Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[Medgal07]

Dior Crystal is actually exclusive to Saks and is still available on their website.
Speaking of exclusives, I made an impromptu stop at Bloomingdale's today. I passed by the mall on my way home while I was out and thought it would be a great opportunity to check something. I was looking for YSL Rouge Dada. It's a color exclusive to Bloomingdale's. They had it in stock. They also had the YSL Tie & Dye collection. It turns out the collection is a Bloomingdale's exclusive after all.

I was still interested in this collection because the polishes have been compared to YSL Première Neige. Première Neige is a beautiful shimmer top coat. It's similar to Dior Crystal, except Première Neige has blue shimmer instead of white. I got 3 of the 4 Tie & Dye polishes. The blue one was sold out. The SA actually had one more left, but someone else had already called in and purchased it over the phone. I ordered another one from a different store and should receive it next week. I shook up the Tie & Dyes for the picture.



YSL Rouge Dada 6, Cool Coat, Pop Coat, Hip Coat

GREAT haul CC! I want to see these on your nails. The colors are just GORGEOUS! I checked the SAK's web site for Crystal this morning & couldn't find it. I even did a search on the site. That's why I thought I was mistaken and that it must have been Neiman's instead. Would you mind linking it for me? I'd like to get a BU. Also, when I search on Dior Gel Coat, the regular Vernis top coat appears. I fear the NP gods are punishing me for leaving NP in the Ulta shopping cart.

 

[BuickMackane]

I want to say you can resist it, but that's a good deal. It's hard to resist a good deal. I say go for it if you don't mind paying full price for Keks. I'm going to wait a bit more because I think there will be another sale popping up soon. I'm thinking at the very least, it will be added to butterlondon.com and they will have a sale. Then I can grab Pitter Patter at the same time.

Any swatches of Keks floating around yet? I haven't come across any.

Pitter Patter doesn't look anything special imo. Surely there are lots of gems on LLarowe you could get instead?

 

[Medgal07]

No shelves for me either:

1. The dust would drive me nuts
2. I like my walls blank

I'm a Helmer girl to the core

. They're hardly the most decorative storage solution in the world but they do the job.

Who needs decorative. It serves the purpose to your liking---that's all that matters

 

[CartoonChic]

GREAT haul CC! I want to see these on your nails. The colors are just GORGEOUS! I checked the SAK's web site for Crystal this morning & couldn't find it. I even did a search on the site. That's why I thought I was mistaken and that it must have been Neiman's instead. Would you mind linking it for me? I'd like to get a BU. Also, when I search on Dior Gel Coat, the regular Vernis top coat appears. I fear the NP gods are punishing me for leaving NP in the Ulta shopping cart.

I found this link for the YSL Tie & Dyes. http://www.refinery29.com/ysl

Here's the link for Crystal. YOU definitely need a BU!
http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main/ProductDetail.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374306419314&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524446582816&R=3348901092715&P_name=Dior&N=4294912419+306419314&bmUID=jW_uUY1

Hmm, you're right about the Dior Gel Coat. I no longer see it at Nordstrom, Saks, or Neimans. Maybe it's also LE? It's still available at Sephora, so you should probably get your BU while you can.

 

[Medgal07]

I guess so. I know they don't like lavender but I'm not sure about other smells. I'm probably kidding myself lol. Additionally, I put several bars of soap in every drawer. I've never had any pesky critters nibbling my clothes. Oh, I also put small bits of soap in the pockets of my winter coats when I'm putting them away.

Weirdo alert!

True true.
Some smileys I like simply because I find them cute. This one, for instance:

. Look at its little hands, awww! Oh, I love

too.


Any swatches of Keks floating around yet? I haven't come across any.

Pitter Patter doesn't look anything special imo. Surely there are lots of gems on LLarowe you could get instead?

This is all I could find for Keks---very pretty blue:
http://thesilvernail.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/a-new-summer-color-from-butter-london-has-appeared/

 

[CartoonChic]

I guess so. I know they don't like lavender but I'm not sure about other smells. I'm probably kidding myself lol. Additionally, I put several bars of soap in every drawer. I've never had any pesky critters nibbling my clothes. Oh, I also put small bits of soap in the pockets of my winter coats when I'm putting them away.

Weirdo alert!

True true.
Some smileys I like simply because I find them cute. This one, for instance:

. Look at its little hands, awww! Oh, I love

too.


Any swatches of Keks floating around yet? I haven't come across any.

Pitter Patter doesn't look anything special imo. Surely there are lots of gems on LLarowe you could get instead?

My wishlist for Llarowe is massive. I've been sucked into indies.

But I still can't resist a new Butter color, especially a LE one.

It's taking massive amounts of will power to not go back and place yet another Llarowe order. My MAC money has been pillaged at this point. But all of those gorgeous indies keep calling me. The new A Englands are expected to come in this week. I also can't wait for the Emily de Molly and Femme Fatale restocks in June. Winter Hyacinth! That's the polish that triggered my current indie lust. I must have that polish.

 

[Naynadine]

Keks is german for cookie. Maybe they named it that way because it's kind of a cookie monster blue.

 

[Medgal07]

I found this link for the YSL Tie & Dyes. http://www.refinery29.com/ysl
Here's the link for Crystal. YOU definitely need a BU!
http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main/ProductDetail.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374306419314&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524446582816&R=3348901092715&P_name=Dior&N=4294912419+306419314&bmUID=jW_uUY1

Hmm, you're right about the Dior Gel Coat. I no longer see it at Nordstrom, Saks, or Neimans. Maybe it's also LE? It's still available at Sephora, so you should probably get your BU while you can.

Thanks for the link CC. Why do I definitely need Crystal---perhaps because I use it like a condiment???

I just ordered the Gel Coat, BL HRH & Illamasqua Throb...increasing my reds.

 

[BuickMackane]

My wishlist for Llarowe is massive. I've been sucked into indies.

But I still can't resist a new Butter color, especially a LE one.

It's taking massive amounts of will power to not go back and place yet another Llarowe order. My MAC money has been pillaged at this point. But all of those gorgeous indies keep calling me. The new A Englands are expected to come in this week. I also can't wait for the Emily de Molly and Femme Fatale restocks in June. Winter Hyacinth! That's the polish that triggered my current indie lust. I must have that polish.

I'm the last person to lecture people about NP hoarding, but perhaps you could use the ones you got for a while before you ordered more? It would be a shame if you had to miss out on the LE MAC stuff. The indies aren't going anywhere. Llarowe restock quite often and there are plenty of other indie stockists too if you can't find what you're looking for on Llarowe

 

[hazyday]

I stopped at Sephora today to pick up their cleansing water...they had some Illamasqua marked down to $4! They just replenished their regular priced stock with new colors. I was lucky enough to nab three shades from the clearance: Muse, Rampage, and Radium. The only other shade there that I didn't already have was I believe Baptiste. I'm just not a purple fan so I let that one go.

 

[CartoonChic]

I stopped at Sephora today to pick up their cleansing water...they had some Illamasqua marked down to $4! They just replenished their regular priced stock with new colors. I was lucky enough to nab three shades from the clearance: Muse, Rampage, and Radium. The only other shade there that I didn't already have was I believe Baptiste. I'm just not a purple fan so I let that one go.

I found the same deal at a JCP Sephora last week. Were you at a regular Sephora or a JCP one?

 

[hazyday]

I found the same deal at a JCP Sephora last week. Were you at a regular Sephora or a JCP one?

JCP...it is the only Sephora near me, but the have a good selection for the size.

 

[purplemaren]

Wow! This thread is way overwhelming! I just ordered Deborah Lippmann mermaid's eyes, million dollar mermaid, and do the mermaid. I'm excited! I also ordered zoya pixie dust Miranda and Stevie. The pixie dusts are so pretty. I have Vespa and London already.

 

[liba]

I guess so. I know they don't like lavender but I'm not sure about other smells. I'm probably kidding myself lol. Additionally, I put several bars of soap in every drawer. I've never had any pesky critters nibbling my clothes. Oh, I also put small bits of soap in the pockets of my winter coats when I'm putting them away.

Weirdo alert!

My mom puts little soaps in all the wool sweaters and lingerie too, for the same reason! She's a little weird, but not for that

 

[lilinah]

Well, y'all have sucked me onto this board. I'm still playing catch-up - i've got about 230 pages still to read.

I haven't worn any nail polish in months because my fingernails cause me problems, although i have quite a few polishes lurking in wait for me. Most are by OPI but some are drug store polishes, like Revlon and Sally Hansen, and i have a few by Essie, Orly, China Glaze, MAC, Butter London, and NARS.

I was a nail biter for a long time, finally stopped when i was around 24 and living in France. That was many decades ago, but my nails still tend to separate at the edge and peel. I've tried a few nail treatments, for example, Nailtique, but they seem to do only a limited amount of good. I haven't found anything that really helps yet, but i may not have been diligent enough. While my nails are pretty flexible, lately the tips have taken to sort of chipping off a little bit. I don't have my bare hands in water much, and i don't use any harsh chemicals.

Any recommendations for treatment of nails or cuticles or both?

 

[Medgal07]

That's too cute. I like your description.



That's exactly why! And it's gorgeous every time you use it.



Sage advice. I know I need to seriously slow down. But knowing and doing are two completely different things.

I found the same deal at a JCP Sephora last week. Were you at a regular Sephora or a JCP one?

I'm addicted to shimmer. I put it on again tonight over Dior Riviera

I'm hopeless!

 

[Medgal07]

Well, y'all have sucked me onto this board. I'm still playing catch-up - i've got about 230 pages still to read.

I haven't worn any nail polish in months because my fingernails cause me problems, although i have quite a few polishes lurking in wait for me. Most are by OPI but some are drug store polishes, like Revlon and Sally Hansen, and i have a few by Essie, Orly, China Glaze, MAC, Butter London, and NARS.

I was a nail biter for a long time, finally stopped when i was around 24 and living in France. That was many decades ago, but my nails still tend to separate at the edge and peel. I've tried a few nail treatments, for example, Nailtique, but they seem to do only a limited amount of good. I haven't found anything that really helps yet, but i may not have been diligent enough. While my nails are pretty flexible, lately the tips have taken to sort of chipping off a little bit. I don't have my bare hands in water much, and i don't use any harsh chemicals.

Any recommendations for treatment of nails or cuticles or both?

Wow Lilinah---assuming you've already seen your health care practitioner to R/O any systemic issues that might be attributing to your nail problem, I hope some one here has some good ideas to help whip your nails into shape. You need to be wearing nail polish so we can have fun enabling encouraging you maximally. So glad you're here!!!

 

[Medgal07]

Wow! This thread is way overwhelming! I just ordered Deborah Lippmann mermaid's eyes, million dollar mermaid, and do the mermaid. I'm excited! I also ordered zoya pixie dust Miranda and Stevie. The pixie dusts are so pretty. I have Vespa and London already.

Purplemaren---GREAT haul! From the looks of things, you fit right in. I hope you'll stick around and have some fun with us!

 

[purplemaren]

Thanks Medgal. I needed something to do while I'm waiting for tempature rising to hit nordies, so I came here. Prolly a bad idea as I've just gotten my nail polish buying fairly under control, lol. I went on the llarowe website. Whoa......... I think I'm gonna leave indie nail polishes alone for a little while. I need time for all that to soak in. I'll prolly make an order there at the end of June.

 

[CartoonChic]

No way - nail polish is so obviously some toxic stuff, so wanting something pure and natural is common sense. I bet it'll eventually happen.


I tell myself at least I'm still writing!

I definitely get less done when I'm waiting for my nails to dry.

The Lippmann one is good, but make sure to keep it closed tightly and wipe off the top of the bottle regularly to help it close tightly. Mine started to get kind of ropey after less than a year - not thicker, just sort of stringy and hard to apply. I've used the Butter top coat - didn't care for it. It changed texture after only a few months and would wreck ever mani. It was better than Seche Vite, but wasn't exactly worth the money either. I dunno, I've just had such bad luck with Butter. I only have a few, but each one had serious issues, so I gave up before I got started with 'em, sorry to say.

I've switched to Sephora by OPI for base and top coats (not the all-in-one one) and I've been very satisfied with them so far. The base coat is even smoother than the Lippmann ridge filler (which was unexpected) and they haven't changed texture yet, so that's a good sign!

When it comes to the CG Jellies - you could totally skip a base coat if you wanted!

My mom puts little soaps in all the wool sweaters and lingerie too, for the same reason! She's a little weird, but not for that

I was mainly talking about the 3D animated texture polishes and programmed colors.

That's good to know about the Lippmann. So far the Butter top coat is working very well for me, but I think I would prefer using a clear base coat again.