Indie Polish Lovers

[DragonChick]

Ooooh thanks--I was looking at Dance Legend Chameleons on Llarowe but these are way better.  I ended up ordering Birefringence instead of peace, it looked a little less subtle.   I had a sudden multichrome craving, haven't really been on my radar (except Peridot and its dupes) since the late 90's (I swear color shifts were better when polish was still totally toxic)

You will definitely want Dance Legend's The Knight. While ILNP's Bishop is similar, I feel that The Knight has a better color shift into the blue/black range than Bishop does. (I have both, btw) DL also has a version of the Knight with holo dust named Protuberance. ILNP's Nostalgia is another multichrome you'll want to get.

If you have an opportunity to purchase the Picture Polish LE multichromes, definitely pick those up. The DL Galaxy collection is similar to the PP LE's.

 

[Christa W]

You will definitely want Dance Legend's The Knight. While ILNP's Bishop is similar, I feel that The Knight has a better color shift into the blue/black range than Bishop does. (I have both, btw) DL also has a version of the Knight with holo dust named Protuberance. ILNP's Nostalgia is another multichrome you'll want to get.

If you have an opportunity to purchase the Picture Polish LE multichromes, definitely pick those up. The DL Galaxy collection is similar to the PP LE's.

I love my Dance Legend multi chromes.  Sully is my favorite nail polish I own.

 

[disconik]

Black Sheep Lacquer fall collection was made available to preorder today in mini or full sizes! 

I got Smooth Criminal, the glitter polish I think she's calling mustard seed? (there was no label on mine), and smells like teens spirit in my subscription this month.  Smooth Criminal is the blue in the fall collection and it is GORGEOUS!

 

[disconik]

I went crazy on hit polish's bday sale on Saturday.  Everything is 50% off until the 27th!! 

I got:

Breakfast at Tiffany's (two minis because the full size sold out before i could check out)

Jack Loves Sally

Cosmic Playdate

Neon Twist (mini)

Counting Stars

Gleaming Sapphire (i was iffy about this but it is beautiful in person)

Alumina (light grey holo)

Candied Apple (it's amazing)

Golden Honey (dark gold holo)

Chai Latte (nude holo and i looooooove it!)

And she included a mini of a super cute brightly colored glitter bomb that has rounds and hexes and shredsd and bars, oh my!  It's pretty!  All for $52 bucks including shipping!!

 

[Christa W]

I went crazy on hit polish's bday sale on Saturday.  Everything is 50% off until the 27th!! 

I got:

Breakfast at Tiffany's (two minis because the full size sold out before i could check out)

Jack Loves Sally

Cosmic Playdate

Neon Twist (mini)

Counting Stars

Gleaming Sapphire (i was iffy about this but it is beautiful in person)

Alumina (light grey holo)

Candied Apple (it's amazing)

Golden Honey (dark gold holo)

Chai Latte (nude holo and i looooooove it!)

And she included a mini of a super cute brightly colored glitter bomb that has rounds and hexes and shredsd and bars, oh my!  It's pretty!  All for $52 bucks including shipping!!

I love the new Jack loves Sally!!!  I am going to live vicariously through you!!

 

[Ryan Chamberlain]

What are some indies with a good formula. I am having issues with Rainbow Honey's creams. The glitter formula is alot better though.

 

[DragonChick]

What are some indies with a good formula. I am having issues with Rainbow Honey's creams. The glitter formula is alot better though.

Stardust Polish - very good formulas, she makes mostly jellies, holos, crellies and glitters. Also some of the best customer service ever.

Polish My Life - very good cream formulas.

Liquid Sky Lacquer

Lacquer Lust

Bliss Polish - I love her jellies.

Mentality Polish - this is the underdog brand. Very reasonably priced and thicker polishes designed for stamping. They also make matte polishes. (If you've ever tried Julep's mattes, they're horrible compared to Mentality's mattes)

I'm sure there're many more I can think of later, but these are a few of my favorite indie brands.

 

[Ryan Chamberlain]

Thanks for the recs.

 

[Christa W]

What are some indies with a good formula. I am having issues with Rainbow Honey's creams. The glitter formula is alot better though.

KBShimmer has some cremes and from what I have seen they are pretty awesome. 

 

[Ryan Chamberlain]

Just looked at the KBShimmer site. Whoa...those multichromes! Forget about creams.

 

[lochnessie]

Just looked at the KBShimmer site. Whoa...those multichromes! Forget about creams.

I'm wearing Rollin' with the Chromies right now and it's every bit as awesome as it looks in pictures!

 

[Christa W]

I ordered the Halloween LE Laquerlicious polish with key fob from the EmPURRium

not my photo I got it off the Laquerlicious web site



a portion of the proceeds go to the pitbull rescue so I am considering this my charitable act for the month instead of breaking a strict no buy which I have been very good about keeping so far

 

[kaitlin1209]

 I was looking at the site and saw there's a walking dead collection  :w00t:  .    I would love to hear your thoughts when you get them. If the quality is good I'll probably pick up a few minis as well.

@@chelsealynn I got my Native War Paints order a few days ago, and I'm really happy with them! They applied sheer on the first coat but were totally opaque by 3-4 thin coats, all of which dried super fast. I think I might get a full size of each of the three I got (my swatch order in the attached pic: Sweater Weather, Crisp Red Apples, Changing Seasons).  The swatches on the Native War Paints site are very true to color and my pic of Sweater Weather isn't good enough- the green/blue/gold shift is beautiful.  The only downside is that they smell strongly of nail polish so I am guessing they are not 3/5/whatever free. I don't really pay attention to those kinds of claims.  Either way it wasn't detrimental to my loving these colors!! 

 

[chelsealynn]

@@chelsealynn I got my Native War Paints order a few days ago, and I'm really happy with them! They applied sheer on the first coat but were totally opaque by 3-4 thin coats, all of which dried super fast. I think I might get a full size of each of the three I got (my swatch order in the attached pic: Sweater Weather, Crisp Red Apples, Changing Seasons).  The swatches on the Native War Paints site are very true to color and my pic of Sweater Weather isn't good enough- the green/blue/gold shift is beautiful.  The only downside is that they smell strongly of nail polish so I am guessing they are not 3/5/whatever free. I don't really pay attention to those kinds of claims.  Either way it wasn't detrimental to my loving these colors!! 

Thank you so much for the swatches and review!  Glad to hear your positive remarks and that the swatches on her website seemed accurate.  I will probably pick some up within the next couple of weeks!

 

[meaganola]

Yay, the October Rainbow Honey stuff is out, and I DO NOT WANT ANY OF IT!  I've got a *huge* Espionage Cosmetics nail wrap Kickstarter pledge hitting Monday, so this is a huge relief.  I have a feeling my RH sub will be going bye-bye if the EC nail wrap sub becomes a reality (the Kickstarter needs to hit $120k by 6pm PST Monday for that, although the sub won't start until April or so.  It hit the official funding goal a week ago, if I recall correctly, and then they announced this stretch goal, and then all hell broke loose, but in an awesome way). 

(In case anyone is interested in seeing what the nail wrap Kickstarter is about, the campaign is here.  This is actually their second Kickstarter for wraps.  I've been using their wraps for a while, and they're my favorite wraps in terms of wear, but they're also really awesome wraps for those of the nerdy and fannish persuasions!  This time around, the campaign has hit stretch goals that mean that everyone at or over the $50 mark gets glittery versions of the Baker Street and Lunar Phases wraps plus a third random wrap, and then if we hit the $120k sub goal, those at certain other levels get up to three free months of the sub.  It's currently...  Just over eight hundred bucks from that goal.  So given the rate that people have been increasing their pledges, chances are that this will be A Thing are pretty much a hundred percent at this point unless something goes very wrong!)

 

[meaganola]

Well, *that* brought the conversation to a complete halt.  Let's try this:

http://www.pointlesscafe.com/2014/10/literary-lacquers-limited-edition.html

Key thing to note:  Tomorrow is the tenth. 

 

[Tamarin]

Well, *that* brought the conversation to a complete halt.  Let's try this:

http://www.pointlesscafe.com/2014/10/literary-lacquers-limited-edition.html

Key thing to note:  Tomorrow is the tenth. 

what's happening on the 10th?

 

[lochnessie]

Well, *that* brought the conversation to a complete halt.  Let's try this:

http://www.pointlesscafe.com/2014/10/literary-lacquers-limited-edition.html

Key thing to note:  Tomorrow is the tenth. 

I'm definitely eyeing that polish, that's for sure! Terry Pratchett AND charity AND Literary Lacquers AND a gorgeous polish? Yes, please! 

Too many awesome polishes coming out right now... I'm also eyeing the new Pahlish Halloween collection that's coming out tomorrow - all 5 polishes are up on her Facebook page, but they're also being posted to her site - http://www.pahlish.bigcartel.com/

 

[Meggpi]

Well, *that* brought the conversation to a complete halt. Let's try this:

http://www.pointlesscafe.com/2014/10/literary-lacquers-limited-edition.html

Key thing to note: Tomorrow is the tenth.

I have such a hard time reading about Terry Pratchett's struggle with Alzheimer's. My oma lived with it way longer than anyone should have to. She was wildly intelligent and creative (she was a simultaneous translator and had an MFA for fun) like him and it seems so cruel for people like that to lose their mind before their body. I might grab that.

 

[Christa W]

I must have been a good girl in a past life.  New A England collection coming soon...

No buy or not I am getting Crown of Thistles.



pic courtesy of the A England Facebook page