Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[Anitacska]

Sorry hun, my Scintealliant is going nowhere, it's even nicer in the flesh than in the pic! It leans more blue in some lighting and more green in others, and is properly holo too.

I was kind of joking, thought you might not want to give it up. BUT if you were interested in swapping decants, I'd be happy to decant some of my UIS for some of your Scintealliant. But no pressure.

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So gorgeous - both your manis and earrings!
I really like the colour and glitter combo you did there!
And I spot some lovely polishes there!

I was awol during the last few days because it was so incredible hot over here that I didn't want to do anything - neither browsing specktra nor doing my nails! Luckily it's cooler now.
I also realised a few moments ago that I accidentally ordered IB Alcatraz for the second time now. I feel like such a fool...

If anyone wants it, pm me. It's an 8ml bottle.
Has anybody ordered the new IBs? I so want some of them, but there aren't any swatches yet. I also decided that I want some of the summer CBLs - does anyone know when the next preorder will be?
I haven't ordered anything yet because I accidentally dropped my Kindle and had to get a new one. Pricey...

Anyways. Some manis!



Essie resort fling with some Bourjois nail tattoos. So cute right?



China Glaze He's going in circles stamped with a Kiko mirror polish. Mermaid nails!



Manhattan Dusk Dancer over black. I' m a bit meh about this, maybe I'll stamp over it tomorrow.

Lovely manis. I haven't ordered any of the new IBs, not sure if I will. I'm really trying to be better now. I didn't order anything from the massive Llarowe restock the other day, even though I was very tempted to get the rest of the CT 9 Realms polishes. But I've decided to give Llarowe a miss now if I can buy the same polishes from other retailers. I'm just fed up with the long wait time and the postage cost seems to have gone up too. I'd rather buy from Rainbow Connection, Harlow & Co or Mei Mei. I'm still waiting for my pre-order to dispatch, it's going to be yet another week now, if not 2. Ugh.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Dance Legend Roz. Such a gorgeous multichrome polish.

And here's my most recent haul, including ILNP Peace (that wasn't sent last time) and Polish Addict Imagine Dragons (which I got for my eldest daughter because her favourite band are Imagine Dragons - but I must get another one for myself, it's gorgeous!).



Oh and the Femme Fatales are completely the wrong colour, my camera just wouldn't cooperate.

That's another lovely DL multichrome polish, one on my big list "to wear soon"! You do a great job of capturing the colours, I find my camera doesn't like playing ball with multichromes - I'll be looking at my nails being pink, and my camera is picking them up as blue! I should probably play with the settings a bit, but I'm more an "autosettings and hope for the best" kind of a gal!
Nice haul too - and I'm very drawn to Imagine Dragons, though it's not my usual kind of choice! And I don't have any Polish Addicts. Enjoy!

 

[PearlyQueen]

I don't mind pink and these polishes are pretty nice, but of course I would've preferred one of the more "famous" brands like Femme Fatale. But they are pretty and it was for a good cause, so hey!


Nice nude polish with a kick. Pretty sure I own this one too, but haven't worn it yet (of course).

To be honest, the Dollish Polish Final Frontier doesn't look as great irl as it did in the swatches online. It's mostly just a black holo. It looked more bluey in the swatches.


You and me seem to be so similar, I have a ton of jewellery as well (mostly costume jewellery, no money left for proper jewellery after all my polish/make up purchases, lol). I also have a lot of scarves. Basically stuff that still fits when you get fat, hahaha!


Oh that's weird. My RAH is possibly the most holo of the bunch.


I was kind of joking, thought you might not want to give it up. BUT if you were interested in swapping decants, I'd be happy to decant some of my UIS for some of your Scintealliant. But no pressure.


Lovely manis. I haven't ordered any of the new IBs, not sure if I will. I'm really trying to be better now. I didn't order anything from the massive Llarowe restock the other day, even though I was very tempted to get the rest of the CT 9 Realms polishes. But I've decided to give Llarowe a miss now if I can buy the same polishes from other retailers. I'm just fed up with the long wait time and the postage cost seems to have gone up too. I'd rather buy from Rainbow Connection, Harlow & Co or Mei Mei. I'm still waiting for my pre-order to dispatch, it's going to be yet another week now, if not 2. Ugh.

How funny, we do seem very similar! Kindred spirits I think. One day my polish collection will be bigger than my jewellery one, I can feel it approaching fast! Sorry about Scintealliant, I just love it too much - my favourite brand took my favourite type and made it in my favourite colours...

 

[Anitacska]

That's another lovely DL multichrome polish, one on my big list "to wear soon"! You do a great job of capturing the colours, I find my camera doesn't like playing ball with multichromes - I'll be looking at my nails being pink, and my camera is picking them up as blue! I should probably play with the settings a bit, but I'm more an "autosettings and hope for the best" kind of a gal!
Nice haul too - and I'm very drawn to Imagine Dragons, though it's not my usual kind of choice! And I don't have any Polish Addicts. Enjoy!

Thank you. To be honest, even the pictures don't do it justice, it was so much more colourful in real life.

Here's another mani, Liquid Sky Lacquer Fuchsia Illusion. This was a hard one to capture, I really had to play around with the camera settings, it just came out purple all the time, argh! That's why my fingers are really orange. The colour is a lovely pink that turns purple when cold. Reminds me of EP May 2013 which I don't own, but have seen pictures of. One thing I do hate is that these LSL thermals shrink on me like crazy, and I know it's not the topcoat because it doesn't shrink other polishes. Anyway, here you go:


Warm


Cold

It's holo as well, but it wasn't sunny on Sunday, so couldn't capture the holo.

 

[Anitacska]

Forgot to say, Enchanted Polish pre-order of May, June and July on Sunday 22nd June at 12 pm PDT until 1 pm PDT (8 pm BST/9 pm CET until 9 pm BST/10 pm CET). All 3 are mystery colours. I'll probably order them seeing that it's 3 for the price of 1 shipping.

 

[jennyap]

Don't know if everyone saw - Mac are bringing Bad Fairy back in the Rocky Horror collection!

 

[Anitacska]

Don't know if everyone saw - Mac are bringing Bad Fairy back in the Rocky Horror collection!

Yes, saw that just today. Not that I'm interested, I already have the original BF.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Forgot to say, Enchanted Polish pre-order of May, June and July on Sunday 22nd June at 12 pm PDT until 1 pm PDT (8 pm BST/9 pm CET until 9 pm BST/10 pm CET). All 3 are mystery colours. I'll probably order them seeing that it's 3 for the price of 1 shipping.

Lol, she gets lazier, monthly polishes that only come out every three months! Of course, I'll be in...!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Don't know if everyone saw - Mac are bringing Bad Fairy back in the Rocky Horror collection!

Oooo, I've fancied that for ages, tempting!

 

[PearlyQueen]

New polishes for this week!

Enchanted Polish Ice Castle, The Devil Wears Polish Linear Ultrachrome 3, Unnamed Ninja Polish prototype


And this week's mani is Liquid Sky Lacquer Twilight Peacock:











Love it! The holo is really strong, the shiftiness is really apparent at all times and the colours are awesome! And it's two coats, could have been just one with a bit more care.
Extra pic for cuteness - I got photobombed when I was trying to take these:

 

[Anneri]

I don't mind pink and these polishes are pretty nice, but of course I would've preferred one of the more "famous" brands like Femme Fatale. But they are pretty and it was for a good cause, so hey! Nice nude polish with a kick. Pretty sure I own this one too, but haven't worn it yet (of course). To be honest, the Dollish Polish Final Frontier doesn't look as great irl as it did in the swatches online. It's mostly just a black holo. It looked more bluey in the swatches. You and me seem to be so similar, I have a ton of jewellery as well (mostly costume jewellery, no money left for proper jewellery after all my polish/make up purchases, lol). I also have a lot of scarves. Basically stuff that still fits when you get fat, hahaha! Oh that's weird. My RAH is possibly the most holo of the bunch. I was kind of joking, thought you might not want to give it up. BUT if you were interested in swapping decants, I'd be happy to decant some of my UIS for some of your Scintealliant. But no pressure. Lovely manis. I haven't ordered any of the new IBs, not sure if I will. I'm really trying to be better now. I didn't order anything from the massive Llarowe restock the other day, even though I was very tempted to get the rest of the CT 9 Realms polishes. But I've decided to give Llarowe a miss now if I can buy the same polishes from other retailers. I'm just fed up with the long wait time and the postage cost seems to have gone up too. I'd rather buy from Rainbow Connection, Harlow & Co or Mei Mei. I'm still waiting for my pre-order to dispatch, it's going to be yet another week now, if not 2. Ugh.

Thank you Anitacska! Yeah, I will try to branch out from Llarowe too. Just saw that there's a (Dutch iirc) new online store called Hypnotic Polish where all the German npa I follow on ig seem to shop, so I'll check that one out. They announced that they'll carry CBL soon, so no need to wait for ages for orders. My fave stores are still MeiMei and Edgy Polish. I used to like Harlow a lot but since free shipping has gone up I haven't ordered there. I also like to order directly at the polish maker's site - I ordered some of the new IBs last week and ordered two of Cadillacquer's new holos yesterday. Now i'm totally broke lol!

Thank you. To be honest, even the pictures don't do it justice, it was so much more colourful in real life.  Here's another mani, Liquid Sky Lacquer Fuchsia Illusion. This was a hard one to capture, I really had to play around with the camera settings, it just came out purple all the time, argh! That's why my fingers are really orange. The colour is a lovely pink that turns purple when cold. Reminds me of EP May 2013 which I don't own, but have seen pictures of. One thing I do hate is that these LSL thermals shrink on me like crazy, and I know it's not the topcoat because it doesn't shrink other polishes. Anyway, here you go: Warm Cold It's holo as well, but it wasn't sunny on Sunday, so couldn't capture the holo.

Really nice! I haven't had any shrinkage ever, and then I got it twice last week and it wasn't the tc because I used a different one every time and I've used both millions of times without any problems before. Ugh.

Don't know if everyone saw - Mac are bringing Bad Fairy back in the Rocky Horror collection!

I saw that too! So happy for all people who weren't able to snag it up before. Still happy I got mine at a blogsale for 10€ Some time ago. It's really nice!

New polishes for this week! Enchanted Polish Ice Castle, The Devil Wears Polish Linear Ultrachrome 3, Unnamed Ninja Polish prototype And this week's mani is Liquid Sky Lacquer Twilight Peacock: Love it!  The holo is really strong, the shiftiness is really apparent at all times and the colours are awesome!  And it's two coats, could have been just one with a bit more care.  Extra pic for cuteness - I got photobombed when I was trying to take these:

So beautiful! Is it close to one of the EPs? (I can't remember the Name right now, but from the Time to Pretend Collex?) I love your little photobomber! Here are my latest two manis: First one is one of my own polishes, a white crelly with matte glitter in various sizes and superfine blue glitter. Ring finger is Essie Blanc with Essence Notorious Aquarius as topcoat.

And this is IB Maui - I love it! The color shift is so strong and application so easy. Really happy with it! Had to add the little palmtree (water decal) - because it's Maui!

 

[MRV]

New polishes for this week!

Enchanted Polish Ice Castle, The Devil Wears Polish Linear Ultrachrome 3, Unnamed Ninja Polish prototype


And this week's mani is Liquid Sky Lacquer Twilight Peacock:











Love it! The holo is really strong, the shiftiness is really apparent at all times and the colours are awesome! And it's two coats, could have been just one with a bit more care.
Extra pic for cuteness - I got photobombed when I was trying to take these:


This looks lovely, too! Great holo.

Quote: Originally Posted by Anneri


Thank you Anitacska! Yeah, I will try to branch out from Llarowe too. Just saw that there's a (Dutch iirc) new online store called Hypnotic Polish where all the German npa I follow on ig seem to shop, so I'll check that one out. They announced that they'll carry CBL soon, so no need to wait for ages for orders. My fave stores are still MeiMei and Edgy Polish. I used to like Harlow a lot but since free shipping has gone up I haven't ordered there.
I also like to order directly at the polish maker's site - I ordered some of the new IBs last week and ordered two of Cadillacquer's new holos yesterday. Now i'm totally broke lol!
Really nice! I haven't had any shrinkage ever, and then I got it twice last week and it wasn't the tc because I used a different one every time and I've used both millions of times without any problems before. Ugh.
I saw that too! So happy for all people who weren't able to snag it up before. Still happy I got mine at a blogsale for 10€ Some time ago. It's really nice!
So beautiful! Is it close to one of the EPs? (I can't remember the Name right now, but from the Time to Pretend Collex?)
I love your little photobomber!

Here are my latest two manis:

First one is one of my own polishes, a white crelly with matte glitter in various sizes and superfine blue glitter. Ring finger is Essie Blanc with Essence Notorious Aquarius as topcoat.



And this is IB Maui - I love it! The color shift is so strong and application so easy. Really happy with it! Had to add the little palmtree (water decal) - because it's Maui!

Oh, IBs are starting to look too good! Lovely.

 

[MRV]

I've been wearing Isadora Ocean Drive since Sunday. It's a gel polish. They say it lasts a week but 4 days is enough for me even though it still looked pretty good this morning (here below):

My London haul and Llarowe order

Carousel, Mediterranean, 472

474, Richmond Gardens, Princes Gardens

Connie's Nosy Neighbor, Alternate Universe, Holiday Road

Gemini Rising, Blonde Ambition, Nice Melons! Llarowe sent me Good Fortune as a gift (for her BD) but I've already got it.

 

[PearlyQueen]

I love Maui in the bottle, and I've been meaning to wear it for ages, love seeing it on you.
Re Twilight Peacock vs EPs, you got me thinking so I dug out the polishes I have to hand that are similar:



These are: Across The Universe, TP, ILNP Birefringence(H), Future Reflections, Kids, Magical Mystery Tour
Top pic - indoor light, bottom pic with flash
I'd say ATU is very similar in lower light, but nowhere near as holo, Kids and MMT lean greener, ILNP is darker, FR is nothing like it!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Llarowe sent me Good Fortune as a gift (for her BD) but I've already got it.

Some lovely polishes there, glad you enjoyed your trip and have a few little polishy reminders!

 

[Dominique33]

Llarowe sent me Good Fortune as a gift (for her BD) but I've already got it.

Your manis are always perfect MRV, what a gorgeous summer colour !

 

[Prettypackages]

Hey ladies, who is IB?

also, what do you guys use as a nourishing base coast and as something to use when you aren't wearing color.

I am also looking for a bright Orange, and a Yellow, to complete my Summer collection. Any suggestions? I haven't done a good job of keeping up with the latest collections.

 

[Prettypackages]

Have you all seen (you probably have) Uslu cosmetic nail polishes... I have three I'll post later. What have you all thought of them?

 

[PearlyQueen]

Hey ladies, who is IB?

also, what do you guys use as a nourishing base coast and as something to use when you aren't wearing color.

I am also looking for a bright Orange, and a Yellow, to complete my Summer collection. Any suggestions? I haven't done a good job of keeping up with the latest collections.

Hi, IB is Indigo Bananas
Can't help you with the rest I'm afraid, don't use base coat, always wear colour and it's seldom in summer brights! Hope someone else can help with those!

 

[Prettypackages]

Hi, IB is Indigo Bananas
Can't help you with the rest I'm afraid, don't use base coat, always wear colour and it's seldom in summer brights! Hope someone else can help with those!

LOL thank you Pearly!!!