Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[MRV]

Happy Halloween to everyone that celebrates. We'll be carving pumpkins, decorating the big window that overlooks the street, getting the children's costumes ready and going trick or treating later this evening. I have loads of sweets and chocolate to give out as well. Oh and got myself a new witches' hat with a purple wig which I'll be wearing.

Here's my mani, not very Halloweeny, but I like it:





Nails Inc Berwick Street Market and Buckingham Street and some nail vinyls.

That is a very lovely purple! I don't celebrate Halloween other than on my nails: I know you've all been just dying to see this: Essie Belugaria

It was not bad actually. I've read all sorts of stories but I put just one layer (could have gone with that even) and then put just a little extra on some spots (there were no patchiness though). It's a rough texture polish, but not bad.

 

[Fuzzy]

Thanks, PQ! Good to have you back and hear that you had a nice time. Any hauls? You should try IS out, it was rather nice.

Yeah, I don't think she really needed to tell me that. Normally people would give a refund or something and then maybe rase prices but not that. Surprisingly I had no further questions, did not get her to answer me earlier about the availability of a polish either.

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Too many sales and releases again I say. I think I'm going to order four fall colours from ILNP. Haven't done that yet.

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That is a very lovely purple! I don't celebrate Halloween other than on my nails: I know you've all been just dying to see this: Essie Belugaria

It was not bad actually. I've read all sorts of stories but I put just one layer (could have gone with that even) and then put just a little extra on some spots (there were no patchiness though). It's a rough texture polish, but not bad.

One coat definitely is better than trying to do 2 as some bloggers did! I would freak out with that much texture though LOL


I might be missing something, I've overdone it this week and am so tired zzzzz

 

[Fuzzy]

My Halloween mani is CbL Holiday Road because it has a good neon slime green base- it makes me think of Ghostbusters lol

Maybe I should see if they put the candy out in the hall? :yum: Happy Halloween!

 

[Anneri]

I like Belugaria on you MRV! And I'm still speechless about that Hare response. Anitacska and Fuzzy, love your Halloween manis! I did two:

The first one was really easy - I got the pink glitter skulls for free when I ordered glitter a while ago for my frankens. So I just pressed the skulls into the wet polish and done! The second was just dots with a dotting tool. I don't know if I'll go and get things from the sales. Likely not. I've a wishlist for some other polishes. I also saw that Opi will come out with an Hawaiian Collection in Spring and will have to buy than all!

 

[Anitacska]

very nice!

I'm partial to the tweed mani and I really like the shade of blue in the last one

great haul!

very pretty pink! the Zoya is nice, I don't have that one, but I have FeiFei and still haven't used it! I should get on that lol

Yeah the light coming off the LEDs is pretty awful even if they are supposed to be 'warm/soft white', but for some reason it really illuminates the holo and glitter in things. I can't put bulbs that get hot in that fixture- it makes them go out lol it's too sealed!

Nice mani! I should use Dark Forces! sooo many untrieds

great haul!

nice!

ooof that response!!

nice HE haul
and super mani!

Thank you

One coat definitely is better than trying to do 2 as some bloggers did! I would freak out with that much texture though LOL


I might be missing something, I've overdone it this week and am so tired zzzzz

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Happy Halloween!

It's a lovely polish, I wore it a little while ago.

Any luck with the candy?
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I like Belugaria on you MRV!
And I'm still speechless about that Hare response.

Anitacska and Fuzzy, love your Halloween manis!

I did two:





The first one was really easy - I got the pink glitter skulls for free when I ordered glitter a while ago for my frankens. So I just pressed the skulls into the wet polish and done!

The second was just dots with a dotting tool.

I don't know if I'll go and get things from the sales. Likely not. I've a wishlist for some other polishes.

I also saw that Opi will come out with an Hawaiian Collection in Spring and will have to buy than all!

Nice manis! Like the look of those OPI polishes.

 

[Anitacska]

Haul pictures part one, my Lilypad order from Beauty So Fly:






National Beauty, Good Girl Gone Bad, Singapore Skyline, Pure Indulgence


Durian Dreamin', Bite Me, True Blood 2014, Immortal Soul

I love the colour of True Blood, but that red label is god awful! Bleugh!

 

[jennyap]

Love the Halloween manis [@]Anneri[/@], especially the eyes. I ordered 7 polishes from ILNP, I had some US$ in my PayPal account so it seemed like a good way to spend them. Also my Bad Fairy from RHPS arrived today. Been insanely busy at work the last 3 weeks, and my nails have been bare for at least the last week as I've not has time to do them, so not sure if I have any manis to share, hmm lets go see...

 

[jennyap]

Yup, just a couple.

A- England Fonteyn

My first thermal polish, a Dance Legend. Forgot to get full warm and cold pics, but I was pleased with the extent of the colour change. My nails are shorter now, so it wouldn't work as well.

 

[Fuzzy]

I like Belugaria on you MRV! And I'm still speechless about that Hare response. Anitacska and Fuzzy, love your Halloween manis! I did two:

The first one was really easy - I got the pink glitter skulls for free when I ordered glitter a while ago for my frankens. So I just pressed the skulls into the wet polish and done! The second was just dots with a dotting tool. I don't know if I'll go and get things from the sales. Likely not. I've a wishlist for some other polishes. I also saw that Opi will come out with an Hawaiian Collection in Spring and will have to buy than all!

Thanks! Ooo I like the eyeball one! Looks like some nice colours in the Hawaii collection

Thanks.  I ended up ordering 6 polishes from ILNP, 5 of the fall colours and Kings & Queens. I quite like Belugaria, it's a good Halloween polish.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!  It's a lovely polish, I wore it a little while ago. Any luck with the candy? Nice manis! Like the look of those OPI polishes.

Candy achieved!

And my CbL moonwalker that arrived this week too!

Haul pictures part one, my Lilypad order from Beauty So Fly: National Beauty, Good Girl Gone Bad, Singapore Skyline, Pure Indulgence Durian Dreamin', Bite Me, True Blood 2014, Immortal Soul I love the colour of True Blood, but that red label is god awful! Bleugh!

Nice haul!

Yup, just a couple.

A- England Fonteyn

My first thermal polish, a Dance Legend. Forgot to get full warm and cold pics, but I was pleased with the extent of the colour change. My nails are shorter now, so it wouldn't work as well.

Nice manis! That's a great thermal!

 

[Anitacska]

Haul pictures part two:

I got this cute LE OPI gift set with a bear ornament and a polish called Bearest of Them All.





My Darling Diva order:


Take Down the God Damn Freda Sign, Bitchcraft, Gypsy, Nooner


Don't Call Me I'll Call You, If Anyone Falls, Sassy Ass Mouth, Bump & Grind


Ashes Ashes, The Witching Hour, BEWBS!!, Malum


The Shapeshifter, The Arcanist, Beautiful As a Whore's Ass, Fischy! Fischy! Fischy!

Plus a few new Zoyas:


Noir, Arianna, Oswin, Teigen, India, Sansa, Remy

Yep, I have been hauling lots. Still waiting for my EP pre-order, so far no shipping notice, and I'm also planning on ordering a few things from KBShimmer, mostly the Christmas nail vinyls.

 

[Anitacska]

Ugh, so annoyed. Spent about an hour looking through the polishes on Norway Nails last night, decided to order about 10 with the 50% off code. Then it turned out she doesn't ship to the UK anymore, due to the stupid Royal Mail destroying packages containing nail polish. Argh!

It's only a matter of time before other retailers stop sending polish here. Hate the Royal Mail!

Well, I guess I did save some money as none of the polishes were strickly on my wishlist before, although I would've liked to get the Norway Nails exclusive Femme Fatale as it's so pretty. Oh well.

 

[Anneri]

I had a look at her sale section yesterday and was completely overwhelmed. So overwhelmed in fact that I closed the site again. It should be possible to search for brands or colours in the sale section, but right at Halloween evening I've either time nor am in the mood to search through 47 pages! So annoying.

So sorry about that Anita. The Royal Mail has become a real pain in the behind!

 

[Anitacska]

I had a look at her sale section yesterday and was completely overwhelmed. So overwhelmed in fact that I closed the site again. It should be possible to search for brands or colours in the sale section, but right at Halloween evening I've either time nor am in the mood to search through 47 pages! So annoying.

So sorry about that Anita. The Royal Mail has become a real pain in the behind!

Yeah, that was annoying. But she posted on Facebook that only a select few brands weren't included, so I just searched by brand and only chose from the ones that were included.

I really don't get this fuss about nail polish, luckily none of my packages have been destroyed *knocks on wood*.

On a cheerier note, my current mani, Zoya Song with Models Own Banger on the accent fingers. Very apt for this time of year, there are loads of fireworks happening at the moment as it's Guy Fawkes night on Wednesday (but a lot of people do fireworks the weekend before or after).

 

[PearlyQueen]

OMG, how awful from Hare to have responded like that!

I've never ordered directly from her and never will at this rate.

On that note, my Darling Diva Polishes have arrived (all 16 of them, oops), will take pictures tomorrow when hubby is out.

Welcome back PQ! Glad you had a nice holiday!

Yes, they are very nice. I especially love Midnight in Montana. Not sure if it shows in the pictures, but it also has gold flakies.


Thanks. I've done another rather nice mani with two Nails Inc polishes, will show it to you tomorrow.

Hahaha, sounds like that! Although having said that, I've not had much trouble with any brand other than EP (not so much customer service, just her attitude) and once with Lilypad, but that was resolved quickly. ILNP has the best customer service, twice she forgot to include a polish with my order and sent them immediately and once I got a duplicate which I got to keep free of charge. I'm also very pleased with DDP.

You talked me into buying Midnight in Montana... I suddenly found out it was LE which I had not realised, and it was sold out everywhere. Then yesterday I spotted it was back to availability on Llarowe so I snagged it - couldn't resist after your review, I had been so disappointed when I thought I'd missed it.
Always good to hear about CS from brands, it does colour your view of the polishes a bit!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Thanks. I've just seen the email from ILNP too. I'm definitely ordering a few of the fall polishes, I didn't get around to it before, but 30% off is too good to miss. Plus they're changing their bottle design, so might as well get them in the current bottles, they're so pretty.

Oh I hate it when I can't afford to play in the sales! ILNP's fall collection has a couple of gorgeous polishes I need to get soon, but they'll have to wait - even if there is a 30% discount on offer!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Happy Halloween to everyone that celebrates. We'll be carving pumpkins, decorating the big window that overlooks the street, getting the children's costumes ready and going trick or treating later this evening. I have loads of sweets and chocolate to give out as well. Oh and got myself a new witches' hat with a purple wig which I'll be wearing.

Here's my mani, not very Halloweeny, but I like it:





Nails Inc Berwick Street Market and Buckingham Street and some nail vinyls.

I love both outfit and mani!
We had a bad day on Halloween, my beautiful Ziggy RIP too young Just 12, and totally out of the blue, such a sad day.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Thanks, PQ! Good to have you back and hear that you had a nice time. Any hauls? You should try IS out, it was rather nice.

Yeah, I don't think she really needed to tell me that. Normally people would give a refund or something and then maybe rase prices but not that. Surprisingly I had no further questions, did not get her to answer me earlier about the availability of a polish either.

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Too many sales and releases again I say. I think I'm going to order four fall colours from ILNP. Haven't done that yet.

Quote:

That is a very lovely purple! I don't celebrate Halloween other than on my nails: I know you've all been just dying to see this: Essie Belugaria

It was not bad actually. I've read all sorts of stories but I put just one layer (could have gone with that even) and then put just a little extra on some spots (there were no patchiness though). It's a rough texture polish, but not bad.

I didn't buy a single polish on holiday, but I do have a few piccies to share of a few additions to the family, and my manis. It's just finding the time, it's been insane at work since I got back, lots of late nights to catch up. I've started to try to sort out the pics, will post soon.
The Belugaria looks lovely on you, but I think I'd hate it on me!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Been insanely busy at work the last 3 weeks, and my nails have been bare for at least the last week as I've not has time to do them, so not sure if I have any manis to share, hmm lets go see...

Oh I so wanted to get Bad Fairy, but was on a no-buy - if I'd realised it was going to be rarer than EP I'd have caved and bought it, but I didn't even think to look until this weekend, and I guess if I want it I'm going to have to pay eBay prices. I've never tried to buy MAC before, this must be a lesson for me, I thought they'd be readily available since they have their own shops!

 

[PearlyQueen]

My first thermal polish, a Dance Legend. Forgot to get full warm and cold pics, but I was pleased with the extent of the colour change. My nails are shorter now, so it wouldn't work as well.

What a brilliant thermal that is - first time I've ever seen a swatch that made me wish I had one!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Haul pictures part two:

I got this cute LE OPI gift set with a bear ornament and a polish called Bearest of Them All.





My Darling Diva order:


Take Down the God Damn Freda Sign, Bitchcraft, Gypsy, Nooner


Don't Call Me I'll Call You, If Anyone Falls, Sassy Ass Mouth, Bump & Grind


Ashes Ashes, The Witching Hour, BEWBS!!, Malum


The Shapeshifter, The Arcanist, Beautiful As a Whore's Ass, Fischy! Fischy! Fischy!

Plus a few new Zoyas:


Noir, Arianna, Oswin, Teigen, India, Sansa, Remy

Yep, I have been hauling lots. Still waiting for my EP pre-order, so far no shipping notice, and I'm also planning on ordering a few things from KBShimmer, mostly the Christmas nail vinyls.

Ooo, lots of lovely goodies - I'm now kind of lusting after those Zoyas!