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This list is meant for informational purposes only and is not an endorsement.
If you find new shops to add here or broken links please let me know by commenting below, filling my contact form, or emailing me.
Last update: 9-20-24
& Many thanks to "RS Proto Man" for your continued help spotting dead links!
New to the list:
Cosmic Polish
Daisy Chain Polish
Jewel of The Nail
Lurid Lacquer
Prism Parade
The Tart Peach
Original list
1422 Designs
77 (Seventy Seven) Nail Lacquer
Addicted to Cute
Adored Colors
a-England
Aeviternity Lacquer
AJ Nails Collection
Alchemy Lacquers
Aliquid Lacquer
All Mixed Up Lacquers
Anchor & Heart Lacquer
Arcana Lacquer
Ard as nails
Ari Nail Lacquer
Astrologie Beauty
Atomic Polish
Aura Lacquer
Aurora
Aurora Beauty
B. Loves Plates
Baby Girl Lacquer
Baroness X
BCB Lacquers
Bedford and Grove
Bee's Knees Lacquer
Bella Belle Nail Couture
Big T Ranch Soap
Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab
Bluebird Lacquer
Blush Lacquer
Bonparsco
Boss Lady
Butterfly Polish
By Dany Vianna
By Vanessa Molina
Cadillacquer (CH)
Cameo Colours Lacquers
Camouflaged Polish
Candy Lacquer
Canna Paint
Cat Tail Nails
Chamaeleon Nails
Cirque Colors
Color Spectrum Polish
Colores De Carol
Colour Alike
Copacetic Cosmetics
Cracked
Crafted Hues
Crave Cosmetics
Crazy Cat Lacquer
Crow & Opal
Crystal Knockout
Cupcake Polish
Curtain Call
Cuticula
Dainty Digits
Dam Polish
Danglefoot Nail Polish
Dark & Twisted Lacquer
Dark Hearts Lacquer
Dark Horse Lacquer
Daveen Lacquer
Death Valley Nails
Dew Nail Polish
Different Dimension
Dimension Nails
Disturbed Potions
Dollish Polish
Dragonsworn
Dreamland Lacquer
DRK Nails
Drunk Fairy Polish
EA Polish
Easter Mia (lab created)
ECO Created Colors
Elbe Nail Polish (formerly Holovers)
Ella + Mila
Ellagee Polish
Ember Nail Lacquer
EmilydeMolly (AU)
EmilydeMolly (US)
Encounter the Blooms
Envy Lacquer
Ethereal Lacquer
Exotic Lacquers
Fair Maiden
Fairydust (BR)
Familiar Polish
Fanchromatic Nails
Fancy Gloss Polish
Fangirl Polish
Fanservice Nails
Farbe Nostalgia
Femme Fatale Cosmetics (AU)
Fiendish Fancies
Finding Feathers Lacquer
Folklore Lacquer
Fomo Lacquer
For Your Nails Only
Forget Me Not Lacquer
Fun Lacquer
Gallivanting Nails
Garden Path Lacquer
Geekish Glitter Lacquer
Geeky Bee's Nails
Geeky Girl Universe
Girly Bits (CA)
Glam Polish
GLH Nail Lacquer
Glimmer By Erica
Glisten & Glow
Glitter Gal (AU Reseller)
Glitterfied nails
Glitzd 23
Good Knight Polish
Gorgeous Cosmos
Gr8 Nails
Grace-full Nail Polish
Great Lakes Lacquer
Gridlock Lacquer
Grim and Glamorous
Harmon Polish
Hearts and Promises
Heart's Desire Beauty
Heather's Hues
Hit the Bottle Polishes
Hollie Mixture
Honey Bunny Lacquer
Humble Bee
I Love Nail Polish aka ILNP
I Scream Nails (AU)
I Scream Nails (USA)
IMK Nails
Indie
Indie By Patty Lopes
Indiegirl Beauty Shop
Indigo Bananas
Inspired Sense
J&L Creations
Jen & Berries
Jessie Monroe (boutique/lab made)
Jillybean Polish
Jior Couture
JL Lacquer
Jreine Cosmetics
JV Lacquer
Kaeess Nail Polish
Karma Organics
Kathleen and Co
KBShimmer
Kemela
KNI Beauty and Bath
Koquettish Kosmetics
Krisable Designs
LaCC Beauty - Lac Couleur Couture
Lacquer 22
Lacquer Is In The Air
Lacquered Up
Lacquery
Lacquester
Lacquistry
Lady V Lacquer
Lala Polishes
Lantern & Wren
LCLV
le polish
Leesha's Lacquer
Lemming Lacquer
Lifely Lacquer
Lights Lacquer (boutique/lab made)
Lilypad Lacquer (AU)
Liquid Dyet
Liquid Glam Lacquer
Little Martian
Little Nail Girl
Liv Oliv
Loiuse Lacquer
Love Candii (AU)
Lucky 13 Lacquer
Luna Seas
Lust Nail Lacquer
Luxe Lacquer Co.
Luxuria Lacquer
Lyn B Designs
Lynnderella
Manglaze
Marissa Makes Scents
MBA Cosmetics
MDJCreations
Minx Lacquer
Mischo Beauty
MJ Lacquer
Monroe Blvd
Moo Moo's Signatures
MoonCat
Moonflower Polish
Moonshine Mani
Ms Sparkle
MTK Design
Muse Polish
Music City Beauty
My Indie Polish (CA)
Mythos Lacquer
Nail Artisan
Nail Hoot
Nail Nation 3000
Nail Pattern Boldness
Nailed It Hawaii
Naps and Nails
Native War Paints
Navni Beauty
NeverMind Polish
Night Owl Lacquer
Niji Nails
Nine Zero
Noodles Nail Polish
Northern Nail Polish
Northern Star
Nvr Enuff Polish
Olive Ave
Opulent Essences
Pahlish
Paint It Pretty Polish
Paint Polish (PH shipping only)
Painted Polish
Palate Polish
Pampered Polishes
Paper Crane Lacquer Co
Paradox Polish
Parrot Polish
Party Girl Lacquer
Peita's Polish (AUS)
Penelope Luz
People of Color Beauty
Pi Colors
Pick A Polish
Picture Polish
Pink Hibiscus Beauty
Pinnacle Polish
Pin-up Paint
Plantasy Polish
Plus Life Lacquer
Poetry Cowgirl Nail Polish
Poison'd Lacquer
Polish Me Silly
Polish Molish
Polished For Days
Polish'M
POP Nail Polish
Potion Polish
Pretty Beautiful
Pretty Wicked
Prickly Polish
Prism Polish
Psyche Minerals
Pumpkin Polish
Radioactive Unicorn (UK)
Rainbow Polish
Red Eyed Lacquer
Red Panda Lacquer
Ribbons Polish
Rogue Lacquer
Roxx Nail Polish
Ruby Lee
Saki Cosmetics
Sassy Cats Lacquer
Sassy G
Sassy Pants Polish
Sassy Sauce Polish
Satnin Polish
Savannah Lacquer
Scale Lacquer
Scofflaw Varnish
Serum No5
Seven Sisters Mercantile
Shiny Nail Polish
Shleee Polish
Simply Beautiful
Simply Polished (UK based)
Sizzlin Shades Nail Lacquer
Soothing Soul Nail Lacquer
Special Ones Lacquer
Spectrum Cosmetic
Spell Polish
Spellbound Nails
Spy Princess
Starlight and Sparkles
Starrily
Stella Chroma
Sugar Drizzle
Suite Eleven
SuperChic Lacquer
Swamp Gloss
Sweet & Sour Lacquer
Sweet Heart Polish
Sweet Lacquer
Sweet Pea Polish
Syzygy Boston
The Chequered Lily
The Don Deeva
The Howling Boutique/Super Moon
The Lady Varnishes
The Nail Bazaar
The Nail Junkie
The Pixie Girl
The Velvet Hexagon
Three Hearts Polish
Tinted Paradise
Tipsy Toppers
Top Shelf Lacquer
Treasures by Tan
Triple O Polish
Trust Fund Beauty
Twisting Nether Lacquer
Tyler's Trinkets
Tynie
Valeria Nails
Vapid Lacquer
Venus Lacquers
Victorian Varnish
Virgo Moon Nails
Voyage by PolishPak
What Addiction
What's Up Nails
Whimsical Ideas By Pam
Wikkid Polish
Wild Moon Lacquer
Wildflower Lacquer
Willow Tree Minerals
Wrenn Nail Polish
Wtich Cult Nail Lacquer
XXVZ Nails
Zoetic Nails
Zoey Koko
Zombie Claw Polish
ZYX Polish
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Credits/History:
In 2012, I was determined to find and learn about every indie polish shop. I looked on blogs, through google, and several message boards for a complete list with links and names and it simply didn't exist. The closest I could find was a board post on MUA Feb 22, 2012 by haayleyy. The list was alphabetical, with no links and contained a total of 27 polish shops.
Since I was not able to find a single source with a complete hyperlinked list of shops, I decided to create my own. I got permission to use haayleyy's list as a starting point and began researching to find their online shop links and then I published the full list here on February 23, 2012. xoxojen.com is the blog home of the original indie shop links list.
I have since added/removed well over 800 shops to my list. On occasion, the list is cleaned to remove broken links, change links, and remove shops that have not been active for several months or have closed. My list will never be all inclusive, but it's a really good start.
Manna's Manis helped audit the list in 2018 to remove closed shops. Big thank you to her!
I hope you find the list useful and thanks for the visit!
Is Ella + Mia considered an indie brand? I've seen it for sale at CVS.
ReplyDeleteYes, Ella and Mila is independently owned. I confirmed via email minutes ago. Thank you for asking!
DeleteI'm flattered, thank you.
ReplyDeleteI changed my name cuz of a nasty comment on another blog a while back. Only recently realized you could change it.
Anyway, I contacted Hammer Polish a while back and the owner finally got back to me:
Unfortunately I am no longer in business.
Hammer Polish may come back some day, but at this time, it is on permanent hiatus.
Ah! Updated the name, thanks for letting me know. Also removed Hammer. :)
DeleteThe link that goes to 77 Lacquer's Indie Collective now goes to a sketchy dating website.
ReplyDeleteTwisting Nether has changed their website to a wix-based one, but they haven't updated their instagram since June or July. Someone commented 5 weeks ago asking if they were still active, but there has been no response.
ReplyDeleteTop Shelf Lacquers seems to be closed, based on a Facebook page from last year. Also, the site's domain expired and their Etsy is on vacation mode.
ReplyDelete"As you may be aware, I have not released anything in a long time and have no plans to do so in the future. I may close shop in the next few months when the shop and site fees come due; so if there is anything in the store that you’ve held off on, now is the time 🙂.
Thanks for a great 8.5 years!!"
Marissa Makes Scents seems to be inactive. Their etsy has no note on its vacation setting, and based on reviews, no confirmed sales seem to have occurred since August 2021.
ReplyDeleteLumen Nails is missing from this list. I believe it's run by a relative of Ethereal Lacquer.
ReplyDeleteThere's a brand called Luna Lacquer that's separate from Luna Seas. They're currently featured in HHC. :3
ReplyDelete