Little Box of Horrors: February 2026

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If you are the type of person who celebrates Halloween year round, then Little Box of Horrors is the place for you. This monthly collaborative shop brings together a variety of indie makers to create limited edition products inspired by horror, sci-fi, and all things supernatural. It open at 12pm pacific time on the 22nd-30th, wishlisting begins on the 18th.

Today I have a few stunning polishes to share from Victorian Varnish that are sure to haunt your wishlist.





Victorian Varnish Clockwise Divination - a sheer light blue with magical metallic-like flakies that range in blues, silvers, aquas, and violet at extreme angles, with a gorgeous large particle shimmer in pink, violet, peach, and bronze. This can be used as a topper over Devine Consortium.




Victorian Varnish Devine Consortium - a thermal/reflective polish that shifts from dark green (cold) to clear (warm), featuring a shimmer pairing in pink, violet, peach, and bronze with tiny scattered purple reflective glitter.




All of my swatches are shown in two thick coats with topcoat and had no formula issues unless otherwise stated. All photography uses a neutral color temperature bulb with white bounce card. My nails are natural with no enhancements and no blurring/cream base, I have a fairly prominent VNL.

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LynB Designs: Horror of Party Beach

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LynB Designs is collabing with the Little Box of Horrors which launches on July 18 at https://lbofhorrors.com

Horror of Party Beach
A deep green to pink thermal packed full of orange to yellow to green shifting flakiest and holo micro shreds
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This thermal is such a fun one! The pinkish shade is like a "your nails but better" kind of shade and the green is an unusual shade of green! Definitely a unique thermal transition polish. Shown in three coats with topcoat.



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Polish Pickup:Urban Legends (part 1)

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Urban Legends inspired polishes at Polish Pickup release on October 4 at 10am central and the per-order ends on October 7. I have a nice sampling here, but do look around the facebook group and other blogs to see more of what is being offered!




Blush The Blue Lady
Inspired by a local legend from Story Inn in Story, Indiana. It is rumored that she haunts one of the rooms at the inn and turns on a blue light.

A silvery blue linear holographic nail polish with a shifting blue to purple shimmer, holographic flakes and small blue holographic glitters.
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Are you nails dripping in diamonds? The Blue Lady is super sparkly, holo and look at that shimmer! Shown is two coats with topcoat. I typically paint fairly heavy coats, for thinner coats, three may be needed to eliminate vnl.







KBShimmer Hidden Agenda
Inspired by the urban legends of Area 51 and the rumors of hidden aliens and spaceship sightings. It is so ingrained in our culture that there's an event planned this year for people to storm the area and find the truth.
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Hidden Agenda
A matted finished, thermal, glow in the dark polish with a slate blue base when cold and dusty pink when warm. The polish is packed with shimmer, an alien shade of green. In the dark, the polish can glow in a range of yellows to greens and sometimes both if the thermal look is activated.

What a fun and unique polish! I cannot recall having seen a polish that is both thermal and glows different colors depending on its temperature, in the dark. Truly unique and a first. Two coats, no topcoat to show off it's matte effect.







KBShimmer Pumpkin Patch Sugar Scrub
Inspired by It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. A tale where Linus believed that The Great Pumpkin would fly around and visit children, and leave toys for children who believed.

Pumpkin Patch starts with sweet notes of baked pumpkin and is accented with spicy clove and warm vanilla. Cinnamon and nutmeg combine with deeper woody notes and hints of incense. This is not your standard pumpkin!
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Like Christy describes, definitely different from other pumpkin scented items I've sniffed. This is warm and baked pumpkin, with a dusting of spice. Usually, I'm off put by strong cinnamon but this is just the right balance for my nose to love. :) Outside that, Christy's scrubs soften my skin really nicely. I use them primarily for my hands, and in winter for my legs. The scrub helps seal the moisture in my skin to combat those harsh dry winter winds.






Lollipop Posse Victorian Oddities
Inspired by the haunted Victorian homes of Cape May, New Jersey. Specifically, the parlor in the haunted Emlen Physick Estate.

A bright turquoise crelly with gold flake accents, topped off with gold/green shifting Aurora shimmer.
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A turquoise lagoon swimming in a galaxy of flakes, this polish is one you won't want to miss! Giving a nod to summer, and perhaps a prelude to winter. Shown is two coats with topcoat.





All the formulas for the polishes in my post are on point; smooth and easy to apply with no issues.
What will be on your PPU wishlist this month?

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March Polish Pick Up: Album Covers

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The March Polish Pick Up theme is Album Covers! Launch is 3/1 at 10am Central. All of the brands have great offerings this month, and I have four of those shades and an indie pick up item to share with you!




1850 Lunar Eclipse
based on Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album.
a black linear holo thermal (cold) with holo microflakes that transitions to a silvery linear holo (warm).

Two coats shown with topcoat, during its transition phase, it goes to an in between charcoal shade. Formula was good, no issues to report. I cannot recall having seen a linear holo thermal before, how awesome is this?!





a little stamping fun with Lunar Eclipse!




Colors by Llarowe Hello, Hello, Hello
Inspired by the album Nevermind.
a bright pool blue crelly base with purple to aqua Aurora pigment and violet to blue to green iridescent flakes.
Two coats shown with topcoat. The violet shimmer comes to the forefront when worn over a black cream. I only did a swatch wheel with this, but watch for Delanie's (Fat Cat Pawlished) live video on facebook for a view of this. She always shows them over black and I've confirmed that she received this one. :)







Ethereal Superposition
inspired by Young The Giant
A cornflower blue base packed with red to green shimmer! This is not UP.
Two coats shown with topcoat, formula was good and it is sheer enough to use as a topper with similar base shades, also looks great over black!








Girly Bits Say Hello 2 Heaven
Inspired by Temple of the Dog
a vibrant purple with heavy violet undertones, accented with purple and blue shimmer, gold flakes, and colour shifting flakes in purple/blue.
Two coats shown, one quick photo with matte topcoat for a velvet looking finish. I love how it looks both ways!







KBShimmer The Kid (Tri-Thermal Polish)
The album cover for Purple Rain helped to inspire the KBShimmer March PPU shade.
a tri-thermal polish made to match the moody feel of the cover. When cold, a deepened eggplant shade is accented by micro flakes that shift from purple to copper and gold. When this shade starts to warm, a grape-leaning purple transitions into a violet-leaning fuchsia. Shown is 2 coats with a glossy top coat.





KBShimmer Raspberry Beret Sugar Scrub
The album cover for Purple Rain helped to inspire the KBShimmer March PPU shade.
Like freshly picked berries, this scrub’s scent is sweet, with tart and juicy notes, and is swirled in shades of purple and pink to match Prince’s outfit on the Purple Rain album cover.

The recommendation for scrub use is typically with water or in a shower where there's a lot of water; but I prefer to use it dry for part of my manicure prep. I find that the oils sink in deeper without water for a better moisturizing effect. I then add a little water and scrub it around til most of the sugar dissolves, then rinse. I pat dry with a towel to help keep the oils on the skin. I enjoyed this scent thoroughly, raspberry is one of my favorite scents for body products.








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