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Different Dimension Emily

Here’s my first swatch post of 2013, and it will be short and sweet! This is Different Dimension Emily, inspired by the TV show “Pretty Little Liars,” which was on my wish list for awhile. I finally nabbed it during a Black Friday sale.

Different Dimension Emily

Different Dimension Emily has blue, white and light green glitter in a light blue sheer base. I’ve seen other bloggers say they used it on it’s own without undies and built it up, but I actually used something underneath.

Different Dimension Emily

My disclaimer on this is that the application was actually done at a nail salon. It’s one coat of Different Dimension Emily over one coat of … something. The bottle was China Glaze but the name was mislabeled. If I had to guess, I’d say it’s Bahamian Escape, but really that’s just off of swatches online. I don’t own it. If anyone recognizes it, please let me know!

Different Dimension Emily

I love Different Dimension Emily. I think this combo looks perfect for winter, almost like a snowstorm. I think it would look great over a dark blue too, or maybe over silver.

Different Dimension Emily

Different Dimension polish is available on Etsy. As of this posting, Emily is in stock.

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Restock Radar: Week Of Dec. 17

Here’s a look at some of the indie nail polish restocks scheduled for this week. It’s a little light so far this week, but I’ll add things as I find them. Check back every Monday to see what’s coming up.

Monday, December 17
4pmET
HARE POLISH (On Etsy)
Notables: Limited edition Paint The Town Red: Holiday 2012 Collection, including Holiday Hoopla and Swanky Soiree

Tuesday, December 18
5pmET
ENCHANTED POLISH (On Harlow)
Notables: Restock, colors not specified

And Keep An Eye Out For …

PRETTY & POLISHED is offering discounts via several codes: use gift4u for 5 percent off all products; use giftidea for 10 percent off all gift sets; use lastminute for 20 percent off all holiday polishes in the Holiday category

GLITZOLOGY is offering 50 percent off with code DOOMSDAY50 until December 21

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 Dec. 10

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

Wednesday, December 12
5pmET
HAPPY HANDS NAIL POLISH (On Etsy)
Notables: Launch of limited edition polishes with proceeds going to charity

Friday, December 14
time not specified
PAHLISH (On Etsy)
Notables: Launch of last three 12 Days of Christmas polishes, plus full sets of the collection

And Keep An Eye Out For …
Christmas sale at SASSY LACQUER: get 20 percent off with code lastCHANCE through Dec. 13

Every day until Christmas Eve, SPARKLES BY JULIE will have one item in the shop on sale for 50 percent off.

Use code HOLIDAYS to get 25 percent off at F4 POLISH this week

Get 30 percent off at AMY’S NAIL BOUTIQUE with code SAVE30

Free shipping on orders over $50 all through December at NOSTALGIC LACQUER with code DECSHIP

SEA LORE is offering free polish with purchase through Dec. 16: Buy 4, get 1 free (all of same size), or buy 4 mixed sizes and get 1 mini free

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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Rescue Beauty Lounge Piu Mosso

Last week, Rescue Beauty Lounge restocked some of its retired colors in its latest Bring It Back promotion, where it hauls some of the long-gone shades out of the vault to give polish groupies one last chance at nabbing them.

I actually didn’t have any RBL polishes in my collection, but I had recently read through founder Ji Baek’s “Rescue Your Nails,” so I was interested in checking out her nail polish line.

Despite the steep $20 price tag, I picked up Piu Mosso, which is an intriguing polish to say the least.

Rescue Beauty Lounge Piu MossoRescue Beauty Lounge Piu Mosso

In the bottle it looks like it’s a brown polish with lots of shimmer, and on the nail it looks nearly black in most light. But in reality it’s a deep blue with some subtle bronze shimmer. Think really dark pair of blue jeans. RBL actually describes it as as “inky, blue-black.”

Rescue Beauty Lounge Piu Mosso

It’s really amazing. The formula is great; I could have gone with one coat, but this is actually two, plus one coat of Poshe fast-dry top coat. In fact I did stick with one coat on my other hand and it looks fine. The brush is very thin, just FYI, which for me makes it harder to get a nice clean application at the cuticle line.

Rescue Beauty Lounge Piu Mosso

Piu Mosso is very difficult to photograph, so here’s one in my lightbox with the light shining directly on it so you can get a better sense of it.

Rescue Beauty Lounge Piu Mosso

As of this posting it is still available on rescuebeauty.com. And, just in case you were wondering, the name is a musical term meaning faster, with more movement. I like to think it’s because your heart starts beating a little faster when you look down and see this color on your nails. 🙂

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Restock Radar: Week of Dec. 3

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

Tuesday, December 4
9pmET
NAILD’IT UNIQUE NAIL POLISH (On Etsy)
Notables: Rockin Around The Tree, Rudolph Knows, Peppermint Twist (scented), Santy Claws Soot, Its Grinchmas Time, Santa Dust/snow flake polish

Wednesday, December 5
sometime between 10amET and 1pmET
DOLLISH POLISH (On Big Cartel)
Notables: Launch of Purple Haze, restocks of I’m A Material Girl, Mythical Creatures set, Expecto Patronum and Space, The Final Frontier, plus a mystery bonus shade.

12pmET and 6pmET
GIRLY BITS (On Big Cartel)
Notables: Eggnogoholic, Fathomless, Long Winter’s Nap, Visions of Sugar Plums and Heirloom

time not specified
RAINBOW HONEY (On RainbowHoney.com)
Notables: Launch of LOVE collection, including Spirit of Wonder, Annual Emotion, Glittering Rapture and Gilded Angel.

Friday, December 7
10pmET
ELEVATION POLISH (On Big Cartel)
Notables: Launch of Urban Elevation collection, including The Wit and Street Side, NYC, plus restocks on Morocco and Japan collections

Sunday, December 9
time not specified
CHAOS & CROCODILES (On Etsy)
Notables: Restock of winter collection, including Chocolate Toffee Crunch, Zero Gravity and Evening Flurries (Pre-order open until 9pmET tonight at the latest)

And Keep An Eye Out For …
Free shipping on orders over $50 all through December at NOSTALGIC LACQUER with code DECSHIP

BLACK CAT LACQUER is offer 25 percent off with code GRANDOPEN until Dec. 5 (code also good on Etsy)

SEA LORE is offering free polish with purchase through Dec. 16: Buy 4, get 1 free (all of same size), or buy 4 mixed sizes and get 1 mini free

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 Nov. 26

Sorry this post is way later than usual but I did my Cyber Monday post earlier, which I’ve been updating throughout the day, so that took a chunk of time out of schedule.

But now on with the show: Here’s a look at some of the indie nail polish restocks scheduled for this week. Check back every Monday to see what’s coming up.

Monday, November 26
available now
THE HUNGRY ASIAN (On Etsy)
Notables: Restock, plus launch of a Winter collection, including Brrr, Candy Cane and Celebrate

available now
VIVID LACQUER (On Etsy)
Notables: Launch of two new collections – Holiday 2012 and Thankful For My Console (Part One)

Wednesday, November 28
12pmET
RESCUE BEAUTY LOUNGE (On RescueBeauty.com)
Notables: Restocks of previously retired shades, including Opaque Nude, Insouciant, Starfish Patrick, Recycle, Piu Mosso and Aqua Lily

time not specified
PRETTY & POLISHED (On shopprettyandpolished.com)
Notables: Launch of a new Web site as well as the new Mathematical collection

Friday, November 30
1pmET
SONOMA NAIL ART (On Etsy)
Notables: Restock of Steampunk, The Puck Stops Here, Wine Country Wedding, Sonoma Sunset and Tiny Tangerines

8pmET
PAHLISH (On Etsy)
Notables: Launch of Series 2 in the 12 Days Of Christmas collection, including Four Colly Birds, Five Gold Rings and Six Geese-a-Laying

Saturday, December 1
time not specified
LAC ATTACK (On lacattack.com)
Notables: Launch of a new Harry Potter-inspired line created with Glitta Gloves called Magical Musings

And Keep An Eye Out For …

RAINBOW HONEY started taking pre-orders for its forthcoming LOVE collection, including Spirit of Wonder, Annual Emotion, Glittering Rapture and Gilded Angel. Pre-orders will begin shipping Dec. 1

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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Indie Nail Polish Cyber Monday Deals

And so it continues … the shopping frenzy is still on. Black Friday seeps into Small Business Saturday which morphs into Cyber Monday. Regardless of what it’s called, it all adds up to some sweet deals if you’re a fan of indie nail polish.

Here’s a look at some of the steals today, in no particular order:

SONOMA NAIL ART (On Etsy)
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26
Halloween shades on sale for $5 with reduced shipping charges

DOLLISH POLISH (On Big Cartel)
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26
15 percent off with code CYBERDOLL

SOFLAJO (On Soflajo.com)
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26
Free shipping on orders $20 or more

BLACK CAT LACQUER (On Etsy)
Expires: 2:59amET Tuesday, Nov. 27
Free domestic shipping with code CYBERMONUS

MAISIE SHINE (On Etsy)
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26
20 percent off with code MAISIEMONDAY

FANCHROMATIC NAILS (On Etsy)
Expires: 3amET Tuesday, Nov. 27
full-size bottles on sale for $6 (except new and reformulated shades), minis 10 percent off (except new and reformulated shades)

MANGLAZE (On manglaze.com)
Expires: ???
26.66 percent of nearly everything

NOSTALGIC NAIL LACQUER (On Big Cartel)
Expires: 12amET Tuesday, Nov. 27 (*will be extended by several hours to make up for technical difficulties*)
Sale on some colors, free shipping on orders over $50 with code CYBERSHIP

AMY’S NAIL BOUTIQUE (On Etsy)
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26
Free shipping on domestic orders with code FREESHIP12

KBSHIMMER (On kbshimmer.com)
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26
Free bottle of Black To Business with $50 purchase using code BLACK2BUSINESS; free shipping on orders of $100 or more

365 DAYS OF COLOR (On 365daysofcolorpolishes.com)
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26
Sale, plus free cuticle balm/oil with $25 purchase; or free cuticle balm/oil and a free full-size bottle of polish with a $50 purchase

LAC ATTACK (LacAttack.com)
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26
20 percent off all orders using code giveback2012

ALL THAT GLITTERS (On Etsy)
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26
Free shipping in the U.S. with code FREESHIPTHANKS

SEA LORE (On SeaLore.net)
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26
15 percent off with code YAYTURKEY

POMEGRANATE NAIL LACQUER (On pomegranatelacquer.com)
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26
30 percent off orders over $25 with code THANKS

RAINBOW POLISH (On Etsy)
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26
20 percent off with code TAKE20, buy 5 full-size bottles and get one unlisted special polish free

HARLOW & Co. (On harlowandco.org) *Lots of indie brands available from this online retailer*
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26
15 percent off your order using discount code CYBERMON15

FREAK SHOW POLISH (On Big Cartel)
Expires: 11:59pmET Monday, Nov 26
15 percent off with code CYBERMON15

ELIXIR LACQUERS (On ElixirLacquers.com)
From 12amET through 10amET, buy any three and get a new secret shade for free; From 10am to 11:59pmET, buy any four and get the new secret shade for free

ONCE UPON A POLISH (On Etsy)
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26
20 percent off with code CYBERMONDAY

SMITTEN POLISH (On Etsy)
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26 with restocks at 2pmET and 8pmET
20 percent off with code CYBER20, plus launch of a new holiday collection

GLITZOLOGY (On Etsy)
Expires: Mondayday, Nov 26
50 percent off everything with code SUPPORTSMALL50

TOUGH AS NAILS LACQUER (On Etsy)
Expires: Monday, Nov 26
$7.50 for full-size bottles

PAHLISH (On Etsy)
Expires: 12:59amET Tuesday, Nov. 27
$6 for core colors

SERUM NO. 5 (On Etsy)
Expires: 2:59amET Tuesday, Nov. 27 (starts 10amET on Friday, Nov. 23)
20 percent off with code GIVETHANKS, first 100 customers get a free gift

HIT POLISH by D&R APOTHECARY (On Etsy)
Expires: 7pmET Wednesday, Nov 28
30 percent off everything

MENTALITY (on Big Cartel and Etsy)
Expires: 12am Friday, Nov. 30
Free shipping on full-size bottles

And FYI …
BUTTER LONDON (On Ulta.com)
Expires: Monday, Nov. 26
Buy 2, get 1 free

Adding more as a I find them … good hunting!

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