Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[awickedshape]

Thanks! Aug2014 is a duochrome - I'd say green to blue with purple. It was just difficult to capture, and come to think of it - the shift was perhaps like a total, not so gradual one.

Juicy mani! And that haul!

Very pretty Lilypads.


Thanks, aws!


Thank you for the offer, Anneri! I will let you know if something comes up.

No one seems to know anything!

I think W&D has sold out quite well (it was released three months ago), but some Toledo and random other spring items are still available. Another Mac problem is that I lost my Mac girl last month! Now there's even no one to chat with.

I got the previous collaboration duo, but I'm not sure if I'm going to get this one. Surely something from the new collection though.

Thanks, it's prettier irl!


That's great! I actually got another Helmer (thankfully they have not been discontinued after all, just new colours, I got an orange one) last month. I put it in a closet and it is totally for non-np and non-mu purposes. My mother (= the car aid) was again like why? why you'd need yet another one? In a few weeks I have to tell her that we need to make another trip to Ikea because I need one more Helmer. I was just arranging my NPs I had with me when I was in exile and there's not enough room for them.

About six months ago you had double the amount I had - wonder what the ratio is atm!

New mani's Illamasqua Melange. Lovely green with a great formula.

Melange looks great

 

[lumaday]

Right, here they are:

Glam special LE flakies, Cast a Spell 3 and Knockout coll polishes



Glam Masters of Illusion collection



Llarowe order plus EP August 2013 from FB (got a couple of duplicates there as I'd forgotten what I'd ordered)



April Lilypad restock





These Lilypads are once again amazing! And the Glams!

Also here's my RC order with the CbL monthly polish and Glam store exclusive:



And my current mani, Dance Legend Protuberance with EP Hello New York on the accents, My HNY hasn't evaporated at all, but this is much newer and is in a square bottle whereas Ola Rio is in a round bottle and is from years ago.

Beautiful shade!

 

[lumaday]

Hahaha, I like being the bad example. Truth is 350 is probably already too much, but I passed that number a looooong time ago.

Everyone has their vices I switch between buying nail polish, lipstick, eyeshadow, and cute dresses! I seem to get fixated on something for a few months, get bored with it, move on to another, and then come back in a circle later.

 

[Fuzzy]

I ended up doing my nails in a berry creme called Vixen by Nail Tek. As best as I can tell they don't make polish anymore... or has anybody seen some?

very nice!

NailPolishCanada sells Nail Tek, they just have treatments/nail care- no polishes.

 

[Fuzzy]

Right, here they are:

Glam special LE flakies, Cast a Spell 3 and Knockout coll polishes



Glam Masters of Illusion collection



Llarowe order plus EP August 2013 from FB (got a couple of duplicates there as I'd forgotten what I'd ordered)



April Lilypad restock





These Lilypads are once again amazing! And the Glams!

Also here's my RC order with the CbL monthly polish and Glam store exclusive:



And my current mani, Dance Legend Protuberance with EP Hello New York on the accents, My HNY hasn't evaporated at all, but this is much newer and is in a square bottle whereas Ola Rio is in a round bottle and is from years ago.

So nice for you to finally have the polishes arrive! great haul!

Beautiful mani, I like how its warm and icy at the same time

 

[Fuzzy]

And now on to my mani: OPI - Sorry, I'm Fizzy Today - 3 coats, it was a bit sheer.

It's a bit blurry- my phone crashed while I was taking photos and this was the only one when I got it restarted and I had wrecked the polish in the time I let the phone rest by cutting two big zucchinis(marrow, courgette, whatever you wanna call them lol) into noodles. oh well!

 

[Anitacska]

Nice manis and haul!

oh no sorry the weather was not too good. forever sideways lol someone should name a polish that!

cooler and by far less itchy around here, thanks!

thank you!


Very pretty purple! too bad about the formula, I hate when they wont dry firm!

Happy birthday! love the watermelons! when you posted it was actually national watermelon day in the US! lol

Great manis!

Very pretty mani and nice haul!

a lovely green, indeed!

So nice for you to finally have the polishes arrive! great haul!

Beautiful mani, I like how its warm and icy at the same time

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Lol, Forever sideways would be a great name for a polish!

Quote: Originally Posted by Fuzzy

And now on to my mani:

OPI - Sorry, I'm Fizzy Today - 3 coats, it was a bit sheer.



It's a bit blurry- my phone crashed while I was taking photos and this was the only one when I got it restarted and I had wrecked the polish in the time I let the phone rest by cutting two big zucchinis(marrow, courgette, whatever you wanna call them lol) into noodles. oh well!

Lovely shade! Is this one of the Coca Cola polishes?

My RC order came today, but Hermes broke one of my polishes. Luckily I managed to save about 5 ml of it, and got a refund already from Annette, so it's not too bad. It's a lovely silver flakie polish.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Hello, I'm back! Got a few bad mani pictures (manis were fine, pictures aren't great), and a couple of haul pictures. I came home to find my Bear Pawlish and Mei Mei (Glam) orders, so that was nice. Still waiting for my EPs to arrive, hope they don't get caught by customs this time. I placed a teeny tiny order with RC while in France, but that's all.

Here are my manis, they are all OPI minis, need to look up their names, but one is from the James Bond coll, one is last summer's sand polish and the blue one is Mariah Carey sand polish. Oh and the first one is ILNP Honor Roll with Nails Inc Galaxy Westminster Bridge Road.









Think Pink trio and some of the Gleek polishes.



BPs

Welcome back!
Lovely manis (of course I like the ILNP best!).
And fabulous haulage, your Bears look soooo cute, and I love the Glams too!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Hoping that Stackry can now ship nail polish (just emailed them) as the new EP launch is on Saturday and I really don't want to get stung again.

Oh no, caught again
Tbh, I'm not sure how you ever didn't, I never have escaped with a value over about $20 showing.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Thanks. I know, it's pretty shocking. Not what you expect from a $16 polish.


Thank you.

Trip was alright, but I'm glad to be back. The weather was pretty meh and the caravan we were staying in was so small, I was forever walking sideways!


Oh that doesn't sound good. Hope it cools down for you soon.

Nice mani and pedi.


Pretty! I don't have this one.


Thank you. Sorry to hear about the customs on the EPs. I'm very close to not ordering from her anymore.

No, I haven't tried the OPIs. I want to do some watermarbling with them, but not sure when I'll have the time.

Glad to hear you got your ******* back!


Hopefully. Although I haven't heard anything from Stackry and it is now August!

All the Glams!

Very nice manis! July is gorgeous! And I love the dots!


More gorgeous manis!


Lovely mani! I love this duo, especially the darker one, I also have it and have worn it!


Yep, what she said.

Anyone seen the blue trio she's come out with? And the Little Mermaid inspired ones? Love them all!


I thought about getting this box, but only really because of the Cupcake Polish. I'm over Llarowe, her shipping is ridiculously expensive and slow. Can't wait for the RC indie box though.


Gorgeous! Don't have this one either!


Thank you! It's good to be back!

Sorry to hear about the troubles with overseas orders. I'm so glad RC stocks most of my favourite brands. Need to look into getting that Elevation though, don't think RC stocks them.

Here they do write the fee on the slip, just the postman forgot. It was £11.43. I do like June and August a lot, June is quite unique imo, August less so, and July is just a bit boring.

No time yet, but there's been a couple of pictures on IG, I'll post them in a mo.

I'm not impressed with the last few Enchanted monthlies - I was happier with last year's choices. June is very different from anything else I have, but I don't really like it. July is very dull, and probably won't suit me, while August is pretty but hardly unique. I'm seriously thinking about giving up on these, though I do usually prefer Autumn/Winter shades, so maybe I should stick it out and see how it goes.

 

[Anneri]

I'm not impressed with the last few Enchanted monthlies - I was happier with last year's choices.  June is very different from anything else I have, but I don't really like it.  July is very dull, and probably won't suit me, while August is pretty but hardly unique.  I'm seriously thinking about giving up on these, though I do usually prefer Autumn/Winter shades, so maybe I should stick it out and see how it goes.

I like the last batch of monthlies better than the new collex coming out on the 15th. Sure, the colours are big crowd pleasers, but I don't like the holo creams - they're not enough holo for me. Even FashionPolish's swatches that are usually glowing because of her überbright lighting are rather dull. So I guess I'll be skipping... Don't know what I should do with Desert Sunset tbh. Sell it? Throw more holo pigment into it? My ILNP order came. I've worn Peri Me And Summer Crush - found Peri Me a bit tame but love Summer Crush!

 

[PearlyQueen]

New EP shades and swatch of Dope Jam by @ressa_d.





Also got my picture of the recent monthlies, shall I post them or is anyone still waiting and doesn't want spoilers?

In the meantime my current mani: Kelly Brook np from New Look in Regal Riches with Fanchromatic Nails Celestial Temple on the accents. The Kelly Brook polish is awful, took 3 coats as it was really sheer and never dried properly, ended up all rough and it's very soft, I keep putting dents in it. Shame as it's a very pretty purple. Ah well, serves me right to bother with cheap polishes. Should really stick with indies.

I love two of those EPs - must try to stick to those ones, I should have done that last time!
Your mani is really pretty, such a shame about the dry time. I actually really like the accent nails on this one.

 

[PearlyQueen]

And woohooo, so happy for all of you who finally get their stuff from stackry!!!! Yay!

Your birthday nails are cool!

 

[PearlyQueen]

A while ago I did say I was wondering if she would stop selling other brands seeing that the selection in her shop has gone downhill, seems like I was right.

I don't shop much with Llarowe any more, but somehow this makes me really sad when I think of all the lovely new brands she introduced me to over the years. I must admit, there's not been much there to tempt me recently - I keep looking when she posts a new sale, but the discounts don't tend to make up for the expensive shipping since my Stackry box has been out of action.
But it still feels a bit "end of an era"-ish, and I liked having the option.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Bummer. Llarowe was the only place where I could get Takko Lacquer. :/ And I hope Fancy Gloss will decide to get another stockist for international customers. But otherwise, hm.

Strange though, I think someone on her FB wall asked if Darling Diva and Different Dimension would no longer be carried on Llarowe since there were only few colours left and all of them were on sale and Llarowe said nah, there will be restocks.

Any news on what will happen with A Box, Indied? Edit: I just read that someone asked her and apparently the October box will be the last one.

Hm, I wasn't that keen on ABI anyway, I only liked a couple of the brands participating. I liked the Holo Grail box from Dazzled but they seem to be notoriously unreliable lately. :/ Does anyone have experience with What's Indie Box? And I am curious about the new Rainbow Connection box that'll Launch at the end of August, I know Bear pawlish will contribute...

I've only ever bought one of each of the boxes, and to be honest I don't really regret that - always one or two polishes I wanted, but paying for five! And with WIB, there's no preview, just a hint picture, which always makes it even more iffy.
I'm curious about the RC one too, I suspect it will be pricey though.

 

[Anitacska]

The RC box will be around £40 which I think is reasonable for 5 polishes and a cuticle oil. You won't know what you're getting, just the inspiration pictures, but I'm willing to risk it for now.

Quote: Originally Posted by Anneri


I like the last batch of monthlies better than the new collex coming out on the 15th. Sure, the colours are big crowd pleasers, but I don't like the holo creams - they're not enough holo for me. Even FashionPolish's swatches that are usually glowing because of her überbright lighting are rather dull. So I guess I'll be skipping...
Don't know what I should do with Desert Sunset tbh. Sell it? Throw more holo pigment into it?

My ILNP order came. I've worn Peri Me And Summer Crush - found Peri Me a bit tame but love Summer Crush!

When in doubt, chuck in some more holo!

Love your manis. I never got Peri Me, but Summer Crush is gorgeous.

 

[Anitacska]

Current mani is KBShimmer Pigment of My Imagination with CrowsToes Thing on the accents. The KBShimmer is such an amazing shifty polish, so pretty! Had to take loads of pictures.

 

[MRV]

Right, here they are:

Glam special LE flakies, Cast a Spell 3 and Knockout coll polishes



Glam Masters of Illusion collection



Llarowe order plus EP August 2013 from FB (got a couple of duplicates there as I'd forgotten what I'd ordered)



April Lilypad restock





These Lilypads are once again amazing! And the Glams!

Also here's my RC order with the CbL monthly polish and Glam store exclusive:



And my current mani, Dance Legend Protuberance with EP Hello New York on the accents, My HNY hasn't evaporated at all, but this is much newer and is in a square bottle whereas Ola Rio is in a round bottle and is from years ago.

Love the green Glams and the last CbL. Very pretty mani! A bit of a same vibe as in the Knight? I don't have this DL. No wonder, they have so many collections and I never knew which ones were restocked at Llarowe.

 

[MRV]

Current mani is KBShimmer Pigment of My Imagination with CrowsToes Thing on the accents. The KBShimmer is such an amazing shifty polish, so pretty! Had to take loads of pictures.

What an awesome shifter! How come I don't have this pretty one either. Do you remember which collection it is from?


My current mani is EdM Fergi and Jesus, a subtle holo with flakies. This is one of the newer EdMs.

 

[Anitacska]

Thanks, awc!

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Multithanks, Fuzzy! Here the summer has finally begun, in August!

In June we had zero warmth, in July four warm days, and now it's been close to/or +25 C since last week and there's no cooling in sight!


Very pretty coral!


A sad sight! Good for the refund. Those Cupcakes look so pretty! I've actually ordered my first Cupcake.


Pretty manis! I don't have these two.


What an awesome shifter! How come I don't have this pretty one either. Do you remember which collection it is from?


My current mani is EdM Fergi and Jesus, a subtle holo with flakies. This is one of the newer EdMs.

Which Cupcake did you order? Luckily I managed to save about 5 ml of the broken polish, so I'm quite happy. I probably won't ever need more than that anyway.

Thank you. It was from the winter 2013 collection. I bought so many from that collection, those were my first KBShimmers. Haven't actually bought much since.

Lovely mani. It's been on my wishlist, but not sure if I'll get it. The new EDMs don't impress me too much.