Small batch, hand mixed (and some hand foraged) pigments, our favorite nail polishes! Some colors are special - containing fine gemstones, flower petals, unique color changes and fun characteristics!

From our friends at Death Valley Nails:

10-free. Vegan. Cruelty-free. Nontoxic.

We suggest using a base coat and 2-3 coats of polish followed by a top coat.

Dust To Dust Collection:

We break down these pigments by hand with a mortar and pestle. This polish is sheer but builds up beautifully. It will have texture as well as larger pieces of pigment present in the polish finish. Each batch will have slight color variations as we use different parts of the source material. This polish contains a small amount of earth mica to enhance the natural color.

Naturally, larger particles will stick to the bottom and sides of the bottle and not suspend in the polish base.

Amethyst: Amethyst foraged from Unaweep Canyon, Colorado
Cornflowers: From our home garden
Wildflowers: From a meadow in Texas

Specialty Polish:

- Thermal:

Bated Breath: This thermal has iridescent duochrome golden lime shimmer that shifts to rose pink at an angle. Wine = cold / Pink = warm / Sheer = hot

Care: Thermal polish will actively transition for up to two years if kept in a dark and cool environment. Once the polish is not able to transition anymore the color will remain in either the hot or the cold state.

- Photochromatic:

Rhododendron: Photochromatic polish with a strong emerald shift and subtle scattered holo. This polish is activated only by sunshine, not temperature like our thermal polish. In the shade this polish is translucent. In the sun this polish shifts to violet. Translucent = Shade. Violet = Sunshine.

Care: Photochromatic polish will actively transition for up to two years if kept in a dark and cool environment.

- Multichrome:

Blue Valentine: Jelly blue with multichrome pink shimmer
But Do Aliens Believe In Me: purple-grey base with mulitchrome shimmery finish
Fern Unfurling: Vibrant yellow-green base with emerald/pink duochrome shimmer
From the Wound Comes the Salve: Jelly black with blue/purple multichrome shimmer
Ponies Sunbathing In A Field: Jelly neon rose red with vivid violet/orchid aurora shimmer. Sherbet orange undertone with a hot glow on the nail. Universally fun color that feels like summer.
Razzle Dazzle: Chunky copper gold with rose / holographic / reflective gold glitter
Star Smut: Sheer Multichrome That Shifts Teal, Blue, Pink With Micro Gold Glitter Specks.
Stay A While: Sheer ghostly-pink base with fuchsia, sherbet, and gold iridescent aurora shimmer.
The Muffets and Tuffets of Life: Pink-magenta base with glowing blue aurora shimmer.
The Vampires Wife: Red/Orange/Yellow/Black Multichrome Shift.
Throwing Spaghetti At The Walls Of Your Heart To See What Sticks: Sheer pink with strong light blue to pink shimmer. Applies smoothly with an almost sheer base color set against a vibrant shimmer.
Why Do Earthworms Die In A ? And What Are They Asking: Barely-there jelly ebony base with strong aurora shimmer and microshimmer.

- Other:

Wedgie: Glow Polish. Milk base filled with green/blue aurora micro flakes. Glows strong pink with the use of a UV blacklight. Does not glow without activation. Shake bottle thoroughly before applying. Activated by natural sunlight for a soft glow or UV blacklight for a strong glow. Does not self activate.
Perennial: Photo-Thermal. The polish has glowing purple and red aurora shimmer. This polish will produce a unique color reaction to the presence or absence of direct sunlight (not through a window) and temperature change. The variances of color are: no UV's in a cold state/no UV's in a hot state and UV's in a cold state/UV's in a hot state. There is a range of color varieties based on temperature and UV rays.
- Cold state/No UV's = Jelly orchid pink
- Cold state/UV's = Electric purple
- Hot state/No UV's = Milky white with purple shimmer
- Hot state/UV's = Soft lilac

Regular Polish:

A Drop of Crimson: shimmery crimson red
Basking: Medium orchid purple base lit with a glowing orange-yellow shifting shimmer. Easy build-up and opacity, this polish has depth and radiant shimmer.
Birdsong: light pink with pastel purple shimmer
Bugs with Capes and Garden Doilies: A sheer lavender-grey base packed with matte neon butterflies, blossoms, hearts, lightning bolts, glitters, and metallic gold sheen. Textured application. Heavy glitters will gather towards the bottom, we suggest shaking the bottle and turning it upside down for maximum glitter grabbage.
Cherries Composted: dark cherry-burgundy
Desert Willow: light violet purple with a pink shift
Fox Sparrow: flesh pink
Fringe: Micro neon pastel bars in pink, lilac, green, orange mixed with in with micro holo bars.
Fujimori's Flying Mud Boat: golden brown
Hair of the Dog: Highlighter red-orange
I'd Let Him Eat Crackers In My Bed: Lilac blue base with magenta shimmer, subtle rose gold glitter and a hint of scattered holo
Kissin' Kate's Rattlesnake Venom: Earth red with pink undertones
Love Is A Dog From Hell: scarlet red
Moon River: Multichrome icy blue/gold/light green shimmer
Pipe Dream: Bubblegum Pink
Seraphim: Platinum silver
Summer Salt: Chartreuse chrome flakes and glitter
Swamp Sparrow: Dark cherry jelly red

Death Valley Nails is a women and family owned small business based in Austin, TX.

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