Were you inspired by the previous box featuring colors from the 1910 decade? Time to venture into the 20s – the days of glamorous flappers, art deco, and wild parties.
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. Click here to subscribe.
The first color is Cocktails & Cigarettes inspired by 1920’s wild parties. It’s a sheer chameleon that can transform flat creme shades into something entirely different, but I prefer to wear it on its own. To get just the right amount of coverage I needed three thin coats – there is something fun and youthful about that pearly iridescent glow! Despite being so sheer, this polish went on very smooth, and didn’t even need a top coat.
The second color is called Style & Speed, and it was inspired by 1921, when riding fancy cars just became popular among the It-crowd, and also the year the famous Morgan Silver Dollar was printed. So yep, this pretty silver microglitter represents all the shiniest moments of that year. The formula goes a tad uneven with one coat, but the second coat evens everything out nicely. I set my mani with a thin layer of glossy top coat to get that mirror-like finish. While I wouldn’t wear it daily, I think this shade has a lot of potential, especially for nail art!
Last but not least we have Art & Deco that represents 1925. If there’s one thing I know about art deco it’s that bronzes and browns are everything. No, seriously, if you take a look at art deco interiors it’s going to be a whole lot of wood, brown leather, bronze, and copper things, so this true bronze metallic is very much appropriate for the occasion. It goes on sheer, so you will need at least 2-3 coats to build up opacity. Word of advice: as with any metallic nail polish, make sure your strokes are straight during the application to ensure streak-less finish.
THE VERDICT: I’m madly in love with Cocktails & Cigarettes and will probably rock it quite often this Spring. While the other two colors seemed less exciting, they definitely fit the spirit of the decade and I couldn’t think of any other color that could belong in this collection.
What about you, do you like wearing polishes that represent decades of the past? What’s your favorite color these days?
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I love the concept of The Decades Collection! The silver and rose gold are beautiful!
That silver is super reflective, too! The pigments are very finely milled, so it creates an almost mirror-like finish 🙂
Gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing these pretty polishes
So glad you liked them! 🙂
I would say that’s an awesome group for anyone looking for work appropriate polishes.
Indeed, especially that sheer pink.
Art & Deco is SO gorgeous!
It is! I couldn’t decide if I should call it rose gold, bronze, or copper.
These are so pretty on you. I am crushing hard on mint, this Spring.
Thank you Erika! I’m crushing on mint, too, and even have a mint roundup post in the works 🙂 I bought a mint purse, too, but now I have to figure out what to wear it with because I don’t have any mint clothes lol.
I love the concept behind this brand!
Me too! I liked the formula of most of their polishes so far (there were a couple duds), and the fact that they donate to charity is a big bonus 🙂
I love bronze and rose gold and metallics are so hot right now, so Art & Deco is my pick. I don’t know about picking colors that represent certain eras, but I do like picking nail art that does, sometimes.
You are always so on-point with your nail art Nidia, I’m sure you would do an awesome job if you made a Decades series.
Such pretty colors!
So happy that you like them too!
beautiful set! Love SquareHue!
It is indeed, and I love them, too 🙂 Great polishes and a great cause.
I bought this subscription for about 6 months but finally gave up because my house was run over with polishes I wasn’t using. I think the bottles are great and some of the polishes worked for me.
I totally understand! I stopped buying nail polish for about a year because I decided to use what I had, and to finally clear out the stash from bottles that I really didn’t like all that much. Now I’m ready for new colors 🙂
Love that bronze!
Isn’t it nice? It’s perfect for Spring and Summer!
All of these polishes are so pretty
I agree! I’m particularly in love with that sheer pink, it’s so lovely to look at in person.
All the colors are so pretty
They really are 🙂