Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

Medgal07

Medgal07

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CartoonChic said:
Thanks! I'll join you.
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Now I want to eat some marshmallows.



Must have all the Hares!
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Don't forget the hot chocolate with those marshmallows !!!
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Medgal07

Medgal07

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Anitacska said:
Just want to say, I met up with the very lovely Anneri for coffee today and I can verify that she is just as nice in person as she is here. We didn't have much time, but still had a nice little chat and I'm really happy we met.

So if anyone else is planning a trip to London, do let me know!
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Totally awesome that you to get to meet!!
 
mintymilky

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Bcteagirl, thank you! Striping it would be a really nice idea. Too bad I'm a really clumsy rookie when it comes to nail designs..

Medgal07 and CartoonChic: thank you very much!
 
Honi

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2 out of 3 of my OPI Mariah Carey holiday collection images are now done, just need to test the last polishes so I can make the last one :D
 
MRV

MRV

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Bcteagirl said:
After the fiasco with the 1920's nails, I decided to go with something 'plain and easy' for my Sunday night Mani. I still have a few Emily de molly's to try, but I have been dying to try my first Clinque.

Sephora has a set of the 'different kind of' with lipgloss (good), lipstick (Great), mascara (meh) and nail polish. Since I love the lipstick but have never owned any of them, I went ahead and bought the set.

I really wanted to love this polish. It is a great sort of deep purple, which is one of my favourite colours for polish. I love the brand.

This evenings experience was not at all relaxing.
I believe this is their new 'for sensitive nail enamel' product line, and it needs some work.

It is runny. The consistency reminds me more of a Benefit stain than a nail polish. That was the first suprise, as I tend to do rather thick coats.

It also sets/gets tacky very quickly. So you can't put on a thick coat and move it around all that long. You will get brush strokes, and lighter/darker areas.

So you need a couple coats, which means it will be dark rather than a sheer buildable to dark like the lipstick.

The runnyness of it also makes it very hard to patch up smaller areas, unless you are willing to do a lot of cleanup. If you try to just get a tiny bit on your brush you wind up with a tacky brush.

Cleanup is also difficult. It seems to move around/stain your fingers. Because the formula is so thin, if you clean up around the nail, you will be taking some off the nail. So put on a top coat fist.

I took a couple of photos. If the formula of the rest of their nail polish line is like this I will wait a few years till they get it figured out a bit more. Right now I am trying a couple different purple Zoyas on my toes to see how close they are to the clinique.

Has anybody else tried this and/or had similar issues?
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You must be having a bad polish week! I have never used a Clinique polish either, maybe you just have to find the right amount of polish on the brush and just paint 2-4 coats ignoring the unevenness. Oh, now I remeber a trick HOB told us a while back: put a layer of clear polish in between the layers, so it's easier to get an even color.
 
Anitacska

Anitacska

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My Wing Dust polishes came from Rainbow Connection today. I'd really wanted Steel Town Girl for a while which is the grey one, it's holo with flakies.





I bought these BL polishes in Harvey Nichols yesterday when I was in London. Petrol is really pretty. I also got the purple mascara, but haven't tried it yet.







Today's mani is Sally Hansen Purple Diamond. It's a grey/purple holo, pretty nice, but it's extremely slow drying and ended up getting messed up at night even though I waited about 3 hours after painting before I went to bed. Not cool. The holo's nice though.

 
Bcteagirl

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Anitacska said:
My Wing Dust polishes came from Rainbow Connection today. I'd really wanted Steel Town Girl for a while which is the grey one, it's holo with flakies.





I bought these BL polishes in Harvey Nichols yesterday when I was in London. Petrol is really pretty. I also got the purple mascara, but haven't tried it yet.







Today's mani is Sally Hansen Purple Diamond. It's a grey/purple holo, pretty nice, but it's extremely slow drying and ended up getting messed up at night even though I waited about 3 hours after painting before I went to bed. Not cool. The holo's nice though.

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I like the steel as well! I will be curious to see what Petrol looks like on top of a polish, I have been hearing about that one.

I konw what you mean about polishes taking too long to dry. It is super frustrating when you wake up with a waffle weave on your nails!
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Fuzzy

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Ugh, I'm having quite the day.
Woke up to no water and a giant lake on the first floor in the storage lockers -where mine is, but I have nothing in there except stuff the other person left- and the downstairs hall. The galvanized hot water pipe that feeds the laundry rooms & runs up centre of the building busted open during the night. So it was a hand sanitizer kind of morning. Then I forget my grocery coupons and one of the items I did buy at the store got left out of my bag. I called them about that and I'll have to go to customer service when I go back to the store. Also nearly got killed by giant gust of wind LOL
They're still at it putting in a new shiny copper pipe. the water did come back on just before noon but it's a bit brownish.

I did get my replacement bottle of Essie Hors D'oeuvres and a nice red lollipop from NPC. Take me away, little red lollipop!

 
Bcteagirl

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Fuzzy said:
Ugh, I'm having quite the day.
Woke up to no water and a giant lake on the first floor in the storage lockers -where mine is, but I have nothing in there except stuff the other person left- and the downstairs hall. The galvanized hot water pipe that feeds the laundry rooms & runs up centre of the building busted open during the night. So it was a hand sanitizer kind of morning. Then I forget my grocery coupons and one of the items I did buy at the store got left out of my bag. I called them about that and I'll have to go to customer service when I go back to the store. Also nearly got killed by giant gust of wind LOL
They're still at it putting in a new shiny copper pipe. the water did come back on just before noon but it's a bit brownish.

I did get my replacement bottle of Essie Hors D'oeuvres and a nice red lollipop from NPC. Take me away, little red lollipop!

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Boy that does sound like a no good, rotten, very bad day! I hope what was left out of the grocery order isn't supper today :( I hate it when they short you. Make an extra cup of tea, with double honey.

The new polish looks nice! I rushed home early, but missed my parcel anyway.
 
Fuzzy

Fuzzy

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Bcteagirl said:
Boy that does sound like a no good, rotten, very bad day! I hope what was left out of the grocery order isn't supper today :( I hate it when they short you. Make an extra cup of tea, with double honey.

The new polish looks nice! I rushed home early, but missed my parcel anyway.
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It was just a joe fresh lipstick, but I paid for it and I want it! LOL I'll have to go back with my pizza coupons a little later in the week. I had to use sugar in my tea, I don't have any honey, but I am feeling much warmer, good suggestion!(president's choice chocolatey chai herbal tea) Funny thing, my Dad's heating coil in his condo died today and they said it's lucky that it didn't flood downstairs there. Strange!

Sorry you missed your parcel!
 
Bcteagirl

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I love chocolate chia tea. I have an herbal and an actual tea version. I should be drinking this green tea I already made though.

And yes, you should get it if you bought it lol.
 
LastContrast

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Bcteagirl - I probably should have mentioned with the 1920 manicures the formulas where quite different! The polishes were modified auto paints and came with much smaller brushes.... sort of like the little touch up bottles you can get for cars for scratches. It was much thicker lacquer. Funny story in the end though.
 
Medgal07

Medgal07

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Fuzzy said:
Ugh, I'm having quite the day.
Woke up to no water and a giant lake on the first floor in the storage lockers -where mine is, but I have nothing in there except stuff the other person left- and the downstairs hall. The galvanized hot water pipe that feeds the laundry rooms & runs up centre of the building busted open during the night. So it was a hand sanitizer kind of morning. Then I forget my grocery coupons and one of the items I did buy at the store got left out of my bag. I called them about that and I'll have to go to customer service when I go back to the store. Also nearly got killed by giant gust of wind LOL
They're still at it putting in a new shiny copper pipe. the water did come back on just before noon but it's a bit brownish.

I did get my replacement bottle of Essie Hors D'oeuvres and a nice red lollipop from NPC. Take me away, little red lollipop!

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Oh my Fuzzy---you did have quite the day! Here's a hug to go with that red lollipop!
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Medgal07

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Prettypackages said:
Sooo pretty!!! I want silent stars go by... ~must resist~ I'm so far behind in this thread, it is probably easy to do. LOL
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It is so hard to get caught up---just peruse the pages for manis & hauls---real happy stuff---great colors---no fighting---the best thread ever! ENJOY!!!
 
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