Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[Medgal07]

The colors are beautiful, I've tried to imagine how they'll look on the nails, but I'm not convinced I would like them on me.

i wonder when bloggers are going to review these! i cant afford them but i do want to see how they swatch, im intrigued by them!

 

[Naughtyp]

Naughtyp, one cannot use your name and no buy in the same paragraph---and on this thread, that's a very good thing. I'd like to slow down but the colors---oh the beautiful colors just suck me right back in!

Are you taunting me CC??? I'm cracking up right now. I have to put this one on Buick! She's probably painting color wheels w/new NP this very moment. I'll do a count because I'm not expecting anything else this week. Then I'll reset the counter for April, which trust me will be significantly lower, as I've really but a huge dent in my wish list. Besides which I'm getting into warm weather mode and ordering colorful outdoor furniture cushions and lanterns. A girl has to be comfortable doing nail in the backyard right??

You know CC, I don't feel bad either. I feel rather joyful

and content. Until the next round

of NP haulage!

lol =) I felt like I got so many items from my list but now its full again with the summer colors!! darnnit

 

[Medgal07]

Kimibos, you don't need to observe a holiday---just borrow it for your haul!

Just kidding. There are other reasons like, yay I woke up & I'm alive today---that's my all-time fav! CELEBRATE LIFE---YOLO KIMIBOS---YOLO!!!!

macys has the butter london summer collection already. too bad they dont have free shipping

I WANT POOLE NOW!!

 

[Medgal07]

Gorgeous---two colors that I adore

im wearing OPI Not like the movies right now and i wore the one that got away yesterday. both from the katy perry collection.

The one that got away with Jessica Solar Eclipse (dark blue) as a base, it makes it look more purple.

 

[MACina]

.....loveeee this polish, CartoonChic!!!


I am glad that you like Creme Apricot as much as I do!

That's pretty MACina---Ironically, today I'm wearing Dior Forget-Me-Not topped with Dior Crystal, giving it a nice shimmer.

Nice! I'm enjoying the shimmer NPs a lot!!!

 

[Medgal07]

Hello Liba---I think I missed a mere two days and I've been trying to catch up for over an hour now.

We are EONPLAs--EQUAL OPPORTUNITY NAIL POLISH LOVING ADDICTS! We try NPs at various price points---whatever suits your taste & your budget----that's an individual choice that we respect. Moreover, we just love NP. I love coming on the thread and seeing the manis and excitement over NP hauls. I have quite a few CGs, and I love your particular color choices. The only brand that you mentioned that I don't think I have is Orly---I count nothing out---flash a pretty shade in front of me and I'm game. I'll be checking out Melodious Utopia that you mentioned---I have a soft spot for yellow, so thanks for the recommendation!!! I'm loving the entire Butter London spring collection as well as the Dior shimmer collection---lights & brights of many brands have my attention at the moment.

Don't be a stranger.
I also love shared NP suggestions

Thanks for sharing

wow, this thread sure moves faster than light!

so hard to catch up on over 100 pages of posts 'n pictures

'Just wanted to come in and ask what spring colors you are loving the most this year?

For spring, I bought the whole China Glaze Avant Garden collection and most of the Orly spring collection plus the cute red sand + stars Mariah Carey OPI polish, but that's it. CG and Orly in particular have stepped up their game so completely that I am seriously not seeing the point in most high end polishes so far this year. There are VERY few colors coming from other brands that these guys don't already have covered in fabulous formulas.

Some of my favorites have been:

CG Pinkie-Promise with CG Razzle Me Dazzle Me (Bitz 'n Glitz) on top - looks just like the Lippman and Illemasqua pastel /w black matte glitter polishes. Works awesomely with the CG pearlized mint, periwinkle blue and lavender from the same collection too.

Orly Peaceful Opposition is SO gorgeous - sheer white jelly with white matte square glitter and a few silver bits sprinkled in. CG Dandy Lyin' Around is an equally gorgeous slightly pearly white with gorgeous shimmer. I am not even a white polish person usually, but these two are spectacular.

Seriously HARD to narrow down my favorites from Avant Garden - that bright olive green jelly, Budding Romance, is spectacular on my skin tone. Fancy Pants has such a beautiful iridescent shimmer to it, making it look blue/purple/pink, but in a very soft way, not harsh and overly bright, plus this slightly jelly-ish texture too. Snap Dragon is the PERFECT match with Ronnie Red or Love Goddess lipsticks - brilliant bright pinkish red, so glam. I'm wearing Mimosa's Before Manis right now, the salmony pink/orange coral, and it's just so cute and adorable and looks exactly like one of the expensive polishes from Dior or YSL from this season - no need to spend such big bucks!

Then there is Melodious Utopia from Orly - the most beautiful lemon yellow with pink shimmer that really comes through clearly in any lighting conditions - that one is so beautiful I can barely let myself use it. The pale grayish blue from that collection is even nicer than the spring Zoya, formula-wise…I feel 100% stylish with it. Then there's that crazy pale green Coachella Dweller - there are other greens similar to this one out there, but this one is particularly unique and complex and bright but subtle.

I am going to spring for the matching polishes for Heroine and Ablaze from MAC (their formula is much improved and I'm really into the super matchy-matchy look for nails/lips lately), but man, I don't have enough fingers and toes for all these riches. As it is, I've been changing my polish every 3 days now, just due to all of this bounty. I have officially become a China Glaze disciple - I already was a huge Orly fan, but they're getting better and better now too….that Mash Up collection is going to be bananas.

I didn't see so much CG love in this thread yet, or I missed it, but seriously - best polish collection of the spring, for sure.

 

[Anitacska]

I AM out of control!

Thank you for my crown!

If you must, you must and I support your decision---but certainly don't hold you to it

It hasn't worked for me either!!! I set a budget and I always go over---no discipline whatsoever!!!

 

[Anitacska]

My second order of Darling Diva Polishes came today, but with children and hubby at home, I didn't even have time to take a sneaky picture. The ones I got are very pretty though! I'll try to take a picture later/tomorrow/Friday, sometime soon... (it's the school holiday).

Also my Harrods order arrived today which I managed to sneak upstairs without hubby seeing it, I like the look of all 3 powders, although the Dior My Lady powder is a bit disappointing looking.

 

[kimibos]

lol enjoy your hauls! i cant wait to see your swatches from Darling Diva. im hating myself for missing the easter sale from black cat laquer. i swear im pissed!!

 

[Medgal07]

You're my idol

Lady CC

I did a ton of nail stick swatches last night. Did I mention how much I love the ring system? Made it so easy to add the new sticks in the order that I want. I was going to buy a box of 100 rings from Amazon because they're cheaper than buying four 12-count packs from Staples, but I stopped myself. I can fit 20 sticks on one ring. That means I would have 2000 polishes if I used up all 100 rings. No thank you.

My hands are also soar from pulling off all of my Illamasqua tops. Some of them were a struggle. Then I realized that if I open the bottle just a little, I could pull the tops of much easier instead of trying to pull them straight off.

 

[Medgal07]

Beautiful manis Anneri---you look great in all of them. So how do you like your Ombre'd locks? So sorry about the bug---hope you're feeling better and hope you were able to make it to the job interview.

Hello Ladies! Beautiful manis and hauls all around! *bows*

Here's to all haul queens, princesses, duchesses and the rest of the gentry!

And here are some of my recent manis.

First the one that wouldn't mattify completely, from the German brand P2 with Essie matte tc. The thumb is matte, but you can see a kind of gradient. the pinky nail is nearly shiny.


Here's my Easter manicure, from Korean brand TonyMoly (I think it's called Prom Queen), a nude with multicolour glitter:


And here's today's mani with a P2 'liquid sand' called Confidential:



I also got my hair ombre'd over Easter at home and managed to catch some nasty virus. Not good, especially as I have a job interview tomorrow and I fell like blargh today.

 

[Anitacska]

I've managed to take some sneaky pictures of my new Darling Diva Polishes. But it was already dark outside, so the colours aren't very accurate. Flirt is actually light green and Dook At Me is silver. They're all very pretty though.

I will try and swatch all my DDPs sometime soon, but probably not before the end of the holidays.



Left to right: Auld Lang Syne, Flirt, Anna, Dook At Me, Seriously Serious, Glacier

 

[kimibos]

Beautiful manis Kimibos---you look great in all of them. So how do you like your Ombred locks? So sorry about the bug---hope you're feeling better and hope you were able to make it to the job interview.

lol thats annieri!!

 

[kimibos]

http://www.beautezine.com/yves-saint-laurent-la-laque-couture-tie-dye-top-coats/
i hope she swatches them soon!!

OPI Couture de Minnie Pictures plus minis.
http://www.becomegorgeous.com/body-...e_minnie_summer_2013_nail_polishes-10150.html

 

[Medgal07]

You'll hunt them down and get a better deal---after all, you're CC---you're very good at this!

Well that dilemma is solved. The polishes are no longer available on YSL's website.

 

[Medgal07]

Oh I like this a lot! Very pretty on you Anitacska

This is the mani I'm wearing today: W7 Metallic Neptune with Darling Diva POlish Dreamy holo topcoat on top.

 

[Medgal07]

It suits you Kimibos---the bulit is there--bite it already

Gorgeous! i now have the Diva polish in my etsy cart

 

[Medgal07]

Nice haul Kimibos! They look really good. I can't wait to see the swatches. Enjoy!!!!

The Set is here!


same bottle size !!

 

[Medgal07]

MRV. April looks pretty. It definitely looks more berry/muted IRL as you noted, and much less red than it does on camera.

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Love the green (the mattified glitter/shimmer) and the Korean one! Hope you have a good day today regardless!


This is and interesting top coat!

It's April!

To celebrate April I'm wearing - April!



My first Chanel on nails! It's a bit more muted/darker irl. I have no idea why this particular colour was chosen to be 'April'. It looks more like October or something.

 

[Medgal07]

Very pretty CC. It definitely looks more aqua on camera but beautiful, none the less.

Your nails look great!!!

YSL Vert D'Orient





It's more green than what it appears in the pics. Looks like I finished March with a green mani after all. My cuticles are getting much better with the Creme Abricot.