IndieSwatch 2021 Bests Announced!

Indie Lovers!

We are pleased to announced the winners and runner ups.  If a particular category has had the same winner in 1st place for 3 years in a row, the polish or brand will go into the Hall of Fame.  It will be added to the Hall of Fame tab and will be taken out of future voting for that category.  

We have 5 new Hall of Fame entries.  We see some new brands dominating the categories.  

Reflecting on 2021, we as a community saw new brands arrive, old brands bid farewell, and an increase in diversity as well as brands/groups using inclusive language.  We applaud brands that embrace diversity and we encourage collaborations to set expectations for participation as well as vet the brands that want to join to see if their own shop sites demonstrate a commitment to diversity.  Thank you to the brands that make everyone feel welcome.

We plan on retiring solar, wax, and mani bomb, and potentially scented top coat unless we see an increase in requests.  Next year we will add in glitter smoothing top coat and reflective glitter.  Please let us know if you have any feedback.

*UPDATED Feb 4, 2022 Apologies - noticed that scented top coat winner was supposed to be in the Hall of Fame from last year.  

2020 Hall of Inductees Giveaways (yes plural!)

 Indie Lovers!

Let's honor our inductees from 2020!

As a reminder, these were the brand inducted into the Hall of Fame:

• Best Non-US Brand: Emily de Molly
• Best Scented Top Coat: Cuticula Nail Lacquer
• Best Latex Nail Barrier: Cuticula Nail Lacquer
• Best Brand for Thermals: Fancy Gloss
• Best Creme: Painted Polish Midnight Mischief
• Best Brand for Turn Around Time: Polished For Days

Giveaway 1: $25 Store credit to Fancy Gloss

Giveaway 2: $25 Store credit to Emily de Molly

Giveaway 3: $25 Store credit to Painted Polish

Giveaway 4: $25 Store credit to Cuticula Nail Lacquer

Giveaway 5: $25 Store credit to Cuticula Nail Lacquer

Giveaways are in full effect and will close January 30th.  Winners will be emailed and will have 24 hrs to reply.  No substitutions.

Finalists of IndieSwatch 2021 Bests!

 Indie Lovers!

Voting is live!  To recap how top contenders were selected

• Top 4 answers were selected, sometimes that resulted in a tie causing more nominations
• If there were a top 3, and all other nominations would have resulted in 20+ tie, only top 3 were used
• Listed in alphabetical order
• Nothing was filtered or deleted

Voting is open through January 21st 11:59 Eastern.  We will select a winner to win $50 store credit to brand of our choice (Note: during the nominations each winner selected a few brands and we got them a gift card to one of their choices) :)

If you see anything that looks wrong, please email at indieswatch@gmail.com (we not familiar with every polish name and google only gets me so far sometimes.)

VOTE HERE.  

I'd love to hear your thoughts.  Any surprises?  Anything you feel the indie community missed the mark on?

And be on the look out for giveaways for the new Hall of Fame brands from last year!  

Thank you!

2021 IndieSwatch Bests Nominations Are Live!

Indie Lovers!

Nominations are live!  Please be sure to leave an email address as there will be awards for 2 lucky randomly drawn winners and it is the only way for your nomination to count.  Nominations close January 1st.

Please let us know if there are any mistakes.  Stay tuned to the IndieSwatch Instagram and Facebook as well!  We will be honoring the new Hall of Fame inductees from 2020 with giveaways too!

Thanks!

IndieSwatch 2020 Bests Announced

Indie Lovers!

We are pleased to announced the winners and runner ups.  If a particular category has had the same winner in 1st place for 3 years in a row, the polish or brand will go into the Hall of Fame.  It will be added to the Hall of Fame tab and will be taken out of future voting for that category.  

We have 6 new Hall of Fame entries.  We see some new brands dominating the categories.  

For 2021, we am hoping the world is able to return to some sort of normalcy - that we will see some events take place, that we will see increase in diverse swatchers, and that we as a community continue to support authentic brands that role model inclusiveness.  We plan on retiring a few categories, and will add in a new one that I am really excited about to honor BIPOC brands.

FINAL ROUND OF INDIESWATCH 2020 BESTS!

Indie Loves!

Voting is live!  To recap how top 4 were selected

• Top 4 answers were selected
• If there were a top 3, and all other nominations would have resulted in 20+ tie, only top 3 were used
• Listed in alphabetical order
• Nothing was filtered or deleted

Voting is open through February 13th.  I will select a winner to win $50 store credit to brand of my choice (Note: during the nominations each winner got a voucher to the store they nominated as best overall indie brand) :)

If you see anything that looks wrong, please email at indieswatch@gmail.com (I'm not familiar with every polish name and google only gets me so far sometimes.)

VOTE HERE.  

I'd love to hear your thoughts.  Any surprises?  Anything you feel the indie community missed the mark on?

Thank you!

 

 Indie Lovers!

Nominations are live!  Please be sure to leave an email address as there will be awards for 3 lucky randomly drawn winners and it is the only way for your nomination to count.  Nominations close January 20th.

Please let me know if there are any mistakes.

Thanks!