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honey on boost

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My small haul. I was disappointed that my three Chanels won't arrive until next Wednesday. I'm going to cheer myself up by painting my nails w/Chanel's Bel Argus



Left to right: YSL Rose Baby Doll, BL HRH, MAC Tropical & Scorching Hauté
Nice haul! ROse baby is gorgeous and now I want to go back for those TR polishes
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honey on boost

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http://ommorphiabeautybar.com/2013/05/13/essie-summer-2013-collection/
It is!! I was supposed to go look at this week but I was so busy. I'm going tomorrow early in the morning. I was only going to get a few but I'm thinking of getting the entire collection now
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they have them for almost 50% off so it's ok right??
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CartoonChic

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After a long, long time - today's mani!



My nails are still not in the best condition, but I decided to post it because I'm so proud of it!
Why?
Well, it's my very first franken polish! I played around with some pigments, shimmers and glitters, and this is the result. It was so. Much. FUN!

Here it's again in the bottle (old Essie bottle I used):


What do you think?
This is amazing! It's so beautiful! Please share how you did it, or can you post links to information? I still don't know where to begin.
 

Medgal07

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This is gorgeous! I'm going to Ulta tomorrow to look for it.
Love love this mani.
awesome red on you! I wanted to love MM because their bottles are so cute but the colors I had were just too watery I had to give them away :(
Cute bottles! I can't wait to see what colors willbe available.
People are never happy on llarowes facebook! It was 100 times worse during the Lynnderella drama.
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nice haul! I need to hunt down that green.

Have fun! I can't wait to go to Disneyland Paris next year. Those beads are starting to grow on me.. I've seen quite a few pretty mani's with them.


LOL Girl I know exactly how you feel!

Nice haul! ROse baby is gorgeous and now I want to go back for those TR polishes
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Thanks HOB---they are so much prettier IRL
 

CartoonChic

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Very bad idea but all boyfriends in the world have such ideas I fear LOL

. Yes use bubble wrap ( quite a lot for each bottle ), I did the same when I moved out, my beauty products arrived MIB so to say and there were many perfumes and fragile bottles and pans.
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I agree with Dominique.
 

CartoonChic

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I think it's gorgeous!!

It is!! I was supposed to go look at this week but I was so busy. I'm going tomorrow early in the morning. I was only going to get a few but I'm thinking of getting the entire collection now
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they have them for almost 50% off so it's ok right??
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Do tell! Where are they 50% off?
 

CartoonChic

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. BTW CC, I didn't know that you have a son. In that RRW pic you look like you're just a pretty 12 year old!
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Yes indeedy. He graduates Tuesday. I'm wearing David Bowie's Buldge as my mani for the momentous occasion. (I will never tire of joking about that polish.) I also have a daughter. My son is the youngest. Lol, I get the 12 year old age a lot.
 

Anneri

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This is amazing! It's so beautiful! Please share how you did it, or can you post links to information? I still don't know where to begin.
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(I was dying to use this smiley for some time.)

The easiest way (for me, at least) is to mix pigments into a polish you already have. Don't use a clear np for this, like a top or base coat, because pigments and glitter will sink to the bottom very quickly and stay there. Better to use a nudish one and go from there. Another possibility would be a glitter topcoat you want to make more opaque.
Of course, that's the way you do it if you want to make small quantities for private use. I rather doubt the larger indie polish people use other existing polishes as bases!
I found a recipe for homemade np on the 'net, but don't think that I'll try this. It's basically ethanol, benzoin and silicic acid but I guess it lacks all the nice little extras we've grown accustomed to - ingredients to make the polish longer lasting and supple, for example.
Pm me if you have more questions!
 

elkaknits

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thanks so much Monsy. OK I know I miss a lot of posts {busy thread} but were you not going to do a previous Lancome release and did I miss it? I seriously remember somebody saying they were going to review and my commenting on how much I really like the formula and brush on my lone color Miss Coquilette {or something else super frenchified}
Lancome Wedding day collection


 

CartoonChic

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Lancome Wedding day collection


They're so pretty. I was about to jump on the Lancome bandwagon, but then I got swept up into indies. Now I don't want to take on another brand at this time. I'll wait to see if I get that nagging, irresistible urge to buy them later.
 

CartoonChic

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thanks so much Monsy. OK I know I miss a lot of posts {busy thread} but were you not going to do a previous Lancome release and did I miss it? I seriously remember somebody saying they were going to review and my commenting on how much I really like the formula and brush on my lone color Miss Coquilette {or something else super frenchified}
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Naynadine

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They're so pretty. I was about to jump on the Lancome bandwagon, but then I got swept up into indies. Now I don't want to take on another brand at this time. I'll wait to see if I get that nagging, irresistible urge to buy them later.
I'm waiting for my first Lancome polish to arrive.
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elkaknits

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Oh Naynadine I think you will like them. Of course I only have experience with one color but the brush is wide and the formula really is a smooth flowing one coater. I am always tempted to get more of them but it took me a month to pick out the one I did get. I should get back to my uber picky self
I'm waiting for my first Lancome polish to arrive.
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