It feels like I literally just did my September post… but here we are again for the Polish Pickup October 2021 post and the theme this month is Monsters & Mythical Creatures!
As usual – I’m still missing a few items and they should be arriving within the next couple of days (hopefully… if USPS cooperates)
A lot has happened in the last few weeks. Jacob started his sophomore year of high school, and he’s at his new school (all last year he went to a neighboring high school but was fully remote and never actually stepped foot on school grounds, and then we bought this house so now he’s doing in person schooling again.) We got our oil tank replaced. Yay! That was fun (not really) and I’m quickly coming up on my year anniversary at my new job in a medical office as a patient coordinator. Other stuff has been happening, but that’s in the background. I’m also preparing to celebrate my 10 year blogiversary and I have a fairly big giveaway planned, so I’m also working on that in the background.
As many swatchers can tell you – August and September of this year for swatching seemed fairly brutal. There were a lot more releases crammed in together, and more collaborations and annual boxes came out. I kept up on my obligations fairly well – but this weekend we’re going to see about 7 more posts from me… I think. About that. After that though – it’s smooth sailing since this was the big Halloween/Fall push.
Anyways – onto Polish Pickup for October!
The theme this month is Monsters & Mythical Creatures… again. We are revisiting this theme, but unlike some other themes – there was a pretty good gap in between. We last saw this theme in October of 2017 when Polish Pickup was only 6 or 7 months old.
For the fine details – for all photos shown – I used Vapid Lacquer Commitment Issues Peel Off Base, and for the glossy photos I did use a combination of the top coats including Vibrant Vinyls which was sent as PR this month, and Night Owl Lacquer’s Patience Not Required. For all matte swatches I used Night Owl Lacquer Gone Matte. I purchased the Vapid Lacquer Commitment Issues and the top coats were sent as pr or as gifts.
I do use artificial lighting for my photos. I work during the day and weekend afternoons I’m with Nick and Jacob, so I do most swatching when the sun is setting or gone. My current setup uses GlamCor Pro LIghts and I use the Ultra X Model and this Daylight Company Duo Daylight Lamp (affiliate link).
This is an EXTREMELY photo heavy post. If there is something specific you are looking for – on desktop hit CTRL + F and type what you are searching for. Otherwise, enjoy the long scroll down the page, and of course the giveaway at the end.
The October shop will be open from October 1st through October 4th and wishlisting opens Sunday, September 26th.
You will notice the shop itself is a little lighter. Typically there’s 200+ items each month but it’s been toned down a little so there’s closer to 150ish items.
Let’s jump in.
Alchemy Lacquers | Snowman of the Mountain
Inspiration: Abominable
Description: Snowman of the Mountain is a dark periwinkle crelly base with purple to red shifting flakes, red to pink shifting flakes, blue to purple shifting flakes and black flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 200
All Mixed Up Lacquers | What the Fwoop?
Inspiration: Inspired by The Fwooper from Fantastic Beasts
Description: What The Fwoop? is a medium pink linear holographic with teal to blue to purple to magenta ultrachrome chameleon micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 150
Anchor & Heart Lacquer | Iron Anchor
*Received as PR from a previous shop, including here since it’s being offered again*
Inspiration: Inspired by lyrics from Tyler, The Creator’s 2018 song for (the amazing) The Grinch movie:
“You’re a monster
Your heart’s an empty hole
You’re a goner
You got garlic in your soul.”
Description: Iron Anchor Strengthening Base Coat contains garlic extract which is know to be an antibacterial/antiseptic and works against bacteria and fungus – often the culprit of peeling and brittle nails. I don’t have issues with peeling or brittle nails and my nails are fairly strong, but right now I also have obviously false nails on. However I did test this out when I had my real nails and did a test with it.
When I wore this for tested (while I still had my natural nails) I got 11 solid days of wear. After 7 days there was visible tip wear (again, I type at my day job and while blogging – but I also play video games on the PC) and at 11 days the tip wear was incredibly visible and nail growth showed too much – so I removed it. But I had no significant chips that made me cringe seeing my nails.
Price: $8.00 | Cap: 200
AURORA 5-Free Nail Lacquer | His Name is Grogu (Glow In The Dark)
Inspiration: Inspired by Grogu, aka Baby Yoda
Description: His Name Is Grogu is a sheer dusty teal jelly base packed with green pigment with aqua, gold and green geo shimmer. It also glows green in the dark! I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 200
Baroness X | Alicorns w/ Frickin’ Lightning Bolts Acetone Antidote
Inspiration: Inspired by Alicorns and their strong affinity for lightning. “Alicorns being completely immune to lightning strikes, like to play deep within a thunderstorm. When lightning strikes them, alicorns replenish their magic. Being charged up like a battery.”
Description: Scented in Alicorns w/ Frickin’ Lightning Bolts, this is a house blend of fiji dates, lemon peel and a touch of spiced plum pudding. It’s a lighter scent, we went for something warm, slightly tart, and spiced, both for the time of year and the inspo.
This reminds me of NERDS candy scent. It’s sweet, tart and fruity!
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.
Price: $8.00 | Cap: None
Baroness X | Alicorns w/ Frickin’ Lightning Bolts (Magnetic)
Inspiration: Inspired by Alicorns and their strong affinity for lightning. Alicorns being completely immune to lightning strikes, like to play deep within a thunderstorm. When lightning strikes them, alicorns replenish their magic. Being charged up like a battery.
Description: Alicorns w/ Frickin’ Lightning Bolts is a light grey crelly base with silvery lavender magnetic pigment, as well as blue sister unicorn pee pigment, and black to red micro flecks. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. I only used a magnet on the middle 2 nails so you can also see it used both ways.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Bee’s Knees Lacquer | Gwishin
Inspiration: Inspired by the egg-faced ghost of Korean mythology
Description: Gwishin is a soft lilac pastel multichrome that shifts to a medium purple and loaded with silvery peridot metallic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This will dry with a slight texture, so you may need 2 coats of top coat.
The base of this shade is interesting and it’s sheer, but the multichrome shift appears to be more of a densely packed shimmer, so while the shift is there – the silvery peridot flakes to overtake it a bit. But the purpley goodness does peek through and it makes this an interestingly unique polish.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Black Dahlia Lacquer | Peel Off Base Coat
**This product was sent as a previous PR item, and is being featured again in PPU**
Inspiration:
Description: This isn’t the latex type peel off for short term (swatching usually) manis. This is a clear peel off base coat perfect for glittery creations so you don’t have to scrub to remove with acetone. Peel Off Base is like UNT but a thicker consistency, so those who are like me don’t need to use 2 coats so it peels off nicely. Once on, this looks like a normal clear base coat, then top it with the polishes of your choice and peel off when ready. I did test it on my Cindy hand – and it lasted 5 days before wearing down a bit, and 8 days before a nail coating popped off and vanished during my move.
This can take a few minutes to dry, so be ready for that. Because it’s clear, it’s harder to tell when fully dry – so I applied, waited about 3-4 minutes and then touched a corner gently to see if it was still tacky or not. I found all 5 nails on one hand were fully dry to apply polish in about 5.5 minutes.
When ready to remove your mani, use an orange stick and gently push up around the cuticles and then peel or just continue to push up with the orange stick.
Price: $7.50 | Cap: None
Bluebird Lacquer | Monster Marsh
Inspiration: Bluebird was inspired by the original Swamp Creature movie poster.
Description: Monster Marsh is a bright seaweed green jelly packed with holo flakes and gold metallic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
By Dany Vianna | A Thousand Wishes
Inspiration: Inspired by Tsurus, and delief of folding a thousand tsurus to have a wish granted. This shade is a tribute to my friend Dani, who’s ongoing a cancer treatment right now
Description: A Thousand Wishes is a blue turquoise crelly base filled with pink to gold aurora shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 400
By Dany Vianna | Unicorn eReader Bag
Inspiration: Unicorns
Description: The Unicorn eReader Bag is a cute unicorn printed fabric bag that carries your eReader. Don’t have an eReader? It also can carry nail supplies like nail files, cuticle pushers and other slimmer items.
It’s approximately 19cm x 14cm.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 50
Bygone Apothecary | Medusa Hair Balm
Inspiration: Medusa
Description: This balm is great for adding moisture and shine to unruly flyaways, taming split ends, scrunching out the crunch, or as a moisture boost pre-shampoo. It is packed with moisturizing oils, so start sparingly, especially if your hair is fine and straight as it can look greasy. CG method friendly – silicone free.
The fragrance is a dark floral blend, with notes of ginger, black pepper, ylang ylang, gardenia, jasmine, orchid, and clove. It finishes with amber, patchouli, sandalwood, vanilla, and musk. Smells like a sultry bouquet of flowers, or a high-end perfume you’d expect to be worn by a woman with killer eyeliner and a great leather jacket.
This balm can also be used on elbows, knees and toes – or as an intense cuticle balm.
I am a sucker for clever touches on items – and the lid to this looks and feels like stone. Given the inspo – I thought it was an incredibly clever tie-in
Price: $8.00 | Cap: 45
Cadillacquer | Trolljegeren
Inspiration: Inspired by the movie Troll Hunter
Description: Trolljegeren is a pastel blue jelly base packed with gold to copper to red to pink color shifting shimmer, as well as matte aquamarine hex glitters in a variety of sizes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This shade does dry down with a mild texture due to the glitters, so you might need 2 coats of top coat to smooth.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: None
Cameo Colours Lacquers | Pyramid of Silence
Inspiration: Inspired by one of my favorite video game monsters, Pyramid Head, of the Silent Hill franchise.
Description: Pyramid of Silence is a dusty taupe crelly base, full of scattered holo sparkle, red and gunmetal micro flakes, dark grey flakes, small red glitter, dark grey flakes, small red glitter, and silver holo micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This shade dries down with just the slightest bit of texture, but you should only need 1 coat of top coat for a smooth, glassy finish.
Price: $11.50 | Cap: 105
Colores de Carol | A+ in Monsterology
Inspiration: Inspired by Monster University Movie
Description: A+ in Monsterology is a light celeste blue with neon glitters in various shapes and sizes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Crystal Knockout | Souls of Wind & Thunder
Inspiration: Inspired by The Wild Hunt
Description: Souls of Wind & Thunder is a dark blue-black jelly base with a golden shimmer and matte white glitters in multiple sizes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
The glitters do create a texture, so you might need 2 coats of top coat for a smooth finish.
Price: $11.00 | Cap: None
Cupcake Polish | Be Prepared
Inspiration: Inspired by Scar from The Lion King
Description: Be Prepared is a warm purple jelly base filled with red to gold iridescent shimmer, red to gold iridescent flakes, and a touch of holographic micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Cuticula | Neutralizer Base Coat
Inspiration:
Description: Neutralizer Base Coat is a pinkish lilac tinted ridge filling base coat that works to neutralize yellow nails, fills ridges and adds a layer of opacity for sheerer polishes.
I personally do not have yellowed nails, but I do like sheer, milky bases like this as a base for polishes and nail art.
Shown is 1 coat over base nails.
Price: $9.00 | Cap: None
Cuticula | Sirens Song
Inspiration: Inspired by sirens
Description: Siren’s Song is a silvery with purple to blue to green to lilac shifting shimmer base with black flakes and shiny silver metallic flakes sprinkled in. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Dam Nail Polish | Reign the Rain
Inspiration: Inspired by Pengu from Raya and the Last Dragon
Description: Reign the Rain is a shifting shimmer polish with shifts of purple to blue to green, filled with holo flakes and blue to purple flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 300
Different Dimension | Cuticle Oil Duo
**PAID PR**
Inspiration:
Description: Cuticle Oil Duo in Mermaid Tears and Unicorn Horn!
Mermaid Tears smells like sweet cherries and PEZ to me. The official description is “A scrumptious blend of creamy vanilla, juicy orange, sweet pineapple and maraschino cherry”
Unicorn Horn smells like banana bubblegum to me, but a more toned down version. Official description is bubblegum.
Different Dimension cuticle oils consist of only the best ingredients that she could find and are super hydrating and nourishing and will help to heal your cracked, dry or broken cuticles if used daily.
Instructions: (for pen) click up bottom of pen until liquid starts to flow from tip, click once for each nail and apply with brush to cuticles, rub in after application. Apply at least 3 times a day for best results.
Price: $7.00 | Cap: NONE
DIFFERENT Dimension | Fairy Wings
**PAID PR**
Inspiration: Fairies
Description: Fairy Wings is a silver linear holo base loaded with blue to violet to pink to gold to green shifting shimmer and matching iridescent flecks, as well as silver holo flecks. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Dreamland Lacquer | Spirit of Samhain
Inspiration: Inspired by Sam, the Halloween / Samhain spirit who wreaks havoc upon those who don’t follow the traditions that keep them safe from him in the movie Trick ‘r Treat
Description: Spirit of Samhain is a black jelly base filled with red to orange to gold to green shifting flakes and orange holo glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
DRK Nails | I Want That Tesseract
Inspiration: Inspired by Loki holding a Tessaract
Description: I Want That Tesseract is a pale silver holographic base loaded with iridescent flakes that primarily flash pale green, aqua, blue and violet at more extreme angles. Can also be used as a topper – but I did 3 thin coats on its own.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 400
DRK Nails | Seal Glaze
Inspiration: Inspired by Loki holding a Tessaract
Description: Seal Glaze was created to help with some difficult polishes, especially purple ones. Seal Glaze has a simple formula that contains a film forming agent.
To use it over nail polish: Apply a very thin coat and let it dry completely. After being applied, it will cause the nail polish to look cloudy and it will clear up as it dries and become glossy.
Price: $9.00 | Cap: None
Fair Maiden Polish | Underneath It All
Inspiration: Sea Serpent
Description: Underneath It All is an emerald to navy to violet shifting multichrome base with matching flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
Garden Path Lacquers | New Age Philosophy Major
Inspiration: Art, from ‘Monsters University’
Description: New Age Philosophy Major is a vibrant purple micro glitter polish packed with red to orange Aurora shimmer and matching iridescent Aurora flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Glisten & Glow | Cuticle Remover & Cuticle Oil Duo
Inspiration:
Description: Glisten & Glow is back for October’s IPU with our Cuticle Remover & Cuticle Oil Pen Duo
Cuticle Remover is scented in Fresh Picked Apples (fresh, juicy apples picked right from the orchard)
Cuticle Oil is scented in Caramel Apple (tart, crispness of apple layered with the rich, creaminess of caramel)
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: Apply generously to the cuticle area and let sit for 60 seconds. Next, gently push back with your favorite tool. Finally, wash hands and cuticles thoroughly with soap and water.
These work incredibly well and I’ve primarily used them in my nail routine for over a year now.I generally get sets to review for PPU, but then I buy an additional set each time so I never run out
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
Glisten & Glow | Revive Your Monster
Inspiration: Inspired by a play on the “Monster” theme! We spun Revive the Monster based on the famous Monster Energy Drink series of Rehab Monster – Raspberry Tea!
Description: Revive Your Monster is a milky fuchsia crelly base with black, gunmetal, grey and silver holo glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Healthy Fawns | Rainbow Cheetah Bag Keychain
Inspiration:
Description: The Rainbow Cheetah Boxy Bag Keychain is perfect for small items. Each bag comes with a iridescent phone cord style bracelet, aurora electroplated zipper, swivel clasp, and split keyring – perfect to hook onto backpacks or purses.
I have a few of these and keep 2-3 in my purse for different things, and the variety in fabrics lets me easily identify which bag I’m grabbing. One keeps extra face masks, one has a supply of tampons and another has simple cosmetics I carry with me.
Price: $16.00 | Cap: 100
Heather’s Hues | Quite Frankly (Magnetic)
Inspiration: Frankenstein
Description: Quite Frankly is a cool violet jelly base with violet to pink to green to gold magnetic pigment, purple and blue metallic glitters, as well as a mix of multichrome flakes in blue to green to gold and lime to blue to copper. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
I only magnetized the middle 2 nails and this shade is beautiful whether you use a magnet or not.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Heather’s Hues | Into the Woods WiTs Lotion
Inspiration: Inspired by monsters in the woods
Description: WiTs body lotion is a fast absorbing body lotion that doesn’t leave my hands greasy. The texture is light and creamy and a little goes a long way.
The October scent is “Into the Woods” and smells like a walk in the woods with the smell of crisp leaves under foot. It’s described as a blend of lemon, orange, blackberries, muguet, pine, cedarwood and patchouli
This is a really interesting and complex scent. It’s very much a fall scent and Nick is actually really loving it. My nose primarily picks up the cedarwood and patchouli but there’s a smokiness to it and beneath that you get the slightest hint of citrus.
Price: $7.25 | Cap: 50
Stamping Plate by Hit the Bottle | Sew Your Own Way
Inspiration: Inspired by Everything to do with sewing!
Description: Do you love sewing? Making your own clothes or doing quilting and patchwork? Then this plate has been made for you!
This stamping plate has an assortment of sewing related images for different stamping art creations. We have pins, needles, pin cushions, safety pins and scissors. Patchwork, quilting, dressmakers patterns and mannequins. I’m sure we can all relate to being told “not the fabric scissors” when we when to cut something that wasn’t fabric!!
I selected a few different patterns at random to stamp with to test the etching and it all worked beautifully!
Price: $14.99 | Cap: None
Hit the Bottle Polishes | Dead or O-live
Inspiration: Inspired by Zombie flesh from the movie poster “Zombie Flesh Eaters”
Description: Dead or O-live is an olive green stamping polish and one coat creme. I used it as a stamping polish along with Hit The Bottle’s Sewing Stamping Plate this month.
Price: $8.50 | Cap: None
Indie by Patty Lopes | Curious Soul
Inspiration: Inspired by a beautiful image, where it says something about it that is really wonderful: ‘Two curious souls, one of water, but the color of the earth, the other of the earth, but the color of water, approach each other in an attempt to understand their respective worlds.”
Description: Curious Soul is a chartreuse crelly base with blue holo glitters in micro to medium sizes, as well as delicate green shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 250
Jen & Berries | Djinn & Juice
Inspiration: Inspired by Djinn
Description: Djinn & Juice is a soft, dusty blue, subtle linear holographic with gold and red to green shifting shimmers, ultrachrome chameleon flakes that shift through purple, red and copper. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 150
Jior Couture | The Tea On The Manatee (Thermal)
Inspiration: Inspired by The Manatee/Mermaid
Description: The Tea On The Manatee is a black (cold) to sea green (warm) jelly based thermal with blue to green to gold to turquoise chameleon flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Jreine | A Little Bit Mad
Inspiration: Cruella
Description: A Little Bit Mad is a milky white crelly base with densely packed red to gold shimmers and a mixture of black and red flakies. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Kathleen & Co | Predator
Inspiration: Inspired by Predator
Description: Predator is a jungle green base with red to green to gold shimmer and holo micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
KBShimmer | Rise Up
Inspiration: Inspired by Phoenix
Description: Rise Up is a dusty, medium blue crelly base with red to orange to copper to gold to green ultrachrome chameleon flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $11.00 | Cap: None
KBShimmer | Under The Sea Hand & Body Sugar Scrub
Inspiration: Inspired by Mermaids
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.
Under The Sea is the perfect blend of frozen drink and tropical island where I imagine mermaids might spend their time on land. Fruity, sweet, and succulent notes of fresh-from-the-market juicy watermelon, sticky cantaloupe, and pure sugarcane; blooms of lilies and orchids; plus, salty ocean breezes and pure white sand combine beautifully to make this luscious fragrance. One whiff, and you’ll feel like you’re lounging on a tropical beach watching frolicking mermaids rule the sea. If you like Just Beachy, you will love this boldly colored scrub swirled in hues of purple, pink, and aqua, with a hint of pink biodegradable glitter on top. Featuring a heat-sealed lid for no leaks in transit.
This might be one of my favorite scents. It’s relaxing, it’s beachy, there’s a touch of fruity, touch of floral and that salty air scent. It’s balanced well so none of the profiles overpower the others.
Price: $10.00 | Cap: None
Lacquer is in the Air | Night King
Inspiration: Inspired by the Night King white walker from Game of Thrones
Description: Night King is a white crelly base with subtle aqua micro flecks. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This polish does lean into the thicker consistency side, but I didn’t find it “gummy” to work with. Depending on your preference though – you might need a couple drops of thinner if you don’t care for thicker formulas. It’s not super thick – but just enough that it needed to be mentioned.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
LynBDesigns | Meowgical
Inspiration: Inspired by the mythical and fabulous caticorn
Description: Meowgical is a medium grey toned purple base with intense pink to orange to green shifting shimmer and scattered holo sparkle. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: none
LynBDesigns | Slenderman Wax
Inspiration: Inspired by the slenderman creepy pasta
Description: Room fragrance wax with top notes of orange, nutmeg and fir needle. Middle notes of birch, clove, cinnamon and cedarwood. Bottom notes of musk, tonka bean and vanilla.
The cinnamon and musk are the stronger scents for me, and this is a warm, comforting scent without being super sweet.
Price: $5.00 | Cap: 110
Moo Moo’s Signatures | Have You Seen A Moomaid By The Sea
Inspiration: Inspired by fantasy mermaid artwork which reminds me of a imaginary moomaid. She is mysterious and ladylike.
Description: Have You Seen A Moomaid By The Sea is a pale purple holographic jelly base with colorful rainbow mix of glitters, iridescent flakes and chameleon shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Despite the mix of flakes and glitter – this laid relatively flat and only needed 1 coat of top coat.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 100
MTK Design | Owl Be There (Thermal)
Inspiration: Inspired by Athena – Art Deco inspired art
Description: Owl Be There is a sheer pale aqua (hot) to bright aqua (cool/mid) to teal (cold) tri-thermal with copper shimmer and micro fleck. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
It was incredibly warm here when I swatched this and trying to capture all 3 was difficult as it was changing back super quick.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
My Indie Polish | Amarok
Inspiration: Amarok is inspired by a picture of an Inuit creation myth. The first woman pierces a whole in the thick ice and dragged the giant animal gods out of the frozen ocean’s heart. This drawing depicts the birth of Amarok, gigantic wolf deity. The old spirit still runs endlessly across the dark forests of the far north and always hunts alone.
Description: Amarok is a medium slightly periwinkle leaning dusty blue crelly with orange hexes, white stars and peach triangles. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Native War Paints | Unicorn Club Earrings
Inspiration: Inspired by “…my life long love of unicorns. When I was a little girl I always tried to get my cousins so join my Unicorn Club because if I lived unicorns so much, they do too, right?”
Description: 1.5 inch chevron tear drops with cyan/blue/purple/pink shifting shimmer, aqua/purple/pink shifting iridescent flakies with scattered holographic in clear resin on rainbow metal hooks.
These are lightweight and look really nice on. The subtle shimmer and flakes give a nice glow within the clear resin.
Price: $10.00 | Cap: 30
Native War Paints | Unicorn Club
Inspiration: Inspired by my life long love of unicorns. When I was a little girl I always tried to get my cousins so join my Unicorn Club because if I lived unicorns so much, they do too, right?
Description: Unicorn Club is a sheer indigo scattered holographic base loaded with cyan to blue to purple to pink shifting shimmer, as well as aqua to purple to pink iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.75 | Cap: 200
Night Owl Lacquer | Sasquatch Sighting
Inspiration: Inspired by the classic Sasquatch sighting picture.
Description: Sasquatch Sighting is a brown linear holographic with multichrome shimmer that shifts rosy-bronze to copper to gold to green. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Noodles Nail Polish | A Very Neat Monster
Inspiration: Inspired by my favorite Monster from TV and a self proclaimed “very neat monster,” Dexter Morgan
Description: A Very Neat Monster is a blackened wine red jelly base with red matte and red metallic glitters, as well as violet to red to orange color shifting flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Dries with a slight texture, may require 2 coats of top coat for a smooth finish.
Price: $ | Cap:
Pahlish | Ninetales, Go!
Inspiration: Inspired by one of our favorite Pokémon!
Description: Ninetales, Go! is a citrus cream with dense orange to copper to green shifting pigment. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Paint It Pretty Polish | Sparkle Like A Unicorn (Tri Thermal)
Inspiration: Inspired by unicorns
Description: Sparkle Like a Unicorn is a purple(cold) to blue (warm) to clear(hot) crelly based tri thermal with shifting iridescent flakes that shift red to pink to gold. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 240
Painted Polish | Dead But Delicious
Inspiration: Inspired by Vladislav the Poker – Our favorite New Zealand-based vampire from ‘What We Do In The Shadows!’
Description: Dead But Delicious is a vampy blood red jelly base with red to magenta to violet shifting iridescent flakes and metallic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 350
Pampered Polishes | Silenzio Bruno! (Thermal)
Inspiration: Inspired by Luca
Description: Silenzio Bruno! is a seafoam green (Warm) to cerulean blue (Cold) crelly based thermal loaded with platinum, holographic, and iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Paradox Polish | Make Like a Tree and Leave (Magnetic)
Inspiration: Inspired by Autumn Fae
Description: Make Like A Tree And Leave is a black jelly base with densely packed pink to orange to gold to green chameleon magnetic pigment and scattered holographic. I only magnetized the 2 middle fingers with a ring magnet on it’s side so it repels the pigment to the edges rather than draw it into the center. I left the outer 2 nails alone so you can see it both ways.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 250
Penelope Luz | Well, Well (Magnetic)
Inspiration: Inspired by Maleficent
Description: Well, Well is a green to blue shifting base with blue to purple to magenta to gold magnetic pigment. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 700
Polish Molish | Finding Home
Inspiration: inspired by frosty peaks of Mount Everest from Abominable movie.
Description: Finding Home is a top coat with mirror iridescent flakes with soft blue shift. I used 1 coat over a beautiful blue jelly base by Psyche Minerals Dimensional Transcendentalism
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 300
Polish Molish | Yeti On The Roof
Inspiration: inspired by the cute little yeti from the Abominable movie.
Description: Yeti on the Roof is a pale lavender crelly base with bright pink shimmer and black flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 320
Pretty Beautiful Unlimited | From the Ashes
Inspiration: Inspired by The Phoenix
Description: From The Ashes is a black to red multichrome pigment and black to red multichrome flakes with red and black holographic micro glitters and purple to red to gold crystal chameleon flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 200
Pretty Beautiful Unlimited | Sweet Fire Wax
Inspiration: Inspired by The Phoenix
Description: Smoke and wood warm a union of clove, amber, sandalwood, and patchouli. Light hints of fruit, musk and leather. Subtle hints of marshmallow, honey, chocolate and vanilla. Finished off with tonalities of polished leather and fine bourbon.
This is a nice, warm, musky scent. The leather and bourbon I don’t smell as much but they do help balance out the sweetness of the fruit, marshmallow, honey, chocolate and vanilla.
Price: $6.00 | Cap: None
Red Eyed Lacquer | You Dessert It! Da Balm-er
Inspiration: Inspired by Hedylogos god of sweet talk
Description: Da-Balmer is a cross between a balm and body butter. It’s creamy like a body butter but has a more emollient feel like a balm would. It’s an intensive treatment you can use anywhere (I love it on cuticles of course) but a little goes a long way. If you use too much – it will feel very oily (like a balm would) so start with a little and build up if you need more.
The October Da Balmer is scented in a blend of warm caramel vanilla and Angel food cake and it smells DELICIOUS! The warm caramel is the dominant scent.
Price: $7.50 | Cap: 100
Inspiration: Inspired by the crystal foxes from SW
Description: Where’d The Crystal Critters Go? is a grey crelly with silver to blue to green shifting flakes and a red to gold shifting shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 150
Rogue Lacquer | Sea-Horse
Inspiration: Inspired by the Greek mythical creature Hippocampus.
Description: Sea-Horse is an ocean blue jelly base loaded with pink to orange color shifting flakes, holo flakes and turquoise metallic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Dries with a slight texture, may need 2 coats of top coat for a smooth finish.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Sassy Sauce Polish | Reptile Dysfunction (Thermal)
Inspiration: Inspired by Medusa Tattoo
Description: Reptile Dysfunction is an eggplant (cold) to violet (warm) crelly based thermal with strong red to gold shimmer, as well as blue to green to purple shifting ghost flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 400
Scofflaw Nail Varnish | Attack of the Dustbunnies
Inspiration: Inspired by the scariest wee beast!
Description: Attack Of The Dustbunnies is a grey crelly base filled with gunmetal, silver, and iridescent flakes, and teal, coral, aqua and silver glitters ranging from micro to medium. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This dries with texture, and you will need 2 coats of top coat to smooth.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Starlight and Sparkles | Sea Scale Pendant
Inspiration: Inspired by Sirens, mermaids, sea dragons, and more! All the beautifully scaly water creatures of myth.
Description: The Sea Scale pendant uses a black pendant tray and a glass cabochon, and teal to violet old school UP sibling pigment, which shifts from a rich teal to glowy violet, and flashes aqua and purple at the extremes of its color range. The outline of the same overlapping spiral/criss-cross pattern that is on the back of the pendants shows under the pigment in the pendant, making a pattern reminiscent of scales.
The glass cabochon in the pendant is 1″ (25mm). The pendant itself is 1.1″ (28mm) wide and 1.4″ (35mm) tall, including the loop at the top. The interior width of the loop is approximately .17″ (4.5mm). The pendant comes on an 18” black cord necklace with nickel free findings and extender chain, and can be removed from the cord, so you’ll be able to swap that if you have a necklace you prefer to wear it with!
I love the cool tones of the shifts and how it goes from a deep blue to vibrant teal.
Price: $11.00 | Cap: 200
Starlight and Sparkles | Siren Sea
Inspiration: Inspired by The Sirens of Greek mythology, and the beautiful but dangerous waters in which they lived.
According to Homer, the Sirens lived on an island in the Strait of Messina, between Italy and Sicily.
Description: Siren Sea is a medium blue jelly base loaded with teal to violet shifting unicorn pee sibling pigment, aurora flakes that shift from sea green to purple, as well as green to blue. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $16.00 | Cap: 200
STELLA CHROMA | Gossamer Gets A Mani
Inspiration: Inspired by Gossamer, the hairy red villain with the cool sneakers from Looney Tunes! Gossamer made his debut in the Bugs Bunny cartoon called Hair Raising Hare. In it, Bugs gives him an amazing manicure and he ends up with a funky black and yellow french!
Description: Gossamer Gets A Mani is a red leaning orange crelly base with black and yellow glitters ranging from micro to medium in size. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
STELLA CHROMA | Spa Day Emulsified Sugar Scrub
Inspiration: Inspired by Gossamer got a Spa Day courtesy of Bugs Bunny, and you can too!
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.
This scent is one of the most popular in the shop, and for good reason! It smells amazing. Light, clean, and relaxing. The quintessential spa scent. It has a very light citrus kick while still being soothing.
Price: $6.50 | Cap: None
Supernatural Lacquer | The Nightmeow Before Christmas
Inspiration: Inspired by the Yule Cat from Icelandic folklore.
Description: The Nightmeown Before Christmas is a black jelly base loaded with red to gold shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 150
Sweet & Sour Lacquer | Back to Nature (Magnetic)
Inspiration: Inspired by Swamp Thing
Description: Back To Nature is a murky blackened green jelly base with black flakes, as well as green to gold to copper multichrome magnetic micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
I magnetized the middle and ring fingers and left pinky and index alone so you can see it both ways.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 250
Sweet Heart Polish | Firey Gang
Inspiration: Firey Gang is inspired by the odd firey forest creatures, the Fireys, from the movie Labyrinth.
Description: Firey Gang is a super juicy pink tinged red jelly is full of pink to orange to gold crystal chameleon flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 200
Sweet & Sour Lacquer | Gloss Sauce
Inspiration:
Description: **Please note that I purchased this bottle months ago – but I have been using this top coat for over a year. The bottle is different now and mine is an older label**
Gloss Sauce is a 3-free quick dry top coat. It dries very quickly, there is no shrinkage, and it does not smear nail art! It can be very frustrating to ruin the nail art you worked so hard on! With Gloss Sauce, you won’t have to worry about ruining your watermarbles, stamps, and nail vinyl art. Its gloss lasts for days and your manicure can last up to a week, with proper application.
Price: $7.00 | Cap: None
The Crafty Taco | Snake Sisters Hair Pin Set
Inspiration: Inspired by the Gorgons: Stheno and Euryale
Description: This pair of simple bronze-toned hair pins were inspired by the Gorgon sisters Stheno and Euryale. You might be more familiar with their non-immortal little sister Medusa. These sisters were reported to have terrifying fangs, bright brass hands, and venomous snakes for hair.
Drawing from that description, the pair of hair pins come in an aged bronze tone with subtle snake print 10mm glass cabochons finished with a snake-like green to gold multichrome. Each hair pin is handmade and no two will be exactly alike.
These are simple, elegant and beautiful. I love hair pins – I have a lot of hair and the side swept bangs that often get on my nerves – so I use pins like these to bring them out of my eyes… otherwise I throw my hair up in a messy bun.
Price: $11.00 | Cap: 15
The Soapy Chef | Oh Gnome You Didn’t Scoopable Wax
Inspiration: Inspired by Garden gnomes
Description: This scoopable wax transports you to a beautiful garden, filled with flowers and of course, garden gnomes.
Scent notes: Sicillian Lemon, Ruby grapefruit, sage, Basil leaves
I really love waxes like this one for common areas like the kitchen and living room. It’s not sweet like vanilla or spicy like cinnamon, but gives a nice, clean and welcoming scent to the area.
This is a softer wax so it’s scoopable and has a cute little garden gnome scene inside.
Side note: Before heading to Nashville for PBE, I made comments for people to look for the garden gnome due to my size.
Price: $8.00 | Cap: 100
Treo Lacquer | Dawn Bearer
Inspiration: Inspired by a beautiful piece of art of a unicorn in a dawn palette.
Description: Dawn Bearer is a purple jelly base filled gold to red shifting shimmer, and accented with indigo and pale yellow glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 160
Unicorn Magic Skincare | Deluxe Cuticle Rescue in Apple Pecan Sage
Inspiration: Inspired by Cornish Pixies from the Harry Potter movie
Description: Deluxe Cuticle Rescue is a thick and nourishing cuticle cream. It has the thickness of a balm, but a creamy lotion appearance and feel. This is perfect for a non greasy cuticle item, and a little goes a long way.
Apple Pecan Sage – freshly picked apples mixed with cinnamon & spices, with a nutty and slightly earthy undertone.
I am really loving all the apple skin care this month. This one reminds me of apple cinnamon pancakes with maple syrup.
Price: $5.75 | Cap: 190
Vibrant Vinyls | Double Bond Base Coat
Inspiration: Mermaids
Description: Double Bond is a ridge filling base coat and sticky base coat in 1. Best of both worlds. I also sometimes like wearing it alone cause it gives a healthy, sheer, milky look to the nails.
This month’s scent is We Mermaid For Each Other which captures the aroma of blue raspberry, pop of strawberry, Georgia peach and a hint of spun sugar. It reminds me of a more toned down blue raspberry blow pop!
Price: $8.00 | Cap: None
Vibrant Vinyls | Fast & Hard Quick Dry Top Coat
Inspiration: Mermaids
Description: Fast & Hard is a super glossy quick dry top coat that can be applied over wet polish without issue. It also works over stamping, just make sure you float the top coat!
This month’s scent is We Mermaid For Each Other which captures the aroma of blue raspberry, pop of strawberry, Georgia peach and a hint of spun sugar. It reminds me of a more toned down blue raspberry blow pop!
Price: $8.00 | Cap: None
Whatcha | BBCream For Nails
Inspiration: Inspired by Satyr
Description: BB Cream for Nails is a creamy slightly pink beige base that offers ridge filling properties as well as vitamins for nails. It also helps blur the line between nail and free edge.
I used 1 coat on my nails and it does act as a cream and can also be used as a one coat nail color.
Price: $10.00 | Cap: 150
Polish Pickup October 2021 | Monsters & Mythical Creatures
Another month down! While typing this, 3 more items arrived so I added them into the post but not the collage.
This month brought a lot of blue tones… and as always – a healthy dose of purples too.
I do have more arriving soon so I’ll pop those in as they get here.
Wishlisting starts tomorrow – so be ready!
Where To Buy: Polish Pickup Shop
Shop Dates: October 1st at 11am EST through October 4th at 11:59pm EST
I’m giving away TEN $10 Gift Cards to shop with sponsored by Polish Pickup!
Entry is fairly easy – just use the widget below! Giveaway ends at 11:59pm EST Thursday, September 30th!
248 comments
Ugh I thought rewind month hurt my credit card….
I am head over heels for BKL’s Gwishin.
Me too, definitely need that Bees Knees
I am in awe of your swatches! I cannot begin to imagine the amount of time this must take.
Love so many
Siren s0a
BKL!
I absolutely NEED BKL Gwishin!
I don’t even know how to put these in an order of must have to least want. I want them all! Picking something close to #1 would have to be.. Souls of wind and thunder because I don’t have anything like it in my collection. Also looking forward to the pink toned base.
My two must haves are Cupcake and KBShimmer.
I’m also thinking about WItS lotion and acetone antidote. Is acetone antidote a 1 oz bottle?
I must have Jior Couture’s The Tea on the Manatee!!!
The night meowown before Christmas is definitely on my list!
Wildflower – Geralt Can Have All My Coins
Thank you ☺️
I’m most likely going to get the kbshimmer polish. It’s just so pretty
Oh boy, too many on the list to name. Really liking the Garden Path’s Polish
I definitely want Garden Path offering this month!! This theme is fun! I discovered PPU in March 2020 and every month there are so many beautiful polishes. I also want Stella Chroma scrub which is a product I didn’t know I needed before PPU! Awesome post as usual, thank you!
The Rogue is so pretty!
Colores de Carol A+ in Monsterology
Top picks are BKL, Lynn B, and Rogue
Wildflower lacquer
My choices would be Dany Vianna and Treo polishes. I need them!
I’m loving KB Shinmer’s polish this month!
That’s one of my must haves as well!
Danglefoot Atomic Breath and Rogue Lacquer Sea-Horse are at the top of my polish list.
The unicorn Kindle pouch !
Thank you for all of your hard work!
WiTS Lotion Into The Woods is #1 for my husband and for me it’s gotta be Supernatural Lacquer’s The Nightmeow Before Christmas
I can’t decide between the greens… or that Night Owl brown holo. So much magic!!!
Alchemy Lacquers- Snowman of the Mountain
Alchemy Lacquers – Snowman of the Mountain
Super excited for BKL, PFD, and Rogue Lacquer’s offerings!
I love that Painted Polish!
There are so, so, so, so, so many this month! Lol. But my eyes pop at the KBShimmer every time I see it. It’s just so “fall”.
Love the polish molish!!!
Thank you for the amazing swatches, I can’t even imagine how long this must have taken! I’m definitely picking up the acetone antidote, and I really like “Reign the rain” !
KB Shimmer & LynnB ❤️❤️
definitely getting the HTB stamping plate with a sewing theme. Also looking at Fair Maiden Underneath It All and Scofflaw Attack of the Dust Bunnies
I need l shimmer polish and sugar scrub
DRK I Want That Tesseract
I love Jior Couture’s “The Tea on the Manatee”! Such a pretty thermal!
BKL is a must have for me.
My number 1 pick is Cadillacquer Trolljegeren, but I’m also definitely getting BKL Gwishin
The BKL is a must have! So unique!
The KB Shimmer for sure, but about 10 others are calling my name! This might be my first purchase of more than 3 or 4.
The Bee’s Knees is really calling to me for October’s shop!
I love Pahlish this month from PPU and KB Shimmer’s sugar scrub from IPU!
The KBShimmer polish is so beautiful!
I’m so excited for a few of them but mostly Make Like A Tree and Leave
This month I’m going to get earrings
There are several I want but most excited about Whatcha | BBCream For Nails because I didn’t get it in July and have regretted it!
Treo Lacquers polish looks amazing!!
I’m loving the Rogue Lacquer this month!
I like Cadillacquer’s pick and I use don’t like light-colored polishes
Monster Mash!
I’m excited about Jior Couture’s The Tea On The Manatee and also that Cuticula base coat. (Thanks for the great swatches/reviews!)
KBShimmer – Rise Up. Those flakies are to die for!
Vibrant Vinyls topcoat!
I love’Rise Up’, and not just because I am a Phoenix native.
I must have the sewing stamping plate! I’ve seen nothing else like it.
I think I’m most excited for the Wildflower this month
I need that Cadillacquer!
My choices would be Dany Vianna and Treo polishes. I need them!
I’m looking forward to the glisten and glow cuticle duo, unicorn magic cuticle cream, 1422’s Michigan cryptid inspired polish, and Trolljegeren.
I don’t know why I never saw the Medusa inspired hair balm but it’s on the top of my to get list now :)
Jior!
I’m hoping to get the Wildflower Lacquer.
Cuticula and Dam Polish are my favorites this month.
Like many others, that BKL is topping my list. It’s so interesting!
KB Shimmer, perfect for fall!
For me it’s Picture Polish and the Unicorn Magic Cuticle Rescue, which is my favorite the the description of that scent is amazing.
I’m eyeing the BKL, Pahlish, and Bluebird
I’m definitely getting the Night Owl!
I’m going to need to stock up on the pink base coat by Cuticula and the Medusa hair balm.
Hit the bottle’s sewing stamping plate!
So many beautiful polishes! The Rogue and KB Shimmer really stand out to me.
I’m the most excited about getting the polish inspired by Sam from Trick R’ Treat! It is a must have that and Rogue Lacquer’s Seahorse.
I need to get Rise Up! The immediate standout for me
Bee’s Knees and KBShimmer
So many pretties! Kbshimmer is a must for me! I’m getting sasquatch sighting too
The Cuticula Neutralizer is top of my list.
If I could only buy one, I would get Meowgical ☺
I am definitely looking forward to getting Cuticula and PFD, along with so many others
My must have this month is the by dany vianna turquoise polish! So beautiful!
I’m obsessed with the Rogue and Cupcake polishes this month. Thanks as always for the beautiful swatches!
As always it is going to be hard narrowing down my wish list. So many beautiful polishes!!!! I want them all!
I can’t wait to see the BKL in person!
Oh my goodness! My wishlist is growing by the minute! I think I might have to try and snag 2 or 3 bottles of Rize up though, I am OBSESSED!!!
That KBShimmer polish is gorgeous!
I’ve haven’t tried any thermal polishes yet but now it is time! Paint It Pretty Polish’s Sparkle Like A Unicorn finally convinced me.
That kbshimmer looks amazing!!!
Cadillacquer’s Trolljegeren!!!
Yikes, so much for taking a month off. Loving Dam, KB Shimmer polish & scrub and Polish Molish.
Thinking of picking up Phoenix (formerly EDKs) Spirited this month. Cuticula’s base coat looks really good, too!
Looking forward to grabbing the Supernatural, so beautiful and vampy.
Garden Path Lacquers | New Age Philosophy Major
Unicorn Magic Skincare’s item this month is tempting me.
So many really good ones in October. For me especially Rogue, Painted Polish and Penelope Luz.
The Souls of Wind and Thunder looks brown to me, however the description says it is blue? Does it look more brown or more blue to you? I’d like it if it were actually brown.
The Supernatural and the Bluebird are both calling my name!
So many pretties this month! That Rogue Lacquer is calling my name!
The LynB polish is right up my alley
Wildflower Lacquer
I’d have to say Bluebird is top of my list. I’m trying to be good and rein in my wish list this month after a couple of expensive ones.
I think the DRK is the top contender this month but that will change many, many times over the week!
I’m in love with the Moo Moo Signatures “Have You Seen a Moomaid by the Sea”. So many different colored flakies! Can’t resist getting that one.
I really want Rise Up!
I’m really for the sugar scrub!
I must have the wildflower lacquer polish
There are so many I love, it’s going to be very hard to whittle down my wishlist!
Painted Polish! Great post!
Garden Path is my top pick this month! The colors! The flakies! The glitters!
I really like KBShimmer and Cadillacquer this month.
Bees Knees Lacquer !
KBShimmer too!
I’m excited for this months offerings. I’m gonna be broke lol
I want all the magnetics this month! And so many nice whites too!
Love so many
Siren s0a
Gloss sauce
LOVE Gwishin by BKL….. I NEED THIS!
Most looking forward to Wildflower and Da-Balmer!
Most interested in the Night Owl and Wildflower Lacquer
Oooh. That Painted Polish has my name all over it
So many gorgeous polishes calling my name, but Monster Marsh is definitely out-yelling them all. I’m a sucker for an amazing green.
Noodles and Painted Polish are both looking really beautiful!
I love the looks of Paradox Polish and Roque this month
I’m interested in the Polish Molish topper this month!
I definitely need that sewing themed stamping plate!!!
I’m super excited for Gwishin!! I’ve been eyeing up a lot of more Fall themed polishes lately but the fact that it looks so Spring-like really made it stand out
I’m a little intrigued by Alchemy Lacquer’s Snowman On the Mountain.
The Polished for Days is at the top of my list! (But that Starlight and Sparkles pendant made me )
Dreamland Lacquer looks perfect for fall
My most wanted is the Polished for Days
I am loving the different greens!!! Can’t wait for next week!
i continue to be amazed and impressed by the creativity in interpretation of each monthly theme AND the fact that these indie makers are constantly surpassing themselves in the beauty of their creations! irresistible!!
(and gorgeous swatches, as ALWAYS!)
Oh, my #1 Must Have is the Rogue Lacquer … total heart eyes!
I am super excited about the KB Shimmer polish and the Cadillacquer this month!
I need that sewing plate!
I’m really loving Penelope Luz’ Well Well. Her magnetics are fantastic!
I’m super excited about Finding Home – it just speaks winter to my inner Viking!
Loving that paint it pretty one!
Wildflower Lacquer is my favorite!
Wildflower lacquer is my top pick this month!
Looking forward to the Cadillacquer Polish
I need the Noodles and the PFD this month. And maybe the Femme Fatale.
I’m looking forward to the Femme Fatale, Cadillacquer & MooMoo signatures!
My number 1 pick is Polished for Days. Your swatches make me ponder Sassy Sauce. However, I’m trying to resist thermals so I can wear the ones I already own.
I definitely need Sasquatch! Never thought I’d want a nail polish with that name, but there you go.
I love the Polish Molish top coat!
Such beautiful swatches! It will be hard to choose from so many great polishes, but I think the kb shimmer is my favorite.
The Cadillacquer and Bees Knees Lacquer are calling my name!
Since I have wild hair and continually put oils in my dry hair I definitely want/need Bygone Apothecary Medusa Hair Balm
My list is huge this month – Atomic, BKL, Grace-full, Lemming Lacquer, Phoenix, Sassy Cats, Supernatural Lacquer, WFL.
For IPU, Da Balm-er is my must have.
Love the Penelope Luz and Fancy Gloss polishes this month!
My #1 must have is the BKL. For sure! So unique.
My wallet will be hurting this month! My favorite (not pictured) is probably Moon Shine Mani’s The “Perfect” Man! It’s just too funny and the polish is gorgeous!
EDK ♡ Vanessa Molina ♡ Dany Vianna ♡
Well, Well by Penelope Luz is definitely on my list for October
The Dreamland polish is giving me Autumn vibes.
Your swatches are beautiful, as always!
I’m looking forward to trying the Scofflaw polish. It’s one of the few indies I haven’t tried yet and o love the color of this months. I also want to try to grab Mosaix Designs | Phoenix Feathers Necklace.
I told myself I would go easy this month but ughhh it’s so hard. I already have 40+ items on my wishlist!!!
As the best damn seamstress and alterations specialist you’ve ever met, I need that sewing stamping plate for e v e r y d a y of my life
Just now looking at all the polishes. Right now Scofflaw has caught my eye. Such an interesting polish. I also like Stella Chroma’s for the nostalgia.
KBShimmer and Rogue are my tops this month!
Wow awesome review! I had not seen the Moo Moo Signatures flakie polish and I really liked it! I am also intrigued by the Phoenix Polish proposal,
I would love to try hair balm and supernatural lacquer polish
Polish molish for me
BKL!
So many pretties this month! My #1 must have is KBShimmer.
Loving Danglefoot this month!
Loving the flakies in Rogue Lacquer!
Gotta get that Bee’s Knees Lacquer Gwishin!
I’ll also try to get the Snake Sisters Hair Pin Set by The Crafty Taco!
I love lemon scents. Sage & basil too? Gotta get that garden gnome wax!
I can’t wait for the KB Shimmer! It’s my must-have this month!
I’m loving the holo goodness of Night Owl’s Sasquatch polish!!
I’m loving Paradox Polish’s Make Like a Tree and Leave – it looks just like the leaves on and off the trees in Autumn.
That KB Shimmer polish!
Love KB Shimmer
So many good ones. I love Cadilacquer’s pick the most.
Polish Molish is definitely a stunner.
Must have Garden Path Lacquer.
I love the polishes, but I may need the Cuticula base.
I must have Penelope Luz, Well Well!!!! Gorgeous!!!
#2 must have is DRK Nails… Loki. Need i say more? ;)
The Pretty Beautiful Unlimited is gorgeous. It would make a very elegant Halloween mani.
I’m intrigued by the hair balm.
Rogue Lacquer has caught my eye
I love the Supernatural matte!
This theme will be the death of my wallet! Haha I’m looking forward to Where’d the Crystal Critters Go? Love the SW reference!
Dreamland Lacquer – Spirit of Samhain is my must have!
Rainbow Cheetah bag is must have.
I love the Joir polish too!
I’m loving the kbshimmer this month! Gorgeous!
Just when I thought I was done buying polish! So many gorgeous colors. ❤️
Not really caring for the polishes this time around.
Love Alchemy Lacquers!
Definitely buying by Dani Vianna!
I go for Cadillacquer and Garden Path, but so many polishes are stunning
The shimmer in Kathleen and Co. keeps killing me! So fire!
I really want to try the KBShimmer scrub!
Cupcake Polish is so pretty!
I’m most looking forward to the Jreine and Polish Molish!
Nailed It is a must have.
I really love pampered polish’s thermal.
Also love the painted polish!
Cuticula | Sirens Song♡♡♡
Penelope Luz’s magnetic is a beauty
excited for atomic, Wfl, and PFD
Some of the scrubs look pretty interesting. Might give them a try.
So many pretty polishes!
Manatees are my spirit animal, so I need the Tea on a Manatee thermal ;)
Can’t wait to get my hands on Moon Shine Mani’s The “Perfect” Man! So fun and funny!
Night Owl’s Sasquatch Sighting is my #1 pick!
The kbshimmer scrub sounds amazing too!
I really like the shimmer in LybBDesigns!
The shimmer in LynBDesigns is very ethereal looking!
KBShimmer!
I’m looking forward to the waxes this month.
I love the flakies in the Vanessa Molina thermal polish! They look like ice crystals!
My wishlist is getting longer… now I need Native War Paints.
Having a really hard time this time deciding what to get
The inspirations this month are so interesting
Bee’s Knees and Polish Molish!
Peel off base
Even though I don’t need anymore reds, I have my eye on Girly Bits
Can’t wait for DRK polish.
❣ DRK Nails | I Want That ❣
I like Dam a lot, too!
Added the Lucky 13 Lacquer GITD topper to my list!
Jior really caught my eye
My #1 must have polish this month is Paradox Polish, Make Like a Tree and Leave.
I’m grabbing the Girly Bits and the KB Shimmer for sure.
Penelope Luz is my favorite this month!
I’m excited for the KBShimmer this month!
I love the glow on that Aurora polish!
Going to try a new top coat.
I think The Tea on the Manatee is so adorable! And I love the story behind it! Plus I’ve been loving thermals!
Having a hard time narrowing down all the beautiful blues this month: By Danny Vianna, Rogue, Cuticula, Femme Fatale, Fair Maiden, Cadillacquer, Penelope Luz …
Penelope Luz | Well, Well
Top choice
Gonna grab KB Shimmer for the 4th month in a row for sure!!
I love the base color in Alchemy Lacquers!!
The Grace-full and the Kathleen & Co. are so shifty and I love them!
I’ll have to try Cuticula’s purple corrector.
I think I need that batty topcoat!
Pretty Beautiful’s polish is pretty beautiful! Can’t get enough of that black to red pigment!
So many beautiful colors this month ! I need Danny, Supernatural, Kathleen Co, and both madusas .. along with 17 other items
I’m loving WFL and Paradox Polish this month!
PFD, Supermoon, Rogue, Wildflower, and Girly Bits
I have the longest wishlist this month since I started buying from Polish Pickup! I think my top favourites are Penelope Luz and KBShimmer.
Alchemy Lacquer polish is a must.
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