The Polished Hippy

Polish Pickup  is now open for pre-orders through Monday, November 10 at 11:59PM EST. The theme this month is Mood Rings & Emotions . I ...

Great Lakes Lacquer's contribution to the October 2025 Optical Illusions -themed polish is based on an image of the Chicago skyline refl...

 Last fall, Lurid Lacquer , a relatively new brand, released a Halloween mystery advent called An Unshakable Sense of Foreboding Part 1  tha...

Supermoon Lacquer  is releasing seven polishes on Wednesday, March 26  at 6PM CDT . This includes the March 2025 Duo , celebrating Mardi, th...

I purchased a number of mystery advents last year and thought I would share some of them since there aren't a lot of photos out there. L...

I'm finally back in business on the blog and Youtube! I was struggling with a gradually failing 10-year-old computer that would crash wi...

Polish Pickup's October 2024 pre-order is open through Monday, October 7 at 11:59PM EDT . The theme this month is Natural Phenomenon  an...

Today is the final day of Polish Pickup's Vintage Halloween August 2024 pre-order! It is open through 11:59PM EDT. I have Great Lakes La...

Wildflower Lacquer  has their July 2024 Pre-order open now through Friday, July 12 at 11:59PM CDT . There is one six-piece collection as wel...

Polish Pickup  is about to open for the monthly pre-order and I have the polish from Great Lakes Lacquer  to share with you today. The theme...

Great Lakes Lacquer  has a pre-order open for the new Let It Grow Collection , inspired by The Lorax , along with three polishes that are a ...

Hi everyone! I've been on the longest break of my time posting nail swatches - basically half a year. Previously I never missed more tha...

A little while ago Taylor from Wildflower Lacquer lost her cat Wynne. A group of folks got together to do some manis in tribute to her, and...

Polish Pickup's December 2023 theme is Maker's Choice , which allows the makers a little more time to plan ahead before the holidays...

The holiday sales are wrapping up, but I wanted to share some polishes that are still available from Rogue Lacquer . The Imagineers: Land of...

KBShimmer  has a polish and sugar scrub for this month's Polish Pickup  focused on Fairytales and Folklore  for November 2023. The pre-o...

We're in the final hours of the  October 2023 1990s Grunge- themed  Polish Pickup!  The pre-order is open through  October 9 at midnight...

We're in the final hours of the September 2023 Haunted History- themed Polish Pickup! The pre-order is open through September 4 at midni...

For the first time since I started this blog in 2014, I missed posting for a month. This was a combination of one of the busiest work months...

Polish Pickup June 2023  is open for pre-order until June 5 at midnight EDT . The theme this month is a gold-mine of humor - Misheard Song L...