Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[MRV]

From AE's FB page:

IMPORTANT NOTICE: WITH POSITIVE NEWS
UK CUSTOMERS: please note that we are waiting for labels from Royal Mail stating “dangerous goods” which will be delivered soon this week. Each envelope will come with no more than 4 bottles. For bigger orders we will deliver more envelopes.
DELIVERIES TO ALL OTHER COUNTRIES: kindly offered by Llarowe to USA (and many thanks to Ninja Polish for offering too).
We will ship probably next week via our forwarder (used for bulk quantities only) all your packets ready and she will forward them to you. It will take a while but they will be safe.
If you have doubts or issues about your orders or ask for a refund please email: [email protected].
I ask you kindly to be patient for the answer.
Check our web page or follow us on Facebook and/or Twitter for updates.

Thank you very much for the attention and all your support and love.
Adina & Team Doing our best to keep you happy!


I wonder how Illamasqua's going to handle things...

Good for AE!

Yeah, that's what I was thinking about. Seems that I have received a long 'personal' letter from Illamasqua's founder JK, but he does not mention the nail polish issue..

 

[Mac-Guy]

A forwarding service might be the solution.

 

[BuickMackane]

Good for AE!

Yeah, that's what I was thinking about. Seems that I have received a long 'personal' letter from Illamasqua's founder JK, but he does not mention the nail polish issue..

Oh yeah, I got that too. Charming

. They've made a complete pig's ear out of this situation.

Someone posted the following screenshot on Illamasqua's FB:

At least they have the decency to explain what happened. Jeeez.

 

[Mac-Guy]

Oh my...

 

[BuickMackane]

A forwarding service might be the solution.

Are they not subject to the same regulations? I never used one so I honestly don't know.

 

[BuickMackane]

From Illamasqua's FB, posted about 2 hours ago:

We're currently liaising with Royal Mail and will be releasing a statement as soon as we know more. Thank you

Never in a million years did I think I'd open a FB account

 

[MRV]

Wonder how we are going to come out of this situation. LOTS of unhappy customers and lost sales. Nail polish is one of their top items & they're just putting out their new collection!?

 

[Mac-Guy]

Are they not subject to the same regulations? I never used one so I honestly don't know.

If they ship in bulk, they will have a specific distribution license (in the same way as large companies ship their goodies). The problem is: It only gets the n/p from A to B (e.g. England to the US), but not to the individual customers. They probably will need to ship them via USPS upon arrival in the US. It's a logistic nightmare, but probably the best solution at this time.

 

[MRV]

Quote: Originally Posted by BuickMackane

Never in a million years did I think I'd open a FB account

Unfortunately it seems to be rather useful!

 

[BuickMackane]

If they ship in bulk, they will have a specific distribution license (in the same way as large companies ship their goodies). The problem is: It only gets the n/p from A to B (e.g. England to the US), but not to the individual customers. They probably will need to ship them via USPS upon arrival in the US. It's a logistic nightmare, but probably the best solution at this time.

Oh yeah, Adina mentioned a special arrangement when she wrote about US orders being sent out by LLarowe. Perhaps she was talking about something similar. The US is a huge market so it would make sense to use forwarding companies but it's not practical for smaller markets (individual European countries for instance). Logistic nightmare indeed. Not shipping to those countries would probably make the greatest economic sense.

Good thing I have enough NP to last me a lifetime (and more). Not that it makes me feel any better about this whole shebang.

 

[CartoonChic]

From AE's FB page:

IMPORTANT NOTICE: WITH POSITIVE NEWS
UK CUSTOMERS: please note that we are waiting for labels from Royal Mail stating “dangerous goods” which will be delivered soon this week. Each envelope will come with no more than 4 bottles. For bigger orders we will deliver more envelopes.
DELIVERIES TO ALL OTHER COUNTRIES: kindly offered by Llarowe to USA (and many thanks to Ninja Polish for offering too).
We will ship probably next week via our forwarder (used for bulk quantities only) all your packets ready and she will forward them to you. It will take a while but they will be safe.
If you have doubts or issues about your orders or ask for a refund please email: [email protected].
I ask you kindly to be patient for the answer.
Check our web page or follow us on Facebook and/or Twitter for updates.

Thank you very much for the attention and all your support and love.
Adina & Team Doing our best to keep you happy!


I wonder how Illamasqua's going to handle things...

This is fantastic news. Adina keeps giving me plenty of reasons to keep supporting A-England.

On top of that, I LOVE the polish. Saint George is just gorgeous! Dragon is stunning too, and She Walks in Beauty. I know I was supposed to do Sweet Dreams as my next mani, but it's getting bumped for Saint George.

 

[Corally]

From AE's FB page: IMPORTANT NOTICE: WITH POSITIVE NEWS
UK CUSTOMERS: please note that we are waiting for labels from Royal Mail stating “dangerous goods” which will be delivered soon this week. Each envelope will come with no more than 4 bottles. For bigger orders we will deliver more envelopes.
DELIVERIES TO ALL OTHER COUNTRIES: kindly offered by Llarowe to USA (and many thanks to Ninja Polish for offering too).
We will ship probably next week via our forwarder (used for bulk quantities only) all your packets ready and she will forward them to you. It will take a while but they will be safe. 
If you have doubts or issues about your orders or ask for a refund please email: [email protected]. 
I ask you kindly to be patient for the answer. 
Check our web page or follow us on Facebook and/or Twitter for updates.

Thank you very much for the attention and all your support and love.
Adina

Good for AE! Yeah, that's what I was thinking about. Seems that I have received a long 'personal' letter from Illamasqua's founder JK, but he does not mention the nail polish issue..

I also got that mail. I haven't really read it, I was only looking for the mailing NP problem. :lol:

 

[honey on boost]

From AE's FB page:

IMPORTANT NOTICE: WITH POSITIVE NEWS
UK CUSTOMERS: please note that we are waiting for labels from Royal Mail stating “dangerous goods” which will be delivered soon this week. Each envelope will come with no more than 4 bottles. For bigger orders we will deliver more envelopes.
DELIVERIES TO ALL OTHER COUNTRIES: kindly offered by Llarowe to USA (and many thanks to Ninja Polish for offering too).
We will ship probably next week via our forwarder (used for bulk quantities only) all your packets ready and she will forward them to you. It will take a while but they will be safe.
If you have doubts or issues about your orders or ask for a refund please email: [email protected].
I ask you kindly to be patient for the answer.
Check our web page or follow us on Facebook and/or Twitter for updates.

Thank you very much for the attention and all your support and love.
Adina & Team Doing our best to keep you happy!


I wonder how Illamasqua's going to handle things...

YAY! This is awesome news. I love AE and I was worried I wouldn't be able to get them anymore. So glad Llarowe is stepping up and helping Adina.. they make a great team.

 

[MACina]

I just checked the brands I have in my stash and I am hopefully "safe".


Found this very helpful list:
http://www.alllacqueredup.com/2009/04/celebrate-earth-day-check-your.html

There are also more water-based n/p brands listed.


I am only not sure about Essence and Catrice.Can anyone tell me if these n/ps are "Big 3 free" too?

TIA!

It says: "Cosmetics".


Most polishes don't have F & Co. any more. You actually have to put a "non-water" coat over the water-based polishes. At least it says like this on some Orly's water-based nail art polishes. Otherwise, it washes off!

 

[CartoonChic]

honey on boost, are you kidding? I love that you told us about the sale. That was my motivation to try the brand and I'm so glad I did. No one could predict the shipping issues. Where can I still find Saint Tropez or am I out of luck? I need to add it to my Dior list.

Good luck on your exam, Naughty!

 

[Anneri]

Kudos to Adina for handling the situation so well!

Less kudos to her regarding Iseult. Can you imagine that I tried to open an e/s palette around midday today (around 20 hours after applying the np) and it shows on my thomb nails?! It's not shipped, you just see the depression the e/s palette made in the polish.

I didn't want to remove it after one day so I just put some glittery top coat over it. I hope I got the equivalent of a Maandag exemplar - a lemon in English? Help me out there, please!

I never had that problem with A-England's polishes. I have Princess Tears and Princess Sabra and have worn them quite often during the last year, and their staying power and general performance is the bomb.

 

[CartoonChic]

Kudos to Adina for handling the situation so well!

Less kudos to her regarding Iseult. Can you imagine that I tried to open an e/s palette around midday today (around 20 hours after applying the np) and it shows on my thomb nails?! It's not shipped, you just see the depression the e/s palette made in the polish.

I didn't want to remove it after one day so I just put some glittery top coat over it. I hope I got the equivalent of a Maandag exemplar - a lemon in English? Help me out there, please!

I never had that problem with A-England's polishes. I have Princess Tears and Princess Sabra and have worn them quite often during the last year, and their staying power and general performance is the bomb.

Maybe it has something to do with color like Buick said? I really don't know. I'm applying Saint George now. It applies a bit thicker than I would like, but it's definitely a one coater. I'm going to apply a second coat anyway out of habit. I can't get over the color. It's so glossy and kind of looks like it's lit from within when the sun hits it. It's finally sunny today so I hope can take a picture when I'm done.

 

[MRV]

honey on boost, are you kidding? I love that you told us about the sale. That was my motivation to try the brand and I'm so glad I did. No one could predict the shipping issues. Where can I still find Saint Tropez or am I out of luck? I need to add it to my Dior list.

Good luck on your exam, Naughty!

 

[Anneri]

Macina, have a look here for Essence: http://www.essence.eu/fileadmin/fil...2012/I10749-Incibooklet_08-12_Deutschland.pdf and here for Catrice: http://www.catrice.eu/fileadmin/anwenderdaten/Images/Content/Catrice/INCI/INCI_01-13.pdf

Btw, I really like that you can look up all the incis for all products on their hp!
Both are looking good, I think.

 

[BuickMackane]

I just checked the brands I have in my stash and I am hopefully "safe".


Found this very helpful list:
http://www.alllacqueredup.com/2009/04/celebrate-earth-day-check-your.html

There are also more water-based n/p brands listed.


I am only not sure about Essence and Catrice.Can anyone tell me if these n/ps are "Big 3 free" too?

TIA!

I really wouldn't worry too much about the whole Big 3 thing. Most brands are now Big 3 (4, 5 even) Free anyway. Even with toluene&co NP probably is peanuts compared to the nasty stuff we are exposed to on a daily basis. Quite frankly I couldn't give a tinker's cuss about what's in my NP as long as it looks nice, applies well, dries quickly and doesn't chip the next day. It's health and safety gone mad, I tells ya!

I came across this, perhaps it will help you decide what brands to shop from: http://www.inspirationail.com/5-free-varnish/. No idea if its reliable, but here it is anyway. According to this website Essence and Catrice are B5F