AIPAS Christmas Polish Shopping Guide

With the help of our awesome Aussie Indie brands, I have put together a Last Minute Shopping Guide for those of you who don't have your Christmas gifts sorted.  Remember that there heavy load on Australia Post so you might want to get in quick, otherwise your parcel may not arrive until after Christmas.

If your favourite brand isn't mentioned in this email, the best place to check on their latest collections and opening/closing times for Christmas is on their Facebook pages.

Now, time for the polish goodness!

Opening/Closing Times

The following brands will be open for the Christmas period for orders:

• Shades of Phoenix
• Two Birds Lacquer
• Grace-Full Nail Polish (however shipping is closed between 23 Dec to 1 Jan)
• Moonstone Nail Polish (however shipping is closed between 22 Dec to 2 Jan)
• Loki's Nail Vinyls.

The following brands will be closed over the Christmas / New Year period:

• Sayuri Nail Lacquer - closed between 17 Dec to mid-Jan
• Celestial Cosmetics - closed between 17 Dec to 4 Jan

NEW COLLECTIONS, SALES, AND OTHER EXCITING INFO

Sayuri Nail Lacquer

Sayuri Nail Lacquer are holding a moving sale up until 11:59pm AEST on 16 December, with 30% discount, plus free shipping on orders over $50 if you use the code MOVE.

Shades of Phoenix

Shades of Phoenix's Xmas Trio 2014 has recently released, as well as three new members joining Wildfire to form the Fire collection, Rawfire, Soulfire and Freshfire.  

Celestial Cosmetics

When the Celestial Cosmetics fan group, Celestial's Stars, reaches 200 members, there will be a giveaway held in the Group.  

Two Birds Lacquer

Two Birds' Christmas collection, and special Christmas gift packs, are available at their Etsy Store.

Powder Perfect

Powder Perfect's Christmas collection for this year is available from their store, together with a couple of shades from last Christmas which have come back for a limited time only.

Glam Polish

Glam Polish's Mid-Winter's Dream and Fantasia Flakies Collections are available in store now.  Glam are also having a Pre-Christmas sale on selected shades, with 10-25% off.  The sale items can be found here.

Grace-Full Nail Polish

Grace-Full Nail Polish are offering a free shipping upgrade to express post for orders placed between 13-16 December, to help ensure delivery before Christmas.  They are also holding a giveaway for the complete Girls Just Wanna Have Fun collection.  Check out the giveaway here on the blog, or via Grace-Full's Facebook Page Giveaway tab.

Grace-full have also give us a heads up that there will be more additions to the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun collection in the new year.

Moonstone Nail Polish

Moonstone's limited edition Christmas collection is available from their store, a red and green duo which comes packaged in a Christmas bon-bon!  Available separately for $9.95, or as the duo for $17.99 from their store.

Happy Shopping, and have a Safe and Relaxing Christmas!

AIPAS Newsletter - 7th December 2014

51st Edition 

Welcome to the Australian Indie Nail Polish Appreciation Society Newsletter for this fortnight! AIPAS is a Facebook group of brands and fans that have come together to share the love of Australian Indie Polish. If you're only stumbling across this newsletter from the web, please drop by and check out our Facebook group for shared swatches, up to date release previews and our fortnightly challenge.

FORTNIGHTLY CHALLENGE 

This fortnight's theme was Let's Get Feminine. We asked you to embrace your femininity and show us your favourite polish that makes you feel super femme.

Kireina Kate Warner (The Polished Peony) with some unnamed Wave of Polish colours from MLO Polish, Mckfresh - Infinite Love, Love thy Polish - Bringin' Sexy Back, and Celestial Cosmetics - Finale and Snow Cloud

Alexis Green (IG @gumnetbabygreen) with Sayuri - Sugar Coated Dreams 

Nicole Cousins (IG @victory_nails) with Grace-full Nail Polish - The Fellowship Cloak

Julia Steele-Scott (IG @nailpolishparty) with Emily de Molly - Fashion Victim

Ames Spencer (IG @awesome_ames) with Lilypad Lacquer - Plum the Wine

Stacey Meldrum with Hollish - Tea for Two

Briana Allen (IG @briemmara) with Shades of Phoenix - Peachy Keen and Hemera

Jae Harrison (The Procrastinating Polishr) with Sea Siren Cosmetics - Gossip and Pretty Serious - Dream Weaver

Emma Marks (Attempting Fantastic) with Grace-Full Nail Polish - The White Rider, Peita's Polish - Labels or Love, Celestial Cosmetics - Liquid Lawn,  Two Birds Lacquer - Chrysocolla and Pretty Serious - Dimension X

Livia Scarcella with Gloss n Sparkle - Strawberry Spring

 Christine David (IG @serenitynails_) with Sayuri Nail Lacquer - Charmed Aurora, Blank Canvas and Sayuri Nail Transfers

All photos published are done so with the permission of the poster. If you would like to see your themed manis featured in the newsletter, please put your name on the Permission - Photo use in AIPAS newsletter file.

Next fortnight's theme is Mother Nature. Take a cue from the beauty of the natural world. Bask in blue skies, get wild in the jungle, run through fields of flowers or get lost in the outback. Hashtag it #AIPASnature

 NEW POLISH RELEASES

TWO BIRDS LACQUER

The new Christmas Collection from Two Birds Lacquer is available now at www.etsy.com/shop/twobirdslacquer. Along with the new collection there is a great value gift pack available for any polish lovers you know.

MOONSTONE NAIL POLISH

Moonstone Nail Polish has just released it's first Christmas polishes! This limited edition sparkly red and green duo is inspired by festive Christmas bonbons. Each polish from the duo comes packaged in an actual Christmas cracker - a perfect stocking stuffer! Or perhaps an early Chrissy present for yourself! 

 

'Mistle-Toad' is a teal/green jelly with a strong green glass flake shimmer, gold dots, and various tiny green and holo silver glitters. 

'Tinsel-itis' is a bright red jelly with red/pink glass flake shimmer, gold dots, and lots of little red and holo silver glitters.

The duo is available for purchase from www.moonstonenailpolish.com Individual bottles are available for $9.99 each or save 10% and get the set for $17.99. 

Swatches and review by Serenity Nails (http://serenity-nails.com/2014/11/27/moonstone-nail-polish-christmas-cracker-duo/)

GRACE-FULL NAIL POLISH

Another beautiful collection from the human polish making machine Theresa of Grace-full Nail Polish!

"The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun collection is bright, summery and fun. Each polish is named after a girl/woman that is important in my life so they all have their own special meaning to me. There are five cremes, five shimmer/flakies and five glitters with one glitter topper that goes with all the polishes in the creme collection."

The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun collection was released on Friday night and is available from https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/GracefullNailPolish

HIT THE BOTTLE

New brand alert! Hit the Bottle have recently opened their virtual doors with a great range of stamping polish - 24 shimmery/metallic shades are currently available and all of them stamp over black!

Michelle has also informed me she's working on some non-stamping polishes as well so keep an eye out for new releases next year. You can find Hit the Bottle on Storenvy.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MOONSTONE NAIL POLISH

The Moonstone Nail Polish store will remain open over the Christmas period. However, orders made between December 22nd - January 2nd will not ship until Jan. 3rd. Happy Holidays!

MCKFRESH NAIL ATTIRE

Lots of news from Mckfresh starting with the good news - the current Stocking Stuffer sale is being extended by a week! Use the code STOCKINGSTUFFER20 on orders over $25 for 20% off your order all the way until 13th December! Head over to  https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/MckfreshNailAttire

There are also many shades that are being discontinued and may no longer be stocked next year. For the full list check the Mckfresh Facebook page.

Finally, Mckfresh will be closed over the Xmas period from 23rd December to 5th January. 

GIVEAWAYS / CONTESTS

POLISH AND PAWS

Alinta from the blog Polish and Paws is having a very generous Christmas giveaway which you can enter here: http://www.polishandpaws.com.au/2014/12/random-act-of-kindness-giveaway.html

There are two prize packs, each including a limited edition polish from Powder Perfect, nail care and nail art supplies and much more. Make sure to get your entries in by next Monday night, 15th December.

MCKFRESH NAIL ATTIRE

Mckfresh will be holding a giveaway in the Mckfreshies Facebook Fan Group when the group reaches 250 members. Swing by and become a Mckfreshie!

WHO IS AIPAS 

The Australian Indie Polish Appreciation Society was created with a simple goal, to help promote and share the love of Aussie Indie polish brands. AIPAS is a Facebook group of brands and fans that have come together to share the love of Australian Indie Polish. If you're only stumbling across this newsletter from the web, please drop by and check out our Facebook group for shared swatches, up to date release previews and our weekly challenge. 

 If a community isn't your style, you can always follow this blog using GFC or Bloglovin and get some of the highlights. The AIPAS Mod team comprises of Nicole Wearmouth, Relle Kins (Lazy Lacquerista) and Teneil Masters (Shades of Phoenix/Shades of Teebee), assisted by Jae Harrison (The Procrastinating Polishr) and Theresa Carter(Grace-full Nail Polish/It's All About The Polish). You can email the mod team at aussieindiemods@gmail.com or send any of us a private FB message.