As many of you surely know, I (Jess) and Mishka of Accio Lacquer are very good friends and we work together often. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to spend time with her in-person a few weeks ago and it only made our friendship stronger. We've even discussed the possibility of her moving closer to where I am! I can't even fathom how amazing that would be!

However, after Mishka returned home from her vacation she found that her dear kitty, Severus, was very ill from his diabetes. If my cat Sagan is my supervisor, Mishka's cat Severus is her Professor!

Just look at this little dork, how can you not love him the moment you see him??

The good news is that Severus' vet remains positive about his recovery and the kitty is happy to get all the love Mishka can give him. However, such severe health issues have caused the vet bills to pile up to an unmanageable level.

Mishka has opened up a GoFundMe account to cover Severus' bills to make sure her baby gets the best care possible.

As someone who has also had some very expensive complications with their beloved feline friend I aim to do everything in my power to help Mishka and Severus stay happy, healthy, and out of deep debt.

While I am recovering from my own financial difficulties due to kitties there isn't much I can do personally, but I do have the power to offer a discount for those who are able to support Mishka and Severus!

I am offering a one-time use code of 10% off for all who donate $5 or more OR 20% off for those who donate $20 or more to Mishka's fund.

If you enjoy reading Accio Lacquer I hope you'll support her in her time of need, even if the most you can do is $1 or spreading the word. Our furry friends are what keep us going when times get hard.

Please enjoy this soothing gif of my own kitty, Sagan, enjoying some love.

Warning: depressing and personal stuff below. If you just want the sale use code FAMILYFIRST to get 20% off everything here.

Hi everyone, since I have so many social media sites it's just easier to write everything out here instead of trying to fit it into 140 characters, but I'll still try to make this brief.

As those of you who follow me on Facebook have likely seen, my grandmother had an accident and has been comatose for about the last week. She was diagnosed as having no brain activity, which was confirmed by a second doctor, and the family has chosen to remove her breathing tube and allow her to pass (or, if by some miracle it happens, to heal. I'm still hoping, but knowing it won't happen) naturally. Right now we're not sure when that will happen as she's been breathing on her own for a day and a half so I'm going to be getting plane tickets and a hotel as soon as she passes, but for now I'm stuck in the horrible limbo of Waiting.

My entire family is in Southern California and I....am not. I'm up here in Portland. And I really need to get home to see my family. So, that means sale time for you! Silver lining, right?? From now until whenever I leave for CA I'm doing a 20% off sale with the code FAMILYFIRST which gives 20% off everything except charity items, so everything listed here. You can add other items to your cart if you like, the coupon just won't apply to them. I also have all Elemental Ward top coats on sale for only $5.

This sale is kind of wibbly wobbly, it currently doesn't have an exact end date; I'll be discontinuing the code 24 hours or so after I get my plane tickets to CA so there will be warning. Thank you to everyone who has sent me kind words and positive thoughts <3

Hi folks,
A bit of sad news. This was the first year I filed taxes for Lucky 13 and it made me realize that I should have been collecting taxes! So, beginning immediately I will begin collecting taxes on US orders. [Update: tax is only applied to Washington orders!]

Additionally, the following 38 polishes will no longer be restocked and, if sold out, will be removed from the shop the evening of March 11th. If a color listed below is marked as Sold Out in the shop and you'd like a bottle, please send me an email and I will mix up a bottle for you! They will otherwise not be restocked.

For the last few months I've been wanting to use Lucky 13 Lacquers to make nail polish pendants and with my recent "vacation" I finally had the time to gather some supplies and make it happen!

Each pendant is handmade with love using Lucky 13 Lacquers, real glass tiles, silver plated trays, and 16" organza ribbon necklaces with a 2" extender. These items are limited edition and may not be available ever again! There was a lot more time involved than I'd anticipated for some of these so these coming back or not will depend on how much interest there is and how heavy my workload is.

Please note: Each polish is made by hand and as such may have minor variation from the image shown.

If you have a specific currently-available Lucky 13 Lacquer that you'd like a pendant made with please shop as usual and add the "Custom 1 color" or "Custom 2 color" item to your cart. When you've completed your order, please email me your preferred color(s). Currently the only available options for custom necklaces are heart-shaped pendants with wine red necklaces.

As an added bonus, if you order a one- or two-polish pendant and a bottle of the polish(es) it's made with you will get a discount! Please first add the pendant to your cart and then add the discounted polish item from the drop-down list into your cart. Do not purchase the discounted polish if you have not also purchased the necklace made with the same polish(es). These would be perfect for Valentine's day gifts, especially Life is Short and You are Hot!

Available designs

• Heart-shaped rainbow striped using colors from the Sailor Senshi collection with wine red necklace. Not available with discounted polish. This design will almost certainly not be available ever again due to the time and intricacy involved.
  
• Heart-shaped Life is Short and You are Hot with wine red necklace. 3 versions of this are available: backed with white (A), backed with black (B), and backed with ruby red (for opacity) (C).
  
• Round Stick Them with the Pointy End with red necklace.
  
• Square Wibbly Wobbly, Timey Wimey with navy blue necklace.
• Round A Leaf on the Wind topped with Always with spring green necklace.

During the Inventory Incident of 2013 (which is what my "vacation" from mid-December through January has been named) I came across quite a few discontinued or shortie polishes that are in need of loving homes. To ensure that every polish finds a new home I have created the Polish Orphanage! Discontinued and flop polishes will live happily together in the Orphanage until they find their new family and new flops/discontinued polishes will continue to be added to the Orphanage as needed.

For the first batch of discontinued Orphans I thought it would be helpful to let you all know how many of each polish and what sizes will be available when Lucky 13 opens back up on the 6th! When the Orphanage opens up please be careful to read the name and the size shown in parentheses. Discontinued Orphans will be the usual price ($6 for 10ml, $8.50 for 15ml) and failed prototypes/incorrect formulations of released colors will be $7 unless otherwise noted).

Below is the stock information for the first group of Orphans! Names are listed by row from left to right.

Group 1

• Hawaiian Shirt
  
• Green ($3)
  
• A Little Less Sonic
  
• ...And One Slow (matte)
  
• A Little Coffee with my Cream
  
• Dreamsicle
  
• Glitter Litter ($5)
  
• Hiding in Shadows
  
• Hot Pink Hot Pants
  

Group 2

• It Could Have Been Your Timing
  
• Numbah One
  
• TEAL Me Lies, TEAL Me Sweet Little Lies (10ml)
  
• TEAL Me Lies, TEAL Me Sweet Little Lies (15ml)
  
• Misty Mountains Cold
  
• Jeepers!
  
• Mhysa
  
• Roads Go Ever On
  
• Mysterious Girl
  

Group 3

• Shooting Stars
  
• Night Sky
  
• Water Reborn
  
• Romulan Warbird
  
• We Won't Be Silent
  

More information on all of the colors above can be found here.

Group 4

• You Can't Take the Sky From Me (10ml) (1 in stock)
• A Man of Many Hawaiian Shirts (10ml) (1 in stock)
  
• Be sTEAL My Heart (15ml) (1 in stock)
  
• Wibbly Wobbly, Timey Wimey (10ml) (1 in stock)
  
• A Little More Sonic (10ml) (2 in stock)
  
• Life is Short and You are Hot (10ml) (1 in stock)
  
• Bowties are Cool (15ml) (1 in stock)
  
• Bowties are Cool (10ml) (2 in stock)
  
• Serenade of Water (10ml) (1 in stock)
  
• Accio Lacquer (10ml) (1 in stock)
  
• Always (10ml) (1 in stock)
  
• Great Ambition (15ml) (4 in stock)
  
• Great Ambition (10ml) (1 in stock)
  
• Avada Kedavra (15ml) (3 in stock)
  
• Sharp of Mind (15ml) (1 in stock)
  
• Sharp of Mind (10ml) (4 in stock)
  
• No Man Can Kill Me (10ml) (1 in stock)
  
• Don't Cry Over Spilled Glitter (15ml) (3 in stock)
  

While USPS has recently made International shipping easier by allowing me to pay for and print International postage from home and schedule home pickups, some countries still are not allowing online postage purchases. Therefore I must brave inclement weather on my motorcycle to make it to the post office which, understandably, I don't wish to do very often! Because of this, shipping costs for some countries (most notably: Russia) will increase slightly in the new year and may have a slightly longer time between ordering and shipping than before. Canada, on the other hand, has slightly lower shipping costs and those costs have been lowered slightly to be more accurate.

Please contact me with any questions before ordering; if your question is asked during a special promotion I will honor it, if possible, if it takes too long to get you an answer.

Also, please remember that I do everything in my power to ensure that packages make it safely through customs but once it's out of my hands, it's out of my hands!

When Lucky 13 was born a year and a half ago (wow, my baby is already 18 months!!) I honestly never dreamed it would be more than a small hobby where I'd make gifts for friends and perhaps make a sale or two. I truly never dreamed it would grow into what it is today! I won't get all mushy with you guys (again) but suffice to say I wake up every day thankful that I can do something I love and that I have so many amazing friends because of it.

However, with great growth comes great responsibility. Wait, that's not the right quote, I'm not Spiderman. Whatever! For months Lucky 13's growth was very slow but steady but in the last few months growth has jumped enormously, enough so that my usual business model just doesn't fit Lucky 13 anymore and it's time to change things up. Previously I had so few orders that I could easily mix things on demand and still get orders shipped within 2 to 3 days. I've always wanted to make sure that if there was a color and size someone wanted, they could get it. I most certainly can not do that any more, however.

Let's take Black Friday weekend for example. From Friday 11/29 through Monday 12/2 I received 88 orders totalling 461 bottles. I can't even tell you how much more that is than what I'd anticipated, it's just ridiculous! And with the Lord of the Rings releases in September I received more orders in a single day than I had previously gotten in my best month. These were huge signs that it was time to change how I was doing things.

Even before the Lord of the Rings releases I'd been wanting to switch from mixing on-demand and instead mix stock in bulk and do restocks (you know, like normal indies often do!) but I never found the time where I was both caught up on orders and I had enough free time to begin mixing in bulk. With the Christmas/Yule/winter-y holidays coming up (and my birthday!) I've decided that now is the time to switch over.

So, as much as I loathe doing this, Lucky 13 will not be accepting any orders beginning December 10th (sometime soon after midnight the morning of the 10th, PST as always) until January 5th (again, sometime soon after midnight the morning of). When I come back what's in stock on the site will be what's available and when it's gone it's gone until the next restock. I'll try to keep things stocked as well as I can but it will take some time to get into the swing of things so I hope you'll all bear with me. With this change there should be a much better turnaround time between ordering and shipment.

Additionally, I'll be phasing out shorties in order to further streamline mixing and shipment. I don't anticipate any price changes but I will give ample warning beforehand if things do change.

Because I hate posts without pictures please enjoy this gravity-defying stoat!

As always I'd love to hear your comments, questions, concerns, criticisms, whatever!

Those of you who follow my Facebook know that Monday I released Softening the Bad Things. Monday's release had 26 bottles (one was for me, so 25 were for sale) and based upon the response it wasn't nearly enough! So many people tried but were unable to grab a bottle so I'd like your input for the next batch!

The bottles that were available for sale at about 2:32PM PST on Monday and by 2:35 all of them were either sold or held in peoples' carts! Wow!! How amazing is that? It seems that Softening the Bad Things really resonated with a lot of people and caused a lot of discussion about mental illnesses and I'm glad to have been part of that.

And now I'd like to hear from you all about your feelings on Softening the Bad Things' second run. Future batches will have their run # marked on the bottom along with their x-of-y (such as 13 of 26) numbering where as the first run had no such marker.

Regarding the $350 donation to NAMI: I'm in the process of collecting the funds from my fellow bloggers who agreed to match the $25 donation and once those are all in I'll be making the donation. Do you remember everyone who was matching that donation? Here's the list again:

• InsomniLacq (me!!)
• Lucky 13 Lacquer (also me!)
• Accio Lacquer
• Nails in Real Life
• The Lazy Laquerista
• Chronically Fantabulous
• Michelle B.
• Penny For Them...
• The Nail Polish Directory
• Jenna C
• Barbara H
• Lacquered Geek