I was on no-buy this February, surviving on my pre-exisiting polishes and back-ordered nail mails. Many thanks to Natalsie of cats-n-nails for instigating the no-buy, I reflected on my buying habit and resolved, from now on, to only buy quality polishes that are unique to my collection, mostly hand-made by traders who love their art and take pride in their creation. (Also because I'm a stingy mum saving for my children's education fund...)
Here in several separate posts, I am going to show you the polishes I since acquired from Australian indie polish brands I adore. Mostly, I wanted to draw your attention to the absolute devotion these brands paid, apart from their stunning polishes, to their customer services, packaging and naming. After spending so much time browsing for swatches, reading blogs, waiting for the nail mail and suffering partner's nagging, you want a good buying experience that make it all worthwhile!
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To start off, Tara's Loki's Lacquer! I have been lemming her Futurama inspired collection as well as the Gremlins, the Easter Limited Edition...Tara is a glitter witch ;) I need all her polishes! What's more, my parcel arrived almost next-day, my hubby can confirm I was jumping up and down like an idiot!
Loki's Lacquer:
- for swatches, check out Tara's blog on Osiris and Loki
- bear with me for showing the names and full polish descriptions - they're simply brilliant!
From Left to Right:
The Gremlins Trio:
Don't get them wet- navy blue shimmer with holographic glitter, topped with white, navy and blue iridescent glitter of various sizes
Do not feed them after midnight- "A glitter bomb topper. Almost like a gremlin has been squashed into a bottle! With brown, caramel, lime green, green, orange and holo red glitters, this is great to go over your other 2 colours or by itself!"
Don't put them near light- a yellow/gold scattered holo polish with a orange/red duochrome shift.
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| http://www.etsy.com/listing/108390295/the-gremlins-trio-the-3-rules-3-x-5ml? |
Fluffy Bunny Easter Collection LIMITED EDITION
- came with the hand-crafted pink bunny!
Easter Egg Hunt- a pretty mix of matte pastel glitters in different sized squares and hexes. I did a mani with Easter Egg Hunt right the way!
Hello Chicky!- a lovely shimmery gold polish with iridescent gold flakies, scattered holo micro glitter and sterling silver flakies. Also a good toper.
and finally...
SPACE PILOT 3000 COLLECTION - Inspired by Futurama the TV series!! I wished I have 20 fingers and 60-hour day to try them all on to show you. For now, check out the beautiful swatches by Lab Muffin here.
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| Space Pilot collection starts from under the bunny |
SPACE PILOT 3000- named after the first Futurama episode, an almost black purple polish with holographic dust and glass flecks in purple, red,aqua and blue.
Hypnotoad *YOU WILL BUY THIS POLISH.....* EXPLOSION of over 30 different colours /shapes and sizes of glitter, including holo-gold and silver, all in a clear colour shifting base.
Good News Everybody *Quoting Professor Farnsworth a pale aqua polish with different sized aqua hexes and squares along with teal hexes and squares and a mix of white glitter , plus a dash of aqua sparks pigment.
People said I was dumb, but I proved them... *Quoting Fry* and inspired by his bright hair and jacket - clear base with a mix of orange hex and slices along with red dots and hexes then topped off with a mix of different size white hexes and squares.
" KIF, WE HAVE A CONUNDRUM." (search them for paper....and bring me a rock....) *Quoting Zapp Brannigan* a burgundy polish with different sizes of matte burgundy hexes/squares and ruby fine glitter then to make it just like Zapp's uniform. Tara added a mass of gold holo shapes including stars and large rectangles - this polish looks really funky!
"I'M TOO RICH TO BE KIDNAPPED" *Quoting Amy Wong* inspired by her pink tracksuit. An interesting pink glitter mix with holographic dust.
Omicron Persei 8 - *Home to Lrrrr* like the alien's planet, a green and blue glitter polish in a red/green duochrome base.
Bite my shiny metal ass - quoting Bender, is a silver foil polish densely packed with silver glitters of various sizes.
Enough said! Check out http://www.etsy.com/shop/Lokislacquer# ~ Thanks for dropping by~ Ann
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