Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[MACina]

Thank you very much, Anneri and Buick!

I really wouldn't worry too much about the whole Big 3 thing. Most brands are now Big 3 (4, 5 even) Free anyway. Even with toluene&co NP probably is peanuts compared to the nasty stuff we are exposed to on a daily basis. Quite frankly I couldn't give a tinker's cuss about what's in my NP as long as it looks nice, applies well, dries quickly and doesn't chip the next day. It's health and safety gone mad, I tells ya!

I came across this, perhaps it will help you decide what brands to shop from: http://www.inspirationail.com/5-free-varnish/. No idea if its reliable, but here it is anyway. According to this website Essence and Catrice are B5F

 

[CartoonChic]

I really wouldn't worry too much about the whole Big 3 thing. Most brands are now Big 3 (4, 5 even) Free anyway. Even with toluene&co NP probably is peanuts compared to the nasty stuff we are exposed to on a daily basis. Quite frankly I couldn't give a tinker's cuss about what's in my NP as long as it looks nice, applies well, dries quickly and doesn't chip the next day. It's health and safety gone mad, I tells ya!

I came across this, perhaps it will help you decide what brands to shop from: http://www.inspirationail.com/5-free-varnish/. No idea if its reliable, but here it is anyway. According to this website Essence and Catrice are B5F

 

[CartoonChic]

A-England Saint George!

My pics do not do this polish justice. I was losing the light and it's more green in real life. I'll retry tomorrow if it's sunny enough. I'm also not wearing a top coat. That's the polish's natural shine.

 

[MACina]

....what a stunning color!!!!

A-England Saint George!

My pics do not do this polish justice. I was losing the light and it's more green in real life. I'll retry tomorrow if it's sunny enough. I'm also not wearing a top coat. That's the polish's natural shine.

 

[jennyap]

A-England Saint George!

My pics do not do this polish justice. I was losing the light and it's more green in real life. I'll retry tomorrow if it's sunny enough. I'm also not wearing a top coat. That's the polish's natural shine.

So gorgeous! I changed from Saint George to Excalibur last night, and I love it. In low light it almost seems to glow from within. (as usual ignore my ugly cuticles, they're still a work in progress...)

 

[honey on boost]

A-England Saint George!

My pics do not do this polish justice. I was losing the light and it's more green in real life. I'll retry tomorrow if it's sunny enough. I'm also not wearing a top coat. That's the polish's natural shine.

gorgeoussssss! I'm so jealous of your long nails.

 

[MACina]

....this color is adorable too!

Gorgeous, jennyap!

So gorgeous! I changed from Saint George to Excalibur last night, and I love it. In low light it almost seems to glow from within. (as usual ignore my ugly cuticles, they're still a work in progress...)

 

[Anneri]

Wow, I got Excalibur because it was in a set of colours I really wanted, but thought Excalibur would be a generic, boring silver. Boy was I wrong!
Thanks Jennyap!

 

[Medgal07]

From AE's FB page:

IMPORTANT NOTICE: WITH POSITIVE NEWS
UK CUSTOMERS: please note that we are waiting for labels from Royal Mail stating “dangerous goods” which will be delivered soon this week. Each envelope will come with no more than 4 bottles. For bigger orders we will deliver more envelopes.
DELIVERIES TO ALL OTHER COUNTRIES: kindly offered by Llarowe to USA (and many thanks to Ninja Polish for offering too).
We will ship probably next week via our forwarder (used for bulk quantities only) all your packets ready and she will forward them to you. It will take a while but they will be safe.
If you have doubts or issues about your orders or ask for a refund please email: [email protected].
I ask you kindly to be patient for the answer.
Check our web page or follow us on Facebook and/or Twitter for updates.

Thank you very much for the attention and all your support and love.
Adina & Team Doing our best to keep you happy!


I wonder how Illamasqua's going to handle things...

Adina certainly is making the effort--her communique has been transparent--no way would I cancel my order, and I hope she's able to establish a solution that works for the long term.

 

[Medgal07]

I really wouldn't worry too much about the whole Big 3 thing. Most brands are now Big 3 (4, 5 even) Free anyway. Even with toluene&co NP probably is peanuts compared to the nasty stuff we are exposed to on a daily basis. Quite frankly I couldn't give a tinker's cuss about what's in my NP as long as it looks nice, applies well, dries quickly and doesn't chip the next day. It's health and safety gone mad, I tells ya!

I came across this, perhaps it will help you decide what brands to shop from: http://www.inspirationail.com/5-free-varnish/. No idea if its reliable, but here it is anyway. According to this website Essence and Catrice are B5F

Might you have a photo of a 'tinker's cuss"? Can you show a swatch?

 

[Medgal07]

I just got my last three Butter London's today. This is separate & in addition to the entire BL spring collection that I recently purchased;
Cheeky Chops (Think Chanel's Mimosa, sans shimmer)
Teddy Girl (Retro Bubblegum pink)
The Old Bill (Burnished copper)

I've noticed that some shade/hue of pink finds its way into all of my hauls!

As I look at my wall of shame--cough--I mean NP wall racks, it's clear pink NP rules for me!

 

[jennyap]

Wow, I got Excalibur because it was in a set of colours I really wanted, but thought Excalibur would be a generic, boring silver. Boy was I wrong!
Thanks Jennyap!

Same here, but it really isn't at all. It's almost like having silver leaf on my nails

 

[CartoonChic]

Thanks for the compliments!

honey on boost, please. Your nails are gorgeous. Longer nails just suit my hands better. I'm on a mission now to hunt down Saint Tropez. I hate hunting down polishes after the fact. At least I got into A-England while it's still young. I haven't missed out on anything with that brand.

So gorgeous! I changed from Saint George to Excalibur last night, and I love it. In low light it almost seems to glow from within. (as usual ignore my ugly cuticles, they're still a work in progress...)

I was also expecting Excalibur to be an ordinary silver polish like Anneri. Now I'm excited for it.

 

[CartoonChic]

I just got my last three Butter London's today. This is separate & in addition to the entire BL spring collection that I recently purchased;
Cheeky Chops (Think Chanel's Mimosa, sans shimmer)
Teddy Girl (Retro Bubblegum pink)
The Old Bill (Burnished copper)

I've noticed that some shade/hue of pink finds its way into all of my hauls!

As I look at my wall of shame--cough--I mean NP wall racks, it's clear pink NP rules for me!

Glad you got your order! That's the last of it, right? I'm expecting most of those Chanel polishes from Saks to be delivered today, and two more on Thursday since they split up the order.

I seriously hope my theory about Nordstrom doing a buy 2/get 1 sale every month rings true. I want to get the candy colored Butter Londons from the spring collection.

 

[BuickMackane]

From Illamasqua FB, posted about an hour ago:

Thank you to those of you who have written to us regarding the changes at Royal Mail. These changes would limit our capacity to post nail varnishes internationally and so we are currently looking into finding a new courier to ensure that this won’t be a problem. Thank you for your patience and we will provide more information as soon as we have made a final decision

Nice to see they've finally got off their backsides.

What I don't understand is the first sentence - how can a company that regularly ships NP out of the country not know about these changes? a) RM didn't publicise it very well; b) Illamasqua operates from a cave in the middle of nowhere; c) Illamasqua knew fully well about RM's new policies but they decided to try their luck.

I'm starting to lean towards (c) the more I think about it. There's no way RM could have started implementing this without notice. It has to have been announced somewhere - perhaps not in an outlet that a casual NP afficionado would encounter under normal circumstances, but it has to have been announced somewhere. So I can understand Joe (or Josephine, seeing as we're talking NP) Public not knowing about it and attempting to put a bottle of oh-my-god-it's-going-to-explode! nail polish in the post. I can, to a somewhat lesser extent, understand a two-person small business not knowing about it because they probably have a gazillion of other stuff to take care of. I cannot, however, understand how a company like Illamasqua which is large enough to have dedicated staff to keep track of such things can be completely in the dark. I call BS.

 

[kimibos]

^^^ thanks for posting all the facebook announcements. i got rid of my account like 1 year ago.
im sooo happy a-england found a solution, i emailed them saying i will wait like forever till i get my polishes hahaha like they can come by sea and i dont mind.

 

[BuickMackane]

^^^ thanks for posting all the facebook announcements. i got rid of my account like 1 year ago.
im sooo happy a-england found a solution, i emailed them saying i will wait like forever till i get my polishes hahaha like they can come by sea and i dont mind.

I opened mine with an e-mail account I hardly ever use. I'll probably hang onto it in case stuff like this happens again.

I nibbled off Sea Green off my nails during the day. Because I take it out of my nails (amongst other things) when I'm out of sorts. Having removed what remained (which wasn't a lot btw) with NP remover as opposed to my teeth and filed down my already short nails with a relish, i whacked on a bit of RBL Cuprum as a pick-me-up. It's bright blue! With tiny copper sparkles! It's positively cheery.

Here's a pic of Cuprum looking like your bog standard metallic medium blue. It honestly isn't!

 

[Medgal07]

I opened mine with an e-mail account I hardly ever use. I'll probably hang onto it in case stuff like this happens again.

I nibbled off Sea Green off my nails during the day. Because I take it out of my nails (amongst other things) when I'm out of sorts. Having removed what remained (which wasn't a lot btw) with NP remover as opposed to my teeth and filed down my already short nails with a relish, i whacked on a bit of RBL Cuprum as a pick-me-up. It's bright blue! With tiny copper sparkles! It's positively cheery.

Here's a pic of Cuprum looking like your bog standard metallic medium blue. It honestly isn't!

Oh no

. This for me is absolute blue loveliness!

 

[Medgal07]

Kudos to Adina for handling the situation so well!

Less kudos to her regarding Iseult. Can you imagine that I tried to open an e/s palette around midday today (around 20 hours after applying the np) and it shows on my thomb nails?! It's not shipped, you just see the depression the e/s palette made in the polish.

I didn't want to remove it after one day so I just put some glittery top coat over it. I hope I got the equivalent of a Maandag exemplar - a lemon in English? Help me out there, please!

I never had that problem with A-England's polishes. I have Princess Tears and Princess Sabra and have worn them quite often during the last year, and their staying power and general performance is the bomb.

Wow--Iseult is one that I ordered.

I'll let you know if the order ever arrives.

 

[Medgal07]

A-England Saint George!

My pics do not do this polish justice. I was losing the light and it's more green in real life. I'll retry tomorrow if it's sunny enough. I'm also not wearing a top coat. That's the polish's natural shine.

Oh I love this. I think I need to "Give Blue a Chance" (heard the Beattles in my head just then). CC that's just gorgeous on you