Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[BuickMackane]

Yep, with the vat rates 22% and 23% the rule was "if the amount of the tax is more than 10 Euros, you have to pay it", but now the taxed limit is just 22+ Euros. And 24%

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Wowza! You are really stocking up on those Cults (don't forget to post pics!). Not that I can blame you. I did the same thing with BL in January - more than septubled them! Been on a YOLO mood, you know. I really should take a brake but it's difficult: like today I checked the "other" store again and now they had the G Turandot for 30.45 Euros (and the rest of the Liu Collection minus ballz).

Suits me just fine!

Gah! Stupid customs!

It's not as though we're not being taxed within an inch of our lives already.

re: Cult - YOLO all the way! Now that they've increased their prices to $12 the sale is the only way I can fit in 3 bottles in one purchase. I love their formula too, so I thought what the heck, I'll suffer later

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If I ever visit Finland again that "other" store will be the first place I go!

 

[kimibos]

omg i have missed soo much. well i just went to walgreens and got essie butler please finally. @ cartoon chic. - the essie i just got has the sticker and the name on top but the one i got wheres my chauffeur? doesnt. i also got some at tjmaxx like months ago and they dont have stickers. i see that the essies i have picked up at the drugstores are with stickers like 3 from cvs on sale and turquiose and caicos plus BP at Walgreens. i have no idea which one is the new design.

i want beauty.com to have a sale or something so i can get all the other essies i want

have you guys seen the new pics for the orly polishes!? im soo sad why why why would they change them. i think the new packaging looks cheap. idk


** wearing zoya pippa- i love it. way way better by itself than on a white base like neons.

 

[Medgal07]

You should get Feel Me Up from Cult.

 

[Medgal07]

Thanks! Work has been getting in the way of my daily Specktra fix. I need to do something about that.

I got my Essies from Beauty.com yesterday. The colors are very pretty. They make me think of candy. I'm hooked. But I'm having an OCD situation. The Essie bottle I got from Ulta has the color label on the bottom of the bottle and there's no white logo on it. Only the glass imprinted logo. The Essies I got from Beauty.com have both a white logo and the glass imprinted logo. The color label is also stuck on the the top of the brush. I like Ulta's packaging better. What's the most current design? I want them to look the same.

I mentioned in the Archie's thread that I got a Nordstrom card yesterday so I can start getting Nordstrom Notes. My spending has increased at that store quite a bit, so I want to start getting something back for my purchases. It'll be great for the buy 2/get 1 free polish hauls. (I'm still holding out hope that another sale will happen this month.) Plus I always see some of you say how you used a note to get free stuff. I know the enabling in this thread is insane, but something may be wrong if the enabling has moved beyond nail polish to iPhones and now store/credit cards. We've created an Enable Monster!

So I get a $20 note if I make $100 purchase on the same day I open the card. Naturally I had to take advantage. I was going to get some stuff from Archie's, but I wasn't able to complete the purchase with my temp card online. I got some Chanel stuff instead by calling the store. Do you see where I'm going with this? I finally got Black Satin and Vamp nail polishes, and the Prelude quad. Those have been on my to-buy list forever.

Yay Yay Yay---so glad you got Prelude!!!! I love Nordies too. How do you like your iPhone? You must download Shazam--it's free. I can tell you're not a tech virgin--in fact, you're quite good with this stuff, so have at it CC. BTW---you're a damn FUN monster ! Oh, and I have Essie bottles in both iterations and never understood why. Have you visited their web site? Go there with caution!

 

[Medgal07]

Whoa! You used to have a EUR44 limit for non-EU merchandise? Here it's been 22 for a long time. Gifts are still 45 though.

re: Cult - great picks! I went on a rampage after my last post and placed 2 more orders. So the final damage is:

- Iconic, Manipulative, My Kind of Kool-Aid (order 1)
- Deal With It, I Got Distracted, Captivated (order 2)
- Cruisin Nude, Happy Ending, Tulum (order 3)

I'd happily get some more but I really really really shouldn't

Are you going soft on us Buick???

 

[Medgal07]

Ladies, I went to the Archie's Girls event tonight. I tried to take pic w/my iPhone & iPad but both were disabled! When I go out of the event I was able to snap away. How about them apples!
I only got two NPs from the collection.

 

[Prettypackages]

Dollars to donuts you will

Nope! LOL all I need to do is go over to CC's house. She could give me one from each row and wouldn't even miss them. ;-)

 

[Prettypackages]

ChG When Stars Collide swatch on The Cheryl Flavour:

http://thecherylflavour.blogspot.sg/2013/01/swatch-china-glaze-when-stars-collide.html

She has swatches of the other NPs in the Hologlam collection too (links at the end of the post).

I'm underwhelmed by this collection

. I was hoping for another DV8 but it wasn't to be.

DV8? UO Holo's?

fill me in ladies. LOL

 

[Prettypackages]

This is kind of off topic, but not. I had a first date with a guy the other night and wore Zoya's Aurora from their Ornate collection. That collection has been my favorite of any in a long time! The complexity of the hologlitter looks almost 3-D. Anyway, he noticed the color on my nails and took my hands... to look at the color more closely

... and he was entranced! Held my hands for a while, too! Just goes to show that Steve Harvey is right: men DO notice painted hands and feet and like it! I so want for Zoya to do an extension of the Ornate collection with more colors!

really? didn't know that. ~still not going to get hooked~ Nope, not gonna do it. LOL but these holographic polishes are pulling me in... That collex was beautiful. I want the black, red, and purple.

Ok ladies... give me a list of brands to start researching.

chanel
dior
YSL
Zoya
Butter London
China Glaze
Essie
OPI

 

[Prettypackages]

Thanks! Work has been getting in the way of my daily Specktra fix. I need to do something about that.

I got my Essies from Beauty.com yesterday. The colors are very pretty. They make me think of candy. I'm hooked. But I'm having an OCD situation. The Essie bottle I got from Ulta has the color label on the bottom of the bottle and there's no white logo on it. Only the glass imprinted logo. The Essies I got from Beauty.com have both a white logo and the glass imprinted logo. The color label is also stuck on the the top of the brush. I like Ulta's packaging better. What's the most current design? I want them to look the same.

I mentioned in the Archie's thread that I got a Nordstrom card yesterday so I can start getting Nordstrom Notes. My spending has increased at that store quite a bit, so I want to start getting something back for my purchases. It'll be great for the buy 2/get 1 free polish hauls. (I'm still holding out hope that another sale will happen this month.) Plus I always see some of you say how you used a note to get free stuff. I know the enabling in this thread is insane, but something may be wrong if the enabling has moved beyond nail polish to iPhones and now store/credit cards. We've created an Enable Monster!

So I get a $20 note if I make $100 purchase on the same day I open the card. Naturally I had to take advantage. I was going to get some stuff from Archie's, but I wasn't able to complete the purchase with my temp card online. I got some Chanel stuff instead by calling the store. Do you see where I'm going with this? I finally got Black Satin and Vamp nail polishes, and the Prelude quad. Those have been on my to-buy list forever.

Nordies does this?
I usually buy all of my Makeup from Nordies b/c of those points. I made it to level 3 and felt bad. That means I've spent a lot of money on makeup. SMH... LOL It's so sad...

 

[Prettypackages]

hurry up and swatch those pearlmattes!!! ;-)

Ladies, I went to the Archie's Girls event tonight. I tried to take pic w/my iPhone & iPad but both were disabled! When I go out of the event I was able to snap away. How about them apples!
I only got two NPs from the collection.

 

[VampyCouture]

Ladies, I went to the Archie's Girls event tonight. I tried to take pic w/my iPhone & iPad but both were disabled! When I go out of the event I was able to snap away. How about them apples!
I only got two NPs from the collection.

 

[CartoonChic]

Yay Yay Yay---so glad you got Prelude!!!! I love Nordies too. How do you like your iPhone? You must download Shazam--it's free. I can tell you're not a tech virgin--in fact, you're quite good with this stuff, so have at it CC. BTW---you're a damn FUN monster ! Oh, and I have Essie bottles in both iterations and never understood why. Have you visited their web site? Go there with caution!

Thanks for the info about the Essie bottles. I guess I have to live with the different packaging. They colors are just so cute. I've gone to Essie's website, but haven't ordered anything. I'm waiting for sales like kimibos.

I don't have an iPhone, but I was thinking about it for that Chanel polish cover.

 

[CartoonChic]

Ladies, I went to the Archie's Girls event tonight. I tried to take pic w/my iPhone & iPad but both were disabled! When I go out of the event I was able to snap away. How about them apples!
I only got two NPs from the collection.

I agree. Swatch those Pearlmattes!

 

[CartoonChic]

I usually buy all of my Makeup from Nordies b/c of those points. I made it to level 3 and felt bad. That means I've spent a lot of money on makeup. SMH... LOL It's so sad...

Yes, they normally do the sale for Butter London and Deborah Lippmann polishes. I have a theory that they do the sale once a month. I'm waiting to see if there will be one in February to prove my theory. I'm thinking maybe when it's closer to Valentine's Day.

 

[kimibos]

really? didn't know that. ~still not going to get hooked~ Nope, not gonna do it. LOL but these holographic polishes are pulling me in... That collex was beautiful. I want the black, red, and purple.

Ok ladies... give me a list of brands to start researching.

chanel
dior
YSL
Zoya
Butter London
China Glaze
Essie
OPI

Orly, Misa, color club and maybe an awesome cp with some catrice

 

[honey on boost]

Nope. None what so ever.

I have not been able make up my mind about the OPI Euro Centrale. Budapest & Czechbook? I'm starting to have déjà-vus... I think I'll wait until I can see them IRL.

BUT Cult is having a sale!

I'm going to see the Euro Centrale this weekend.. I hope I don't like everything.

 

[CartoonChic]

awesome haul! Aren't the quads adorable?
Thank you! )
How cute.. It's funny how guys like nail polish. They always compare it to car colors lol
Thank you! So do I.. I don't need another favorite high end polish brand on my list.
I really like the brush because it reminds me of the Dior brush. Shows how much I know I always thought sephora carried them. Or do they only get limited colors? I remember seeing them in Sephora in Paris but they also sell Chanel.
I'm going to see the Euro Centrale this weekend.. I hope I don't like everything.

Sephora does carry YSL polishes, but I haven't seen the most recent LE colors on their site.

 

[CartoonChic]

Have you guys seen this? I'm curious about it. Scroll down to watch the video.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fastest-French-Manicure-World-French-Tip-Dip-sampler-USE-ANY-POLISH-/180870303532?_trksid=e17002.m1374&_trkparms=algo%3DPI.WATCH%26its%3DC%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D6%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D5366930080011252123&_qi=RTM759773

 

[MACina]

...now that I see the polishes have Veronica and Betty printed on the bottles, I want them

I would love to hear how you like the texture of these!


Medgal, you always arrange your goodies sooooo pretty in the pics

Ladies, I went to the Archie's Girls event tonight. I tried to take pic w/my iPhone & iPad but both were disabled! When I go out of the event I was able to snap away. How about them apples!
I only got two NPs from the collection.