Girly Bits for Hella Handmade Creations: No Fawkes Given

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Girly Bits has created a fiery shade for the for Hella Handmade Creations (HHC) April launch which will be available on the Hella Handmade Creations website April 14th - 21st.

No Fawkes Given
a bright red scattered holo with a golden/copper shimmer, and a slight sprinkling of gold holo microglitter. This polish is 5 free, cruelty free, and vegan friendly.

Such a stunner, it's on fire! I wore two coats with topcoat, the formula was fantastic.





Is this on your wishlist?
Available on the Hella Handmade Creations website April 14th - 21st. See more swatches and join in the fun at the HHC facebook fan group!

Blush for Polish Pick Up: Lasso The Moon

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The theme for April's Polish Pick Up is Across the Universe - Planets & Galaxies.
Victoria from Blush created a lunar-ific polish! Her inspiration is "It's A Wonderful Life" - specifically the scene where George tells Mary that he'll lasso the moon for her.
*While this is a black and white movie, she went with her own dreamy idea of the moon to go along with George's endearing sentiment of capturing the moon for Mary.

Lasso The Moon
A soft silvery-taupe base with a violet-blue shimmer, holographic pigment and holo flakes.






The formula is fantastic and almost a one coater, but I used two in the photos. The Blush brush is amazing as always. If you have not tried Blush you need to just for the brush! What better time than now with the beautifully glowy shimmery polish!? I don't think I have seen one quite as glowy as this. Lit from within!

Lasso The Moon will be available 04/06/2018 – 04/09/2018 at https://www.polishpickup.com

Shimmer Me Box: April Showers

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The theme for the next Shimmer Me Box is April Showers and its release is on 3/30, at Native War Paints. The guest this month is Ever After, who has created a cornflower blue polish with shimmer.




Native War Paints Cheery Cherry Blossom
Light pink crelly with blue shimmer, hot pink holo glitter, pink holo glitter and green holo glitter






Colors By Llarowe Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend
Prismatic holo with white shimmer and silver ultra micro glitters.






Tux Let's Dew Spring
Medium Teal with green holo glitter and contrasting purple shimmer.

This is much more of a teal than my camera was able to capture. The polish is not this blue. :)




Ever After Singing In The Rain
a denim leaning slate blue with white a blue shimmer and a touch of holo





All photos show two coats with topcoat. The formula was fluid on all but the Ever After polish, I found it to be thick with drag in some spots, so I added a few drops of thinner for my second coat.

I hope you've enjoyed the review and photos. Will you be picking up the April Showers box?

Turtle Tootsie for Polish Pick Up: Bolide

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The theme for April's Polish Pick Up is Across the Universe - Planets & Galaxies. Chrissy from Turtle Tootsie created a magnetic galaxy in a bottle! It even comes with a magnet!

Bolide
a dark chocolate brown magnetic polish that shimmers a light brown when using the included magnet to bring the pigment to the surface. It’s accented with silver holographic micro glitter. Photos show two coats, and the formula was great!





I looked up the name of this polish to see what it means. In case you're curious too, here is what I found!
bo·lide ˈbōlīd,ˈbōləd/
noun: bolide; plural noun: bolides
a large meteor that explodes in the atmosphere.

Turtle Tootsie's Bolide polish will be available 04/06/2018 – 04/09/2018 at https://www.polishpickup.com. The polish is capped at 500.

Girly Bits for Polish Pick Up: Felt With The Heart

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The theme for April's Polish Pick Up is Across the Universe - Planets & Galaxies. Pam created a polish inspired by The Little Prince which is a lovely story about learning the importance of looking beneath the surface to find the real truth and meaning of things. It teaches us to see with our heart instead of just with our eyes.


Felt With The Heart
a sparkling turquoise foil-ish finish, with an abundance of holographic pigments, gold flakes, blue flakes, and green-blue-gold colour shifting flakes. I wore two coats with topcoat and Pam is so right, definitely foil like!





Felt With The Heart will be available for pre-order at Polish Pick Up April 6-9. This polish does have a cap, but the amount has not yet been determined.

Colors By Llarowe for Polish Pick Up: Space, The Final Frontier

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CbL polish "Space, The Final Frontier" is Leah Ann's creation exclusive to the April Polish Pick Up. The month's theme is Across the Universe Planets & Galaxies and launch is April 6-9.

Space, The Final Frontier
A chameleon of a polish! Depending upon the lighting it can look pink, purple, red, magenta and blue with a strong purple to blue shimmer and hints of gold. The aurora shifting pigment and prismatic holo flake give it added sparkle and dimension.





I wore two easy coats with topcoat and the formula was fantastic. The color and finish is out of this world, ya'll!

Turtle Tootsie: Pet Peeves

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The “Pet Peeves” Spring collection consists of a total of 14 polishes, 7 “dusty” creams and 7 “dusty” holo creams. I have three of each to share in this review.
The whole set will be launched at Indie Shop Atlanta on March 24th followed by the Turtle Tootsie website on Sunday March 25th at noon.
Chrissy is running a launch week special bundle that includes the full collection, please see her page for details.




Cover Your Mouth When You Cough
a light chocolate brown cream polish
oh my delicious! I wanted to lick my nails after putting this on! It is so creamy and did I mention delicious looking? like coffee or chocolate or some kind of sinful dessert.
Two coats. Perfect formula.





Don’t Call Me! Text Me
a dusty purple cream polish
Juicy and a little squishy, and even though Chrissy calls these dusty I think it has a vibrancy about it. Two coats, perfect formula.





There, They’re, They Are, Their. Use Proper Grammar!
a dusty sage green cream polish
Have I mentioned that green is my second favorite color? It is, and this one is that! Reminiscent of antique glassware and how it has that depth to it. Two coats, perfect formula.





Can You Chew Any Louder?
a light chocolate brown holographic cream polish with blue/purple iridescent glitters and iridescent rainbow glitters
Just like the cream, only full of beautiful glitters and holo. Two coats, perfect formula.






Pull Up Your Pants!
a dusty purple holographic cream polish with blue/purple iridescent glitters and iridescent rainbow glitters
Just like the cream, only full of beautiful glitters and holo. Two coats, perfect formula.






Blow Your Nose!
a sage green holographic cream polish with blue/purple iridescent glitters and iridescent rainbow glitters
Just like the cream, only full of beautiful glitters and holo. Two coats, perfect formula. (I'm being a bit repetitious here, but truly these are all amazing!)





Watermarbling fun with the creams! They spread over the water perfectly and with very little effort! I did not use filtered water - it was straight from the tap. I stuck my hand under the faucet until it no longer felt cold and then I filled my little Oui! yogurt glass and got busy making the bullseyes! For two nails, I changed up the order of colors and it gives an entirely different looking marble! So in love with these!



The whole set will be launched at Indie Shop Atlanta on March 24th followed by the Turtle Tootsie website on Sunday March 25th at noon.
Chrissy is running a launch week special bundle that includes the full collection, please see her page for details.

Leesha's Lacquer: Bunny Loaf

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Leesha's Lacquer created Bunny Loaf for her monthly OOAK for March and it is a charity polish!
The polish launches on March 21st at https://www.etsy.com/shop/LeeshasLacquer

Bunny Loaf
a sky blue based polish with a dash of holo, color shifting glitters with turquoise shimmer and rainbow flakes. The turquoise shimmer sometimes gives the polish a greenish look in warmer lighting, pretty cool! I wore two coats with topcoat and the formula was great!





$2 from every sale of Bunny Loaf will be donated to a "bunderful" non profit called Midwest Rabbit Rescue & Re-home, which is based in Michigan. This is a no-kill rescue that is entirely operated by volunteers and donations. Leesha is directly working with this rescue so they are aware of this special polish event.
Help a bun on March 21 and get yours at Leesha's Lacquer shop!

kbshimmer for Polish Pick Up: Hubble'd Together

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Hubble, the world's first large space-based optical telescope, has taken many beautiful pictures of the planets and stars. kbshimmer's April Polish Pick Up contribution pays homage to the Hubble with this polish based on a photo it took of Jupiter, its three moons and their shadows.




Hubble'd Together starts with a teal leaning mint base that is loaded with holographic micro flakes for shimmer and shine. Unicorn flakes echo the pastel shades of the colorful inspiration photo, while glow powder gives this polish a green toned glow in the dark. Shown here in 3 coats and I have to say, this is the best GITD formula I have ever used. It is super smooth and gel like, no grit at all.

Christy suggests layering over black for a unique flake filled look.





Glow in the dark, flake, jelly, teal, holographic, space inspired - what a perfect combo!
KBShimmer’s Hubble’d Together polish will be available 04/06/2018 – 04/09/2018 at https://www.polishpickup.com.