Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

PearlyQueen

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So you remember me trying to make a dupe for Femme Fatale Ever Elusive? Turns out it actually looks nothing like the pictures I was going by. Just shows how bloggers' swatches can't always be trusted. I've just received one from the Australian FB lady who muled me some EdMs, turns out she had a spare. It's very pretty, but the swatches are totally inaccurate. It's a lot more pink than any other colour. I'm glad I have it, but it's possibly not as amazing as I had thought... (I also bought Essie Penny Talk from her for stamping.)

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Yay on getting it - boo on it not being as good as you thought! (And yay on frankening the look you were after anyway!!!) It's a pain when bloggers make colours look better than they are - a large chunk of my collection fits that description.
 

PearlyQueen

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Fuzzy, you're a genius! I couldn't figure out why I couldn't post pics - and then you mentioned the iOS update! Hah!

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Yay! So, that's the nailland cbl exclusive. Scattered sun-flare.

And hi from Shanghai, everybody!

Hello China!!! Hope you're having a great time there - a big adventure. And your nails are well kitted out for it - nice polish!
 

PearlyQueen

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Thanks PQ! I saw it too, wasn't going to get any as I've majorly overspent this month, but then I ended up getting 4 plus Fair Maiden Tempest Rising that I'd been eyeing up for ages. Nice to see the shipping has got a lot cheaper.



Pretty mani. Hope you're settling in okay. x

Lol, sorry for enabling, which ones did you get? It's always worth jumping on Takkos, I think they're harder to find than Enchanteds these days.
 

Anneri

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Hello China!!! Hope you're having a great time there - a big adventure. And your nails are well kitted out for it - nice polish!

Hello right back at you! Atm it's just a lot of dealing with stuff, organizing stuff and being jet-lagged like hell lol!
Yesterday a friend asked me if I had seen some sights in the city, and I was like - no?! No time yet!

Yay, I knew someone would like to know!!! And good luck with the delivery! Alchemist is really pretty.

MeiMei told it it would take 10-14 days, boo. But I chose just two polishes in case something would go wrong! ;) Also, MeiMei hasn't a lot of good stuff in her store right now, right?

Lol, sorry for enabling, which ones did you get? It's always worth jumping on Takkos, I think they're harder to find than Enchanteds these days.

Yes, Anita, which ones did you get? And how much was shipping for you? I was totally beside myseld when I saw shipping for me was around 7S$!

Last two manis:
Takko Lacquer Electric Flamingo:
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Girly Bits Crantini:
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The neon was well out of my comfort zone!

Ooooh, but that is especially lovely! So spring-y!

So, anybody knows of other retailers or indie makers in Singapore? ;)
 

Anitacska

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Thanks!
yes I much prefer it posting!



nice little haul, I googled the FF and yeah, not quite what those swatches look like!

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I went into Sally Beauty to get some hair dye and took a quick look at the polishes and they had a couple OPIs from the Hawaiian collection marked $4.69 for clearance.
I got totally lucky because two I wanted from that collection were there- My Gecko Does Tricks and Pineapples Have Peelings Too!
And then I was told they were buy one get one free(yes!) so I got two OPIs for $4.69 :D
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Thank you.

It's so funny, these are the two OPIs I'd been uhming and aahing about for so long and still haven't bought. Will probably leave them now, I guess if I was never that sure, I probably don't really want them. But great deal!

I love a pretty purple mani! I nearly bought Storm, does it do full coverage?

Thank you. It's hard to say, I put 2 coats over the Ethereal Lacquer and I think some of that still showed through. Didn't want to add a third one as it would've been too much. I think it would probably need 3 or 4 coats for full coverage.

Yay on getting it - boo on it not being as good as you thought! (And yay on frankening the look you were after anyway!!!) It's a pain when bloggers make colours look better than they are - a large chunk of my collection fits that description.

Thanks. I'm still happy about it, but the initial swatches I saw look nothing like it. Luckily I only paid $15 (Australian) for it, so that's fine.

On that note I've just received the new RC exclusive EdM (Dark Side of the Moon) and it doesn't look anything like the pictures on the website. Supposed to be purple with copper flakies, instead it's purple-y grey with barely any flakies. The light blue one (Still Waters) looks prettier irl than the pictures though. Weird.

Lol, sorry for enabling, which ones did you get? It's always worth jumping on Takkos, I think they're harder to find than Enchanteds these days.

Actually I've never had trouble buying Takkos. I don't really see the hype about them, even less so than EP. But I did get 5 (not 4 actually) and they are: Ocean Glitter, Pony, Daydreaming, Hug Life and Cream.

Last two manis:
Takko Lacquer Electric Flamingo:
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Girly Bits Crantini:
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The neon was well out of my comfort zone!

Both are very pretty!

Hello right back at you! Atm it's just a lot of dealing with stuff, organizing stuff and being jet-lagged like hell lol!
Yesterday a friend asked me if I had seen some sights in the city, and I was like - no?! No time yet!


MeiMei told it it would take 10-14 days, boo. But I chose just two polishes in case something would go wrong! ;) Also, MeiMei hasn't a lot of good stuff in her store right now, right?


Yes, Anita, which ones did you get? And how much was shipping for you? I was totally beside myseld when I saw shipping for me was around 7S$!


Ooooh, but that is especially lovely! So spring-y!

So, anybody knows of other retailers or indie makers in Singapore? ;)

List of Takkos above ^ Shipping was $16.85, not as bad as before.

Hope you get your Mei Mei order fine.

Beauty So Fly and Nail Whisperer are both in Singapore. ;)
 

Anitacska

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EdMs from RC:

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My current mani, Zoya Gloria (2011 untried) with Orly It's a Meteor on the accents:

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Oh, nearly forgot, if anyone bought Femme Fatale Snow Globe (Dope Nails exclusive), check it as it's another fader. I got an e-mail from FF because I bought it directly from them. It's gone from purple to pink (as usual).
 

MRV

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I've got a lot to share with you, got my Stackry package yesterday with 30 polishes (didn't get customs on it, yay!) and one from C4N today with 6. Really annoyed with Stackry though. One of my EPs (Stellar) came without its box and it's obvious that someone at Stackry took it, because it was in a completely different bubblewrap from the others, plus EP always sends them in boxes. Also one of my Glams was taken out of the pack of 10 polishes and again, clearly opened as it was in a different bubblewrap (same as the EP). Find it really disturbing, that someone had a good look at them and really annoying that they decided to take the EP box! Why would anyone do that??? I have e-mailed them to complain, but I doubt they'll do anything about it.

Anyway, here's the contents of my box!

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Will post more, but I suddenly got really busy and now it's telly time. :)

Argh, that is really annoying. What a man would do with a np box or why would he be interested in some np in the first place??? I think I would hate to consolidate, I don't want people to tamper my stuff.

Just dropping in to share this article which is good fun! http://www.byrdie.co.uk/nail-polish-horoscope-2016?ps=home
What's your polish of the month? Mine is ILNP Empire, which I like!

Mine is MJ Sally. I don't have any MJ np. The color is very me but for a month ?? :scared:

Okay, be prepared for an epic post!

First off my Stackry lot:

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These all have flakies in them. I'm crazy about flakies at the moment.

Holo Hookup January box:

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I also got 6 Lilypads from C4N. I think these are all exclusives, the two on the right are the C4N FB group exclusives.

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Multichrome stamping polishes from El Corazon, came this morning:

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Lakkomlakkom reviewed them, they're amazing!

Now onto manis. First one is Powder Perfect Vault of Heaven with decals I made with the Bundle Monster watermarble plate and OPI and Dance Legend tints, applied over Kiko 400 dark grey holo polish.

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Current mani is 2011 untrieds, Urban Decay Super Freak with UD Ziggy on top of the accents.

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Wow, that's a lot! Love the purple Cupcake, the blue Glam and the ones on the right. I finally received my EPs yesterday (now took way less than 4 weeks and no customs (yay, it works!)).

The decals looks great! How is it done?

Love the second mani, too.

Thank you! I got the stamping polish from RC, but Nailland Hungary carries them too and you can also order directly from Color Alike.

Yeah, that's LE25 that sold out really quickly on the US site esp as she did the launch at stupid o'clock.

Sorry to hear about the customs charge. :( DHL didn't realise that 30 polishes cost more than $20, so I was lucky.

I don't know why Tulle went so fast, I guess it's a very wearable shade?


Pretty. Mine is still en route, but hopefully it'll be here soon.

Lol, is this sponsored by Color Club? Mine is CC Cosmic Fate. So are we supposed to wear just one polish this month? :rofl:

Thanks, let's hope the DHL standard stays the same. My latest FFs are on route atm!

Lovely - you're the first here to wear it, and I think it's fantastic!

Thanks, PQ!
 
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MRV

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A couple more haul pictures and a new mani.

First is my Beauty So Fly order including Dust of Niburu, it's very pretty indeed!

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Also a small CbL order from RC.

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Finally, my mani, Darling Diva BEWBS!!! :D with Darling Diva Too Schmexxxy on top of the accents. I'd been wanting to try out this polish as it's such an amazing colour, but I'm quite disappointed with it. Firstly it was quite thick and hard to apply, secondly it started chipping really quickly (probably because of the thickness). Meh.

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Pretties! I see March Hare there, I like it! Sorry about the mani. It does look so juicy in pics.

Last week's mani was Takko Lacquer Xocomil:
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I think I've spoiled myself with so many complex polishes recently, I found this a bit boring. The shimmer is much more subtle in real life, it just comes out to play at an angle in direct light, the polish mostly reads like a cream - nice colour but I wanted to stamp on it or something!

It's a pretty colour though. I know what you mean, you mostly wear those blingy things!

Try again!!!
Current mani is Cadillacquer Tonight's The Night:
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Pretty! I did not have this after all, but it has been on my list.

Current mani is EP March 2013 with EP Mermaid on the accents. Didn't manage to catch any sunshine yesterday sadly.

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Pretty combo! I don't have the EP either.

Beautiful manis and fab hauls everyone!

I had a couple big event things, my Grandma's 90th birthday party and another party to swap clothes which of course had me tearing up my entire apartment for stuff to bring. Now I can get back to posting!

No nail hauls for me... I did get a couple Sugarpill shadows during the Feb 14th sale.

and now for the manis:

Picture Polish - Whimsy

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Cult Nails - Enticing

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CbL Moonwalker

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I'm going to try posting photos from my phone next time, maybe it will work because I updated to iOS9 ... or not, I just really wanted the taco emoji lol!

Congrats on your grandma's birthday! My next door neighbor is also going to turn 90 later this year.

So neat manis again! And nice to see Whimsy (I have not worn it yet).

Hi Fuzzy! Nice to see you again! Lovely manis!
Nice manis. The EP is my favourite and yes, the second one is properly fugly! :rofl:

My current one is Ethereal Lacquer Pixie Dust with Esmaltes da Kelly Storm on the accents.

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Thanks. Pretty mani!

Great manis! Love the first one and I like the stamping on the one with strange brown :hehe:

Thanks!

A very pretty purple mani!

Current mani:

CrowsToes - A Christmas Crow over CbL - Root Beer
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Wow somehow managed to get the photos! I had to try over and over but I got two to show *phew*

Thanks! The stamping is actually a decal. Hey, that not a strange brown :zombie: !

Lovely! That's a great dark combo.

So you remember me trying to make a dupe for Femme Fatale Ever Elusive? Turns out it actually looks nothing like the pictures I was going by. Just shows how bloggers' swatches can't always be trusted. I've just received one from the Australian FB lady who muled me some EdMs, turns out she had a spare. It's very pretty, but the swatches are totally inaccurate. It's a lot more pink than any other colour. I'm glad I have it, but it's possibly not as amazing as I had thought... (I also bought Essie Penny Talk from her for stamping.)

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Lucky you again, but sorry it did not live up to your expectations.

Thanks!
yes I much prefer it posting!

nice little haul, I googled the FF and yeah, not quite what those swatches look like!
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I went into Sally Beauty to get some hair dye and took a quick look at the polishes and they had a couple OPIs from the Hawaiian collection marked $4.69 for clearance.
I got totally lucky because two I wanted from that collection were there- My Gecko Does Tricks and Pineapples Have Peelings Too!
And then I was told they were buy one get one free(yes!) so I got two OPIs for $4.69 :D
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That's an awesome catch, Fuzzy! I have the yellow, too (now that's a strange np :p ).

Fuzzy, you're a genius! I couldn't figure out why I couldn't post pics - and then you mentioned the iOS update! Hah!

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Yay! So, that's the nailland cbl exclusive. Scattered sun-flare.

And hi from Shanghai, everybody!

Hey there Shanghai! Hope you are settling in smoothly! Your mani's looking great. Did you receive your Takkos yet?

Very nice indeed - I don't know that EdM, but I like it on you! And of course the EP is lovely!!!

Thanks, PQ! The EdM is an older one (used to hoard them a few years ago). The EP was lovely indeed, a very nice polish.
 
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MRV

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Last two manis:
Takko Lacquer Electric Flamingo:
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Girly Bits Crantini:
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The neon was well out of my comfort zone!

Love the electric Takko!

EdMs from RC:



My current mani, Zoya Gloria (2011 untried) with Orly It's a Meteor on the accents:



Oh, nearly forgot, if anyone bought Femme Fatale Snow Globe (Dope Nails exclusive), check it as it's another fader. I got an e-mail from FF because I bought it directly from them. It's gone from purple to pink (as usual).

Hypnotic Polish order

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My current mani is EP March 2015 with Glam Polish Are You Sea-rious?

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Pretty hauls! But you're right - I see no flakies.

Wow, so shiny!

Oh no, not again! But how come she did not inform me? I've also bought that from her directly. I got the refund from the previous one (but not from DDs inspite of several messages - does anyone know the sit?).

Love the mani (hoping I also have the Glam).
 

Anitacska

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Argh, that is really annoying. What a man would do with a np box or why would he be interested in some np in the first place??? I think I would hate to consolidate, I don't want people to tamper my stuff.

Weird thing is, this hasn't happened before, so not sure why this time. I'll be sure to check the keep original packaging box. However, consolidating is very much worth it, having to send each package alone would cost me a fortune. I think the minimum shipping with DHL is $27. Or I'd have to have everything sent directly to me and again that would cost a lot, plus Glam Polish for example doesn't ship to the UK.


Mine is MJ Sally. I don't have any MJ np. The color is very me but for a month ?? :scared:

I have one MJ polish (Oui) and it's very pretty, but not sure if it's worth the money.


Wow, that's a lot! Love the purple Cupcake, the blue Glam and the ones on the right. I finally received my EPs yesterday (now took way less than 4 weeks and no customs (yay, it works!)).

Yay to no customs!


The decals looks great! How is it done?

Thanks. I use the Uber Mat and put down some clear base coat, then stamp onto it, fill in the gaps with colourful polish and top it with another coat of clear polish. When dry, cut it down to fit my nails, put topcoat on my nails, stick the decal down, tidy up the edges, put anther coat of topcoat on it. Very fidgety, but looks good.


Love the second mani, too.

Thanks.

Thanks, let's hope the DHL standard stays the same. My latest FFs are on route atm!

Mine are coming tomorrow! :marchmellow:Hope I won't be charged any customs, it's only 11 bottles of FF.

Thanks, PQ!

Pretties! I see March Hare there, I like it! Sorry about the mani. It does look so juicy in pics.

Yes, I'd been thinking about getting MH for ages, didn't in the first round, but decided to get it before it's gone.

The DD was very pretty, but too thick. Some thinner would probably sort it out.



It's a pretty colour though. I know what you mean, you mostly wear those blingy things!



Pretty! I did not have this after all, but it has been on my list.



Pretty combo! I don't have the EP either.

Thank you!



Congrats on your grandma's birthday! My next door neighbor is also going to turn 90 later this year.

So neat manis again! And nice to see Whimsy (I have not worn it yet).



Thanks. Pretty mani!



Thanks! The stamping is actually a decal. Hey, that not a strange brown :zombie: !

Lovely! That's a great dark combo.



Lucky you again, but sorry it did not live up to your expectations.

I have to say that WAS very lucky. It is very pretty and I'd be forever lemming it if I didn't have it.

That's an awesome catch, Fuzzy! I have the yellow, too (now that's a strange np :p ).



Hey there Shanghai! Hope you are settling in smoothly! Your mani's looking great. Did you receive your Takkos yet?



Thanks, PQ! The EdM is an older one (used to hoard them a few years ago). The EP was lovely indeed, a very nice polish.

Love the electric Takko!



Pretty hauls! But you're right - I see no flakies.

It's also not as purple as the pictures show on the RC website.


Wow, so shiny!

Oh no, not again! But how come she did not inform me? I've also bought that from her directly. I got the refund from the previous one (but not from DDs inspite of several messages - does anyone know the sit?).

I don't know. If you can find your order number, e-mail her, I'm sure she'll refund you, I like Sophie, she's great. Not like the bloody DD woman.

Love the mani (hoping I also have the Glam).

Thank you! I bought that whole collection. :eek:


My Takkos came today, but I missed the postman. :( Hate it when that happens. Will pick them up tomorrow morning.
 

Anitacska

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My two recent manis, first is Darling Diva Temporary Insanity over black and the accents stamped with Kaleidoscope 54 Storm Cloud. The stamping polish is amazing, it's so opaque and so shifty! I took loads of pictures. :)

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My current mani is Jindie Nails Midnight Rainbow with Lilypad Lacquer Pure Indulgence on the accents stamped with various polishes. On that note, I need a good blue stamping polish. And a red one. Maybe I'll try out the EdM ones. Not too happy with the Hit The Bottle ones I have, they dry too quickly to transfer easily.

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PearlyQueen

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Hello right back at you! Atm it's just a lot of dealing with stuff, organizing stuff and being jet-lagged like hell lol!
Yesterday a friend asked me if I had seen some sights in the city, and I was like - no?! No time yet!



MeiMei told it it would take 10-14 days, boo. But I chose just two polishes in case something would go wrong! ;) Also, MeiMei hasn't a lot of good stuff in her store right now, right?



Yes, Anita, which ones did you get? And how much was shipping for you? I was totally beside myseld when I saw shipping for me was around 7S$!



Ooooh, but that is especially lovely! So spring-y!

So, anybody knows of other retailers or indie makers in Singapore? ;)

Hope you've seen some sights since you posted!
My Meimei Takkos arrived today - fast, no? But I agree, not much to tempt me in her store these days - and the prices seem high too, I'm sure they didn't used to be so expensive.
Thanks for that, it might have been out of my comfort zone but I agree it worked with the sunshine we had!
 

PearlyQueen

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Thank you.

It's so funny, these are the two OPIs I'd been uhming and aahing about for so long and still haven't bought. Will probably leave them now, I guess if I was never that sure, I probably don't really want them. But great deal!



Thank you. It's hard to say, I put 2 coats over the Ethereal Lacquer and I think some of that still showed through. Didn't want to add a third one as it would've been too much. I think it would probably need 3 or 4 coats for full coverage.



Thanks. I'm still happy about it, but the initial swatches I saw look nothing like it. Luckily I only paid $15 (Australian) for it, so that's fine.

On that note I've just received the new RC exclusive EdM (Dark Side of the Moon) and it doesn't look anything like the pictures on the website. Supposed to be purple with copper flakies, instead it's purple-y grey with barely any flakies. The light blue one (Still Waters) looks prettier irl than the pictures though. Weird.



Actually I've never had trouble buying Takkos. I don't really see the hype about them, even less so than EP. But I did get 5 (not 4 actually) and they are: Ocean Glitter, Pony, Daydreaming, Hug Life and Cream.



Both are very pretty!



List of Takkos above ^ Shipping was $16.85, not as bad as before.

Hope you get your Mei Mei order fine.

Beauty So Fly and Nail Whisperer are both in Singapore. ;)

Thanks for that, Storm sounds like too much faff for me!
Sorry the EdM didn't live up to the pics - I had half a mind to buy it, think I'll skip it though if it's disappointing. I'll put the other on the list instead!!!
I've managed to get most Takkos I've wanted in recent times, but I still get that "must buy now" feeling when I see a restock! Fortunately they don't put out too many polishes to keep up with, and a fair few are not my thing anyway!
I got two Takkos and a Cupcake from Meimei, shipping was around $10.50 Singapore, so not too bad - and much better than they used to be.
 

PearlyQueen

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EdMs from RC:

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My current mani, Zoya Gloria (2011 untried) with Orly It's a Meteor on the accents:

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Oh, nearly forgot, if anyone bought Femme Fatale Snow Globe (Dope Nails exclusive), check it as it's another fader. I got an e-mail from FF because I bought it directly from them. It's gone from purple to pink (as usual).

Actually, now that I see your pics, I don't think I need any of those EdMs, which is good for the cutting down thing! Sorry to hear about your FF, it's a bummer when these things happen, but more important is how the makers react I think.
Pretty mani, not sure if it would look so good on me but I like it on you.
 
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