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Originally Posted by CartoonChic 

My 1st a-england order shipped Tuesday. Adina also did the Saint George swap so I'm getting Galahad.

Awesome.   I have not yet gotten my shipping notice.  I had swapped out one of the trios--Adina was very responsive.  I'm dying to get my NPs

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Originally Posted by Medgal07 

Awesome.   I have not yet gotten my shipping notice.  I had swapped out one of the trios--Adina was very responsive.  I'm dying to get my NPs

What did you swap? I asked in my email to her if my orders shipped and she told me then. She says they're behind with sending out shipping notices. I'm sure they've been swamped because of the sale. I bet a lot of us on this thread are probably responsible.

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Originally Posted by kimibos 

i got 3 of my zoyas today. Pippa Wednesday and Jo!! i luv the bottles and cant wait to get the rest. im going to be doing my mani tomorrow. im wearing CG Elephant Walk right now.

Which color are you going to choose?

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Originally Posted by CartoonChic 

 

I still used the OPI drops on my new mani without a top coat. Everything seems fine. What happens when you don't use a top coat with the drops? Will it damage my nails?

 

That could be the problem. I used the drops with Seche and it works great. The drops didn't work with the Beauty Secrets top coat, which I think isn't fast drying.

 

Ugh, really? I think you just saved me an experiment. I'll probably just get the Posche and Lippmann top coats then.

I always thought the drops to be an alternative to a fast drying TC as opposed to a complement. As far as I know most people use them directly on the polish so doubt they would damage your nails. Not that I'm a nail expert, mind. To me it seems a bit of an overkill to use a fast drying TC and drying drops though. Take Seche, for instance. That thing dries to touch in what? A minute? By the time you apply the drops it will have dried already.

re: Never used Lippmann but Poshe also gets gloopy in time. As do all fast drying TCs I tried. From what I understand Seche is the gloop king though . I used Seche Restore to thin my semi-solidified Poshes and it worked pretty well. The tip MRV posted yesterday really helps get more mileage out of gloopy TCs too.

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Originally Posted by CartoonChic 

My 1st a-england order shipped Tuesday. Adina also did the Saint George swap so I'm getting Galahad.

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Originally Posted by Medgal07 

Awesome.   I have not yet gotten my shipping notice.  I had swapped out one of the trios--Adina was very responsive.  I'm dying to get my NPs

Yay! It's great to see such great CS from a small company that probably doesn't even have dedicated CS staff. Chances are Adina is doing it all herself. I had a similar experience with CultNails recently. I tried to order 3 bottles when they did their flash sale on Dec 31 but stupid Paypal didn't let me place the order. I dropped them an e-mail and they sent me an invoice where they charged me the sale prices for the NPs even though the sale was over. Love them! 

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Originally Posted by kimibos 

i got 3 of my zoyas today. Pippa Wednesday and Jo!! i luv the bottles and cant wait to get the rest. im going to be doing my mani tomorrow. im wearing CG Elephant Walk right now.

Elephant Walk! 

Gawd I hate my new mani!

I figured I should do something sophisticated and feminine for a change so I put on Bourjois Rouge Diva. Didn't like it. Couldn't be arsed to remove it so I thought I should jazz it up instead. Enter OPI Golden Rainbow.

Result?

That's cool about CultNails, Buick. And a nice way to slip another polish brand onto my radar.

You and kimibos are making me want to check out Elephant Walk.

I also need to figure out a solution to my top coat problem. Seche takes longer than a minute to dry on me. I've still gotten sheet marks a few times, even after 30 minutes. I like the dry drops because I have no worries of mess ups after using it. I normally get Seche free from Sally's, too. But I just don't like having to buy another bottle to dump into it or another product to thin it out. But it seems like it's the nature of the beast to become gloopy, so I guess I have to learn to live with it no matter what fast drying top coat I get.

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Originally Posted by kimibos 

        i honestly dont know what to tell you, seche works ok for me. i always do my nails before bed or taking a shower , and it dries completely, i dont think you are doing something wrong. i mean whats there to do wrong?  im going to get the big bottle soon.

Oh no, I mean Seche does work for me. I just can't stand how gloopy it got. My last comment was in response to Buick where we were talking about using drying drops with fast drying top coats. I was saying Seche doesn't dry in about a minute on me, so the dry drops are still very useful.

Have you all seen the Chanel summer polishes?? I'm not sure how I feel about Belargus yet but the other two are a definite yes.

Source: http://rijah.dk/2013/01/chanel-neglelak-summer-2013

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Originally Posted by honey on boost 

Have you all seen the Chanel summer polishes?? I'm not sure how I feel about Belargus yet but the other two are a definite yes.

 

Source: http://rijah.dk/2013/01/chanel-neglelak-summer-2013

  This is my first time seeing this. I was planning to get all three colors already, but now I really want all of them.

kimibos, I know your favorite nail color is mint, but the Chanel mint colors I know are all LE and hard to find. They're all on eBay for $$$. I'd say Azure is probably going to be special. I don't think Chanel does a lot of greens.

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Originally Posted by kimibos 

i was going to do my nails tomorrow but ahh i just did them now. i was going to try the zoyas but remembered that i had BL Lillibeths Jubilee waiting to be tried. ITS AMAZING!! and i just did one coat!!! THANKS CARTOONCHIC for not letting me pass on this polish!! 

Isn't it gorgeous?! I wanna see pics!

....I love both manis!

Stunning, kimibos
 

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Originally Posted by kimibos 

 old mani- DL naked with CG prism

  and BL Lillibet's Jubilee  and thats just one coat!!!!!!!

.....I am definitely sold on Belargus and Azure

Thank you for sharing, honey on boost!

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Originally Posted by honey on boost 

Have you all seen the Chanel summer polishes?? I'm not sure how I feel about Belargus yet but the other two are a definite yes.

 

Source: http://rijah.dk/2013/01/chanel-neglelak-summer-2013