If you remember, 2014 was all about traveling around the world visiting exotic countries and cities. In 2015, SquareHue is taking us down the memory lane with the Decades Collection. Each month will be represented by three unique colors inspired by people or events in a particular decade. The February trio covers popular objects and events of 1910, 1912, and 1915.
HOW IT WORKS
For $19.99/month SquareHue subscribers receive a limited edition collection of 3 carefully curated season-appropriate nail polish colors. Each month has a distinct personality to suit a variety of dress needs. Quick drying “5-Free” Clean formula does not contain Formaldehyde, Toluene, DBP, Camphor or Formaldehyde Resin.
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The first polish is called Tunic, which is best described as a warm semi-sheer peachy-shrimp pastel creme with high gloss finish. It was inspired by sheer tunics popular with fashionable ladies during the first couple years of this decade. It took me three coats to achieve fully opaque look, but I think this polish is meant to be worn as a sheer tint to give the nails that healthy look. For sheer polishes I prefer thicker brush, so it was a bit challenging to apply, but I actually like the color a lot.
The second polish is called Kewpies, and represents little bisque cupid figurines, which originally appeared as comic characters in Ladies’ Home Journal in the December 1909. In 1912 a German toy company J.D. Kestner decided to manufacture them as toys, and now they are known all around the world. This nail polish, inspired by Kewpies’ skin color, was also leaning a bit sheer, and I needed three coats for even coverage.
Third polish is called War Crinoline. 1915 was an important year for fashion, because ladies drastically changed their outfits. The hem lines became higher, the skirts narrower, and the collars wider; some dresses looked very gentlemanly! This nail polish color has slightly thicker consistency than the other two, and offers excellent pigmentation – it can be easily one-coated, but I used two coats just to be sure. I would describe the color as cool olive/khaki green with buttery smooth coverage and high gloss finish, and it’s my favorite shade in this collection.
When I saw your Instagram post the other day I was thinking yes! Yes! These are so me and so Spring.
Aren’t they gorgeous? I really need Spring to come faster, it’s been cold for too long here in Michigan. Even that khaki green looks fun!
All these look pretty, but Tunic is my fav from these.
All three are gorgeous! Long-time subscribers have an issue of receiving similar colors though, but I think that would be the case for anyone who has a lot of nail polish.
I gravitate towards War Crinoline, but am surprisingly attracted to Tunic! What a pretty, fresh color.
Me too, that beautiful olive shade is my favorite in this mono-collection, but the other two are gorgeous as well!
The colors are so pretty
Right? SquareHue always does a splendid job at finding that perfect palette, and their inspiration is always spot on.
Your reviews are so great and I appreciate the attention you put into this blog. However, I can’t get rid of the annoying pop down box wanting me to enter my email address. It does this every time I click on a page and it’s incredibly annoying…FYI. Just letting you know in case this is a glitch, it actually makes the viewing more stressful than it’s worth.
Hi Sadie! Thank you for the kind words about my blog! Yes, it has to be a glitch, because this pop up is only supposed to show up once, and only for people who never visited the site before. I added a time limit to it for now while I try to figure out how to properly fix it 🙂 Thanks for letting me know!
I think you fixed it. . .yay! Love your blog and so happy I can view it now without clicking the box off each time! 🙂
Awesome, glad it works now! I have no idea what was wrong with it, maybe I goofed and messed up the code somehow 🙂 Sorry that you had to to deal with that annoying window!
I have tried this brand before and I liked the polish formula.
Agreed! When I got my first box from them I didn’t know hat to expect, but the quality is on par with Zoya, and sometimes even better. I wasn’t a big fan of sheer formulas of two pinks in this collection though, but the olive shade is perfection.
Love the shades they offered for February! Beautiful!
Right? I didn’t get the November box, but I heard there was a color similar to War Crinoline, but not an exact dupe.
This is a great fo someone trying to build their polish stash. I love the shades they sent you too.
Indeed, and the fact that SquareHue only sends trendy shades for that exact month means that your collection will always be on-point 🙂
I love this set, Anastasia, and I love the theme, the Decades Collection. I wish it were a little less expensive, especially since I’m already drowning in nail polish. Those shades are among my favorites. In fact, when I lived in NYC, I tiled my kitchen floor with color very close to Tunic and War Crinoline. I had lived in the rent-stabilized apartment for a long time and I thought I’d live there forever. I’m sure the landlord and/or the next tenant was quite surprised to find peach and green ceramic floor tiles in the kitchen, since it’s not necessarily a color scheme that appeals to everyone 😉
I’m with you Allison, their pricing makes each bottle of nail polish cost the same as Zoya, which is a tad on the expensive side. In the past, before receiving complimentary boxes, I subscribed to this service with my own money anyway, because I wanted to support charity and also to grow my nail polish collection with high quality polishes, so maybe it’s worth it to someone only starting to build their stash. At least SquareHue is always on-trend when it comes to hot seasonal colors.
Tunic is so pretty! I love the selection that they sent over.