Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[MRV]

Are you ready for some massive nail polish spam?

Firstly my HUGE Darling Diva haul. They are all so pretty. The last 8 are the new flakies.









More Glam Polishes from Rainbow Connection (first 3 are their exclusives).



Also from RC.



New CbLs and a couple of others.



My first Cupcake Polishes and Mac Silver Dew.



If you're interested in names, please ask, I can't type them all up.

My mani, EdM Seeing Red with EdM Heart Street. I considered some stamping as well, but Seeing Red is such a pretty holo, I decided to leave it alone.





I also got this cute nail polish pendant from RC (it's from Starrily). Love it!

BTW - do you pay import taxes for these shipments? I've had two parcels in the customs this week. Today I received a notice about a package from Feelunique (two is coming from them). So I call the customs and say don't know which one it is - they say pay for just one now and for the other one later so all taxes get paid (mmm, sure). Constant tax paying would make me crazy, but the biggest problem with forwarding for me is the copies of two IDs. Here we have this social security number, and handing this info to some random parties overseas (or even at home) would be the key to identity theft. So not going to do it!

That's a pretty mani for the Valentine's! And love your new pendant. I've only received a NP looking highlighter!

Ok, my Valentine's mani is Pahlish Charn. Lavender

!

 

[Anitacska]

It's from C4N.

I'd say more like 600 or even more (if you have also smaller bottles than just Hare sized). I actually have only two Helmers for NPs atm, the third one is for MU and the new one is my temporal MU storage (which later will serve NPs).


The fisrt pic with Glams are my faves! Pretty! You mani with MM looks really nice, with stamping and all, too. I actually don't have this polish yet (but now have to get it) as I've not been so eager to order from MeiMei.


Thanks! Cool, it's a nice duochrome.


TY, PQ! Silver is not my colour either but silver holos are still really pretty!


Thanks, Fuzzy! Yes, do put DD on your list! It's a really nice icy blue polish.

Oh, that's not nice. Be careful out there (Friday the 13th and all)! We have so much ice, too.


My problem with Alex is that it is so deep. I have no other hard furniture so deep, and basicly no room really, so I could not put it anywhere. I might have liked it for MU but I like Helmer better for NPs because it's so compact and the drawers are the same size (and no extra space is left). I can move them about, too.

BTW - do you pay import taxes for these shipments? I've had two parcels in the customs this week. Today I received a notice about a package from Feelunique (two is coming from them). So I call the customs and say don't know which one it is - they say pay for just one now and for the other one later so all taxes get paid (mmm, sure). Constant tax paying would make me crazy, but the biggest problem with forwarding for me is the copies of two IDs. Here we have this social security number, and handing this info to some random parties overseas (or even at home) would be the key to identity theft. So not going to do it!

That's a pretty mani for the Valentine's! And love your new pendant. I've only received a NP looking highlighter!

Ok, my Valentine's mani is Pahlish Charn. Lavender

!

Thank you so much for your input on the Helmer and Alex. I will have to go to IKEA and have a look myself. It won't be until the summer, that's when our loft conversion is likely to be finished. Hasn't even started yet. But we should gain two extra bedrooms, so my son can have a proper bedroom (his current one is the boxroom, it's roughly 2 m by 2.5 m). So I'm planning on using his current bedroom for storage (toys, bedlinen, nail polish, you know, all the necessities!

) and then probably use the spare bedroom for storage too, but for stuff that's less needed day to day (basically the contents of our attic). It will cost a lot of money, so I'll have to cut down on my beauty purchases. I know it doesn't look like that atm, but I haven't actually ordered any polish all week! I did pick up a tiny bottle of glitter polish in H&M today, but that's all.

That is a pain about the tax paying. I mostly manage to avoid it, usually ask the sellers to mark their packages with a low value. DD put $24 on hers which was just below the limit, despite it containing $150+ worth of polish! The US postbox I can put the value down for the packages, so I've been careful. Only bloody EP made me pay tax for putting $27 on her package last time!

That's a lovely mani, simple but pretty. Mine won't last for Valentines Day, already chipping quite badly. But I'm not fussed, we're not doing anything anyway. If hubby's lucky he might get a card!

We'll probably have a takeaway tomorrow evening, but it will be with the children.

 

[Anitacska]

Are you fed up with me and my haul pictures yet? No? Good, because I have more to show you!



These came yesterday (from eBay) and I picked up the little bottle of glitter polish from H&M (it's called Pastel Dots). The OPIs are the Mini Tints.


Hypnotic Polish haul (DL Aquarelle 7, Serum no. 5 Power, CbL Intrigue (HP exclusive), Glam Polish Break the Ice (HP exclusive), and Mei Mei exclusive Glam duo Princess Parking Only and Beauty Queen

Finally my mani. I HATE this polish. Hate it. Application was difficult, took 3-4 coats to become fairly even, the shards kept sinking to the bottom of the bottle, so I was forever having to shake it. Then today whole nails kept falling off. The first one right after I took the first picture and put my hands under the hot tap to show the thermal effect. Stuck it back on, another fell off again under hot water. Then another one, and another one. I've lost count. I stuck them back on, and quickly did some stamping, but I don't think it will survive past lunchtime tomorrow. Grr!

The polish is Bells Kandi Shattered Mermaid Pearls by the way.


Cold


Warm


Transition


Stamped with MoYou Sailor 08 plate

 

[PearlyQueen]

Are you ready for some massive nail polish spam?

Firstly my HUGE Darling Diva haul. They are all so pretty. The last 8 are the new flakies.









More Glam Polishes from Rainbow Connection (first 3 are their exclusives).



Also from RC.



New CbLs and a couple of others.



My first Cupcake Polishes and Mac Silver Dew.



If you're interested in names, please ask, I can't type them all up.

My mani, EdM Seeing Red with EdM Heart Street. I considered some stamping as well, but Seeing Red is such a pretty holo, I decided to leave it alone.





I also got this cute nail polish pendant from RC (it's from Starrily). Love it!

Wow, that was definitely a good mail day! So many pretties!
I adore your mani, looking forward to trying Seeing Red, it looked lovely in the bottle and it's living up to expectations in your pics!

 

[PearlyQueen]

It's from C4N.

I'd say more like 600 or even more (if you have also smaller bottles than just Hare sized). I actually have only two Helmers for NPs atm, the third one is for MU and the new one is my temporal MU storage (which later will serve NPs).


The fisrt pic with Glams are my faves! Pretty! You mani with MM looks really nice, with stamping and all, too. I actually don't have this polish yet (but now have to get it) as I've not been so eager to order from MeiMei.


Thanks! Cool, it's a nice duochrome.


TY, PQ! Silver is not my colour either but silver holos are still really pretty!


Thanks, Fuzzy! Yes, do put DD on your list! It's a really nice icy blue polish.

Oh, that's not nice. Be careful out there (Friday the 13th and all)! We have so much ice, too.


My problem with Alex is that it is so deep. I have no other hard furniture so deep, and basicly no room really, so I could not put it anywhere. I might have liked it for MU but I like Helmer better for NPs because it's so compact and the drawers are the same size (and no extra space is left). I can move them about, too.

BTW - do you pay import taxes for these shipments? I've had two parcels in the customs this week. Today I received a notice about a package from Feelunique (two is coming from them). So I call the customs and say don't know which one it is - they say pay for just one now and for the other one later so all taxes get paid (mmm, sure). Constant tax paying would make me crazy, but the biggest problem with forwarding for me is the copies of two IDs. Here we have this social security number, and handing this info to some random parties overseas (or even at home) would be the key to identity theft. So not going to do it!

That's a pretty mani for the Valentine's! And love your new pendant. I've only received a NP looking highlighter!

Ok, my Valentine's mani is Pahlish Charn. Lavender

!

That's a pretty polish!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Are you fed up with me and my haul pictures yet? No? Good, because I have more to show you!



These came yesterday (from eBay) and I picked up the little bottle of glitter polish from H&M (it's called Pastel Dots). The OPIs are the Mini Tints.


Hypnotic Polish haul (DL Aquarelle 7, Serum no. 5 Power, CbL Intrigue (HP exclusive), Glam Polish Break the Ice (HP exclusive), and Mei Mei exclusive Glam duo Princess Parking Only and Beauty Queen

Finally my mani. I HATE this polish. Hate it. Application was difficult, took 3-4 coats to become fairly even, the shards kept sinking to the bottom of the bottle, so I was forever having to shake it. Then today whole nails kept falling off. The first one right after I took the first picture and put my hands under the hot tap to show the thermal effect. Stuck it back on, another fell off again under hot water. Then another one, and another one. I've lost count. I stuck them back on, and quickly did some stamping, but I don't think it will survive past lunchtime tomorrow. Grr!

The polish is Bells Kandi Shattered Mermaid Pearls by the way.


Cold


Warm


Transition


Stamped with MoYou Sailor 08 plate

More gorgeous polishes, fabulous!
Oh dear re mani, that's a real disappointment when they just don't work.

 

[PearlyQueen]

New mani is Above The Curve TARDIS:
Loved the name tag on this one:













Gorgeous turquoise, holo is very good in strong lighting like halogens. Reads metallic blue in most lights, shifts to a green in lower lighting and in some instances the turquoise version shows a slight purple duochrome.
Bears no resemblance to TARDIS colour....
Overall, I love this colour which is just the kind of blue I adore.

 

[PearlyQueen]

This week's nail mail!

Glitter Gal Fiery Furnace, Powder Perfect In My Dreams & Fading Tapestry, Bear Pawlish I'll Turn You Into A Prince & All Of Time And Space

Glam Polish Somewhere That's Green, Peace of Mind, Tranquil Shores, Polar Lights, Isengard

Celestial Cosmetics Aurora, Hit Polish Plumberry, Colors by Llarowe Little Drummer Boy, Dance Legend Ash (a free gift!)

 

[MRV]

This week's nail mail!

Glitter Gal Fiery Furnace, Powder Perfect In My Dreams & Fading Tapestry, Bear Pawlish I'll Turn You Into A Prince & All Of Time And Space

Glam Polish Somewhere That's Green, Peace of Mind, Tranquil Shores, Polar Lights, Isengard

Celestial Cosmetics Aurora, Hit Polish Plumberry, Colors by Llarowe Little Drummer Boy, Dance Legend Ash (a free gift!)

Oh, All Of Time And Space looks great!


This week's first mani is Cadillacquer Keep Breathing



And I got a Canadian lollipop with my Harlow order

 

[Anitacska]

NP! Hope you'll find a storage solution. It's so much easier when it works. Thanks!


Oh no, that's horrible! The polish looks nice though and your stamping perfect.


Thanks, PQ!


Nice! Turquoise, green, love them, too.


Oh, All Of Time And Space looks great!


This week's first mani is Cadillacquer Keep Breathing



And I got a Canadian lollipop with my Harlow order

That's a really nice mani. What's on your ring finger?

 

[PearlyQueen]

NP! Hope you'll find a storage solution. It's so much easier when it works. Thanks!


Oh no, that's horrible! The polish looks nice though and your stamping perfect.


Thanks, PQ!


Nice! Turquoise, green, love them, too.


Oh, All Of Time And Space looks great!


This week's first mani is Cadillacquer Keep Breathing



And I got a Canadian lollipop with my Harlow order

That's a really nice combo, I'm always impressed by Cadilacquer on other people, but somehow it's never made it into my basket.
And free lollies are always a good thing! Enjoy!

 

[Anitacska]

My current mani, CbL Purple Pizzazz. It's a bit more purple and less blue than in the pictures. I also stamped it (thumb and ring finger) with Color Club Cloud Nine, but it's barely visible. The only thing you can see is a bit more linear holo. PP isn't very linear, but it is gorgeous, so sparkly under bright light.

 

[MRV]

My current mani, CbL Purple Pizzazz. It's a bit more purple and less blue than in the pictures. I also stamped it (thumb and ring finger) with Color Club Cloud Nine, but it's barely visible. The only thing you can see is a bit more linear holo. PP isn't very linear, but it is gorgeous, so sparkly under bright light.

That's a pretty plurple! I like how it looks in the first pic.

I'm also wearing a holo for a change: KBS Ins and Sprouts with BL Sozzled

 

[Anitacska]

Thanks! It's just stamping. The same polish (Mentality Purple Opaque) and stamper that I used with the problematic stamping so the problem seems to have been the plate.


Thanks! I ate it instantly!

Maybe you don't like them enough as they are quite muted. But the texture is good though.


That's a pretty plurple! I like how it looks in the first pic.

I'm also wearing a holo for a change: KBS Ins and Sprouts with BL Sozzled

Thanks.

This is such a pretty green holo. Maybe I should get it. Hmm.

Today's mani is Barry M Matt White with giraffe pattern vinyls and Color Club Cloud Nine, plus Different Dimension Feelin' Spotty on index finger (and my thumb). I really like how it tuned out, such a fun mani.

 

[Anitacska]

This thread has gone really quiet. Where is everyone?

Anyway, small haul, new EdMs from Rainbow Connection and Topshop Marshmallow.


Marshmallow, I Forbid It!, Chicken of the Cave, Mind Powers, Lace Man, Calibrated, Insipid

No new mani, my giraffe pattern is holding up very well, I've only got a tiny chip and it's so pretty, I couldn't bear to take it off. Will do a new one tomorrow though as we're going to a swimming pool tomorrow, so it's bound to chip off anyway.

 

[MRV]

This thread has gone really quiet. Where is everyone?

Anyway, small haul, new EdMs from Rainbow Connection and Topshop Marshmallow.


Marshmallow, I Forbid It!, Chicken of the Cave, Mind Powers, Lace Man, Calibrated, Insipid

No new mani, my giraffe pattern is holding up very well, I've only got a tiny chip and it's so pretty, I couldn't bear to take it off. Will do a new one tomorrow though as we're going to a swimming pool tomorrow, so it's bound to chip off anyway.

You got Lace Man, too! I have not ordered it yet. Last I refused to pay the Llarowe price (Euro is almost the same as USD now, everything 20-30% more expensive

).

Here's EP Freeze Machine over BL La Moss:

 

[PearlyQueen]

My current mani, CbL Purple Pizzazz. It's a bit more purple and less blue than in the pictures. I also stamped it (thumb and ring finger) with Color Club Cloud Nine, but it's barely visible. The only thing you can see is a bit more linear holo. PP isn't very linear, but it is gorgeous, so sparkly under bright light.

Lovely! (very subtle!)
I nearly bought PP so many times, but it never made it here in the end.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Thanks! It's just stamping. The same polish (Mentality Purple Opaque) and stamper that I used with the problematic stamping so the problem seems to have been the plate.


Thanks! I ate it instantly!

Maybe you don't like them enough as they are quite muted. But the texture is good though.


That's a pretty plurple! I like how it looks in the first pic.

I'm also wearing a holo for a change: KBS Ins and Sprouts with BL Sozzled

That's so unusual, love the top holo especially, it's soooo shiny!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Thanks.

This is such a pretty green holo. Maybe I should get it. Hmm.

Today's mani is Barry M Matt White with giraffe pattern vinyls and Color Club Cloud Nine, plus Different Dimension Feelin' Spotty on index finger (and my thumb). I really like how it tuned out, such a fun mani.

I totally love this mani! Gorgeous in every way, the pattern, the holo, the glitter, the way they look together...
I have Nail Envy!

 

[PearlyQueen]

This thread has gone really quiet. Where is everyone?

Anyway, small haul, new EdMs from Rainbow Connection and Topshop Marshmallow.


Marshmallow, I Forbid It!, Chicken of the Cave, Mind Powers, Lace Man, Calibrated, Insipid

No new mani, my giraffe pattern is holding up very well, I've only got a tiny chip and it's so pretty, I couldn't bear to take it off. Will do a new one tomorrow though as we're going to a swimming pool tomorrow, so it's bound to chip off anyway.

I'm still here....
But I don't know where everyone else has got to!
I so want some of those EdMs, my wishlist isn't long but it does include both Mind Powers and Calibrated - and I may have to add I Forbid It! looking at that pic! I love them, so pretty. I want Dead and Dreaming too, but they'll have to wait till I can afford them (and also till I get a few other bits that are higher up my wishlist!).