tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57530693172894974352024-03-11T23:52:39.516-05:00Noelie's NailsSharing my passion for polish, my love of lacquer, and the joy that color brings to my life!Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.comBlogger303125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-88267058663928960712013-01-29T14:46:00.000-06:002013-01-29T14:46:19.008-06:00Smitten Polish Update - New Collection Info and More<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hi folks! I have a bit of business to mention, then we'll get on to the new collection.</div>
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As Smitten has gotten more and more successful (beyond my wildest dreams, really), it's gotten progressively more difficult for me to keep up with trying to update both the blog and Facebook pages. Facebook is honestly much easier for me to update on the fly, especially when I'm away from home. For that reason, the vast, vast majority of Smitten updates will be via the Facebook page, which is <a href="http://www.facebook.com/smittenpolish">here</a>.</div>
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That being said, I know that not everyone likes Facebook. I know that not everyone wants to be on Facebook. So for that reason, I'm also starting a newsletter that will feature restock information, new collection and new release information, and information on sales. I promise I won't spam you. and I'll never, ever sell your information. The link to sign up for the newsletter is below!</div>
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Now that that's out the way, on to the fun stuff. =) My newest collection is called Wickedly Smitten, and it's inspired by the musical, Wicked. Here are the swatches and the inspirations for each polish.<br />
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The first is Traveling by Bubble, inspired by Glinda.<br />
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In the musical, Glinda's dress is blue rather than pink, but I wanted to have some pink in there as a nod to the movie version of Glinda as well. Pink and blue circle glitter, along with a bit of small pink and blue hex glitter, in a milky blue base with a touch of blue shimmer. This is shown at three coats.<br />
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This is the inspiration: Glinda arriving by bubble. =)<br />
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Next up, we have Pink Goes Good with Green!, inspired by the part in the musical where Galinda decides to make Elphaba her pet project and teach her to be popular. One of the things she does is put a pink flower in Elphaba's hair and exclaim, "Oooh! Pink goes good with green!"<br />
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Pink Goes Good with Green! is several sizes of light green and light pink glitters suspended in a milky green base. And here's a shot from the musical to give perspective to the polish:<br />
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Next is the other polish pictured in the above swatch, I Feel... Wicked. I won't give away what leads Elphaba to this realization. This polish is based on Elphie in all her green glory. Green jelly base with several sizes and shapes of green and purple glitter, including some green holographic glitters.</div>
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Elphaba, as portrayed by the incomparable Idina Menzel.</div>
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Look to the Western Sky is a line from my favorite song from Wicked, Defying Gravity. "So if you care to find me, look to the western sky! As someone told me lately, everyone deserves the chance to FLY!" This is my vision of Elphaba flying off into the sunset.</div>
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Purple jelly base with the colors of the sunset - pink, yellow, purple and orange. </div>
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And lastly, but certainly not least, we have Who Steals a Dead Woman's Shoes?? Which, if you think about it, is exactly what Dorothy did! The shoes in the original book by L. Frank Baum and in Wicked aren't red - they were made red for the film. The shoes were silver, and this is my interpretation of the silver shoes.</div>
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And here's Elphie's sister, Nessarose, with the jeweled shoes.</div>
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So that's it. This collection was a real labor of love for me, and I hope it shows. This collection will go live on my Etsy shop, www.smittenpolish.com, on January 30, 2013. I will list half my shock at 1pm CENTRAL TIME and the other half at 7pm CENTRAL time. See you there!</div>
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Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com61tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-19402486293076946542012-12-05T11:13:00.001-06:002012-12-05T11:13:29.409-06:00USPS Price Increases<span class="userContent">A note to my international customers regarding USPS price increases:<br /> <br />
I'm not sure exactly how it's going to shake out because I can't find
the list of which countries are in which zones, but right now it looks
like the lowest cost for one polish to ship internationally will be
$7.35, and the highest zone is $9.15. Two to three polishes will be
between $8.55 and $12.15. And, of course, the costs just go up from
there.<br /> <br /> I may need to suspend international shipping for a bit while I figure all this out. =\</span>Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-36371016962821696552012-11-25T11:34:00.002-06:002012-11-25T11:34:33.612-06:00Smitten with the Holidays Stock InfoI will be stocking the Smitten with the Holidays collection in my Etsy store on November 26, 2012. I'll put half the stock up at 1pm CENTRAL TIME on November 26, and the other half up at 7pm CENTRAL TIME on November 26, so that as many different time zones as possible will have access to the stock.<br />
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Also, I'll be running a special for Cyber Monday, 20% off your order with code CYBER20. That code will be valid starting with the 1pm restock and will be good until midnight CENTRAL TIME the night of November 26.<br />
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In addition, leftover stock of the Halloween collection will be priced at $7 each, and will be eligible for the Cyber Monday discount.<br />
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Happy shopping and, as always, thank you all so much for the support! <3Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-4860801296170905512012-11-24T21:54:00.000-06:002012-11-24T21:59:03.436-06:00Smitten with the Holidays - Holiday 2012 - Coming Nov 26, 2012Group shot!<br />
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The Smitten Polish Smitten with the Holidays collection will be available on November 26, 2012 at www.smittenpolish.com! Here are some larger swatches and descriptions:<br />
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A Midnight Clear - Blue jelly base with tiny blue flakes. <br />
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Adeste Fidelis - White jelly base with rose, pale green and coppery glitters.<br />
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Flurry - Grey jelly base with light blue and iridescent glitter, as well as larger white square glitters.<br />
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Frost Fairies - My favorite, and probably the most difficult to photograph. This is a semi-sheer white jelly base with blue and aqua shimmer.<br />
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Greensleeves - Teal-leaning green jelly base with green shimmer as well as tiny green and gold flakes.<br />
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The Holly and the Ivy - White jelly base with dark red and green matte glitters in two sizes.<br />
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Grinchy Claus - Warm leaning green with gold shimmer.<br />
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Nuttin' For Christmas - rich brown with tiny red-gold flakes and deep red shimmer.<br />
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Sleigh Ride - Bright red jelly base with pinkish-red shimmer.<br />
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Merry and Bright - Inspired by Victorian Christmas cards, this is a muted berry jelly base packed with various sizes and shapes of copper and gold glitters.<br />
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<br />Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-4313305254637106662012-10-09T18:08:00.001-05:002012-10-09T18:08:25.618-05:00Smitten Polish Restock Info<div style="text-align: justify;">
Hi, folks! Thank you all for being so patient waiting for the new collection to be released. I ran into some delays with my new bottle supplier and bottles got here later than I was hoping. They're finally here, and I'll be opening the shop on Thursday, October 11. </div>
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As I did last time, I'm going to split my stock into two batches to try and accommodate people across as many time zones as possible. Half the stock will be listed at 1pm CENTRAL TIME and the other half will be listed at 7pm CENTRAL TIME on October 11.</div>
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Confection</div>
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I know there are shades that people want that aren't on this list. Some of them are out of production for the moment because of supply issues with some of the colorants I was using, and some are out of production because they just weren't selling. I find it difficult to keep up with stocking more than about 15 to 20 shades total, so shades will come and go based on availability of ingredients as well as demand. </div>
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And lastly, thank you all for being the very best customers anyone could ask for. It really means the world to me. <3</div>
Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-27910987596773828802012-09-25T11:34:00.000-05:002012-09-25T11:35:16.418-05:00Smitten Polish Halloween/Fall 2012 CollectionMany, many, MANY thanks to my sweet friend <a href="http://cilucia.blogspot.com/">Cilucia</a> for taking these pictures for me. I was out of town and I just had no time to photograph them myself. She's a lifesaver. ♥<br />
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So here's the Halloween and Fall collection.<br />
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From left to right: ERMAHGERD, CANDY CORMS!, Spice Cake, Hocus Pocus, Wicked, Tricksy, False!<br />
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ERMAHGERD, CANDY CORMS! - Three coats on its own. <br />
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Spice Cake - This is slightly more brown in person. Three coats.<br />
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Hocus Pocus - This leans slightly warmer and less blue in real life. Cilucia used four coats, but I wore it at three coats when I wore it myself.<br />
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These will be available soon! I can't give you all an exact date yet as I'm awaiting a huge order of bottles and I can't make these until those come in. I'm expecting to be able to put them up for sale during the first week of October. =) <br />
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<br />Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-81593266922439369162012-09-03T18:21:00.000-05:002012-09-03T18:21:40.521-05:00Restock infoI'll be restocking the store this Wednesday. Half of the stock will be put up at 1pm CST and the other half will go up at 7pm CST. Hopefully this will give people across lots of time zones a chance to grab what they want. =)Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-45330160864929620362012-09-01T12:23:00.000-05:002012-09-01T12:23:49.466-05:00Smitten Update<div style="text-align: justify;">Hi, everyone. =) There are several things that I wanted to let you guys know:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. I plan to restock my store next week sometime, probably Tuesday or Wednesday. I'll announce it here and on Facebook (www.facebook.com/smittenpolish) 48 hours prior to the store opening. I'm also sending out my first batch of inventory to Llarowe this week, so there will be a fair number of polishes available between those two sources. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. This next restock will <i>not</i> be a pre-order. I know you guys love pre-orders, but I'm going out of town to visit my family in a couple of weeks, and I just don't have the extra time that it takes to do all the spreadsheeting and invoicing that comes with a pre-order. I'm sorry about that. =\</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. I'm working on the final iterations of my fall and Halloween shades. My plan is to start mixing those after I get back in town and to start offering them for sale at the beginning of October. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. I'm running into supply issues with the colorants that are used in Bluebird, Pink Lemonade and The One on the Right. Those will be offered at this restock, but I can't make any guarantees about their future availability. I do plan to start working on reformulating those shades with other ingredients, but A) I'm not sure how well that will turn out and B) I don't know how long it might take. I apologize for that, but that's the nature of this business - sometimes suppliers just stop stocking things we've been using. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. For my customers in Australia - the issues with the post seem to have cleared up on their own. One of my friends in Australia who had ordered actually talked to AusPost, and they said that there was a large batch of mail from the US that had been accidentally diverted to the wrong state, hence the delays. All of those packages have found their way to their recipients now, so I think we're good!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And, as always, thank you all for your continued support of Smitten. It really does mean the world to me. ♥ </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">1. For my Australian customers particularly, and all my international customers in general - I have had three packages now that I've sent to Australia that have either gotten delayed, returned to me, or have vanished to parts unknown. As stated in my shop policies, I'm happy to ship internationally, but once the items leave my hands, I really can't be responsible for what happens in transit. I'll happily replace bottles that are damaged, as well as send the correct color if I make a mistake and send the wrong one. As far as I know, there isn't an economical way to ship internationally with full tracking. I'm about to send a package to Australia via Priority Mail (at my own expense) to see if that arrives there any quicker and also to see if there's some tracking info that comes with that. If so, that might be a viable alternative. I'm really hoping to find something that will work without you guys having to spend triple the cost on shipping. But mainly I wanted my Aussie customers to know that there appears to be a problem somewhere along the way, and to let all my international customers know that I'm trying to find a solution.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. The following shades will only be restocked until the end of this month: Lovely Lilacs, Fire and Blood, Huckleberry Pie, Moonbeam Dreams, Aquarius and Strawberry Tart.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. The next restock of my Etsy store will be on Wednesday, August 15, at 6pm CENTRAL TIME. It will include all existing shades, including the Confection Collection, plus two new ones.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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This one is Hillary's Dream. This is shown at 3 coats, but it also works well layered over black.<br />
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And this one is Candy Kisses, shown here at three coats. This one is a white base with pink and purple glitters.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This beauty shifts from a beautiful green to a gorgeous azure blue. I had a really hard time capturing the shift, I think because the shift isn't as dramatic as some, but trust me when I say this polish definitely shows off two different colors.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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The formula is top notch. What you see here is two super-easy coats. Dry time was excellent. I should also say that this polish looks smoother in person than it does in these photos. Macro shows off every little flaw, but in person my nails look smooth and metallic.<br />
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The Diva Plavalaguna is simply perfection. And now I must order several of the others from the Fifth Element collection. So beautiful!<br />
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Lilacquer polishes are available on Etsy <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/lilacquerpolishes">here</a>!Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-73858118240550853292012-08-10T13:29:00.000-05:002012-08-10T13:29:12.464-05:00More invoices sentI just sent out another batch of invoices. I'm now short two bottles of Pure Imagination, and I'm now waiting on the glitter to finish those. I'm hoping it'll come today. I really appreciate your patience. I didn't anticipate that one being quite as popular as it turned out to be!Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-24673769163023162592012-08-09T09:22:00.000-05:002012-08-09T09:22:02.542-05:00Quick Update<div style="text-align: justify;">My lacquer base should be here tomorrow (happy dance), so the remaining invoices for the pre-order will go out as soon as I have t<span>he rest of the bottles of Pure Imagination made up. Once I get those orders handled, I'll be doing more mixing for another restock. =)</span></div>Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-80038209730786479792012-08-05T17:06:00.001-05:002012-08-05T17:06:18.168-05:00Starting InvoicingAlrighty. Despite having a pulled muscle in my back (FYI - a box of 300+ polish bottles is heavy), I have all the pre-orders mixed except for 16 bottles of Pure Imagination. I need more lacquer base to complete those, which should be here this week. I'm going to start invoicing - don't freak out if you don't get yours and you ordered Pure Imagination! I won't invoice until I have the bottles actually made up. =)<br />
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Also! Remember to check your spam/junk folders. I had a few people whose invoices got stuck there last go round. Thank you all so much! ♥Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-32140425463080849392012-08-03T10:06:00.000-05:002012-08-03T10:06:18.251-05:00Smitten Polish Confection Collection Pre-Order Information<ul><li style="text-align: justify;">This pre-order is for the Confection Collection ONLY. I plan to restock my other shades in a couple of weeks, but I needed to be able to focus on making these so I can supply as many of you as possible with this collection.</li>
</ul><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">I plan to leave this form up for 48 hours. PLEASE NOTE: I expect that demand may exceed the supplies I have on hand, but I do have more supplies already en route to me. I won't invoice you until your polishes are actually ready to go, so if there's a delay please don't think I forgot about you. It just means that I'm waiting for more supplies to arrive. =)</li>
</ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>Polishes are $9.00 per bottle. All bottles are full size 15ml bottles. Shipping for the US is $3.00 for the first bottle, $0.50 per additional bottle. For Canada, it's $3.50 for the first bottle, $0.50 per additional bottle. For the rest of the world, it's $5.00 for the first bottle, $1.00 for each additional bottle. </li>
</ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>If you need more than one bottle of any shade, simply fill out the form again. I haven't figured out a better way to handle orders for multiple bottles yet. </li>
</ul>I think that's everything. The pre-order form is located <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGRzMjM1bVl5Qk03SWtqSjlUUE84Unc6MQ">here</a>. Thank you all so much for your continued support! =D <ul style="text-align: justify;"><li> </li>
</ul>Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-12644997052517486152012-08-02T13:30:00.001-05:002012-08-02T13:49:02.537-05:00Smitten Polish Confection Collection<div style="text-align: justify;">I've been working on this collection for weeks, and it's finally ready to go. I'll post the pictures first, and then later today or tomorrow I'll post the pre-order details. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Confection Collection consists of two milky glitters, two micro glitters and one that's a mixture of micro and larger hex glitters. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Confection is multiple colors and sizes of glitters in a white milky base. Three coats for opacity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Glass Elevator is various sizes of light aqua hexes in a milky white base. Again, three coats for opacity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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I Want It Now is green and black micro glitter and teal holographic micro glitter in a green jelly base. These swatches show three coats, but it could also be layered over a green creme or shimmer.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pure Imagination is several shades of small blue glitter, including blue holographic micro glitter, suspended in a blue jelly base. These swatches are also three coats, but it could work as a layering polish as well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, You're Turning Violet, Violet, which is the one that is the most difficult to photograph. This one is multiple sizes of various shades of purple and blue holographic glitter suspending in a purple jelly base. Because all of the glitters are holo, it proved VERY difficult to photograph. This is shown at two and three coats (the darker being three coats, obviously). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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I also made a little video of it since the bottle shots are so woefully inadequate.<br />
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So there you have it. I'll put the pre-order info up either later today or tomorrow. Thank you all so much for your continued support. It means more than you know. =)Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-66542609576335207052012-07-31T10:39:00.001-05:002012-07-31T10:39:59.865-05:00NOTD Girly Bits Glo Worm<div style="text-align: justify;">Today I'm wearing a polish that's not my own! My friend Pam over at <a href="http://girlybits.bigcartel.com/">Girly Bits</a> has really outdone herself with her latest collection, Slapdash. Today I'm wearing Glo Worm, a magnificent BRIGHT green with the most beautiful glass fleck shimmer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You have to imagine it even brighter than these pictures show. Glo Worm freaked out my camera, and it refused to capture the true brightness of this shade. It's absolutely amazing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The formula is top notch, super easy to work with. What you see here is three easy coats. It definitely needed the three coats to obliterate visible nail line, but I expect that with these kinds of shades. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Just perfect!</div>Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-21570394110510397412012-07-29T16:50:00.002-05:002012-07-29T16:50:20.819-05:00Restock imminentReminder - restock is coming at 6pm EASTERN TIME 7/29.Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-57776367681358709212012-07-27T10:51:00.000-05:002012-07-27T10:51:10.056-05:00Invoices are coming...I had intended for invoices for pre-orders to go out tomorrow, but I'll be away from the computer all day. I'm going to start working on sending them out today instead. =)Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-4456252668388678542012-07-23T21:24:00.001-05:002012-07-23T21:24:21.873-05:00A Sad Farewell to NerdsFYI, I'm pulling Nerds from the lineup. I can no longer get the right size fuchsia glitter. =\ If that changes in the future, it may make a reappearance. I'm deleting Nerds from the pre-order sheet, so you won't be invoiced for it. Thank you all for your support!Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-5719181001616150922012-07-22T18:36:00.000-05:002012-07-22T18:36:10.959-05:00Duh!It was just pointed out to me that I left Hydrangea off the order form. If you already filled out the form, please e-mail me at noelie68 (at) gmail (dot) com, and I'll add it to the list for you.<br />
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The form has been updated now, so anyone accessing it from now on will be able to choose Hydrangea as an option. Sorry about that!Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-72692011800401296212012-07-22T16:14:00.001-05:002012-07-22T16:19:34.343-05:00SmittenPolish Restock and Pre-order Info<div style="text-align: justify;">Okay! This time I'm going to try something new and see how it works out. I'm going to put up a form for pre-orders for my next re-stock. Here's how it will work:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><ul><li>This restock will be for my existing 13 shades only. I'm still awaiting supplies to make the newer shades, so those will likely be available in about two weeks.</li>
</ul><ul><li>The form will stay active until I have as many orders as I feel I can reasonably fill by next week's restock.</li>
</ul><ul><li>If there is a run on certain colors and I see that I'm getting more requests than I can make with the supplies I have on hand, I will pull those colors from the form. </li>
</ul><ul><li>I will be making the polishes all week. I won't invoice anyone until the polishes are physically made and in my possession. Invoices should go out next weekend, if all goes as planned, and then shipping will happen the following week.</li>
</ul><ul><li>If I run low on a polish that you've requested and I'm unable to provide it at this time, I'll e-mail you to let you know and we can figure out from there if you want me to proceed with the rest of your order. I'm going to try really hard to not let that happen though. =) </li>
</ul><ul><li>Any stock I make beyond what's been pre-ordered will then be placed into my Etsy shop next Sunday, 7/29, at 6:00pm EASTERN TIME.</li>
</ul><ul><li>Polishes are $9.00 per bottle. All bottles are full size 15ml bottles. Shipping for the US is $3.00 for the first bottle, $0.50 per additional bottle. For Canada, it's $3.50 for the first bottle, $0.50 per additional bottle. For the rest of the world, it's $5.00 for the first bottle, $1.00 for each additional bottle.</li>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">I think that covers it. I'm hoping that this will help me to manage the chaos of restocking a little bit better, and that this will help you guys to get the shades you really want. By invoicing directly, this will also avoid the problem I keep having, which is that some people have been buying custom listings that are meant for someone else. All of this means more work for me and less time I can put into actually making the polishes. I'm hopeful that this will work out well, and that I'll be able to do a combination of pre-orders and Etsy stocking going forward. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm really sorry if there have been bumps along the way. There's quite a learning curve that goes into running a business like this, and I thank you all for your patience as I try to figure out the best practices to make this a more pleasant experience all around! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now after all of that, here is the <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFYzRFBZcTFQaU9rN1FSbS0zcFJEdkE6MQ">form</a>. Thank you so much for your support!</div>Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-88957533808791298292012-07-20T09:49:00.001-05:002012-07-20T10:13:53.602-05:00What I did yesterday...<div style="text-align: justify;">These don't have names yet. Fair warning - the red stained when I took it off, so unless I find a way to make that stop happening, the red will probably not make it to production. The green, blue and purple seem to be doing fine though. =) These are three coats each, though you could obviously use them as layering polishes as well. There is a TON of glitter in these, so they are thirsty and need some top coat love to get them smooth.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm planning to restock again next weekend, and I'll be including these if the glitter for them arrives in time. I'll be updating here and on Facebook to keep you guys informed. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thank you all again so much for your support. It means more than you could possibly know. =)<br />
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P.S. I do have some more milky glitters in the works as well - just waiting on the supplies I need to do the base colors. =) </div>Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-54191307920503281842012-07-14T18:50:00.002-05:002012-07-14T18:50:44.655-05:00Smitten Polish restock tonight =)I'm going to open the shop at 9:00pm CENTRAL TIME.<br />
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<a href="http://www.smittenpolish.com/">Smitten Polish</a><br />
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Thank you! Noeliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646175927945804647noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753069317289497435.post-735968536078651902012-07-10T11:48:00.000-05:002012-07-10T11:48:34.251-05:00Jade Fascinio Violeta<div style="text-align: justify;">Irony. After weeks of unremitting heat and bright sun here in southeast Missouri, today it is overcast and threatening rain. Of course it is, because I got my Jade holos in the mail yesterday and planned to photograph Fascinio Violeta today. =p Instead of full sunlight, which would have shown the holo at its best, I've had to settle for lightbox and desk lamp pictures. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">These first two are in my lightbox. These are more color accurate, but don't really show the holo very well at all. These are VERY strong linear holo polishes, but the lights I use in my lightbox just can't really capture that very well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fascinio Violeta is such a lovely, lovely sort of medium purple. These next photos show it as being much darker and sort of murkier than it actually is, but they DO show the holo really well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Application on Fascinio Violeta was super easy. What's shown here is two effortless coats. This is one of those easy to apply holos, like the Ozotics or OPI DS holos, so I just used my normal base coat rather than an aqua base. Dry time was on the longer side for a holo, but not outrageous.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gorgeous, no? The Jade holo collection is available at <a href="http://shop.llarowe.com/">llarowe</a> and retail for $10 each.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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