Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

Bcteagirl said:

1920's nails:

So from what I (and you guys!) could put together from the internet: Reds, pinks, plums

The style: Leave the half moon at the base blank, and also a little at either side (So sort of a curved stripe down the middle).
Dear lord why?: Nail polish was expensive, and it showed that you had someone to do you nails for you, because the look 'was impossible to get at home'.

How hard can it be?

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Tip 1: When buying paper whole protectors to cut in half to use to keep the tips of your nails clear from polish NEVER ever buy those new fangled clear ones. They don't stick worth beans. Get the old fashioned white ones. Also, you lose them everywhere.

I wound up noticing them pulling up when I was half way through, and had to go through (with wet nails!!) and tape all them down. Not soon enough, as a lot of q-tip cleanup was required after.

Also, why did I pick a jelly red for this? Because it is my favourite red I suppose. Pick something nice and easy, preferably a one-coat wonder. This one seemed to take forever to dry.


The result was a hot mess. A hot mess of stickies, tape, q-tips etc. A hot mess involving red nail polish.

End result: I don't even particularly like it. Somehow the style wound up making my tips look a lot more yellow than they are (even in comparison to the clear sides). Now I have to go buy more cotton balls so I can put on real polish before work on Monday.

I created this look with Revlon Glimmer Gloss in Cherry Fizz which I can honestly say is one of my few non-topper polishes that is now half used up.

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CartoonChic said:

Some October hauls that I haven't posted.



Picture Polish: Siren Song; Jasmine; Imperial





Takko Lacquer: Va Va Voom; Opium; Muse

The Takko website is having a restock tomorrow, by the way. The colors currently on the site may not all be available tomorrow. The selection usually changes shortly before the restock. I'm hoping Bright Young Things will be restocked because it's the only color that I'm missing with the new bottle design.





Colors by Llarowe: Precious Metal; Gunfighter; Sizzlin' Liz; Voodoo; Mustang Sally





Enchanted Polish: All Love Garden; September 2013; To Die For; Vampire's Suck

I just recently made the connection that All Love Garden = Olive Garden.

Hare Polish:

Afterglow​

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Ancient Affairs; Rusty Hearts​

I also found two haul pics from September that I think I forgot to post.



Emily de Molly: Abstract Canvas; Bo Peep; Regal beginnings;

My Bleeding Heart;​

Living after midnight; On Edge





Femme Fatale Cosmetics: A Tisket, A Tasket; Lime Thief; Stonemother's Kiss; Burning Blossom; Picture Polish:

Demeter​

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Fuzzy said:

Rusty hearts is awesome!

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Medgal07 said:

So pretty---makes me so happy! I picked a favorite from each row. Amazing haul CC!

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Anitacska said:

I can't believe this, I've managed to score all 6 new polishes!

I ended up placing two orders as first I only had Mercy and November and everything else was held in other carts, but then went back and managed to add the other 4 within a few minutes. So although I'm paying an extra $9 or so in shipping, I'm happy.

EDIT: She's just posted that the website has crashed and there was a huge oversell. Eek! I've only had one confirmation e-mail so far, hope my second order has gone through as well.

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MRV said:

There's been an oversell!

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Anitacska said:

Last time that happened I scored 13 polishes and she honored all the orders, so fingers crossed she will again. Have you had your confirmation e-mails from EP? I've only had one, and just the Paypal one for the second one. Hope it still worked.

Scrap that, the second one has just come through!

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Naughtyp said:

Whew! I can chillax now lol

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CartoonChic said:

Looks like we all did well! I got all 6 too. I'm on pins and needles about the overselling. Anitacska, how long did it take Chelsea to announce that she would honor all orders last time? Trying to figure out how long we'll have to wait to know what she plans to do.

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Anitacska said:

Woohoo! Glad everyone got what they wanted!

I don't remember exactly, but it didn't take long. The fulfillment did, took about a month, but hey who cares.

I have now received another 2 confirmations saying my orders are confirmed and to allow up to 2 weeks for them to ship. So I'm confident I will get my polishes. The website should crash more often!

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Anitacska said:

Just want to say, I met up with the very lovely Anneri for coffee today and I can verify that she is just as nice in person as she is here. We didn't have much time, but still had a nice little chat and I'm really happy we met.

So if anyone else is planning a trip to London, do let me know!

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Bcteagirl said:

After the fiasco with the 1920's nails, I decided to go with something 'plain and easy' for my Sunday night Mani. I still have a few Emily de molly's to try, but I have been dying to try my first Clinque.

Sephora has a set of the 'different kind of' with lipgloss (good), lipstick (Great), mascara (meh) and nail polish. Since I love the lipstick but have never owned any of them, I went ahead and bought the set.

I really wanted to love this polish. It is a great sort of deep purple, which is one of my favourite colours for polish. I love the brand.

This evenings experience was not at all relaxing.
I believe this is their new 'for sensitive nail enamel' product line, and it needs some work.

It is runny. The consistency reminds me more of a Benefit stain than a nail polish. That was the first suprise, ans I tend to do rather thick coats.

It also sets/gets tacky very quickly. So you can't put on a thick coat and move it around all that long. You will get brush strokes, and lighter/darker areas.

So you need a couple coats, which means it will be dark rather than a sheer buildable to dark like the lipstick.

The runnyness of it also makes it very hard to patch up smaller areas, unless you are willing to do a lot of cleanup. If you try to just get a tiny bit on your brush you wind up with a tacky brush.

Cleanup is also difficult. It seems to move around/stain your fingers. Because the formula is so thin, if you clean up around the nail, you will be taking some off the nail. So put on a top coat fist.

I took a couple of photos. If the formula of the rest of their nail polish line is like this I will wait a few years till they get it figured out a bit more. Right now I am trying a couple different purple Zoyas on my toes to see how close they are to the clinique.





Has anybody else tried this and/or had similar issues?

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