Wheel X15: Glitters from Smitten Polish

Today I've got a wheel full of glitters from Smitten Polish from early in the indie polish era. Smitten is still around and putting out lovely polishes, though the brand is called Dreamland Lacquer now. I think most of these are from around 2012/2013. The Smitten Polish Facebook group is gone, so I can't look them up there.

 

(all have clear topcoat in addition to glitter coats noted below)

1. Smitten Polish Spice Cake (2 coats) [I think the base in this has darkened over time but not sure]
2. Smitten Polish Fire and Blood (3)
3. Smitten Polish Ladybird (2)
4. Smitten Polish Verbena (3)
5. Smitten Polish Capitana El Rubi (2)
6. Smitten Polish You're Turning Violet, Violet (2)
7. Smitten Polish Hocus Pocus (3)
8. Smitten Polish Look to the Western Sky (3)
9. Smitten Polish Oh Behave (2)
10. Smitten Polish Lovely Lilacs (3)
11. Smitten Polish Who Steals a Dead Woman's Shoes? (3)
12. Smitten Polish Pure Imagination (3)
13. Smitten Polish An Ostentation of Peacocks (2)
14. Smitten Polish The Ghost of Jupiter (2)
15. Smitten Polish Hillary's Dream (3)
16. Smitten Polish The Isabella Emerald (2)
17. Smitten Polish Greensleeves (2)
18. Smitten Polish I Want It Now (3)
19. Smitten Polish I Feel Wicked (3) [love this one so much; purple and green is a favorite combination that I don't wear enough]
20. Smitten Polish Bluebird (2)

Bottles 1 through 5:

 

 

6 through 10:

 

 

11 through 15:

 

 

16 through 20:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wheel F15: Crelly Glitters from Smitten Polish

Today's Nail Wheel Wednesday takes us back in time in the indie polish scene, when Dreamland Lacquer was known as Smitten Polish. These are all from the early days of the brand, when the bottles were squat and the labels were paper (with handwritten names in the earliest days).

 

(all have clear topcoat in addition to glitter coats noted below) 1. Winter is Coming (2 coats)
2. Confection (2)
3. Ermahgerd Candy Corms (2)
4. Cookies & Cream (3)
5. Purple Polka Dotty (3)
6. Huckleberry Pie (2) [from the first collection in 2012; this was more purple when new]
7. Mother of Dragons (2)
8. Pink Lemonade (2)
9. Pastel Pixelation (2)
10. Adeste Fidelis (2)
11. The Holly and the Ivy (2)
12. Mint Chip (2) [from the first collection]
13. Pink Goes Good with Green (2)
14. Butter Mint (2)
15. Flurry (2)
16. Hydrangea (2)
17. Traveling by Bubble (2)
18. Blueberry Crumble (2) [from the first collection]
19. Robin's Egg (2)
20. Polka-Derp (2)

Bottles 1 through 5:

 

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11 through 15:

 

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Wheel H10: Glitters from Smitten Polish

Today Nail Wheel Wednesday takes a walk down memory lane to a time when the brand we now know as Dreamland Lacquer was still called Smitten Polish. To the early days of Smitten, even, when the polishes came in what I think of as the starter indie bottle, squat and round, and the labels were printed on paper, not clear plastic as they would be later in Smitten's history. My retirement budget doesn't allow me to buy as many indies as I once did, so I treasure even more the ones I do have in my stash.



(all are two coats plus clear topcoat, except as noted below)

1. Smitten Polish Nerds
2. Smitten Polish Nerds Redux
3. Smitten Polish Grey Matters
4. Smitten Polish Moonbeam Dreams
5. Smitten Polish Carousel Ponies
6. Smitten Polish Machine-Gun Jubblies
7. Smitten Polish The One on the Right
8. Smitten Polish Sunken Galleon
9. Smitten Polish Aquarius
10. Smitten Polish Do I Make You Randy
11. Smitten Polish Groovy Baby
12. Smitten Polish Umbrella Drinks
13. Smitten Polish Pink Lemonade II
14. Smitten Polish Candy Kisses
15. Smitten Polish Firework
16. Smitten Polish Glass Elevator
17. Smitten Polish Sakura
18. Smitten Polish Watch Out for That Reef
19. Smitten Polish Strawberry Tart (3 coats plus topcoat) [from the inaugural collection, Nommy Noms]
20. Smitten Polish Chocolate Bunny Soup (3 coats plus topcoat)


Bottles 1 through 5:



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11 through 15:



16 through 20:

Wheel D9: Holos from Smitten Polish

Back when I had a job and bought more polish than I do now, which was also back when I was better able to keep up with indies, Smitten Polish was one of my go to brands. Smitten is now Dreamland Lacquer, but all of the shades on today's wheels are from before that rebranding, and they're all holographics I grabbed to swatch when I happened to be in my studio on a sunny day.



Above was in the lightbox as per usual; I just had to hold it up near the window and get a sun shot, too:



(all are two coats)

1. Smitten Polish An Opera of Canaries
2. Smitten Polish A Shimmer of Hummingbirds
3. Smitten Polish Between the Baubles
4. Smitten Polish Claddagh
5. Smitten Polish Audrey's Rainbow
6. Smitten Polish Whiskey in the Jar
7. Smitten Polish Himalayan Blue Poppy
8. Smitten Polish A Bouquet of Warblers
9. Smitten Polish Ker-bloom
10. Smitten Polish A Richness of Martins
11. Smitten Polish Frangipani
12. Smitten Polish Radiant Orchid
13. Smitten Polish Date Night
14. Smitten Polish Nose So Bright
15. Smitten Polish A Gross of Grossbeaks
16. Smitten Polish Udora's Harvest
17. Smitten Polish Antiquing
18. Smitten Polish Seasonal Lattes
19. Smitten Polish The Accidental Nudist
20. Smitten Polish A Parliament of Owls


Bottles 1 through 6:



7 through 10:



11 through 16:



17 through 20:


















Above detail shots were in the lightbox (indirect light); below are in the direct sunlight coming through a window in my studio.