Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[kimibos]

dominique which are your dior favorites??

 

[CartoonChic]

silvers in December! I'll saved frosty blues until January

Hey, you're right. I didn't get my free sample either and it's on my invoice. I'm calling Nordstrom tomorrow. I haven't swatched Superstar yet, but I will tomorrow after I remove Malice.

 

[CartoonChic]

20 minutes? Girl you're crazy! lol I wait a couple of minutes in between coats. I noticed opi or zoya quick dry drops on top of seche vite works wonders! I never get those dreaded sheet marks anymore.

Lol, yeah I need to abandon my antiquated nail polishing habits. I'm going to try all of the new tips I've learned when I do my next mani/pedi. I'm excited because that means I'll probably do my nails more often and more consistently. I need to look into the quick dry drops that you mentioned, too. Never heard of them before.

sheet marks!

 

[CartoonChic]

They have 30% off during friends & family and I usually get nordstrom to price match so that I get free shipping. And Ulta usually has BOGO's it's an awesome brand to get sucked into!

Hold the phone! Nordstrom does price matching? Do tell.

 

[CartoonChic]

noo. why did i click that link!?? i didnt know dior polishes were $23. way more cheaper than chanel ones. i want some now.

Chanel polishes aren't too much more expensive. They're $26.

 

[CartoonChic]

I now have Butter London polishes sitting in carts from two different stores.

 

[Medgal07]

Depends on the polish, but I usually start painting the second coat on my first hand 1-2 minutes after I'm finished with the first coat second hand.so I guess that makes about 3-4 minutes drying time in between coats. The same applies to the waiting time between the final coat of polish and the top coat. Some polishes need more time though, or they drag. Zoya Faye, OPI The One That Got Away, Orly Space Cadet immediately come to mind. I think I learnt to use a light hand over the years because I no longer experience much dragging even when I don't wait long between coats. Could it also be that you're working with thick coats? I find that I finish my manicure a lot quicker when I use thin coats, even though this means that I actually do more coats. It really helps me cut down on the waiting time.

I've never used Seche. My old favourite was Nubar Diamont until they messed with the formula (they're back to the original formula now, I think). I used Poshe for several years. The only problem I had with Poshe is that some polishes didn't agree with it and they shrank (my Orlys and Zoyas in particular weren't too keen). I'm now using A-England's The Shield and it's great! Its not as thick as Poshe or Diamont, which makes it easier to apply. Far less shrinkage and dries in a heartbeat. Cult Nails' Wicked Fast is also very very good. I bought Sally Hansen Insta Dri last week because there was a BOGOF offer (how could I not? lol) Can't wait to give it a go.

I change my polish pretty frequently, but I'm terribly impatient. I first prep my clean, dry nails with alcohol before applying polish; then a base coat, two coats of polish and then Sally Hansen Insta Dry. I don't wait between coats, other than from one hand to the other. I force myself to wait at least 15 minutes after the Insta Dry, and for me this is a no-fail approach.

 

[Dominique33]

dominique which are your dior favorites??

Actually I only have 3 !

Saint-Tropez
Diva
Marilyn
both from Grand Bal.

I much prefer the Chanel ones, the Nars and the OPI or Essie polishes, Zoya, Deborah Lippmann or even China Glaze.

Here in France you find the Dior fans and the Chanel fans, well I don't know who is right !

The Dior Crème Abricot is really the best ever for cuticules and nails, I strongly advise it to have a perfect manicure ( 21 € here ), and the Chanel nail polish remover is really very soft but also very expensive ( 16 € the small bottle ) I recommand it if nails are temporarily fragile ( just from time to time in fact ) and if you wear regular polishes ( no glitters it would not work, too soft a formula ).
Back to Dior polishes, they have a large brush normally ( the Grand Bal have a small one ! ), and they smell quite bad and the formula is good on the whole, probably more irritating than the Chanel or Nars formulas both soft.

 

[Naughtyp]

cartoonchick I wonder if maybe they are coming separately ? I didn't get any samples that I had on my invoice , Nordstroms has always sent me my samples, even when the order was cancelled.. my sephora box didn't have any of my samples either!! >:/ my chanel box did tho, I got a cute little black chanel bag with an eye cream nd a mini Lipstick its so cute! I got to try the ciate cavier nails at the Nordstroms trend show yesterday, all the beads came right off but I kinda like how it liked after lol it's looks like sprinkles, so I might get a set anyways lol I'm going to try out my nars today as well, see how I like it and the. I'll be back to report afterwards!

 

[honey on boost]

Hold the phone! Nordstrom does price matching? Do tell.

YEP! They will price match any site and give you free shipping as long as the sale is advertised on the companies website. I usually start a chat and they'll give me their ext # to call and finish the order over the phone.

 

[tats]

i just got Nars manosque, a bit annoyed about being shafted on shipping, other than that I'm looking forward to trying it..))

 

[CartoonChic]

YEP! They will price match any site and give you free shipping as long as the sale is advertised on the companies website. I usually start a chat and they'll give me their ext # to call and finish the order over the phone.

The seas have parted. You have no idea what you've just done. Thanks so much for this info.

The only downside is that I wont be able to use something like Ebates to get cash back since I have to finish the order over the phone. But I'll just do the math to see which one is the better deal.

Hmm, YSL is having a 20% off Friends & Family sale right now...

 

[CartoonChic]

I'm going to try out my nars today as well, see how I like it and the. I'll be back to report afterwards!

I'm not sure. I'm more inclined to think they just forgot. I did get my regular samples, though.

EDIT: I did a live chat and was told the gift sold out. But I politely complained about it, and the SA said that he will contact a store and have a sample shipped out to me.

 

[Dominique33]

i just got Nars manosque, a bit annoyed about being shafted on shipping, other than that I'm looking forward to trying it..))

I hope everything will be ok. I really think Nars polishes are worth the price ( they don't get thick overtime in my own experience, if stored away from light as I always do ). Here in France, few women love Nars polishes, they often prefer Dior/Chanel, and more than this we have Kiko a very good budget brand from Italy, nail polishes are 4, 90 € ( Dashing Holidays 2012 ) and some are cheaper around 3 €, they have a solid reputation like their beautiful eye quads.
Dior + Chanel + Yves Saint-Laurent ( very very good indeed ) + Lancôme are very popular here, OPI too with their large " culture of colour " as their ad says !

 

[CartoonChic]

I change my polish pretty frequently, but I'm terribly impatient. I first prep my clean, dry nails with alcohol before applying polish; then a base coat, two coats of polish and then Sally Hansen Insta Dry. I don't wait between coats, other than from one hand to the other. I force myself to wait at least 15 minutes after the Insta Dry, and for me this is a no-fail approach.

So when you change polishes, you're not doing a full on manicure, correct? You're just changing the polish color. So how often do you give yourself a manicure?

 

[kimibos]

Actually I only have 3 !

Saint-Tropez
Diva
Marilyn
both from Grand Bal.

I much prefer the Chanel ones, the Nars and the OPI or Essie polishes, Zoya, Deborah Lippmann or even China Glaze.

Here in France you find the Dior fans and the Chanel fans, well I don't know who is right !

The Dior Crème Abricot is really the best ever for cuticules and nails, I strongly advise it to have a perfect manicure ( 21 € here ), and the Chanel nail polish remover is really very soft but also very expensive ( 16 € the small bottle ) I recommand it if nails are temporarily fragile ( just from time to time in fact ) and if you wear regular polishes ( no glitters it would not work, too soft a formula ).
Back to Dior polishes, they have a large brush normally ( the Grand Bal have a small one ! ), and they smell quite bad and the formula is good on the whole, probably more irritating than the Chanel or Nars formulas both soft.

ohh thanks ill give a look at the cuticle cream. the vintage bottles look really cute.

 

[Naughtyp]

hmm... I'm going to give them a call then and explain to them that's why I ordered the np! otherwise I could have got it in the store! ;/

 

[CartoonChic]

well the ones i wanted, the blue ones are like $30 so i thought they had increased the price to $30 for all of them.

What blue shades do you want?

 

[CartoonChic]

hmm... I'm going to give them a call then and explain to them that's why I ordered the np! otherwise I could have got it in the store! ;/

That's exactly what I said to them.

 

[kimibos]

What blue shades do you want?

the one that were in a set. the jeans? les blues?? something like that. ill check in a moment. my internet is really bad right now.