Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

jennyap · Jan 21, 2013

BuickMackane said:
No NPs in the post for me. Jeez. I'm getting super worried about my BB Couture haul now. And my NARS Pokerface which was shipped on December effin 26th!

Anyways, today's mani was 2 coats of OPI What's With the Cattitude topped with Sephora Chaotic, which a dear friend and colleague brought back for me from her short stay in NY (yay for conferences!). It's almost a dead on dupe for Lynderella Join the Dots. There was a bit of a glass file massacre shortly before this mani came to life, so my nails look like those of a 10-year old. Which is pretty much business at usual as far as I'm concerned.

What was I saying? Yes, mani: With flash:

Ugh, I'd be getting worried too

Hope they turn up soon!

Love the mani. I'm in a nude polish (for court...) and it is just so boring to me, especially when I have those amazing A Englands waiting to be tried. Speaking of which (don't hate me) I got my shipping notice for my second order today, woohoo.

jennyap · Jan 21, 2013

MRV said:
Today I'm wearing Heroine on lips and Nubar Pasadena Purple on nails. It's the bomb! My favourite purple shade. I can't believe I kept this one in the bottle for years. Mac cannot top this!

(Sorry, the top coat messed up the edges.)

And yes, if you don't have Reclaim yet, you need it!!! CC, look at this!

Woah, those are both AMAZING.

Corally · Jan 21, 2013

Did my nails again today.. not so sure if I like it or hate it. :lol:

Medgal07 · Jan 21, 2013

Naughtyp said:
Awesome! im going to the event on the 5th too! =D my bf is out of work =( so i will be buying Archies for myself lol.
Speaking od Archies, no one really seems to care about the np over in that thread. So i will ask if any of my fellow np addicts are planning to get any from the archies set?
I want the coral betty one ( not like i need another coral but hey!) and the berry Veronica one. More for collectors sake than the colors.
Is that silly?
I want the 3 np in Baking Beauties too I think. The mint one for sure, maybe the pink and periwinkle. But i have a lot of pastely cream polishes i just bought...........and a lot of blue pinks and periwinkles. We will see!

I'll definitely be checking them out, hopefully via swatches before the event and then at the event so I can target anything that I might like. I have a real soft spot for pastels.

kimibos · Jan 21, 2013

Corally said:

i love it!! and whoahhhh your nails are long girl, not long ago you posted a pic with short ones right? i love long nails badly. i also like how yours grow in kind of oval/circle shape, mine are square and i afraid for shaping them circle cause , i dont want the nail file to weaken them and then have broken ones.

Medgal07 · Jan 21, 2013

NP Contagion...by golly your polka dots are WAY LOVELY!!!!

Corally said:

Medgal07 · Jan 21, 2013

They are sooooooooo pretty. What a nice way of keeping track of your NPs and using them as a selection tool. Great idea & nice presentation!!!!

jennyap said:
Time for some more picture spam - photographed my entire collection

Aren't they pretty?!

Medgal07 · Jan 21, 2013

Oh they are so pretty! I love the bottles too!! Which A Englands are they? I long for mine too. I got one little NP in the mail today...the box was enormous and contained Butter London's JASPER. I love it!

Anneri said:
Look what the postie just brought:

Finally!

Still waiting for the OPIs, though - they come from a seller in GB too and where shipped before the a-englands. Strange.

Medgal07 · Jan 21, 2013

Oh I LOVE the mani. Not only does this thread enable one in the purchase of massive amounts of NP, it also inspires one to actually use it! That's a good thing--a really good thing!

BuickMackane said:
No NPs in the post for me. Jeez. I'm getting super worried about my BB Couture haul now. And my NARS Pokerface which was shipped on December effin 26th!

Anyways, today's mani was 2 coats of OPI What's With the Cattitude topped with Sephora Chaotic, which a dear friend and colleague brought back for me from her short stay in NY (yay for conferences!). It's almost a dead on dupe for Lynderella Join the Dots. There was a bit of a glass file massacre shortly before this mani came to life, so my nails look like those of a 10-year old. Which is pretty much business at usual as far as I'm concerned.

What was I saying? Yes, mani: With flash:

And another pic, blurry but a lot more colour accurate:

MRV · Jan 21, 2013

Corally said:

I love this combo. Green & teal

, plus the differences in texture make it special.

BuickMackane · Jan 22, 2013

MRV said:
Yes it is! Coconut Kiss seems to be less red. I love intense purples like PP, but I don't actually have many purple polishes because they usually are rather blue (with no red). But lavenders are another story.

Oh, nice. Were you for businees or pleasure?

This is a nice mani. I'm planning to do something similar with the CG Cirque polishes, but the glitter one from that collection has bigger particles. If What's With the Cattitude came out now, I would def get it, but a few years ago I was not interested in light blues. I have only Who the Shrek are You - the weirdo green - from Shrek.

I hope you will get your polishes soon. Four weeks is a long time indeed. I received yesterday the DL Sweet Dreams I ordered last week. It is so cutesy pink on fire! I think I'm going to put that on for Valentine's.

I used to buy purple shimmers like crazy but I'm over them now. Of the warmer shades I have ChG Stella is probably my favourite. Zoya Yasmeen is nice too. I hope I fall back in love with those shades at some point because I feel guilty for not using them very often.

I went to Helsinki to see a gig at the Tavastia. Until about 1-1.5 years ago my makeup addiction was lying more or less dormant so all my spare cash went to nail polish and gigs/festivals. Now that makeup (and watches!) are back on the gigs got a bit sidelined. I'm normally a lazy bastard but I got to do a lot of travelling during my gig going years. Plus a lot of waiting outside the venue with the rain pishing down and quite a bit of sleeping at the train station waiting for the first train back home because I missed the last one and I didn't have cash for the hotel, having spent the lot on gig paraphernalia I'd never ever use

DL Sweet Dreams is gorgeous! I found it on eBay for quite a decent price and I received it in no time. It's such a cheery happy colour!

re: Cattitude - maiandjays might still have it. No harm in dropping them an e-mail to check

Corally - that mani is awesome and you bloody well know it!!!

Corally · Jan 22, 2013

kimibos said:
Corally said:

Did my nails again today.. not so sure if I like it or hate it. :lol:

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i love it!! and whoahhhh your nails are long girl, not long ago you posted a pic with short ones right? i love long nails badly. i also like how yours grow in kind of oval/circle shape, mine are square and i afraid for shaping them circle cause , i dont want the nail file to weaken them and then have broken ones.

Yeah my christmas mani

My nails grow really fast, but I hate it.. I can't file them down as much as I'd like because they'd split if I do, so after a certain amount of time they break or I have to clip them short.

I really like quare and squoval nails but it doesn't suit my nails.. And thanks everyone! :fluffy: I'm still not sure about the nails though haha, I like it but it feels a bit clownish. :lol: I'm still waiting on my China Glazes..

ooh:

CartoonChic · Jan 22, 2013

MRV said:
And yes, if you don't have Reclaim yet, you need it!!! CC, look at this!

Must. Get. Reclaim.

CartoonChic · Jan 22, 2013

Medgal07 said:
I thought for sure you had taken the Dior plunge! No Essies. Be still my heart. There are some wonderful NP colors in the brand. Of your list above I have Trout Pout, Cream Tea, Knackered (green , Wallis & Tea With the Queen. Today I banished my polka dot mani for Trustafarian, which I've had even before joining this thread. I love its softness, and I was able to create a serene green eye look w/ one of the MAC holiday Fabulousness eye kits---surprisingly nice pairing & outcome.

Nope, no Diors yet. I'm trying to wait until next month when Tutu becomes available. I am getting some Essies this month, though. I'm still finalizing my list.

I added Cream Tea to my list because of you. I saw it at Ulta a few weeks ago and remembered you said you had it. I did the same thing when kimibos mentioned having Tea with the Queen. I haven't worn Trustafarian yet, but I did a new mani with Lady Muck. It's a very pretty color like you all said. But it also got ruined. I didn't use any top coat this time and only used the drying drops. It worked with Lillibet's Jubilee but not with Lady Muck. I hope to finally make it to the store today to get my new top coats. Sally's has a special where you can get a free Seche Vite top coat with a China Glaze polish. I'll probably end up doing this too. I just really wanted a substitute for Seche that wouldn't get gloopy.

CartoonChic · Jan 22, 2013

I saw these videos for removing glitter nail polish. The first one does remind me of Freddy Krueger like Buick said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DObRTb7NgAw

Here's another video that uses little nail soak containers instead of foil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WfkRtMg2CQ

I'm not sure about using pure acetone, though. I don't think my nails could handle it.

MRV · Jan 22, 2013

Have you seen the Illamasqua teaser? Looks like new polish(es)?

MRV · Jan 22, 2013

BuickMackane said:
I used to buy purple shimmers like crazy but I'm over them now. Of the warmer shades I have ChG Stella is probably my favourite. Zoya Yasmeen is nice too. I hope I fall back in love with those shades at some point because I feel guilty for not using them very often.

I went to Helsinki to see a gig at the Tavastia. Until about 1-1.5 years ago my makeup addiction was lying more or less dormant so all my spare cash went to nail polish and gigs/festivals. Now that makeup (and watches!) are back on the gigs got a bit sidelined. I'm normally a lazy bastard but I got to do a lot of travelling during my gig going years. Plus a lot of waiting outside the venue with the rain pishing down and quite a bit of sleeping at the train station waiting for the first train back home because I missed the last one and I didn't have cash for the hotel, having spent the lot on gig paraphernalia I'd never ever use

DL Sweet Dreams is gorgeous! I found it on eBay for quite a decent price and I received it in no time. It's such a cheery happy colour!

re: Cattitude - maiandjays might still have it. No harm in dropping them an e-mail to check

I really don't many shades like this, but I do have Stella! Just wore it a few weeks ago under something I don't remember now.

Makeup is a safer addiction, you don't have to stand out in cold and rain! Although I have been known to travel for makeup hauls

.

BuickMackane · Jan 22, 2013

MRV said:
I really don't many shades like this, but I do have Stella! Just wore it a few weeks ago under something I don't remember now.

Makeup is a safer addiction, you don't have to stand out in cold and rain! Although I have been known to travel for makeup hauls

.

Oh yeah, makeup is definitely safer and a lot more comfortable! No getting squished in mosh pits, no flying plastic cups with suspicious content (let's face it, not all yellow liquids are lager), no ringing ears the day after...

That said, I've never been to a MAC event so maybe I'm wrong about the mosh pit part

Dominique33 · Jan 22, 2013

GIVENCHY new lipsticks and nail polishes. Classy, it was high time Givenchy launched that kind of " couture " makeup :

http://www.makeup4all.com/want-it-givenchy-le-rouge-lipsticks/

SOURCE : Makeup4all

Naughtyp · Jan 22, 2013

CartoonChic said:
I saw these videos for removing glitter nail polish. The first one does remind me of Freddy Krueger like Buick said. :haha: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DObRTb7NgAw Here's another video that uses little nail soak containers instead of foil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WfkRtMg2CQ I'm not sure about using pure acetone, though. I don't think my nails could handle it.

I use pure acetone since I heard it is actually better for natural nails. I haven't noticed any difference ...

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