Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[Anneri]

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Have a look at an anwesome storage solution from DDGD:
http://dropdeadgorgeousdaily.com/2013/03/ddg-diy-nail-polish-magnet-board/

 

[CartoonChic]

Here are pics of my recent hauls.




ROW 1: Cream Tea, Teddy Girl, Fruit Machine
ROW 2: Cuppa, Jasper, Cheeky Chops
ROW 3: Trout Pout, Torch, Royal Navy

I don't have the Starkers set yet. They weren't in stock when I ordered to get the $9 price match. They're in stock now and have shipped. I'm glad because I should get charged for them during the triple points period.





398 Lilac, 887 Purple Mix, 707 Gris Montaigne





ROW 1: It's a Trap-eze, Hanging in the Balance, Seduce Me, Mediterranean Charm
ROW 2: Mimosa's Before Mani's, Tart-y for the Party, Custom Kicks, Happy Go Lucky, Pool Party





ROW 1: Freckle, Muse, DWS
ROW 2: Serenity, Nurture, Prosperity

The Rubber Brights are in the bottom row and have a rubber finish. I like how they have rubber tops. They're much more vibrant in person. Prosperity is actually a magenta purple, like the color of MAC Heroine.

 

[CartoonChic]

Alert alert alert!

Have a look at an anwesome storage solution from DDGD:
http://dropdeadgorgeousdaily.com/2013/03/ddg-diy-nail-polish-magnet-board/

Cute! I've seen this done with other makeup before, like blush. Didn't think to apply it to nail polish.

 

[Prettypackages]

that's cute...

 

[CartoonChic]

My current mani. This one was hard to photograph. Maybe because the colors are pale. I wanted to do green for the whole month, but I couldn't wait to wear these purples.

Dior Lilac - middle, ring, thumb
Illamasqua Speckle - index, pinky







Naughty, I know Med already posted a comparison pic for you, but here's the one I took of Lilac and Molly Coddled a few days ago. Lol, you can't really see the difference in the pic. Molly Coddled leans more pink.

 

[honey on boost]

I love the way it looks on you!

 

[honey on boost]

My current mani. This one was hard to photograph. Maybe because the colors are pale. I wanted to do green for the whole month, but I couldn't wait to wear these purples.

Dior Lilac - middle, ring, thumb
Illamasqua Speckle - index, pinky







Naughty, I know Med already posted a comparison pic for you, but here's the one I took of Lilac and Molly Coddled a few days ago. Lol, you can't really see the difference in the pic. Molly Coddled leans more pink.

So pretty! They look awesome together. I can't wait to try Lilac. How was the formula/application?

 

[CartoonChic]

My previous manis.

Essie Going Incognito. A beautiful money green color. I only wore it for a day even though I wanted to wear it longer. It chipped after washing my hair. I removed it and wore the Dior Golden Jungle Duo. There was something on my lens when I took these pics.








Dior Golden Jungle Duo. I loved this mani and wore it for a week. I applied the #148 gold color on all of my nails, then applied a thin layer of the #608 khaki crocodile crackle to my pinky and index to accent.

 

[CartoonChic]

So pretty! They look awesome together. I can't wait to try Lilac. How was the formula/application?

I think it applied smoothly. I'm getting used to the brush and learning to fan it out more. I used my two normal coats.

By the way, can you post a pic of the stick you use to clean up your nails?

 

[honey on boost]

My weekend mani. I put Lynnderella Spumoni over Nymphea after seeing all Kimbos beautiful glitter mani's. I used Essence peel off base coat and removing was an ease! No nail damage either.




And some weekend buys from the resort collection along with BL's from the $9 sale.

 

[CartoonChic]

My weekend mani. I put Lynnderella Spumoni over Nymphea after seeing all Kimbos beautiful glitter mani's. I used Essence peel off base coat and removing was an ease! No nail damage either.




And some weekend buys from the resort collection along with BL's from the $9 sale.

So pretty! I need to slow down on my polish buying, but I'm curious about the Lynnderella glitters. Where do you buy them again? I'm looking up that Essence base coat.

 

[Prettypackages]

I went crazy in Ulta.
I got

from China glaze
Whirled Away
Snap the Dragon
Definately darling
Unpredictable
No plain Jane
Rare and Radiant
Fade into Hue

---I miscounted...



from OPI
My Vampire is Buff
polka.com
I saw u saw we saw warsaw

 

[Prettypackages]

Have you all tried Essie's Protein Base Coat?

 

[CartoonChic]

I went crazy in Ulta.
I got

from China glaze
Whirled Away
Snap the Dragon
Definately darling
Unpredictable
No plain Jane
Rare and Radiant
Fade into Hue

---I miscounted...



from OPI
My Vampire is Buff
polka.com
I saw u saw we saw warsaw

Nice haul! And you were able to get Whirled Away after all.

I haven't tried Essie's Protein Base Coat. I'm still using the Foundation Basecoat from Butter London. Share your thoughts if you get it. I love Butter's top coat so far, but I think I want a new base coat.

 

[ALivingDoll]

Hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone could tell me a good dupe for Chanel's Le Vernis in Dragon? Preferably a drugstore or even inexpensive Sephora OPI color? Thanks a ton in advance!

 

[MACina]

....AWESOME haul, CartoonChic

Hard Candy Gummy Green- 2 coats (needs probably 3) you can tell its patchy in the 1st pic but cant tell from far away in the 2nd one. its packed with glitter. i dont have the illamasqua ones or DL yet but i can tell from online swatches these have more glitter. i like the look so i cant wait to the DL ones i ordered.

 

[kimibos]

....AWESOME haul, CartoonChic

....I loveeeeeeeee your manis, CartoonChic, honey on boost and kimibos

The Dior Jungle Duo looks great

....that is such a beautiful combo!!!
I think that I need to check out this Catrice polish at dm

Thanks and get your butt to the dm for the catrice polish jk

 

[CartoonChic]

Thanks for the comments about my manis & hauls.

Hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone could tell me a good dupe for Chanel's Le Vernis in Dragon? Preferably a drugstore or even inexpensive Sephora OPI color? Thanks a ton in advance!

Gee, I wish I could help with a dupe, but I don't have a lot of reds in my stash. The reds that I do have are mostly mid and high end. I'm pretty sure there's a dupe, though.

 

[MACina]

honey on boost

Have a great day

 

[jennyap]

I'm baaaack! Oh, whaddya mean you never noticed I was gone? hehehe

I took a little vacation - 6 nights in Cyprus - and although I got back home last Wednesday it's taken me until now to get back onto Specktra. Over 20 pages to catch up on, this could take some time...