I have a doozy of a post for you today! I have almost all of the products for this month's Kingdom Hearts-themed Polished Gamers Box and the pre-order starts today, September 15, at 1PM CDT. This box celebrates indie polish, products and a love of gaming with a different theme every month. The pre-order is open until September 20 at 11PM CDT. Some of the products have caps, so it is best to shop early if you can. I have an embedded swatch video of all the polishes toward the end of the post Let's check out all the goodies!
*sent by the makers for photography and review*
1422 Designs Search Every Crook and Nanny is an asparagus green shimmer with gunmetal microflakes and yellow, pink, and blue matte neon glitters. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. It dries satin and needs top coat for smoothness and shine.
Inspiration: Doc
Price: $10.50 / 35 cap
All Mixed Up Lacquers Feelin' Spooky is a black jelly with scattered holo shimmer, green flecks, and orange/pink/green multichrome iridescent flakes. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will do. It has a medium dry time and needs top coat for shine.
Inspiration: Sora, Donald, and Goofy visiting Halloween Town and rocking their spooky outfits to fit in.
Price: $12 / 30 cap
Alter Ego Search for Hearts of Gold has gold holo and metallic yellow microglitters in a clear base. I wore it in four thin coats on its own and also one coat over BCB Lacquers Sora in Darkness. It is substantially opaque in two coats and completely opaque in three or four. It dries quickly and these glitters have minimal texture that smooths out with one layer of top coat.
Inspiration: The advertisement showing the heart shaped moon
Price: $10 / no cap
Alter Ego Search for Hearts of Gold over BCB Lacquers Sora in Darkness
Apipila Cosméticos
Kingdom Hearts Stamping plate is a large format, deeply etched stamping plate that picks up easily. Here I show some sample stamps using a black polish,
By Dany Vianna
Healing Hugs from this month's box, over
Esmaltes da Kelly
Atlantica, also from this month, using a clear jelly stamper. Exclusive to this month's box!
Price: $13 / 200 cap
BCB Lacquers Sora in Darkness is a teal jelly with silver and black flakes and scattered holo shimmer. I wore it in four thin coats, but two will cover. Nice, quick dry time. It needs top coat for smoothness and shine.
Inspiration: Sora trapped in the Realm of Darkness
Price: $12.50 / 50 cap
Bonparsco Handmade Soap Aerith Berry Delight is a luxurious berry-scented, handmade soap.
Inspiration: The colored swirls represent Aerith's purple and pink outfit
Product Description: Enjoy the luxury of handmade soap that's enriched with skin-loving oils and Mango Butter. The scent is Berry Delight which has notes of apples, raspberries, strawberries and blueberries with a hint of citrus.
Ingredients: Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, RSPO Palm Oil, Mango Butter, Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Castor Oil, Fragrance, Sweet Almond Oil, Skin-Safe Colorants, Kaolin Clay
Price: $5 / 10 cap
By Dany Vianna Healing Hugs is a semi-neon red jelly with blue microflakes. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. It has a great, fast dry time and also stamps!
Inspiration: Baymax
Price: $11.50 / 100 cap
Cascade Polish Game Over is a cardinal red jelly with red shimmer, large red and black shard glitter and red flakes. I wore it in four thin coats but two or three will cover. The glitters in this one are quite large, so they may need to be placed and you will need a couple layers of top coat to smooth.
Inspiration: Kingdom Hearts
Price: $10 / 50 cap
Color Spectrum Polish
Kitty, Where Is My Door? is a turquoise (warm) to grape purple (cool) thermal jelly with green/purple duochrome aurora shimmer, blue iridescent microglitters, and blue-purple duochrome ghost flakes. I wore it in four thin coats, but three will cover. It doesn't have texture when dry, but does need top coat for shine.Inspiration: Monster Inc, the mission to find Boo’s door
Price: $12 / 40 cap
Colores de Carol Always In My Hearts has a variety of glitters in a clear base, including black and silver holo Mickey-shaped glitters. I wore it in four thin coats on its own and in one coat over By Dany Vianna Healing Hugs. It dries quickly and needs a couple of coats of top coat to smooth due to the glitters.
Inspiration: King of Hearts
Price: $11.50 / 40 cap
DRK Nails W. T. Funny! has blue-purple and red-gold-green multichrome flakes in a clear base. I wore it in four thin coats on its own and in one coat over Geekish Glitter Lacquer End of the World. It is opaque on its own in about three coats. Nice, quick-drying formula. It needs top coat for smoothness and shine.
Inspiration: Toy Store Scene
Price: $12.50 / no cap
DRK Nails W. T. Funny! over Geekish Glitter Lacquer End of the World
Esmaltes da Kelly Atlântica is a turquoise jelly with strong holographic shimmer, red microflakes, and gold/green multichrome iridescent flakes. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. It has a medium dry time and needs top coat for complete smoothness and shine.
Inspiration: waters of Atlantica, kingdom of the little mermaid
Price: $12.50 / 100 cap
Geekish Glitter Lacquer End of the World is a lilac-purple-to-gold duochrome shimmer polish with pink-gold-green multichrome flakes. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. It needs top coat for shine. Nice formula with minimal brush strokes.
Inspiration: End of the World map which is the final world in Kingdom Hearts, this is the culmination of Heartless' destructive nature
Price: $11 / 60 cap
Heaven Scent Seeker of Darkness Roll-On Perfume is made of jojoba oil, fragrance oil, and mica (it has shimmer). The fragrance notes are black cherry merlot and sweet milk. The cherry notes are strongest to my nose tempered with a little musky wine and sweetness.
Inspiration: Ansem Seeker of Darkness
Price: $9 / no cap
Indie by Patty Lopes New World is a pale blue (warm) to black (cool) thermal jelly with gold holo glitters, blue-to-pink duochrome shimmer, and gold-to-green iridescent crystal flakes. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. Sadly, my bottle arrived when it was still really hot in my area and was somewhat burned, so it would only go as deep as a gray-blue. This polish has a medium dry time and needs top coat for smoothness and shine.
Inspiration: Sora on the heart in the new world
Price: $12 / 100 cap
Jen & Berries Nail Lacquer Let It Glow is a pale periwinkle jelly with holo shimmer, aqua-purple duochrome shimmer, silver and pink holo microglitter, and frosty-colored microglitters. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. It spreads easily and needs top coat for smoothness and shine.
Inspiration: Elsa
Price: $11.50 /45 cap
Jewelry by RPF has two items this month, a keychain and a necklace, with options to chose either the red or white polish jewel. The jewelry is high quality and sturdy with nice construction.
Product Description: This month there is a choice between mouse inspired necklaces or key chains. They each come in your choice of color:
*The red items use Quixotic Polish Lei It On Me which is described as, "a flakie topper absolutely packed with stunning pink to gold to green shifting iridescent flakies" over a red jelly base.
*The white items use NeVerMind Polish Slendy which is described as, "a white polish with silver scattered holo and black flakes".
The pendant is set in a 20mm silver tone, mouse inspired, zinc alloy metal setting in your choice of red or white. It is about 1.5" wide and about 1" in length at the widest spots. It comes with an 18" zinc alloy metal silver tone necklace. It is all lead and nickel free.
The key chain comes with a mouse inspired key ring and is set with a 25mm round, silver tone, zinc alloy metal pendant setting in your choice of red or white, and a small chain connecting the two. It is about 4.5" in total length and is lead and nickel free.
Price: Key Chain: $11 Cap: 25 cap red, 25 cap whitePrice: Necklace: $11 Cap: 5 cap red, 5 cap white
MLF Lacquer Snowfight in Arendelle is a periwinkle jelly with aqua-purple-pink multichrome iridescent flakes, blue shimmer, and holo shimmer. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. Nice, quick-drying formula that needs top coat to smooth.
Inspiration: Arendelle scenery in Kingdom Hearts 3
Price: $11 / 100 cap
Inspiration: Inspired by the beautiful sunsets in the game
Price: $12 / no cap
MTK Design Demon Flames is a turquoise (warm) to muted blue-purple (cool) thermal jelly with aqua-blue-violet multichrome iridescent shimmer and flakes. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. It needs top coat for shine.
Inspiration: the swirling magic surrounding Chernabog
Price: $12.50 / no cap
My Indie Polish Game of Moms is a burn orange (warm) to gray (medium) to dark brown (cool) tri-thermal with white, gold, and copper microflakes. I wore it in three thin coats but two will cover. Nice, fast-drying formula.
Inspiration: Being a mom who started gaming at night to relax after I had my son. This was one of the first games I ever played.
Price: $13 / 50 cap
Pampered Polishes Simple & Clean is a powder blue creme-jelly with a tiny amount of holo shimmer, holo, bronze, and charcoal microflakes, and a variety of multichrome flakes. I wore it in four thin coats but two or three will cover. Nice, smooth formula.
Inspiration: Hikaru Utada's popular song, Simple and Clean
Price: $12 / no cap
Penélope Luz Yozora is a dark periwinkle with holo microflakes and pink glitters. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. Nice, fast-drying formula that needs top coat to smooth.
Inspiration: The character Yozora
Price: $12.50 / 100 cap
PoSHlish Trio Marches On is a spring green (warm) to jade green (cool) thermal with green shimmer. I wore it in four thin coats, but it covers in two or three. The finish is naturally matte, and I wore it with glossy top coat.
Price: $13 / 15 cap
Product Description: beautiful rose gold key pendant with an open bezel filled with pink indie nail polishes with blue glitter and flakies.
Ingredients: UV resin, indie polishes, high and quality iron plated brass, and alloy metal.
Price: $12 / 30 cap
Red Eyed Lacquer Silly Old Bear is a mustard-yellow creme-jelly with red/orange/gold/green multichrome flakes and blue/green duochrome flakes. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. Nice, quick-drying formula. It dried slightly darker and richer than it looks in the bottle.
Price: $12 / 100 cap
Rogue Lacquer King Mickey is a black jelly with gold, red, and blue microflakes and holo shimmer. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. Nice, fast-drying formula.
Price: $12 / no cap
Saki Lacquer Happy-Go-Lucky is a yellow orange jelly with gold microflakes and teal microglitters. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. The glitter lie relatively flat, though you still need top coat for shine. The removal is easy.
Sassy Cats Lacquer Rising Falls is a periwinkle jelly with blue/purple/pink/red/gold multichrome iridescent shimmer. I wore it in four thin coats but two or three will cover. It has minimal brushstrokes and a luminous finish.
Price: $11 / no cap
Inspiration: Sea salt ice cream from kingdom hearts 2!
Product Description: Epoxy resin magnet in the shape of a cute little ice cream!
Ingredients: Epoxy resin
Price: $6.50 / 40 cap
Sunny's Circle My Friends, My Heart Bracelet is stretchy, with black beads, teal tiger eye beads, and silver-plated heart and crown charms.
Product Size: 7 inches long
Inspiration: My inspiration comes from the Kingdom Hearts logo and the many times that Sora spoke from his heart about his friends being his power throughout the series.
Product Description: This is a glossy beaded bracelet with crystal elastic string for easy wear and stretchable to fit most wrists. The primary beads are onyx, with blue tiger eyed beads, accented with silver spacers and finished off with a dangling crown and heart combination.
Price: $8 / 15 cap
Swamp Gloss Donald Fizz Lip Balm is a fresh, citrusy balm. If you have had the Japanese lemon-lime soda ramune, it smells just like that!
Product Size: 4.4g
Inspiration: A Donald Fizz Ice Cream Treat
Product Description: A fruity, fizzy Donald blend. Notes of raspberries, papaya, grapefruit with a hint of violet petals and fizz!
Ingredients: Coconut oil, Shea butter, Cocoa butter, beeswax, rosehip seed oil, tocopherol (vitamin e), flavor oil, sweetener
Price: $4 / 35 cap
Sweet & Sour Lacquer All for One, One for All! is a medium blue-teal jelly with holo shimmer and various types of multichrome flakes. I wore it in four thin coats, but it will cover in two or three. Nice formula and finish.
Price: $12 / 40 cap
Inspiration: Halloween Town and Jack Skellington.
Product Description: A yummy but forbidden snack blend of Candy Corn and Vanilla Pumpkin Marshmallow BBW Type.
Ingredients: Parasoy Wax, Fragrance Oil, Colorant.
Price: $3.75 / no cap
Treo Lacquer Queen Minnie over MTK Design Demon Flame
Inspiration: Lady Luck key blade
Price: $12.50 / 50 cap
Inspiration: The Heartless
Product Description: Our Deluxe Cuticle Oil - our carefully selected blend of intensive oils packaged with vitamins and antioxidants, for healthy looking skin and nails. Not too greasy yet heavy duty, and fast absorbing. More than 50% jojoba oil, for maximum benefit. Handcrafted with quality ingredients many of which are organic, in small batches with a little touch of magic! Scent: Darkness - a dark and sensual scent with notes of lime & bergamont, florals and musk on a base of amber.
Ingredients: organic jojoba oil (simmondsia chinesis), avocado oil (persea gratissima), olive oil (olea europaea), organic coconut oil (cocos nucifera), hemp seed oil (cannabis sativa), lanolin, argan oil (argania spinosa), vitamin E (tocopheryl acetate), phthalate free fragrance/essential oil.
Price: $7.50 / 75 cap
Inspiration: Sora's image
Price: $13 / 150 cap
Venus Lacquers Dark Worlds is a black jelly with purple micro-bar glitter, gold microglitter, and green flakes. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. It has a tiny bit of texture that smooths out with a single layer of top coat.
Price: $11.50 / 40 cap
Zombie Claw Polish Pumpkinhead has a clear base with holo shimmer, yellow, orange, black, and silver glitters and black shards. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. It dries quickly and needs a couple layers of top coat to smooth.
Price: $12 / 60 cap
This month's Kingdom Hearts-themed Polished Gamers Box pre-order starts today, September 15, at 1PM CDT and runs through September 20 at 11PM CDT. If you have you eye on some things, mind the caps and shop early! Do you see some things to love here?
*sent by the makers for photography and review*
PoSHlish Trio Marches On is a spring green (warm) to jade green (cool) thermal with green shimmer. I wore it in four thin coats, but it covers in two or three. The finish is naturally matte, and I wore it with glossy top coat.
Inspiration: Donald and Goofy are the companions associated with Sora's travels to the Disney worlds
Price: $13 / 15 cap
Psyche Minerals Kairi's Key Necklace and Pendant is a rose gold-colored key and heart pendant with pink indie polish gem featuring blue glitter and flakes. Not shown, a 21 inch necklace that is included with customer purchases.
Product Description: beautiful rose gold key pendant with an open bezel filled with pink indie nail polishes with blue glitter and flakies.
Pendant size: about 18mm wide, 39mm long, 3mm thick, hole: 3mm. Necklace size: the total length of these necklace chains is 21.45 inch, the width is 0.12 inch, and the size of lobster clasp is 0.48*0.27 inch.
Ingredients: UV resin, indie polishes, high and quality iron plated brass, and alloy metal.
Price: $12 / 30 cap
Red Eyed Lacquer Silly Old Bear is a mustard-yellow creme-jelly with red/orange/gold/green multichrome flakes and blue/green duochrome flakes. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. Nice, quick-drying formula. It dried slightly darker and richer than it looks in the bottle.
Inspiration: Winnie the Pooh
Price: $12 / 100 cap
Rogue Lacquer King Mickey is a black jelly with gold, red, and blue microflakes and holo shimmer. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. Nice, fast-drying formula.
Inspiration: Mickey Mouse from Kingdom hearts! He is the king who holds the key!
Price: $12 / no cap
Inspiration: Olette
Price: $11 / 50 cap
Sassy Cats Lacquer Rising Falls is a periwinkle jelly with blue/purple/pink/red/gold multichrome iridescent shimmer. I wore it in four thin coats but two or three will cover. It has minimal brushstrokes and a luminous finish.
Inspiration: Hollow bastion rising falls
Price: $11 / no cap
Sassy Sharks Charms Sea Salt Ice Cream Magnet is a blue, sparkly resin magnet in the shape of an ice cream stick.
Inspiration: Sea salt ice cream from kingdom hearts 2!
Product Description: Epoxy resin magnet in the shape of a cute little ice cream!
Ingredients: Epoxy resin
Price: $6.50 / 40 cap
Sunny's Circle My Friends, My Heart Bracelet is stretchy, with black beads, teal tiger eye beads, and silver-plated heart and crown charms.
Product Size: 7 inches long
Inspiration: My inspiration comes from the Kingdom Hearts logo and the many times that Sora spoke from his heart about his friends being his power throughout the series.
Product Description: This is a glossy beaded bracelet with crystal elastic string for easy wear and stretchable to fit most wrists. The primary beads are onyx, with blue tiger eyed beads, accented with silver spacers and finished off with a dangling crown and heart combination.
Price: $8 / 15 cap
Swamp Gloss Donald Fizz Lip Balm is a fresh, citrusy balm. If you have had the Japanese lemon-lime soda ramune, it smells just like that!
Product Size: 4.4g
Inspiration: A Donald Fizz Ice Cream Treat
Product Description: A fruity, fizzy Donald blend. Notes of raspberries, papaya, grapefruit with a hint of violet petals and fizz!
Ingredients: Coconut oil, Shea butter, Cocoa butter, beeswax, rosehip seed oil, tocopherol (vitamin e), flavor oil, sweetener
Price: $4 / 35 cap
Inspiration: Image of Goofy and Donald Duck
Price: $12 / 40 cap
Tonshi Mountain Studios Jack's Forbidden Snacks Wax is 2.5 oz and has a vanilla bakery scent.
Inspiration: Halloween Town and Jack Skellington.
Product Description: A yummy but forbidden snack blend of Candy Corn and Vanilla Pumpkin Marshmallow BBW Type.
Ingredients: Parasoy Wax, Fragrance Oil, Colorant.
Price: $3.75 / no cap
Treo Lacquer Queen Minnie has pink, purple, gold, and black microglitters, some holo, in a clear base. I wore it in four thin coats on its own, though it will cover in three. I also tried it in one thin coat over MTK Design Demon Flame. It dries quickly and will need a couple layers of top coat for smoothness and shine.Inspiration: "There's no need to be so formal. Just call me Minnie." Minnie Mouse regards herself as equal to her citizens, and is very humble in her role as queen of Disney Castle.Price: $10 / 100 cap
Twisting Nether Lacquer Lady Luck is a gold shimmer jelly with gold galaxy glitters, multi-colored holo glitters, and four kinds of multichrome UCC flakes. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. Nice fast dry time. It needs top coat to smooth it.
Inspiration: Lady Luck key blade
Price: $12.50 / 50 cap
Unicorn Magic Skincare Darkness Deluxe Cuticle Oil Pen contains 4ml and has a deep, floral, musky scent
Inspiration: The Heartless
Product Description: Our Deluxe Cuticle Oil - our carefully selected blend of intensive oils packaged with vitamins and antioxidants, for healthy looking skin and nails. Not too greasy yet heavy duty, and fast absorbing. More than 50% jojoba oil, for maximum benefit. Handcrafted with quality ingredients many of which are organic, in small batches with a little touch of magic! Scent: Darkness - a dark and sensual scent with notes of lime & bergamont, florals and musk on a base of amber.
Ingredients: organic jojoba oil (simmondsia chinesis), avocado oil (persea gratissima), olive oil (olea europaea), organic coconut oil (cocos nucifera), hemp seed oil (cannabis sativa), lanolin, argan oil (argania spinosa), vitamin E (tocopheryl acetate), phthalate free fragrance/essential oil.
Price: $7.50 / 75 cap
Vanessa Molina Adventures of Sora is a light gray (warm) to burgundy (cool) thermal with blue holo glitters and pink-to-green multichrome iridescent flakes. Unfortunately my bottle arrived when it was still hot here and was burned out, mostly only showing the light color going to a slightly darker gray when cool. The formula is nice and it has a delicate look. It needs top coat for smoothness and shine.
Inspiration: Sora's image
Price: $13 / 150 cap
Venus Lacquers Dark Worlds is a black jelly with purple micro-bar glitter, gold microglitter, and green flakes. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. It has a tiny bit of texture that smooths out with a single layer of top coat.
Inspiration: a scene from one of the games where it seems like sora and Donald Duck have blown something up in a cave. You see a ton of different colored sparks all around them.
Price: $11.50 / 40 cap
Zombie Claw Polish Pumpkinhead has a clear base with holo shimmer, yellow, orange, black, and silver glitters and black shards. I wore it in four thin coats, but two or three will cover. It dries quickly and needs a couple layers of top coat to smooth.
Inspiration: Pumpkin head key. A sister polish for Li Mei’s Brutality but pumpkin style!
Price: $12 / 60 cap
Finally, you can see the polishes in action on my live swatch video! These are all in the same order as my post, alphabetical.
This month's Kingdom Hearts-themed Polished Gamers Box pre-order starts today, September 15, at 1PM CDT and runs through September 20 at 11PM CDT. If you have you eye on some things, mind the caps and shop early! Do you see some things to love here?
*sent by the makers for photography and review*
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