Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[CartoonChic]

I scored the colors on my list. I budgeted to get 6 new and 6 retired colors, but decided to get an extra retired color at the last minute.

Colors by Llarowe

• Gizzards & Lizards
• Unorthodox Annie
• That's a Fact, Jack!
• All Bidness
• Rednecks & Rubies
• Strega
• Angels Sing
• Her Eyes Shined
• Sparkles are a Girl's Best Friend
• The Devil Wears Polish
• Melon Wine
• Purple Rain
• Bad

Monkey See, Monkey Do is the only one I didn't grab from my original list. I clicked on it and thought it was added to my cart, but it wasn't. I got All Bidness in its place. I want to get Tequila IV and Precious Metal in the next restock. Didn't realize I even wanted them until after they sold out. I want to see how Beam Me Up Scotty looks on real nails before I get it. I may also pick up Bubs Don't Make Bubbas, Leather & Lace, and the 3 jellies, but I'm undecided about them.

For those of you that missed Beat It, you have one more chance. Llarowe said that she has enough pigment to make one more batch.

 

[Pinkdollface]

Shame they don't stock Enchanted anymore, I reckon I could finally score with my new system, hahaha! Hurray for the extra 3 polishes you've managed to pick up!

I tried that system too the first time, but for me it didn't work with Enchanted. I'm sorry about your car, but luckily you and your little boy are fine. I hope your car can be fixed, the colour is indeed lovely.

 

[LastContrast]

Ohhh shit Anitacska, that's terrible. Glad you guys are OK, that's my nightmare being in a crash with the boys

 

[Honi]

Anitacska, that is so terrible! I am so glad you are all okay, cars can be replaced as you said.

On another note, here's my mani of today. Emerald Crush from Isadora

 

[Anitacska]

Thank you everyone for your kind words. Luckily we are both fine, although I have a bit of a bruise on my left knee, a slight ache in the back of my neck and my chest is a bit sore where the seat belt was, but otherwise I'm fine and my little boy is 100% well. I won't find out about the car for a few days, I've yet to ring my insurers as they're closed over the weekend, but I'll phone up tomorrow. Worst case scenario is that it's a write off, and the insurance pays for a new one. I told my hubby that I want the exact same model and colour, and want to keep my number plate (it's pretty cool).

In other news, I've managed to take pictures of my Llarowe order and also my current mani which is Layla Red Taboo. It's very pretty, but it's not red.

Also, it's not as holo as I remembered some of my other Laylas, but maybe it's because of the topcoat? It's still really nice though. The Naild It polishes are lovely.

 

[Anitacska]

Mei Mei has posted this on Facebook about the next Enchanted Restock:

Hi! The next restock of Enchanted Polish will be available before mid of October. In order to avoid massive jam of website traffic, the exact launch date and time will not be announced. Up In Smoke is supposed to make a comeback but due to some unexpected reason, it has to be postponed until further notice. Sorry about it. Anyway, I have a good news for you! A new exclusive holo is born and will be available with the restock. As usual, it will be limited to 1 bottle per color for Enchanted's order. Thanks for your kind understanding and patience. Love you all

Eek, I'm going to have to keep checking every day / several times a day to try and score something.

 

[Dominique33]

My 14th Sept Llarowe order arrived today. Despite all the pretties in the package and the big order I placed today I'm very sad, I managed to crash my lovely little car (Honda Jazz, beautiful slightly purply blue) and it's pretty badly smashed up.

Luckily I'm fine, and more importantly so is my little boy who was in the car with me as well. It was just one of those things, couldn't stop in time when somebody braked suddenly in front of me, the bonnet and the front of my car is pretty badly damaged, although my hubby says the engine looked fine and he reckons it can be fixed. Really hope so, only got it in December last year and I love it so much. Just look at it (and the colour is even prettier IRL):



Anyway, I'm fine, my little boy's fine, and that's what matters most. I couldn't bear the thought of something happening to him.

For God's sake I hope you all are safe and sound.

 

[CartoonChic]

Mei Mei has posted this on Facebook about the next Enchanted Restock:

Hi! The next restock of Enchanted Polish will be available before mid of October. In order to avoid massive jam of website traffic, the exact launch date and time will not be announced. Up In Smoke is supposed to make a comeback but due to some unexpected reason, it has to be postponed until further notice. Sorry about it. Anyway, I have a good news for you! A new exclusive holo is born and will be available with the restock. As usual, it will be limited to 1 bottle per color for Enchanted's order. Thanks for your kind understanding and patience. Love you all

Eek, I'm going to have to keep checking every day / several times a day to try and score something.

Buggers. I really dislike the open ended restocks. I much prefer the restocks that let you know the day, but gives you a time frame for the restock instead of an exact time. It gives everyone a better chance and doesn't crash the site. Plus you can at least adjust your schedule for the day.

 

[CartoonChic]

I was so excited when my nails grew back, so i ordered stuff from Llarowe (which i listed a while ago) and did several manicures. I continue with Dior Creme Abricot daily, so hangnails are gone.

But now my nails are brittle, and chipping and breaking - not sure why. Normally my nails are too soft, bendy, and peel in layers. I've been taking a Glucosamine - Condroitin supplement for several months. And recently i started taking a Calcium - Magnesium supplement regularly. I don't know if either of these could be contributing. Any suggestions for treatment?

What are you using for your base and top coats? They could be the culprits. I've been dealing with brittle, peeling nails for months. I switched to a different base and top coat and see a vast improvement. I also stopped using drying drops. I think that maybe the alcohol content in it is too much for my nails to handle and dried them out. Some fast drying top coats can have the same effect.

I've been filing down and clipping off the dried, cracked tips of my nails as they grow out. I have about a third left to grow out. I also slather my nails with the Dior Creme Abricot to moisturize. I can't get enough of that stuff. I need to buy another one very soon.

 

[CartoonChic]

I forgot to mention yesterday that I have Dollish Polish Walker Bait on it's way to me. I love the Walking Dead show so I couldn't resist it. It's a new LE monthly polish that she's going to start doing on a regular basis. The polish is only going to be available until Oct 13. I'm going to pair it with Zombie Flesh and wear them for the Walking Dead season premier. I'm also excited to kick off my Halloween manis on the 1st.

 

[CartoonChic]

Arrive!! On IG she posted some new Halloween colors too that I want! Those indigo bananas looks awesome too!!

I hear you. I feel the same way about buying stuff that's taking away from my polish or makeup money, but my reorganizing is making a world of difference! It's so totally worth it. I'm the type where if it's not in front of me or easy to get to, I don't use it. I had my lipsticks stashed in several places, so many of them weren't getting used. My new lipstick container is making things sooooo much better for me. I can see all of my lipsticks that I've organized so far very easily and quickly grab the color I want with no fuss.

I can also see that I have too many lipsticks. I have the container divided into 6 sections. The 6 sections are organized by color - purple, pink, orange, red, neutral, other (my Mattenes are the other). Each section holds 20 lipsticks with the way I have it organized. That's a total of 120 lipsticks. I was surprised and dismayed to see that the container is nearly full. And that's just for my MAC lipsticks. I haven't even organized my other brands yet. I need to get a 2nd container for them.

I don't want my MAC lipsticks to expand beyond this container, so I'm going to drastically cut back on my lipstick buying. I see that I have so many very similar shades that it's not even funny. If I feel I must have a new lipstick color, I'm going to have to use up or get rid of another color to make space. And unlike polish, I know that all of these lipsticks will eventually go bad. I would be so mad to have to throw out anything. That would be so much money wasted. It's all fun and games until I have to toss something in the garbage.

After doing this, I feel like that the money I'm spending to get my stash organized is going to save me so much more money later on because I won't be buying as much as I did before.

 

[Naughtyp]

I hear you. I feel the same way about buying stuff that's taking away from my polish or makeup money, but my reorganizing is making a world of difference! It's so totally worth it. I'm the type where if it's not in front of me or easy to get to, I don't use it. I had my lipsticks stashed in several places, so many of them weren't getting used. My new lipstick container is making things sooooo much better for me. I can see all of my lipsticks that I've organized so far very easily and quickly grab the color I want with no fuss. I can also see that I have too many lipsticks. I have the container divided into 6 sections. The 6 sections are organized by color - purple, pink, orange, red, neutral, other (my Mattenes are the other). Each section holds 20 lipsticks with the way I have it organized. That's a total of 120 lipsticks. I was surprised and dismayed to see that the container is nearly full. And that's just for my MAC lipsticks. I haven't even organized my other brands yet. I need to get a 2nd container for them. I don't want my MAC lipsticks to expand beyond this container, so I'm going to drastically cut back on my lipstick buying. I see that I have so many very similar shades that it's not even funny. If I feel I must have a new lipstick color, I'm going to have to use up or get rid of another color to make space. And unlike polish, I know that all of these lipsticks will eventually go bad. I would be so mad to have to throw out anything. That would be so much money wasted. It's all fun and games until I have to toss something in the garbage. After doing this, I feel like that the money I'm spending to get my stash organized is going to save me so much more money later on because I won't be buying as much as I did before. 

I wish I had more room so that I could buy organizers for my makeup , the polish is manageable right now lol. My lipstick container is small so I switch up the colors I put inside. I need to use more of my lipsticks and lg. I'm like u if I don't see t I don't use it and I'm pretty lazy most days I just wear BB/CC cream and lipstick lol. A lot of my lipsticks I need with liners and full face tho. I'm trying to use up as much as I can lol. I'm gonna try really hard to not buy anymore makeup cuz I do not need anything! Except maybe the basics lol. Yesterday my boss asked me to help him find a lavender lipstick for his wife I have him a lit of perm ones that I kno of lol and I showed him my picture I posted on IG of my Mac lipsticks and he's like omg! That is a little excessive girl! Lol I told him that's only the Mac lipsticks, not including lg or my other lipsticks lol. I feel like I'm almost to that point with np too. I have to come up with a plan before next year cuz I def can't keep up with what I already has, why am I still buying more lol. I just remade my wish list at llarowe, so it's all by brand. A lot of the polishes look the same. When u get ur CBLs can u compare the unorthodox Annie to edm living after midnight if u remember? As fr as that enchanted restock I wish they would aT least let us Kno the colors they are Gonna have. I need to send u a List lol Anitacska I'm glad u and your son are both ok! That's scary egging I to an accident! Hopefully you will find out about the car soon it's cute. But replaceable!

 

[Anitacska]

I hear you. I feel the same way about buying stuff that's taking away from my polish or makeup money, but my reorganizing is making a world of difference! It's so totally worth it. I'm the type where if it's not in front of me or easy to get to, I don't use it. I had my lipsticks stashed in several places, so many of them weren't getting used. My new lipstick container is making things sooooo much better for me. I can see all of my lipsticks that I've organized so far very easily and quickly grab the color I want with no fuss.

I can also see that I have too many lipsticks. I have the container divided into 6 sections. The 6 sections are organized by color - purple, pink, orange, red, neutral, other (my Mattenes are the other). Each section holds 20 lipsticks with the way I have it organized. That's a total of 120 lipsticks. I was surprised and dismayed to see that the container is nearly full. And that's just for my MAC lipsticks. I haven't even organized my other brands yet. I need to get a 2nd container for them.

I don't want my MAC lipsticks to expand beyond this container, so I'm going to drastically cut back on my lipstick buying. I see that I have so many very similar shades that it's not even funny. If I feel I must have a new lipstick color, I'm going to have to use up or get rid of another color to make space. And unlike polish, I know that all of these lipsticks will eventually go bad. I would be so mad to have to throw out anything. That would be so much money wasted. It's all fun and games until I have to toss something in the garbage.

After doing this, I feel like that the money I'm spending to get my stash organized is going to save me so much more money later on because I won't be buying as much as I did before.

I'm the same with lipsticks, I made my decision last year to only buy very unique colours, etc., and so far I've done pretty well, I think I've only bought about 20 lipsticks this year which is massive for me since I have around 400 lipsticks! Also stopped buying lipglosses, only bought maybe 4 or 5 this year, most of them only because they came in sets (Butter London). Now if only I could do that with my nail polish purchases too. Trouble with nail polish is that there are just so many colours and glitters and finishes, I still only have very few similar ones with 1200+ polishes. But I really need to set myself a limit and make sure I don't exceed it.

 

[Naughtyp]

Oh ya I also tried using the wish list technique when llarowe had enchanteds still and it didn't work yesterday I couldn't even get to my wish list page! I'm glad most of us ended up with what we wanted I can't wait to get these, I am gonna use one of the ones i have already tonight!! Hmmm but which one lol probably good fortune!

 

[Anitacska]

Oh ya I also tried using the wish list technique when llarowe had enchanteds still and it didn't work

yesterday I couldn't even get to my wish list page! I'm glad most of us ended up with what we wanted I can't wait to get these, I am gonna use one of the ones i have already tonight!! Hmmm but which one lol probably good fortune!

I was already on my wishlist page before she loaded the stock up, so maybe that's why I was luckier. But it seemed like most of us got what they wanted, I placed a second order quite a while later and a lot of colours were still available then, even Beat It!

 

[Naughtyp]

I was already on my wishlist page before she loaded the stock up, so maybe that's why I was luckier. But it seemed like most of us got what they wanted, I placed a second order quite a while later and a lot of colours were still available then, even Beat It!

for the enchanted restock last time I was on my wish list page and they ever showed in stock lol. I'm glad that it worked for you this time! I believe this is the way to go tho! I can't wait To get my 2 colors lol

 

[josephine90]

i was on the wishlist page too, but refreshing it too see when its in stock was just too slow, it just kept circling lol...on other news, the skin around my nails are peeling like crazy, i don't even feel like painting my nails today. urrgh i hate it!

 

[MacNcheese]

Today's manicure. I am in a fall mood.

Wet N Wild

 

[CartoonChic]

I'm the same with lipsticks, I made my decision last year to only buy very unique colours, etc., and so far I've done pretty well, I think I've only bought about 20 lipsticks this year which is massive for me since I have around 400 lipsticks! Also stopped buying lipglosses, only bought maybe 4 or 5 this year, most of them only because they came in sets (Butter London). Now if only I could do that with my nail polish purchases too. Trouble with nail polish is that there are just so many colours and glitters and finishes, I still only have very few similar ones with 1200+ polishes. But I really need to set myself a limit and make sure I don't exceed it.

Dang it. I forgot all about my lipglosses. That means I need a 3rd container. Hmm... I don't really want to do that. I need to think of a different way to store them. I don't have a lot of space either. I have to be careful with my storage choices to maximize my options. I keep my makeup and polish Melmers in my closet. Buying polish is a different story since they don't expire and the color combinations are endless. With makeup, not so much. I think it'll be easier for me to say no to makeup than it will be with polish.

Sure, Naughty, I'll do the comparison for you. I did a mani today with Enchanted August 2013 and Colors by Llarowe Rare Bear. They're close dupes. Rare Bear is a bit darker. I'll post a pic tomorrow.

 

[CartoonChic]

Wet N Wild

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That's a gorgeous color! Love your nails.