Another month gone by… and now it’s time for my post for the items I received for the Polish Pickup September 2021 shop with a theme of Trick or Treat!
As usual – I’m still missing a few items and they should be arriving within the next couple of days (hopefully… if USPS cooperates)
I had some minor setbacks this month which led me to have to cut some matte swatching. Basically we found our oil tank leaked not too long ago (it’s a 250 gallon tank) and we needed it to be replaced asap. We then found out that the tank may not fit through doorways to remove it… wonderful. Then we also found out the lines used to fill the tank (tank is in basement, lines lead to backyard) may no longer be up to code once we replace the tank. Previous owners built onto this home and the lines were place before adding on – so essentially they were grandfathered in and didn’t need to meet codes. Now that we have to replace the tank – they are no longer grandfathered in and we will need to have part of our yard dug up and the lines moved.
Don’t be too jealous – I know this is a load of excitement going on over here.
Things are being worked on and atm, swatching is keeping me sane. I’m working on a laptop now (did I mention the room with the oil tank shares a wall with my desk area?) so I’m slightly inconvenienced atm, but I’m making this work.
Okay onto the actual post! The September theme is Trick or Treat – so anything Halloween goes on this one. This is the 3rd time we’ve had this theme over the years so it’s familiar.
First things first – I’ve said this before but I’m repeating it. My nails aren’t “mine” for this entire post. I had a bad break in January before starting on PPU swatching, and I broke out the Kiara Sky Gelly Tips kit in Short Coffin. I did do a full post on those, so click the wording if you want to see. So yes, my nails look different because they are for now. I also am really enjoying the tips so I don’t know how long they will be on, but they are clear and don’t alter anything – so … I’m enjoying it!
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 sent this month (Vibrant Vinyls and Paradox Polish sent top coat with her PR), and Paradox Polish also sent Matte Top Coat in her PR package. I purchased the Vapid Lacquer Commitment Issues and the top coats were sent as pr.
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 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 September shop will be open September 3rd – September 6th and wishlisting opens tomorrow, usually late afternoon/early evening.
Let’s jump in.
1422 Designs | It Was a Graveyard Smash
Inspiration: Inspired by the song ‘Monster Mash’ and photo
Description: It Was A Graveyard Smash is a cranberry jelly base with gold-green micro flakies and white flakies. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Despite being a jelly – it built up really nicely.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 100
1422 Designs | Moisturizing Body Dry Oil Spray
Inspiration: Inspired by Caramel apple suckers
Description:This dry oil spray contains grape seed oil, cyclomethicone, and fragrance oil. Use as you would any other body oil or lotion. The grape seed oil will absorb quickly into skin and should not leave a greasy feeling.
The scent is Caramel Apple Sucker and smells just like those suckers that are like a green jolly rancher like apple flavor with caramel over it. I freaking LOVE those things.
Dry Oil is a product i have to spot test (which people should do with any new product) because I am allergic to some oils. Remember those little bath capsules with oil in them from the 90’s? Hive city for me. Same with Avon Skin So Soft oil. I will become a giant red rash in no time. So I spot tested and my skin was just fine.
This dry oil left my skin super soft and non sticky or greasy. A little goes a long way – so dispense a bit, apply and dispense more as needed. Like any oil product – it only leaves you non greasy when used in moderation.
Price: $11.95 | Cap: 50
Alchemy Lacquers | Bad Candy
Inspiration: Bad Candy was inspired by our chartreuse Halloween Candy bowl that we’ve had sitting out since last Halloween, filled with the candy we don’t like! We ate all the good stuff already!
Description: Bad Candy is a charteuse jelly base with red to gold to green shifting shimmer, orange to gold to green shifting flakes, purple to blue shifting chrome flakes and silver holographic flakes, as well as purple flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Dries down with a mild texture, may need 2 coats of top coat for a smooth finish.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 250
All Mixed Up Lacquers | Double, Bubble, Toil & Crafting Trouble (Thermal)
Inspiration: Inspired by all those cute Halloween crafts we try to make that just don’t turn out right
Description: Double, Bubble, Toil & Crafting Trouble is a black (cold) to clear (warm) thermal jelly base packed with blue to purple shifting shimmer, violet holo micro shreds, and an assortment of orange, black and green holographic glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This shade dries down with texture and it’s a thirsty polish. I did 2 coats of top coat and still felt some texture when it dried down, so I do recommend a glitter smoother (like Glisten & Glow’s) to get a smooth, glassy finish.
Price: $11.50 | Cap: 150
Alter Ego Body Care Products | Pink Pumpkin
Inspiration: As always, I look for unusual or little known things as my inspo. For the theme of Trick Or Treat, I thought about the various colored plastic pumpkins that are used for candy collection and I ran across a strain of pumpkins that have been developed to be pink in color. A percentage of all sales goes to the foundation for breast cancer research, here is a link: http://pinkpumpkinpatch.org
Description: Pink Pumpkin is a pink jelly base laced with a delicate pink shimmer, as well as pink holographic micro glitters that are in almost a crescent like shape. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $10.00 | Cap: 50
AURORA 5-Free Nail Lacquer | Inflatable Spookies
Inspiration: Inspired by Inflatable Halloween decorations
Description: Inflatable Spookies is a purple jelly base packed with mutichrome flakes that shift from green to blue to purple with flashes of red and gold. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 200
Baby Girl Lacquer | Frankie’s BOO-Thang (Thermal & Glow in the Dark)
Inspiration: Inspired by Bride Of Frankenstein (1935), a movie that my Mom loved watching.
Description: Before I get into this – I need to reswatch this one. Somehow I missed the GITD aspect and will show that with new photos. Only reason I hadn’t yet is I can’t get to my work area due to the work being done in the basement with the oil tank.
Frankie’s BOO-Thang is a dark gray (cold) to light gray (warm) thermal based crelly with assorted shimmer pigments, ultrachrome chameleon flakies, holo and iridescent glitters, plus holo shards. It also glows green in the dark. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This is a fairly sheer shade and WILL show VNL. It’s also a more subtle thermal shift which made it incredibly difficult to show and the difference in person was also subtle.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 100
Top Coat by Baroness X | Leatherette (Matte)
Inspiration: Inspired by leatherette masks worn over Halloween.
Description: Leatherette is a matte top coat, but it’s not super duper matte. So not chalkboard matte type – but it’s almost there. If you want matte without the chalkboard look – this is your jam.
For those that bought Charmeuse a couple months ago in PPU, this is more matte than that one was. I also have a comparison to share as the last photo between Leatherette and Charmeuse.
I did 1 coat over a black creme as a general showing – but this top coat excels over glitters and shimmers and flakes (oh my!) which I also show.
Price: $8.50 | Cap: None
Acetone Antidote by Baroness X | Mad Tea Party
Inspiration: Inspired by Alice In Wonderland tea party characters – some of my favorite trick or treater costumes to see
Description: Mad Tea Party is a tantalizing Baroness X house blend of Tea & Cakes fragrance mixed with chai and green apple candy give an interesting sharp, sweet note. Mad Tea Party has notes of orange pekoe and chai tea, intermingled with tart green apple candy, vanilla cupcakes and almond macarons that provides a sweetness to the blend. The tea note is not dominant in this blend, there are slight notes of amber and rosewood.
The tea is definitely dominant and it makes it a very relaxing type scent for me. Slightly earthy but sweet.
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
Bee’s Knees Lacquer | The Blood Moon
Inspiration: Inspired by American Horror Story Roanoke
Description: The Blood Moon is an orange to gold to green pastel multichrome loaded with black to red multichrome flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Cuticle Oil by Black Dahlia Lacquer | Candy Corn
Inspiration: Inspired by “We were inspired by our favorite fall candy, candy corn!”
Description: This fall cuticle oil captures the scent of Halloween with a sweet vanilla candy with a hint of cinnamon. Black Dahlia cuticle oils use only therapeutic grade essential oils and we never include artificially scented oils.
This smells like candy corn, but almost like a more… gourmet version? If that makes sense? It’s not as sickeningly sweet smelling as the actual candy but more of a grown up type version.
Price: $7.00 | Cap: None
Black Dahlia Lacquer | Wandering Orbs
Inspiration: We were inspired by the ghost, Wisp from Animal Crossing.
Description: Wandering Orbs is a very pale icy blue holographic multichrome that shifts from blue to purple to dark teal, with aurora shimmers. I show it in 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat, but if you layer it over a deeper shade or a black creme – it will bring out the multichrome shift more.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 200
Bluebird Lacquer | Back On My Boosheet
Inspiration: Inspired by Blinky the blue ghost from Pac Man!
Description: Back On My Boosheet is a glowy cerulean blue jelly base loaded with blue metallic flakes and purple to blue to green shifting iridescent flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
My photos show this as a stronger, slightly deeper shade of blue than it actual is. In person it’s brighter and more toned down base color. Please check out more swatches for a better idea of this polish – it was hard for my camera to deal with and when trying to color correct – things just went even more off.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
Candy Treat Nail Travel Set | By Dany Vianna
Inspiration: Inspired by candy treats
Description: By Dany Vianna is nailing it with these bags she’s been releasing. This month we get a set of 2 bags perfect for traveling, or even popping into your purse if you carry around the equivalent of a carry on every where you go.
This month’s bags is a duo containing one zippered bag perfect for bottles and jar products. It would carry approximately 6 round polish bottles (just as an idea of size) and the slimmer bag is perfect for clippers, files, murder sticks (also known as cuticle pushers), etc.
Price: $19.00 | Cap: 50
By Dany Vianna | We See You
Inspiration: Inspired by watchful eyes in the dark
Description: We See You is a black jelly base with a mix of neon yellow glitters. I used 3 thin coats, Glisten & Glow Glitter Grabber and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Due to glitters, you may need 2 coats of top coat or a smoothing glitter top coat.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 400
Cadillacquer | Don’t Make A Sound
Inspiration: Inspired by the movie A Quiet Place
Description: Don’t Make A Sound is a darkened teal jelly base packed with strong berry red to red to copper to gold shifting shimmer and silver holo microflakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: None
Cameo Colours Lacquers | Spooky Silhouettes (Glow in the Dark)
Inspiration: Inspired by Spooky shapes silhouetted against the moonlight.
Description: Spooky Silhouettes is a white crelly base with blue and turquoise metallic micro flakes, red to bronze to copper ultrachrome chameleon flakes, black holo micro glitter, aqua shimmer and subtle scattered holo. This shade also glows a brilliant aqua in the dark! I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Each polish will come with a small bag of black matte bat glitter for decoration.
Price: $11.50 | Cap: 105
Colores de Carol | Witch’s Best Wishes (Magnetic)
Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween Decorations
Description: Witch’s Best Wishes is a black to gold to orange to red multichrome base with blue to green to purple ultrachrome chameleon flakes and pink to purple to blue magnetic pigment. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
I only magnetized 2 nails so you can see it both ways.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 200
Topper by Crystal Knockout | A Witch’s Work
Inspiration: Inspired by a witch getting ready to work her magic on a fall evening
Description: A Witch’s Work is a sheer orange tinted topper with a golden shifting shimmer, and iridescent flakes in fuchsia, orange, violet, and gold. I used 1 coat over a black creme for these photos.
Price: $10.00 | Cap: None
Crystal Knockout | Hand Over the Treats!
Inspiration: Inspired by a cute little cat trying to steal your candy stash on Halloween!
Description: Hand Over The Treats! is a dark grey crelly with matte neon green and orange dots, and matte orange and white hex glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
The glitters will cause this to dry with a texture, so you will need 2 coats of top coat or a glitter smoothing top coat.
Price: $11.00 | Cap: None
Cupcake Polish | Fangs For The Memories
Inspiration: Inspired by vampires
Description: Fangs For The Memories is a medium berry linear holographic with a red flame. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Cuticula | Home Is Where The Heart Is
Inspiration: Inspired by Photo of creepy house in the middle of nowhere.
Description: Home Is Where The Haunt Is is a black jelly base with purple to blue shifting shimmer and green, purple, silver shiny metallic flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Different Dimension | Cuticle Oil Duo
**PAID PR**
Inspiration: Inspired by PSL Season
Description: You will receive one each of PSL, and Pumpkin Cake fragrances
PSL: Rich butter, a hint of coconut, creamy pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, spiced caramel and sweet cream.
Pumpkin Cake: smells like fresh pumpkin blended with orange peel, sweet carrot, ground cinnamon, clove bud, nutmeg and vanilla cream.
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 | Spooky Season
**PAID PR**
Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween
Description: Spooky Season is a darkened violet jelly polish with orange to green to gold color shifting shimmers and holographic microflakies. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
Dreamland Lacquer | Regular Human Bartender
Inspiration: Inspired by Jackie Daytona, the totally regular human bartender from What We Do in the Shadows
Description: Regular Human Bartender is a shiny multichrome with a foily-chrome finish that shifts from medium pewter to teal to cyan. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 300
DRK Nails | Light Tricks
Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween Lighting decoration
Description: Light Tricks is a violet jelly base with a mix of iridescent flakes and pastel flakes that flash orange, pink, magenta, red, purple and blue. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $ 13.00 | Cap: 500
Fair Maiden | Creepin’ it Real
Inspiration: Halloween, a night full of frights and a bag full of delights!
Description: Creepin’ It Real is a sheer violet jelly base packed with chroma and iridescent flakes that shift from orange to gold to yellow to green to teal. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos, however – this can be used as a topper as well.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
Fancy Gloss | Spook-tacular (Thermal)
Inspiration:
Description: Spook-tacular is a warm purple (cold) to milky white (warm) crelly base with red to copper and green to blue to gold flakes mixed in. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 300
Fox Fire Wax & Bath Co. | Luxe Facial Oil
Inspiration: Inspired by face paint used during trick or treating because oil is a great way to dissolve the pigments on your face pre-cleanse or between cleanses.
Description: This luxe oil* is a powerful blend of skin-healing oils to feed the skin and protect your skin barrier. It’s also a deep moisturizing formula, soothing to the skin and won’t cause irritation or breakouts.
*This is the same oil blend sold at Nordstrom and Crate & Barrel at $56 retail for the same amount.
This can also be used as a nail and cuticle oil.
To Use:
Apply a few drops directly to the face or mix it in with your moisturizer
Remember to use oil treatments, such as this, AFTER the application of your water-based treatments. This will keep the water based treatments absorbed into your skin. (If you start with oil-based, the water-based products cannot absorb into your skin because the oil creates a barrier.)
This can be used day and night, as necessary. We especially love to use it as the ultimate pamper after a nice mask.
I’ve been testing this for about a week and so far so good. I do have combination skin – so I have been using this instead of my normal moisturizer. If I use both or mix – it’s too strong for my skin. I use a very thin layer of this oil and it soaks in nicely, doesn’t cause irritation and leaves my skin nicely hydrated.
Like with most skin products – do a patch test first.
Price: $14.00 | Cap: None
Garden Path Lacquers | Thinking Only Autumn Thoughts
Inspiration: ‘Thinking Only Autumn Thoughts’ is inspired by Ray Bradbury’s “The October Country”.
Description: Thinking Only Autumn Thoughts is a rusty reddish orange jelly base filled with red and copper holographic microglitter.. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Glisten & Glow | Cats & Bats
Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween’s superstitions of black cats and the spooky bats that fly at night when trick or treating.
Description: Cats & Bats is a deep, vampy purple jelly base with iridescent flakes that shift from dark blue to purple, as well as pink to red to orange to green to gold iridescent flakes, holo micro flakes, and holo micro flecks. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Top Coat by Glisten & Glow | Glitter Grabber
Inspiration:
Description: Glitter Grabber is a “cushion” between textured polishes and top coat. It fills in all the nooks and crannies so you can apply top coat and have a smooth, glassy finish. Most of the time if you just use 2 coats of top coat – super textured polishes will still get little “sink holes”, but with Glitter Grabber you still get that smooth finish.
Always top it all off with your favorite glossy top coat.
Price: $8.00 | Cap: None
Healthy Fawns | Zombie Snack Bag
Inspiration: Inspired by Creepy Zombie Apocalypse Fabric
Description: This bag measures 8″ wide x 5″ tall x 2″ deep with a creepy zombie print outside and waterproof ProSoft FoodSAFE PUL lining. The lining is 100% eco-friendly, lead-free, BPA-free, phthalate-free, PFAS & PFOA-free. The Zombie Snack Bag can be used to carry anything from chips to fresh fruits and veggies, perfect to just throw in your bag and go.
I am not really big on breakfast and lunch and am guilty of snacking through those 2 meals. This has been getting a lot of use in the last 2 weeks since I’ll throw in my snack foods and go. My most common is yogurt and granola and this has been the perfect little carrier since I don’t need a full on lunch bag.
To clean, just dump out any crumbs and give a quick wipe out or toss into the wash and it’ll be ready for your next supply run!
8″ wide x 5″ tall x 2″ deep
Price: $16.00 | Cap: 48
Heather’s Hues | Get Lit
Inspiration: Inspired by jack-o-lanterns hanging out on a porch.
Description: Get Lit is a black jelly base with black to red multichrom flakes, as well as metallic and holo glitters in orange, red, purple and red to copper to gold multichrome flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Indie by Patty Lopes | Knock, Knock
Inspiration: Inspired by Jack o lanterns
Description: Knock Knock is a muted turquoise crelly base with green shimmer and light orange and black matter glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 250
Jen & Berries | Who’s a Good Girl?!
Inspiration: In honor of my pup’s 13th birthday, I chose Paw Bender doggie ice cream treats
Description: Who’s A Good Girl?! is a charcoal crelly base with pink to gold to green to blue shifting flakes and a variety of pink glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap:100
Jreine | Dark Deco
Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween Decor
Description: Dark Deco is a flake bomb filled with silver holo flakes and shifting black to red to gold micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Hand & Body Sugar Scrub by KBShimmer | Warm Apple Cider
Inspiration:
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.
Warm Apple Cider scrub is the perfect nod to fall and all its comforts. The warmth of simmering cinnamon is accented by the sweetness of juicy apple. The spice of clove adds depth, while a subtle hit of bourbon adds interest to this fall scent. A soft, cream-colored scrub is accented by a cider-like, rust-colored swirl. Our new heat-sealed lid will ensure your vegan hand and body sugar scrub arrives to you leak-free!
This is such a warm, comforting smell. It isn’t too sweet or spiced and has a beautiful balance. I want everything in this scent – body mist, lotion, soap, etc.
Price: $10.00 | Cap: None
KBShimmer | Witch Please
Inspiration: Inspired by Halloweentown
Description: Witch Please is a purple jelly base loaded with pink to orange to gold ultrachrome chameleon flakes, as well as holo flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Dries with a texture – may need 2 coats of top coat for a smooth finish.
Price: $11.00 | Cap: None
Lacquer is in the Air | HEY PAUL!
Inspiration: Inspired by the new song and music video Hip to be Scared by Ice Nine Kills. INK is known for writing song based off of classic horror movies. This particular song is based off of American Psycho.
Description: HEY PAUL! is a deep navy blue base with black to red multichrome pigment and holo pigment. I used 2 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: None
Lemming Lacquer | The Worst Witch (Thermal)
Inspiration: Inspired by the black, green, and orange school uniforms in the 1986 movie The Worst Witch.
Description: I accidentally splashed a little acetone onto the bottle when refilling my pump … and apparently this is the result. I knew as soon as it happened and was like “NOOOOO” and I’m positive Nick thinks I’ve lost my mind at this point.
The Worst Witch is a blackened olivish brown (cold) to Granny Apple Smith green (warm) crelly based thermal with purple to gold to green shimmer and orange to gold to green shifting flakes.
I found this polish to be on the thicker side – so you may need to add thinner depending on your preference.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 200
Lucky 13 Lacquer | Spies with Little Button Eyes (Thermal & Glow In The Dark)
Inspiration: Inspired by Coraline (movie version)
Description: Spies with Little Button Eyes is a pastel butter yellow (cold) to white (warm) thermal with small and medium bright blue hex glitters and aqua to purple shifting shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This also glows aqua in the dark.
The description says this thermal should transition into 2 different shades of yellow, but mine definitely goes a pale yellow to white.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 150
Wax by LynBDesigns | Apple Cider Donuts
Inspiration: Inspired by The delightfully fall combo of apple cider and donuts
Description: I’m on such a wax kick and I love the scent of this one.
Top notes of apple, caramelized sugar, and orange blend into custard, rum, coconut, and butter and finish with vanilla, maple and benzoin
This is a warm, sweet, spiced scent that is exactly what my mind thinks of when I think Apple Cider Donuts. See, people are team pumpkin – but my butt is 100% team apple everything.
Price: $5.00 | Cap: 110
LynBDesigns | Spirit Offering (Magnetic)
Inspiration: Inspired by leaving treats for spirits during Samhain so they won’t trick you
Description: Spirit Offering is a dark pink to yellow to green shifting multichrome with silver magnetic pull and scattered holo flakies. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
I left 2 nails alone and magnetized 2 so you can see it both ways.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
ManMade By J&S | It’s So Shiny Trick or Treat Bag
Inspiration: Inspired by “We wanted to do a Trick Or Treat bag that could also be used as a reusable tote all year long!”
Description: Made in beautiful shiny oil-slick skull print, this Trick or Treat bag will hold at least 10 lbs of your Halloween treats! It can also double as a reusable shopping tote all year long! We added a cute skull button and elastic so the bag can be rolled up securely for your next shopping trip. As an added bonus, it helps cut down on plastic!
product size: 14.5″ x 13.5″ rolled dimension 6″x3″
I want a second one of these but only 40 are being made so I don’t want to be too greedy. The fabric has some stretch to it and easily wipes down… i know this cause I spilled Dunkin on it already.
I might need to hit up Manmade by J&S soon for a non Halloween themed bag at some point.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 40
Michelle Mildred Art | G(h)oulish Notebook
Inspiration: Inspired by All things witchy, spooky, and nail polish
Description: This g(h)oulish notebook is a fun spin on the classic composition notebook but instead of a sewn binding, it has black spiral binding. Both front and back cover were designed exclusively for PPU and there will never be another batch reprinted. Keep lists of your lemmings, thoughts, ideas, and to-do lists in this cute 80 page notebook.
I just bought a bunch of Composition Notebooks for my son’s school supplies – so I’m glad Mommy gets her own version.
Note from the maker: Due to a ghost stealing the “h’ in the word “ghoulish” on the front (JK – its a typo. I made a typo. My 4th grade failed spelling tests have finally come back to haunt me), I am selling these for cost. I hope you enjoy regardless!
product size: 5″ x 7″
Price: $3.50 | Cap: 104
Moo Moo’s Signatures | Do You Dare To Enter The Horror House
Inspiration: Inspired by the horror house wallpaper, it’s creepy!
Description: Do You Dare To Enter The Horror House is a medium blue jelly base with purple to blue iridescent flakes, green to purple chameleon flakes, pink to orange to green aurora shimmer and subtle holo shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.50 | Cap: 100
MTK Design | Simply Meant to Be (Thermal)
Inspiration: Inspired by Jack Skellington & Sally Fan Art
Description: Simply Meant To Be is a purple (cold) to slightly coral tinged orange (warm) crelly based thermal with two different shifting iridescent flakes in pink to orange to gold, as well as violet to pink, and matching shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
My Indie Polish | Mombies
Inspiration: Inspired by the life of a mombie
Description: Mombies is a dusty almost mint like green crelly base with gold shimmer, purple stars and dot glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
The green base is more muted than my photos show. It’s a dustier shade in person.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 100
Native War Paints | All the Candy
Inspiration: Inspired by The best part of Halloween, all the Candy!
Description: All the Candy is a white crelly base with holographic orange and silver glitter, purple and black glitter, and green bar glitter with pink to purple to blue shifting shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 200
Spooky Earrings | Native War Paints
Inspiration: Inspired by Spooky things
Description: Spooky Earrings with gold metal hooks, made with resin filled with ghost, bats and pumpkins along with iridescent glitter.
The iridescent glitters make these earrings. They are already cute, but those just add that extra oomph.
Price: $10.00 | Cap: 30
Night Owl Lacquer | That Halloween Glow
Inspiration: Inspired by Glowing jack-o-lanterns
Description: That Halloween Glow is a blackened orange jelly base loaded with orange to bronze to gold to green shimmer. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Night Owl Lacquer | The Answer is Treat
Inspiration: Inspired by Brightly colored candy wrappers
Description: The Answer Is Treat is a clear base loaded with holographic micro flakies, red to orange to gold and green to blue to purple multichrome flakes. I used 1 coat over a black creme. You can also layer it alone.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
Noodles Nail Polish | All In A Days Lurk
Inspiration: Inspired by a decorated haunted house at night with vibrant orange, blue, and purple lights
Description: All In A Days Lurk is a black jelly base with orange to pink to gold and blue to pink to purple color shifting flakes, holo flakes, and orange, purple, sapphire, and turquoise metallic and holo glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Depending on application – you should only need 1 coat of top coat, but if you go in thicker – 2 might be needed for a smooth finish.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
Nvr Enuff Polish | Case Studies
Inspiration: We here have what we like to call a healthy obsession with Aliens and the movie The Fourth Kind was one we all agreed was definitely one for the books!! Based on true life case studies, this thriller will keep you on edge.
Description: Case Studies is a blue jelly base packed with blue to green to gold shifting flakes, micro metallic green flakes and black galaxy glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 200
Pahlish | Delivery by Broomstick
Inspiration: Inspired by Our favorite witch with the best treats, Kiki!
Description: Delivery by Broomstick is a bright violet crelly base with tons of copper to green to blue shifting pigment. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Paint It Pretty Polish | Party At The Castle
Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween disney castle
Description: Party at the Castle is a medium turquoise jelly base filled with shifting aurora shimmers in blue to purple to green. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 160
Painted Polish | Don’t Cross The Streams
Inspiration: Ghostbusters
Description: Don’t Cross The Streams is a clear based topper with ultrachrome chameleon flakes that shift magenta to pink to orange to gold to green to blue. I used 1 coat over a black creme for these photos.
Price: $TBA | Cap: TBA
Painted Polish | Slime Time
Inspiration: Inspired by Ghostbusters
Description: Slime Time is a lime green crelly with pink to gold to green color-shifting metallic flakies. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 350
Paradox Polish | Cara Mia!
Inspiration: Inspired by The Addams Family
Description: Cara Mia! is a grey crelly with black, red and white glitters in hex and bar assortments. A little container of black bats will go with each polish. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
The glitters cause a mild texture, so you might need 2 coats of top coat for a smooth finish.
Price: $11.00 | Cap: None
Peachtree Polish | Beware of the Purple Night!
Inspiration: Inspired by The dark eerie sky when the moon is full on Halloween night.
Description: Beware of the Purple Night is a royal purple jelly base loaded with iridescent flakes that shift from gold to green to blue and multi-colored UCC flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 100
Penelope Luz | Wizard Kitten
Inspiration: Inspired by an image of a very cute kitten dressed as a wizard.
Description: Wizard Kitten is a warm violet crelly base with a mix of orange and black matte glitters, as well as black matte star glitters. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This is a shade that likes to alter on camera – it’s warmer on the nails (just like the bottle) but on the nail in photos, it pulls more bluish.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 500
Poetry Cowgirl Nail Polish | We’re All Dead Things
Inspiration: Inspired by my lifelong love of dressing up as a “Dead [blank]” for Halloween
Description: We’re All Dead Things is a dark grey jelly base with strong green-blue-purple shifting shimmer and a hint of blue-purple-red micro UCC flakies. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: None
Pretty Beautiful Unlimited | Foolish Mortals
Inspiration: Inspired by The Haunted Mansion
Description: Foolish Mortals is a medium purple crelly base with holographic pigment, Aurora shimmer, orange, green, blue and pink holographic glitters and a mix of 5 crystal chameleon flakies. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 200
Wax by Pretty Beautiful Unlimited | Hansel & Gretel’s House
Inspiration: Inspired by Hansel & Gretel’s House
Description: Another fabulous wax melt for this month (seriously both I got smell delicious)
This month’s PBU Wax is described as : Hansel and Gretel’s house covered with vanilla frosting, cinnamon sticks, toasted graham crackers and juicy raisins.
Both Nick and Jacob told me I better be getting another of these. Nick wants it for our kitchen warmer.
Price: $6.00 | Cap: None
Psyche Minerals | Halloween Twilight
Inspiration: Inspired by the beautifully spooky sky at twilight during Halloween.
Description: Halloween Twilight is a blackened base which shifts from blue to purple to red with orange at the extreme angles. I used 2 coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 150
Red Eyed Lacquer | I’ve Got The Kielbasa You Ordered
Inspiration: Inspired by The Trickster from Supernatural
Description: I’ve Got The Kielbasa You Ordered is a grayed indigo jelly base with red to pink to orange shifting multichrome shimmer and tiny pinkish violet micro flecks. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 200
Tamesies Hair oil by Red Eyed Lacquer | Crushed It
Inspiration: Inspired by Candy Crush
Description: Lemon, lime, raspberry, strawberry, orange and pear on a bed of creamy vanilla with just hints of sweet rose to round it out.
To use, I add a few squirts into my hand, rub my palms together and scrunch the product into my damp hair after a shower. I do have long, thick but fine hair, so I do require about 4-5 pumps of product for my hair. I avoid the top of my head because my scalp tends to be oily, but the ends dry out and Tamsies has helped a ton, plus is adds a nice scent to my hair.
Can also be used as a cuticle oil.
Price: $12.00 | Cap: 75
Rogue Lacquer | Tricks and Spoopy Treats
Inspiration: Inspired by Delicious Halloween treats and cake
Description: Tricks and Spoopy Treats is a white crelly base with black, teal, lime and purple micro flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Sassy Pants Polish | Sugar Skull Sass
Inspiration: Inspired by sugar skulls
Description: Sugar Skull Sass is a bright magenta jelly scattered holographic base with gold flakies and orange holographic microshreds. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Sassy Sauce Polish | Witch with a “B” Upgrade (Magnetic)
Inspiration:
Description: Witch with a “B” Upgrade deep periwinkle base with purple to blue to pink to gold shifting shimmer, as well as silvery blue magnetic pigment. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
I only magnetized 2 nails to show it both ways
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 500
Scofflaw Nail Varnish | Love Letter to Morticia Addams
Inspiration: Inspired by The Addams Family
Description: Love Letter to Morticia Addams is a deep wine jelly packed with glitters of red, silver, black, and gunmetal. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Dries down with a texture, may need 2 coats of top coat OR glitter smoother and top coat for a smooth, glassy finish.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: None
Serum No. 5 | Hollow Inside (Glow In The Dark)
Inspiration: Inspired by a jack-o-lantern pun.
Description: Hollow Inside is a beige-y taupe holo with extra gold holographic pigment and iridescent flakes. This shade glows green in the dark. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $14.00 | Cap: 14.00
Pendant by Starlight and Sparkles | Shimmer Scale
Inspiration: Inspired by All the beautiful shiny, shimmery, scaly folks out there this Halloween – there are so many gorgeous fabric and makeup options for costumes now, and people use them to create so many truly incredible looks!
Description: The Shimmer Scale pendant uses a black pendant tray and a glass cabochon, and gold to green old school UP sibling pigment, which shifts from a bronze gold to green, and flashes orange and teal at more extreme angles! It’s always made me think of dragons! 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.
I now have a few necklaces like this from Issa from past shops and I love the different color variations I have. I’m at a point I have one to match virtually any outfit now. Plus I almost always get compliments when I wear them
Price: $11.00 | Cap: 300
Starlight and Sparkles | Spooks and Sweets
Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween, the night of tricks and treats, spooks and sweets!
Description: Spooks and Sweets is a black jelly base with green to gold shifting unicorn pee sibling pigment, pink to green shifting aurora flakes, and purple to teal shifting multichrome flakes. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $16.00 | Cap: 200
STELLA CHROMA | Harvest Moon
Inspiration: Inspired by the oh-so-gorgeous Harvest Moon (or the Neil Young song if you ask Mr SC)
Description: Harvest Moon is a deep purple jelly base loaded with blue to red to gold multichrome shifting shimmer, as well as silver holographic 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 | Chocolate
Inspiration: Inspired by Chocolate!
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 month’s scrub is scented in chocolate! It smells like a tootsie roll to my nose. Oddly enough – I don’t like tootsie rolls taste wise, but I like the scent of them.
Price: $6.50 | Cap: None
Supermoon Lacquer | All Work & No Play
Inspiration: Inspired by The special limited edition Halloween cover of Stephen King’s iconic novel, ‘The Shining’.
Description: All Work & No Play is a blackened green base packed with green to red shimmer, gold and red sparks, green pearl micro flakes, holo microflakes, iridescent green to teal microglitters and holo copper and gold micro glitter. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: None
Sweet & Sour Lacquer | Spook Squad
Inspiration: Inspired by Cute Halloween digital wallpaper design
Description: Spook Squad is a deep purple jelly base loaded with matte and holo glitters in a variety of shapes and sizes, including neon pink and green diamonds, white stars, holo micro bars, black and orange hexes and white matte ghosts. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
I had to do some fishing for ghosts and only grabbed 1. Sweet & Sour will be including a small baggie of loose glitter shapes with purchase so you can place them if you aren’t grabbing much in the bottle.
Price: $12.50 | Cap: 350
Sweet Heart Polish | Mmm Brains…
Inspiration: Inspired by Zombie print snack bag
Description: Mmm Brains… is a gorgeous juicy teal jelly filled with gold, violet, turquoise, sky, and rose holo glitters with a gold shift and a splash of linear holo. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
This dries with a texture – so you may need 2 coats of top coat, or a smoothing glitter topper and then top coat.
Price: $9.75 | Cap: 200
The Soapy Chef | Sulfate Free Shampoo Bar/Body Wash
Inspiration: Inspired by Halloween
Description: This shampoo bar/body wash is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint! It has less waste than your traditional liquid shampoos in plastic bottles. It is sulfate free, so it is safe for dyed hair. It has an amazing lather and smells incredible too!
Because of my hair type (oily scalp with dry ends) I do need a leave in conditioner after using this – however – it did get my hair squeaky clean. I use shampoo bars on and off and really – I love them. I find them less hassle than bottles and they just seem to smell so much better and the scent seems to hang on in my hair too.
So far I’ve used this 6 times and I have a TON of uses left. Not even half the bar is gone yet.
Scent notes: roasted pumpkin, cinnamon, vanilla, creamed marshmallow, buttercream
Price: $8.00 | Cap: 80
Treo Lacquer | Pumpkin Pinup
Inspiration: Inspired by a classic Halloween palette and a specific pinup drawing.
Description: Pumpkin Pinup is a deep neon orange loaded with holo bar glitter, a dash of purple glitter and some aurora shimmer that shifts through red, orange, gold, and green. I used 3 thin coats and a glossy top coat for these photos.
Price: $13.00 | Cap: 160
Unicorn Magic Skincare | Hand Cream
Inspiration: Inspired by yummy fall food
Description: Milk has been used in beauty routines since ancient times, it is high in lactic acid that aids to remove dead skin cells, for soft and supple skin. Coconut milk is also packed full of vitamins and anti-oxidants, especially vitamin C, which is known to brighten skin and increase elasticity. Along with quality skin loving oils and butters, this makes coconut milk the perfect option to include in our creamy coconut milk hand creme. This creme has a more fluid consistency than our Deluxe Triple Butter Hand Lotion, but is still rich, nourishing and moisturizing. We are offering this in a handy flip top tube, perfect for throwing in your handbag for moisturizing on the go.
Buttered Pumpkin Pecan Honey Waffles – buttered pumpkin waffles dripping with honey, brown sugar and pecans.
I absolutely adore Unicorn Magic Skincare Hand Cream and this one is at my desk at work and already 1/2 gone.
Price: $7.75 | Cap: 200
Base Coat by Vibrant Vinyls | Rainbow Lollipop Scented Double Bond
Inspiration: Inspired by Rainbow Lollipops
Description: This revolutionary 2 in 1 base coat is formulated with proteins to fill imperfections and ridges on the surface of the nail leaving you with a smooth even base ready for polish.
Rainbow Lollipop is a sweet swirl of lime, pineapple, orange, and raspberry on a base of vanilla.
This sort of reminds me of a mix between skittles and rainbow sherbet. It’s sweet and fruity and delicious smelling.
Price: $8.00 | Cap: None
Top Coat by Vibrant Vinyls | Rainbow Lollipop Scented Fast & Hard QDTC
Inspiration: Inspired by Rainbow Lollipops
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!
Rainbow Lollipop is a sweet swirl of lime, pineapple, orange, and raspberry on a base of vanilla.
This sort of reminds me of a mix between skittles and rainbow sherbet. It’s sweet and fruity and delicious smelling.
Price: $8.00 | Cap: None
Polish Pickup September 2021 | Trick or Treat
Despite everything going on – I kinda pulled it together. Honestly when things are chaotic – swatching keeps me grounded and has for almost 10 years now (seriously… 10 years in December!)
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: September 3rd at 11am EST through September 6th 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 2nd!
332 comments
I’m not really excited about this month, but I do like the wildflower.
Honestly, same. And last month was just so overwhelmingly amazing!!
This will be my 2nd PPU, and it starts on my birthday! Love Letter to Morticia or the Unicorn Magic hand creme would be amazing. Heck, any of these amazing products would be great. Thank you for your hard work swatching and testing so many products! I hope everything gets fixed up for y’all in a timely manner
Amazing polishes this month a as always!! So hard to choose! The paint it pretty polish is mesmerizing though. Can’t resist a blue multishift!
I’m thinking of picking up the Dreamland this month, along with a few others.
Moo moo’s and DRK are calling me ..
That Pahlish IS TO DIE FOR!!! I love the Halloween month because that’s when they are the most creative. LORD, MY WALLET IS IN SO MUCH TROUBLE…
I can’t wait for the PP iridescent topper!
Fancy Gloss is my #1 must have
Looking fwd to Cupcake Polish this time!
Kathleen and Co ;)
I love so many things this time around! I’ll start with the orange to purple thermal, I think it’s called Simply Meant to Be
Love Sweet & Sour this month, but there are so many great ones that I’m going to have a really hard time narrowing down my wishlist
I’m looking forward to this month’s EDK magnetic polish.
I’m super excited about the EDK entries!
I love your monthly PPU swatches and blogs about them! Thank you for all that you do!
I forgot to mention what I’m looking forward to this month! It’s really hard to choose but I think it’s going to have the be the Cadillacquer! Follow close behind the Fancy Gloss, NvrEnuff and Painted Polish! That zombie clutch bag is adorable as well!
So many many polishes and glitter grabber.
Back on my boosheet is my top pick this month!
I love bees knees blood moon!
Rogue
Really interested in the KB Shimmer scrub and the Unicorn Magic Skincare lotion this month. Perfect fall scents!
I gotta have Bluebird Lacquer’s Back On My Boosheet!
Loving that Stella Chroma!
Vanessa Molina A Treat to the Little Witch
I so want to get Sweet & Sour Lacquer!
I am really looking forward to BKL’s Polish and the sparkle earrings.
I love the Kathleen & Co. Others have caught my eye so far, but that’s the only one I’m getting for sure.
Vanessa Molina
I would love to try Vibrant Vinyls top and base coats. I really need to go look at her shop again in general. Miss her products in my life!
I am definitely grabbing the Rogue, EDK, Poetry Cowgirl. I really love Halloween themed polish.
Looking forward to pfd, bkl and wildflower:)
The Penelope Luz is probably my #1 must have at the moment.
Jreine for me!
This month theme is so inspiring, and I want so many polishes, ugh! :)
Ugh, me too! There are just so many great polishes. It’s not on this list but polished for days, jack o’lantern. There’s just something about a glowing orange. Alchemy- bad candy is such an ugly pretty polish, I love it!
Gotta have We See You, its 100% my kinda polish!
I cant wait to get PFDs offering!
I’ve had my eye on Bad Candy since I first saw it!
Definitely picking up the Unicorn Magic hand cream!
I love the Sweet & Sour Lacquer polish the most. It’s those little ghosties!
Hey! This is my first Polish Pickup and I’m super jazzed! Heathy Fawns Zombie Snack Bag has been calling to me, along with Cadillaquer’s Don’t Make a Sound. But my wishlist is pretty long haha!
I want Night Owl Lacquer this month!
I cannot wait for the Treo, the Sweet & Sour, the Penelope Luz and the Paradox. This month is a bar glitter lover’s dream and I’m in heaven!
Love the Cadillacquer❤️
DRK & PI Colors are the top 2 must-haves for me this month ♥
there are 4 on my list after scrolling through. i think that will grow once wish listing is up though
So many good ones. Thank you.
I think Bees Knees is shifty goodness!
I didn’t know Lucky 13’s was a thermal!
I’m looking forward to the big selection of different inspired halloween nails.
Thanks so much for squeezing in these fabulous swatches amidst all your chaos right now. My fall loving heart is pretty happy thus month!
The fast and hard qdtc sounds amazing! I’m going to grab one. Also the blue bird polish looks amazing
Oh man, the one PPU month I’m always a sucker for. This year is sooo dangerous
Tie between Stella Chroma and Kathleen & Co
After this month my wallet is going to be what we Canadians call a “gong show”
If I had to pick only one polish it would probably be the Rogue Lacquer!
#1 for me this month is Kathleen & Co “Ghost Manor”
I’m so excited for this months offerings Halloween is my favorite time for polish
Eeeeeeek!! So ready
Scofflaw polish is must have.
Wooooow! My first must have is the fair maiden polish!
I’m really loving the kb shimmer this month
I want that J&S skull bag!!!!
Ooh excited for the scrubs waxes and cadilaquer .
Excited for the polish from Emily de Molly
Absolutely love Bluebird!
Little Spies with Button Eyes! I love Coraline : )
I’m really looking forward to Stella Chroma’s Harvest Moon!
I love the Bluebird Lacquer!
The kbshimmer, peachtree, Lynb wax, and unicorn magic hand cream are my must haves!
Cupcake Polish
Sweet & Sour is my must have this month!
I really like the Cuticula and MTK Designs this month, plus a couple that I’ve seen on the PPU FB page. I love seeing the different color combos that the makers come up with each month!
Night Owl!
Kb shimmer is my no. 1 this month!
I love the Hit The Bottle freaky treats Halloween stamping plate!
The BKL, the Rogue and the Psyche Minerals
Spook Squad!!
I’m looking forward to the Penelope Luz and the by Dany Vianna!
There’s so many I love this month, it’s going to be difficult to narrow it down. But I love the tote bag and that bar shampoo sounds intriguing.
There are 4 that caught my eye – BKL, Different Dimensions, Night Owl Lacquer, and Dreamland Lacquer. I think my #1 would be Night Owl Lacquer though. Tough decision.
Cadillacquer Don’t Make A Sound, DRK and KBShimmer are very close seconds :O
I love that Treo one! So unique l.
I love both of the Painted Polish items this month.
so many I like but for me my top pic
is the Kathleen and co
So excited for this month! Can’t wait for the KB shimmer polish, Halloweentown used to be my favorite!
It’s going to be a rough month on my bank account. Having a hard time deciding. So many awesome choices!!
There are so many I love but Bluebird is a need.
This month is going to kill me. There are so many! My tops at the moment are Worst Witch, Simply Meant To Be, Cara Mia, Wizard Kitten, Spook Squad, and Frankie. I need a bigger bank account.
Oh jeez. This month is going to kill me. There are so many! My tops at the moment are Worst Witch, Simply Meant To Be, Cara Mia, Wizard Kitten, Spook Squad, and Frankie. I need a bigger bank account.
Thank you for all your thorough reviews! All your manis and photos are beautiful!
The Crafty Tacos earrings. I think the cap is 25, so I will need to use stealth fingers!
The Cadillacquer one is looking stunning
I’m excited for a lot this month! I’ve been keeping myself to 3 or less recently and it’s been pretty easy, but this month is going to be very hard to whittle down the list. I love the Bees Knees though
There are too many awesome polishes this month. I’m not sure how to choose!
The P4D polish is a must for me! It’s a perfect pumpkin!
It’s a tough choice, but I’m gonna go with Pretty Beautiful wax! I need my house to smell like fall/bakery all season!
Sweet Heart Polish | Mmm Brains…
I like many of the offerings this month but the top one is probably Kathleen & Co with Cupcake a close second.
Halloween is my favorite, so i’d be happy if they did this theme every September! Can’t get enough :)
This month one of my must-have products is Fair Maiden Creepin’ it Real.
I have several, but “Thinking Only Autumn Thoughts” by Garden Path Lacquers is a top must have for me!
Looking forward to the apple cider scrub, the hand cream and all the wax! Finally got a warmer!
Number 1 is Leathrette from BaronessX. You did that with your explanatory swatches!
Looking forward to BaronessX Leatherette! I’ve wanted a ‘more than satin matte’ but ‘not quite Velvet matte’ for ages!
Love Polish Pickup! Cadillacquer is on my must buy list, as well as the Polished for Days, and a ton on my considering list!
The Garden Path Lacquer is really good.
I need to snag “Witch With A B”. It looks so pretty!
Most excited for the Polished for Days this month, it’s to die for lol
The glitter crellies are calling my name… Penelope Luz is super cute this month!
The two most grabbing my eye this month are KBShimmer and PFD!
Thank you for searching all of these!
Now to figure out how not to go bankrupt.
Yup. We’ve had this theme three times, and it shows. Your pics and review are great. I’m just so over the Halloween theme.
The Pahlish is my favorite this month.
I thought I’d be able to have a lighter month but I was wrong! I think Sweetheart Polish and Cadillacquer are my top picks right now, but also looking at Emily De Molly, Grace-full, and Treo Lacquer!
Painted Polish – Slime Time!!
I’m looking at Get Lit by Heather Hues this month.
Money is tight so I’m going for tc from Cuticula or Vibrant Vinyls. Haven’t decided yet which one, or if one of each. My hands itch when I use Essie Gel Setter so I need a new tc.
I HAVE to have Love is Weakness from Nailed It! Hopefully I can grab it with their low cap of 300
There were so many awesome colors I can’t remember them all but the skull oil slick bag was cool too!
My top picks this month are KB Shimmer’s Polish, Night Owl’s Polish, and Soapy Chef’s Shampoo Bar!
I’m really loving Night Owl and Bluebird’s polishes. But there are so many great ones to choose from.
Excited about pahlish!!!!
The magnetic this month
I am super excited for that stunning orange and black PfD polish! I have been wanting to try something from PfD for a while (I am a newbie to PPU as of this past Rewind month), and this polish is the perfect excuse. I am trying to resist the BKL polish since I have already ordered from them twice in the last month, but ohhhh it is tempting!
Cuticula
Alchemy is my numero uno
Case Studies by Nver Enuff! I live in Western Massachusetts myself
I’m loving Stella Chroma the most.
I got so excited when I saw the Worst Witch polish by Lemming Lacquer! I loved that movie growing up & the polish gives me all the nostalgic feels!
Got through the first half of the alphabet thinking I wouldn’t do too much damage this month. WRONG! Thank you always for enabling us. <3
Love the Scofflaw
Polished for Days!
PFD, and Different Dimension cuticle oils, even the waxes
I definitely want the Pretty Beautiful Unlimited wax melts!
Thanks for doing these reviews
looking forwad to the penelope Luz
Beautiful polishes! Fair Maiden is my fave
Excited for Cameo Colours Lacquers’ Spooky Silhouettes! Its such a nice blue and it glow in the dark.
Spook Squad and Witch Please are two of my must haves this month! But that’s not saying much since I have 20 on my wishlist….
I look forward to your post. I appreciate all your hard work! I love all the polishes. It’s going to be a difficult decision to keep within a reasonable budget!
That sassy sauce is beautiful
My fave is by MTK with Simply Meant to be.
There’s are soo many others that I need! Love this month’s selection!
I really want the Unicorn Magic hand creme!
Bee’s Knees and EDK
Cant wait to get the paint it pretty polish party at the castle! Love it!
Pahlish and Wildflower Lacquer’s polishes are my favorites for Sept’s PPU.
There are so many good polishes this month! I am in trouble! Haha
Bluebird and Cadillacquer!
I’ve been waiting and waiting for Polish Molish’s “Floss Like a Boss”!
Looking forward to hey paul and cadillacquer! Do i have a type? Yes. I’m not ashamed
Oooh… PSL season cuticle oil may be a must have!
MTK & EDK are my top 2!
So many to choose from this month!
I need to get the shampoo bar! I’ve always wanted to try it and see if it would work for me. Oh and psyche minerals multichrome is calling my name!
I’m really liking Fair Maiden “Creepin it Real” and KBShimmer “Witch Please”. But really, there are so many I like!
EDK & Fancy Gloss
Treo Lacquer Pumpkin Pinup–screams Halloween to me!
That Psyche Minerals polish is perfect!
mombies, i just really like it!
The Dreamland is a must have this month! I just love the shifts!
I also love the Hearts & Promises!
Wizard Kitten is such a fun Halloween crelly!
The Penelope Luz magnetic is gorgeous!
Loving the Penelope Luz and Polished for Days!
This month theme is so inspiring, and I want so many polishes, ugh! :)
Cadillacquer, Bees Knees and Penelope Luz are my must have in September
I’m looking forward to get Fair Maiden Creepin’ it Real!
Kathleen & Co Ghost Manor is my #1
Intrigued by the shampoo bar. Vibrant vinyls always. And I think my #1 polish is the edk magnetic purple
Oops! I meant Whatcha, not edk!
Probably most excited about the BKL and PfD!
I always love seeing your blog of all the offerings for the month.. It makes it easier for me to quickly pick out the ones that stood out for me, making it a lot easier to do the wishlist and help with the budget I have.. This month is pretty overwhelming for me, not really a fan of large glitters, but flakies are the bomb but Bluebird’s one really jumped on me, so I’ll be getting that along with a couple other items.
I want Frankie’s BOO Thang by Baby Girl Lacquer!
Gotta get the Baroness X Leatherette!
So, my two must-haves this month are KBShimmer’s Halloweentown inspired polish, Witch Please!, as well as JReine’s Dark Deco. Beyond that…oof, there are some really pretty ones, like The Blood Moon by BKL and Stella Chroma’s Harvest Moon, and also I want the trick or treat bag.
Different Dimension is my #1 pick this month!
Garden Path Lacquers’ “Thinking Only Autumn Thoughts” is my number one this month, it looks like a perfect fall color!
Got my list ready. Some great polishes in this round
I would love to get Penelope Luz Wizard Kitten it looks so cool! I love Halloween so I will probably get a lot this month lol
Must have Penelope Luz!
I’m excited for SO many things this month!! The makers really brought it. Or maybe I just love the theme? I’m loving the Bees Knees, Glisten & Glow, Different Dimensions…
I’m looking forward to the Stella Chroma and Kathleen & Co polishes!
Fair Maiden is my fav the month!!
Though originally meant for a different month’s theme, I think my number one is Polish Molish Floss Like a Boss.
The EDK and Sweet and sour are my must haves this month!
I love the polish from DRK.
The DRK Halloween Nail Lab!
Polished for Days JOL is going to be the first thing I throw in my cart, but it’s definitely going to bring friends. Just have to whittle down the list.
Glisten & Glow, KB Shimmer, and Kathleen & Co are my top 3. I can never narrow it down to one. LOL
KB Shimmer is must have.
I am excited about this month polishes. Serum No. 5 | Hollow Inside (Glow In The Dark) is my favorite.
Emily de Molly is definitely a stunner!
Treo Lacquer, My Indie Polish and Penelope Luz!! Maybe Polished for Days, EDK and Sweet & Sour Lacquer as well! :)
— Tops Wishlist —
• DRK Nails | Light Tricks♡
• Fair Maiden | Creepin’ it Real♡
• KBShimmer | Witch Please♡
THERMAL —
• Fancy Gloss | Spook-tacular ♡
MAGs —
• Sassy Sauce Polish | Witch with a “B” Upgrade ♡
• Colores de Carol | Witch’s Best Wishes ♡
♥︎ m u c h l o v e a l l ♥︎
I’m thinking of picking up the Dreamland this month!
I must have the fancy gloss too!
The Polished for Days one is so stunning!
And I will probably get the Cadillacquer and the Nailed it! too
lol
I’m not huge on halloween so this month isn’t going to be a big one for me. But I am pretty excited for Glisten & Glow’s Cats & Bats! Waffling between Fair Maiden and KBShimmer’s polishes (can only pick 1 this time!) but I’m excited to try my first sugar scrub with KBshimmer’s apple cider! Finally a scent that appeals to me!
There’s a lot of great multichromes thus month. Looking forward to trying the Psyche Minerals. Deep and vampy!
Always love a flakie bomb so I would say Fair Maiden is my #1!
I just added Treo to my wishlist. The more I look at it, the more I appreciate its uniqueness.
I love the cute notebook.
The shimmer in the Kathleen and Co. polish is stunning! Love the inspo!
I need that BKL!
Def buying Dany viannas polish this month and a couple of glitter grabbers!
Definitely want the Cuticular scented top coat this month!
This month is gonna be hard on my wallet…LOL! So many pretties and my favorite theme! I love the Lemming Lacquer, MTK Designs, the skull bags, Vibrant Vinyls and many more!
Really loving Sassy Cat Lacquer -Scary MeowSter! Reminds me of my black kitties.
Also loving Night Tricks!
Night Owl is a Halloween dream!
Whatcha is a must have…
I’m loving all the purple polishes! I’m really interested in Pahlish, Colores de Carol, Stella Chroma, and the adorable zombie bag.
I’m super excited for the wax melts this month. Sound amazing.
Sweet Heart Polish Mmm Brains… certainly grabbed my attention for this month!
So excited for the Different Dimension and Kathleen & Co this month.
I’m not super into the polishes this month, I may grab the Wildflower but that’s it. I’m more excited about indie pickup – I think I need the Cuticula Top Coat in Caramel Apple Pops and Handmade Natural Beauty pumpkin soap!
Polished For Days is SO gorgeous this month! ❤
The kbshimmer scrub is looking beautiful too!
EDK | Halloween’s Finest Trick or Treaters
Gonna try Tamsies for the first time ever: wish me luck in getting my wishlist shorter so I won’t go broke this month!
I want the Moisturizer by Penelope Luz
I’ve become a sucker for magnetics and Vanessa Molina’s looks beautiful!
I’m excited for the Fancy Gloss and the Vanessa Molina (not in the blog post).
KBShimmer is also awfully pretty!
So excited for Polished for Days, Night Owl & KB Shimmer. Also, the Unicorn Magic hand creme sounds amazingly yummy. Thanks, Lisa.
I feel like there are so many good ones! It’s hard to pick! Serum No. 5 | Hollow Inside (Glow In The Dark) is definitely one of them though :D
I like a lot of these, but I think some of the most unique are By Vanessa Molina’s magnetic, Dreamland’s foil, Scofflaw’s glitter, and Femme Fatale’s thermal.
I’d love the Dany Vianna one. So sad it has a low cap. Hoping I’ll be one of the lucky few! The crelly and hex glitter combo is my fav.
Holy cow I love all of these but Back on My Boosheet is my FAVE!
Wildflower Lacquer – Carpe Noctem
Kathleen & Co Ghost Manor is so pretty!
Dark deco is calling my name
Poetry Cowgirl looks awesome this month!
Definitely one of the most fitting themes. I love all the purples.
The Soapy Chef’s shampoo/body wash bar looks intriguing, I might have to pick one up to try it.
Need another Anchor and Heart Mermaid’s tears base coat.
Bees Knees!
Most excited for Zra Jewellery’s Calavera Studs!
Nailed it and Kbshimmer are the top of my list
— Fav Purple Polishes —
♡ DRK Nails | Light Tricks♡
♡ Peachtree Polish | Beware of the Purple Night! ♡
Definitely looking forward to Spook Squad, it looks so fun!
Rainbow Lollipop Scented Fast & Hard QDTC sounds cool
My must have this month is Nailed It Nail Polish’s “Love is Weakness!” Love it!
The Night Owl topper is one of my favorites.
I LOVE Sweet and Sour’s offering this month and have to have it!!
Excited for the Kbshimmer and night owl lacquer polishes
I can’t wait to try the NeverMind vinyls
I keep eyeing that Painted Polish
Loving the fall scents!
I love the Stella Chroma this month!
I love the KBShimmer Warm Apple Cider scrub this month! May have to get 2!
Painted Polish is so unique this month. Thanks, Lisa!
That BKL polish looks really nice for fall. Very unique!
The DRK is definitely my top pick this month!
I can’t wait for Polished for Days!
I love BCB Lacquers | I AM CALM!
Love Cadillacquer – Don’t Make A Sound! Very unique.
Psyche Minerals is a must have for me!
So many good picks this month
The edk is another i NEED!
That Kathleen and co is BEAUTIFUL!
Polished for Days contribution this month looks so fun!
Unicorn Magic Skincare handcream is a must
I might need Patty Lopes and Crystal Knockout’s glitter crellies!
oh and KBShimmer!
Cadillacquer looks pretty too!
The Pahlish also looks great :)
Bee’s Knees Lacquer | The Blood Moon
I am in love with Poetry Cowgirl’s We Are All Dead Things. It’s so gorgeous!
I really enjoyed scrolling through this post. So many to choose from, but I stand by my first choice. I am intrigued by the wax melts and the oils. The additive for remover seems extra if you’re using Zoya Remover?
I need to pickup DRK Nails | Light Tricks
Looking forward to Penelope Luz Wizard Kitten in September!
The NOL topper *heart eyes*
I’m absolutely in love with Fair Maiden – Creepin’ it Real, but my list of “must” haves is far longer than that….
I’m almost out of acetone antidote and sounds like I might need to get 2 of these bottles even if they are bigger than the old ones. Also like the Bluebird Lacquer, I have a lot of blue polish but very few are true blue, they either lean blurple or turquoise.
Jreine polish is beautiful.
Heather’s Hues | Get Lit is fiiirrreeee!
This month is dangerous for my wallet. We are after almost every piece of jewelry this month, and the bags I’m gonna be broke!
Can’t wait to get my hands on the KBShimmer scrub this month. Apple is my favorite fall scent.
Cadillacquer is definitively at the top of my list!
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| W L x M a g n e t i c s |
♡Whatcha | Night Of Mischief♡
♡Sassy Sauce Polish | Witch with a “B” upgrade♡
♡Colores de Carol | Witch’s Best Wishes♡
S/o to these unique beautys too;
♡By Vanessa Molina | A Treat to the Little Witch
♡EDK | Halloween’s Finest Trick or Treaters
♡Nail Artisan Cosmetics | Dead. Dead. Deadski
I am loving EDKs the most this month but i have like 20 items on my wishlist so theres a lot of goodies this month lol
My top wishlist item is Bluebird’s Back on my Boosheet!
My number one must-have is Love Letter to Morticia Addams– but there are so many on my list! As ever, your swatches are awesome. Many thanks!
I love the Noodles Nail polish!
Love the Emily de Molly!
The Penelope Luz polish is a must have!
LOVE the Emily de Molly.
Going to need to add Rouge, Cuticula, and Aurora to my wishlist this month
I am sorely tempted by so many this month! Trying to be good because I just spent a bunch on back-to-school for my kids…but Stella Chroma is calling my name.
I also gotta have MTK’s Simply Meant to Be – I’m loving all her thermals!
Do I need more Fast & Hard right now? Not really. Will I probably get some anyway? Yep ;)
I have entirety too many things on my wish list!
I am a sucker for Supernatural so my top pick would be I’ve Got The Kielbasa You Ordered from Red Eyed Lacquer.
Lots of nice purples to choose from!
The polish from Glisten & Glow is so different!
I’m having such a hard time narrowing down my list!!!
I really thought Halloween would be awesome, but it just continues to be such an underwhelming year (in my opinion only; I know everyone else loves absolutely every single polish that comes down the pike). So I guess I’ll go with the Shimmer Scale pendant by Starlight & Sparkles – beautiful color.
I’m so curious about the glitter grabber
Cadillacquer
The Nailed It polish is perfect for fall!!
The EDK magnetic looks really nice!
Unicorn Magic Skincare’s hand cream looks great this month!
Dark Deco is lovely
Loving all the purple this month
Bees Knees Lacquer.
Very excited for, as I usually am, for Rogue Lacquer’s offering!!
The Dreadful Delights stamping plate looks like so much fun!
♡Topper by EDK | Are You Gonna Treat or Not?♡
I reeaally love crystal knockout’s topper too!
The charm for this month is absolutely purrrfect!
Cara Mia! looks so awesome
I love that the Fancy Gloss is Halloween-inspired, but wearable year-round, so I’ll probably pick it up. (Plus, their thermals last forever!)
Love these colors and scents!
I adore the Pi Colors polish.
I love The Crafty Taco’s simple yet adorable earrings this month ✨
I’m definitely getting the top and base coats from vibrant vinyls
I love Pi Colors “It Was Agatha All Along”
But I also Loved:
Grace-full Nail Polish – Graveyard Mash
Pahlish – Delivery By Broomstick
Cupcake Polish – Fangs for the Memories
Saki Cosmetics – Spectre
I may just have to try the Glitter Grabber! I found some rather old mainstream glitters at Dollar Tree yesterday, and this would give me incentive to wear them :).
I love the Sweet & Sour Lacquer polish!
I really like Lacquer in the Air Hey Paul!
F a v o r i t e I P U i t e m s :
♡Hal.Lab.Ween DIY Artisan Polish Kit | DRK Nails♡
♡Blossoming Lotus Creations | Witchy hand earrings♡
♡demiflux | Magic Wand Hair Stick♡
S/o :
These makers(+others!) unique items/designs, hope for similar products in other themes too— love!
♡Fangirl Ltd | Ghoul-catcher
♡Just Duckie Designs | Vincent Ear Wrap
♡Angel Wings Creations | Bat Hand Sanitizer Holder
♡Erin Casey Crafts | Witchy Womxn Pendant
Scofflaw is phenomenal!
The Kathleen & Co. polish is so beautiful!
Grace-full nail polish is beautiful.
FancyGloss is the one I want most
I always love the KB Shimmer polish!
I didn’t look at your blog beforehand, and I only purchased 2 polishes this month. My order would have been MUCH larger had I seen your swatches!! Have to add many to my ISO list now!
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