Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[CartoonChic]

I wanted to ask you lovely ladies for some advice. Once in a while I attempt doing nail art like water marbling, splatter techniques and such techniques that require some cleanup around the cuticles. I tend to moisturize my nails and cuticles using oil but the nailpolish still seems to seep into the cuticles and is incredibly difficult to clean up with a q-tip and remover when I've done nail art. Are there any better ways of cleaning up around the cuticles? Just hate making something on my nails and then the cuticles look ragged and bleh.

I've been experimenting myself with better ways to clean polish from my cuticles. I'm testing a mix of pointed q-tips, a brush and a thin orange wood stick.

The keyword for the orange stick is thin. I was using a thicker one before and didn't like the results. Then Honey mentioned that she uses thin sticks and it really does make a difference. The thicker sticks kept removing polish from the nail. The thin sticks are more precise and I'm only removing from the cuticles.

I tried using a brush, but don't think it's for me. I used one of those mini OCC Lip Tar brushes. It works, but I feel I have to go over the polish more to remove it.

I do like using the pointed q-tips for bigger mistakes. The point does get in there along the edge, but the tip eventually becomes soft and not as sharp after use.

 

[Honi]

Honi, what about putting a very thin coat of topcoat around your nails and over your cuticles? Maybe the extra layer will make it remove easier?

That should make it easier to remove it since the topcoat would act as a protective layer on my cuticles so it cant seep in there, I'll try it. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[CartoonChic]

I did that today but theres always some nailpolish that seeps onto the cuticles regardless and its like the cuticles absorb it so it becomes difficult to clean off :-/ Like this:



Its like the cuticles on the ringfinger has absorbed the nailpolish and even if i scrub it with a q-tip its terribly difficult to get it off (But it does remove when I just stick my finger in a remover jar so it's not completely IN the cuticles). I've seen some ladies using these very flat stiff brushes and pure acetone, maybe I'll try that. it just feels like that must be harsh on your nails?

I like this mani.

 

[Honi]

The keyword for the orange stick is thin. I was using a thicker one before and didn't like the results. Then Honey mentioned that she uses thin sticks and it really does make a difference. The thicker sticks kept removing polish from the nail. The thin sticks are more precise and I'm only removing from the cuticles.

I tried using a brush, but don't think it's for me. I used one of those mini OCC Lip Tar brushes. It works, but I feel I have to go over the polish more to remove it.

I do like using the pointed q-tips for bigger mistakes. The point does get in there along the edge, but the tip eventually becomes soft and not as sharp after use.

For some reason they dont sell pointed q-tips anywhere anymore I used to use those for nailpolish cleanup.. I'll try the thin sticks! Thanks I've been experimenting with removing with brushes but it just took so long and the results wasnt particularly good so I just stopped trying to do that a while ago..

 

[Honi]

I like this mani.

I like it too! I had fun blowing nailpolish on my nails with a straw

 

[Dominique33]

Haul spam. These packages were delivered over the weekend and yesterday.




Femme Fatale
ROW 1: Displaced Dreams - The Other Side of the World - Vortex Remnants - Wolfsbane - Lucent Ametrine
ROW 2: Librarian's Shush - Cloudburst - Nightsong Grotto - Spindleweb - Dream Bough - Jadefire





Hare Polish: Bury the Hatchetfish - Hare Medusa Luminosa - Atolla - Reverie in Rubellite - King of Carat Flowers





Butter London: Bumster - Swinger - Keks - Pitter Patter


I thought Pitter Patter would be close to Marrow, but they're different. Pitter Patter is a warm reddish purple with magenta shimmer. Marrow is a cool grey purple with silver shimmer. I don't have HRH yet to compare with Pitter Patter.

Marrow vs Pitter Patter

Oh CartoonChic again a great haul !

The Femme Fatale ones look really gorgeous ( we don't have the brand here )

 

[honey on boost]

My slimer green mani

Essie - the more the merrier

 

[CartoonChic]

I like it too! I had fun blowing nailpolish on my nails with a straw

Blowing polish through a straw? So creative! It's a very neat splatter effect.

 

[Honi]

My slimer green mani

Essie - the more the merrier

Ohhhh i love these type of fugly colors, I neeed this!

 

[CartoonChic]

My slimer green mani

Essie - the more the merrier

Lol! @ slimer green! You make it look good, though.

 

[Pinkdollface]

I did that today but theres always some nailpolish that seeps onto the cuticles regardless and its like the cuticles absorb it so it becomes difficult to clean off :-/ Like this:



Its like the cuticles on the ringfinger has absorbed the nailpolish and even if i scrub it with a q-tip its terribly difficult to get it off (But it does remove when I just stick my finger in a remover jar so it's not completely IN the cuticles). I've seen some ladies using these very flat stiff brushes and pure acetone, maybe I'll try that. it just feels like that must be harsh on your nails?

I hope the tips of the others can help you out. I really like the mani and the colours you choose for it!

 

[Honi]

I also found that using a brush feels too light. I like feeling a sense of pressure to let me know the polish is being removed.



Blowing polish through a straw? So creative! It's a very neat splatter effect.

Yeah I was thinking that maybe using one of those thin flat and hard art brushes might be better cause you can feel the pressure when using them..

It's a quite neat effect! Just dipped a straw into a nailpolish bottle and blew it out on the nail from the other end

 

[jennyap]

I haven't tried this yet myself but you could maybe put a little vaseline around your cuticles to protect them.

To be honest, I tend not to bother with immediate clean-up these days

I didn't get on with using a brush either. I always do my mani in the evening, and anything I get on my cuticles or skin comes off in the shower in the morning really easily. Then again, I'm not doing any fancy nail art!

Speaking of which, has anyone here done any nail stamping? I'm thinking about getting a few supplies to try it out

 

[Pinkdollface]

I haven't tried this yet myself but you could maybe put a little vaseline around your cuticles to protect them.

To be honest, I tend not to bother with immediate clean-up these days

I didn't get on with using a brush either. I always do my mani in the evening, and anything I get on my cuticles or skin comes off in the shower in the morning really easily. Then again, I'm not doing any fancy nail art!

Speaking of which, has anyone here done any nail stamping? I'm thinking about getting a few supplies to try it out

That's exactly what I do most of the time! No cleanup and just wait for the shower next day.

 

[Honi]

I haven't tried this yet myself but you could maybe put a little vaseline around your cuticles to protect them.

To be honest, I tend not to bother with immediate clean-up these days

I didn't get on with using a brush either. I always do my mani in the evening, and anything I get on my cuticles or skin comes off in the shower in the morning really easily. Then again, I'm not doing any fancy nail art!

Speaking of which, has anyone here done any nail stamping? I'm thinking about getting a few supplies to try it out

Ill give it a go Doesnt that allow for the nailpolish to rub off on things alongside the vaseline (Bed linen and such?) or is it fine as long as its dried?

 

[Anneri]

I sometimes do that too! And it never rubs off on anything. Jenny, I tried stamping a few times. I got some cheapo Essence plates and maybe that's the reason that it didn't work that well! I really found it quite hard, especially to get the pattern on the nail evenly.

 

[Anitacska]

Oh cool! I really like that blue one, and the salmon pink and greyish lilac ones. I'm not that crazy about June 2013, but we'll see. I'm just really sad I missed out on May 2013, it's such a gorgeous colour. And also January 2013. Hohum.

I wanted to ask you lovely ladies for some advice. Once in a while I attempt doing nail art like water marbling, splatter techniques and such techniques that require some cleanup around the cuticles. I tend to moisturize my nails and cuticles using oil but the nailpolish still seems to seep into the cuticles and is incredibly difficult to clean up with a q-tip and remover when I've done nail art. Are there any better ways of cleaning up around the cuticles? Just hate making something on my nails and then the cuticles look ragged and bleh.

I've been experimenting myself with better ways to clean polish from my cuticles. I'm testing a mix of pointed q-tips, a brush and a thin orange wood stick.

The keyword for the orange stick is thin. I was using a thicker one before and didn't like the results. Then Honey mentioned that she uses thin sticks and it really does make a difference. The thicker sticks kept removing polish from the nail. The thin sticks are more precise and I'm only removing from the cuticles.

I tried using a brush, but don't think it's for me. I used one of those mini OCC Lip Tar brushes. It works, but I feel I have to go over the polish more to remove it.

I do like using the pointed q-tips for bigger mistakes. The point does get in there along the edge, but the tip eventually becomes soft and not as sharp after use.

 

[jennyap]

I haven't tried this yet myself but you could maybe put a little vaseline around your cuticles to protect them.

To be honest, I tend not to bother with immediate clean-up these days

I didn't get on with using a brush either. I always do my mani in the evening, and anything I get on my cuticles or skin comes off in the shower in the morning really easily. Then again, I'm not doing any fancy nail art!

Speaking of which, has anyone here done any nail stamping? I'm thinking about getting a few supplies to try it out

Ill give it a go Doesnt that allow for the nailpolish to rub off on things alongside the vaseline (Bed linen and such?) or is it fine as long as its dried?

If I was using vaseline I think I would do clean-up as soon as the mani was safely dry, but I am guessing a regular hand-washing would deal with it as any excess polish would be on the vaseline rather than actually on your skin/cuticles.

 

[jennyap]

Jenny, I tried stamping a few times. I got some cheapo Essence plates and maybe that's the reason that it didn't work that well! I really found it quite hard, especially to get the pattern on the nail evenly.

I found this blog post/video and she makes it look sooooo easy but I figured it wasn't quite as simple as all that!

http://dailysomething.com/how-to-nail-stamping/

 

[Anitacska]

That's what I do too! Although I am definitely better at painting my nails and last time I didn't really have to clean up much in the morning.

I haven't tried this yet myself but you could maybe put a little vaseline around your cuticles to protect them.

To be honest, I tend not to bother with immediate clean-up these days

I didn't get on with using a brush either. I always do my mani in the evening, and anything I get on my cuticles or skin comes off in the shower in the morning really easily. Then again, I'm not doing any fancy nail art!

Speaking of which, has anyone here done any nail stamping? I'm thinking about getting a few supplies to try it out