Nerd Lacquer – Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Trio

Today is a holiday and my office is closed, which means I have time to show you a trio from Nerd Lacquer! Formerly known as By String Theory, Nerd Lacquer is run by Amanda Collier, who mixes the polishes herself. She satisfies my love for nail polish, glitter, and shows that shaped who I am today.

This post contains the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trio. The series is one of my favorites, and needless to say, I was pretty excited to receive this for Christmas from my BF. The bottles I received are the older, taller square bottles with the vertical labels. She has since changed the bottle to a shorter square bottle…not that that’s really an issue, but some people are interested in that sort of information. (And if it is and it prevents you from purchasing fine polishes from this fine woman, you need some help!)

This is three coats of Hyperspace Bypass, a bright yellow glitter with iridescent, silver, gold, & black glitter. I should have shaken up my bottle a little more to get some more of the larger hex glitters on my nail, but I love the smaller black glitter the most.

I wish I could have taken more color-accurate photos; the polish leans a bit more yellow than the ones I’ve posted here. I wouldn’t say it’s a neon yellow, but it’s pretty close.

Entirely Unlike Tea is a neutral beige color with pinkish undertones, silver hex glitter, & smaller iridescent glitter. I wish this would have photographed better, because it’s so beautiful! My skin tone does not do this polish justice.

The smaller glitter flashes, blue, orange, and green, which is so awesome. Next time I wear this, I am going to layer this under OPI Bubble Bath, or Zoya Lauren for some extra awesome. This is a great palate cleanser for me: subtle, yet glittery. I mean, I can’t just not wear glitter, after all. ;)

Don’t Panic is a sweet green polish with darker green hex glitters & lighter green fine glitter. I believe there’s some orange glitter in there too, but it didn’t show up in any of my photos.

I’ll probably wear this again during St. Patrick’s Day. I kind of wonder what would happen if I wore this over all my green Lynnderella polishes. I imagine I would crack open the space-time continuum. I’ll probably do it anyway.

Can I say that I am so impressed by these? They definitely need a base underneath to prevent visible nail line, but there are a few colors I have that would work perfectly under these. Hyperspace Bypass is my favorite from this set; yellows look really bad on me, but to be honest, I would wear it anyway. These capture the feel of the books perfectly.

WHERE TO BUY
Nerd Lacquer: Etsy, Harlow & Co.

Thanks for reading!