Noodles Nail Polish Cherry on Top Part 3 Summer 2024 Swatches and Reviews

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Hi everyone! I hope all is well with you! I just got home a few days ago from a trade show and concert in Washington DC. We had a great time, but are happy to be at home with the animals. Tonight I've got the newest installment in the Noodles Nail Polish Cherry on Top Collection which all feature clear glitter toppers. This is a 6-piece set which will be available this Wednesday, August 14th at 5 PM EST on the Noodles Nail Polish website for just $10.50 each. 

Shall we get to swatches? 

Polish Pickup November 2023 Fairy Tales and Folklore: Noodles Nail Polish Old Cardigan

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Hello hello! How is it almost November?! Next week is Halloween, and somehow we haven't even bought candy yet. Oops! I hope people left a little for us to buy. Of course, like clockwork, it's supposed to rain on Tuesday. It seems like for the past 3 years it has rained on Halloween in NC. Anyway, we only have 2 more Polish Pickup store openings for this year.  

This month's theme is Fairy Tales and Folklore which it seems like we've had before (I mean, PPU has been around for many years and popular themes are bound to be repeated). Ok, I just Googled it and apparently in November of 2019 the theme was also Fairy tales! The shop officially opens at 11:00 AM ET Friday, November 3rd and ends on Monday, November 6th at 11:59 PM (but if a polish has a bottle limit and sells out before the end of the pre-order, it's gone, unless you get lucky and the cap gets raised...which is rare) on the PPU website. Shall we get a closer look at Noodles Nail Polish shade for the month? 

Noodles Nail Polish Old Cardigan (3 coats)

Inspiration: Taylor Swift's Folklore album hit, "Cardigan"

Price: $11.50

Bottle Limit: None

Do we have any Swifties in the house? I bet we have at least a few. I like Taylor Swift's songs, but I wouldn't really classify myself as a Swiftie. I mean, if you didn't have to sell an organ to get a concert ticket, I would totally go to a concert. Anyway, this month Natalie from Noodles Nail Polish was inspired by Taylor's popular song off of the Folklore album, Cardigan. It's a clear based glitter topper with mini star holo stars, matte white, metallic navy, silver holo, and blue/green iridescent glitters, holo micro flakes, and a touch of holo shimmer. Basically this one is choke full of silver holo bling with hints of navy. You know I'm a huge fan of star glitters, and this one has lots of them, and you really don't have to fish around for them in the bottle. You can definitely use this as a topper, but I just had to use this one on its own in 3 coats. It full covers the nail and is just a party to look at. Of course this dried with texture from all the glitter, so I definitely recommend a glitter smoothing topcoat to get a glass-like finish. 

There you have it, folks. What do you plan on picking up this month? Start your wishlist now so you don't miss out on any capped items. You can find out more about Noodles Nail Polish on their website, Instagram page, Facebook page, and Facebook Fan Group. 

*These polishes were provided by the company or PR representative. All reviews are based solely on my opinion. For more information, please see my full disclosure at the bottom of the site*

Noodles Nail Polish 2023 Halloween Collection Trio Swatches and Reviews

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Hello hello! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I have to do some traveling for work later this week, so I'll be busy getting everything together for that. My husband will be home watching over our aging animals (including 2 cats who are 18!). It's so hard for both of us to leave at the same time at this point. Tonight I have the new Noodles Nail Polish Halloween Trio which will be available this Friday, September 29th at 5 PM EST and each shade will retail for just $10.50 each. Shall we to the photos? 

Polish Pickup December 2022 Maker's Choice Swatches and Reviews

I'm back tonight with the final Polish Pickup for the year. Can you believe it?! From some rumblings around some Facebook groups, it sounds like there will be some changes to PPU next year, and I'll be interested to see how that goes. I'll make sure to post about that when it comes straight from the headquarters since perhaps some of it could be rumors. As I said in my last post, Issa from Starlight Polish is back and she has a new shade for this month's PPU. This month's theme is Maker's Choice which I think is a perfect way to end the year because I'm sure brands have prototypes that they love that just haven't fit with any theme, and they can use it here. The website just opened for wishlisting, but also make sure to join the Polish Pickup Pack Facebook Group as swatches pop up left and right there as well. 

The shop officially opens at 11:00 AM ET Friday, December 2nd and ends on Monday, December 5th at 11:59 PM (but if a polish has a bottle limit and sells out before the end of the pre-order, it's gone, unless you get lucky and the cap gets raised...which is rare) on the PPU website. Shall we get to some swatches? 

Noodles Nail Polish Hanukkah Nights (3 coats)

Inspiration: Hanukkah decor

Price: $11.50

Bottle Limit: None

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I just want to say how happy I am that there is a Hanukkah polish. I'm all about inclusivity, and not everyone celebrates Christmas, so give us all the variations! Hanukkah Nights gives us awesome glitter shapes, and I'm here for it. It's a pale blue crelly base with white/silver/blue glitters with white stars and blue moons. I went ahead and flipped the bottle for about a half hour before applying it to let the stars and moons sink to the top of the bottle. I used 3 thin coats for my photos while with the third I focused on dabbing the larger glitters on. Use thin coats, otherwise it can get too thick and you may get wrinkling when it dries. I would definitely recommend a glitter smoothing topcoat if you have one to make sure it evens it all out. 

Starlight Polish Verdant Scales (2 coats)

Inspiration: I haven't been in the best place the last few months, so for this month, I decided to create a polish that made me happy.  I felt like making a green, and winter makes me think of dragons, so Verdant Scales was born.  

Price: $16

Bottle Limit: 250 bottles

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As someone who also had some tough months throughout the pandemic, I empathize with Issa. I'm so glad she's back to making new polishes, and I hope this creative outlet helps her even more. Verdant Scales is a green jelly with gold to bronze to green shifting old school UP sibling pigment, a touch of holographic shimmer, and scattered glitter, in both green to gold iridescent and green holographic. I did my best to show the shifting shimmer, but it's even more evident in real life. Don't be alarmed by it being a jelly; this one is still quite pigmented, and I got away with using just 2 coats for my swatches. Despite having a little glitter in there, just a regular coat of topcoat should be enough for a smooth finish. 

There you have it, folks! I'm making sure to set aside some money for PPU this month, because I know all of us will be partaking in all these Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales going on. Have a great one!

 

*These polishes were provided by the company or PR representative. All reviews are based solely on my opinion. For more information, please see my full disclosure at the bottom of the site*

Noodles Nail Polish Halloween Collection 2022 Swatches and Reviews

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Hello again! I told you I'd be back soon with some spooky shades from Noodles Nail Polish. This 4-piece collection contains 2 glitter toppers and 2 crellies. They will be releasing this Friday, October 7th at 5 PM EST and all polishes will retail for $10 each. And don't worry, you should have these in plenty of time before Halloween because Natalie is notorious for fast shipping (of course, if you're international, this may not be the case). Shall we get to the good stuff? 

Noodles Nail Polish Holiday 2021 Collection Swatches and Reviews + Black Friday Sale Info

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Hi everyone! Whew, it's November. IT'S NOVEMBER! Remember how a month or 2 ago I said I needed to start shopping for Christmas super early? Well, technically I did, but I'm still not far enough along. How are all of you holding up? I'm actually going to see BTS in concert in LA in a few weeks and I cannot tell you how excited I am. I haven't had anything to look forward to in such a long time, and I was so lucky to score some tickets (they've gotten so popular). Tonight I have the holiday collection from Noodles Nail Polish to share with you. This 7-piece set features a variety of finishes including glitter toppers, crellies, and jellies and will be available this Friday, November 19th at 5 PM EST. All polishes will retail for $10 except for 8 Nights and Lights which will be $9.50. 

I just received information regarding this year's Black Friday sale, so here's the scoop:

"Coming a little earlier this year with a bigger discount!

Starts Wednesday November 24th at 9 pm EST and ends Monday 11:59 PM EST. 25% your entire purchase (excludes new holiday collection and mystery christmas duo) no code necessary or minimum. Discount will be automatically applied at checkout. To view all polishes included in the sale you can click on the tab Black Friday Sale. Please note that since this discount is automatically applied it still counts as a coupon code and Shopify only allows one per transaction. Any US orders $75 or more (after discount) qualify for free shipping and will have the shipping manually refunded by myself when I process your order for packaging.

Every order of 6 or more polishes will receive a FREE Black Friday 2021 mystery polish (while supplies last-it will be announced if they run out).

No code necessary for this, it will be added when shipping. It can be any 6 polishes, whether they are discounted or not. Mystery Christmas duo counts as ONE bottle since they are prepackaged and 1 listing. So if you order 1 of those sets, you would still need 5 other polishes to earn the Black Friday mystery. One mystery per customer.

I cannot combine orders during this sale due to high volume of orders. I apologize for the inconvenience. I will not be able to restock anything that sells out, as shipping orders takes priority during the sale. I will restock what sells out as soon as I can, but nothing will restock during the sale. I am going to try my best to have a lot on hand, but you never know what will be most popular!"

Buckle up, friends: I hope you're ready for some glitter. :-D

Noodles Nail Polish 2021 New Year's Polish: NYE Skies

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Hi, folks! I hope you're staying safe in this crazy world right now. Shipping is backed up for days (perhaps over a week?), so who knows when the holidays will really "end," you know? I think we're all hoping for a better year, right? I'm not going to jinx it or anything, but it almost HAS to be better than the dumpster fire that was 2020. Natalie of Noodles Nail Polish releases a yearly New Year's polish, and this year it is a gorgeous glitter topper. I'm a little late posting this, but it will be releasing today (Friday, December 11th) at 6 PM ET in the Noodles shop for $9.50 each. 

Noodles Nail Polish NYE Skies (1 coat) over Cuticula Coconut Milk Sorbet (2 coats)

This time I went for something a little different as a base color. I thought the off white Cuticula would work well with the gold and black. NYE Skies is a clear-based glitter topper with various black and gold hexagonal glitters and gold holo stars. I found it best to turn the bottle upside down about 30 minutes before application to ensure you'll have a few gold stars without needing to fish for any. There's just something really classy about the combination of black and gold don't you think? Don't worry, other bloggers used this over other base colors, so you should be able to get a good idea of how this changes over other colors on the shop page later today. It had a good amount of glitter density and needed just 1 thin coat for my swatches above. To get the stars to stay where I wanted them, I did some little short brush strokes to apply and move the stars. 

Again, this one will be available today at 6 PM, so set your alarms! And may 2021 not be an absolute shitshow. You can find out more about Noodles Nail Polish on their website, Instagram page, Facebook page, and Facebook Fan Group.

*These polishes were provided by the company or PR representative. All reviews are based solely on my opinion. For more information, please see my full disclosure at the bottom of the site*

Chloe & Bella Autumn 2014 Collection Swatches and Reviews Part I

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Chloe & Bella Fall Dahlia (2 coats) over 3 coats Morgan Taylor Simply Spellbound

Wow, we're starting off with a glitter bomb! Fall Dahlia is a fuchsia and yellow based glitter polish in a clear base with tons of circle, hexagonal, square, and holo glitters. This is really dense, but you can still pretty much apply it like regular polish without too much dabbing. We're off to a great start!

Chloe & Bella Strawflower (3 coats)

Strawflower is an orange jelly with tons of gold holographic glitter (of different kinds) as well as gold stars. You can layer this over another orange, but I have 3 coats on here and it fully covered. There's so much depth to this one, and it may be one of my favorites of the collection. This is another polish that you can apply regularly without any dabbing. 

Chloe & Bella Sunflower (2 coats)

Oh yes, I used this combination for Batman. You know this! Sunflower is a bright yellow glitter topper in a clear base with hints of light brown glitter accents. It even has some of my favorite tiny bar glitter! Like the rest of the polishes, this is a mix of different sizes and shapes of (mostly) yellow matte glitter. This was perfect application with 2 coats. 

So far, the first half of the autumn collection is bright and fun! I love that Barbara uses flowers for her inspiration for collections. The polishes are a great value at $6.95 each in very professional looking bottles. You can find them on their website, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook pages, respectively. Check back tomorrow for the final 3 colors!

*These polishes were provided by the company or PR representative. All reviews are based solely on my opinion. For more information, please see my full disclosure at the bottom of the site*

Two Gypsies Nail Lacquer Spring 2014 Collection: Tide Pools

Two Gypsies Tide Pools (3 coats)

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Oh Mondays, how you kill me. I guess I should really say, oh science, how you kill me because that's the truth. Wouldn't it be nice if some things actually worked right the first time? I gloomily digress. 

On the bright side, I have a happy color from the Two Gypsies Nail Lacquer spring collection (which is the last I have to show, but it's a 5-piece collection that comes out on April 4th). Tide pool is an open sea blue jelly with both circular and hexagonal glitter. The colors range from green, blue, gold and copper with large white stars. You might be wondering, "How long did she have to fish in there to get that many stars out?" Well, not too much, fortunately. I felt there was a fair amount of all glitter in there and it is well represented on the nail. You'd think there would be a problem with application with all that glitter, but no, no issues at all. Overall, I'm extremely happy with this collection. I love the mix of springtime themes and names and how there are some opaque jelly glitters included. Check out their Etsy website to pick these up, and follow up with a look at their Facebook page for pictures and more information.

*This polish was provided by the company or PR representative. All reviews are based solely on my opinion. For more information, please see my full disclosure at the bottom of the site*