Press Sample of the Polish Pickup
September 2020 | All Hallows Eve
Disclosure: I am a paid employee of Polish Pickup for their Social Media. While this post isn’t sponsored, I am an employee of their shop

So this month was quite the cluster. A lot of people don’t realize the behind the scenes work that goes on and deadlines everyone has. Usually, when you see maker preview go up in the main group, there’s still 2-3 weeks for makers to get things to swatchers before the swatcher’s deadline to turn in photos. However, August’s shop was later in the month (7th) and September is earlier (4th) which means there was only a 9 day gap between maker preview going up and photos being due. This made things a little tighter this month… but I got it done. So now we get to look at my review for the items I received for the Polish Pickup September 2020 shop – All Hallows Eve!

This month I did .. 114 (I think?) and more is still on the way. I know for sure I am still waiting on Lucky 13’s offerings, but I feel like there’s another I’m waiting on… that might be all in my head though.

This month brings us a lot of deeper shades, Fall colors are rolling in and there were a LOT of thermals. More than I anticipated. I’m not complaining – I like thermals, but I was just surprised at how many there were. All Hallow’s Eve was selected for September which does give everyone a chance to play with possible Halloween themed goodies in time for Halloween. Also – Fall stuff for beginning of Fall.

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 Glisten & Glow, Top Shelf Lacquer and Vibrant Vinyls), and Anchor & Heart Lacquer Matte Top Coat unless otherwise specified.

I do use artificial lighting for my photos. I get the most done at night, so I swatch a lot at night. My current setup uses GlamCor Pro LIghts and I use the Ultra X Model. That is a link for those wanting to look, but it’s not an affiliate link. The brand did send them for me to post on Instagram too though, so it is a press sample (which I posted about a few months ago)

This month I found a multichrome skull to assist me with photos – and I named him Henry. I’ve been asked about Henry a few times, so here’s my Amazon affiliate link for him

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 September shop will go from September 4th through September 7th.

Let’s get this going.

77 Nail Lacquer | The Coven Of Requiem

Inspiration: Inspired by a painting of a night time gathering, an unknown ritual.

Description: The Coven Of Requiem is a black jelly base with large particle pigment that shifts orange to pink to red, with silver holographic micro bar glitter mixed in. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. There is a slight texture, but 1 coat of top coat smoothed it out. However – I did have some wayward bar glitters I ended up using tweezers to pick off before the polish dried.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 600 US / 25 UK

Alchemy Lacquers | Blood Moon

Inspiration: Inspired by the spectacularly spooky red shade that the moon turns when there is a total lunar eclipse.

Description: Blood Moon is a navy jelly leaning crelly with pink to red to purple to orange shifting transparent flakes, turquoise holographic glitter, holographic flakes and turquoise to purple flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.50 | Cap: 150 US / 10 UK

All Mixed Up Lacquers | I Put A Spell on You

Inspiration: Inspired by a cauldron with an eerie blue and green misting potion.

Description: I Put A Spell On You is a green leaning turquoise jelly based scattered holographic with blue shimmer and iridescent shifting flakes that flash all colors of the rainbow. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Gourdy Soap | Alter Ego Body Care Products

Inspiration: Inspired by Seasonal gourds

Description: Hand created soap, colored in brick red, mustard yellow and a green leaning teal. Lightly scented in a fresh, clean fragrance oil. This has a light lather and a light scent, so it’s perfect for a guest bathroom or those who don’t care for perfumey soaps. After using, there was no residue left behind and my hands felt squeaky clean. It’s currently in our guest bathroom, even though we don’t have guests coming soon… we use that bathroom enough that we’ll go through it easily.

Price: $4.00 | Cap: 20 US / 5 UK

Alter Ego Body Care Products | Nothing Good Happens After Midnight

Inspiration:All Hallow’s Eve brings to mind with covens meeting after midnight, vampires flying about and zombies looking for a snack :)

Description: Nothing Good Happens After Midnight is a deep midnight blue jelly base, however it has incredible opacity and is damn near opaque at 3 thin coats. I don’t have an opaque nail line, so I don’t know if it will cover it, but it’s dark enough that it might.

I will actually be buying a backup bottle of this shade because it’s one I can see myself using quite a bit as a pedi color, as well a base for shimmers and glitters and flakes.

Price: $9.00 | Cap: None

Anchor & Heart Lacquer | Something Dark & Unnatural

Inspiration: The maker’s favorite movie, Practical Magic

Description: Something Dark & Unnatural is a smokey blue creme base loaded with aqua to blue shifting shimmer, as well as micro holo flecks. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

Anchor & Heart Lacquer | Tidal Mist Spray Lotion

Inspiration: Practical Magic Movie

Description: Tidal Mist is a light, quick absorbing, spray-able formula that takes all the effort out of application! It utilizes organic jojoba seed and coconut oils and is perfectly balanced to provide softening, soothing support for dry skin of all types. The consistency is almost watery, but when you rub it in, it leaves your skin feeling super smooth. I love using this on my legs.

Scent is called “Magick” and features dragon fruit, apple blossom, casaba melon and crisp pear. It’s a fruity floral combo, but the spray lotion is very lightly scented.

Price: $10.00 | Cap:145 US / 5 UK

Apipila Cosmeticos | Red 7

Inspiration: Inspired by dusk in a haunted house

Description: Red 7 is a cool toned medium red crelly that leans into creme territory. It has the squish of a jelly but the opacity of a creme – and it does actually stamp but the stamp won’t be as bold over dark colors as a typical creme would be. I show it here in 2 coats on index and pinky, and stamped over a milky base.

Price: $10.00 | Cap: 80 US / 20 UK

Top Coat for Nail Stamping by Apipila

Inspiration: Inspired by “my plate collection”

Description: Don’t Smudge The Drawing Top Coat for nail stamping is a water based quick dry top coat perfect for applying over your stamping before a top coat to avoid smudging OR it also works over holos that alter color when you apply a QDTC. Essentially – it creates a “barrier” between the solvents in the QDTC and polish so certain polish colors don’t “bleed”

If you do brandishing powders that typically require gels too – this works for the no gel method, again between the powder and the QDTC.

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

AURORA | Give Yourself Goosebumps (Magnetic)

Inspiration: Inspired by Goosebumps “Reader Beware…You Choose the Scare” book – Escape from the Carnival of Horrors

Description: Give Yourself Goosebumps is a multichrome magnetic with a deep blue base, with magnetic flecks that shift purple, turquoise, blue and lime. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. I used a magnet on the middle and ring fingers only, so you can see it both with and without a magnet.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 200 US / 20 UK

Baby Girl Lacquer | Web of Lies (Thermal)

Inspiration: Inspired by Black Cat Caught In Spider Web Meme

Description: Web of Lies is a gunmetal (cold) to pale silver (hot) thermal with a linear holo effect and color shifting flakes, ultrachrome chameleon flakes and black shreds. The color shifting flakes flash all colors of the rainbow, while the UCC flakes primarily flash blue, purple and magenta. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

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

Acetone Antidote by Baroness X | Caramel Apple Crisp

Inspiration: Inspired by Caramel Apples and Apple Crisp

Description: This month’s Acetone Antidote scent is Caramel Apple Crisp – it’s a melange of crunchy apples, baked apples, gooey caramel, cinnamon and slight hints of nuts, brown sugar and oats. (This month’s AA may come in frosted brown, shiny brown or clear glass bottles.)

This smells warm and inviting. I absolutely love it!

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.

Shake the vial and add the full bottle (.5oz) to 6-8oz of acetone. You can add the vial to more or less (down to 4oz of acetone, no less due to IFRA regulations). These are just suggestions for optimal scent and protection from acetone, the ratio can vary due to personal preference.

I use a full vial in 10 oz of Zoya Remove+

Price: $4.25 | Cap: None

Bees Knees Lacquer | I’ll Change the Face of Halloween

Inspiration: Inspired by one of my favorite songs by the band Ice Nine Kills about the movie Halloween

Description: I’ll Change The Face of Halloween is a brighter, bolder version of BKL’s pastel multichromes. This is a deep gold base that shifts from marigold to gold to green to bright blue with a hint of purple at the extremes. I tried capturing the shift more on my phone and my camera – but neither captured it for me. The green/bright blue and pink shifts are phenomenal and much more apparent in person. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. I also did 1 quick swatch over black to show it can be a topper and it shows some shiftiness.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Sandalwood & Jasmine Rollerball Cuticle Oil | Black Dahlia Lacquer

Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween

Description: This is a vegan cuticle oil is scented with sandalwood and jasmine and packaged in a 10mL glass rollerball bottle. The sandalwood and jasmine scents are well balanced and nicely done so neither seems to be competing with the other. I am a jasmine fan – so I adore this completely and while sandalwood isn’t typically a favorite – it does combined well with jasmine.

This is a quick absorbing cuticle oil, unless you REALLY slather it on. I have been keeping this one in my bathroom so after I wash my hands, I apply a bit and rub in to avoid really dry cuticles from so much washing.

Price: $6.25 | Cap: None

Black Dahlia Lacquer | Sugar Skull

Inspiration: Sugar Skull is inspired by the Aztec ritual known as Dia de los Muertos. 

Description: Sugar Skull is a black crelly base with green to blue to gold to violet and red to orange to purple shifting flakes, as well as pink to violet to blue shifting metallic flakes, and red to copper and blue to green shifting crystal flakes. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. The flakes really pop in this base, but when matte top coat is added, my heart melted! Love!

Price: $11.50 | Cap: None

BLUSH Lacquers | Corn Maze

Inspiration: Inspired by a favorite fall activity, the walk-through corn maze!

Description: Corn Maze is a tan leaning yellow crelly with gold flake and holographic micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

The official description says it’s a tan with yellow tones, however, on my skin tone it looked more like a soft yellow leaning into tan territory. This might be a chameleon depending on your skin tone. For reference – I’m neutral leaning cool.

Price: $11.50 | Cap: None

By Dany Vianna | Samhain

Inspiration: Inspired by history behind the Samhain demon from Supernatural

Description: Samhain is a pumpkin orange tinged brown base loaded with red to gold aurora pigment. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. This is another shade that blew me away as a matte polish.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 280 US / 20 UK

Effect Topper By Dany Vianna | Traveling Witches (Thermal)

Inspiration:Inspired by glittering brooms picture

Description: Traveling Witches is a clear (hot) to black (cold) thermal topper with microflakes in purple, copper and peridot. While this is a topper, I wasn’t paying attention and swatched it as a normal polish. One the first coat it was clear to black, but as you build up it has a slight beige jelly look in its warm state. So it can be used as a topper as intended or layered up on its own. Shown is 3 thin coats.

Price: $11.50 | Cap: 280 US / 20 UK

By Vanessa Molina | Spooky

Inspiration: Inspired by a Halloween image of a ghost

Description: Spooky is a sheer, medium chartreuse jelly base with tons of magenta to red to orange to gold to green shifting ultrachrome chameleon flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

If you want a more densely packed flake effect, you can use the sponge on method, however I just brushed it on.

Despite the flake content, you should only need 1 coat of top coat to smooth over. The jelly base has a good consistency and effectively “floats” the flakes so they don’t create as much texture as one would assume.

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

Strong Base | By Vanessa Molina

Inspiration: Inspired by a pumpkin lantern image

Description: Strong Base is a base coat that has additional nutrients to help strengthen nails to avoid breakage. The base itself is tinted orange, however – it doesn’t look that way on the nail.

I don’t have breakage or weaker nails, so I cannot say if this worked or not. I will be using it over the next month on my Cindy hand and see if I notice a difference in strength.

Price: $10.50 | Cap: 300 US / 20 UK

Cadillacquer | Eerie (Thermal)

Inspiration: Inspired by a picture of eerie pumpkins in a Halloween night.

Description: Eerie is a blackened eggplant (cold) to turquoise (warm) thermal with chameleon glitters that shift red to orange to green, as well as iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

The eggplant looks black at times, but you can kind of see the smokey eggplant color peek through.

Price: $13.50 | Cap: None

Cameo Colours Lacquers | FEED ME!

Inspiration: Inspired by Little Shop of Horrors

Description: FEED ME! is a green to silver to fuchsia ultrachrome base with scattered holo, red to bronze to copper, blue to violet to copper, and violet to blue to green ultrachrome chameleon flakes, as well as gold metallic micro flakes and silver holo micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Very mild texture but should still only needs 1 coat of top coat to smooth

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 95 US / 5 UK

Color Spectrum Polish | Hocus Pocus Take Me To Your Castle

Inspiration: Inspired by Hocus Pocus themed Cinderella’s Castle from Mickey Mouse’s Not So Spooky Halloween Party in Disney World.

Description: Hocus Pocus Take Me To Your Castle is a medium pink jelly base loaded with rainbow flakes, violet to red to orange ultrachrome chameleon flakes, electric blue microflakes, blue iridescent glitters, purple aurora shimmer and holo microflakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

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

Color Spectrum Polish | Just One Bite Lip Balm

Inspiration:  inspired by Snow White’s Poison Apple

Description: Just One Bite Lip Balm is a sheer red tint base with green and red shimmers, and has a red apple scent with hints of cinnamon. While this is scented, it isn’t flavored. It is a very sheer wash of color (like a “my lips but better” type wash) with a very faint shimmer.

I will pop in a photo of it on in the next couple days. My lips have been peeling (adjusting to the weather change from CA to MA)

Price: $4.00 | Cap: 30 US / 5 UK

Colores de Carol | Now You See Me, Now You Don’t (Thermal)

Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween Charcuterie Candy Board

Description: Now You See Me, Now You Don’t is a black (cold) to clear (warm) thermal with black, orange, green and violet holo glitters in a variety of shapes and sizes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Since it does actually go totally clear when warm – this can be used as a topper over other colors or to do peek-a-boo stamping (Stamp with black so when your nails warm up, the image appears!)

Price: $12.50 | Cap: None

Crystal Knockout | Stingy Jack

Inspiration: Inspired by Jack-o-lanterns

Description: Stingy Jack is a yellow leaning bright orange crelly full of multichrome flakes in shades of green, purple, and copper. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: None

Cupcake Polish | How Do You Like Meow

Inspiration: Inspired by Black Cats

Description: How Do You Like Meow is a black based linear holographic that is a one coat polish. I did use 2 out of habit, but the opacity in one coat is phenomenal. Can also be used as a stamping polish! I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Confection Duo | Cuticula

Inspiration: Inspired by Fall.

Description: This month Cuticula switched it up and is doing a Confection Duo instead of her base and top coat!

Confection is a nail and cuticle cream that helps your digits stay hydrated and looking healthy. It’s been in my nail care lineup for quite some time now, so I do know that it works quite well and comes in an assortment of yummy scents.

The two scents this month are Poison Apple and Campfire Delights.

Poison Apple smells like sweet, juicy apples with a bit of cinnamon kick to it and bubbly effervescence. The cinnamon isn’t strong, just enough to give the apple scent a little more depth.

Campfire Delights is interesting. I was fully expecting the whole S’mores thing going on, but this is a bit different. While I smell the layers of chocolate, marshmallow and graham cracker – there is a touch of berry to it to add a sweetness I wasn’t expecting. It’s not strong and it mingles nicely with the other notes.

Price: $13.00 for the duo | Cap: None

Cuticula | Nightmare Moon

Inspiration: This deep vampy polish is inspired by Nightmare Moon aka Princess Luna from My Little Pony.

Description: Nightmare Moon is a warm plum crelly base with purple metallic flakes, various shifting iridescent flakes, blue shimmer, green sparks, and platinum silver flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Dries with a very mild texture, but should only require 1 coat of top coat to smooth over.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: None

Dark Moon Esscentuals | Veil Between the Worlds Duo

Inspiration: Inspired by “Samhain is also known as the Witches New Year, a day when the Veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is its thinnest. Dark Moon Esscentuals Cuticle Scrub and Matte Mani Balm walks between the worlds of the dry and the hydrated cuticles!”

Description: Veil Between The Worlds Duo is a scrub and matte mani balm duo.

The cuticle scrub is scented in Pumpkin Apple Butter, which is a warm and sweet pumpkin scent. The scrub works well to get rid of dry skin and it adds an emulsified feeling layer behind that gives a very soft feeling to your skin.

The matte mani balm is scented as Marshmallow Fireside which is a soft and warm marshmallow fluff scent with a touch of menthol. It reminds me of a mellowed out, vanilla Vicks type scent. The menthol isn’t super strong – but you can detect it. Matte Mani Balm is a moisturizing balm that doesn’t leave a glossy residue behind when using it.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 30 US / 10 UK

Cuticle Oil Trio | Different Dimension

Inspiration: trio of cuticle oils in Candy Corn, Caramel Apple, and Pumpkin Caramel Latte scents

Description: Different Dimension has 3 more cuticle oils for us in some of our favorite Fall scents! Each one comes in a twist up click style brush pen and the scents this month are Candy Corn, Caramel Apple and Pumpkin Caramel Latte.

Candy Corn smells like the candy. It has that almost syrupy sweet sugar scent.
Caramel Apple is a blend of (you guessed it) caramel apple but with a touch of spice to it so it has a little more dimension (see what I did there)
Pumpkin Caramel Latte smells like the drink. I’m not even a pumpkin fan (team Caramel Apple over here) but this makes me wants a pumpkin caramel latte.

Price: $10.00 For Trio | Cap: None

Different Dimension | Hey Ghoul Hey

Inspiration: Inspired by Haunted Pumpkin Patch

Description: Hey Ghoul Hey is a pumpkin spice orange linear holographic with red to gold to green aurora shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: None

Dollish Polish | It’s Spoopy Time

Inspiration: Inspired by Vintage Halloween print 

Description: It’s Spoopy Time is a vibrant pumpkin orange with aurora color-shifting shimmer and packed with black micro flakes and shreds. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: None

DRK Nails | Don’t Lose Ur Head (Thermal)

Inspiration: Inspired by a Halloween decoration of dolls heads inside a jar

Description: Don’t Lose Ur Head is a green (cold) to sheer chartreuse (warm) jelly based thermal with orange to gold to green pastel flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

The description says it goes green to clear, and I saw some photos did show it as clear, however from my experience it went almost clear – and it left a nice chartreuse sheerness.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: None

Ethereal Lacquer | What’s Your Favorites Scary Movie 

Inspiration: Scream

Description: What’s Your Favorites Scary Movie is a smoky plum grey base with a blazing red, copper, gold to green shifting multichrome shimmer and holographic micro flakes. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Dries down with a slight texture, depending on how thick you apply it, you may need 2 coats of top coat to smooth over.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Fair Maiden Polish | Halloween is MEOWgical

Inspiration: inspired by a Pusheen the cat Halloween image

Description: Halloween is Meowgical is a cool toned rose pink with a strong red to gold to green shimmer flash, as well as holographic microflecks. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: None

Ginger Fizz Boutique | It’s Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus Wax Melts

Inspiration: Inspired by “My favorite holiday to decorate for is Halloween. Yes, I have more Halloween decorations than Christmas decorations. My favorite part of my decorations is my witch hat collections. I even hang several witch hats from my porch ceiling with glowing lights at night. I just love all things orange/purple/green with all the glitter! The Sanderson Sisters really know how to dress for Halloween—they are welcome to Trick-or-treat at my house anytime!” 

Description: You have your typical “fall” scents out there, but Shelly switched it up to a warm scent that’s not the pumpkin or cider we’re usually seeing – nope. She went with Hot Buttered Rum scented wax and it smells amazing. It’s warm, slightly sweet and mellow. I’ve been enjoying melting this at night and relaxing.

This wax comes in a variety of shapes and sizes: purple/green witch articles, yellow moons, and pink/black cats.

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

Girly Bits Cosmetics | Basic Witch (Thermal)

Inspiration: Inspired by an image of a young witch.

Description: Basic Witch is a dark blurple (cold) to sheer, pale lavender (hot) with shifting flakes that flash shades of pink, copper, orange, purple and green, as well as glowy blurple shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Top Coat & Glitter Grabber DUO | Glisten & Glow

Inspiration: None

Description: This month Glisten & Glow brings us their Glitter Grabber and Top Coat Duo.

Glitter Grabber is a “filler” type topper. If you have a polish on with glitters/microglitters with texture to it, apply a layer of Glitter Grabber and it “fills in the gaps” so you can top coat and get a smooth finish.

I actually moved a month ago – and I destashed a lot. I found I no longer own too many textured, glittery polishes so I don’t have the best example for it. However, this one is a thirsty microglitter polish that leaves small divots in the top coat when it settles. Glitter Grabber filled in the spaces and gave a nice, smooth finish without dulling or washing out the sparkle.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 155 US / 10 UK

Glisten & Glow | Monster Mash

Inspiration: Inspired by Monster Mash (it was a graveyard smash) was inspired by the beloved Halloween hit by Bobby “Boris” Pickett in 1962. This classic song can be heard in numerous Halloween movies/tv shows and is on almost any Halloween sound track played at parties/haunted houses and home Halloween displays.

Description: Monster Mash is a vampy, deep purple polish loaded with vibrant and glowing copper shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

This is my type of Fall shade.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: 330 US / 15 UK

Great Lakes Lacquer | The Deadlights

Inspiration: Inspired by Stephen King’s ‘IT’

Description: The Deadlights is a glowing orange jelly base filled with iridescent flake that reflects pink, purple, red, orange, and gold. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Heather’s Hues | Feel It In The Scare (Thermal)

Inspiration: Inspired by a collage of all things in October, from ghostly bonfires to pumpkins, spell books, and bats

Description: Feel It In The Scare is a black (cold) to warm toned red (warm) with red to orange to gold multichrome and iridescent flakes mixed in, as well as some red and orange holo microshreds. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: None

WiTS Lotion by Heather’s Hues | Blueberry Pumpkin Patch

Inspiration:Inspired by Blueberry Pumpkin Patch

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.

This month’s scent is Blueberry Pumpkin Patch and as someone who isn’t a huge pumpkin scent lover – this is actually pretty good. The blueberry scent is a perfect balance to the warm pumpkin and I was quite shocked I liked it… and my jar is almost half gone already!

Price: $6.75 | Cap: 40 US / 5 UK

Hit The Bottle | Colliding Of The Realms (Stamping Polish)

Inspiration: Inspired by the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain

Description: Colliding of the Realms is an antique gold stamping polish with a greenish grey tinge to it. On the nail, mine looked very antique gold but had a lovely green flash to it depending on how lighting hit.

I have a lot of Hit The Bottle stamping polishes and I really loved this one. It has a metallic feel to it and stamped beautifully.

Price: $8.50 | Cap: None

Indie by Patty Lopes | The Night Before (Magnetic)

Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween pumpkins

Description: The Night Before is a medium cool toned red base with warm red magnetic pigment, gold glitter and crystal chameleon flakes that flash pink, green and violet. The magnetic effect is on the subtle side due to it being 2 tones of red, but it’s still noticeable. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 200 US / 20 UK

Jior Couture | By the Light Of The Moon (Glow In The Dark)

Inspiration: inspired by young witches.

Description: By The Light Of The Moon is a medium grey crelly with crystal chameleon flakes and a glow in the dark effect that’s a soft reddish orange glow. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: 75 US / 25 UK

*Photo shows a smaller bottle, purchases will be a full size bottle

Kathleen & Co. | Under A Haunted Moon

Inspiration: Inspired by Cartoon haunted house under big glowy moon.

Description: Under A Haunted Moon is a neon purple jelly base loaded with color shifting aurora shimmer and matching color shifting iridescent flakes. The flakes and shimmer mostly show pale gold to pink to violet. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: 425 US / 25 UK

KBShimmer | Light My Fire Magnetic Nail Polish (Magnetic)

Inspiration: Inspired by bonfires

Description: Light My Fire is a blackened base with multichrome flakes that shift orange to red to gold to copper, as well as magnetic pigment with the same color shifts, and some micro holo flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $10.00 | Cap: None

Hand & Body Sugar Scrub by KBShimmer | Apple Harvest

Inspiration: Inspired by Apple Picking

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.

Apple Harvest is this months scrub, and it smells like granny smith apples – freshly peeled – with a slight sugary sweetness and a faint hint of cinnamon. It’s incredible. Perfect balance of sweet and tart.

Price: $10.00 | Cap: None

Leesha’s Lacquer | 3Spooky5Me

Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween and Fall colors!

Description: 3Spooky5Me is a white based crelly with red, orange, yellow and purple glitters mixed in. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: 150 US / 20 UK

Lollipop Posse Lacquer | Shivering Down Your Spine

Inspiration: Inspired by the classic Halloween tune “Spooky Scary Skeletons” and a picture of spooky, floating pumpkins

Description: Shivering Down Your Spine is an electric blue crelly base with pink and purple color-shifting iridescent flakes mixed in. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

In person, the base color is a bit more mellowed out. It’s vibrant, but my lighting amped it up a bit more.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 490 US / 10 UK

Lucky 13 Lacquer | Can I Keep You? (Solar & Glow In The Dark)

Inspiration: Inspired by Casper

Description: Can I Keep You is a white crelly loaded with aqua to sapphire to violet unicorn large particle shimmer and scattered holo. In UV light (sunlight) it turns medium sky blue plus it glows white in the dark! This dries down to a satin finish and I left it that way because I like it that way! If you prefer glossy, add a glossy top coat. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 400 US / 20 UK

Lotion of Immortality Trio | Lucky 13 Lacquer

Inspiration: Inspired by a Christina Ricci 90s Movie Marathon

Description: Lotion of Immortality is a thick moisturizing lotion, wonderful on cuticles and hands or anywhere else! Made with Shea butter, Aloe, and love. You don’t need much, only use 1/4 tsp for both hands, or half that for just your cuticles. 

Scents include:
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. Wednesday’s child, full of black cherries and dragon’s blood Notes of juicy black cherries, spicy dragon’s blood, and a hint of mysterious musk Inspired by The Addams Family.
This one reminds me of incense. It has that slightly smokey and mysterious quality to it.

Can I Keep You? Honeysuckle, candied lemons, and a dance to remember… Notes of sugary lemons and freshly picked honeysuckle Inspired by Casper
Honeysuckle is the dominant scent in this one and it’s my favorite of the 3 scents.

A Strange Sort of Witch Oranges, pomegranates, sandalwood, and a kiss for protection Notes of freshly squeezed oranges, ripe pomegranates, and undertones of sandalwood Inspired by Sleepy Hollow

Price: $11.00 | Cap: 100 US / 10 UK

Luna Wax | Gravesite Wax Melt

Inspiration: Inspired by a Scary gravesite

Description: After a bit of a hiatus – Luna Wax is BACK!

This month we have a little tub of scoopable wax “beads” in black, blue and lavender with spooky shaped wax mixed in. It’s scented in apples, toasted marshmallow and caramel with an underlying smokey quality to it. It smells delicious!

You also get a shovel scoop to use with it… like you’re digging through a little graveyard.

Price: $10.00 | Cap: 75 US / 10 UK

LynBDesigns | Ghost Frequency

Inspiration: Inspired by the 19 hz infrasound that is meant to make you see “ghosts”

Description: Ghost Frequency is a black based green to purple shifting shimmer with green to copper to gold shifting ultrachrome chameleon flakes and scattered holo micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. 

The purple shift is stronger in person. I bought a second light and … it isn’t set up like I want it to be and I just didn’t capture the shift properly.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 250 US / 20 UK

Witch’s Heart Wax Melt | LynBDesigns

Inspiration: Inspired by The Witch’s Heart cocktail

Description: Witch’s Heart Wax Melt is a blend of orange peel and peppercorn with hints of apple and mandarin, grounded in a base of vanilla and tonka bean.

On dry sniff, I wasn’t a huge fan of this one, and I don’t know why. All of the scents are ones I actually enjoy. It wasn’t bad, just not my favorite. When I melted it though? Amazing. The zing of the orange citrus and sweetness of the apple and the vanilla mellowed it out to a nice, home blend.

Price: $4.50 | Cap: 100 US / 10 UK

Matterhorn Oil | Spellbook

Inspiration:

Description: Spellbook is a fragrance blend of plum, suede, cauldron smoke, cashmere and a touch of cotton candy.

On initial sniff, I catch the plum and cashmere and a little smokey tone, then it mellows out a bit with a sweet kick of cotton candy. This is one of those scents that every time you sniff, you catch something different and I love that. It’s mysterious and an intriguing blend for sure.

Now I know Matterhorn Oil says beard and hair care on the bottle – but this is so much more than that.

Nick uses Matterhorn Oils for his beard. Jacob and I both use it for our hair. After showering, add a few drops to your palm (I do about 8-12 drops because I have long, thick hair) and rub it in my palms, then I “scrunch” my hair in my hands and distribute throughout. Jacob does the same, but since his hair is considerable shorter – he only uses about 4-6 drops. It adds a nice scent to your hair and softens it up.

BUT THAT’S NOT ALL! You can also use this oil on your cuticles or rough skin areas. Elbows, knees, heels – or just apply it on your skin to moisturize a bit. I also use it on my legs after shaving cause it makes em look nice. Not too much though. A little goes a long way.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: TBA

MLF Lacquer | Trick or Treat

Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween Decorations

Description: Trick or Treat is a white crelly base with orange and purple holographic glitters, matte neon green glitters, black shredded holographic glitter, and silver holographic microglitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Depending on thickness and glitter content you get on the brush, you might need 2 coats of top coat to smooth.

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

Moon Shine Mani | Death Becomes Her

Inspiration: Inspired by the film Death Becomes Her

Description: Death Becomes Her is a blood red jelly base packed with flakes and glitters shifting red to orange to yellow to green. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

Moonbow | Goodbye

Inspiration: mystifying Ouija board.

Description: Goodbye is a wax melt with a fragrance blend of fresh plum, warm and cozy cashmere, sultry amber, orange peels and a touch of vanilla. 

This is too pretty to melt, but smells too good not to melt!

On dry sniff, I pick up the plum and cashmere and amber. When melted, the orange peel and vanilla come out a little more – but the plum and amber are the stronger notes I detect. This is pure Fall for me and it’s not typical Fall scent. More witchy fall scent.

This is a fairly thick piece, so lots of uses in 1 planchette

Each one is individually hand painted with multichrome pigment.

Price: $10.00 | Cap: None

MTK Design | Golden Polish Autumn (Thermal and Glow In The Dark)

Inspiration: Inspired by my own heritage – in Poland they remember loved ones past by lighting up the cemeteries w/ candles and decorating w/ flowers – so much so it’s said they light up the night like a GOLDEN POLISH AUTUMN

Description: Golden Polish Autumn is a peachy (warm) to coral orange (cold) thermal with iridescent gold to copper ot red to violet shimmer, sparks and flakes, and it glows a bright orange in the dark! I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: None

My Indie Polish | Kiss Me, It’s Halloween

Inspiration: Inspired by Kerr molasses taffy candy

Description: Kiss Me, It’s Halloween is a dark chocolate brown crelly base with a soft teal shimmer, as well as a variety of glitters and flakes inspired by Halloween kisses candy.  I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 75 US / 5 UK

My Stunning Nails | Boogy Woogy Woogy

I honestly don’t have any info on this quite yet, so I’m not sure if it will be in the shop still. Will update with info when I hear from the maker as to whether it’s in the shop or not this month.

Consider this a placeholder for now.

Effect Topper by Nail Hoot | Attack of the Holographic Bats

Inspiration: Inspired by bats

Description: Attack of the Holographic Bats is a clear base with silver holographic micro glitters, as well as silver holographic bats! I used 1 coat over a black creme base.

While I didn’t have to go fishing for the bat glitters, it sometimes took a dip or 2 to get one on the brush. It wasn’t difficult, but due to size, you might need a quick bottle swirl with the brush to grab one if you want a ton of bats.

Price: $10.25 | Cap: 280 US / 20 UK

Nail Hoot | Black Widow

Inspiration: Inspired by Black Widow Spider

Description: Black Widow is a black jelly base with scattered holo and small red hex glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

While it is a jelly base, it reached full opacity quite easily.

Price: $10.25 | Cap: 280 US / 20 UK

Nailed It Nail Polish | Gettin’ Jinky With It

Inspiration: Inspired by Supernatural x Scooby Doo Crossover Episode

Description: Gettin’ Jinky With It is a tri-thermal that transitions from burnt orange (cold) to vibrant orange (warm) to yellow (hot) and is packed with red to green crystal flakes and holo flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Nailed It Nail Polish teamed up with Wildflower Lacquer this month, so check out her polish in the shop for the Daphne & Dean themed polish. Nailed It took on Velma & Sam.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 200 US / 20 UK

Native War Paints | Halloween Queen

Inspiration: Unknown

Description: Halloween Queen is a medium grey crelly base with holographic purple, holographic orange, neon green glitters in a variety of shapes and sizes, as well as matte black shreds, purple to copper to gold ultrachrome chameleon flakes, iridescent green flakes and green shimmer flecks. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Will have a slight texture due to glitter and shreds. May need a second coat of top coat to smooth… or a glitter topper offered in this months shop.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: None

Halloween Phone Grip | Native War Paints

Inspiration: Unknown

Description: Halloween Queen Phone grip is coated with the matching Halloween Queen polish, a mix of color shifting iridescent and orange pumpkin glitter and epoxy on a black grip.

This just tickles my Halloween lovin heart and I’ll be using it on my phone until then. I actually ordered a grey cover similar to what’s photographed so it will match the grip a little better!

The grip is removable, and you can actually restick it so I will most likely use this through Fall, then put it away and bring it out again next Fall.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: 20 US / 5 UK

Necessary Evil Polish | Another One Bites The Dust Hand Cream

Inspiration: Chocolates

Description: Chocolate Truffle Another One Bites the Dust Hand Creme Scented is scented as a rich cocoa, hot dark chocolate drizzle, sweet-butter, sugar cane, and whipped cream. It reminds me of hot chocolate and tootsie rolls.

A little goes a long way, and while this cream is of medium thickness, when used in smaller amounts it soaks in nicely and leaves your hands super soft.

Price: $7.00 | Cap: 45 US cap / 5 UK

Necessary Evil Polish | Trick Or Treat Yourself

Inspiration: Treat Yourself!

Description: Trick or Treat Yourself is a true royal purple with red-orange-green shimmer and yellow-orange-red-green iridescent flakies that pop and scatter holo. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

Necessary Evil Polish | Chocolate Bar & Candy Corn Wax Melts

Inspiration: Halloween Candy

Description: Chocolate Bar & Candy Corn Wax Melts have 2 different scents going on (which you can kinda guess from the name) … The brown glittery spider webs are scented with cocoa, sugar and cream for a delicious chocolatey treat, and the small skulls are vanilla bean, sugar and whipped cream for a candy corn scent!

They smell pretty much exactly like their inspiration, and the Chocolate bar is my favorite of the 2!

Price: $8.00 | Cap: 35 US / 5 UK

Night Owl Lacquer | Let Your Fears Take Flight

Inspiration: Inspired by a spooky image of the night sky, bats and a jack-o-lantern on Halloween.

Description: Let Your Fears Take Flight is a  dark grey crelly filled with orange to bronze to gold to green and aqua to green crystal flakes and some holo dust sprinkled in. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Noodles Nail Polish | Straight Outta Salem

Inspiration: Inspired by a photo of pumpkins against a blue grey stormy sky

Description: Straight Outta Salem is a dusty teal crelly (leans more blue) with orange, black, gunmetal, and orange to green iridescent glitters, and orange microflakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

In person, this is a slightly dustier shade, so it’s not as “bold”

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

Nvr Enuff Polish | The Liminal

Inspiration: Inspired by Samhain and it being the time of year that the ‘veil’ is at its thinnest.

Description: The Liminal is a blue based multichrome with pink to purple to gold shifting shimmer, as well as sapphire and silver galaxy glitters and linear holo. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: None

Paint it Pretty Polish | Witch Way To The Candy

Inspiration: Inspired by a Halloween picture

Description: Witch Way To The Candy is a black jelly base with a red aurora shimmer, bronze shifting flakes and a scattered holo effect. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

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

Painted Phalanges | A Virgin Lit the Candle

Inspiration: Painted Phalanges inspiration is the black flame candle from Hocus Pocus. In the movie, Max (a virgin) lights the black flame candle while making fun of the Sanderson Sister legends and accidentally brings them back from the dead.

Description: A Virgin Lit the Candle is a black crelly polish with shifty red to orange to yellow to gold to green microflakes, blue, purple, and lime to gold microflakes, and platinum microflakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glosys top coat for these photos.

This is another that is beautiful glossy but STUNNING matte!

Price: $11.00 | Cap: None

Base Coat by Painted Phalanges | Sticky Phalanges

Inspiration: Inspired by the hunt for a killer multipurpose base coat

Description: STICKY Phalanges is a 10 free sticky base coat that helps to level and secure your manicure while preventing staining.

Sticky base coats are my preferred type of base coats, and I did test this one on my Cindy hand for a week and it worked pretty well. I had some tip wear after 6 days but no major chips or peels.

Price: $6.00 | Cap: None

Effect Topper by Painted Polish | Frog Choir Fright

Inspiration: Inspired by a Hogwarts Halloween

Description: Frog Choir Fright is a clear base loaded with green, blue and gold color-shifting metallic flakes. I used 1 coat over Alter Ego Nothing Good Happens After Midnight – and they look amazing together! Especially matte.

Price: $11.50 | Cap: None

Painted Polish | Honeydukes Haunt

Inspiration: Inspired by a Hogwarts Halloween

Description: Honeydukes Haunt is a light grey crelly base with green, blue and gold color-shifting metallic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: None

Pampered Polishes | What Nightmares Are Made Of (Thermal)

Inspiration: Inspired by The Nightmare Before Christmas

Description: What Nightmares Are Made Of is a charcoal (cold) to clear (hot) jelly based thermal with pink to gold ultrachrome chameleon flakes and holographic microglitter. There is a slight purple tinge to this as well, so I didn’t find it to be pure charcoal. I prefer the purple tinge honestly, it’s unique to my thermals. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Peachtree Polish | Midnight Horror

Inspiration: Inspired by a pitch-black night on Halloween

Description: Midnight Horror is a black jelly base loaded with gold shimmer, scattered holo, gold, purple and copper metallic glitters, a swell as mini blue and white stars. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Dries down with a texture, 2 coats of top coat will smooth it over, or check out one of the glitter smoothing toppers offered this month!

Price: $10.50 | Cap: 75 US / 5 UK

Moisturizing Cuticle Cream by Penelope Luz

Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween magic potions prepared by witches.

Description: A moisturizing cream for cuticles with high hydration power, with tea tree and clove essential oil, with true medicinal effect to prevent fungus and strengthen nails.

I really like this because it’s convenient to carry around. The cream itself has a nice thickness to it, and it isn’t greasy at all. Apply a dot to the cuticle and massage in and it soaks in nicely.

Also – while it does have tea tree and clove essential oil, you can’t really tell. It has an herbally like scent – but neither of those are super strong.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: 100 US / 20 UK

Penelope Luz | Moon Spells

Inspiration: Inspired by moon spells in Halloween night

Description: Moon Spells is a dark blue base with iridescent flakes purple, turquoise and orange. And same glitters to shine. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Poetry Cowgirl Nail Polish | We’re Not All Witches

Inspiration: Inspired by a picture of me & coworkers in Salem, MA dressed up for Halloween circa 2007

Description: We’re Not All Witches is a spring green jelly base with shimmer that shifts gold-green-blue. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $11.00 | Cap: None

Pretty Beautiful Unlimited | Pumpkin Head (Magnetic)

Inspiration: Inspired by a smoking Jack -o- Lantern

Description: Pumpkin Head is a blackened purple base with holographic pigment and micro flakes, magnetic pigment and flakes that shift green to gold to violet, unicorn pigment and 2 types of crystal chameleon flakes. The magnetic effect is slightly more subtle, but still visible. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. I left the index and pinky unmagnetized so you can see it both ways.

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

Wax Sampler by Pretty Beautiful Unlimited | Tricks or Treats

Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween and Fal

Description: 15 scent sampler inspired by the best time of year….Halloween and the Fall season! As usual, you get a baggie of wax melts in 15 different scents that you can melt alone or mix and match with each other!

The Scent List in this sampler:

Autumn Day – Crisp blends of oak, citrus and golden amber, inspired by fresh air, colorful leaves and strolling through a secluded wood on a sunny day.
Bewitching Brew – A spooky, bubbly, Halloween treat beginning with top notes of peach, apricot, and blackberries; middle notes of mandarin, cinnamon, and rose; and nicely balanced with just a hint of woodsy musk.
Bite Me – Fresh citrus notes of lime and orange sparkle with effervescent highlights as they lead to a luscious blend of berry and cherry. Leafy green accents add intensity as a base of vanilla creates sweet tones.
Bonfires & Smores – Sweet marshmallow, honey and chocolate with a smoky hint of campfire come together in this unique blend.
Butter Rum Cappuccino – Warm, cappuccino; frothy and thick with a healthy splash of rich, buttery rum.
Cozy Cabin – Top notes of Bergamot, raspberry and eucalyptus. Middle notes of fresh mint, pine needles and balsam fir with bottom notes of Cedarwood and musk.
Cranberry Apple Marmalade – Tangy cranberry and juicy red apple sprinkled with just the right amount of sugared cinnamon spice
Fireside – This scent melds notes of smoke and wood into a warm union of clove, amber, sandalwood, and patchouli. Light hints of fruit, musk and leather round out this pleasant aroma.
Funnel Cake – A sweet, warm funnel cake with top notes of buttery cream, milky caramelized sugar, and powdery sweet confectioner’s sugar topping a sweet bread pastry.
Luna – The sweet, delicate white floral notes intertwine with fragrant jasmine, the precious scent of sweet pea and peppery freesia notes. Golden amber, tart berries and the incense tonality of desert sandalwood blend together to enhance and complete this fragrant accord.
Magic Potion – A magical blend of Japanese grapefruit and mandarin, middle notes of Georgia peach, purple plums, Valencia grapes, and soft rose petals; sitting on a wonderful base note of Nubian musk.
Pumpkin – The sweet, creamy combination of pumpkin puree with warm notes of butter and sweet vanilla cream.
Poison Apple – A potion of crisp, refreshingly sweet top notes of apple flirtatiously summon the senses, while irresistible nuances of sultry jasmine accords beckon from the heart of this bewitching blend. Captivating base notes of light musk irresistibly interweave with creamy essences of vanilla and warm auras of sandalwood.
Sweater Weather – A fresh scent that blends crisp juniper berry, sage and fresh eucalyptus with a tiny bit of woods. Sweet spearmint and dew mixed in to round out the scent
Witches Brew – Top notes of Cinnamon and patchouli followed by amber, balsam and vetiver and finished with cedarwood and sugar.

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

R&P Jewelry | Owl Ring

Inspiration: Inspired by “When I think of All Hallows’ Eve, I definitely think of owls and all things mysterious. 

Description: This sterling silver ring features an sterling silver owl, which I think is just perfect for the theme and these upcoming fall months.

This will only be available in a size 7!

Owl Ring features a 925 sterling silver owl that is 13mm x 5.7mm and 16 gauge 925 sterling silver band.

Super cute, and I felt like I had to do some stamping when it arrived!

Price: $15.00 | Cap: 45 US / 5 UK

Fall Breakfast Cuticle Oil | Red Eyed Lacquer

Inspiration: Inspired by A fall themed breakfast!

Description: Fall Breakfast Cuticle Oil is a blend of blueberries and pumpkin pecan waffles! Oh this sounds (and smells) yummy! The blueberries and pumpkin scents play so well together and then you bring in the foodie type waffle smell to mellow the sweet aspect. Yum.

This is a smaller rollerball (5ml) too so it’s perfect to carry around in your pocket or purse.

Price: $5.50 | Cap: 60 US / 15 UK

Red Eyed Lacquer | The Gate (Thermal)

Inspiration: Inspired by Stranger Things

Description: The Gate is a dark brown (cold) to red leaning orange (hot) jelly based thermal loaded with gun metal micro flakes and gold to green to yellow to red or orange shifting flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

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

Rogue Lacquer | Something Strange

Inspiration: Inspired by the new ghost busters! The glowy ghosts and ghouls!

Description: Something Strange is a vibrant neon “slimer” green with bright blue metallic micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

Rogue Lacquer | Take It Off Soy Polish Remover

Inspiration: Inspired by Jack-o-Lanterns

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 September scent is Jack-o-Lantern, which is a spiced pumpkin scent with fresh pumpkin and sweet cream. It’s soft with a spice kick and perfect for Fall!

Price: $7.00 | Cap: None

Sassy Pants Polish | Autumn Sky

Inspiration: Autumn Sky

Description: Autumn Sky is a turquoise scattered holographic polish with shifting shimmer and assorted shifting flakes. It’s slightly more green toned in person. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: None

Sassy Sauce Polish | Jeepers Creepers

Inspiration: Inspired by the cover of Movie Jeepers Creepers

Description: Jeepers Creepers is a black jelly base loaded with red to gold to green shifting shimmer and purple to red to gold shifting ghost flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Another one that is amazing with matte top coat.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: 300 US / 30 UK

Scofflaw Varnish | Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun

Inspiration: Ghouls!

Description: Ghouls Just Want TO Have Fun is a dark grey crelly base with hot orange, lavender, and garnet glitters,as well as violet shimmer and scattered holo. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: None

Serum No. 5 | Here for the Boos (Glow In The Dark)

Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween Cocktails

Description: Here For The Boos is a soft grey base filled with two types of holographic pigment, as well as aurora shimmer and flakes that flash green and aqua, rainbow micro glitter and it glows purple in the dark. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

This is a delicate shade that is absolutely beautiful.

Price: $14.00 | Cap: None

Skyline Soapworks | Trick or Treat Buttercream Soap Frosting

Inspiration:

Description: Soap Frosting is a whipped soap that lathers up nicely and is fun to use. My son absolutely LOVES these and prefers using these to wash his hands with in his bathroom. I also loves these to shave my legs with. Perfect texture and doesn’t dry my legs out.

September’s Buttercream Soap Frosting is a pastel minty green and pale purple swirled together, and is scented with top notes of pumpkin, persimmon, and apple; followed by middle notes of blueberries, elderberries, currants, orange and cinnamon; and well rounded with base notes of sugar cane and vanilla.

Price: $14.50 | Cap: None

Dip Powder by Skyline Soapworks | Witches Brew

Inspiration: Inspired by a bubbling witches cauldron

Description: Skyline Soapworks is back with another dip powder… and I’m always excited to see what she brings each month. This month might actually be my favorite!

For September we have Witches Brew, which is a black glitter mix with bright green and glow in the dark glitters mixed in!

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: None

Halloween is Magic Charm Set | Starlight and Sparkles

Inspiration: Inspired by “A reprise of the Halloween is Magic Page Marker Set from a year ago, because Halloween is still magic!”

Description: A six piece charm set. The charms are: a spiderweb with spider, a jack o’lantern, a witch’s hat, a bat, a ghost, and a cat. Each charm uses black and orange glass beads, and has a large silver-tone lobster claw clasp. These can be used as bracelet charms, zipper charms, stitch markers, and more! I’m using them on my notebook elastic page holders. It’s so cute! The kitty is my favorite.

Price: $12.50 | Cap: 47 US / 3 UK

Starlight and Sparkles | I’m a Witch Every Day

Inspiration: I dressed up as a witch for Halloween pretty much every year from elementary school into my twenties. People would ask some variant of, “So you’re going to be a witch for Halloween?” and the answer “I’m a witch every day,” was often the first thing to flash through my mind. I wanted to invoke that feeling, and made this polish for everyone who’s felt the same way.

Description: I’m A Witch Every Day is a color shifting top coat with green to purple shifting shimmer and aurora pigment, as well as blue to purple shifting iridescent glitter. I used 1 coat over a black creme for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 200 US / 15 UK

Static Lacquer | Early to Bed, Early to Die

Inspiration: Based off of the song American Nightmare by the band Ice Nine Kills which happens to be inspired by the movie Nightmare on Elm Street.

Description: Early To Bed, Early To Die is a dark green based scattered holographic with red shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

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

STELLA CHROMA | Oz-Some

Inspiration: Inspired by one of the great villains, The Wicked Witch of The West, and her desire for those ding dang ruby slippers.

Description: Oz-some is a bright neon green crelly base with silver holo flakes and crimson to magenta to orange to yellow ultrachrome chameleon flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: None

Emulsified Sugar Scrub by STELLA CHROMA | Where My Ghouls At?

Inspiration: Inspired by Hard Apple Cider

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 September scent is warm and comforting hard apple cider! It smells delicious and makes me want a hard apple cider while I type up this post.

Price: $6.50 | Cap: None

Sweet & Sour Lacquer | Crypt Keeper

Inspiration: Inspired by Tales from the Crypt

Description: Crypt Keeper is a deep pink toned red crelly base with blue aurora shimmer and iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. I love this one matte too!

Price: $12.50 | Cap: 100 US / 10 UK

Sweet Heart Polish | Glitter that Ish

Inspiration: Inspired by sparkly glittery pumpkins

Description: Glitter That Ish is a full coverage glitter with a mix of orange, copper, gold, and black holo glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

This will dry with texture, so you’ll need 2 coats of top coat or a glitter topper under your top coat.

Price: $8.50 | Cap: None

The Crafty Taco | Black Water Witch Adjustable Ring

Inspiration: Inspired by witches, potions, and the legend of Black Water Hattie

Description: The Crafty Taco brings us a watermarbled right this month! Watermarbled one at a time in a mysteriously murky teal that shifts to a deep copper with a sprinkling of holo. The ring is adjustable, and the glass cabochon is 14mm

Price: $8.25 | Cap: 38 US / 2 UK

The Soapy Chef | Halloween Mix Wax Melts

Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween Jelly Beans

Description: Each box contains 2.8 ounces of hand poured jelly bean shaped wax, scented with your favorite fall smells. You can separate the beans by color/scent or mix and match! They are all scents that can work well together either way.

• Orange: vanilla and pumpkin
• Purple: candy and ice cream
• Green: fresh baked cookies, brown sugar
• White: toasted marshmallow
• Black: hot chocolate, vanilla whipped cream

Price: $8.00 | Cap: 180 US / 10 UK

QDTC & Ridge Filling BC by Top Shelf Lacquer | UNSCENTED

Inspiration:

Description: Sticky Ridge Filling Base Coat acts like double sided sticky tape for nail polish while also formulated with proteins to fill imperfections and ridges on the surface of the nail enabling an even smooth finish. It creates a durable and long lasting bond between the nail and lacquer for a longer hold.

Nouveau Quick Dry 2-Free Top Coat is a high shine quick setting  non yellowing top coat.  This is the ultimate nail art top coat as it does not smear nail art and it dries super quick.  It dries so quick and shiny!  This top coat will have a slight smell due to the toluene.

This top coat bonds to wet nail polish for a strong, durable finish – so you don’t have to wait for your polish to dry completely before top coating.

This set is unscented for those who prefer no scent in their base and top coats.

Price: $15.00 | Cap: None

Top Shelf Lacquer | Say Hello to the Scream Extractor!

Inspiration: Inspired by Randall of Monsters, Inc. 

Description: Say Hello To The Scream Extractor is a creamy grey  with a hint of purple crelly base with a fun glitter mix in various colors and sizes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 400 US / 50 UK

Treo Lacquer | Succubus (Thermal)

Inspiration: Inspired by the sexiest of demons – the Succubus – a female demon who arrives at night or in dreams to seduce the unwary soul

Description: Succubus is a charcoal (cold) to orchid lavender (hot) thermal with scattered holo bits. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $12.00 | Cap: 110 US / 10 UK

Unicorn Magic Skincare | Deluxe Vegan Cuticle Balm scented in Frosted Pumpkin Crunch Cake

Inspiration: Inspired by Yummy Halloween treats

Description: Deluxe Vegan Cuticle Balm is a creamy and nourishing balm made with unrefined organic shea butter, skin loving oils and kosher non GMO soy wax.

September’s scent is Frosted Pumpkin Crunch Cake and it smells like pumpkin pie filling, milk, freshly baked cake with melted butter, pecans and a bit of spice. It smells amazing. I don’t like pumpkin usually and all the makers this month found ways to make me want to try it again. I don’t get it.

My jar is pretty much gone (I got this in early July so it’s been almost 2 months)

Price: $6.00 | Cap: 500 US / 25 UK

Vapid Lacquer | What Lurks in the Shadows (Magnetic)

Inspiration: Inspired by the fear of the things in the dark

Description: What Lurks In The Shadows is a black base loaded with green to pink to violet shimmer, as well as gold to copper to olive green magnetic pigment and a tiny amount of holo. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos. I also left the p

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 350 US / 25 UK

Vapid Wax | It’s Showtime! Wax Melt

Inspiration: Inspired by Beetlegeuse

Description: As Betelgeuse pulls himself out of his dirt covered grave, there’s a warm, inviting scent of cranberries, orange cloves, mandarins, bergamot and spices.

Each clamshell comes with a bonus Sandworm pin. (check the back of your clamshell for the pin clasp)

Okay real talk. When I got this and cold sniffed it – my first thought was “what the hell is Jenn thinking?” it smelled like fresh mulch with some cranberries and citrus juice squeezed over it. Nick’s direct quote was “It smells like weird potpourri sprinkled over a grave to cover dead person smell” (he really should just review wax full time IMO)

However, once I melted it, it was quite pleasant. It’s different – but that harsh dry hit isn’t an indication of what’s to come. When melted it mellows into an earthy, warm cranberry and citrus scent. Nick even admitted “it’s not that bad actually” when initially I was forbidden from melting it in the apartment (he compromised and let me melt it in Jacob’s bathroom)

Of the 6 people (I think?) that I know that smelled it though, almost all of us smelled something different. Some got citrus and cranberries as the prominent notes, and others got mulch as prominent notes.

Also – sandworm pin.

Price: $6.00 | Cap: 160 US / 10 UK

Vibrant Vinyls | Pumpkin Spice Latte Scented Fast & Hard Glossy QDTC

Inspiration: Inspired by Pumpkin Spice Latte Season

Description: Vibrant Vinyls is taking a break from the duo and bringing us 2 different top coats! They both come in the same scent, so grab one or both!

You can grab the much loved Fast & Hard Glossy Quick Dry Top Coat, which can be used over wet polish and dries with a super glossy shine!

The scent is Pumpkin Spice Latte, which is a sweet pumpkin pie blended with espresso is topped with the perfect touch of cinnamon and brown sugar. Freshly whipped cream adds the finishing touches to this fabulous fall fragrance.

It smells just like the popular drink.

Want this same thing with some holo sparks? Scroll down

Price: $8.00 | Cap: None

Vibrant Vinyls | Pumpkin Spice Latte Scented Fast & Holo – Holographic Top Coat

Inspiration: Inspired by Pumpkin Spice Latte Season

Description: If you love Fast & Hard, then you’ll love Fast & Holo. It’s the same base but with fine scattered holo glitter mixed in. It doesn’t settle – so you don’t have to worry about having to shake the heck out of it each time.

Since it is fine scattered holo glitter particles, it doesn’t have a greying effect and you can use it over any color without dulling it.

The scent is Pumpkin Spice Latte, which is a sweet pumpkin pie blended with espresso is topped with the perfect touch of cinnamon and brown sugar. Freshly whipped cream adds the finishing touches to this fabulous fall fragrance.

Price: $10.00 | Cap: None

What Addiction? | Blood Moon Rising

Inspiration: Inspired by an orange pink spooky house

Description: Blood Moon Rising is a vibrant, pumpkin orange scattered holo jelly with Aurora shimmer and dark purple flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

This polish blew my socks off. It might be my #1 pick for the month, and I rarely name a top pick.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 150 US / 10 UK

Whatcha | Smiley Jack

Inspiration:

Description: Smiley Jack is a black jelly base filled with crystal and chrome flakes that shift red to copper to gold to green, as well as gold holographic micro glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.

Price: $13.00 | Cap: 200 US / 20 UK

Whatcha | Glitter Topper

Inspiration:

Description: This is a glitter smoother! After applying a glitter or chunky polish, apply a coat of this to level the polish out, and then top coat with the top coat of your choice. It gives a smooth appearance for those who aren’t loving texture.

Price: $10.00 | Cap: 80 US / 20 UK

Polish Pickup September 2020| All Hallows Eve

So two things happened this month.

1. An orange polish was a top pick for me.
2. Somehow I am starting to like pumpkin. WTH? I’m 38 years old and the different pumpkin blends this month have me rethinking my life decision on pumpkin.

We are definitely seeing a lot of incredible Fall shades and Halloween goodies, and my home has smelled amazing all month thanks to all the wax options.

Also – notice that purple/blue isn’t totally dominating the collage? It’s such an incredible mix of colors this month!

Wishlist begins tomorrow – so be ready for it!

Where To Buy: Polish Pickup Shop

Shop Dates: September 4th at 11am EST through September 7th at 11:59pm EST

Giveaway

I’m giving away Five VIP Passes to shop early and Five $10 Gift Cards to shop with!

Entry is fairly easy – just use the widget below! Giveaway ends at 9pm EST Thursday, September 3rd!