Indie brands

(US websites, where I have a choice. More notes at bottom, if you're interested.)

monthly indie-polish markets:
Polish Pickup - monthly themes, preorders taken during the 1st weekend of each month 
Hella Handmade Creations - once-a-month pre-orders
Polished Gamers Box - opens on the 15th of each month

 
Selling other types of merchandise, or selling under another name:

Status uncertain:

Holo Hookup - monthly themed set (nothing currently for sale) 


On extended hiatus or out of business:
A Study In Polish (both Etsy store and website down)
Above the Curve ("maintenance")
A'dor Beauty Supplies (on a break since 2017)
At the End Of the Rainbow (on a break since 2017)
Alanna Renee (website down)
Aly's Dream Polish ("back in 2 weeks" since years ago)
Anne Kathleen (no store)
Aqua Daisy (not selling polish)
Arcane Lacquer (Australia) (page not found)
B Squared (not found)
Bad Ass Polish (nothing for sale)
Bad Bitch Polish (no store)
Black Label Nails (nothing listed)
Black Sheep Lacquer (Canada) (page not found)
Body Language - Etsy store no longer exists
Bohemian Polish (nothing for sale)
Boom Sparkle (404)
Brigit's Digits (France) - Etsy store no longer exists
Buff & Shine (website down)
Candeo Colors (store just links back to Facebook page, which says to go to the store)
Candied Apple (nothing for sale)
Carpe Noctem (shop does not exist)
Celestial Cosmetics (Australia) (nothing for sale)
Chaos & Crocodiles (maintenance)
Chaos Theory (on a break)
Charming Polish ("new polishes coming soon")
Chloe & Bella (website down)
Chick Nail Polish (apparently out of business)
Cult Nails (out of business)
Dabulous Lacquer (website down)
Dainty Digits (page not found)
Dead Set Babes (Australia) (website down)
Doctor Lacquer ("back in September")
Drip Drop Nail Paint (nothing there; has a link but that's not working either)
Dynamic Polish (nothing in store; note says no more polishes for foreseeable future)
Eat Sleep Polish (Canada) (website down)
Enigma (UK) (shop does not exist)
Fandom Cosmetics (website not available)
Festive Corpse (nothing listed)
Firecracker Lacquer (nothing listed)
FrankenFrosting (was selling at Butter Toki but doesn't seem to be now) 
Glitzology - Etsy store no longer exists
Gothic Gala (no store)
Graceful Polish (no store)
Hazuri Nail Bar - Etsy store no longer exists
Hot Chick Physics (no store)
The Hungry Asian (closed indefinitely)
Illume Lacquer (nothing for sale)
InDecisive Nail Lacquer (on a break since 2016)
Jindie Nails (website down)
Lac Attack (domain for sale, Etsy store on a break)
Lacquer by Lissa (decals) ("on a break")
Lacquer Lust (on a break)
Lilacquer - Etsy store no longer exists
Liquidus - Etsy store no longer exists
Loaded Lacquer (website says "chiropractic care"!)
Lou It Yourself (also decals/stencils) (website not responding)
Love Angeline (site can't be reached)
Lulabelle (Canada) ("on break")
Madison Street Beauty ("break")
Maya Cosmetics (out of business)
MeLissa Lacquer (closed out)
Metapolish (site down)
ModLacquer (out of business, per their Facebook page)
Model City (nothing listed)
Mrs P's Nail Potions (Canada) (leads to an online scheduling website)
Mystic Muse (website down)
Nail Glitter Princess (loose glitter) (Etsy shop not listed)
Nail Nation 3000 ("under maintenance")
Nailian (Bulgaria) (nothing for sale since 2015)
Neverland (website down)
Nostalgic Lacquer (shop unavailable; Etsy store also on hiatus)
Not Too Polished ("on a break" since late 2014)
Nvr Enuff - website down
Octopus Party (on a break)
Ooh La Lacquer (shop does not exist)
Paint Box Polish (link not working)
Peaches Polish (Australia) (error)
Pinwheel Polish ("working on site")
Pipe Dream Polish (closed per Instagram page)
PolishAlcoholic (Netherlands) (no sales in over a year)
The Polish Bar ("taking a short break" since late 2016)
Polish by Jessica Jean (nothing comes up)
Polish Revolution (shop does not exist)
Polish TBH (maintenance)
Polished by KPT (website down)
Pop Culture Cosmetics - inactive
Poshinality (website down)
Pretty and Polished (shop does not exist)
Rain City Lacquer ("maintenance")
Rescue Beauty Lounge (out of business)
A Rhyming Dictionary (nothing for sale)
Ribbits Stickits (stickers & decals) (shop offline)
SaucyPolish (nothing for sale)
Silly Bee's Chickadees (nothing polish-related)
SoFlaJo ("on hiatus" for some time now)
Superficially Colorful (Israel) (webpage parked)
Tillie (closed)
Twee & Honey (no stock)
Tux Polish (bad certificate)
Upstate Lacquers - Etsy store no longer exists
Urban Lacquer ("on a break")
Vivid Lacquer (stamping plates) (shop does not exist)
Wicked Polish (on a break)
WingDust (Canada) (store does not exist)
Yume Lacquer ("shop does not exist")
Zaftig (website for sale)
ZoDi (nothing for sale)


Notes on this list:

  • Disclaimer: I have not tried the majority of the brands on this list, although I've tried a good many. (I used to try to keep a list of that, too, but I've given up.) I have ones I like somewhat more than others, but I've never had a truly bad indie-polish experience. Maybe I've just been lucky there.
  • Basically my criteria for this list are that you have to have a storefront and stuff for sale on it, not just "coming soon" or a lot of pictures of polishes that are sold out. (But that phenomenon seems to be dying out, yay!)
  • I've given up on trying to distinguish between the hand-mixed (or "artisan") and the non-hand-mixed kind of indies. Mostly this is hand-mixed stuff, but probably not every single bit.
  • The best indies list I've seen is XOXO Jen's (but mine didn't start from her list, for the record - mine mostly just started with the ones I knew from Etsy, I think, and then as I found other links I tested them and added things gradually). I've been keeping mine for some years now but I'm not very obsessive about maintaining it.
  • I do have some nail decals and stickers and stuff here, but I don't really search them out, because it's not something I use much. I'm sure there are better places to find those!
  • When it comes right down to it, there's no such thing as a complete list of indie polishes, anyway; they come and go, often with little fanfare. So this is always going to be a work in progress no matter what!
  • I do still attempt to keep a running list of fellow Texas girls (which is undoubtedly not nearly complete, either - and these don't have to be current):
  1. Candy Lacquer
  2. Black Dahlia
  3. Digital Nails
  4. Ellison's Organics
  5. Exotic Lacquers
  6. Fandom Cosmetics
  7. FrankenFrosting
  8. Glitter Daze
  9. Illyrian Polish
  10. Luscious Potion
  11. MDJ Creations
  12. ModLacquer
  13. Silly Bee's Chickadees
  14. Siren's Call
  15. Supermoon Lacquer
  16. Urban Lacquer

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