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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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Crumpet’s Tri-Polish Challenge Day 4: Fan Brush Striped Nails

Here’s Day 4 of the Tri-Polish Challenge from Crumpet’s Nail Tarts, last day with this color set!

The basic rules are that you have to pick three polishes, one coral, one purple and one green, and then use those same polishes to create four different manis. You can also add in white, black, silver, gold and glitter toppers.

fan brush striped nail art

The three colors I chose are Sinful Colors Island Coral, Sinful Colors Amethyst and Julep Courteney; I used all three here for this fan brush striped nail art pattern. There’s a video tutorial here on fan brush striped nails from simplenailartdesigns  if you’d like to see how to do it.

fan brush striped nail art

I started with two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls for the white base, then dipped the tip of a fan brush into Sinful Colors Island Coral and spread it across the nail, first from one side toward the center, then from the other side toward the center. I followed that using the same technique to add stripes in Julep Courteney and then Sinful Colors Amethyst.

fan brush striped nail art

I repeated that color pattern several times to build up the layers, and then topped it off with one coat of Poshe fast-dry top coat.

fan brush striped nail art

I honestly wasn’t sure when to stop, and I can’t tell looking at the finished product whether I should have added more or already added too many (or if it’s good as is).

fan brush striped nail art

This was my first time using my fan brush, so will definitely try it again. I think I might like the design better with different colors.

Check out the rest of the challenge participants here:



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Crumpet’s Tri-Color Challenge Day 3: Argyle Pattern

Here’s Day 3 of the Tri-Polish Challenge from Crumpet’s Nail Tarts.

Argyle Pattern Nail Art

The basic rules are that you have to pick three polishes, one coral, one purple and one green, and then use those same polishes to create four different manis. You can also add in white, black, silver, gold and glitter toppers.

The three colors I chose are Sinful Colors Island Coral, Sinful Colors Amethyst and Julep Courteney; I used all three here for this basic argyle pattern. There’s a video tutorial from Cute Polish on the argyle pattern if you’d like to see how to do it.

Argyle Pattern Nail Art

I used two coats of Julep Courteney as the base and then used a striper brush to paint on triangles with Sinful Colors Amethyst, and then added white lines with Kiss Nail Art Paint striper polish in white.

Argyle Pattern Nail Art

Argyle Pattern Nail Art

For the accent nail, I used Sinful Island Coral as the base with Julep Courteney on top.

Argyle Pattern Nail Art

I topped it off with a coat of Poshe fast-dry top coat.

Check out the rest of the challenge participants here:



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Restock Radar: Week of March 25

Here’s a look at some of the indie nail polish restocks scheduled for the week starting Monday, March 25. Check back every Monday to see what’s coming up.

Monday, March 25
8pmET
SERUM No. 5 (On Etsy and Serumno5.com)
Notables: Restock of Sky Lights and Day Glow

Wednesday, March 27
6pmET
VIVID LACQUER (On Etsy)
Notables: restock of Theoretical collection

And Keep An Eye Out For …
DELUSH POLISH has the Egg-stra Special Limited Edition trio available until March 31, including Hippity-Hop, Eggs-travaganza and Some Bunny Loves You

Buy 3 Get 1 Free from ELIXIR LACQUERS with code SPRING3! until the end of March

KISS YOUR ELBOW POLISH is offering 20 percent off through April 1 with code SPRINGINTOMARCH

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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Crumpet’s Tri-Polish Challenge Day 2: Cult Nails Fetish With Stripes

Here’s Day 2 of the Tri-Polish Challenge from Crumpet’s Nail Tarts.

The basic rules are that you have to pick three polishes, one coral, one purple and one green, and then use those same polishes to create four different manis. You can also add in white, black, silver, gold and glitter toppers.

Sinful Colors Island Coral, Amethyst, Juelp Courteney

The three colors I chose are Sinful Colors Island Coral, Sinful Colors Amythest and Julep Courteney, but for this mani I left out the purple one.

Cult Nails Fetish with Stripes

Cult Nails Fetish with Stripes

For the base I used two coats of Cult Nails Fetish, which is an unbelievably amazing polish that goes on super easy and dries to what the company describes as a “wax look finish.”

Cult Nails Fetish with Stripes

I then used some new striping brushes to add lines with Sinful Colors Island Coral first on the inside, and then Julep Courteney on the outside. I did not use a top coat because I wanted to keep the original finish on Cult Nails Fetish.

Cult Nails Fetish with Stripes

Admittedly the lines on this do not look very clean …this didn’t come out as well as I had hoped. But I hope you can still get the gist of what I was aiming for.

Cult Nails Fetish with Stripes

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