Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[Anitacska]

OMG, I didn't even realize that it's a one-time thingie.

Does it make sense at all to try for half an hour at all? Usually I just stop trying after it's sold out after a few minutes and give up, but is there any chance at all to get something afterwards?

I don't know if I even want to try, it's 1am over here and I've got class next morning.

It's worth trying until it says sold out, because you can get lucky with cartdrops. Last time I scored Pegacorn 11 minutes after the launch. But 1 am is a killer. For me it'll be dinner time, so I can't sit by the computer for half an hour. Oh well, I guess it's only nail polish...

 

[PearlyQueen]

Thank you.

Unfortunately things didn't go to plan on Saturday, my battery was completely flat, so couldn't go to Legoland. On top of it, I learnt from my ex that I was no longer on the joint roadside assistant policy (thanks!), so had to fork out for the AA guy as well as join the AA. It turned out that there was some electrical issue with my air con that was constantly draining the battery, the AA guy disconnected it, so I could use the car, but now I need to get the air con fixed too. So I'm already £229 out of pocket and it's not even fixed yet. Not happy. We did make it to Legoland on Sunday which was really nice and it was lovely to spend time with just my son.



This is a great summer colour. I have it, but haven't used it yet.

My current mani is Glam Polish Despair with GP Comet Storm on the accents. Unfortunately we haven't seen the sun for 2 days (it's been raining all day today), but it's really pretty anyway.

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As you can see, so far I've not had any time for nail art, what was I thinking, it's half term with 3 children aged 9, 11 and 14, I'll never have the time, hahaha!

What a shame about your trip.
However, I love your manicure - Despair is gorgeous!
Lol, maybe nail art soon!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Trust you've all had the e-mail:

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I'm so mad at her now, not only this isn't a pre-order again, but it's a limited one-time only release. Will probably be gone in a second, and once again due to the time, I won't be able to keep trying for half an hour. And of course people will be reselling it at stupid prices. Ugh.

Yup, she's infuriating. Of course I'll try but I don't hold out much hope. Nothing else I want from the restock either - I hoped this would be part of a new collection, I hate to Stackry with a single polish. So it's now, never or pay the scalpers (won't be doing that, it was for the olden days pre-redundancy!).

 

[PearlyQueen]

OMG, I didn't even realize that it's a one-time thingie.

Does it make sense at all to try for half an hour at all? Usually I just stop trying after it's sold out after a few minutes and give up, but is there any chance at all to get something afterwards?

I don't know if I even want to try, it's 1am over here and I've got class next morning.

I've had success with cart drops, but only once or twice - and never with a new release
Fortunately, the time is OK for me to keep trying, though staring at an annoying sold out screen for half an hour is never much fun, unless you get what you want in the end! I suspect I wouldn't be staying up beyond 1am on the off-chance, but you never know...

 

[PearlyQueen]

My new mani is Pahlish Maybe Black Mesa:


Quite tricky to work with, and a bit blacker than my usual, but I like it, and the second coat sorted out all the issues.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Yay, got my EP!!!

 

[Anitacska]

Yay, got my EP!!!

I got mine straight away too. Phew!

 

[Anitacska]

What a shame about your trip.
However, I love your manicure - Despair is gorgeous!
Lol, maybe nail art soon!

Yeah, it was a shame, but we did have a nice time the following day.
Thank you. I did manage some nail art after all, pictures coming up!

Yup, she's infuriating. Of course I'll try but I don't hold out much hope. Nothing else I want from the restock either - I hoped this would be part of a new collection, I hate to Stackry with a single polish. So it's now, never or pay the scalpers (won't be doing that, it was for the olden days pre-redundancy!).

Well, it wasn't too bad after all. I was already on the product page when it went live, so managed to add it to my cart straight away. I have all the others, except for Rainbow Dust which I once again didn't bother with.

As for Stackry, I'm actually trying out a different mail forwarder, it's called MyMallBox and they have the same shipping rates (paid $49 for a package of 38 polishes with DHL), but no consolidation fee or hazmat fee. I'm shipping a package at the moment, should have it by Friday, so will let you know if it goes well, if you're interested to switch, there's a $5 referral scheme. It's free to use, in fact they have a 90-day free storage, not 45 like Stackry. Lots of other people I know from Facebook use it, so fingers crossed it goes well for me.

I've had success with cart drops, but only once or twice - and never with a new release
Fortunately, the time is OK for me to keep trying, though staring at an annoying sold out screen for half an hour is never much fun, unless you get what you want in the end! I suspect I wouldn't be staying up beyond 1am on the off-chance, but you never know...

My children got home from the weekend away with my ex at 5.58 last night, so let them in and told them to wait 2 minutes, hahaha.

Did you stay up Anneri?

My new mani is Pahlish Maybe Black Mesa:
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Quite tricky to work with, and a bit blacker than my usual, but I like it, and the second coat sorted out all the issues.

Nice mani.

Oh, big news, as of 31st May I am DIVORCED!

 

[Anitacska]

Since I still don't know how much my car is going to cost and with 3 birthdays coming up in the next 3 months, I've been very good about not buying much polish lately. I only bought the EP (by the way $18???) and 3 other polishes last week. This was one of them, Illyrian Polish Unicorn Spell, one of the box exclusives. This one is so gorgeous!



I also received the My Favourite Things box. Not very keen on the Celestial, it's a bit boring, but love the rest, especially the EdM and Frenzy.



I did manage to do a few manis last week, especially the weekend when my children and the dog were away at my in-laws (ex-in-laws, out-laws? ) with my ex. First one is Femme Fatale Love Potion with some stamping. The thermal worked really well especially as it was so cold here the beginning of last week.



I also managed to make some decals, these ones were made with EP Reign Beau, Disco H2O, Monsters Ink and Dime Piece. On my other nails is Reign Beau.



I couldn't take the decals off, but I really wanted to try watermarbling as well, so came up with this. I think we can agree that I will never be a watermarbling pro. Took me 90 minutes to do 6 nails. My right hand looks even worse. Same polishes as above, watermarble was done over Dime Piece.



Think that's enough nail art for me for a while, lol.

 

[Anneri]

Hey, congrats you two! I didn't stay up. I've language lessons every morning at school, and have to get up on 6.30am and because the class is very small (6 people!) you really can't hide behind somebody and fall asleep lol!

After all, it's only one nailpolish and I guess Sophie or somebody else will come up with something as beautiful.

@Anitacska, totally love the FF mani. Soooooooooo beautiful! Watermarbling - I share your pain. Had a similar experience last week and will just blame the Chinese water for now! Today I didn't manage to stamp and just let it be in the end. Funny how things sometimes work and then not at all.

Really looking forward to going home in two weeks - I've used my mom as a post box and had a lot of things shipped to her, so it'll be like Christmas! She also still has Tulle, Time Traveller etc. and a few FFs.

 

[Anitacska]

Hey, congrats you two! I didn't stay up. I've language lessons every morning at school, and have to get up on 6.30am and because the class is very small (6 people!) you really can't hide behind somebody and fall asleep lol!

After all, it's only one nailpolish and I guess Sophie or somebody else will come up with something as beautiful.

@Anitacska, totally love the FF mani. Soooooooooo beautiful! Watermarbling - I share your pain. Had a similar experience last week and will just blame the Chinese water for now! Today I didn't manage to stamp and just let it be in the end. Funny how things sometimes work and then not at all.

Really looking forward to going home in two weeks - I've used my mom as a post box and had a lot of things shipped to her, so it'll be like Christmas! She also still has Tulle, Time Traveller etc. and a few FFs.

Thanks Anneri. Yeah, I wouldn't stay up until 1 am on a Sunday night / school night. Oh well, like you said, it's only a polish and someone will probably come out with something similar soon. Every maker is doing flakies at the moment, someone posted a Frenzy polish on the FB group that looks similar (although that was a FB group custom).

Thank you. The water here is very hard and I did boil it, also maybe it was down to the polishes too, but most likely my skills, hahaha.

How exciting! How long are you going for? I have 38 polishes coming from the US, it'll be like Christmas for me when they arrive. I've been sending pretty much everything there.

 

[MRV]

Hey, girls! Looong time no see!

I've been very busy with work, it starts to slow down a bit, but I'm in charge of - surprise, surprise - a major renovation project! So I have lot of things to do before July and the holidays.

Need to catch up! Hope you're all doing fine.

Plus, I don't know what's with my Insta. When I try to post, it kicks me out!?

Anyways, I also managed to grab that LE EP - it must have lasted seconds! I also got Fairy that I missed out on earlier, and the TC in my cart but I did not bother with that one.

 

[Anitacska]

Hey, girls! Looong time no see!

I've been very busy with work, it starts to slow down a bit, but I'm in charge of - surprise, surprise - a major renovation project! So I have lot of things to do before July and the holidays.

Need to catch up! Hope you're all doing fine.

Plus, I don't know what's with my Insta. When I try to post, it kicks me out!?

Anyways, I also managed to grab that LE EP - it must have lasted seconds! I also got Fairy that I missed out on earlier, and the TC in my cart but I did not bother with that one.

Yay! Great to see you! I was wondering about you not posting on IG. Try updating the app perhaps?

Glad to hear you managed to grab the EP! I thought you'd had Fairy. I think I picked mine up from Pshiiit having missed out on it from EP directly back then.

OMG, just seen Spring Fling (the pink Live Love Polish exclusive) on eBay for $150!

 

[MRV]

Tried to post the other night, wrote a longer post and - puff - all disappeared! Argh! A brand new iPad and a connection and it says no connection, bye bye post.

Anyways, you have achieved a lot in my absense. So many pretty manis! And hauls - Anitatacska 4000?!

Glad to hear you got your stuff safely to China, Anneri!

Yay! Great to see you! I was wondering about you not posting on IG. Try updating the app perhaps?

Glad to hear you managed to grab the EP! I thought you'd had Fairy. I think I picked mine up from Pshiiit having missed out on it from EP directly back then.

OMG, just seen Spring Fling (the pink Live Love Polish exclusive) on eBay for $150!

Thanks! I have to look into that.

No, Fairy was the (only) one I did not have. Earlier I also managed to get Alicorn and Pegacorn. However, I have no idea what I was doing in the beginning of May. I do not have the FF May COTM and no idea if there was a realese or not. Ordered the latest collection though with two EdMs (have been neglecting those).

I've been mostly getting other stuff than np but I'm almost 'up to date' with P&J (mu included) and Elevation.

 

[Anitacska]

Tried to post the other night, wrote a longer post and - puff - all disappeared! Argh! A brand new iPad and a connection and it says no connection, bye bye post.

Anyways, you have achieved a lot in my absense. So many pretty manis! And hauls - Anitatacska 4000?!

Glad to hear you got your stuff safely to China, Anneri!



Thanks! I have to look into that.

No, Fairy was the (only) one I did not have. Earlier I also managed to get Alicorn and Pegacorn. However, I have no idea what I was doing in the beginning of May. I do not have the FF May COTM and no idea if there was a realese or not. Ordered the latest collection though with two EdMs (have been neglecting those).

I've been mostly getting other stuff than np but I'm almost 'up to date' with P&J (mu included) and Elevation.

Will write more later, but this is the May COTM: http://www.hypnoticpolish.com/colle...le-cosmetics-violet-starling-cotm-may-2016-le There was also an oops one, RC has it: http://rainbow-connection.co.uk/col...-minds-think-alike-may16-oops-limited-edition.

Sophie did a middle of the night oops sale, it was on Facebook like the sample sale a while ago. I got them all luckily, I'm sure I posted a picture, will see if I can find it later.

Also, have you seen the Hypnotic Polish exclusives? Both are very pretty. And Color4Nails have 2 as well.

 

[Anitacska]

MRV, these were the May Oops colours, the COTM and the two group exclusives (that I'd forgotten about):

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I haven't bought this month's releases yet as I only liked 6 and the COTM and I didn't want to buy 3 more polishes just for the sake of shipping. I did order the eyeshadow sampler though, but it hasn't even shipped yet.

I have been pretty good about not buying too many polishes lately, but I had some money in my Paypal account and my car didn't cost much to fix in the end, so I ordered 10 of the newest Glams. 2 from Cry Baby and 8 from Alice.

I did also receive my US package with 38 polishes.



The EPs look quite washed out, but they're not irl. I like Pegacorn, still not sold on Alicorn, I guess I'll need to see it on. I'm surprised to say I actually really like Nude Mood, it's quite grey, so suits my skintone well and I have nothing like it.

By the way PearlyQueen, MyMallBox worked really well, same as Stackry really without all the extra fees (saved $30!). If you're interested, let me know, we can both get $5 for a referral.

I'll post some manis later.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Yeah, it was a shame, but we did have a nice time the following day.
Thank you. I did manage some nail art after all, pictures coming up!



Well, it wasn't too bad after all. I was already on the product page when it went live, so managed to add it to my cart straight away. I have all the others, except for Rainbow Dust which I once again didn't bother with.

As for Stackry, I'm actually trying out a different mail forwarder, it's called MyMallBox and they have the same shipping rates (paid $49 for a package of 38 polishes with DHL), but no consolidation fee or hazmat fee. I'm shipping a package at the moment, should have it by Friday, so will let you know if it goes well, if you're interested to switch, there's a $5 referral scheme. It's free to use, in fact they have a 90-day free storage, not 45 like Stackry. Lots of other people I know from Facebook use it, so fingers crossed it goes well for me.



My children got home from the weekend away with my ex at 5.58 last night, so let them in and told them to wait 2 minutes, hahaha.

Did you stay up Anneri?



Nice mani.

Oh, big news, as of 31st May I am DIVORCED!

Congrats on the divorce!
I'll be interested in how your new forwarding service goes, let us know! - lol, just saw you've posted about it, I may be interested soon, but I have preorders going to Stackry for now, so maybe next time! I'll contact you when I want to use it. Glad it worked out though!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Since I still don't know how much my car is going to cost and with 3 birthdays coming up in the next 3 months, I've been very good about not buying much polish lately. I only bought the EP (by the way $18???) and 3 other polishes last week. This was one of them, Illyrian Polish Unicorn Spell, one of the box exclusives. This one is so gorgeous!

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I also received the My Favourite Things box. Not very keen on the Celestial, it's a bit boring, but love the rest, especially the EdM and Frenzy.

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I did manage to do a few manis last week, especially the weekend when my children and the dog were away at my in-laws (ex-in-laws, out-laws? ) with my ex. First one is Femme Fatale Love Potion with some stamping. The thermal worked really well especially as it was so cold here the beginning of last week.

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I also managed to make some decals, these ones were made with EP Reign Beau, Disco H2O, Monsters Ink and Dime Piece. On my other nails is Reign Beau.

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I couldn't take the decals off, but I really wanted to try watermarbling as well, so came up with this. I think we can agree that I will never be a watermarbling pro. Took me 90 minutes to do 6 nails. My right hand looks even worse. Same polishes as above, watermarble was done over Dime Piece.

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Think that's enough nail art for me for a while, lol.

Gorgeous haul, lovely manis!
Your watermarbling isn't that bad!

 

[PearlyQueen]

MRV, these were the May Oops colours, the COTM and the two group exclusives (that I'd forgotten about):

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I haven't bought this month's releases yet as I only liked 6 and the COTM and I didn't want to buy 3 more polishes just for the sake of shipping. I did order the eyeshadow sampler though, but it hasn't even shipped yet.

I have been pretty good about not buying too many polishes lately, but I had some money in my Paypal account and my car didn't cost much to fix in the end, so I ordered 10 of the newest Glams. 2 from Cry Baby and 8 from Alice.

I did also receive my US package with 38 polishes.

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The EPs look quite washed out, but they're not irl. I like Pegacorn, still not sold on Alicorn, I guess I'll need to see it on. I'm surprised to say I actually really like Nude Mood, it's quite grey, so suits my skintone well and I have nothing like it.

By the way PearlyQueen, MyMallBox worked really well, same as Stackry really without all the extra fees (saved $30!). If you're interested, let me know, we can both get $5 for a referral.

I'll post some manis later.

Cute haul, I specially like the look of your Bears! What's the Dreamland one?

 

[PearlyQueen]

Oops no pics, try again!