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Polish Pickup November 2024 | Nostalgic Toys
Disclosure: I am a paid employee for Polish Pickup. While this post is not sponsored, I do have a relationship with the hosting collaboration shop.
How is it already November? I’m just shocked that 2024 is almost done! I was hoping to have this post and video up earlier, but things were still trickling in – and I wanted to do it in one shot! For Polish Pickup’s November 2024 shop, I have 57 items.. and the theme is Nostalgic Toys!
To see all items swatched/demonstrated – check out my lengthy YouTube below (with time stamps!)
For the fine details – for all photos shown – I used Vapid Lacquer Commitment Issues Peel Off Base, and for the glossy photos I did Monarch Lacquer Hi-Def Shine Top coat (sent as PR and I’ve also purchased.. and that’s an affiliate link). For all textured polishes, I did use Glisten & Glow Glitter Grabber (PR) and Monarch Lacquer top coat over it.
For my lighting setup, since I use artificial lighting due to my day job, involves 2 Neatfi XL Lamps from Amazon (affiliate link) as well as this Daylight Company Duo Daylight Lamp (affiliate link).
And lastly – I do use artificial gel nails that I do myself at home. In this post (and video) I am using Apres Gel X Nails in Extra Short Stiletto, which are clear nails. I do not use blurring base coats or anything to increase opacity of the nails – and it shows during my YouTube videos especially. With the clear nails, if you can see through the tip still – then odds are you will also see VNL through the polish I have on. If you cannot see through them, then opacity was likely reached.
Let’s jump on in and take a look.
Alchemy Lacquers | Sweet Tooth
Inspiration: Inspired by by My Little Pony.
Description: Sweet Tooth, inspired by its namesake, is a cyan crelly nail lacquer with hot pink metallic flakes and pink to orange to gold shifting iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This polish photographed brighter than it is in person. The video is much more accurate.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 500
All Mixed Up Lacquers | But Did You Die
Inspiration: Inspired by Tamagotchi
Description: But Did You Die is a bold blue crelly base loaded with an assortment of flakie glitters and a dusting of sparkles. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 300
Atomic Polish | California Raisins
Inspiration: Inspired by The California Raisins Happy Meal toys.
Description: California Raisins is a deep purplish maroon jelly base with pigment that shifts from green to blue. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Baby Girl Lacquer | 4Ever Unsolved!
Inspiration: Rubik’s Cube
Description: 4Ever Unsolved! is a semi sheer white jelly base with orange, white, blue, green, yellow and red squar and hex glitters, as well as black shards. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $10.00 | Cap: 100
Baroness X | Acetone Antidote In Toffee Spiced Vanilla
Inspiration: Inspired by Spice Girls “action figures”
Description: Acetone Antidote is an additive for your acetone to protect your skin from the harshness of acetone. It contains glycerin and jojoba oil to help protect and moisturize your nails, skin, and cuticles during polish removal. Plus, no more ashy, dry skin! Simply shake up the vial and pour into your polish remover. I generally pour a full vial into a 10 oz pump bottle, but I recommend shaking it and pouring half in and adding more if you feel you need more.
Toffee Spiced Vanilla has the following scent profile:
Top Notes: Valencia Orange, Date Puree, Ginger
Middle Notes: Buttercream, Sticky Toffee, Panettone
Base Notes: Vanilla Creme, Clove Leaves, Cacao Blanc
My nose heavily picks up the ginger. It has that ginger spice kick (not the Spice Girl, the actual ginger) but it has some sweetness to it. I also pick up a hint of citrus.
Price: $8.50 | Cap: None
BCB Lacquers | But I Took The Batteries Out!
Inspiration: Inspired by Furbies
Description: But I Took The Batteries out is a dark green (cold) to milky clear (warm) jelly based thermal with pink to orange to gold glass flakes. I sued 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 400
Beaux Rêves Lacquer | Castle Grayskull
Inspiration: Castle Grayskull is inspired by the He-Man and She-Ra playsets I played with as a child!
Description: Castle Grayskull is a grayed olive jelly base filled with shimmer that shifts aqua – green-violet and holographic pigment. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
Bee’s Knees Lacquer | Ghost or Furby
Inspiration: Inspired by the furby I had when I was younger and thought was haunted
Description: Ghost or Furby is a light grey with soft pink to gold large particle shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Bluebird | How ‘Bout Them Apples
Inspiration: Inspired by Apple Jack from the original My Little Pony.
Description: How ‘Bout Them Apples is a bright pinkish red jelly base with a orange-gold shifting multichrome shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
You can also achieve opacity in 2 medium coats.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Cameo Colours Lacquers | Pop! Goes the Popple
Inspiration: Inspired by Popples!
Description: Pop! Goes The Popple is a lilac crelly base with an indigo to purple to pink shift, blue and turquoise flakes, and matte pink neon glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 250
Chamaeleon Nails | Impala
Inspiration: Inspired by the Hot Wheels First Editions cars in 1997, in specific an Impala that I had as a kid.
Description: Impala is a plum (cold) to colorless/sheer white (warm) thermal with blue/lilac/rose hues while transitioning, filled with black and pink holographic glitters in a variety of sizes. I used 3 thin coats, glitter smoother and glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 250
Colores de Carol | Real Robot
Inspiration: Inspired by Gundam
Description: Real Robot is an off white crelly base with navy and gold holographic glitter in various shapes and sizes, black glitter and shifting rainbow short slice. I used 2 coats, glitter smoother and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: None
Crystal Knockout | Dressin’ Up
Inspiration: Inspired by the 1987 “Barbie & the Rockers” movie
Description: Dressin Up is a dark strawberry pink (cold) to rose pink (warm) crelly based thermal with iridescent color-shifting flakies and silver holographic micro glitters. I used 3 thin coats, glitter smoother and glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Cupcake Polish | Sky Dancer
Inspiration: Inspired by the Sky Dancer toys of the 90s!
Description: Sky Dancer is a vibrant pink crelly base with pink and purple metallic flakes, as well as pink iridescent aurora flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: None
Cuticula | Sky Dancer
Inspiration: Sky Dancer
Description: Sky Dancer is a cyan jelly base full of pink to gold to green shifting micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Dam Nail Polish | Pocket Sized Fun
Inspiration: Inspired by a pink and pastel teal Polly Pocket vintage playset.
Description: Pocket Sized Fun is a teal jelly base with green/blue shifting shimmer and a pink/gold shifting magnetic effect. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 400
Danglefoot | It’s Glo Time
Inspiration: Inspired by the glo worms I had in the 1980s and the ones I had for my own children
Description: It’s Glo Time is a slightly sheer lilac leaning pink glow with scattered holo. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 250
Dreamland Lacquer | Seawinkle
Inspiration: Inspired by The Seawinkle seahorse My Little Pony
Description: Seawinkle is a medium violet crelly base filled with a mix of aqua to blue to teal to violet shimmers. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 600
DRK Nails | Magic Effect Refill (Note – product shown is not the refill!)
Inspiration:
Description: Magic Effect Top Coat for Magnetic Nail Polish basically and you can apply all the magnetic polish layers, let dry and then apply a coat of the Magic Effect top coat and then magnetize all the layers at once. Then top coat to seal it all in.
We’ve had this product in shop previously – but DRK is offering the refill this month which is 30ml (it’s in an amber screw top bottle)
Price: $18.90 | Cap: None
DRK Nails | Lizard Grabber
Inspiration: Inspired by Lizard Grabber
Description: Lizard Grabber is an ultra chameleon multichrome that shifts gold to green to teal to blue. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 400
Stamping Plate by EDK | Christmas Time
Inspiration: Inspired by The Grinch
Description: EDK brings us a Christmas Time stamping plate. This is a stainless steel stamping plate that is 9.5 x 14.5 cm. It has Grinch and Nightmare Before Christmas images mainly. I did a Grinch mani with this plate and the images picked up really nicely and cleanly.
Price: $14.99 | Cap: 100
Ethereal Lacquer | Haunted Furby
Inspiration: Inspired by A suspected haunted green furby from my childhood.
Description: Haunted Furby is a sheer taupe base with strong green to aqua and blue shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 700
Glam Polish | Totally Troll
Inspiration: Inspired by Totally Troll Doll
Description: Totally Troll is a pastel violet crelly base with gold to pink shifting iridescent flakes, gold flakes, aurora shimmer and pink glitter mix. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $14.00 | Cap: 250
Glisten & Glow | Pretty Bit The Popple
Inspiration: Inspired by Popples. As a child of the 80’s I loved, loved, loved Pretty Bit, my fave one! I love all the colorful combos that Popples came in! They were just so cute and cuddly!
Description: Pretty Bit The Popple is a cool toned purple jelly polish loaded with blue/purple color shifting shimmer, color shifting iridescent flakes that shift pink/orange/yellow and black micro flakes and holo flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: None
Glisten & Glow | Glitter Grabber
Inspiration:
Description: Glitter Grabber gets applied after any glitter or flakie dense manicure is done and it’s fully dry and before your top coat. It aids in creating a smoother surface for your top coat or matte top coat all while “grabbing” that extra texture.
It works by filling in all the nooks and crannies without “sinking” in like top coat usually does.
Apply a coat of this and then top coat over it for a smooth finish.
Price: $9.50 | Cap: None
Hearts and Promises | Tinky Winky
Inspiration: Inspired by Tinky Winky the purple teletubby
Description: Tinky Winky is a warm medium purple cream holographic base with purple shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This is a warmer purple in person.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 300
Magnet by Indie by Patty | LEGO 3D
Inspiration: LEGO
Description: This is a LEGO shaped handle printed in PLA filament in blue/red and comes with a cylindrical magnet glued so as not fall out or dislodge.
Can be used for a circular magnetic pattern or velvet
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Indie by Patty Lopes | Little Violet
Inspiration: Inspired by Little Violet – Strawberry Shortcake doll
Description: Little Violet is a deep violet jelly base loaded with gold to silver magnetic pigment and purple to pink aurora shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 300
Jior Couture | Trolls
Inspiration: Inspired by the prugly Troll dolls of the 80’s-90’s
Description: Trolls is a clear base packed with fuchsia to gold to violet to green multi chrome flakes, gold to bronze to olive multichrome magnet pigment, and a touch of multichrome shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
The magnetic effect is very subtle on this with all the shiftiness
Price: $14.00 | Cap: None
Kathleen & Co | Glow So Bright
Inspiration: Inspired by Lite Brite
Description: Glow So Brite is a black base with large particle red shimmer and a variety of colorful holo micro glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 500
KBShimmer | Fillin’ Groovy Base Coat
Inspiration:
Description: Every polish wearer needs a good base coat. Fillin’ Groovy is a base coat that acts like double-sided sticky tape. It helps to create a long-lasting bond between the nail and polish while filling ridges for smooth application. It also helps prevent staining.
Now, obviously I have smooth gel nails.. so I love using these as blurring bases or 2 coats as a base for nail art. I love the softness of them.
Price: $8.50 | Cap: None
KBShimmer | Reach For The Stars
Inspiration: Inspired by Glow-In-The-Dark Stars
Description: Reach For The Stars is a yellow-green base with golden shimmer and green glow in the dark effect. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
KBShimmer | Hand & Body Scrub in Banana Coconut
Inspiration: Inspired by scratch-and-sniff stickers
Description: 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.
A strong mix of rich, creamy banana is accented by sweet and smooth coconut. Adding depth to this fruity mix are notes of mango, strawberries, grapefruit, and kiwi. A hint of cotton candy and bubble gum adds a touch of sweetness to this tropical-scented scrub.
This reminds me of Runts! Especially the banana ones. It smells amazing.
Price: $11.00 | Cap: None
Lemming Lacquer | Autumn Glory Barbie
Inspiration: Inspired by Autumn Glory Barbie; a very special limited edition Barbie my mom bought for me in the 90s. It was special because it was the only Barbie we had seen at the time that had red hair the same color as mine, my birthday is in the fall, and her dress has gorgeous colors in it.
Description: Autumn Glory Barbie is a multichrome that shifts from purple to red to copper to gold with gold holographic microsparks. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.25 | Cap: 200
Lucky 13 Lacquer | This Game Blows
Inspiration: Inspired by the urban myth of blowing into Nintendo game cartridges to clear out dust
Description: This Game Blows is a pink leaning purple jelly base with scattered ultra-holo sparkle and silver magnetic pigment, which also glows bright indigo in the dark. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 250
Lumen | Throwing Spaghetty
Inspiration: Inspired by Betty Spaghetty dolls, they were bendy dolls with interchangeable parts and long colorful spaghetti hair. The girls would swing the dolls by their hair and fling them into the sky giggling as they dropped to try to catch them, every so often the dolls would land on the roof of the house resulting in belly laughs and memories we all cherish. They had the best times throwing Spaghetty
Description: Throwing Spaghetty is a vivid pink with green to gold to blue to indigo shifting shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
LynBDesigns | Treasures or Bugs
Inspiration: Inspired by The Creepy Crawlers toy
Description: Treasures or Bugs is a magenta jelly base with purple to pink shifting shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
ManMade by J&S | Stuffie Love Duo
Inspiration: We were inspired by both my childhood and my daughter’s early years! When my daughter was little her favorite stuffie for the first couple of years was this cute little Hello Kitty Stuffie with a teal plaid dress…and now she is a whole teenager! But I still get a little misty eyed when I see Hello Kitty. And for our second print I went way way back to my childhood and the Care Bears and my Cheer Bear!
Description: Manmade by J&S brings us a pair of scrunchies for November! One has Hello Kitty print and the other is Care Bear! These were two much loved stuffed toys from both the maker and their daughter’s childhoods (which is why it’s called the Stuffie Love Duo)
Price: $10.00 | Cap: 50
MJ Lacquer | It’s Slinky It’s Slinky
Inspiration: Inspired by the lyrics of the famous Slinky toy, invented over 7 decades ago. Children still love them today. Slinky was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2000. So I’d like to end this inspiration with the last two lines of the Slinky jingle: “Everyone wants a Slinky, you ought to get a Slinky“
Description: It’s Slinky It’s Slinky is a blue jelly base packed with green to gold to blue magnetic pigment, metallic and color shifting flakes, as well as red holographic micro glitter and aurora shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 250
Monarch Lacquer | Dinglehopper
Inspiration: Inspired by Plastic Little Mermaid toys
Description: Dinglehoppper is a purple (cold) to sea green (warm) thermal with mini green foil flake. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 670
Nailed It | Polly Pals
Inspiration: Inspired by Polly Pocket
Description: Polly Pals is a minty aqua green base with gold/green crystal flakies, pink/gold crystal flakies, and purple metallic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 300
Night Owl Lacquer | Strawberry Shortcake
Inspiration: Inspired by Strawberry Shortcake toys.
Description: Strawberry Shortcake is a clear base with red metallic flakes, green/blue/fuschia/violet shifting crystal flakes and red reflective glitter pigment. I used 3 thin coats, glitter smoother and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Noodles Nail Polish | Holiday ’94
Inspiration: Inspired by Holiday Barbie 1994
Description: Holiday ’94 is a clear base loaded with a mix of holo and metallic gold glitters, metallic red and green glitters, white matte glitters, and a touch of gold shimmer. Dries with texture due to glitters. I used 3 thin coats, glitter smoother and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 200
Painted Polish | Treasure My Troll
Inspiration: Treasure Trolls
Description: Treasure My Troll is a vampy warm purple jelly base with turquoise-blue-purple color-shifting iridescent flakies and crushed gold metallic flakies. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 500
Paradox Polish | Sit’n Spin
Inspiration: Being the product of the 70’s this classic toy was part of my weekend fun lol I. Think Kenner toys invented it in 1975? As the Gen X got older Sit’n Spin takes on a whole new meaning
Description: Sit ‘n Spin is a deep black maroon with a chameleon red to gold magnetic strip on a bed of shifty green-gold-cyan iridescent flakies. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 300
Penelope Luz | Lumina
Inspiration: Inspired by Lumina doll from barbie fairytopia
Description: Lumina is a medium blue with blue magnetic pigment and tiny gold holo glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 700
Phoenix | Applejack
Inspiration: Inspired by My Little Pony
Description: Applejack is a mustard yellow jelly base with purple to red aurora shimmer and black to red micro flakies. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 300
Rain Dance Lacquer | Friendship Is Magic
Inspiration: Inspired by My Little Pony
Description: Friendship Is Magic has a honey mustard yellow base with glowy red to orange aurora shimmer, metallic turquoise glitters and a mix of black glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
In person the base is a little lighter yellow.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 150
Rogue Lacquer | Lite Brite
Inspiration: Inspired by The Lite Brite
Description: Lite Brite is a blend of glowy green, blue, orange and red flakes that shine through the black metallic flakes. I used 3 coats, glitter smoother and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Sassy Sauce Polish | Slots of fun
Inspiration: Inspired by a photo of the old slot car racetrack
Description: Slots of Fun is a vampy midnight (cold) to warm violet (warm) jelly based thermal with gold to copper to red shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 1000
Swamp Gloss | Sit ‘n Spin
Inspiration: Inspired by the original dizzy maker
Description: Sit ‘n Spin is a muted emerald jelly packed with iridescent shifting flakes in blue/purple and red/orange and scathed holo micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 400
Sweet Heart Polish | 80’s Octopede
Inspiration: Inspired by Grubby, Teddy Ruxpin’s bestfriend
Description: 80’s Octopede is a yellow leaning orange jelly with red to orange to gold shifting aurora shimmer, a splash of micro holo flakes, and silver reflective glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 250
Unicorn Magic Skincare | Deluxe Liquid Gold Honey Handcreme
Inspiration: Inspired by Popples toys
Description: We have a new to PPU item from Unicorn Magic Skincare! This is their Deluxe Liquid Gold Honey Handcreme. This is a thinner creme than their usual stuff, it’s light, fast absorbing and non greasy. Perfect for every day use and those of us who lotion up all day at work and can’t leave marks on papers and folders!
Cotton Candy Fruit Loops – the smell of childhood! Sweet orange, tangy cherry and vanilla cereal with a delicious mix of cotton candy. A combination of two nostalgic childhood favorites.
This smells just like Froot Loops.
Price: $9.75 | Cap: 200
Vapid Lacquer | Nail Elixir In Cabbage Patch Dreams
Inspiration: Cabbage Patch Dolls
Description: Nail Elixir is basically a nail and cuticle oil. This Elixir is Vapid’s blend of oils that come together to create a truly one of a kind nail and cuticle oil. It has weight to the oil itself, it’s enough to truly hydrate the toughest of cuticles and driest of nails while still being able to soak effortlessly into the skin. Once absorbed it’s not greasy and can be rubbed all over the hand for moisture.
This oil contains tamanu oil, a viscus oil that has a light brown sugar scent, this does come through in the scent straight from the bottle. Once it dries down, you will only smell the fragrance left behind. Vapid’s elixir is also heavy in Jojoba oil allowing it to soak into the nail on a molecular level, as jojoba oil is able to easily penetrate the nail and provide and carry other nutrients with it.
Nail Elixir comes in a 1 fl oz squeeze bottle
Cabbage Patch Dreams is scented in the sweetest peaches, with vanilla buttercream frosting and hints of ginger.
To my nose, this isn’t a super strong fragrance blend, but it’s light, sweet and familiar.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 400
What Addiction? | Glow & Color
Inspiration: Inspired by professional artworks using Lite Brite.
Description: Glow & Color is a greyed out blue leaning almost blackened green, filled with a glitter mix in a rainbow of colors, shapes, sizes and finishes, a touch of reflective glitters and a bit of micro holo flakies. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $14.00 | Cap: 100
Wildflower Lacquer | Poochi
Inspiration: Inspired by Poo-chi the Robot Dog
Description: Poochi is a navy base packed with aqua to blue to purple shifting shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: None
Zombie Claw | Meygan
Inspiration: Inspired by Bratz Doll Meygan
Description: Meygan is a clear base with electric blue-green shimmer and copper sparkly glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 300
Polish Pickup November 2024 | Nostalgic Toys
So much PURPLE! Lots of goodies, but as always – even more in the shop!
Where To Buy: Polish Pickup Shop
Shop Dates: November 1st at 11am EST through November 4th at 11:59pm EST
3 comments
The magnet case!
I really like the WFL this month
I think my favorites are the KB Shimmer and the Dreamland!