Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[CartoonChic]

Thank you, CartoonChic!

I wanted to share some pics of my collection from a while back (it has grown exponentially larger during the last months). I love the nail fans/sticks, so convenient!

 

[BuickMackane]

European ladies, I need your help. I had an absolutely rotten, horrible week, and I need to sooth my sould via a nice nail polish haul. Where do we get some reasonably priced (read: cheap, cheaper, the cheapest!) BL and DL polishes? Please share awesome online/ebay shops, whatever... I need my polish fix!

Nowt like a bit of NP therapy after a horrid week

I haven't been able to find a cheapo source of DL and BL polishes. My DLs are mostly from BeautyBay. I also get them from the bay of evil if all else fails (i.e., more often than I'd like).

I've bought BL from quite a few places such as Feelunique, Bath&Unwind and Lookfantastic. I used to buy them from eBay when they weren't as widely available.

I'd also be very interested in any EU-based online store that sells these two brands at more NP hoarder friendly prices

 

[BuickMackane]

Thank you, CartoonChic!

I wanted to share some pics of my collection from a while back (it has grown exponentially larger during the last months). I love the nail fans/sticks, so convenient!

Time for me to ditch the nail wheels, methinks!

I'm going to need a lot of those stick thingies

 

[Liz2012]

European ladies, I need your help. I had an absolutely rotten, horrible week, and I need to sooth my sould via a nice nail polish haul. Where do we get some reasonably priced (read: cheap, cheaper, the cheapest!) BL and DL polishes? Please share awesome online/ebay shops, whatever... I need my polish fix!

Sorry to hear you had such a horrible week Anneri

The only website that comes to mind right now is this one: http://www.bathandunwind.com/default.asp . They don't sell DL polishes tho, their BL polishes are priced €14.81, which i think is ok.
You might find them cheaper, i have no idea. Sorry i can't be of more help, i bet BuickMackane will be able to give you an entire list of online shops tho

Have fun hauling!

 

[Liz2012]

Nowt like a bit of NP therapy after a horrid week

I haven't been able to find a cheapo source of DL and BL polishes. My DLs are mostly from BeautyBay. I also get them from the bay of evil if all else fails (i.e., more often than I'd like).

I've bought BL from quite a few places such as Feelunique, Bath&Unwind and Lookfantastic. I used to buy them from eBay when they weren't as widely available.

I'd also be very interested in any EU-based online store that sells these two brands at more NP hoarder friendly prices

Speaking of the devil ..

 

[Anneri]

Time for me to ditch the nail wheels, methinks!

I'm going to need a lot of those stick thingies

Heh. My first order was two packs of fifty pieces, and imagine my horror when I realised I needed more than the double amount!

Thanks for all your well whishes and recs for shops! Maybe we could come up with a list?

 

[kimibos]

i have a BL list that i really want right now. im a masochists but ahhhh i cant help it. i think my next haul is going to be all of them. i hope i get at least 50 bucks from my brother. to get them.

lady muck
knackered
tea with the queen
scuppered
artful dodger
slapper


hahahaha i just realize im doing imaginary hauls!!

 

[Naynadine]

Hope you feel better, Anneri!
Love the nail fans. I'm zooming in on the colors and now I want CG White Cap.

 

[Anneri]

If you have any questions, let me know! CG White Cap is a beautiful colour. Quite sheer, tho.

Kimibos, great list! I still plan to get some of the BL polishes from their Holiday LE. And wallis.

 

[kimibos]

If you have any questions, let me know! CG White Cap is a beautiful colour. Quite sheer, tho.

Kimibos, great list! I still plan to get some of the BL polishes from their Holiday LE. And wallis.

yes, get wallis, i luv it. im not doing anything for christmas, but im gonna wear Wallis.

 

[kimibos]

Cartoon chic, what's wrong with putting the BL bottles by the side? are they harder to open??

i find that the cap thingy is the best invention ever, better than the material that orly has in the cap. i wish i could have all the polishes out, but i cant. i actually have like more than half of my stuff packed, cause we are moving in jan-feb. i also dont have the money to buy one of those elmer thingies. i like having them by brand in pretty boxes that are cheap at tjmaxx. then in my bookshelf, but now some are in big brown boxes.

 

[BuickMackane]

Cartoon chic, what's wrong with putting the BL bottles by the side? are they harder to open??

i find that the cap thingy is the best invention ever, better than the material that orly has in the cap. i wish i could have all the polishes out, but i cant. i actually have like more than half of my stuff packed, cause we are moving in jan-feb. i also dont have the money to buy one of those elmer thingies. i like having them by brand in pretty boxes that are cheap at tjmaxx. then in my bookshelf, but now some are in big brown boxes.

I love Orly's rubberised caps!

The prize for the most fiddly and inconvenient bottle goes to Strangebeautiful's Colour Cubes. Something possessed me to get 5 of the stuff (or was it 6? I can't check because I'm a loooooong distance away from my beloved NP collection). Bad move. Opening the bottles is a nightmare. I often find myself having to use pliers to open them. Because the caps are made of some kind of soft metal, the pliers leaves ugly dents and scratches. Application is similarly fiddly. A shame really, because the polish itself is very good and they have some really unique colours.

I think the cubes have been DCd. Someone at Strangebeautiful finally saw the light

.

 

[CartoonChic]

i have a BL list that i really want right now. im a masochists but ahhhh i cant help it. i think my next haul is going to be all of them. i hope i get at least 50 bucks from my brother. to get them.

lady muck
knackered
tea with the queen
scuppered
artful dodger
slapper


hahahaha i just realize im doing imaginary hauls!!

If you want to shop now, Beauty.com has a new promo for a free DL Boom Boom Pow polish with a $20 purchase. I already ordered that polish the other day and it was delivered yesterday. I really like it. The gold particles are more fine than Cleopatra in NY and the base is clear. I'm tempted to take advantage of this new promo anyway, but I can't combine it with other promos. I'd have to pay full price for the other polishes in my cart. I think I'm too spoiled to that now.

You may also want to add Aston to your list. I don't have it yet, but it may be a more rose version of All Hail The Queen since you don't like the way it looks on you. I was finally able to swatch AHTQ today since I removed my old manicure and I love it. It's a very pretty nude on me.

 

[CartoonChic]

Cartoon chic, what's wrong with putting the BL bottles by the side? are they harder to open??

i find that the cap thingy is the best invention ever, better than the material that orly has in the cap. i wish i could have all the polishes out, but i cant. i actually have like more than half of my stuff packed, cause we are moving in jan-feb. i also dont have the money to buy one of those elmer thingies. i like having them by brand in pretty boxes that are cheap at tjmaxx. then in my bookshelf, but now some are in big brown boxes.

I don't know if there's anything wrong with it yet. I wanted to lay them on their sides because of your storage pic. I asked if it would hurt the polish to do that, and honey on boost said that she read some people say it doesn't and others say it does.

 

[kimibos]

Quote: Originally Posted by BuickMackane

re: DL bottles - I too find them harder to open than most other polishes. I think it's to do with the shape.

re: BL storage - I put little stickers on the top of the cap with the name of the colour. Doesn't look very nice but at least I can find the colour I'm looking for.

I love Orly's rubberised caps!

The prize for the most fiddly and inconvenient bottle goes to Strangebeautiful's Colour Cubes. Something possessed me to get 5 of the stuff (or was it 6? I can't check because I'm a loooooong distance away from my beloved NP collection). Bad move. Opening the bottles is a nightmare. I often find myself having to use pliers to open them. Because the caps are made of some kind of soft metal, the pliers leaves ugly dents and scratches. Application is similarly fiddly. A shame really, because the polish itself is very good and they have some really unique colours.


i may do the stickers or just wait till i move to our own house and get a nice display for them. i had problems with the dl ones too. the shape is just weird. ohh i googled the Strange cubes. the bottle looks like the julep one but the caps are different. have you tried the julep polishes??

 

[BuickMackane]

Quote: Originally Posted by kimibos
i may do the stickers or just wait till i move to our own house and get a nice display for them. i had problems with the dl ones too. the shape is just weird. ohh i googled the Strange cubes. the bottle looks like the julep one but the caps are different. have you tried the julep polishes??



No, I never tried Julep. I'm familiar with the brand, but I don't think I came across any European stockists (I probably didn't try hard enough). They have some amazing colours

Julep bottles are like little skyscrapers, right? Strangebeautifuls are very similar in shape to American Apparels. Which is all very nice, but shoving two bottles in a plastic cube does bugger all for user friendliness. I actually tried breaking one of the cubes but I stopped halfway because I almost broke one of the bottles.

 

[kimibos]

I don't know if there's anything wrong with it yet. I wanted to lay them on their sides because of your storage pic. I asked if it would hurt the polish to do that, and honey on boost said that she read some people say it doesn't and others say it does. yeah i dont think that it would affect the polish, but who knows. my little things has 2 more drawers so it may become the place for all the future BL purchases.

Originally Posted by CartoonChic

If you want to shop now, Beauty.com has a new promo for a free DL Boom Boom Pow polish with a $20 purchase. I already ordered that polish the other day and it was delivered yesterday. I really like it. The gold particles are more fine than Cleopatra in NY and the base is clear. I'm tempted to take advantage of this new promo anyway, but I can't combine it with other promos. I'd have to pay full price for the other polishes in my cart. I think I'm too spoiled to that now.

You may also want to add Aston to your list. I don't have it yet, but it may be a more rose version of All Hail The Queen since you don't like the way it looks on you. I was finally able to swatch AHTQ today since I removed my old manicure and I love it. It's a very pretty nude on me.

i dont see the polish in the basket or in the gift with purchase section so its probably gone. but that;s ok. my list from DL is
+ray of light
+cleo in ny i find that BL is always on

sale at beauty.com
+waking up in vegas
so i always go towards them more.the 20%
+the snow white set. never applies to DL

 

[CartoonChic]

i dont see the polish in the basket or in the gift with purchase section so its probably gone. but that;s ok. my list from DL is
+ray of light
+cleo in ny i find that BL is always on sale at beauty.com
+waking up in vegas so i always go towards them more.the 20%
+the snow white set. never applies to DL

You have to get the promo through a link. It was in an email they sent out today. I figured you were signed up for their emails and got it.

 

[Naughtyp]

got blue gaze np today, I'm glad I picked it up it reminds me of the one from Chen man I didn't pick up. I need to pick one of the butter london holiday colors but I don't know which one..... :/

 

[kimibos]

No, I never tried Julep. I'm familiar with the brand, but I don't think I came across any European stockists (I probably didn't try hard enough). They have some amazing colours

Julep bottles are like little skyscrapers, right? Strangebeautifuls are very similar in shape to American Apparels. Which is all very nice, but shoving two bottles in a plastic cube does bugger all for user friendliness. I actually tried breaking one of the cubes but I stopped halfway because I almost broke one of the bottles.

yes some of their colors are really pretty. and some are perfect with just one coat. i hate not being able to open a polish, i go crazy. once i asked my brother to open one for me and never again, he used his teeth, and my opi bottle has a bite mark, i was soo mad i could have done that.

i asked cause i didnt want marks in the bottle! men dont understand

at them.i dont have american apparel polishes, but the color look very pretty. the neon ones. now i want their neons

they are in my summer lists now!