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[Anneri]

They're also doing a Muppets Most Wanted collection: http://www.thepolishaholic.com/2014/03/OPI-Muppets-Most-Wanted-Collection-Swatches-Review.html

The Muppets I can get behind, but Coca Cola, Ford and ML?! Maybe it's just me, but I find that weird. Or I'm just cranky today (could very likely be the case).

 

[MRV]

They're also doing a Muppets Most Wanted collection: http://www.thepolishaholic.com/2014/03/OPI-Muppets-Most-Wanted-Collection-Swatches-Review.html

I can imagine getting something from thing collection, but I will synchronize my lists and bank account next week!

 

[MRV]

Forgot to post this: I got one of the newest Illamasquas, Marquise, and the orange lippie (I'm a total abuser of ASOS discount codes, one day they will ban me!) It does not show here, but it has a golden glitter, and it looks like Jinx or something in the bottle.

 

[Fuzzy]

Forgot to post this: I got one of the newest Illamasquas, Marquise, and the orange lippie (I'm a total abuser of ASOS discount codes, one day they will ban me!) It does not show here, but it has a golden glitter, and it looks like Jinx or something in the bottle.

Pretty! I can't believe I haven't used a single one of my texture polishes yet... I should get on that!

 

[Anitacska]

Has anyone ordered from Femme Fatale before? I'm thinking about ordering a few Lilypad Lacquers (some of them are exclusive to FF), but the shipping comes to $47 (AUD). Does anyone know if that includes customs fees/taxes, or will I have to pay that on top? The total already comes to $131 which is about £72 for 6 polishes, so I definitely wouldn't want to pay any more money on top.

 

[MRV]

Has anyone ordered from Femme Fatale before? I'm thinking about ordering a few Lilypad Lacquers (some of them are exclusive to FF), but the shipping comes to $47 (AUD). Does anyone know if that includes customs fees/taxes, or will I have to pay that on top? The total already comes to $131 which is about £72 for 6 polishes, so I definitely wouldn't want to pay any more money on top.

I once asked for a tender but cancelled it because a) I was fairly certain that I would have to pay VAT (24% here) plus b) I was afraid that I would have to pay some local courrier fee (other than the one mentioned by FF). I think CC ordered from them though, so she might know the details.

 

[kimibos]

Has anyone ordered from Femme Fatale before? I'm thinking about ordering a few Lilypad Lacquers (some of them are exclusive to FF), but the shipping comes to $47 (AUD). Does anyone know if that includes customs fees/taxes, or will I have to pay that on top? The total already comes to $131 which is about £72 for 6 polishes, so I definitely wouldn't want to pay any more money on top.

i wanted to order a $3.50 pigment but had to pay $17 in shipping LOL so i passed.

i dont understand how LLarowe stopped selling FF, i noticed Pretty Polish is gone too.

some of the new brands she has are crappy.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Hi, I ordered from Femme Fatale to the UK a few months ago and had to pay the VAT plus the Royal Mail handling fee. I ordered six items and the RM total charge was around £18.
I'm always braced for it when I buy from a new overseas company, but it still hurts when the card arrives! I honestly don't mind the VAT, but the fee on top really pushes up the cost.
Hope that helps you decide!

 

[kimibos]

Girls im kind of sad with my LLa haul.the 2 CbL polishes i got. Rocking my juju and best day of my life. they are nowhere near Enchanteds or ILNP Awesomeness.
the swatches in the site are so misleading, i dont go around holding a lamp wherever i go.

i still have to try the hare I love you to pieces.

so far i do love the PP revolution glitter remover. it works like magic!! Im going to stick to glitter now!

 

[kimibos]

Had an e-mail from Enchanted Polish, pre-order for March 2014 and April 2014 will be on

Sunday March 23rd @ 12pm PDT / 1pm MDT / 3pm EDT. I think I'll get these two as shipping will only be $10 as opposed to $9 for just one and if I don't like them, I can always sell them on eBay for sure.​

i hope they are not mystery ones. or simple holos. PLEASEEEE DO a Duochrome holo. or she should at least restock the old ones.

 

[Anitacska]

i hope they are not mystery ones. or simple holos. PLEASEEEE DO a Duochrome holo. or she should at least restock the old ones. They are mystery ones I'm afraid. Normally I wouldn't bother, but I can save on shipping if I order both and I'm sure I can sell them eBay anyway if I don't like them.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Girls im kind of sad with my LLa haul.the 2 CbL polishes i got. Rocking my juju and best day of my life. they are nowhere near Enchanteds or ILNP Awesomeness.
the swatches in the site are so misleading, i dont go around holding a lamp wherever i go.

i still have to try the hare I love you to pieces.

so far i do love the PP revolution glitter remover. it works like magic!! Im going to stick to glitter now!

I felt exactly the same way about those two - I so expected to love them as duochrome holos are my weakness, but compared to a lot of the new ones which came out before the CbL versions, they're really weak. I kind of felt the same way about Grace - swatches looked awesome, the reality a bit less so. I still love her straight holos though!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Thanks. I think I'll leave it for now. We have to pay 20% on top and £8 fee to the Royal Mail on top. Not worth it I'm afraid.



Crazy! I get my FFs from Harlow, Rainbow Connection and Mei Mei.



Thanks for this and welcome to the board!

Yeah, I'm a bit over Llarowe now. She says as she's expecting 13 polishes...

Thank you! A question I could answer for someone prompted me to finally sign up as a member, instead of just lurking and drooling over everyone's polishes and manis!

 

[MRV]

i hope they are not mystery ones. or simple holos. PLEASEEEE DO a Duochrome holo. or she should at least restock the old ones.

Yes, it's all mystery this year. I hope for the older ones, too. Otherwise it's impossible to get them. I've never had any luck with MeiMei. Speaking of EP, I received Feb 2014 today, just in time:

 

[Anitacska]

Oh, I want a holo car!

Unfortunately I don't know anyone with cars nearby. You haven't? You need to correct that asap! I'm wearing a sand, Isadora Pool Crush, because I did not have much time last night to do my nails:




Thanks, kimibos! I have ordered pigment samples from FF and the shipping is free! Yeah, it sucks she no longer carries FF. Which brand you're referring to?


Sorry you don't like them. They are darker ones, I have plenty of those and that's why I prefer to get brighter holos now.


Yes, it's all mystery this year. I hope for the older ones, too. Otherwise it's impossible to get them. I've never had any luck with MeiMei. Speaking of EP, I received Feb 2014 today, just in time:

Lovely mani! I'm gonna do the teal version next (17 nail polish).

February 2014 is nice, but exactly just that. I'd really like EP to come out with a new multichrome-holo collection like the Beatles one and the Time to Pretend one. Those are the best EP polishes.

Here's my current mani, Essie Damsel in a dress with Darling Diva Soft kitty on top. Soft kitty is quite opaque, so the Essie polish doesn't show through as much, it's pretty dark on its own.



Also here's the little Rainbow Connection haul that arrived yesterday and the China Glaze polish was a freebie (not from RC). Bit of a long story, will tell you another time. Still no Llarowe pre-order, 21 days and STILL counting. Knowing my luck it'll arrive tomorrow or next week when my hubby will be home and he'll see that I'd received 4 envelopes with polish in them. Uh-oh!

 

[Anneri]

Forgot to post this: I got one of the newest Illamasquas, Marquise, and the orange lippie (I'm a total abuser of ASOS discount codes, one day they will ban me!) It does not show here, but it has a golden glitter, and it looks like Jinx or something in the bottle.

Did you get some of the other items of the collection? I'm curious.

I understand car collections more than the other two, mainly due to the connections between modern nail polish back in the 19-teens and automotive paint. And of course after all SpectraFlair was originally for cars! lol My Ikea is about 11-12 km away- I don't have a car either, but I know people with them! :frenz: Pretty! I can't believe I haven't used a single one of my texture polishes yet...

I once tried to order pigment from Spectraflair directly! Didn't work out though. And go and try those Sands! *pokes*

i hope they are not mystery ones. or simple holos. PLEASEEEE  DO a Duochrome holo. or she should at least restock the old ones. 

Did you get the new PPs? Aurora etc.? There's a restock on a German site at the end of March but I don't know yet whether I should order or not.

Thank you!  A question I could answer for someone prompted me to finally sign up as a member, instead of just lurking and drooling over everyone's polishes and manis!

Hi PearlyQueen! Welcome!

Oh, I want a holo car! :haha: Unfortunately I don't know anyone with cars nearby. You haven't? You need to correct that asap! I'm wearing a sand, Isadora Pool Crush, because I did not have much time last night to do my nails: Thanks, kimibos! I have ordered pigment samples from FF and the shipping is free! Yeah, it sucks she no longer carries FF. Which brand you're referring to? Sorry you don't like them. They are darker ones, I have plenty of those and that's why I prefer to get brighter holos now. Yes, it's all mystery this year. I hope for the older ones, too. Otherwise it's impossible to get them. I've never had any luck with MeiMei. Speaking of EP, I received Feb 2014 today, just in time:

Oooooooh, looks nice! Here's my mani with both of the Kiko Cupcake polishes.

 

[MRV]

Lovely mani! I'm gonna do the teal version next (17 nail polish).

February 2014 is nice, but exactly just that. I'd really like EP to come out with a new multichrome-holo collection like the Beatles one and the Time to Pretend one. Those are the best EP polishes.

Here's my current mani, Essie Damsel in a dress with Darling Diva Soft kitty on top. Soft kitty is quite opaque, so the Essie polish doesn't show through as much, it's pretty dark on its own.



Also here's the little Rainbow Connection haul that arrived yesterday and the China Glaze polish was a freebie (not from RC). Bit of a long story, will tell you another time. Still no Llarowe pre-order, 21 days and STILL counting. Knowing my luck it'll arrive tomorrow or next week when my hubby will be home and he'll see that I'd received 4 envelopes with polish in them. Uh-oh!



Thanks! That DD sure is quite opaque, but it's nice that the base colour is just kind of peaking through.

Quote: Originally Posted by Anneri

Did you get some of the other items of the collection? I'm curious.

Did you get the new PPs? Aurora etc.? There's a restock on a German site at the end of March but I don't know yet whether I should order or not.

Oooooooh, looks nice!

Here's my mani with both of the Kiko Cupcake polishes.

Yes I did! I got the orange lippie Soaked. It feels good, and leaves a nice stain, too. Way better than their old formula. Fortunately I had only 2 previously, the last one bought from Berlin in 2009! I kind of collect their blushes though.

You should get Aurora at least! It's INSANE!

Thanks, love that minty Kiko, too!

 

[Fuzzy]

And it was a great idea! Looking forward to seeing your manis and hauls, don't be shy, just join right in!


Lovely mani! I'm gonna do the teal version next (17 nail polish).

February 2014 is nice, but exactly just that. I'd really like EP to come out with a new multichrome-holo collection like the Beatles one and the Time to Pretend one. Those are the best EP polishes.

Here's my current mani, Essie Damsel in a dress with Darling Diva Soft kitty on top. Soft kitty is quite opaque, so the Essie polish doesn't show through as much, it's pretty dark on its own.



Also here's the little Rainbow Connection haul that arrived yesterday and the China Glaze polish was a freebie (not from RC). Bit of a long story, will tell you another time. Still no Llarowe pre-order, 21 days and STILL counting. Knowing my luck it'll arrive tomorrow or next week when my hubby will be home and he'll see that I'd received 4 envelopes with polish in them. Uh-oh!


Nice! Soft Kitty has a lot of coverage, but it does make the Essie look soft... like a kitty

lol

Nice haul! the DL thermal glitters are very pretty, big colour changes!

I think my Llarowe order is in the mail downstairs, I'll get it a bit later.
Quote: Originally Posted by Anneri


Did you get some of the other items of the collection? I'm curious.
I once tried to order pigment from Spectraflair directly! Didn't work out though.

And go and try those Sands! *pokes*
Did you get the new PPs? Aurora etc.? There's a restock on a German site at the end of March but I don't know yet whether I should order or not.
Hi PearlyQueen! Welcome!
Oooooooh, looks nice!

Here's my mani with both of the Kiko Cupcake polishes.

I'll do a texture next!

now I have to decide between the 4 of them.

The Kiko Cupcakes remind me of something, but I can't quite put my finger on it.... I like the design you did!

I second Aurora!

 

[Bcteagirl]

Forgot to post this: I got one of the newest Illamasquas, Marquise, and the orange lippie (I'm a total abuser of ASOS discount codes, one day they will ban me!) It does not show here, but it has a golden glitter, and it looks like Jinx or something in the bottle.


So pretty! Very tempting.

Quote: Originally Posted by Anneri


Did you get some of the other items of the collection? I'm curious.
I once tried to order pigment from Spectraflair directly! Didn't work out though.

And go and try those Sands! *pokes*
Did you get the new PPs? Aurora etc.? There's a restock on a German site at the end of March but I don't know yet whether I should order or not.
Hi PearlyQueen! Welcome!
Oooooooh, looks nice!

Here's my mani with both of the Kiko Cupcake polishes.

I love this mani!

I won a 50$GC to a nail polish blog sale! I do want to get a Lynderlla as one of them, is the Attitude Adjust-mintmint very close to the spumoni which I grabbed used (My only Lynderella!) ? I do love minty polishes, so I may get it. Also like the look of the chocolotta.

Just redid my nails in spa ritual thunder road, a pale purple polish, with KB shimmer Iris my case on the ring finger nails

Just came back from the states, I only brought back three polishes (One 50% at estee lauder outlet, an archie from the cosemetics outlet, and a clinique beauty bonus). Somehow they all wound up being various shades of coral

 

[kimibos]

I felt exactly the same way about those two - I so expected to love them as duochrome holos are my weakness, but compared to a lot of the new ones which came out before the CbL versions, they're really weak. I kind of felt the same way about Grace - swatches looked awesome, the reality a bit less so. I still love her straight holos though!
the swatches look amazing but ughh they look nothing special in real life. Welcome to specktra!
i like her other holos too.

Quote: Originally Posted by MRV Oh, I want a holo car!

Unfortunately I don't know anyone with cars nearby. You haven't? You need to correct that asap! I'm wearing a sand, Isadora Pool Crush, because I did not have much time last night to do my nails:

Thanks, kimibos! I have ordered pigment samples from FF and the shipping is free! Yeah, it sucks she no longer carries FF. Which brand you're referring to?
Sorry you don't like them. They are darker ones, I have plenty of those and that's why I prefer to get brighter holos now.
Yes, it's all mystery this year. I hope for the older ones, too. Otherwise it's impossible to get them. I've never had any luck with MeiMei. Speaking of EP, I received Feb 2014 today, just in time:



Very Pretty mani! OMG a holo car would probably blind people on the road LOL not safe
some of the bad ones i see are Dear Russ, i also dont see how Cult nails ended up there too, they are pretty popular in their own store here in the states.
selling australian brands, or from other places is the whole point of shopping at LLa.
Enchanted- that feb-2014 look vert pretty.
i have 3 on my swap thread that i didnt like, cause they are simple holos. i think i may just post them on ebay.
i dont think im going to be buying this weekend.

enjoy your polish tho!
Quote: Originally Posted by Anneri

Did you get the new PPs? Aurora etc.? There's a restock on a German site at the end of March but I don't know yet whether I should order or not.
Here's my mani with both of the Kiko Cupcake polishes.

WoW that mani is so pretty annieri! i loved your Lele look too!
i still dont know if im going to get the PP ones, they look like the ozotics i have.