Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[Anneri]

Investigative journalism at its best!

 

[kimibos]

yes, evil would be keeping the sale to yourself!!!

 

[CartoonChic]

Instant Artificials has clearly been working because your nails looked great in your Malice pics!

*adds Instant Artificials to the must-try list*


I'm very hard on my nails too. As a reformed nail biter, I always find myself picking at them whenever I get nervous or bored. Then there's the typing and cleaning of course. A few years ago I got fed up with my shorties and dabbled in Orly's Nail Rescue kit for a bit. It's a set consisting of nail glue and acrylic powder. In the beginning I used it exclusively for repairing chipped/split/cracked/etc. nails. That worked a treat and I was able to grow my nails quite a bit because I didn't have to file them down every other day. However, having an addictive personality, yours truly soon started covering all 10 nails with the stuff, broken or not. That's when things started going downhill - my nails got really weak and it took them several months to recover.

I'm really into nail oils these days. I don't know if you have it in the US, but Herome's Exit Damaged Nails is brilliant. And it smells great!

Thanks!

I'm using Instant Artificials as a base coat. I think that was my first time using it with the Malice mani. I like how it makes my nails feel stronger and harder. I don't have weak nails to begin with, but I wash my hands a lot. The excess water seems to make my nails more fragile and easier to break, chip, or split. Now I feel like I can scratch glass.

 

[Medgal07]

After hunting and searching I finally found Deborah Lippmann's Cleopatra In New York at Anthropologie of all places. I went in to look at their jewelry and bam! There it was. I didn't even know they sold polish.

I found my DL CINY at drugstore.com. It arrived w/in two days & shipping was free. I'm eager to try it.

 

[Medgal07]

i got some manis that i did this week. im not trying to enable anyone, :haha:  but to kind of use what i got. cause im in a serious no-buy. so all your recommendations are going into a list for around feb-mar 13.  BL Wallis. this polish is perfect for the holidays.  really close shot of DL Mermaid's Tears. the cell camera couldnt handle the amazingness? of this polish!! and the little drawer where i keep all my BL polishes. 

LOL So pretty........very nice NP stash. Your nails are beautiful, and I love BL's Wallis. I can't wait for mine to arrive!

 

[Dominique33]

No I'm not. I'm just upholding my fellow Specktrettes' rights to freedom of information

LOL !

 

[Medgal07]

Do you have a picture of it? It sounds like something I'd be interested in having for my polishes!

Per your request, here are a few pictures of my nail polish racks.

 

[Medgal07]

That Mariah collection is a pass for me too. I'll be getting a few from the Euro collection though.

Ditto

 

[Medgal07]

I'm really not squeamish, but - *shudders* Speedy recovery for her!

Wow. That was quite an accident. Best wishes to VV for uneventful and speedy healing.

 

[Medgal07]

I have all of my polishes I've ordered except the three from Ulta's Black Friday sale. They seem to take forever to ship. My package won't get here until Thursday. Oh, and I'm waiting for Mermaid's Dream from HSN.

I love every color I have so far. It's so hard to choose, but I think I'm going with Zulu + Cleopatra in NY. Zulu is such a pretty green, but the application could be better. However, I was expecting that based upon all of the reviews I read.

Zulu is really very pretty. I'll have to do some experimenting with my CINY.

 

[Medgal07]

i just did my nails with DL its raining men.

i also did my aunt's with BL Dosh and my mom's with BL all hail the queen. i also wore BL wallis already and i have BL two fingered salute on my toes. i love them all. my next mani: DL mermaids dream.

kimibos, you're having a blast with nail polish. I'm glad because it's just so fun right?

 

[kimibos]

kimibos, you're having a blast with nail polish. I'm glad because it's just so fun right?

yes i went a little bit polish crazy!!!

 

[Medgal07]

thanks! i honestly cant wait for you to get them!
and that polish station is lovely

yes i went a little bit polish crazy!!!

Thank you Kimibos....I like being able to readily see all of the shades. I never dreamed that I would need two stations. It's partly your fault, and cartoonchic and the rest of the lovelies on this thread! Honestly, I love being kept apprised of all the amazing colors...I wouldn't have it any other way!

 

[Medgal07]

I will be getting the mini opi sets for the Mariah Carey collection and the eurocentral one. used zoya Ivanka today it's beautiful!! I receive my grey Friday and I really like it but rigt now I'm in holiday mode: Reds, greens, glitters, gold and silver. plus I have two nail appliqué sets one teal with snowflakes and one peppermint bling set I will have to do the 25 days of. Xmas nails lol

What a fun idea! I hope you'll post pics of your nail looks.

 

[Medgal07]

So pretty! You have to post this link in the Theme thread.

Will do. Can you envision altering it a tad to create other look? I love it!

 

[Medgal07]

Thought I'd share some recent mani's. Still trying to find out what undie to put under Cleopatra.

GORGEOUS! I love every one of these. So glad you shared!

 

[Medgal07]

Here's some swatches. First my two recent faves: OPI Goldeneye, Zoya Aurora, and Mac ETG, BL Scuppered (on my nails ATM).

I need to look into the Zoyas...I have the MAC ETG but I'm loving the others too!

 

[Medgal07]

Look what Santa (hihi) brought today:

Good Santa!

 

[honey on boost]

Per your request, here are a few pictures of my nail polish racks.

Love the racks! I wish I could put them up in our room but I think the bf will kick me out. He already says my vanity area is taking over lol It's such a pain to find certain brand polishes in my drawers.

 

[kimibos]

^^^i keep them in boxes and by brand in my huge bookshelf. what i do is that i keep a little basket out with the colors that i may wear, like right now fall/dark colors and new ones that i want to try.