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Archive for April, 2013

Restock Radar: Week of April 29

Here’s a look at some of the indie nail polish restocks scheduled for the week starting Monday, April 29. Check back every Monday to see what’s coming up.

Tuesday, April 30
noonET
RESCUE BEAUTY LOUNGE (On RescueBeauty.com)
Notables: General availability of the Emoting Me collection

Wednesday, May 1
time not specified
DOLLISH POLISH (On Big Cartel)
Notables: Restock, including The Candy Series, The Cartoon Series, The Big Bang Theory and several retiring shades

time not specified
ELIXIR LACQERS (On ElixirLacquers.com)
Notables: Launch of Summer Shimeleons collection

2:30pmET
SILLY BEE’S CHICKADEES (On Etsy)
Notabales: Launch of Melly’s Mash and restock of Fruit Collection

Saturday, May 4
HAPPY HANDS (On Etsy)
Notables: Launch of Project Badass Collection, in conjunction with Polish Revolution

If you know of any planned restocks coming in the future, please let me know at polishgroupie@gmail.com Thanks for stopping by!

 

UPDATED APRIL 30

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Restock Radar: Week of April 22

Here’s a look at some of the indie nail polish restocks scheduled for the week starting Monday, April 22. Check back every Monday to see what’s coming up.

Wednesday, April 24
8pmET
SCOFFLAW NAIL VARNISH (On Etsy)
Notables: full restock, plus launch of limited edition Love Letter To Kurt Vonnegut

Friday, April 26
8pmET
DARING DIGITS (On ddpolish.com)
Notables: restock plus a sale

time not specified
SEA LORE
Notables: Launch of Spring Seas collection, including Leaping Lyretail, Springing Seahorse, Jumping Jellyfish, Popping Parrotfish and Dancing Discus

And Keep An Eye Out For …
KBSHIMMER is launching a new web site, including account creation, order tracking and a rewards program.

KELARA LACQUERS is having a sale through April 28; get 25 percent off with code CHI2INDY

If you know of any planned restocks coming in the future, please let me know at polishgroupie@gmail.com Thanks for stopping by!

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Restock Radar: Week of April 15

Here’s a look at some of the indie nail polish restocks scheduled for the week starting Monday, April 15. Check back every Monday to see what’s coming up.

Monday, April 15
1amET
SILLY BEE’S CHICKADEES (On Etsy)
Notables: launch of Delivery Room set, including Everything Nice and Puppy Dog Tails

11amET
DARING DIGITS (On ddpolish.com)
Notables: New colors plus restocks on most existing shades, plus large bottles are on sale for $6.50 and shipping is free.

3pmET and 9pmET
LUSH LACQUER (On Llarowe)
Notables: General restock

Thursday, April 18
time not specified
RAINBOW POLISH (On Etsy)
Notables: Launch of Escape collection, including Summer Storm

And Keep An Eye Out For …
JINDIE NAILS will be restocking sometime between April 15 and April 20 with little to no warning, but will split inventory between two different time slots on launch day. Photos of all of the polishes being stocked this week are available on Facebook.

AMY’S NAIL BOUTIQUE has newly listed glitters and holos with more to come this week.

If you know of any planned restocks coming in the future, please let me know at polishgroupie@gmail.com Thanks for stopping by!

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Restock Radar: Week of April 8

Here’s a look at some of the indie nail polish restocks scheduled for the week starting Monday, April 8. Check back every Monday to see what’s coming up.

Monday, April 8
11amET and 4pmET
DOLLISH POLISH (On Big Cartel)
Notables: Launch of Cartoons collection and two new shades in the Candy collection

time not specified
NOSTALGIC NAIL LACQUER (On NostalgicNailLacquer.com)
Notables: Launch of Never Say Die collection, including Baby Ruth and One Eyed Willy

Thursday, April 11
7pmET
DELUSH POLISH (On Etsy)
Notables: Launch of Mystique Collection (available for at a discount for pre-order now)

Friday, April 12
time not specified
NAILD’IT UNIQUE NAIL POLISH (On Etsy)
Notables: Launch of new Spring collection, including Purp … Excuse Me!? and Sugarmess Glum

time not specified
PAHLISH (On Etsy)
Notables: Launch of April Showers duo and Experimental Methods collection

Saturday, April 13
time not specified
GIRLY BITS COSMETICS (On Big Cartel)
Notables: Launch of Spring It On Me collection and Emerald City duo

And Keep An Eye Out For …
ALL THAT GLITTERS launched its new Spring It On collection and is celebrating by offering free shipping on U.S. orders over $50 with code FREESHIP50

F4 POLISH has added new colors and is offering $5 off a purchase of $20 or more with code f4polish through April 17.

RESCUE BEAUTY LOUNGE is holding a 48-hour pre-sale for its forthcoming Emoting Me collection, which will be generally available at the end of April

BLACK CAT LACQUER is offering free shipping on orders over $25 through April 16 with code TAXESSUCK

If you know of any planned restocks coming in the future, please let me know at polishgroupie@gmail.com Thanks for stopping by!

UPDATED APRIL 11

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Restock Radar: Week of April 1

Here’s a look at some of the indie nail polish restocks scheduled for the week starting Monday, April 1. Check back every Monday to see what’s coming up.

Monday, April 1
noonET
PRETTY & POLISHED (On ShopPrettyAndPolished.com and Etsy)
Notables: Launch of Algebraic Addition collection

6pmET
SINDIE POP LACQUER (On ECrater)
Notables: Restock, including Golden Raspberries and Sea of Dreams

6:45pmET
OOPSIE DAISIES NAIL POLISH (On Etsy)
Notables: Restock, including Psykick, Bluebird and Cosmic Ruins

Wednesday, April 3
7pmET
LAC ATTACK (On LacAttack.com)
Notables: Launch of six new spring shades, including Cherry Blossom Bloom and Bunny Poop, plus launch of The Cure Starts Now duo and a restock of the Magical Musings collection

Friday, April 5
1pmET
SERUM No. 5 (On SerumNo5.com and Etsy)
Notables: Launch of SS13: Part 2, including Fame and Happy Place

3pmET
NAIL PATTERN BOLDNESS (On Etsy)
Notables: Launch of new colors

time not specified
RAINBOW HONEY (On rainbowhoney.com)
Notables: Launch of Robot collection and limited edition Bubble Beam

And Keep An Eye Out For …
CULT NAILS is offering a pre-sale for full sets of its forthcoming In The Garden Collection, now through April 7, at a 30 percent discount.

If you know of any planned restocks coming in the future, please let me know at polishgroupie@gmail.com Thanks for stopping by!

UPDATED APRIL 2

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Zoya Sweet With Easter Hello Kitty Water Decals

A day late with this but I still wanted to post it since I took and edited the photos already. This was a quick and dirty manicure I wore for Easter, though I can’t say it was one of my best.

Zoya Sweet with Hello Kitty Easter Water Decals

I started with Zoya Sweet, a bubblegum pink creme. I was not very happy with the application. It went on pretty patchy with a fair amount of balding. It looked okay with two coats on my right hand but for some reason I needed three on my left to get adequate coverage, and then an additional coat on my ring finger because I accidentally dinged it before it was dry.

Zoya Sweet with Hello Kitty Easter Water Decals

I added one coat of Poshe fast-dry top coat and then I added Hello Kitty Easter water slide decals from RLR Creations.

Zoya Sweet with Hello Kitty Easter Water Decals

They would have looked better over white polish but I had already done that for my Halloween Hello Kitty manicure, so I was curious to see how they looked over a color. Meh, not a fan.

Zoya Sweet with Hello Kitty Easter Water Decals

I finished it off with a coat of Poshe. I did the manicure Saturday night and took the photos on Sunday morning. Within that time, as you can see, there was significant shrinkage around the cuticle line. I find that Poshe has trouble with shrinkage on thick polish so I think the build-up of layers worked against me here.

Zoya Sweet with Hello Kitty Easter Water Decals

I also dinged up the ring finger when applying the decal. Ugh.

Better luck next year.

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