Hi! So I fully blame (affectionately) your beautiful manicure photos for reigniting my love of nail polish and I have totally fallen down the rabbit hole of indie polish makers. As such I am very excited to shop PPU rewind next week and am wondering what polishes you are excited for and which ones you consider must haves?
Hahah! I will happily and appreciatively take the blame for anyone deciding to get into indie nail polish. That means so much to me, you have no idea! ♥️😂♥️😂♥️ That being said, this post is long so I'm going to put the rest under the cut.
PPU rewind is one of my favorite times of the year to buy polish and they have some really great things coming up!!! 😍😍😍 For anyone that doesn't know Polish Pick Up is a monthly collaboration between indie polish makers where limited edition polishes are sold during a pre-sale window that lasts 4 days. After the window closes the polishes are shipped out and usually it takes 3-4 weeks after ordering for the package to show up in your mailbox. July is a special month where the makers are allowed to bring back 2 polishes: one to sell on the PPU site and one that the maker can sell on their own site for the month of July. So really popular polishes make a return in July. PPU rewind this year will take place from 7/4 at 11:00am EST until 7/7 at 11:59pm EST. The preview on the site should go up sometime tomorrow (6/29). If you want to check it out they're here.
Don't Own But Will Be Buying
The reason it took me so long to reply to this ask is that I actually own quite a few of the polishes that will be in PPU rewind this year so I have quite a few recommendations to make! I'll divide them into two categories: Don't Own But Will Be Buying, and Own and Love. I will add links to swatches or to my blog posts on the name of the polish.
Emily De Molly - Haunted vibes I thought I bought this one when it originally released and when I realized I didn't get it I was SO disappointed. I will NOT miss it this time. It's a gorgeous orange magnetic.
Lumen - Glass Frog I stared at this polish for FOREVER when it originally released, decided to pass on it and instantly regretted it. I've heard so many people rave about it since then. I feel like it's taken on legendary status in my mind. 😂 I won't be missing it again. This one will be sold on the makers site.
Own and Love
Bee's Knees Lacquer - Doomicorn 2.0 If I had to pick, this is probably my all time favorite polish. I don't know what they've changed that it's a 2.0 version now, but I would still HIGHLY recommend this one. It has a pretty sheer formula though, so if that's not your thing you might want to pass on this one. S+ Tier
Atomic Polish - Sour Apple Rings One of my all time favorite neons. If you like eye-searingly bright, this polish is for you. The formula is a little thick, but that's somewhat normal for neons and as gorgeous as it is I can't bring myself to care. 😂 This one will be sold on the makers site. S+ Tier
Cuticula - Dead House Absolutely stunning flakey bomb, which Cuticula does so well. A tier
Monarch Lacquer- Truth or Dare A super bright pink that's perfect for summer. This one will be sold on the makers site. A tier
Garden Path Lacquers - We Never Lie About Bunnies Bunny This polish is an party on the nails and SO SO sparkly. This one will be sold on the makers site. A tier
I actually own quite a few more PPU rewind polishes than this but I'm trying to keep this post from turning into a novel. 😂 These are my favorites though. If you are looking at something and want my opinion, leave a comment and I'll let you know if I've tried that polish or that maker. Thank you so much for this ask @lizardnotes!!!!!!🥰💖🥰💖🥰
I’m so crazy about this polish, I’ve been wearing it for a week! It’s available right now, so check out the details at http://paintedfingertips.com/2019/03/its-britney-btch-aurora-lacquer-ppu/
Look alive, sunshine! We've got a look at, not even exaggerating here folks, my favorite polish in my whole collection. This beauty is “Crash Queens and Motor Babies” by @geekishglitterlacquer, inspired by the cover of My Chemical Romance's Danger Days album. @polishpickup is just around the corner - March 1-4 - and then this little Motor Baby is no more! Grab it for $11 as fast as you can, because there's a cap of 75 and you don't want to miss it!
I am beyond excited to share my manicure and nail art for the upcoming Polish Pickup September 2025 theme PPUWEEN 🎃👻🪦
I was so thrilled when Mia of Kathleen & Co kindly asked me to swatch her stunning shade Ghostly - my first solar polish! 🩶🌞💜
Ghostly is a solar polish inspired by a ghostly graveyard and ghostly images. Ghostly shifts from grey (indoors) to purple (sunshine) with a glowy blue shimmer. It was magical to walk outside and see the fast shift to purple with such a glowy blue shimmer.
I took inspiration from the cute Halloween themed polish box for some cute, shimmery reverse stamped ghosts using Maniscript Deja Boo! and Hit the Bottle Retro Patterns - Mid Century Modern. The natural choice to fill in the ghosts was Kathleen White Opal Betta for extra sparkle.
