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Polish Pickup ~ Colors by Llarowe Fake Tan Man

Hello ladies! I am feeling really accomplished today. Last night my niece and nephew put together my 3 new helmers, and then my niece helped me clean up my polish room and reorganize my “overflow” polish. I can proudly say as of this moment I have more of my polish put away and organized than I’ve had in over 2 years. It helps to have adequate storage, or at least I think I have adequate storage now, I’ll let you know for sure when I get through the last few buckets. Yes, I have had buckets and buckets and buckets of overflow polish for many many months now. I’m finding polish I haven’t seen in years! Anyway, the polish keeps coming in so I still have lots to show you. Yay! Today I have another polish pickup to show you. As I’ve said the theme is villians for this month, and Leah Ann with Colors by Llarowe chose the biggest villian of our time.. the Fake Tan Man, inspired by Donald Trump. I love her sense of humor, and can’t disagree with it!

Polish Pickup ~ Colors by Llarowe Fake Tan Man



Colors by Llarowe Fake Tan Man 
Polish Pickup ~ Colors by Llarowe Fake Tan Man

Fake Tan Man
is described as a sheer orange base with OG UP and red to green to gold shifting flakes. Could be built up in multiple coats but a base color is recommended. My swatches below show it over orange, over purple, and on its own. 

This has the Original ‘Unicorn Pee’ pigment, not the similar aurora shimmer. 

This is 2 Coats over Orange. 
For these swatches I chose an orange jelly as similar as possible to approximate how this would look opaque. 

Colors by Llarowe Fake Tan Man
2 coats over Zoya Coraline
Colors by Llarowe Fake Tan Man
2 coats over Zoya Coraline
Colors by Llarowe Fake Tan Man
2 coats over Zoya Coraline
Colors by Llarowe Fake Tan Man
2 coats over Zoya Coraline



I know this is a lot more photos than I typically post for one polish, but this is so incredibly versatile! I even wish I had tried it over more colors, it’s gorgeous literally any way you look at it. 

This is 2 Coats over Purple.
You can really see the red/green/gold shift the best over these darker colors. 
Colors by Llarowe Fake Tan Man
2 coats over CbL Wildflower Fields
Colors by Llarowe Fake Tan Man
2 coats over CbL Wildflower Fields
Colors by Llarowe Fake Tan Man
2 coats over CbL Wildflower Fields
Colors by Llarowe Fake Tan Man
2 coats over CbL Wildflower Fields


This is 4 Coats Alone.
With my very opaque free edge obviously I couldn’t wear this alone, but shorter nails with a less opaque free edge and this might be fine on its own. 
Colors by Llarowe Fake Tan Man
4 coats
Colors by Llarowe Fake Tan Man
4 coats



Fake Tan Man will only be available through The Polish Pickup Friday, October 5th at 11am EST through Monday, October 8th at 11:59pm EST. It will retail for $11.00 and there is a cap at 400. I believe this one will go fast, so if you have your heart set on I would plan to shop early! 

Shipping is a flat rate of $3 for anywhere in the US and $5 for anywhere in Canada no matter how many polishes you buy. For more information on The Polish Pickup check out their website, I also recommend joining their Facebook Group here to submit your theme ideas, vote for your favorite theme and purchase your favorites!

For more information on Colors by Llarowe check out the links below.


Llarowe: Website ~ Facebook ~ Fan Group ~ Instagram

Until next time, stay polished!

  • Ehmkay Nails

    I dunno about this one. Something about the base color will probably hate me

  • Tracey

    I absolutely love how this looks over purple ♡

  • The Asian Girl

    I love unicorn pee (I have the OG Clarins 230), but it is so hard to capture! You did a great job capturing the colors.

  • marciaf

    This totally cracks me up. I love that this is a spoof of fake tan man. It really is a star over the purple polish.

  • I LOVE it over the purple!

  • OMG I adore this over the purple! I could look at that polish all day. ROFL at the theme!

  • Ohh that gives a really cool shift depending on the color underneath!!