Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[lilinah]

Quote: Originally Posted by Medgal07
Alright ladies---I have a confession.

At my age, I'm still rocking 5 inch heels. I love my shoes. I work out on a regular basis to keep my ankles strong & a pretty pedi doesn't hurt either!



I'm glad to hear you are still a glamorous creature, Medgal. I was a shoe fanatic for much of my life.

See, my feet are only a tad over 8" long, so 5" heels would be impossible for me to walk in at any age. Then about 20 years ago i found out i have bone spurs / plantar faciitis in both heels. THEN, about 14 years ago i fell (tripped over a tent guy rope) and seriously damaged both knees. So even low heeled shoes don't feel so good these days. I used to wear children's shoes, but most have little padding or cushioning, so they don't feel so great anymore. I still want a pair that light up when i walk...

If you're feeling good, go for it!

 

[lilinah]

Well, i'm sure enjoying all the nail polish pr0n. But I'm trying not to buy any polishes until my nails recover. My hang nails are gone, thanks to daily coatings of Dior Abricot. But i'm still waiting for the nails that broke, chipped, and peeled off to grow back a little more.

Still, Deborah Lippmann Fake It Til You Make It is calling to me... I'm trying not to buy more glimmery polishes, because i bought a bunch of top coats from Llarowe before i went out of town, and i need some cremes and creme-y polishes with subtle shimmer to wear under them. But i'm just not a subtle nail polish kinda guy.

I found my camera Sunday! It had been in an obvious place... and i still didn't see it since, oh, i dunno, March? So once my nails are fully back in shape (not necessarily long, but more even), i will polish them and attempt some pics to share here.

Keep those photos coming! I can at least enjoy vicarious manis and pedis!

 

[MRV]

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I ordered Dollish Pollish Expecto Patronum, HK Girl Stuck on Blu! Base Coat, HK Girl Top Coat, and a cute glass nail file. They were delivered today. I'm going to change my mani tonight to try out the HK Girl top and base coats. The top coat is supposed to be great for holos, so I'll probably wear an Enchanted mani. I'm still dealing with stained nails. I'm curious to try the base coat because it's supposed to be stain preventing. It's also a sticky base coat which I haven't tried at all yet.

I'll probably order the new Dollish Polish color tonight along with some more shades. Tomorrow I'm placing an order for some Dior polishes. I can't believe I've already hit the bottom of my Dior Creme Abricot! I was expecting it to last a year. But I've been wearing it twice a day instead of once a day. I reapply it in the morning until I find a cuticle oil to use during the day. There's a Creme Abricot LE polish that's coming out and all of Dior's nail care products are being replaced with a new Creme Abricot formula. The polish will be exclusive to Sephora, but the nail care products will be available everywhere and will be permanent.

Thursday will be my Enchanted order, and I think I'll be set for the rest of August. Forgiving a few more possible restocks later in the month, of course. I want the new Emily de Molly shades, YSL and Dior fall polishes, and some random Picture Polish and Femme Fatale colors.

EDIT: Lol! Of course I just find out that Takko Lacquer is restocking next week. I'm not sure if I'm doing such a great job cutting back this month.

Oh, DPEP is lovely! I have it, too. I think I'm going to wear it when we get snow.

A new Creme Abricot? Hope they don't change it for the worse.


A new mani: P&J #033 Bermuda. It looks so different in different lighting. Not so dark like here, but more like a coral pink (but bluer pink outdoors).

 

[BuickMackane]

Buick's back!

What do you mean us? Do you want us to believe you've been in NP rehab all this time?!

A new mani: P&J #033 Bermuda. It looks so different in different lighting. Not so dark like here, but more like a coral pink (but bluer pink outdoors).

NP rehab? Moi? Never!

I haven't hauled much lately though. My biggest haul was a bunch of Cadillacquers from LLarowe a few months back. Then I got a few Hares, FFs, PPs and a couple of EDMs. Oh, and some from Essie and Zoya's summer collections.

Luuurve how the P&J looks in the first pic!

 

[MACina]

Gorgeous mani, MRV

Hard to believe that it is the same polish

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Thank you, Jenny!


Hope you are feeling better! I'm one of those people who never catches anything but I have my chronic things. Either way, it's not nice when you're feeling ill all the time.

I have to snag some things from FU, too, but not before Friday. I might grab a few NPs, too, but we'll see.


Thanks, CC and Med!


Thanks, Anneri! It was a good quality polish. The base was quite dark, but very intense outdoors.

Nice mani! I think those Cadillacquer glitters look quite delicate. For the most part, I'm still on a crazy glitter mode, esp. with those upcoming DLs.

I'm not that far behind.


I got mine today, too! It looks like a silver/greyish holo, but we'll see once it's on the nails. I just noticed their instrustions under the lid. They say clean nails > no TC? I think I need ot use my ridge filling TC.


Buick's back!

What do you mean us? Do you want us to believe you've been in NP rehab all this time?!

Oh, DPEP is lovely! I have it, too. I think I'm going to wear it when we get snow.

A new Creme Abricot? Hope they don't change it for the worse.


A new mani: P&J #033 Bermuda. It looks so different in different lighting. Not so dark like here, but more like a coral pink (but bluer pink outdoors).

 

[MACina]

Temptalia.com has the official information on the Essie "For The Twill Of It" Fall Collection on her blog:

http://www.temptalia.com/essie-fall-2013-collection-for-the-twill-of-it

 

[CartoonChic]

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Thank you, Jenny!


Hope you are feeling better! I'm one of those people who never catches anything but I have my chronic things. Either way, it's not nice when you're feeling ill all the time.

I have to snag some things from FU, too, but not before Friday. I might grab a few NPs, too, but we'll see.


Thanks, CC and Med!


Thanks, Anneri! It was a good quality polish. The base was quite dark, but very intense outdoors.

Nice mani! I think those Cadillacquer glitters look quite delicate. For the most part, I'm still on a crazy glitter mode, esp. with those upcoming DLs.

I'm not that far behind.


I got mine today, too! It looks like a silver/greyish holo, but we'll see once it's on the nails. I just noticed their instrustions under the lid. They say clean nails > no TC? I think I need ot use my ridge filling TC.


Buick's back!

What do you mean us? Do you want us to believe you've been in NP rehab all this time?!

Oh, DPEP is lovely! I have it, too. I think I'm going to wear it when we get snow.

A new Creme Abricot? Hope they don't change it for the worse.


A new mani: P&J #033 Bermuda. It looks so different in different lighting. Not so dark like here, but more like a coral pink (but bluer pink outdoors).

I thought I was looking at 2 different polishes. It's a pretty chameleon, that's for sure. Your nails look fantastic.

No, the Dior Creme Abricot will stay the same. Dior's other nail products (top/base coats, polish remover) are being changed to include the Creme Abricot formula.

 

[CartoonChic]

Well, i'm sure enjoying all the nail polish pr0n. But I'm trying not to buy any polishes until my nails recover. My hang nails are gone, thanks to daily coatings of Dior Abricot. But i'm still waiting for the nails that broke, chipped, and peeled off to grow back a little more.

Still, Deborah Lippmann Fake It Til You Make It is calling to me... I'm trying not to buy more glimmery polishes, because i bought a bunch of top coats from Llarowe before i went out of town, and i need some cremes and creme-y polishes with subtle shimmer to wear under them. But i'm just not a subtle nail polish kinda guy.

I found my camera Sunday! It had been in an obvious place... and i still didn't see it since, oh, i dunno, March? So once my nails are fully back in shape (not necessarily long, but more even), i will polish them and attempt some pics to share here.

Keep those photos coming! I can at least enjoy vicarious manis and pedis!

Follow your own advice! If you want Fake It Til You Make It, then I think you should go for it, too.

 

[CartoonChic]

This is what Llarowe posted about the rewards on FB:

[h=5]"Rewards have not been transferred from the old site to the new site. We are working on the website and they will be added as soon as possible and that is on the schedule. I will let you know as soon as they are transferred. We are using a points system now instead of a dollar system. 20 points = $1.00. If you have 200 points on the site you have $10.00 in Rewards. We do not give Rewards points on shipping, only on polish cost."[/h]
Sorry to hear Little Fishy isn't all that WOW. I have found with some of EP holos that they are nice, but not that wow, whereas the multichrome holos like the Beatles ones or the Time to Pretend ones are definitely very much WOW!

Was it you that asked about Ozotic polishes? I have a few and some of them are really pretty, multichrome and some lovely scatter holo ones too.

Here's how I understand Llarowe's reward system.

$1 spent = 1 point
20 points = $1 discount from order

It's still following the 5% off principle, but using a point system instead.

 

[Dominique33]

Hello !


And to all of you :

Today I purchased Guerlain 860, very pretty shade and the name " Madame Batifole " is so

( I also purchased the Rouge G ! )

 

[MACina]

Hallo Dominique

Madame Batifole is sooooooooo pretty!
I got the Rouge G too and love it

It is kinda funny (and a bit confusing too) that the Rouge G, the lipglass and polish all have the same number AND the same name

Hello !


And to all of you :

Today I purchased Guerlain 860, very pretty shade and the name " Madame Batifole " is so

( I also purchased the Rouge G ! )

 

[Naughtyp]

Allright you lot, spill! Just how many bottles have you managed to snag while I've been gone? 

Buick!!! Sooo happy to see u lady!!! ummm I haven't been counting anymore lol but it's been a lot! Not as muh as CC or Anitacska, but still lol. I hopped on the Indie train, collected many Hares, A England's, lots of picture polishes, a few enchanteds.... All the essies, half the OPI San Fran collection, the sephora Ariel set, the new Nars color and a Marc Jacobs polish a few more illamasquas. Need more from the zoya fall collection, Orly fall , DL fall and maybe some CG call colors. What have u been up to woman? On summer break?

 

[jennyap]

Well, here's today's new arrival:



And I have a bit of catching up to do with other hauls - I think this is everything from the last month. Mostly TKMaxx finds.









Got to go eat my dinner, be back with some names afterwards!

 

[Dominique33]

Well, here's today's new arrival:



And I have a bit of catching up to do with other hauls - I think this is everything from the last month. Mostly TKMaxx finds.









Got to go eat my dinner, be back with some names afterwards!

In one word : gorgeous !

 

[Anitacska]

Yes, that makes sense.

Here's how I understand Llarowe's reward system.

$1 spent = 1 point
20 points = $1 discount from order

It's still following the 5% off principle, but using a point system instead.

Nice haul, Jenny!

Here's my mani, and old Enchanted Polish called Austin Powers. Very good holo, it has a real wow-factor! In the shade it's gold with copper flecks and in the sunshine it's BAM! rainbows!

 

[Anitacska]

Oh and I saw on FB that Mei Mei Signatures had an EdM restock, so ordered 6 of them: Amazonia, Indigo Flow, Turbulence, Cool Calm & Collected, On Edge and Land of Confusion. Oops!

 

[Naughtyp]

Yes, that makes sense.


Nice haul, Jenny!

Here's my mani, and old Enchanted Polish called Austin Powers. Very good holo, it has a real wow-factor! In the shade it's gold with copper flecks and in the sunshine it's BAM! rainbows!

love this one!!

 

[CartoonChic]

I've been taking care of errands all day. Didn't even get the chance to do my polish change yet. I saw that Llarowe said all reward points from previous orders have been transferred over to the new site. I checked my account. Um, I'll put it this way. I'll be able to get my entire Enchanted polish order of 7 polishes for free tomorrow... and will still have some points left over. I'm appalled and proud both at the same time.

 

[Naughtyp]

I've been taking care of errands all day. Didn't even get the chance to do my polish change yet. I saw that Llarowe said all reward points from previous orders have been transferred over to the new site. I checked my account. Um, I'll put it this way. I'll be able to get my entire Enchanted polish order of 7 polishes for free tomorrow... and will still have some points left over. I'm appalled and proud both at the same time.

I just saw her fb announcement im going to check mine again right now.
Whoohoo! way to go CC!!

 

[CartoonChic]

Naughty, keep your head up about Prince. Just keep picturing him coming home to you.


I'm looking forward to your thoughts about the new Emily de Molly colors, especially On Edge and Cool, Calm & Collected.