Atomic Polish: Base and Top Coats

Press Sample

Atomic Polish sent her two top coats and her sticky base for me to try out! I got good results with each of them. Read on to see what I thought.



GTC - Scented Glossy Top Coat
Choose your own scent from a variety of fragrances! It dries in a couple of minutes and creates a nice hard seal. It has a thin consistency and is said that it can be used as a nail polish thinner without changing the pigment of the polish. 5 Free.

My sample was lemon scented, so yummy! This dries quite fast, I was surprised this wasn't labeled as a quick dry. Nice and glossy, seals well and is fairly thin as she describes on her site.




BC - Sticky Base Coat
a green beauty! Use as a base coat to create a secure polish bond to the nail while still being flexible enough to avoid chipping and peeling.
The Base is 4-Free.

I tested this out for a few weeks with a few different brands of polish and had good results. My polish didn't chip for 7-10 days on both experiments.




QD - Quick Dry Top Coat
Dries in roughly 30 seconds and forms a full seal in 3 minutes. It is non yellowing and chip resistant, dries completely clear with no purple hue. 5 Free.

This should be called blazing fast, and the glossy one should be called fast. :) Yes, it is quick!




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Lollipop Posse: Halloween 2019

Press Sample

Lollipop Posse just launched a fantastic Halloween collection 9/29 @ 8 PM Eastern - 10/06 @ 11:59 PM Eastern. This set is a preorder, which will ship approx 14 business days from pre-order end.
Lollipop is running a special for the set as a whole, and As always, free US shipping for orders of $75+ and free international shipping for orders of $175+. No code needed.



Beware the Autumn People
A red-leaning, chocolate brown crelly filled with color-shifting glitters and red/gold/green shifting ultra chameleon chrome flakes. A muddy trudge through the fallen leaves.
“Beware the autumn people… For some, autumn comes early, stays late through life…For these beings, fall is the ever normal season, the only weather, there be no choice beyond.” - Ray Bradbury, “Something Wicked This Way Comes”

Loving this jelly, so squishy! Shown is two coats with topcoat.






Live Deliciously
A deep, inky purple base accented with holographic micro-flakes, shifting Aurora shimmer, and gold dust.
“Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?”: - Black Phillip, “The Witch”

The pin point sized holo sparks are like stars in a dark sky. Shown is two coats with topcoat.






Moon Child
A pigmented violet crelly filled with aqua to purple shifting shimmer and green/blue/purple shifting iridescent flakes.
“As if you were on fire from within, the moon lives in the lining of your skin.” - Pablo Neruda

Such a shifter! Shown is two coats with topcoat.







Solitary Witches Society
A deeply pigmented berry linear holographic, accented with red/green/gold shifting Aurora shimmer.

Berry is a favorite shade of mine, and the holo rainbow is fantastic! Shown is two coats with topcoat.






Another of Her Spells
A richly pigmented, iron blue base filled with Aurora shimmer that shifts between aqua, purple, and green, green-gold micro flakes, and holographic micro-flakes.
“I’m still caught up in another of her spells/Well, she’s turning me into someone else/Every day I hope and pray this will end/But when I can, I do it all again.” - Nine Inch Nails, “Sanctified”

Such a glowy polish! Shown is two coats with topcoat.






Walking With a Ghost
A linear holographic base accented with purple/green/blue shifting Aurora shimmer and green/gold/blue shifting ultra chameleon chrome flakes.
“I was walking with a ghost/And I said please, please don’t insist.” - Tegan and Sara, “Walking With a Ghost”

The flake adds a pop of color and compliments the strong rainbow! Shown is two coats with topcoat.





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Polish Pickup: Urban Legends (part 2)

Press Sample

Urban Legends inspired polishes at Polish Pickup release on October 4 at 10am central and the pre-order ends on October 7. I have a nice sampling here, but do look around the facebook group and other blogs to see more of what is being offered!




1850 Artisan Lacquer Earthquake Weather
A smokey, blackened burgundy that leans slightly toward dark brown and has shifts from golden to burgundy and purple. Topped with iridescent multichrome flakies shifting from gold to green and red.

This enigmatic color is inspired by the Earthquake Weather urban legend popular in Southern California which says that unusually warm weather without any wind is a sign that an earthquake is imminent.
Cap 150

This one is a morhper! In some lighting it looks burgundy and in others brown. I like the smokey effect of this polish! Shown is two coats with topcoat.






Great Lakes Lacquer Nessy
A sea green filled with a silvery green to blue shifting shimmer.
No Cap

The silvery shifting shimmer is super reflective! In some lighting this polish leans more teal and in others more blue. Shown is two coats with topcoat. One thick coat may suffice, as this is fairly opaque.







Literary Lacquers This Dish is Cheap Yet Tasty
Amy's inspiration is from her favorite urban legend which has a few variations. In the older version, a woman loved the Chinese characters on her menu so much that she knitted them into a sweater. In the newer version, it's a tattoo, but the end result is the same. The unsuspecting woman finds out much later that her sweater/tattoo says "This Dish is Cheap Yet Tasty." The color is inspired by Amy's best friend and her obsession with anything Magenta.
No cap

This hue is a favorite of mine, somewhere in between hot pink and purple, very berry and I am loving the linear holo rainbow! Shown is one coat with topcoat.






All the formulas for the polishes in my post are on point; smooth and easy to apply with no issues.
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Polish Pickup:Urban Legends (part 1)

Press Sample

Urban Legends inspired polishes at Polish Pickup release on October 4 at 10am central and the per-order ends on October 7. I have a nice sampling here, but do look around the facebook group and other blogs to see more of what is being offered!




Blush The Blue Lady
Inspired by a local legend from Story Inn in Story, Indiana. It is rumored that she haunts one of the rooms at the inn and turns on a blue light.

A silvery blue linear holographic nail polish with a shifting blue to purple shimmer, holographic flakes and small blue holographic glitters.
No Cap

Are you nails dripping in diamonds? The Blue Lady is super sparkly, holo and look at that shimmer! Shown is two coats with topcoat. I typically paint fairly heavy coats, for thinner coats, three may be needed to eliminate vnl.







KBShimmer Hidden Agenda
Inspired by the urban legends of Area 51 and the rumors of hidden aliens and spaceship sightings. It is so ingrained in our culture that there's an event planned this year for people to storm the area and find the truth.
No Cap

Hidden Agenda
A matted finished, thermal, glow in the dark polish with a slate blue base when cold and dusty pink when warm. The polish is packed with shimmer, an alien shade of green. In the dark, the polish can glow in a range of yellows to greens and sometimes both if the thermal look is activated.

What a fun and unique polish! I cannot recall having seen a polish that is both thermal and glows different colors depending on its temperature, in the dark. Truly unique and a first. Two coats, no topcoat to show off it's matte effect.







KBShimmer Pumpkin Patch Sugar Scrub
Inspired by It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. A tale where Linus believed that The Great Pumpkin would fly around and visit children, and leave toys for children who believed.

Pumpkin Patch starts with sweet notes of baked pumpkin and is accented with spicy clove and warm vanilla. Cinnamon and nutmeg combine with deeper woody notes and hints of incense. This is not your standard pumpkin!
No Cap

Like Christy describes, definitely different from other pumpkin scented items I've sniffed. This is warm and baked pumpkin, with a dusting of spice. Usually, I'm off put by strong cinnamon but this is just the right balance for my nose to love. :) Outside that, Christy's scrubs soften my skin really nicely. I use them primarily for my hands, and in winter for my legs. The scrub helps seal the moisture in my skin to combat those harsh dry winter winds.






Lollipop Posse Victorian Oddities
Inspired by the haunted Victorian homes of Cape May, New Jersey. Specifically, the parlor in the haunted Emlen Physick Estate.

A bright turquoise crelly with gold flake accents, topped off with gold/green shifting Aurora shimmer.
No Cap

A turquoise lagoon swimming in a galaxy of flakes, this polish is one you won't want to miss! Giving a nod to summer, and perhaps a prelude to winter. Shown is two coats with topcoat.





All the formulas for the polishes in my post are on point; smooth and easy to apply with no issues.
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