Glam Polish ‘Rocketman’ Collection – Swatches & Review

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[Before we start, I wanted to update that I’m destashing! If you’re in the US and want some discounted – mainly mainstream polishes – check out my destash page or my full google doc listing them all out! Feel free to message or email me with questions or requests!]

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Yes, my dear readers, you are going to just be getting an absolute spree of blog posts in these next few weeks, and obviously I know you’re excited. If you didn’t see in my OPI Spring post, I noted how I was deep into destashing my entire life (okay, fine just my nail polish collection), and how that general disorder and disorganization had kept me from blogging – even before embarking on the massive cleanout. I’m one of those people who needs a clean and calm environment for my brain to also feel clean and calm and focused, so squeezing my hand into the tiniest little open spot on my desk to swatch and record videos was no longer sustainable. I may still have boxes of polishes in front of my closet waiting to be shipped to new homes, but they’re at least fully pulled and the polishes I actually want to keep fit into drawers and I have room on my desk again! We breathe of sigh of relief, and we go into this new phase feeling better already.

So I went through my collection and then I also got really into bullet journaling and plotting out every part of my life, so we’re working our way to a ROUTINE. As I adjust and catch up and create these new and improved workflows, you’ll get some spurts of bunched posts. Eventually I do hope to settle into a truly consistent and spaced out schedule, posting 3 times a week–with nail collection reviews on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and a makeup review on Sunday. You would think this shouldn’t be a new concept that I’m only now implementing, considering that I’ve been blogging for almost 10 years now, but it just shows how much I was flying by on vibes these past 9 years. Better late than never.

For those of you loyal subscribers who are reading all of these in order right as they publish, I’m so SORRY for my yapping so much at the beginning of each of these – it had built up from months of not posting and I just had to get it all out and explain my entire life to you all in these beginning posts. It IS what I do, I mean, look at any of my first posts of a new year. We shouldn’t be surprised either.

Alright, I’m done waxing poetic about my life, let’s get on into the review (I bolded that so anyone can scroll right to it amidst my ramblings, like a precious ‘Jump to Recipe’ button). I want 2025 to be the era of clearing out clutter, both in actual collections as well as the blog post backlog. While I’ll of course continue posting more recent collections, I have so many “older” polishes and collections (aka released within the last few years) that have been swatched up, posted on Instagram, and then lost into the grid. Instagram is great for showing newer releases in real time – but it’s lack of a search function on a profile makes it hard to go back and easily find specific shades – especially the farther back their post date. And that’s the main reason I started as well as kept up this blog! Instagram gives us the flash, but the blog is all about being a reference.

And the brand that I absolutely have the most backlog for is Glam Polish (which makes sense when I’m swatching a collection each month for them). While some of their polishes that I review might no longer be available, there are many that still are, so I want to become a Glam Polish Guide.

I’ve been lucky to swatch for them for a while, but if you’re new to the blog and unfamiliar with Glam Polish, they’re an indie brand that works out of Australia. Their collections are often inspired by and reference pop culture, whether it’s a newly released movie or TV show, or an iconic property we grew up with. Though they’re Australian based, they also have a US warehouse, making it so us USA babies don’t have to pay expensive international shipping fees. (I’m sure you’ve heard about our president actively trying to destroy the country and start trade wars with tariffs, so it’s nice to be able to get some pretty things through to distract us and keep us sane).

The collection we’re looking at in this post one is a newer released collections and debuted at the end of February 2025. It’s called the ‘Rocketman’ collection and features 6 shades of rich shifty shades of dense shimmer, all with names of famous space-themed songs. There’s one lighter color that breaks that deep color palette, but it still fits in, okay, I just wanted to give a nice one sentence description.

These are all available on the Glam Polish website as of posting. Alright, let’s get on into the shades!

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Mooncat ‘Medusa Unleashed’ Collection – Swatches & Review

This past year I’ve been dipping my toe into brands outside of the mainstream label, just ever so slightly swimming into the shallow end of indie polish. Now don’t be expecting me to dive DEEP into the indie polish game – there are SO many amazing brands, and as much as I would love to blow my grocery budget on trying everything, I must have some restraint. There are amazing swatchers and bloggers out there that are exclusively indie based so I’ll let them continue to do their great work. BUT I’m so grateful and privileged to be trying a few brands that have caught my eye this year. I’m already buying so many mainstream brands, but every so often there’s a little wiggle room to try something else.

And one of them has been Mooncat! If y’all weren’t aware, this brand used to be named Live Love Polish. They rebranded and renamed and I’ve been watching out for their releases ever since I saw Instagram friends posting about them (those bottles and caps were just so cool). And well, this release of an absolute sparkle-fest just hooked me in.

This is the ‘Medusa Unleashed’ collection, and it features 6 super sparkly dense shimmer shades that are all packed with scattered holo sparkle, and have a gorgeous shift to them – and include Medusa themed names. What more could we want in a polish?

I grabbed these from the Mooncat website – as far as I know that’s the only place they’re sold so far, as they’re more of an indie brand. They retail for $14 each, or if you buy the bundled set you get a touch of a discount. I understand they’re more expensive than mainstream shades, but they are an indie brand and offer different finishes and formulas than you’ll normally see in the mainstream game. I’ve enjoyed trying out these new brands and adding some sparkle to my ever-growing collection!

So let’s get into the swatches already!

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What’s Up Nails ‘Gust of Wind’ Collection + Polish & Beauty Expo Exclusive – Swatches & Review

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You know when your boyfriend is gone for an entire week and you’re like “I’m going to be so productive, I’m going to catch up on blog posts and get so many up!” and then you sit watching satisfying cleaning videos for hours every night instead? Just me, oh okay. But look, CRAIG, I got ONE UP, thats productivity, baby. I’m so proud of me, time to reward myself with more videos.

But actually, let’s look at some polishes today, shall we? That’s what we’re all here for. So today we’re looking at another release from Whats Up Nails! I had previously reviewed their Geodes collection, so I was so excited to be able to review this next release for y’all! Whats Up Nails – or Whats Up Beauty is a whole site selling a variety of brands of indie polishes – as well as featuring tons of nail art supplies, as well as their own line of polishes!

This is the ‘Gust of Wind’ collection and it features 6 polishes. These are available now on their website for purchase! It features 4 shimmers, 1 magnetic shade and 1 reflective glitter. At the very end of the post I also featured their Polish & Beauty Expo exclusive shade (that’s no longer just exclusive to the Expo).

We’ve got some GORGEOUS shades so let’s dive right in!

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Glam Polish ‘Charmed’ Collection Shades – Swatches & Review

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We have a new-to-me brand on the blog today! Glam Polish was so kind to reach out and see if I wanted to try out some of their polishes and I said yes! PR is great as it allows me to try out brands that might not have originally been on my radar – mainly due to budgeting. I can’t buy every single polish myself (and I already buy so many), so I fully appreciate being sent some shades to test out and give my thoughts on.

And as always, I give my same PR spiel to these brands before accepting – just because I was gifted these, I had no obligations to post, and I never promise positive reviews. I review them just the same as I would if I had bought them myself and to the same standards. It’s always my honest thoughts, and I would never give that up for you all!

Alright spiel over – let’s talk about these shades! These are from their collection inspired by the show Charmed. There are 10 shades total, and I have 5 of them here to show. You can purchase them off the Glam Polish website for $12.50 each.

Now I’ll admit, I’ve never watched Charmed (please forgive me) so I won’t know the full references of the names or how well they “fit”. But I can always just saw how they perform and how they look to me. Let’s get into the polishes!

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