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I have three HHC polishes to share with you this month. These along with many others launch on June 14th at 12:01am Eastern time through 21st at 11:59pm Hawaiian time at hellahandmadecreations.com




Garden Path Lacquers Sweet Alyssum
A delicate, ballerina pink crelly filled with shifting aurora shimmer and pink iridescent/metallic flakes.
Inspired by the Sweet Alyssum flower, which is said to provide emotional balance and serene, spiritual energy.
No cap

The barely pink base is so pretty and is the perfect backdrop for the shifting shimmer and flakes. Shown in two coats with topcoat.

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Hearts and Promises One Day More
A gray holo base with red sparks which gives a pink/bronze shimmery look.
Inspired by Les Miserables
200 bottle cap

The polish definitely looked brown to my eye and to my camera! Loaded with shimmer and shown in two coats with topcoat.




LynB Designs Je Suis Prest
A blackened plum based multichrome with purple to gold to green to pink shifts and holo flakies. It is the final polish in the Outlander series.
250 bottle cap

Such a shifter - don't miss this last color in the series! Shown in four coats with topcoat.




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LynB Designs is participating in the June "Out of this World" themed Charity box with Nebulous! It will be available June 10 - 19.

Nebulous
A deep black base with golden to red shifting magnetic pull, holo flakies, and two types of shifting crystal flakies that shift from aqua to purple to pink and from green to pink to purple.
The maker did a great job interpreting this into nail polish! I'm espeically loving the pops of purple flake in this. Shown is three magnetized coats with topcoat
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Whether your summer is spent in a national park, amusement park, or on your backyard hammock, let KBShimmer take you on an adventure with their nine piece RV There Yet? Summer collection celebrating the fun of summer vacation. The RV There Yet? Collection launches June 1st, 2021 at kbshimmer.com




Pitcher This is a cherry-leaning polish loaded with colorful shifting shimmer. In the light, bright gold and copper shimmer accent glowing holo flakes. In the shade, the shimmer shows off more muted tones of orange, lime, and red. Sometimes a hint of blue and violet can be seen, turning this cherry shade into fuchsia. Shown in two coats with topcoat.




Red, White, & Brews is packed with holographic glitters in a red jelly base. Shown in two coats with topcoat.




Perfectly Suited is a yellow nail polish with a hint of chartreuse. Holo glow flakes sparkle in the sunlight, while a golden color-shifting shimmer shows off shades of gold, orange, yellow and lime. Shown in two coats with topcoat.




Easy Glowing is a neon chartreuse jelly nail polish loaded with color shifting flakes in hues of orange, lemon, and lime. Shown in two coats with topcoat. Easy Glowing also glows under blacklight.




Happy Camper was inspired by the popular retro vibe. A near aqua, teal leaning robin's egg blue. While this shade gives nearly one-coat coverage, I prefer two. Shown topcoated.




Cruise Control is a bright cobalt blue that shifts from mint green and gold shimmer to a faded red-orange, lime and indigo. Shown in three coats with topcoat.




Coast Through Life is a vibrant raspberry leaning purple shade with a bold linear holographic rainbow. Shown in two coats with topcoat.




RV There Yet? is a pale, silver-leaning lavender with a strong, copper-forward shifting shimmer. In low light, shades of goldenrod and red-oranges accent the pale purple hue with holo glow flakes scattered throughout. Shown in two coats with topcoat.




Lights Out is a midnight-to-purple multichrome. It starts with a nearly black, not quite navy hue that flips to a warm magenta. Ember hues give way to rich golds and a grape-like purple, for a unique, midnight-inspired nail polish. Shown in two coats with topcoat.




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The theme this month for Polish Pickup is Rainbows. Launching June 4 at 10a Central through Monday, 11p Central. A lot of brands have offerings this month, and I have some of them to show you!



Garden Path Lacquer Mercury in Spectrograde
Inspired by a photograph of the planet Mercury, taken through a spectroscope. The photo showcases why Mercury is sometimes called the Rainbow Planet! A sheer, black jelly base packed with holographic microflakes, blue Aurora shimmer, and two different iridescent flakes that shift blue, green, pink, orange, and so many colors in between!
Cap: 100, but may be increased depending on demand.

Shown in three coats with topcoat. Easy to apply with a mostly smooth finish, smooth like glass with topcoat.




Hearts & Promises Passion, Vitality, Enthusiasm, Security
Inspired by the meaning of the red in the rainbow.
A sexy cherry red linear holo sprinkled with holo red flakes
Cap: 200

Two coats with topcoat shown. The red flakes are a little difficult to see in photos but some are more apparent where there is a shadow on my nails.




KBShimmer I'm So Over It
Inspired by a nod to rainbows peeking through stormy gray clouds.
A pale gray base with a shifty shimmer that shows of hues of pink, gold, green, and, at some angles, fuchsia and aqua. Floating in the gray crelly base you’ll also find holo glow flakes for a rain-like twinkle.
No cap

Shown in two coats with topcoat. Now this is a Jen style of polish. I love grey and purple together and this one shifts to my other favorite shade, green. It has holo flakes sprinkled throughout for an extra pop of color.

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KBShimmer Rainbow Shaved Ice sugar scrub
Inspired by rainbow shaved ice snow cones.
Scented with ripe fruits like orange, peach, and raspberry with hints of lemon, vanilla, and wild strawberry. The scrub is swirled with blue, yellow, and red, then dusted with biodegradable glitter on the top.
No cap

Smells like summer to me! If you like fruity scents and rainbows, this one's for you!




LynB Designs Not Invisible
10% of proceeds will be going to the Trevor Project
A green leaning neon teal crelly base with pink, orange, yellow, green, purple, and blue neon glitter dots, scattered white shreds, and neon pink micro glitters
No cap

Shown in three coats with topcoat. What a perfectly fun summer polish! It reminds me of lush green grass dotted with a rainbow of tiny flowers.




The Soapy Chef Fresh Fruit Salad whipped body butter
Inspired by the beautiful rainbow of coloful fruits in a fruit salad.
A light fluffy whipped body butter. It is creamy and moisturizing, and fully sinks in leaving no greasy residue. The jar contains four layers of fresh fruit goodness - pineapple, cherry, grape, and orange with additional scents of peach, vanilla, orange, bergamot, neroli and berries. Use them seperately or mix together for a lovely fruit salad combination.
Ingredients: Cocoa butter, brms 50, Distilled water, Vegetable glycerin, fragrance, Germall Plus (preservative), mica.
Cap 100

This really is a lovely butter - a little goes a long way and it smells delicious! I tried my best to show the light texture of the cream in photos. It reminds me of a texture like whipped cream frosting.



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I'm switching the email subscription service from Feedburner to Follow.it!

The long:
My blog is hosted on Google's blog service called blogger. Historically, Google has provided the RSS tool I use called Feedburner which is what sends the emails to my email subscribers when a new post is made. Google is decommissioning Feedburner and they are not replacing it. I've exported the list of all email subscribers and I am going to import them later today into Follow.it's free service. Their emails to you will be branded by Follow.it and may suggest other feeds to sub to. As far as I know, this should be the only big difference. If the advertising is bad, or if it seems unreliable - please let me know and I will look for another solution. Thanks so much for being a subscriber!! I know many of you have been with me since day 1 in 2009! I chose follow.it because it is a free service. I am committed to continuing to never run annoying ads or monetize my blog with irrelevant ads/services, as I want your experience here to be pleasant. I am grateful that you follow my blog and I want to maintain that relationship!
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LynB Designs joined in the Little Box of Horrors collab which launches on May 19 at https://lbofhorrors.com

Please Accept This Sandwich
A black base with a royal blue magnetic pull, red to orange to yellow shifting crystal flakies, and holo micro glitters
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The formula for this polish was smooth and easy to apply. Shown is three coats with topcoat.




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LynB Designs is participating in this month's Polished Gamers box. The box has an assortment of polishes and other products that are available a la cart! The pre-order is May 15th - 20th at https://polishedgamersbox.com/

I’m Not Over it
Olivey green base with linear holo, intense pink to bronze to green shifting aurora shimmer and added holo flakies
no cap

She's got shifty business ya'll! Just look at how it morphs to a golden/lime shade! The formula was smooth and application was a breeze, no issues to report. Shown in three coats with topcoat.




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Releasing May 14th at LynB Designs online shop!
For half off the regular price, use the code CUSTOM through the 18th!
All of my swatches are shown in three coats with topcoat, except for the magnetic which is two coats with topcoat. All the polishes have fantastic formulas, no issues to report. Descriptions are provided by LynB, enjoy the photos!




Best Buds - deep burgundy magenta base with violet to blue to green magnetic multichrome flakies and added holo flakies




Heal Me Teal - deep purple to teal thermal with red to purple to blue shifting crystal flakies and scattered holo shimmer

I feel like this thermal is more of a purple/periwinkle/sky blue rather than what comes to my mind when I think about a straight teal; however, this shade of blue does appear in the teal color range I found when searching google.




Never a Gull Moment - medium toned cerulean jelly based linear holo with intense red to gold shifting shimmer




Quite an Oar-Deal - lavender sheer crelly loaded with red to yellow to copper shifting white multichrome shimmer, red to orange to yellow shifting crystal flakies, and copper to yellow to green shifting crystal flakies




Seas the Day - a bright teal to white thermal with holo micro shreds, fuchsia to orange to yellow to green shifting UCC flakies and red to ornate to yellow shifting UCC flakies




Slaying Mantis - lemony yellow jelly base with pink to purple to green to yellow shifting shimmer and scattered holo




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She came up with a brilliant solution! Using cabochons for the box tops, but not adhering them to the box. She's so clever ya'll and she's letting me share this secret with her photos!

First - here is her workspace. You can see she's got the cabochons and twist ties organized in cups at the top, and she's covered her table top to protect it. On the paper towel, she's got e6000 glue, and she's showing how she cuts the twist ties to the right length. To the right of that, she's showing the cabochon glued to the twist tie, and at the top, she shows how it is used on the box. The tie slides down inside the box and bends over the box top to show the painted cabochon. She got all her supplies at Amazon.



Finished result!




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I have two HHC polishes to share with you this month. These along with many others launch on May 14th at 12:01am Eastern time through 21st at 11:59pm Hawaiian time at hellahandmadecreations.com




Alter Ego Absolute Treasure Tall Bearded Iris
Lighter blue base with blue and gold shimmer
no cap

Shown in two coats with topcoat. Application was smooth and easy, no issues to report.




LynB Designs White Witch
A teal based green to silver to gold to purple to blue multichrome with linear holo
Inspiration is Claire from Outlander
cap: 250

The rainbow flame in this holo polish is super vibrant! I struggled to capture the multichrome shift, but it is there. In most lighting I see teal / green. Shown in two coats with topcot, formula was good.




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The theme this month for Polish Pickup is Guilty Pleasures. Launching May 7 at 10a Central through Monday, 11p Central. A lot of brands have offerings this month, and I have some of them to show you!



Alter Ego Get Yer Red Hot Dog Here
An almost velvety looking metallic red
Inspired by the original hot dog cart saying, Get your red hots here!
cap 100
In love with this polish. I don't think I've worn or swatched anything like it in the 12 years I have been blogging. If you love reds, you need this one. Shown in two coats with topcoat.




KBShimmer Everything is A-Bouquet
A deep, grape-purple jelly nail polish. A strong green to blue shimmer accents the purple hue, showing off a vibrant indigo blue in lower lighting. In brighter lighting, the green glimmers and shifts at angles into gold and royal blue
Inspired by fresh flowers that often mark life’s special moments
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The jelly base had a reddish violet hue on first coat and morphed to a grapey purple on the second. The shimmer is insanely vibrant and shifty - totally love this polish!




KBShimmer Freshly Blended
A sweet and tropical medley of fresh berries, cantaloupe, and lychee. Sweet sugarcane and vanilla orchid round out the scent. Swirls of cream and orange colors topped with a hint of biodegradable glitter.
Inspired by freshly blended beverages served at a tropical getaway.
no cap

This scent is diffcult to describe! It is refreshing, sweet and creamy at the same time. I enjoy KBShimmer's scrubs moisturizing oils, it's a one minute mani in a jar!




Lynb Designs Surreal Estate
A green to blue to purple shifting magnetic multichrome with green to blue to purple to pink shifting UCC flakies and holo flakies
Inspired by Jenalyn's love of all things house hunting and her obsession with stalking houses on Zillow and Realtor.
cap 300

Like little galaxies right on your nails! Such a pretty magnetic. Shown in two coats with topcoat.




Nevermind A Forbidden Ride
A black polish packed with so much chrome and holo flake you won't be able to stop staring at your nails. (comes with standard brush, wide brushes can be purchased separately)
Inspiration: The black and chrome harley from EB Slayer's book "The Bearded Lumberjack"
cap 220

Definitely an edgy polish and I totally get the inspiration when looking at this polish. Ride or die! Shown in two coats with both matte and glossy topcoats.



The Soapy Chef Does This Coffee Make Me Look Alive?
This spa manicure treatment is a combo scrub and rich moisturizing mask. Rejuvenate your skin, leaving it soft and smooth after just one use.
Inspired by the best guilty pleasure of all - coffee!
Scented like roasted coffee, aromatic cocoa, sweet cream, vanilla, herbaceous tobacco, almond and burnt sugar.
cap 120

Super sweet, creamy and coffee - this reminds me of a Starbucks Frappuccino. The scent is long lasting after rinsing too! The butter is solid in the jar and quickly melts on warm skin and the exfoliant is very gentle. Quite a luxurious spa-like treatment.




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The Alter Ego Polished Gamers Box exclusive this month is based on the Elder Scrolls games series. I remember when Morrowind was first announced, serious gamers were all pre-ordering and super excited for launch date. Each game in the series has won Game of the Year awards from multiple outlets and together have sold over 58 million copies worldwide.

Warrior
Antique bronze with a rose/purple shift and gold shimmer

Shown is two coats with topcoat. The formula was good and I love the shimmer in this!



The polish is avialable April 15-20 at https://polishedgamersbox.com/.

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I have two HHC polishes to share with you this month. These along with many others launch on April 14th at 12:01am Eastern time through 21st at 11:59pm Hawaiian time at hellahandmadecreations.com




Alter Ego Disco Music Bearded Iris
Orange base with holo orange microglitter and iridescent microglitter

Shown in two coats with topcoat. Formula was good, no issues to report. Sometimes the shimmer covers the holo glitter and gives it a peek a boo effect, a lot like a crelly!




LynB Designs Red Jaime
A deep red based multichrome that shifts from black to purple to red to orange with added holo flakies

I love the shift in this! Such a magical shifting polish from a deep mulberry to red to fall orange! Shown in two coats with topcoat.




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Britta of Planet Lacquer recently featured my Indie Shops List at her blog! YAY!!
I am so thankful to her for the feature and all the kindness she's shown me.



While perusing her blog pages, I discovered that she loves lists!
Like, really really LOVES lists!

I found monthly sales roundups where Britta lists all the launches and sales for every month and I found a mega list that she created of facebook groups related to nail polish!

The list is organized into categories all on one page. You'll find links to groups that relate to nail polish for brands, collabs, color + finish, fandoms, destashes, chat, and resources! My oh My! I found so many new to me groups to join. Totally loving her list! Her post even includes a list of helpful descriptions about each of the categories on the page to make navigation super easy.




Definitely check it out, bookmark it, and visit the other resources, posts, and lists (of course!) at her blog while you're there!

My first introduction to her nailart was almost three months ago. I was in the Red Eyed Lacquer facebook group where she posted this stunning nail art! More recently, she contacted me to ask if she could use an image from my blog. We've chatted a bit, and she is super nice to talk with. She's an awesome swatcher and I have thoroughly enjoyed reading her blog. Please visit and show some love by leaving a comment on her blog and her other social platforms!

Blog: Planet Lacquer / Insta: @cosmicgrlnails / facebook: Planet Lacquer

It's important to note that Britta created this list on her own, I am just spreading the love! If you want to add a facebook group to her list, just reach out to her directly. Her email address is listed on her page or you can leave a quick comment at her blog. If you leave a comment on my blog, I'll share it with her but I bet she would really enjoy hearing directly from you even more! Thanks!

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Alter Ego's color of the month for April is available on April 1

Alter Ego Diamond
A shimmery and sparkly microflake. You'll need sunglasses to look at this in the sun. It looks white but technically it is silver.

Super sparkly, it glistens under just about any lighting! Wear on its own or over other shades. Shown in two coats with topcoat, and in one coat over navy blue.




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The theme this month for Polish Pickup is 90's Nostalgia. Launching Friday, April 2 at 10a Central through Monday, 11p Central. A lot of brands have offerings this month, and I have some of them to show you!




Alter Ego 7 Cherries Rose Up
Inspired by Cherry 7Up
A sheer cherry red crelly base with subtle shimmer

Shown in two coats with topcoat. I love how squishly looking this is after application, the color is bright yet soft and the shimmer makes it unique!

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Alter Ego 7 Cherries Rose Up
2 oz, Bubbling bath crumbs, scented in white soda. unrefined kokum butter, castor oil, unrefined shea butter, baking soda, citric acid, cosmetic clay, tapioca flour, SLSa(this is the bubbling agent)

The zesty scent of lemon and the tangy aroma of lime are combined in 7 Cherries Rose Up bubbling bath crumbs to give you a huge energy boost and uplifting ambience. Effervescent. You can actually feel the fizzy bubbles while you smell it in the bath or use as a mani bomb!

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KBShimmer I Just Wanna Fly
Inspired by iridescent butterfly hair clips & other hair accessories
A pastel purple with iridescent shimmer that shifts through golds, greens, and aqua

Shown in two coats with topcoat. This polish is definitely shifty, however; my camera refused to capture greens and aquas. I took a billion photos and they all showed up as gold. I was definitely seeing all sorts of limey green and bright aqua under both my light setups.

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KBShimmer Fresh Peach sugar scrub
Inspired by the Peach Pit from the show Beverly Hills 90210
This scrub smells like the first bite of a juicy ripe peach. One whiff of the scrub and you'll be reminded of the velvety skin and the sweet yet tart juice running down your chin. The scent truly captures the smell of a fresh peach and is echoed by swirls of yellow, orange and pink. The top is dusted with biodegradable glitter for added sparkle.

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LynB Designs A Little Absinthe Minded
A juicy jade green to pale spring green thermal filled with red to gold and pink to orange to gold shifting flakies and pink to gold aurora shimmer.

Shown in two coats with topcoat. The formula was smooth and easy to apply. I noticed that the colder the water, the darker the effect. You can see this variation in my photos too, it could easily be a tri-thermal!

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Nevermind Polish Without You Everything Falls Apart
Inspired by Nine Inch Nails song The Perfect Drug
An intoxicating lime crelly with blue to green shifting multichrome flakes and a subtle glow.

Cap: 200

I love this polish so much! It reminds me of my favorite food. Any guesses what that is? Shown in two coats with topcoat, the polish is a little on the sheer side so if you paint thin, you may need three coats. Formula was delicious, as usual.




The Soapy Chef All Grown Up face scrub
Inspired by the iconic apricot face scrub of the 90's from St. Ives.
A much gentler approach than the original. This cream-based scrub exfoliates and moisturezes at the same time. It has a mix of crushed apricot seeds and jojoba beads (both biodegradable) to give a light scrub to your face without causing any distress to your skin. Can be used daily and is good for all skin types. Scent notes include bergamot, mandarin orange, apricot, honey and a hint of citrus.

I tried this out on my hands and they felt wonderful afterward! The cream base is like a very light, whipped lotion and the scrub is very gentle. The scent is also very light and refreshing, very spa like. The scrub can be used all over, elbows, knees, legs, back etc.

Cap 120




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Won in a Giveaway

I got this polish several years ago in a giveaway at the very first Polish Con in Chicago during Nevermind's brand launch! The polish is no longer available, but I thought this would be a good opportunity to see how the formula has held up! I swatched this in December 2020, and just haven't had a chance yet to do the write up - but here it is!

Shown is two coats with topcoat. The formula was buttery and fluid - no thinner needed or anything. I wore this for about a week and did not experience any chipping or peeling. I'd say the formula is just as good as when the polish was created!



The pepperonis ya'll!



I love the tiny green 'oreganos' too!




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I got this polish, Astral and Instant Karma in November last year when Daveen first opened. I just got to wear it last week and thought I'd share some pictures and my thoughts on this new brand, Daveen! The polishes are handmade in Michigan by Felecia. The brand is inspired by and named after her late mother, Daveen.

Blood Oath has a dark cherry base with a red-gold shimmer and subtle green shift which looks orangey/coppery. I wish I could capture the depth of this polish, it looks like it's bottomless. The way the center glows and the edges are darkened drew me to this polish!



Daveen polishes are 5 free, this means all of their polishes are free of the following five ingredients: toluene, formaldehyde, dibutyl phthalate, camphor, and formaldehyde resin.



The formula was buttery and so easy to apply. I love the 15ml cube bottles, the holographic label and the brush! I have spoken with Daveen's owner, Felecia, a few times now and she is a delight to chat with! I had originally had a concern about the shipping packaging, which I asked her about. She quickly resolved the issue and as a gesture of good faith, she sent a replacement to me! It wasn't necessary, but she really cares a lot about taking care of her customers and being transparent. I would definitely purchase again from her company.

If you haven't tried Daveen yet, you should!
There is an email subscription option at the bottom of their shop page, be sure to sign up for launch announcements!
They also have a facebook fan group and instagram page!

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I got this polish a while back from the Polished Gamers box and I've finally had a chance to wear it!
The theme that month was Animal Crossing and this polish's inspiration is K.K. Slider, my favorite character in the game.



I wore two to three coats and the wear time was about a week before I removed it. It did not chip or anything and the formula was nice, no dragging or clumping up. One of the many reasons I love indie polishes. Always a quality product!

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PR Sample

I have three HHC polishes to share with you this month. These along with many others launch on March 14th at 12:01am Eastern time through 21st at 11:59pm Hawaiian time at hellahandmadecreations.com




Alter Ego Ice Cream Dinner Plate Japanese Iris
A shimmery sparkly steel blue base with gold shimmer
No cap

This polish reminds me so much of the long sought after Zoya Crystal but much more sparkly! If you missed out on that one then you definitely need this one! Such a beautifully done chromey shimmery polish! Shown in two coats with topcoat.




Lollipop Posse Puncha Yo Buns
A teal crelly packed with green to indigo shifting Aurora shimmer and holographic microflakes. Inspired by Baby Finn and his "Puncha Yo Buns" song and dance!
No Cap

So freaking shifty and glowy! That glow - no camera trickery ya'll. It really is that lit from within! The holo flake adds that extra pop! Shown in two coats with topcoat, formula was good/no issues.



LynB Designs Blood of My Blood
A burgundy based multichrome that shifts from green to blue to purple to pink with hints of holo sparkle
Cap: 100

Quite a shifty and mysteriously dark polish, but oh look! It shifts to a bright magenta under some lighting angles!




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