Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[Anneri]

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 Pretty! I personally like a Loreal basecoat for hydration and nourishing. The exact name escapes me, but I'll look it up later. I heard good things from Trind - PDF swore that it was great so I got one but haven't used it yet. For seasonal colours I mainly buy drugstore ones, like Maybelline and Essence. Essie has a nice orange in their summer LE and I think Butter has a good yellow iirc. I've heard of Uslu, but haven't ever seen them around - I think they're only sold at American Apparel over here?!

 

[Anitacska]

Feels like ages since I last posted here, my life's been turned upside down once again thanks to my younger daughter. She's refusing to go to school, so I've been in meetings and/or at home with her since Wednesday morning.

She's not even 10 yet, but is behaving like a bloody teenager. Not sure what to do with her.

But anyway, this isn't really the place and I'd rather just focus on manis and nail polish to take my mind off things atm. So here are my two latest manis. First is Orly Fight On over Nails Inc Manchester Square.


In shade


In sunlight

The glitters were extremely hard to fish out even though there are loads in the bottle. It's just not as pretty as I hoped it would be.

Next one is what I'm currently wearing, Maybelline Color Show Brocades in Foil Flash. This is so pretty, loving the gold sheen. It has started chipping already as I was doing some gardening, I remember others have said it chips quickly. Not too bad so far, but we'll see.





No haul pictures from me as I hadn't bought anything for about a week. I have since ordered a few polishes, but nothing has arrived yet. Still waiting for my Llarowe preorder as well, apparently the last of the UK orders are shipping today, this is really ridiculous now, so I'm pretty much done with Llarowe. Also, she's just posted that from now on they'll only be shipping Monday to Thursday, so I imagine that's going to make wait time even longer. Nah. I have ordered the remaining few CrowsToes polishes form Rainbow Connection, so I expect I'll have those before my Huggin & Muggin turns up that I ordered from Llarowe at the same time as the CbL preorder.

 

[Anitacska]

Anyone seen Temptalia's swatches of the new Mac nail colours?
http://www.temptalia.com/sneak-peek-mac-nail-transformations-nail-lacquers-photos-swatches
http://www.temptalia.com/sneak-peek-mac-studio-nail-lacquers-photos-swatches
They really don't do anything for me, so that's another Mac collection I'll be skipping. I think we're just too spoilt with all the gorgeous indie polishes to bother with other releases now, I know I am.

 

[Anneri]

Anyone seen Temptalia's swatches of the new Mac nail colours?
http://www.temptalia.com/sneak-peek-mac-nail-transformations-nail-lacquers-photos-swatches
http://www.temptalia.com/sneak-peek-mac-studio-nail-lacquers-photos-swatches
They really don't do anything for me, so that's another Mac collection I'll be skipping. I think we're just too spoilt with all the gorgeous indie polishes to bother with other releases now, I know I am.

I'll have a look at Reign of Flowers and the leather tc though and will decide then.
I find the other topcoats totally unimaginative and don't get the appeal at all.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Feels like ages since I last posted here, my life's been turned upside down once again thanks to my younger daughter. She's refusing to go to school, so I've been in meetings and/or at home with her since Wednesday morning.

She's not even 10 yet, but is behaving like a bloody teenager. Not sure what to do with her.

But anyway, this isn't really the place and I'd rather just focus on manis and nail polish to take my mind off things atm. So here are my two latest manis. First is Orly Fight On over Nails Inc Manchester Square.


In shade


In sunlight

The glitters were extremely hard to fish out even though there are loads in the bottle. It's just not as pretty as I hoped it would be.

Next one is what I'm currently wearing, Maybelline Color Show Brocades in Foil Flash. This is so pretty, loving the gold sheen. It has started chipping already as I was doing some gardening, I remember others have said it chips quickly. Not too bad so far, but we'll see.





No haul pictures from me as I hadn't bought anything for about a week. I have since ordered a few polishes, but nothing has arrived yet. Still waiting for my Llarowe preorder as well, apparently the last of the UK orders are shipping today, this is really ridiculous now, so I'm pretty much done with Llarowe. Also, she's just posted that from now on they'll only be shipping Monday to Thursday, so I imagine that's going to make wait time even longer. Nah. I have ordered the remaining few CrowsToes polishes form Rainbow Connection, so I expect I'll have those before my Huggin & Muggin turns up that I ordered from Llarowe at the same time as the CbL preorder.

Sounds like you're not having much fun, hope things improve.
I love both those manis, the Maybelline looks very cool. I hadn't heard good reports of those, interesting to see a different view and nice swatches.

 

[MRV]

Edit: Crisis over!

 

[LastContrast]

So cult nails has a 50% off if anyone is interested. I wanted to try their topcoat so will probably round out the order with a few polishes to justify shipping

 

[Anneri]

Thank you, Pearly Queen! I also have a lot of blingy jewellery - mostly Swarovski - but I have not really bought anything since I started with NPs. I tend to have low key clothing with some bling. Plus makeup and NP, of course! Nice neutral! Thank you, Anneri! Nice manis, Resort Fling is my   coral! Hey, I saw Imagine Dragons on TV in London. I know absolutely nothing about them though. Love Roz! Thanks, Anitacska! Oh, that's a pity. I like the thermo-holo combo! I'm in!  Me too. How come everybody's so crazy about it?! This looks lovely, too! Great holo. Oh, IBs are starting to look too good! Lovely.

Thank you MRV. Don't you own any IBs?

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.

Oh what a gorgeous haul! *hearts*

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!

Thank you PearlyQueen for taking this pics! That group pic is absolutely droolworthy. And I just knew that ATU was similar! Hah!

Feels like ages since I last posted here, my life's been turned upside down once again thanks to my younger daughter. She's refusing to go to school, so I've been in meetings and/or at home with her since Wednesday morning. :crybaby:  She's not even 10 yet, but is behaving like a bloody teenager. Not sure what to do with her. But anyway, this isn't really the place and I'd rather just focus on manis and nail polish to take my mind off things atm. So here are my two latest manis. First is Orly Fight On over Nails Inc Manchester Square. In shade In sunlight The glitters were extremely hard to fish out even though there are loads in the bottle. It's just not as pretty as I hoped it would be. Next one is what I'm currently wearing, Maybelline Color Show Brocades in Foil Flash. This is so pretty, loving the gold sheen. It has started chipping already as I was doing some gardening, I remember others have said it chips quickly. Not too bad so far, but we'll see. No haul pictures from me as I hadn't bought anything for about a week. I have since ordered a few polishes, but nothing has arrived yet. Still waiting for my Llarowe preorder as well, apparently the last of the UK orders are shipping today, this is really ridiculous now, so I'm pretty much done with Llarowe. Also, she's just posted that from now on they'll only be shipping Monday to Thursday, so I imagine that's going to make wait time even longer. Nah. I have ordered the remaining few CrowsToes polishes form Rainbow Connection, so I expect I'll have those before my Huggin & Muggin turns up that I ordered from Llarowe at the same time as the CbL preorder.

I really hope that things are starting to look up Anitacska! I really like all the Brocades I got (three), but it's definitely the case that they are not the easiest to apply and their staying power on the nails is virtually non existent. I like them anyway. Here's today's worldcup mani that I did because hubby wanted me to support his (Dutch) team:

Main actors are Essie Blanc, EL Wild Blue and CG Hey Sailor. And this is Essie Mint Candy Apple with white stripes done with a nailart pen by Maybelline and stamped roses:

 

[Anitacska]

Well, what do you know, my Llarowe order turned up on Saturday after all! Except for Mystery & Mayhem, the polish they need to reformulate of course. I got Precious Metal as my free polish which is cool. I never got around to ordering it, it was always on my maybe list, so it's nice to have now.





I also placed an order with Edgy Polish the other day and the order arrived super fast. I got their exclusive CrowsToes, a Mentality polish and Polish Addict Imagine Dragons. It's slightly different to my daughter's one, seems to have less of the big round glitters and it has a different label.



I missed the postman today with my Rainbow Connection (CrowsToes) order, but never mind. Having it redelivered on Wednesday.

This is my current mani, Nails Inc Westbourne Mews topped with Liquid Sky Lacquer Posy Petals. I was going to change it tonight, but managed to cut my thumb quite badly this evening while cooking, so I think I'll leave it for another day. Can't bear the thought of nail polish remover going in my cut.

 

[Anitacska]

Sounds like you're not having much fun, hope things improve.
I love both those manis, the Maybelline looks very cool. I hadn't heard good reports of those, interesting to see a different view and nice swatches.

Thanks. Yes, it's been pretty horrible here.

The Maybelline polish lasted okay in the end and it was so pretty with the gold sheen.

Quote: Originally Posted by Anneri


Thank you MRV. Don't you own any IBs?
Oh what a gorgeous haul! *hearts*
Thank you PearlyQueen for taking this pics! That group pic is absolutely droolworthy. And I just knew that ATU was similar! Hah!
I really hope that things are starting to look up Anitacska!
I really like all the Brocades I got (three), but it's definitely the case that they are not the easiest to apply and their staying power on the nails is virtually non existent. I like them anyway.

Here's today's worldcup mani that I did because hubby wanted me to support his (Dutch) team:


Main actors are Essie Blanc, EL Wild Blue and CG Hey Sailor.

And this is Essie Mint Candy Apple with white stripes done with a nailart pen by Maybelline and stamped roses:

Thanks. And great manis, again.

 

[PearlyQueen]

I love your artistry! You are soooo talented at nail art, I am envious! Beautiful, I especially like the last one.

 

[PearlyQueen]

New polishes for this week!

ILNP Undenied (H), Polish Me Silly Fireball, ILNP Sirene (H), ILNP Nostalgia (H), Jessica (no name on it!), Enchanted Polish February 2013

 

[PearlyQueen]

New mani is Darling Diva - Bad Girl



It mainly looks like this! Some pics of how it shifts in various lighting conditions and angles:

 

[Anitacska]

New polishes for this week! ILNP Undenied (H), Polish Me Silly Fireball, ILNP Sirene (H), ILNP Nostalgia (H), Jessica (no name on it!), Enchanted Polish February 2013

Nice polishes as always! I picked up my Rainbow Connection order and also my small Mei Mei order arrived.

The Jindie Nails polish was a freebie from RC.

 

[Anitacska]

New mani is Darling Diva - Bad Girl



It mainly looks like this! Some pics of how it shifts in various lighting conditions and angles:

Very pretty! I've just done my nails, will try to take photos tomorrow in daylight.

 

[MRV]

New mani is Darling Diva - Bad Girl



It mainly looks like this! Some pics of how it shifts in various lighting conditions and angles:

That's a lovely colour. I don't know if I'm going to get more Darling Diva. There's been some issues with some polishes.

Quote: Originally Posted by Anitacska


Nice polishes as always!

I picked up my Rainbow Connection order and also my small Mei Mei order arrived.




The Jindie Nails polish was a freebie from RC.

Lovely hauls! I have Muspelheim and Nidavellir on their way to me, too. Or I think they're actually waiting for me in the post office. Yesterday I got a note saying "United States" has sent me a package. Llarowe packages have always been delivered to my work before. Maybe it's the summer sub who doesn't want to cary them. Grr.

 

[MRV]

Ok, here's the latest manis:

OPI Down to the Core-Al (lovely colour but not so nice formula) with Anneri's franken!



I needed a quick one so Zoya Chita it was. This was a one coater but next time I'll def. put two coats as there was quite a lot of tip wear.


And gradient skittles(?) from OPI Off Shore Colletion: Shore Enuff, Be More Pacific, and Sun Upon My Skin.

 

[Anitacska]

Mei Mei has announced on FB that there will be another EP restock soon on the bigcartel site. I keep checking and will post on here if and when they're up. I don't know what colours it will be, last restock was for the TTP collection.

 

[Anneri]

It's live.

 

[Anneri]

But I didn't manage to get anything because everything was already hold in carts. Would have liked Water for Elephants and Secret Sauce! Oh well.