Episode #12

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Welcome to episode number 12 of Nail Newscast!

In this week's episode we go over what we got for Christmas, our top 10 (ish) favorite polishes from 2014, some of our favorite brands and trends from 2014, and discuss possible trends and brands to watch for 2015. We're also DOING A GIVEAWAY!!!

Tia's Top 10 Polishes from 2014

WingDust "Meet Me @ Midnight"
WingDust "After Party @ Jimmay's"
Enchanted Polish "June 2014"
Glam Polish "Divine Cosmos"
Different Dimension "Tulips Are Better Than One"
Picture Polish "Illusionist"
Cirque "Midsummer Night"
Rica "Hold You Seahorses"
Reverie "Daydream"
Lucky 13 Lacquer "Purple Drank"

Courtney's Top 10 Polishes from 2014

WingDust "Perfect Little Satellite"
WingDust "Meet Me @ Midnight"
WingDust "Imagine Me N You"
Daily Hues Lacquer "Selina"
Emerald & Ash "You Son of a Beach" and "Stubble Jumper"
Firecracker Lacquer "Ocean's Deep"
Revlon "Gwen's Crush"
Literary Lacquers "Some Glad Morning"
Eat. Sleep. Polish. "Raspberry Mud Pie" and "Sidewalk Strider"
KBShimmer "Partners in Lime"
Indigo Bananas "Galactic Halo (holo)" and "Viridescens"
Picture Polish "Dragonfly"

Lastly... the details on that giveaway! We really appreciate your love and support of our work on this podcast so we want to give back some of that love! So yeah! We're giving away a $30 gift certificate to the e-tailer/stockist/indie brand of your choice! You can find all the details on the widget below.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thanks for listening and hopefully entering!

xo,
Tia & Courtney

Episode #11

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Welcome to episode number eleven of Nail Newscast!

In this week's episode we have a ton of new collections to discuss - most great, one disappointing. We also have some Christmas gift suggestions for the polish/beauty lover in your life (ladies, get your husbands to listen to this segment!) and we go over our November favourites.

Collections mentioned:

• Model City Polish - Holiday collection
• New picture polish collaboration shades
• KBShimmer - LE flakies (only on Etsy)
• Eat. Sleep. Polish. - new core colours, Fairies & Princess collection, and two holiday colours
• Indigo Bananas - flakies and Five Lizards Leaping LE collection
• Elevation Polish - Darkness collection
• Doctor Lacquer - Something Spatial 2 collection
• The Polish Bar - Winter collection
• Dollish Polish - Elf collection
• China Glaze - Twinkle collection

Gift suggestions:

• Rescue Beauty Lounge - gift cards are 30% off until Friday, December 12th
• A gift basket from their favourite brand - eg. polish, decals, body care products
• Year-long beauty subscription - eg. Ipsy, Birchbox, Beauty Box 5, Glossybox, Julep
• Monthly one-off polish boxes - eg. What's In-Die Box, Holo Grail, Rainbow Honey mystery bag (shop reopening Friday, December 12th), Pretty & Polished Beauty Box
• Spa package - eg. 3-pack of Emerald & Ash nail oils, a good lotion (eg. Ulta Body Shop Lotion trio), glass nail file, candle, etc.
• Sun And Moon craft kits
• Nail polish jewelry
• DIY nail polish starter kit from Girly Bits
• Subscription to a nail related magazine* - eg. Nail It or Nail Pro (*not mentioned in show)

A selection of our November favourites:
Tia:

• Almay Smart Shade Butter Kiss lipstick
• Urban Decay Vice 3
• Marc Jacobs Daisy Dream
• Serial Podcast
• Fate/stay night

Courtney:

• Bite Beauty High Pigment Pencil in Rhubarb
• Big Hero 6
• WingDust Collections Perfect Little Satellite (in stock at Llarowe)
• | Tia's swatches | Courtney's swatches |
• Jack White Lazaretto
• Ken Follett "Edge of Eternity"

**NB: If you are looking for sales, we are sharing them directly on our Facebook page as they come up.

Thanks for listening!

xo,
Tia & Courtney

Episode #10

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Welcome to episode number ten of Nail Newscast!

In this week's episode we decided to go over some of the great Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday sales and deals that are coming up. We also answered a couple of listener questions. (Keep sending those in!) Last but not least, we had the chance to interview Dave from Octopus Party Nail Lacquer! Make sure you check out his polishes on Etsy and give him a like on Facebook and Instagram!

Thanks for listening!

xo,
Tia & Courtney

Episode #9

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Welcome to episode number 9 of Nail Newscast!

In this week's episode we discuss Helmers/Melmers, a couple of disappointing mainstream holiday collections, some super exciting indie collections, and even discuss our thoughts on the duochrome metallic flakes that are bombarding the indie polish market right now. We also answered quite a few fantastic listener questions!

Collections mentioned:

Orly Holiday Sparkle 2014
Essie Jiggle High Jiggle Low
Rescue Beauty Lounge + Refinery 29
Pretty & Polished Winter collection and Opal collection
Rainbow flakies from I Love Nail Polish, Glitter Daze, Glam Polish, and Polish Me Silly.

Thanks for listening!

xo,
Tia & Courtney

Episode #8

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Welcome to episode number eight of Nail Newscast!

This week we talked about quite a few new collections, the Zoya nail polish creation contest happening this week, our October favorites, we answered some listener questions, and had the pleasure of having Christy from KBShimmer on for an interview!


Collections mentioned:

KBShimmer
Elevation Polish
Splendor Nail Lacquer
Zoya
Deborah Lippmann


Sales:

Firecracker Lacquer
KBShimmer
Lucky 13 Lacquer

Some of our favorites:

Urban Decay Vice 3
Oreo cheesecake cookies
Sun & Moon Craft Kits
Makeup Geek
Nail Vinyls 

xo,
Tia & Courtney

Episode #7

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(Sorry for the different player this week! We're experiencing some issues with Sound Cloud and hope to have them resolved quickly. In the meantime, you should be able to listen with this player or if you'd prefer you can listen or download the episode on Podcast Garden.)

Welcome back to episode number seven of Nail Newscast!

First off, Happy Thanksgiving to all of our Canadian listeners! We hope you got your fill of turkey and pumpkin pie. We are thankful for each and every one of you - without the listeners we would have no reason for doing this. <3

This week we quickly ran through some new collections and had the pleasure of chatting with Stephanie of WingDust Collections. She also joined us for a discussion on the various aspects of selling versus keeping the samples that bloggers receive for review.

Collections Mentioned:

ILNP - new bottles and sneak peak of an upcoming rainbow metallic shard/flakie polish
KBShimmer - Spot Sign
Glam Polish - Welcome to Storybrooke collection
Literary Lacquers - Rebecca trio & Alzheimer's charity polish

xo,
Tia & Courtney

Episode #6

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Welcome to episode number six of Nail Newscast!

In this week's episode we were lucky enough to chat with Ashley & Nate of Emerald & Ash. We also discuss some upcoming collections (like the divisive China Glaze Apocalypse of Color collection), answer a few listener questions, and talk about our nail polish heroes.

Collections Mentioned:

Finger Lickin Lacquer "Fall for FLL"
Model City Polish Halloween collection
Different Dimension "Spooky Spooky" & "Heavy Metals"
Pretty & Polished Fall 2014
Octopus Party Fall 2014
China Glaze Apocalypse of Color

Other shout-outs:

Work Play Polish
The Polish-Aholic

NB: We mentioned this on Facebook but you may not have seen it. Due to life and wanting to keep things fresh (ie. not run out of stuff to talk about) we have decided to release an episode every other week instead of every week.

Keep those questions coming!

xo,
Tia & Courtney

Episode #5

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Welcome to episode number five of Nail Newscast!

On this week's episode we chat about some new indie polish collections, our feelings on polish duping, answer some listener questions, and introduce a new segment where we share our monthly favorites!

Collections mentioned:

Firecracker Lacquer "What Are You Afraid Of?"
Blue Eyed Girl Lacquer "It Got Away From Me, Yeah"
Femme Fatale Halloween duo, new shades, and monthly limited edition
Cirque Burlesque Collection and the monthly Metropolis collection shade "NYFW"

Don't forget to send in your questions for us! Thanks so much for listening!

xo,
Tia & Courtney

Episode #4

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Welcome to episode four of Nail Newscast!

This week, we are doing things slightly different. Between moving and internet issues, we didn't have a chance to schedule an interview so it's pure, unadulterated Tia and Courtney. Let us know what you think. Do you prefer having an interview every episode or do you like the occasional host-only episode?

This week we got into the subject of pre-order versus free-for-all launches and the high mark up on the after sale market. We mentioned several new collections - some we love, some we aren't really feeling (come on, OPI!). We also got a little silly and commanded that you join our robot army. (Just kidding. Mostly.)

Collections we mentioned:

LynBDesigns

(I (Tia) mentioned a polish that looked like LynBDesigns polish "Moisture Induced Glitter Clump" and just wanted to correct myself... the similar one is "Sand Art" from Pretty and Polished!)

Lucky 13 Lacquer
KBShimmer Fall collection swatches from Cosmetic Sanctuary
Pahlish
Cadillacquer
OPI Gwen Stefani


P.S. We apologize for the occasional strange background noise! Pretty sure we have a podcast ghost who really wanted to talk about nail polish with us. ;)

xo,
Tia & Courtney

Episode #3

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Welcome to episode number three of Nail Newscast!

In this week's episode I (Tia) am hosting solo while Courtney is taking the week off to move. I think we all know how stressful that can be! This episode is much shorter as I just wanted to mention a few new collections, answer a couple listener questions, and I interviewed Erin from Ice Polish! Not quite as fun when I don't have my other half! ;D

Keep submitting those questions for us, we love them.

Don't forget, you can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

Stuff mentioned:

OPI Peanuts Collection
OPI DS Titanium and DS Tourmaline
Sinful Shine "Shining Bright off the Runway"
Reverie Fall polishes
Ice Polish one-offs
Lucky 13 Lacquer Labrinth collection
WingDust (new shades and one-offs)
Above the Curve Harry Potter collection

Vapid Lacquer - 30% off polishes in the "Bye Bye" section and 10% off with "FBHAPPIES10"
Marbles for Polish - 15% off $15 with "ROOM7"
Colores de Carol - Free shipping (in the US) with code "SHIPPINGFREE" or 10% off international orders with code "INTL10"

xo,
Tia & Courtney

No Episode This Week

Hi listeners! Just a quick post to let you know that unfortunately there won't be an episode of Nail Newscast this week. Thank you so much for the love and support so far and we promise we'll have a new episode for you soon! Make sure you continue to submit your questions for our listener Q&A segment!

xo,
Tia & Courtney

Episode #2

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Welcome to episode number two of Nail Newscast! Thanks so much for listening last week. We hope you enjoyed the premiere episode and if you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to email us at nailnewscast@gmail.com.

In this week’s episode we chat with Nina of Model City Polish who was able to give her perspective as both a blogger and a maker. We discussed intellectual property in the nail art community and answered some of your questions. We also highlighted several upcoming indie and mainstream collections and went over current sales (you can see those listed below).

Please continue to submit your questions via the form on our blog - it’s quickly becoming our favourite part of the show!

As always, you can find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

xo, 
Links we talked about: 

Tia & Courtney

Model City Polish blog & shop

Different Dimension

Glam Polish

Finger Lickin’ Lacquer

I Love Nail Polish

Sales:

Episode #1

Welcome to the premiere episode of Nail Newscast! 


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We are super excited to share our first episode with you and hope that you enjoy it. We’d love to hear your feedback so please feel free to email us at nailnewscast@gmail.com or contact us on any of our social media outlets. We are on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

On this week’s episode we were lucky enough to chat with Sarah of Chalkboard Nails. We also ran through some current sales, discussed upcoming collections that we are excited about and contributed our two cents on the new Christian Louboutin polish.

Are you an indie maker that will be holding a sale in the next week or two? Make sure to submit your information through the form on our blog.

We really want this to be an interactive show so if you have a question, tip, or topic, please be sure to head to our blog, click on the "submit a question" tab, and fill out that form.

Thanks for listening and be sure to tune in next week!

xo, 
Tia & Courtney

The Start of Nail Newscast

Welcome to Nail Newscast! If you'd like to learn more about what it is we're doing with this project, you please listen to our first introduction podcast below!


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Who are we?

We are Nail Newscast. We are a team of nail polish bloggers who wanted to create a podcast all about nail polish. Our team currently includes Tia from Iced Lacquer and Courtney from Swatcher, Polish-Ranger.


What are we?

The Nail Newscast podcast is all about upcoming nail polish collections, sales, trends, interviews with indie polish makers and other bloggers, and general nail polish news.


Why did we make this?

A nail polish podcast is definitely something that doesn't exist yet. We felt like there is definitely a lot of great content out there that people are interested in, we're just putting it in a new format that's easy to listen to!


When can you listen?

As of right now we are planning to release our first episode on Wednesday, August 6th.


Where can you find the episodes?

For now we'll be hosting each episode on our Soundcloud account. We will also have an embedded player for each episode on this blog as well as an RSS feed you can subscribe to. Feel free to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and Bloglovin for additional content and updates!


Thanks so much listening!