Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[Anitacska]

I'm so behind with posting mani pictures! I wore this first one a month ago. This is Spell Polish Dragon's Dream. It was okay.









Next up is Femme Fatale Balloon topped with Naild It Put a Ring on It (2013 untried) on the accents









This is Emily de Molly Flecked Division.





I'll be back with more later.

 

[Anitacska]

A few more mani pictures. This is Vapid Lacquer D.A.B. topped with Indigo Bananas Fantastic Planet (holo) on the accents. I really liked this mani.









Next is Hits Mari Moon Holographic Art Lover (2013 untried). Nice holo multichrome.









Finally this is Polished by KPT Hypnotic. (I have plenty more to show, but haven't cropped them yet.) This was just meh.

 

[Anitacska]

So I really liked this Jreine polish from November PPU and was considering buying it, even though I don't like the woman who owns the brand and don't own any of her polishes.



So pretty, right?

Then Lisa posted these swatches...



Now I know her swatches are often a bit bland and dull, but there is no way the polish will look like the first lot of swatches! So I guess that's a pass after all.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Sorry you're not having a good time right now either. That is a long time spent travelling. My children tell me a lot of people don't wear masks on the train anymore, I'm seeing the same thing in the shops, despite still having 40k new cases every day. I don't understand people.

Why do you have to wear gloves at work? I hate those things. And hand sanitisers.

Thanks, my middle one is feeling better now, but still coughing quite a lot. Now my eldest has cought it too. I'm just waiting to come down with it, actually quite surprised I haven't yet!

Yeah, lucky if 10% of the students on my bus wear them, it's so stressful.
I choose to wear the gloves as I've done since the pandemic began, but now it's all day and they're wrecking my nails (5 breaks now ) I feel so unsafe from the moment I get on the bus until I get home and sterilise everything

 

[PearlyQueen]

A few more mani pictures. This is Vapid Lacquer D.A.B. topped with Indigo Bananas Fantastic Planet (holo) on the accents. I really liked this mani.

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Next is Hits Mari Moon Holographic Art Lover (2013 untried). Nice holo multichrome.

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Finally this is Polished by KPT Hypnotic. (I have plenty more to show, but haven't cropped them yet.) This was just meh.

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The first of these looks really shiny - love it!

 

[PearlyQueen]

So I really liked this Jreine polish from November PPU and was considering buying it, even though I don't like the woman who owns the brand and don't own any of her polishes.

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So pretty, right?

Then Lisa posted these swatches...

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Now I know her swatches are often a bit bland and dull, but there is no way the polish will look like the first lot of swatches! So I guess that's a pass after all.

This sort of thing explains why so many polishes can be disappointing, that's very different.
I had a look at some PPU swatches today, I haven't seen all of them but I guess I'll be getting a few (not this!!!).
I don't like FTLOP.
Only got 1 Glam (the blue).
Bought a couple of Shleees today (on sale).
Sorry I haven't been around so much, soooo busy and hating the commute!
Plus my poor nails - I paint, go to work, they're ruined before I've had a chance to get decent pics or even see it, change it, repeat - but now I've done twice in 2 days so I can't be bothered changing them, live with the mess till time for work again, it's crap!
So today I came to work with chipped nails under the gloves (No-one can see!), need to change it up, but destroyed nails I can't improve by changing schedules

 

[PearlyQueen]

I'm so behind with posting mani pictures! I wore this first one a month ago. This is Spell Polish Dragon's Dream. It was okay.

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Next up is Femme Fatale Balloon topped with Naild It Put a Ring on It (2013 untried) on the accents

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This is Emily de Molly Flecked Division.

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I'll be back with more later.

Love the FF!

 

[PearlyQueen]

A few more mani pictures. This is Vapid Lacquer D.A.B. topped with Indigo Bananas Fantastic Planet (holo) on the accents. I really liked this mani.

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Next is Hits Mari Moon Holographic Art Lover (2013 untried). Nice holo multichrome.

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Finally this is Polished by KPT Hypnotic. (I have plenty more to show, but haven't cropped them yet.) This was just meh.

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Love these! That first one is another super-shiny one!

Edit - forum layout confusing me, might be the same one!!!

 

[Anitacska]

Yeah, lucky if 10% of the students on my bus wear them, it's so stressful.
I choose to wear the gloves as I've done since the pandemic began, but now it's all day and they're wrecking my nails (5 breaks now ) I feel so unsafe from the moment I get on the bus until I get home and sterilise everything

Sorry to hear you're so anxious about your commute and work, and also sorry about your nails. I don't wear gloves other than when I'm wiping the shopping down, but the frequent handwashing and sanitising is definitely not helping my nails. I've been using Nailtiques for months now and it hasn't helped with the peeling. I'm beginning to think there's something health related going on as my hair has been falling out a lot. I've requested a review appointment with my GP for my thyroid problems, maybe they're connected.

 

[Anitacska]

This sort of thing explains why so many polishes can be disappointing, that's very different.
I had a look at some PPU swatches today, I haven't seen all of them but I guess I'll be getting a few (not this!!!).
I don't like FTLOP.
Only got 1 Glam (the blue).
Bought a couple of Shleees today (on sale).
Sorry I haven't been around so much, soooo busy and hating the commute!
Plus my poor nails - I paint, go to work, they're ruined before I've had a chance to get decent pics or even see it, change it, repeat - but now I've done twice in 2 days so I can't be bothered changing them, live with the mess till time for work again, it's crap!
So today I came to work with chipped nails under the gloves (No-one can see!), need to change it up, but destroyed nails I can't improve by changing schedules

Since then 3 other swatches have posted their pictures and literally none of them have that bright pink shimmer. The maker was really rude about it too saying that it's due to lighting and she knows what her polish looks like. Well I don't trust her and won't be buying it.

I actually don't even think I'll be buying from PPU this month. So far I've not really seen any polish that made me want to buy it. Some are nice, but nothing special. I haven't seen FF, EdM or Different Dimension post about theirs yet, those usually interest me, but we'll see. I also majorly overspent in the past few months and then got a £500+ bill from the plumber and electrician for some works that needed doing last month, so I'm not even sure how I'll pay for those right now. Not very clever of me, but I got sucked in by some good deals and eBay auctions. Ugh.

I also don't like the FTLOP box.

I got 2 from Glam, so now there are 3 polishes waiting there.

I've just consolidated my Stackry box, only a few polishes, but some other stuff too. Shipping was less expensive this time, but still a lot. I'm not planning on starting a new box until Black Friday, I'm hoping to get some PfDs and EdMs.

 

[Anitacska]

Love these! That first one is another super-shiny one!

Edit - forum layout confusing me, might be the same one!!!

Thanks. Lol, yes, they are the same.

 

[Anitacska]

Got my Stackry package yesterday, 2 days earlier than expected. I only paid for the FedEx economy option and it was really not much slower than the express and cost almost $10 less. I only had 5 polishes in there, 2 from August HHC and 3 from the butterfly FTLOP box. All very pretty, but I don't really know why I bought the BKL as it's just another black to red multichrome (supposed to be dark teal base, but really, it's black). So I quickly sold it in the UK nail Facebook group.



I have a ton of polishes due from Femme Fatale via the group buy, but I'm so worried about having them sent by Hermes, I'm thinking I might drive to Helen's to pick them up. I think she's about an hour away from me (maybe less at the weekend). I know it sounds a bit mad, but it would cost me around £30 by Royal Mail and Hermes have been awful lately. Almost every package they were due to deliver came late, one took 4 days to be delivered after it was handed to the local courier and that was only after I contacted H&M and they nudged Hermes about it. I have one now that was supposed to come today, but the tracking just says "We're sorry your parcel has been delayed, we'll have it on the move in the next 24 hours". Ugh.

 

[Anitacska]

Did you order from PPU? I only got the Femme Fatale, but even that directly from FF as I had a lot of loyalty points, so it was free and it'll be added to the next group buy.

I'm glad I passed on the JReine polish as it turns out the owner, her husband and one of her admins are racist, transphobic, vile people. Someone screenshotted a conversation between them and posted them in the Toluene Trashcan group and subsequently she got kicked out of PPU. I screenshotted part of the conversation and it's disgusting:

 

[Anitacska]

I've had a little more time this week, so managed to crop some mani pictures. First up is Femme Fatale Ink of the Sea topped with Claire's Frost Bite on the accents. The FF is one of the old (c. 2014) holos I have from the brand, it's very pretty.





Next is Illyrian Polish Knight. It's pretty, I liked it.









This is Grace-full Polish Magical Muses. Well, this was odd. I'd forgotten that this was a thermal polish and it didn't say on the label either. I started painting my nails and it looked so patchy, I thought this is not right. Then I realised it was lighter on the nailbed because it was a thermal! Doh! I wish makers put things like this on the labels, FF never does either and I need to check back to the listings to see what's what.

 

[Anitacska]

A few more manis, first up is Polished for Days Sugar Rush. I couldn't get an accurate colour picture of this, one is too blue, the other is a bit too green and both are too dull. It's such a bright saturated colour!





Next is Illyrian Polish Flush topped with Lilypad Lacquer Dream Big on the accents.





This is Picture Polish Illusionist (over black) with Glam Polish The She Wolf on the accents.







Finally, this is Glam Polish Space Oddity with Emily de Molly Sabotage on the accents. (I still haven't caught up yet though!)

 

[PearlyQueen]

Sorry to hear you're so anxious about your commute and work, and also sorry about your nails. I don't wear gloves other than when I'm wiping the shopping down, but the frequent handwashing and sanitising is definitely not helping my nails. I've been using Nailtiques for months now and it hasn't helped with the peeling. I'm beginning to think there's something health related going on as my hair has been falling out a lot. I've requested a review appointment with my GP for my thyroid problems, maybe they're connected.

Thanks, hope you get a good answer from your GP

 

[PearlyQueen]

Since then 3 other swatches have posted their pictures and literally none of them have that bright pink shimmer. The maker was really rude about it too saying that it's due to lighting and she knows what her polish looks like. Well I don't trust her and won't be buying it.

I actually don't even think I'll be buying from PPU this month. So far I've not really seen any polish that made me want to buy it. Some are nice, but nothing special. I haven't seen FF, EdM or Different Dimension post about theirs yet, those usually interest me, but we'll see. I also majorly overspent in the past few months and then got a £500+ bill from the plumber and electrician for some works that needed doing last month, so I'm not even sure how I'll pay for those right now. Not very clever of me, but I got sucked in by some good deals and eBay auctions. Ugh.

I also don't like the FTLOP box.

I got 2 from Glam, so now there are 3 polishes waiting there.

I've just consolidated my Stackry box, only a few polishes, but some other stuff too. Shipping was less expensive this time, but still a lot. I'm not planning on starting a new box until Black Friday, I'm hoping to get some PfDs and EdMs.

I bought 4 from PPU- Lemming, Pahlish, Phoenix, Wildflower.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Did you order from PPU? I only got the Femme Fatale, but even that directly from FF as I had a lot of loyalty points, so it was free and it'll be added to the next group buy.

I'm glad I passed on the JReine polish as it turns out the owner, her husband and one of her admins are racist, transphobic, vile people. Someone screenshotted a conversation between them and posted them in the Toluene Trashcan group and subsequently she got kicked out of PPU. I screenshotted part of the conversation and it's disgusting:

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I really like the Femme Fatale, look forward to seeing it.
That's shocking, I was just reading that she also runs the Charity Box and Nailed It have pulled out of it for the future after this came out.

 

[PearlyQueen]

I've had a little more time this week, so managed to crop some mani pictures. First up is Femme Fatale Ink of the Sea topped with Claire's Frost Bite on the accents. The FF is one of the old (c. 2014) holos I have from the brand, it's very pretty.

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Next is Illyrian Polish Knight. It's pretty, I liked it.

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This is Grace-full Polish Magical Muses. Well, this was odd. I'd forgotten that this was a thermal polish and it didn't say on the label either. I started painting my nails and it looked so patchy, I thought this is not right. Then I realised it was lighter on the nailbed because it was a thermal! Doh! I wish makers put things like this on the labels, FF never does either and I need to check back to the listings to see what's what.

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I hate the polishes that don't tell you they're magnetic or thermal! I try to remember to put it on my spreadsheet! The first two manis are gorgeous!

 

[PearlyQueen]

A few more manis, first up is Polished for Days Sugar Rush. I couldn't get an accurate colour picture of this, one is too blue, the other is a bit too green and both are too dull. It's such a bright saturated colour!

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Next is Illyrian Polish Flush topped with Lilypad Lacquer Dream Big on the accents.

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This is Picture Polish Illusionist (over black) with Glam Polish The She Wolf on the accents.

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Finally, this is Glam Polish Space Oddity with Emily de Molly Sabotage on the accents. (I still haven't caught up yet though!)

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These are all gorgeous (Sugar Rush is on my Black Friday shopping list!).