Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[Anitacska]

My previous mani, before I cut my nails down, Cupcake Polish Show Me How You Burlesque with Mavala Red Diamond (2011 untried) on the accents. I stamped with Lilypad Taury.



My current mani, after the chop, is CbL Little Drummer Boy with Femme Fatale Cabin Fever on the accents over the CbL. They have the same shift and both are really pretty.

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[boschicka]

Thank you. I recently realised that they'd mostly stopped peeling and it's probably down to my nail polish remover as that's the one thing I've changed recently. It's the pink Sally Hansen one and it seems to really suit my nails. I also use OPI Nail Envy, but that used not to work in the past on its own. My right hand still has a couple of peelers and my thumb nail broke a little while ago, so I decided to cut them all down a bit to even things out and hopefully they'll all grow strong.


Yes, Sophie is great. Any news on your order?

Thank you for asking. No more news on my order and no change in the shipping tracking. But I did receive 250 loyalty points.....for a site I no longer plan to order from, lol!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Yeah, bloody EP. If only she would do a BF sale, now that would make up for everything, hahaha. Yeah I know, dream on.

That's annoying about Illyrian. Also, the sale starts at 5 am! Eeek! Although my friend says she can place the order for me as she starts work at 6 am (she's a stock manager at John Lewis, they open at 8 am on Black Friday), so maybe I won't have to get up early or risk missing it.

The new Glams won't be in the sale for sure. I reckon nothing from the past 2-3 months. I might have to wait to buy those as I want the 6 new Wizardly Ways ones, the 2 new group exclusives, 4 new HHC ones and 5-6 of the Forever After ones that I haven't got. Still don't know where I'm ordering them from.

Yes, the Cupcakes are probably cheaper from RC, but I want the 4 new HHC ones and they offer 15% off on their other polishes as well as free shipping for the HHC order (they'll be combined, so no extra consolidation fee either), so all in all it's just about worth it. I only want 2-3 extra ones.

I'm really bummed as Femme Fatale has now announced that Tonic Polish won't be included in the sale. Also EdM has a 40% off sale on Friday, so I'll be ordering those directly from her. In that case I might get the Tonic Polishes from Mei Mei instead as she has 20% off, but her shipping isn't exactly cheap. Argh! So many factors to take into consideration. I have ordered the new Femme Fatales though, all 10 of them.



Thank you!



Nice manis! I especially like the first two.

Ha ha, Chelsea is definitely stalking your posts! Disappointing BF sale though, especially since I can't use it for the preorder. I got my Illyrian, woke up at 5:45 and it was still in stock - but had "middle of the night clicky finger syndrome" and bought more than the one I planned...
You were so right about the Glams, to be honest I bought far too much anyway, so I was pleased to skip it. Maybe next month I'll get the ones I want, but I still have a list from shops who didn't do BF sales, not sure Glam is at the top of that list. I really want the two new COTMs from FF, hope RC get them.
Sounds like you have some nice things coming!

 

[PearlyQueen]

I went to see my friend and her new CbL polishes and ended up buying 2 off her plus a few other polishes she was getting rid off.

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My current mani is China Glaze Cosmic Dust with Lilypad Lacquer Black Prince over it. I really love this one, I'm all over flakies nowadays.

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How nice to have a nail polish buddy - and a nice little friend haul! Love the freebie CbL!
Mani is cute too!

 

[PearlyQueen]

Very good choice of CBLs! These were exactly the ones I'd like to get (but the blue topper is the one you'll get only when you buy the whole collection, and that's not happening).
Love the flakies as well. Btw, Meimei has actually 25% off, so you might take that into consideration!
@boschicka , sorry about the bad experience with FF! But do contact Sophie on FB or somewhere on social media, she's really nice and always helpful in my experience.

Because of the EP preorder I skipped the FF release... Sigh. BUT! Today my MeiMei order from last week (so typical, why couldn't I wait?!) arrived with a lot of brands I haven't tried before - super excited! There's Fancy Gloss, Tonic, Illyrian, Delush and Native War Paint.

I'll try to mix those fancy Glam topcoats with the gold/silver leaf and reflecting flakies, I should've all the supplies for that at home and they look stunning.

Argh, isn't there always a sale just after you buy???
Do show us your Glam tribute polishes when you do them!

 

[PearlyQueen]

I think I'm going to pass on the EP pre-order. I only really like the burgundy one, but it would cost me $18* ($16 plus $2 consolidation fee) plus shipping to the UK from my US postbox, so easily $20, and Glam Polish has one that's quite similar to it (The Dark Crystal). I'm just not happy to drop $20 on one polish when I can buy 2 Glams with that money. Eh.

*Apparently she's doing a free US shipping promo for BF.

Free shipping not valid on pre-orders, so it would be $19.50 and I'm definitely not ordering.

OMG you're skipping EPs??? I know what you mean, they are expensive but I'm going to order all 3 of course - kind of wishing I'd skipped the last three though, I don't generally like pale colours so much. But - EP!!!

 

[PearlyQueen]

My previous mani, before I cut my nails down, Cupcake Polish Show Me How You Burlesque with Mavala Red Diamond (2011 untried) on the accents. I stamped with Lilypad Taury.

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My current mani, after the chop, is CbL Little Drummer Boy with Femme Fatale Cabin Fever on the accents over the CbL. They have the same shift and both are really pretty.

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Nice manis! That Mavala is really pretty (never even considered the brand, they've not drawn me, but I like it!)

 

[PearlyQueen]

Thank you for asking. No more news on my order and no change in the shipping tracking. But I did receive 250 loyalty points.....for a site I no longer plan to order from, lol!

I hope they sort it soon - what a rubbish compensation though.

 

[PearlyQueen]

My latest mani is FashionistA Mystical Dragon:

The shimmer is much more green in the flesh, at least in indoor light - maybe it will be different by day though.

 

[Anitacska]

Thank you for asking. No more news on my order and no change in the shipping tracking. But I did receive 250 loyalty points.....for a site I no longer plan to order from, lol!

Oh no, that's useless and annoying! Sorry to hear you've had such a bad experience.

 

[Anitacska]

Ha ha, Chelsea is definitely stalking your posts! Disappointing BF sale though, especially since I can't use it for the preorder. I got my Illyrian, woke up at 5:45 and it was still in stock - but had "middle of the night clicky finger syndrome" and bought more than the one I planned...
You were so right about the Glams, to be honest I bought far too much anyway, so I was pleased to skip it. Maybe next month I'll get the ones I want, but I still have a list from shops who didn't do BF sales, not sure Glam is at the top of that list. I really want the two new COTMs from FF, hope RC get them.
Sounds like you have some nice things coming!

She definitely is!

Which Illyrians did you order? I asked my friend to order Mad World, Demogorgon and The Upside Down, she ordered them at 5 am sharp, lol. I'm okay with staying up until midnight/1 am, or even having to wake up around 2 or 3, but if I wake up at 5, I can't go back to sleep afterwards.

I have a LOT of nice things coming, well, most of them to Stackry first, but I plan on emptying out my postbox before Christmas, so that's my present to myself, hahaha.

How nice to have a nail polish buddy - and a nice little friend haul! Love the freebie CbL!
Mani is cute too!

Thank you!

Yes, she is great, she's also Hungarian, so that's an added bonus. I got to know her through one of the Facebook groups, well, we're both in about 15 groups now, lol.

OMG you're skipping EPs??? I know what you mean, they are expensive but I'm going to order all 3 of course - kind of wishing I'd skipped the last three though, I don't generally like pale colours so much. But - EP!!!

I know, shocking! But they're just too expensive and not that special anymore. I loved the first 3 Opals (only have Candied Opal in hand yet, but it is gorgeous) and the other 3 she launched at the same time, but these colours are just a bit meh and also like I said the burgundy and the green are very similar to the Glams and the brown is just really not me. I'm a bit annoyed too that I gave into the pre-order rush and bought the 3 pale ones, but that's done now.

Nice manis! That Mavala is really pretty (never even considered the brand, they've not drawn me, but I like it!)

Thank you. I only have a few bottles of Mavala, and only glitters, and some are still unused even though I've had them for 5 years. They come in tiny 5 ml bottles, so they're quite good though as I never use up 15 ml polishes anyway.

My latest mani is FashionistA Mystical Dragon:
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The shimmer is much more green in the flesh, at least in indoor light - maybe it will be different by day though.

Ooh that's pretty! Never heard of this brand though.

No new mani for me as I was out last night, took my daughter to see her new favourite band (Pierce the Veil) in London. Went to bed at 1.30 and got up at 6.45, so I'm rather tired, but she loved it, so that's what matters.

 

[PearlyQueen]

She definitely is!

Which Illyrians did you order? I asked my friend to order Mad World, Demogorgon and The Upside Down, she ordered them at 5 am sharp, lol. I'm okay with staying up until midnight/1 am, or even having to wake up around 2 or 3, but if I wake up at 5, I can't go back to sleep afterwards.

I have a LOT of nice things coming, well, most of them to Stackry first, but I plan on emptying out my postbox before Christmas, so that's my present to myself, hahaha.



Thank you!

Yes, she is great, she's also Hungarian, so that's an added bonus. I got to know her through one of the Facebook groups, well, we're both in about 15 groups now, lol.



I know, shocking! But they're just too expensive and not that special anymore. I loved the first 3 Opals (only have Candied Opal in hand yet, but it is gorgeous) and the other 3 she launched at the same time, but these colours are just a bit meh and also like I said the burgundy and the green are very similar to the Glams and the brown is just really not me. I'm a bit annoyed too that I gave into the pre-order rush and bought the 3 pale ones, but that's done now.



Thank you. I only have a few bottles of Mavala, and only glitters, and some are still unused even though I've had them for 5 years. They come in tiny 5 ml bottles, so they're quite good though as I never use up 15 ml polishes anyway.



Ooh that's pretty! Never heard of this brand though.

No new mani for me as I was out last night, took my daughter to see her new favourite band (Pierce the Veil) in London. Went to bed at 1.30 and got up at 6.45, so I'm rather tired, but she loved it, so that's what matters.

My Illyrian order is Vampire Squid, Winter is Coming, BF Mystery, CoTM, Sirens & Mad World - VS is the one I've been wanting for ages, but I hope the others will be cool too!
FashionistA is a cheap high street brand - I have 3 I got at Superdrug before my Indie obsession started, on a 3 for 2 deal I think. This is the first time I've worn one though, and Mystical Dragon is definitely the nicest, though I did get a good red too.

 

[Anitacska]

My Illyrian order is Vampire Squid, Winter is Coming, BF Mystery, CoTM, Sirens & Mad World - VS is the one I've been wanting for ages, but I hope the others will be cool too!
FashionistA is a cheap high street brand - I have 3 I got at Superdrug before my Indie obsession started, on a 3 for 2 deal I think. This is the first time I've worn one though, and Mystical Dragon is definitely the nicest, though I did get a good red too.

You got Mad World too! It is so gorgeous! I'm just so happy I got one as my other one is being held hostage and this way I don't have to worry about whether I'll ever see it again.

I thought that was an indie polish, it's very nice! Do you still buy non-indie brands? I've just ordered 10 Zoyas for $3 each, but other than that, I've only bought a handful of Color Clubs, China Glazes and OPIs over the last year as well as the Essence gel topcoat I use all the time. I also haven't bought any high end polishes like Guerlain, Chanel and Dior, not that I ever bought many anyway.

My first Black Friday purchase came yesterday, 5 stamping plates from MoYou. (Yes, I know one of them is a Halloween plate, but I didn't have any, so I thought might as well get one now.) Not expecting anything else for a while yet, most of my orders are going to Stackry anyway, and others are from Harlow, Mei Mei, C4N, Glam, Femme Fatale that will take a while.

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My current mani is OPI Give Me Space stamped with YSL White Gold and Pueen Visual Wonderland 01 plate. The OPI was a bugger to use, very thick and unforgiving at first, I'd thinned it a bit for the second coat and it was better. It's pretty though.

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[PearlyQueen]

You got Mad World too! It is so gorgeous! I'm just so happy I got one as my other one is being held hostage and this way I don't have to worry about whether I'll ever see it again.

I thought that was an indie polish, it's very nice! Do you still buy non-indie brands? I've just ordered 10 Zoyas for $3 each, but other than that, I've only bought a handful of Color Clubs, China Glazes and OPIs over the last year as well as the Essence gel topcoat I use all the time. I also haven't bought any high end polishes like Guerlain, Chanel and Dior, not that I ever bought many anyway.

My first Black Friday purchase came yesterday, 5 stamping plates from MoYou. (Yes, I know one of them is a Halloween plate, but I didn't have any, so I thought might as well get one now.) Not expecting anything else for a while yet, most of my orders are going to Stackry anyway, and others are from Harlow, Mei Mei, C4N, Glam, Femme Fatale that will take a while.

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My current mani is OPI Give Me Space stamped with YSL White Gold and Pueen Visual Wonderland 01 plate. The OPI was a bugger to use, very thick and unforgiving at first, I'd thinned it a bit for the second coat and it was better. It's pretty though.

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I got Mad World on your recommendation, it does look pretty though!
Thanks, it's a glass-fleck and it really does have the indie feel. I really don't buy non-indie polishes any more, I don't even tend to look these days. When I do see one I like, I tend to talk myself out of it - in all honesty, I like the quality of the indies, they tend to dry quicker too. I've never bought high-end, I always felt they were boring and overpriced.
Yay for your first delivery, I've had a couple arrive too (Liquid Sky minis, a few Celestials and an Illyrian from MeiMei).
I love that mani, the OPI looks stunning and the stamping is really pretty.

 

[PearlyQueen]

My latest mani is Ruby White Tips Crazy 88:

 

[Anitacska]

I got Mad World on your recommendation, it does look pretty though!
Thanks, it's a glass-fleck and it really does have the indie feel. I really don't buy non-indie polishes any more, I don't even tend to look these days. When I do see one I like, I tend to talk myself out of it - in all honesty, I like the quality of the indies, they tend to dry quicker too. I've never bought high-end, I always felt they were boring and overpriced.
Yay for your first delivery, I've had a couple arrive too (Liquid Sky minis, a few Celestials and an Illyrian from MeiMei).
I love that mani, the OPI looks stunning and the stamping is really pretty.

I think you'll love Mad World. If not, feel free to blame it on me, lol.

Thank you, it's a lovely looking polish.

My latest mani is Ruby White Tips Crazy 88:
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Ooh this is nice. Don't know this brand either.

I've had another delivery this week, my Tonic Polishes came from Mei Mei and they are gorgeous! This brand just appeared out of nowhere, suddenly everyone's stocking it and the polishes are just gorgeous. The holiday collection's just going on sale tonight, but I can't afford to buy anything right now. I did order the For The Love of Polish box because it's very LE and 3 CbLs from Rainbow Connection, and will get 3 or 4 HHC polishes later this month, but otherwise I'm done. I have massively overspent with Black Friday and all. And yes, I did pass on the EPs!

Anyway, here are the Tonics:

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I have one more coming as the Fun Lacquer I ordered from RC was sold out (how, I don't know?) and she asked what I'd like as a replacement, so opted for another Tonic (that was sold out when I ordered them from Mei Mei).

First of my manis is Fun Lacquer Secret Admirer, an old thermal, with Mavala Pink Diamond (2011 untried) on the accents and stamped with YSL Yellow Gold. The Fun isn't actually an untried, but I needed a polish to go with the Mavala and I wanted to use a thermal, so decided to use it again. That just made it one of my most used polishes, hahaha!

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The other mani is CbL Nail Mail with ILNP Happily Ever After on the accents, plus Femme Fatale Lucent Ametrine on the thumbs and added nail art with vinyls on the ring fingers.

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And then I did this:

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I was changing the beds and two of my children have high sleepers that are very difficult to change the sheet on. I usually ask my ex to do them, but I did them fine last time, so I thought I'd have a go. The mattress slipped out of my hand and bent my nail upwards, tearing it from the nail bed. There's a crack about halfway across my nail and it's quite a bit higher than the end of the nail bed. It hurt like hell and was bleeding loads. Today I cut it down so it's just above the tip of my finger, but I guess I will have to keep a plaster on it for about 4 weeks to come until it grows down the the edge of my nail bed. I was just saying as well how good my nails were looking.

 

[Anitacska]

Have you all seen Chelsea's e-mail about including a free polish with the pre-orders? Nice surprise!

There's also a new collab shade with Fashion Polish, a very pretty blackened purple. Plus she said Holiday 2016 will be holo. If it launches together with the Fashion Polish one, I might buy it, but if not, I'm definitely not forking out best part of $20 on a mystery polish.

 

[Anitacska]

Apparently the Fashion Polish collab shade is going to be released on the 16th, no word whether it's a pre-order or not. Newsletter to come soon.

LLP restocked the latest 3 EPs last night, not sure if they're still in stock though.

 

[PearlyQueen]

I think you'll love Mad World. If not, feel free to blame it on me, lol.

Thank you, it's a lovely looking polish.



Ooh this is nice. Don't know this brand either.

I've had another delivery this week, my Tonic Polishes came from Mei Mei and they are gorgeous! This brand just appeared out of nowhere, suddenly everyone's stocking it and the polishes are just gorgeous. The holiday collection's just going on sale tonight, but I can't afford to buy anything right now. I did order the For The Love of Polish box because it's very LE and 3 CbLs from Rainbow Connection, and will get 3 or 4 HHC polishes later this month, but otherwise I'm done. I have massively overspent with Black Friday and all. And yes, I did pass on the EPs!

Anyway, here are the Tonics:

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I have one more coming as the Fun Lacquer I ordered from RC was sold out (how, I don't know?) and she asked what I'd like as a replacement, so opted for another Tonic (that was sold out when I ordered them from Mei Mei).

First of my manis is Fun Lacquer Secret Admirer, an old thermal, with Mavala Pink Diamond (2011 untried) on the accents and stamped with YSL Yellow Gold. The Fun isn't actually an untried, but I needed a polish to go with the Mavala and I wanted to use a thermal, so decided to use it again. That just made it one of my most used polishes, hahaha!

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The other mani is CbL Nail Mail with ILNP Happily Ever After on the accents, plus Femme Fatale Lucent Ametrine on the thumbs and added nail art with vinyls on the ring fingers.

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And then I did this:

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I was changing the beds and two of my children have high sleepers that are very difficult to change the sheet on. I usually ask my ex to do them, but I did them fine last time, so I thought I'd have a go. The mattress slipped out of my hand and bent my nail upwards, tearing it from the nail bed. There's a crack about halfway across my nail and it's quite a bit higher than the end of the nail bed. It hurt like hell and was bleeding loads. Today I cut it down so it's just above the tip of my finger, but I guess I will have to keep a plaster on it for about 4 weeks to come until it grows down the the edge of my nail bed. I was just saying as well how good my nails were looking.

I will of course blame you if Mad World is awful!!!
Thanks, RWT was one of the early indie brands I tried, have to say they had a fab range at the time, not so much recently though.
I don't know what the whole suddenly everyone's selling Tonic thing is about, of course I've seen them advertised, and they do look stunning though I've resisted. The colours look beautifully saturated, and they look just as good in your pic, so I hope to see one on you soon!
Nice manis, though of course I prefer the stunning purple, which I do own, so yay!!!!
Ouchie on the nail thing, looks painful, I cracked my thumbnail really far down this week - somehow, didn't even know I'd done it till I removed my polish and there it was. I've done a teabag repair, it was way low down, though nothing like what you've done, just a small side crack.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Have you all seen Chelsea's e-mail about including a free polish with the pre-orders? Nice surprise!

There's also a new collab shade with Fashion Polish, a very pretty blackened purple. Plus she said Holiday 2016 will be holo. If it launches together with the Fashion Polish one, I might buy it, but if not, I'm definitely not forking out best part of $20 on a mystery polish.

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Yes, I was most surprised and pleased to get the email about a freebie (I wonder if I get 2 since I ordered both times??? I didn't ask for the shipments to be sent together because she said that was only an option for overseas, and mine are going to Stackry, so double consolidation fees of course).
I hadn't heard about the new one, it looks cool, and I usually go for the holiday holo, which hopefully won't be a mystery (it isn't usually).
CHELSEA IF YOU'RE STILL STALKING ANITA, PLEASE DO A PREORDER FROM THE START FOR THE NEW ONES, THANK YOU!!!