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| Notoriously Morbid bath bomb, Dreamland Lacquer, Sarah Briggs Jewelry Why didn't I think to do a delicate Snow White pose with this? We'll never know. 🤣 |
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| PRESS SAMPLES The Small Science, shown in various light sources with matte topcoat. |
Are you ready for September's Polish Pickup? It opens this Friday! As a maker I sat this one out and I'm so glad I did, been incredibly busy with a new job. As a customer I'm a bit overwhelmed with how many things I want and no sales to help cover it 🙃. The theme is magic and alchemy and so many truly magical things have been created, the makers knocked this one out of the park. Bee's Knees will be offering 2 awesome purple items and has sent them to me for review. Yal know I love my purple.
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| PRESS SAMPLES, bottom right photo by MTK Design |
For August's Polish Pickup them At the Carnival MTK Design and Forty Winks Jewelry both chose carousels as inspiration and have loosely collaborated to offer a coordinating set available separately within PPu. Mary kindly sent me her gorgeous necklace to review and well, Forty Winks is me 😉. We knew each other's general color schemes because of our inspiration photos and agreed on bronze settings but otherwise each piece was created independently and I CANNOT get over how well they go together. I am thrilled that Mary agreed to collab with me! These will be available August 2-5th and are both limited quantities. Read on for details on each.
Bee's Knees August IPU Pop Pop Pop
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Bee's Knees has sent me their indie item for the upcoming Polish Pickup. Pop pop pop, a highly pigmented deep red lip balm that applies matte and scented to smell like kettlecorn. Inspired by Pennywise. This will be $5 and can be worn fully opaque or sheer. I love BKL's lip balm formula. It feels smoothing and protective but not waxy,sticky, or heavy. Long lasting and moisturizing. When I found out this was going to be popcorn scented I was scared because I normally despise that scent in products. (Along with bubbegum ans chocolate, I'm weird.) I am pleasantly surprised though, the scent is light and sweetened because of the kettle bit so I don't mind it and after a few minutes I don't notice anything at all.
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I've used 3 coats with glossy and matte topcoats in natural and artificial T5 full spectrum lights. This could be opaque at 2 coats if you have a less aggressive free edge. Their rounded brushes are my favorite. Easy to use formula, removes like a creme. The shimmer is prominent and may show lines so apply it in straight strokes, as few as possible.
Femme Fatale Sol, Feb 19 PPU
Sol, Femme Fatale's February 2019 Polish Pickup exclusive.This ended up being much darker than I was expecting/hoping. I don't remember how many coats I used, 2 or 3. Below you can find bottle comparisons with Lantern Waste in various lighting situations. Good formula, flakies lay down on their own. Topped with glossy topcoat. Photos taken in full spectrum t5 bulbs.
