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Restock Radar — Week of July 23

Here’s a look at some of the restocks scheduled for this week:

Tuesday, July 24 [UPDATE: MOVED TO WEDNESDAY 8pmET]
7pmET
PRETTY & POLISHED (on Etsy)
Notables: Cancer Moon (dark gray with green and gray hex glitter)

Wednesday, July 25
3pmET & 9pmET
PAHLISH (on Llarowe)
Notables: Train Underwater (turquoise hex plus pink and blue micro glitter in a blue sheer base) and Your Silver Lining (iridescent hex, bar and micro glitter in a white milky base)

time not specified
NAIL SAUCE (on Etsy)
Notables: Se7en collection

Thursday, July 26
time not specified
TAKKO LACQUER (on Etsy)
Notables: Kaleidoscope Eyes (blue-green and purple duochrome)

Friday, July 27
1pmET
NAIL POTIONS (on Etsy)
Notables: Therapy (hot pink with small gold, black and green glitter)

3pmET & 9pmET
HARE POLISH (on Llarowe)
Notables: Supernova Springs (green hex and micro glitter in a dark base)

Saturday, July 28
5pmET
HAPPY HANDS (on Etsy)
Notables: The Swamp Glitter (bright blue, orange and green hex glitter in an orange jelly base)

Sunday, July 29
6pmET
SMITTEN POLISH (on Etsy)
Notables: Will be restocking any shades left after filling pre-order

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

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Restock Radar: Week of July 16

Here’s a look at some of the restocks scheduled for this week:

Wednesday, July 18
3pmET & 10pmET:
CANDEO COLORS (on Llarowe.com)
Notables: Melonball (red, pink and green glitter in a clear base),  **a Llarowe exclusive** and new color Oceania (white, teal and lavender glitter in a teal base)

9pmET:
CHAOS AND CROCODILES (on Etsy)
Notables: Chasing Bubbles (several shades of blue hex glitter in a clear base) and Stargazing (silver, blue, turquoise, etc. glitter w/ purple shimmer in a black creme base)

Thursday, July 19
Somewhere between 5amET and 11amET
DOLLISH POLISH (on Big Cartel)
Notables: Brand new Super Mario Bros. collection in mini- and full-size bottles

Friday, July 20
8pmET
AMY’S NAIL BOUTIQUE (on Etsy)
Notables: Brand new In Bloom collection

Sunday, July 22
5pmET
LACATTACK (on LacAttack.com)
Notables: Vegas Skies (neon orange, purple and green glitter in a clear base) and Butterfly Kisses (pink hex and butterfly holographic glitter in a pink-ish base)

If you know of any planned restocks coming in the future, please pass info along to polishgroupie@gmail.com

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Enchanted Polish Tragedy!

It was a happy day at the Polish Groupie house, for about 15 minutes. Then, it became a dark day indeed. Waiting for me in the mailbox was a happy little parcel from Enchanted Polish, containing the three completely awesome holo polishes I snagged during Chelsea’s last restock on Etsy. I got Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds, Magic Mirror and Cranberry Cosmo (the one that was an early front runner for new favorite bestest-ever color).

Then came the error in judgement that will haunt me until I somehow manage to procure another bottle: I let The Toddler play with the bottles, and before I even knew what happened he had somehow managed to break the bottle of Cranberry Cosmo.

Luckily he was not injured, so that’s the main thing. But the polish spilled all over my hardwood floor (and onto his little fingers and toes, so he managed to track a bit of it from living room into the kitchen and even smear it on some cabinets before I could get everything cleaned up). Thank goodness my mother is visiting or I would never have been able to manage. As it was, I soaked up as much as I could with paper towels while she cleaned him up, and then I had to make a trip to buy some non-acetone polish remover to use on the floors (acetone would have eaten away the finish).

So I lost the bottle and had a craptastic time cleaning up as well. Dark day indeed.

Here’s a look at my sad little Cranberry Cosmo in the trash. 😦

Spilled Cranberry Cosmo

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Welcome To My New Adventure!

Hi, and thank you for checking out Polish Groupie, my new blog. I love doing my nails and buying cool nail polish, and back in the day (i.e. grade school and high school) I used to do my fair share of nail art. But, you know, life happens and sometimes fun stuff you used to do as a kid falls by the wayside.

But my interest was recently rekindled when I learned that China Glaze was putting out a Hunger Games-themed line of nail polishes. As I started looking around on the Web for information about the line, I stumbled upon the wonderful world of nail polish blogs. There are a lot of very creative ladies out there putting in a lot of time and effort to bring product previews, honest reviews and unique nail art to the world (some of my favorites are listed on my blogroll to the right, with many more to be added soon).

From there I was introduced to the even more wonderful world of indie nail polishes, many of which are sold in limited release on Etsy.  I didn’t even know people could make their own polishes, let alone sell them. Crazy! Maybe someday I’ll get there on my own, but for now I can just live vicariously through these mavens by buying their wares (when I can get my hands on them).

I must confess that my collection is tiny at this point, but hey, you have to start somewhere. In fact I just received my first indie polish about a week ago, with a few more on the way. Here it is, Sneeze Breeze, a black/blue glitter polish with a clear base. It’s from The Hungry Asian on Etsy. Can’t wait to show it to you as part of a manicure.

The Hungry Asian: Sneeze Breeze

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