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MRV

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Here's last Saturday's nail mail in all its glory. I didn't take pictures of the 5 duplicate EPs as I'd already done it when I received the first lot.





















So glad to finally have the spring ILNP collection. Summer one is on its way to me now too.

My current mani is CbL Young Turks and Tazmo Kramer, plus I added little dolphins last night (with YT). Excuse the chipping on my little finger. Imo YT is one of the best CbLs and a must have.



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Great haul! I need to order those pretty ILNPs. The Spells look really nice, too. Very pretty mani. I love turquoise in the summer. Need to dig up my YT, too.
 

MRV

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Wearing Chanel Elixir right now. I haven't purchased a Chanel NP in a while since I decided I liked wider brushes more so I don't have many of the more current offerings. For some reason I recall Elixir being a spring or summer release but it kinda feels like fall to me.

Been loving Dior offerings and picked up Corail and Star recently along with Glory.

I peeked at YSL nail polishes but nothing drew my attention. :-(
I rather like YSL polishes. They have pretty ugly shades. In fact I should get one or two of the newer ones.
 

Anitacska

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So I got my EPs!
Entwined is delightful, love it sooo much!
My Daydream is a pale minty green - pretty.
Not so taken with the Desert Sunrise - in the bottle, doesn't look as good as the swatch pics I saw before buying - hopefully it will be nicer on.
And also a bit disappointed with Festival - when I bought I wasn't sure what to expect, but I thought it was in a grey holo base. In real life the base is clear, so definitely a multi-glitter topper.
I ordered as two deliveries, and that's what arrived, so much cheaper than customs to pay the extra postage direct.
Mine still haven't arrived or rather I haven't had the card about the customs charge. I placed an order yesterday for the mysteries, risking it again, see if they slip through this time as it's only 3 of them. I know it's stupid, but I'd rather pay the money to the PO than EP with her stinky attitude towards international customers.

I have received a few other polishes though, my Mei Mei order has returned from its holiday and the second part of my Llarowe order has also arrived (the June A Box Indied).









My current mani is Cadillacquer Better Call Saul with Nails Inc Millbank Modern Art .

 

Anitacska

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Huh, sounds horrible! We have never had that hot - over +30 yes, not not that hot.


These are so pretty, too. Cute combo! And the Violet looks really pretty,


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And there's always room for a free polish!


Did you get any of the FUNs? I ordered a few (limited and older ones).

That CT looks pretty. Is that one of the new ones? I have not checked them out of late.


More!
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Very summery, pretty. Glad you like the yellow.


Hope you will soon find a nice fulltime job again.


Another cute combo! Love this coral.


Makes me think of cranberries again!
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Glad you like Entwined and Daydream. I have not received mine yet. I'll have them tomorrow or on Wednesday.


I rather like YSL polishes. They have pretty ugly shades. In fact I should get one or two of the newer ones.
Thank you. The Ciate is actually more pink than coral, but my camera couldn't cope with that colour (as usual).

Yes, I did order some FUNs, but only 4, didn't get the orange and green ones.

The CT is a new one, it came out the same time as the neon textured ones.
 

Fuzzy

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Hi Fuzzy!
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Thank you for all the compliments!

Hope it doesn't get too hot for you. We are now at the other extreme, it's raining and only 19C. I'm guessing those few hot days were our summer, hahaha. I don't greatly mind though, 25C and sunny will do me just fine.


Yeah, mine too. Just got the card, £14.87 charge. I was expecting it, so no big deal, but it's still disappointing.

Just seen on FB that the EP pre-order is still open, looks like a lot of people are getting fed up with the mysteries. Especially Canadians with their poor exchange rate. I don't think this has ever happened before, it seems she didn't manage to sell enough within the two hours she had it open yesterday. Oops.

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I have to try this myself: *******. Yep, it's the forbidden word!
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Glad you're back at home and things are getting sorted slowly. You can always get lots of takeaways and no washing up is needed!



Thank you!


Thank you. The Ciate is actually more pink than coral, but my camera couldn't cope with that colour (as usual).

Yes, I did order some FUNs, but only 4, didn't get the orange and green ones.

The CT is a new one, it came out the same time as the neon textured ones.
It's shaping up to be a pretty hot week except for Wednesday maybe, at least I don't have any more un-air conditioned streetcar rides until Sunday because riding back from the flea market yesterday was awfully stuffy.
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Today we have a smog alert!

Hopefully you get a little more summer, just not as brutally hot as the other week!
 

Anitacska

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Thanks! No, I don't have pink raindrops. Illamasqua has pulled out of Canada, I guess they were not selling so well.

lol k*tchen is a dirty word? Well, I guess it is when I have to clean it up! ha. Hopefully you have *that particular room* back soon!

Nice haul & pretty mani!


It's shaping up to be a pretty hot week except for Wednesday maybe, at least I don't have any more un-air conditioned streetcar rides until Sunday because riding back from the flea market yesterday was awfully stuffy.
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Today we have a smog alert!

Hopefully you get a little more summer, just not as brutally hot as the other week!

Thank you.

Forecast for tomorrow is 24C, by Thursday it'll be 27C, so we'll be okay.

My eldest daughter has just gone on a week long school trip to the South of France where it is 34-35C.
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And now my mani...

Essie In the Cab-Ana with a coat of CbL Turquoise Twinkle on the accents


Very pretty!

Ooh, just found this picture of some new Color Club Halo Hues apparently out in September!



Also, forgot to say, Rainbow Collection is starting a monthly box from August and for the first box she's already announced Lilypad Lacquer, Bear Pawlish and Fair Maiden Polish. I don't know the latter, but Lilypad and Bear Pawlish??? Yes please!
 

Honi

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Quote: Originally Posted by Anitacska

Ooh, just found this picture of some new Color Club Halo Hues apparently out in September!





Those look divine, thanks for sharing! I'm in love with the Color Club halo hues collections so I will most likely snag some of these.. :)
 

Anitacska

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Those look divine, thanks for sharing! I'm in love with the Color Club halo hues collections so I will most likely snag some of these.. :)
Yeah, me too, I will definitely buy them all. Despite owning so many indie holos, the Halo Hues ones are still my favourites.
 

elkaknits

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I had forgotten how terribly Chanel chipped. I did the dishes and two nails chipped. Redid my nails in OPI Chile o Caliente which is so old that it only has 2 warning symbols on back. That is 2002 0.o
 

PearlyQueen

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Mine still haven't arrived or rather I haven't had the card about the customs charge. I placed an order yesterday for the mysteries, risking it again, see if they slip through this time as it's only 3 of them. I know it's stupid, but I'd rather pay the money to the PO than EP with her stinky attitude towards international customers.

I have received a few other polishes though, my Mei Mei order has returned from its holiday and the second part of my Llarowe order has also arrived (the June A Box Indied).









My current mani is Cadillacquer Better Call Saul with Nails Inc Millbank Modern Art .

Lol, know what you mean about Mrs EP!
Cute haul - very muted but sparkly somehow?
Love your mani, both beautiful polishes - once again I'm feeling Caddilacquer on others but still haven't bought one (I was really close to trying them before my job went bang!)
 

PearlyQueen

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Hi Fuzzy!
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Thank you for all the compliments!

Hope it doesn't get too hot for you. We are now at the other extreme, it's raining and only 19C. I'm guessing those few hot days were our summer, hahaha. I don't greatly mind though, 25C and sunny will do me just fine.


Yeah, mine too. Just got the card, £14.87 charge. I was expecting it, so no big deal, but it's still disappointing.

Just seen on FB that the EP pre-order is still open, looks like a lot of people are getting fed up with the mysteries. Especially Canadians with their poor exchange rate. I don't think this has ever happened before, it seems she didn't manage to sell enough within the two hours she had it open yesterday. Oops.

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I have to try this myself: *******. Yep, it's the forbidden word!
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Glad you're back at home and things are getting sorted slowly. You can always get lots of takeaways and no washing up is needed!



Thank you!


Thank you. The Ciate is actually more pink than coral, but my camera couldn't cope with that colour (as usual).

Yes, I did order some FUNs, but only 4, didn't get the orange and green ones.

The CT is a new one, it came out the same time as the neon textured ones.
Ouch, customs are sooo annoying - I don't mind the VAT, it's the charge on top that kills me.
I'm astonished that the EPs aren't selling - but I hate the mystery option, I just can't resist it though. I was glad it was a two hour window though, I started tidying while I was waiting for the pre-order to go live, and over an hour later I realised the time! I've never seen her hold it open for any longer before.
 

PearlyQueen

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Thank you.

Forecast for tomorrow is 24C, by Thursday it'll be 27C, so we'll be okay.

My eldest daughter has just gone on a week long school trip to the South of France where it is 34-35C.
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Very pretty!

Ooh, just found this picture of some new Color Club Halo Hues apparently out in September!



Also, forgot to say, Rainbow Collection is starting a monthly box from August and for the first box she's already announced Lilypad Lacquer, Bear Pawlish and Fair Maiden Polish. I don't know the latter, but Lilypad and Bear Pawlish??? Yes please!
Those Color Clubs are gorgeous - but it's one of the few brands I've found to have no staying power, so I don't think I'll be too tempted - though at least three of them are stunning.
I'm sooo tempted by a RC indie box with a Bear Pawlish in it...
 

Anitacska

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New mani is Poisoned Apple - Starrily
Very nice.

My Harlow & Co order came today, bloody postman chucked it over the side gate, but luckily nothing broke.





The dark teal Girly Bits and the Glam next to it are Harlow exclusives and so is the light teal Girly Bits.

My current mani is unicorns and stars, Zoya Carter pixie dust and Liquid Sky Lacquer Inspire (one of the polishes that was held hostage at Stackry) stamped with Hit The Bottle Purple Reign stamping polish and Vivid Lacquer plate that I also got from H&Co, and unicorn vinyls.





Sadly the sun refused to come out today. The colours are truer in the top picture. This is the plate I got:



I got a reply from Stackry, now they're talking "hopefully no later than sometime in August". Ugh.

And finally, my big news, I am now definitely getting divorced. I'm okay, quite happy actually that my husband has finally agreed to do it, our marriage has been rubbish for ages and it's going to be better for everyone. Luckily he's being very amicable and will let us stay in the house and support us financially, however he will also need to buy himself a house and so I now definitely need to cut down dramatically on my beauty spending. I'm going to look into getting some sort of a part-time job in the autumn, so I don't have to rely on him 100%, but it won't be well paid, I haven't worked in 14 years and even then I wasn't earning much. Bit scary, but overall good.
 

Anitacska

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My Enchanteds have arrived. To be honest, looking at the colours, I probably wouldn't have bought them all if they'd been from another brand. Other than Entwined they aren't that special and Instant Galaxy is especially a bit of a letdown for me. My Daydream looks more blue than green (not as blue as the pictures show though), but I think it's mainly because of the blue glitter in it, I think there's only one version. Someone did a comparison on FB with 2 other people sending her swatch sticks and they all look the same despite some of them thinking theirs was blue, some thinking theirs was green.







I also received my FUN polishes and a Glam from RC.





The pink FUN isn't looking very pink to me, it's definitely more red in the bottle, hope it's more pink when applied.
 

elkaknits

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And finally, my big news, I am now definitely getting divorced. I'm okay, quite happy actually that my husband has finally agreed to do it, our marriage has been rubbish for ages and it's going to be better for everyone. Luckily he's being very amicable and will let us stay in the house and support us financially, however he will also need to buy himself a house and so I now definitely need to cut down dramatically on my beauty spending. I'm going to look into getting some sort of a part-time job in the autumn, so I don't have to rely on him 100%, but it won't be well paid, I haven't worked in 14 years and even then I wasn't earning much. Bit scary, but overall good.




that is very scary. I was separated from my ex oh 10 yrs ago or so and he initially was going to have us keep the house support us etc and then changed his mind! I had been a stay at home mom for almost 10 yrs at that point and of course the economy tanked shortly thereafter {probably a factor in the whole you get nothing mentality that came on after he moved out} Despite all the stress and worry I do have to say it was one of the most positive things in the end. Both of us are much happier with our new spouses and I love working although I only just started a job a bit over 11 months ago. I will have my first annual review on the 6th of next month. Considering the person before me was let go within 6 months I am actually happy. For the first few months it was all please let me make it past the 6 month mark
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Anitacska

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that is very scary. I was separated from my ex oh 10 yrs ago or so and he initially was going to have us keep the house support us etc and then changed his mind! I had been a stay at home mom for almost 10 yrs at that point and of course the economy tanked shortly thereafter {probably a factor in the whole you get nothing mentality that came on after he moved out} Despite all the stress and worry I do have to say it was one of the most positive things in the end. Both of us are much happier with our new spouses and I love working although I only just started a job a bit over 11 months ago. I will have my first annual review on the 6th of next month. Considering the person before me was let go within 6 months I am actually happy. For the first few months it was all please let me make it past the 6 month mark
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Thank you for sharing this with me. I may be naive, but I do hope he's not going to try and shaft us in any way. He earns very good money and cares about the children, even if he'd been a pretty lousy father and husband over the past few years. His parents are loaded, so with their help he should be able to sort out a house for himself, and he should be easily able to pay his mortgage and keep us in the lifestyle we're accustomed to. So far we seem to be on the same page, it's just the question of sorting out the details. I hope it won't end up in a nasty court case, but I'm prepared to go all the way if necessary.

The good thing is, since our discussion on Tuesday he's actually been a lot more pleasant to be around and we haven't argued at all.
 

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