Indie Polish Lovers

[smiletorismile]

I just bought a couple of really pretty glittery topcoat polishes from Hit Polish on etsy! They are having a huge 50% off sale, so my polish was only $1.88 each! (Yeah they're minis, but still that's a great price!)

 

[JC327]

Quote: Originally Posted by smiletorismile /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I just bought a couple of really pretty glittery topcoat polishes from Hit Polish on etsy! They are having a huge 50% off sale, so my polish was only $1.88 each! (Yeah they're minis, but still that's a great price!)
That's a great deal, post your pretties when you get them!

 

[smiletorismile]

Quote: Originally Posted by JC327 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  That's a great deal, post your pretties when you get them!
I will! I just wanted to post it really quick, so if anyone's interested they could check out the sale, since I'm not sure how long it will last.

 

[wrkreads]

IndiePolish on etsy is having a 40% off sale for birthday. Coupon code birthdaywishes. Not sure how long it's on for. I'm trying not to break my polish no-buy, but 4 mini polishes from my wish list would be less than $20 after shipping.

 

[Christa W]

I think I am going to wait a little longer before I order anything else online.  The post office now shows an order shipped with 0 information on it on my Glitter Daze shipment.  I hope it comes today as it would be 2 full days since the electronic shipping information was sent.  I am concerned too because I personally sent some polish to another MUT person and it's been missing with no info for 5 days!!!  Until the post office in my area fixes whatever is going on, I am nervous about ordering anything.  For all I know that polish I got her is sitting in a hot warehouse somewhere (it's been in the 90's here) and will be exploded by the time she gets it!! 

I keep seeing some of the indie polish companies I follow on Facebook that are in California and Canada go to festivals or markets and sell the polish right there.  Has anyone here ever been that lucky to live near an indie polish maker and buy from them face to face?  I know KB Shimmer is trying to get a grant through a contest to be able to have stores or be carried by stores at least 1 in every state.  I wish I were so lucky.

 

[smiletorismile]

Quote: Originally Posted by Christa W /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I think I am going to wait a little longer before I order anything else online.  The post office now shows an order shipped with 0 information on it on my Glitter Daze shipment.  I hope it comes today as it would be 2 full days since the electronic shipping information was sent.  I am concerned too because I personally sent some polish to another MUT person and it's been missing with no info for 5 days!!!  Until the post office in my area fixes whatever is going on, I am nervous about ordering anything.  For all I know that polish I got her is sitting in a hot warehouse somewhere (it's been in the 90's here) and will be exploded by the time she gets it!! 

I keep seeing some of the indie polish companies I follow on Facebook that are in California and Canada go to festivals or markets and sell the polish right there.  Has anyone here ever been that lucky to live near an indie polish maker and buy from them face to face?  I know KB Shimmer is trying to get a grant through a contest to be able to have stores or be carried by stores at least 1 in every state.  I wish I were so lucky.
One of my orders has been 3 days with only the electronic info received as well. I'm sure it will probably just show up, this has happened before to me quite a bit, and my orders have always come eventually!

 

[Christa W]

Quote: Originally Posted by smiletorismile /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  One of my orders has been 3 days with only the electronic info received as well. I'm sure it will probably just show up, this has happened before to me quite a bit, and my orders have always come eventually!
Apparently I am all talk.  I forgot that Polish TBH was releasing a thermal I have been interested in today and it happened to be on my lunch 1/2 hour and I was sitting here and it jumped into my cart!!!  Now I am not buying anything else for awhile until the post office stops being stupid!!!

 

[Christa W]

KB Shimmer is having a promotion from now until 10/25/2013 that you get a gift with purchase. 

up to $25 is a matchbook nail files

$25-$44.99 is a glass file

$45 and up is a special edition Halloween polish that looks awesome it's orange with black glitters and it's oh so pretty!! 

I hate that to get it I have to spend so much although I did say I was going to stock up on her polishes.  I guess budgets are meant to be broken???

these are all pre-shipping amounts also

 

[smiletorismile]

Quote: Originally Posted by Christa W /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  KB Shimmer is having a promotion from now until 10/25/2013 that you get a gift with purchase. 

up to $25 is a matchbook nail files

$25-$44.99 is a glass file

$45 and up is a special edition Halloween polish that looks awesome it's orange with black glitters and it's oh so pretty!! 

I hate that to get it I have to spend so much although I did say I was going to stock up on her polishes.  I guess budgets are meant to be broken???

these are all pre-shipping amounts also

If only I had an extra $45 laying around that polish is beautiful! Sadly this week is car insurance week, so I'm broke /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[Christa W]

Quote: Originally Posted by smiletorismile /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
If only I had an extra $45 laying around that polish is beautiful! Sadly this week is car insurance week, so I'm broke /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
I wouldn't be so crazy at trying to figure it into my actual budget which I am seriously doing, if I didn't want that LE Halloween polish so damn bad!

 

[JC327]

I just ordered the Horcrux collection minis form 365 days of color. She is having a 25% of sale this weekend with the code SPOOK.

 

[Christa W]

Quote: Originally Posted by JC327 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I just ordered the Horcrux collection minis form 365 days of color. She is having a 25% of sale this weekend with the code SPOOK.
 I saw those.  How much were the minis?

 

[JC327]

Quote: Originally Posted by Christa W /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Quote: Originally Posted by JC327 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I just ordered the Horcrux collection minis form 365 days of color. She is having a 25% of sale this weekend with the code SPOOK.
 I saw those.  How much were the minis?

The minis are $4.50 or $31 for the set of minis. I paid about $28 including shipping.

 

[Christa W]

Quote: Originally Posted by JC327 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  The minis are $4.50 or $31 for the set of minis. I paid about $28 including shipping.
Oooh that's a good deal and Soooo tempting.

 

[smiletorismile]

That is so tempting. I really like The Goblet, but I'm still not sure if I really need it or not. 

 

[meaganola]

Dear Meagan, 

YOU ARE GETTING YOUR HAIR CUT AND COLORED AT AN ACTUAL SALON NEXT WEEKEND!  YOU CANNOT BUY ANY OF THESE UNTIL AFTER YOU PAY THAT BILL AND SEE HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE LEFT!

Love, 

Your bank account

Ahem.  Yeah.  I'm a sucker for themed collections that hit one of my fannish buttons.  Not polish but still indie:  It looks like Geek Chic Cosmetics will be getting a substantial amount of money from me next year as a direct result of this.  I'm going to take this one week at a time.  This week:  No order no matter *what* fandom theme is demanding to come live with me because HAIR.  

 

[Christa W]

Quote: Originally Posted by meaganola /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Dear Meagan, 

YOU ARE GETTING YOUR HAIR CUT AND COLORED AT AN ACTUAL SALON NEXT WEEKEND!  YOU CANNOT BUY ANY OF THESE UNTIL AFTER YOU PAY THAT BILL AND SEE HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE LEFT!

Love, 

Your bank account

Ahem.  Yeah.  I'm a sucker for themed collections that hit one of my fannish buttons.  Not polish but still indie:  It looks like Geek Chic Cosmetics will be getting a substantial amount of money from me next year as a direct result of this.  I'm going to take this one week at a time.  This week:  No order no matter *what* fandom theme is demanding to come live with me because HAIR.  
I want their polish No Moar Dots just because I play World of Warcraft.  I tried ordering from them before but they needed a minimum of $10.00 order and I didn't have cash at the time.  Thanks for reminding me about it so I can bookmark it!

 

[smiletorismile]

Ok, I went through all my polishes and realized I have a ton of silver topcoats, but no gold ones. So I ended up ordering The Goblet. I also justified it by getting a full size, since hey $9 with shipping for a big bottle is better then $6 for a mini (with shipping) and something I planned to buy is sold out so I had an extra $10! Yay! I'm excited!

 

[Christa W]

Quote: Originally Posted by smiletorismile /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Ok, I went through all my polishes and realized I have a ton of silver topcoats, but no gold ones. So I ended up ordering The Goblet. I also justified it by getting a full size, since hey $9 with shipping for a big bottle is better then $6 for a mini (with shipping) and something I planned to buy is sold out so I had an extra $10! Yay! I'm excited!
I agree whole hardheartedly with your choice on going full size.  I regretted several mini purchases vs full size in the past.  That's a gorgeous polish and a great price. 

 

[Christa W]

Finally got my A Garlic A Day Keeps the Vampires Away and it was worth all the drama it took for me to get it.  I am in love with this polish.  I need more thermals now!! 

Two coats were perfect.  Plenty of glitter no drag.  It was cold in my office so application was in a red/pink color.  I can't say enough about how quickly this transitions and how accurately it picks up the shift in temperatures.  When I held my chin with my hands editing my pictures I looked over and that hand was all white but the and that was on the mouse was almost all red due to how cold it was in my office.  I guess it takes little to amuse me but still.  Incredible.  All photos are without a top coat (way too eager to snap pics and besides I kind of like it a little bumpy). 



Warm in the Florida hot afternoon.



What it looks like mostly indoors in every room except the really cold ones. 



I though this one was neat, transitioning from cold to hot outside before it became all white.



Mostly cold.  I have yet to get my hands super cold (because who wants to do that???)  but when I do I will snap a shot of that too. 

Did I mention how much I freaking LOVE this polish?