Literary Lacquer:New releases and Launch

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Literary Lacquer is back and here to stay! No more monthly pop-ups, the shop will remain open and stocked beginning today. Amy has loaded a heap of inventory for us, some new and some returning. I've linked my reviews of returning polishes in the list at the bottom of this entry, and the rest are in this review. I hope you enjoy it!



Ocean at the End of the Lane Trio, inspired by the book of the same title by Neil Gaiman. They are the next three polishes below.

Lettie's Ocean - Sparkling ocean blue holo. Designed with Carolyn Chambers (trio)





Miner's Gift - Blurple multichrome with holo microflakes. I wore three coats and topcoat. (trio)






Swaying Grayly - Matte grey with silver flakes and glass fleck. Designed with Adrienne Nguyen (trio)
It's definitely a three coater, but it's matte and metallic at the same time and comes across almost looking like stone.







Literary (&) Lacquers facebook group custom - limited, sale ends 7/9.
Handful of Falling Stars designed by Kaitlin Vasatka inspired by The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Navy blue mega glitter holo





The next polish is a gift with purchase: mini bottle with $20 purchase, full sized bottle with $50 purchase

Feather Family - Soft pink holo with holo microflakes. Inspired by The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

When I was searching for the right name for this gift with purchase polish to adequately express the gratitude I have for the support and love given to me by my fans and customers as I come out of this long dark period of LitLaqlessness, Alex pointed me in the direction of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, a brilliantly fun sci-fi book by Becky Chambers. The book introduces a few interesting alien species, including Sissix, the reptilian feathered Aandrisk tech.

“Okay, well, on her wall, there’s this big fancy frame with a mess of Aandrisk feathers hanging from it. Every Aandrisk’s got one, as far as I know. See, if you’re an Aandrisk and somebody really touches your life in some way, you give that person one of your feathers. And then you keep the feathers you get from others as a symbol of how many paths you’ve crossed. Having a lot of feathers on your wall shows that you’ve had an impact on a lot of people. That’s a pretty big priority for most Aandrisks. But they don’t give feathers out casually, not, like for helping you carry something or giving you a free drink or whatever. It’s got to be an experience that sticks with you, but it can totally be between strangers.”
Thanks for being my feather family. ~Amy

These next few polishes are a blast from the past:

Green Gables - a mid-toned grass green linear holographic polish.





Lake of Shining Waters - a murky teal linear holographic polish





Raspberry Cordial? - a raspberry pink linear holographic polish with added holo glitter





Marilla’s Amethyst Brooch - an amethyst shimmer polish with a pink to orange flash





If It Pleases You - a deep plum with a touch of brown (or bruise colored if you will) linear holographic polish.





Some Glad Morning - Cyan linear holographic polish





I used two coats and a topcoat unless otherwise specified and all the polishes' formulas were amazing as always with LitLaqs.

Other returning shades and links to my reviews for them are below:
1. And So I Step Up
2. Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
3. Ether Binge
4. Flickum Bicus
5. Grasshopper With Candy Colored Hair
6. Porco Rosso
7. Some Glad Morning
8. Green Gables
9. Lake of Shining Waters
10. Raspberry Cordial?
11. Marilla’s Amethyst Brooch
12. If It Pleases You
13. The Happy Prince
14. Hope Is A Thing With Feathers
15. Amortentia
16. Mysterious Irrevocable Sacred
17. Orgasm
18. If Thou Hast Eyes To See
19. Desdemona’s Handkerchief
20. Salmon Chanted Evening
21. Bluestocking Romance
22. Breathing Dreams Like Air
23. Laters Baby
24. Long May She Reign

Amy plans to continue adding new colors and returning shades. Have a favorite you missed or want to gift one you don't see here? Join her fan group and post a suggestion! Ready to shop? Let's go!

Baroness X: Shift in Space-Time Collection

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The Shift in Space-Time collection by Baroness X is inspired by the movie Interstellar. As such it's all about shifting space-time, black holes, the 4th dimension and small details from the movie itself. The whole collection launches for PRE-Order on Saturday 6/17 2pm Central time at the Baroness X webshop and will begin shipping on 7/1.



Event Horizon is a black jelly with gold to green to blue pegasus pee, metallic gold flakies and 2 kinds of green and blue shifting iridescent flakies.








Gargantua is a purple jelly scattered holo with copper metallic pigment.






Paradox is a teal to blue to indigo pegasus pee with pink to green shifting iridescent flakies and a touch of large particle holo pigment







Tesseract is a deep teal based multichrome that shifts from bright green, to teal, to blue to a deep (almost purple) indigo blue with a scatter of holo flakies and holo pigment






Singularity is a unicorn pee based jelly polish, it's very sheer and is meant to be layered over any color, it's close to OPI's Movin' Out. (photo shows three coats)






Ghost of a Space Cowboy is a Limited Edition multichrome, only available with the full size set of which only 40 will be made available. The polish is a darker grey based multichrome holo with iridescent pink to green flakies, the multichrome starts off at teal, goes to purple, pink to gold and finally green.






I wore two coats with topcoat except where noted. The formula for each of these was awesome; fluid, smooth and easy to apply with very little clean up. I hope you have enjoyed the review and photos.

What is your favorite in this collection? Comment below to let us know!

What's Your Shine:Trixster and Perfect Storm

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Super Impressed!

Jason of What's Your Shine, gave me the opportunity to experience his indie brand. I don't use the word 'experience' lightly. The brand is a complete package from first contact to wearing Whats Your Shine polish on your nails.

Jason exhibits his passion for his brand and his customers with the great amount of care and detail to packaging and product.

In my review package he included a personal thank you letter, product detail sheets, his 'about us' story, and insight to how he creates.
The products arrived displayed on a crisp white foam board backing covered in a designer paper, both custom cut to fit the products and then professionally shrink wrapped. If you look closely around the edges of the product in the below photo, you can see the plastic shrink wrap.
The bottles are also secured to the display board with easy to remove glue, and a nail file which prevents shifting and clanking during shipment.

This is the first time I've received such a nicely packed box from an indie brand. It definitely has a high end boutique or salon feel to it.



It doesn't stop there though, the overcap on the polish can be removed to reveal a grippy cap for easier polishing, and the brand label is bold and easy to read. The square bottles are quite classy too.



Both of the polishes below are part of the eight piece Shine Language collection. They are available now at the What's Your Shine store along with many other beautiful polishes to choose from.

Trixter - This one keeps you guessing, you'll never see the same color twice in this shimmering iridescent Dark Pink polish.

Definitely a shifty booger! On me, it looks peachy most of the time and then there's these hidden flecks the shade of pumpkin that you can see in the macro but not apparent on the nail. The holo flecks are subtle and appropriate for most business dress codes. The polish color would also be an amazing compliment to a Henna style tattoo or stamping, I'm sure! I wore two coats with topcoat, formula was excellent and I love that the overcap comes off to make polishing a breeze.





Perfect Storm - Iridescent Dark Gray Polish with a Holographic Sparkling Rainbow effect, that changes in every light.

For a dark shade of polish this one sparkles like fireworks! It's so reflective and beautiful that I ended up wearing it longer than most polishes I review. Two coats and topcoat were worn and again the formula was fantastic and I have to mention that cap again, I love it.





I enjoyed reviewing for Jason from start to finish and have confidence that his brand will do well.
Why not give his brand a try! Visit What's Your Shine's online store.