 15 UK

The Lady Varnishes | The Males Have The Babies

Inspiration: Inspired by Seahorses

Description: The Males Have The Babies is a bright blue jelly with iridescent green shimmer and glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: 150 US / 15 UK

The Soapy Chef | We Have Great Chemistry Set

Inspiration:Inspired by a the chemical reactions when pouring items from test tubes.

Description: This is so flipping cute.

This set includes all things that react with water in some way.

The first tube contains a foaming manicure soak. Scented with blackberry, this will add a fun, spa-like experience to your manicure.

The second tube contains a raspberry and vanilla scented hand and nail snow scrub. This hand and nail scrub is a gentle exfoliating scrub for hands and nails. It emulsifies and lathers when you add water to it. It will condition and brighten nails and cuticles and leave your skin feeling refreshed and silky smooth.

The third tube contains slivers of cold processed soap, scented with fresh strawberries and cream.

Everything smells amazing, and I am really digging the test tube containers for this set!

Price: $10.00 | Cap: 100 US / 5 UK

Top Shelf Lacquer | Chet Happens!

Inspiration:Inspired by Chet from Weird Science Movie

Description: Chet Happens! is a warm chocolate creme base with red shimmer and loaded with iridescent flakes.I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 330 US / 20 UK

Treo Lacquer | Quantum Entanglement (Magnetic)

Inspiration:Inspired by the phenomenon of Quantum Entanglement which Einstein and others considered to be impossible, as it violated the local realism view of causality (Einstein referring to it as “spooky action at a distance”). Quantum Entanglement is at the heart of the disparity between classical and quantum physics. Amazingly, it has been demonstrated experimentally with photons, neutrinos, electrons, molecules as large as buckyballs, and even small diamonds.

Description: Quantum Entanglement is a black jelly base loaded with purple magnetic shimmer, as well as gold to green to red shifting aurora shimmer, and holo micro flecks. The violet purple magnetic shimmer stands out quite bright against the black jelly base with aurora shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 90 US / 10 UK

Turtle Tootsie Polishes | Beautiful Sunset

Inspiration:Inspired by the science of a beautiful sunset

Description: Beautiful Sunset is an orange to red multi chrome with gold shimmer and gold to orange to red ultrachrome chameleon flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 200 US / 10 UK

Unicorn Magic Skincare | Deluxe Cuticle Oil

Inspiration:Inspired by Lisa from the Weird Science movie

Description: Unicorn Magic Skin Care is back with a cuticle oil that is in a screw topped doe foot wand applicator. The scent is Sex Bomb (those familiar with LUSH will know this scent!) and it’s a combination of Jasmine and clary sage, as well as ylang ylang. It’s one of my favorite LUSH scents, so when I heard this was gonna be the August scent – I was super excited!

Price: $8.00 | Cap: 500 US / 25 UK

Vapid Wax | I Think I’ll Sniff Wax Melt

Inspiration:Inspired by Bill Nye the Science Guy

Description: An odor neutralizing fragrance that delights the senses and neutralizes odors in the air with notes of bergawatt tea, wild electric currants with hints of powerline papayas and magnetic magnolia blossoms.

This is a very feminine and floral scent. It has really good throw and scented our entire apartment in just 1 little cube. The scent is a familiar fragrance I recognize from my high school years (1996-2000) but I cannot think of the actual name and it’s been driving me crazy!

Price: $5.00 | Cap: 100 US / 10 UK

Vibrant Vinyls | DUO of Petrichor Scented Base & Top Coat

Inspiration: Inspired by the wonderful smell in the air after it’s been raining.

Description: Vibrant Vinyls will have 2 listings this month. One listing will be this base coat and top coat DUO while the other will be JUST the top coat. So you can buy both or just the top coat.

This month’s scent is Petrichor and it’s an earthy scent but incredibly fresh. So earthy and rain, fresh and slightly musky.

Double Bond:
This revolutionary 2 in 1 base coat is formulated with proteins to fill imperfections and ridges on the surface of the nail leaving you with a smooth even base ready for polish. Vibrant Vinyls added sticky bond base coat to the ridge filler to grab onto your polish and keep it there.

Fast & Hard can be used over wet polish and provides a glossy shine. Plus it plays well with stamping if you “float” the top coat over the design.

Price: $15.00 for the set or $8.00 for the Top Coat alone (will be separate listings) | Cap: No Cap

What Addiction | Dancing Electrons

Inspiration:Inspired by dancing electrons in a new form of matter.

Description: Dancing Electrons is an inky blue base with orange, fuchsia and purple flakes with tiny bit of holo sparkle. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: 135 US / 5 UK

Polish Pickup August 2020 | Weird Science

As I was typing this, 5 more items for the month showed up – so I’ll be working on those in just a bit.

Overall – it’s a nice mix of colors for the month. We do lean a bit blue heavy it looks like from the collage. And before anyone points it out – yes, the Unicorn Magic Skin Care item in the collage is the wrong one. That’s for a different month and I didn’t see that I did it until I was typing.

Sorry again for not having matte photos too – something had to give this month with everything going on, and it was that. They will be back next month though!

Wishlisting starts this Sunday – so be ready!

Where To Buy: Polish Pickup Shop

Shop Dates: August 7th at 11am EST through August 10th at 11:59pm EST

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