Indie Feature: NerdLacquer

NerdLacquer Pinin' For The Fjords

Pinin' For The Fjords is a gorgeous handmade glitter polish made by NerdLacquer.

 The application on this built up really easy! I used three coats because I wanted it to be really opaque, but you really only need two.

What I thought was really cool about this polish was that at two coats, the base looked lavender, but at three coats, WOAH!!! Hello transformer! It changed into a deep periwinkle base that was just beautiful!!

The glitter combination is also just to die for! Silver, blues, purples, oh my!

NerdLacquer is currently on etsy but is on vacation right now. I know she was in-between moving so I am not sure when they will be back up for sale in the shop.

You can keep checking back daily to see if you can sign up to be notified when NerdLacquer is back in business!!!

Franken Feature: Sonoma Nail Art

Sonoma Sunset

Sonoma Sunset is a gorgeous glitter polish created by Michelle at Sonoma Nail Art. Not only is Michelle a WONDERFUL nail artist, she is also a WONDERFUL nail polish creator!!

Sonoma Sunset is a purple based glitter. It includes many different shades and shapes of purple glitters as well as small periwinkle glitter.

I used two coats of Sonoma Sunset over China Glaze Sweet Hook.

Sonoma Nail Art polishes can be purchased through her etsy shop. Right now she is closed but you can sign up to be notified when she is back open.

Franken Feature: NailVenturous Lacquers

Peacock Gone Wild

Peacock Gone Wild is a gorgeous glitter top coat that is very versatile and can be used over many colors! 

I chose to layer it over China Glaze Fuchsia Fanatic. Here is two coats over ChG FF.

As you can see, the colors are mainly blues, teals, turquoise...but there is also a very large surprise of fuchsia square glitters and gold bars as well as hexes.

This glitter is so fun and it really seemed like a party on my nails! Amy is so creative and I feel very fortunate to have this one.

NailVenturous Lacquers can be purchased on etsy, but Amy's shop is currently on vacation until further notice.

Franken Feature: Dollish Polish

Dollish Polish Expecto Patronum

Expecto Patronum is a gorgeous white based polish with turquoise glitter and flakies!!! Anyone who is a polish lover and doesn't have this nail polish, needs to IMMEDIATELY!!!

This polish was easy as pie to apply and was easily opaque in two coats. The glitter and finish is not bumpy at all, its super smooth and glossy. The wear was also really good and lasted a lot longer than other brands I have worn. Normally I have to take off nail polish because I notice chipping, but this one I had to force myself to take off so I can wear another color.

I checked out her shop on etsy and she is currently closed. You can sign up to receive a notification for when she will be open again, but I noticed she might be making some changes and sell her polishes elsewhere.

Dollish Polish sells her frankens at $8.00 for a 15mL bottle. You can check out her etsy shop here and view some of her polishes by clicking sales. She also has a Facebook where more frequent updates are posted.

Franken Feature: Windestine Egg Hunt

Windestine is an etsy shop that I found that creates unique and lovely nail polish frankens.

I had purchased a few from Windestine and among them was

Egghunt.

I thought Egghunt was a perfect nail polish that I could use for Easter, or generally for the month of April.

 Egghunt is a gorgeous green jelly nail polish with holographic bar glitter, large, small, and mini turquoise hex glitter, as well as small pink hex glitter

The application was rather good. I used two coats to get this achieved look. I chose to apply it over China Glaze Four Leaf Clover to give it more of a greener look.

My experience with Windestine was wonderful! The shipping was super fast and arrived safely. I do not see Egghunt available in her shop currently, but she does have other great colors available! Spica is another great one that I got and I also notice a very unique one called Asbestos.

Windestine sells mini and full sized bottles. The full sized bottles are 15mL for $6.00 and the mini's are approx. 5mL for $4.00, shipping is $2.50 for the first item and $1.00 for every item thereafter.

Franken Feature: Pretty & Polished

Beach Bunny

Beach Bunny is another great polish created by Chelsea!! She is a genius when it comes to this stuff!

Beach Bunny is a pretty neon orange/pink jelly with multiple different colors and sized glitter.

The formula was relatively easy to work with and the glitter cooperated rather well.

I am loving the depth the polish gives with the different sized glitter.

The glitter sizes range from small to large white hex as well as medium sized holographic pink hex and bar glitter.

This is a perfect nail polish color for spring and summer, for your nails or your toes!

Pretty & Polished Beach Bunny can be purchased with its husband, Beach Bum in the Beachy Keen Duo. The duo retails for $15 plus shipping on her etsy shop.

Franken Feature: Pretty & Polished

Beach Bum

Beach Bum is a newer nail polish in the Pretty & Polished store.
Chelsea describes it as a hunky blue polish that is packed with blue glitters and hints of green glitters as well.

You can see the various shaped glitter here. There are small round and square blue glitter as well as small and large hex green glitter.

In the sun Beach Bum sparkles with blue holographic sparkle!

Beach Bum is so pretty! The application is lovely as well! Here I have applied 4 coats for full coverage. I am not sure if she is going to be selling this by itself. I purchased this in the Beachy Keen Duo that includes another great polish called Beach Bunny. The set is $15 for full size bottles of Beach Bum and Beach Bunny. I HIGHLY recommend purchasing this duo!

Franken Feature: The Hungry Asian

The Hungry Asian: Sea Creature

The Hungry Asian is a blogger who makes some awesome frankens! I recently ordered a set of four custom nail polishes and Sea Creature was one of them!

Sea Creature is a gorgeous glitter nail polish! Sea Creature consists of mini black glitter, mini pink glitter, round holographic glitter, as well as larger green, teal, and blue glitter..pure gorgeousness!!! The more I stare at it, the more I see additional colors and surprises!

The formula on this was really great and quick drying. Is is a little bumpy, but nothing a top coat can't handle. This was only two to three coats to get full opacity.

Simply gorgeous AND stunning!

You can find these at The Hungry Asian etsy shop. The bottles are 12mL square bottles and cost $8.50 each. I really recommend Sneeze Breeze and Sea Creature!!

Franken Feature: Liquid Glitz

Tara over at Tough As Nails, Twice As Pretty creates some pretty awesome frankens! Her brand is called Liquid Glitz. I had been eyeing one of her collections for quite a while and finally asked her if they were available for purchase! She is super nice and kind and ended up offering them for me to review!

Collection: The Glitters

This collection is pure GLITTER! If you can't tell by now, glitter is my favorite, next to holographic of course.

The Glitters collection consists of 6 gorgeous glitters.

Raspberry Rap, Nebulus Rock, Blueberry Pop, Apple Jazz, Slate Fusion, and Mermaid's Hymn.

Raspberry Rap is a gorgeous pink based glitter with a hint of blue. Nebulus Rock is a black based mini glitter polish with larger holographic glitters as well as a hint of magenta glitter. Blueberry Pop is an electrifying blue and black glitter.

Apple Jazz is a great apple green glitter with a slight green base to it. Slate Fusion is a silver glitter with larger holographic glitter. Mermaid's Hymn is a combination of blue, turquoise, purple, pink, green, and holographic glitter.

 I decided to do a skittle mani with the glitters. I am going to do a full mani with Mermaid's Hymn soon.

 First is one coat of the glitters. One thing I have always loved about glitters is that they tend to dry fast.

 1 coat in the shade

1 coat

 Next is two coats of the glitters.

2 coats shade

2 coats indoor light

 Lastly, to reach semi-full opacity is three coats of the glitters.

3 coats indoor light

3 coats sunlight

3 coats sunlight

3 coats natural light

Macro shot of Nebulus Rock

What I really loved about this collection is the fact that you can either use it as a top coat, layer it with other colors, or use it for full on glitter mani's! The formula was really great on these and the glitter dispersed wonderfully.


Tara will be opening up her very own etsy shop soon, but for now if you are interested in these you can email her at:
tarasnailblog@gmail.com