hey there. i am shutting this particular blog project down. over the next few weeks or so, i will move the posts to my main blog here. thanks for reading! ❤

for the most recent contest, reader rachel is our halloween box winner! because i am feeling super generous right now, the other 3 entrants will also receive a mystery polish of my choosing. everyone, please send an email to lyra.cole@gmail.com, with your shipping address and any colour preference you might have (for the mystery polish […]

i know, it’s been a bit of a while.  my apologies. we did a show, and then the other half got a new gig (working with me!), and then there was a convention we go to each year, and then we moved.  not necessarily in that order, but all these things happened. since moving, all […]

hey there. i know, it’s been a while, and we’re likely going to be on semi-hiatus for a few more weeks.  the other half has a brand new job, and we’re looking at moving in the next few weeks.  on that front, anything in the shop is currently 80% off with code MOVEIT, so i can have […]

we’re back from the geekcraft expo, and ready to get crazy! thanks to those of you who came out to see us in portland last week; it was exhausting, but fun, and we may just try it again sometime. this weekend, i tried a new design that uses shiny nail art tape and a lot […]

i’ve got some really simple stuff for you this week, as we’re gearing up for the portland geek craft expo, which is happening in just 9 days.  so excite, much crazy! so, i kind of went through a couple of looks this week.  forgive the messiness, as i seem to always get photos before the clean […]

90s music fans might get the reference in the title of this post. about a year ago, i began creating nail polish colours for fun (and profit, you ask? no, we have yet to see an actual profit, but hey, these things take time).  first edition was created on april 25, 2015.  second edition now […]

this post is just a photo dump for everyone to enjoy while i continue gearing up for the geek craft expo that i’m vending at in about 3 weeks (yikes!).  i’ll be bringing my polishes, so i will make sure to post some info a little closer to event time, in case anyone wants to […]

remember this photo from last week?  there was only one guess as to what it might be, and it was incorrect (though it was a very good guess!). i painted on a black polish background, and after quite a bit of curing time (probably too much, actually), i was able to peel them up.  it’s […]

so, i tried to do a thing today, and posted on instagram about it.  the photo is also below, so you can see.  i’m not going to tell what the heck was going on, since i have decided to try it a different way.  this attempt, obviously, failed. i quickly decided on something entirely different, since that […]