Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

BuickMackane

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I'm glad to read that you feel better now, CartoonChic! I'm also green with envy at your haul. I wish it would be possible to get DL polishes with reasonable prices over here. I absolutely refuse to pay the equivalent of 31$.

My nail sticks always arrived intact - sorry to hear that yours arrived damaged. I just looked into my ebay, but my usual seller doesn't have any nail stuff at the moment (only panties. What?!), but I always buy at some seller in Hongkong who has positive feedback. Don't you think that it's very relaxing to paint the sticks too? I love to organise my makeup.
Today I bought simple white stickers and put them on top of all my polishes (painted them first with the individual polish, of course) so that I can recogognise them more easily. I got the idea on this blog: http://www.coralandmauve.at/2013/01/einblicke-in-meine-kosmetikaufbewahrung.html#more (You have to scroll down a bit.)

Too funny, I bought a label printer for all of my makeup last weekend. Cafe Makeup has a post about it: http://cafemakeup.com/2012/04/08/organizing-makeup-labels/
I myslef got a Brother p-touch: http://www.amazon.de/Brother-PT7600VPZU1-P-touch-1000-Etikettendrucker/dp/B00030J17K

To my European NPAs: Where do you get your Zoyas? All my usual ebay shops don't seem to carry that particular brand?
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kimibos

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kimibos, if you ever want to try Catrice, just drop me a PM girl!
[h=6][/h] [h=6](Other NPA who aren't able to get them too, of course.)[/h]
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BuickMackane

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i couldnt even put those. like i had the 3 polishes in my cart, wrote the code and there was no discount like in the first order i placed. i just did different addresses and nothing. welll next time.
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CartoonChic

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I'm glad to read that you feel better now, CartoonChic! I'm also green with envy at your haul. I wish it would be possible to get DL polishes with reasonable prices over here. I absolutely refuse to pay the equivalent of 31$.

My nail sticks always arrived intact - sorry to hear that yours arrived damaged. I just looked into my ebay, but my usual seller doesn't have any nail stuff at the moment (only panties. What?!), but I always buy at some seller in Hongkong who has positive feedback. Don't you think that it's very relaxing to paint the sticks too? I love to organise my makeup.
Today I bought simple white stickers and put them on top of all my polishes (painted them first with the individual polish, of course) so that I can recogognise them more easily. I got the idea on this blog: http://www.coralandmauve.at/2013/01/einblicke-in-meine-kosmetikaufbewahrung.html#more (You have to scroll down a bit.)

Too funny, I bought a label printer for all of my makeup last weekend. Cafe Makeup has a post about it: http://cafemakeup.com/2012/04/08/organizing-makeup-labels/
I myslef got a Brother p-touch: http://www.amazon.de/Brother-PT7600VPZU1-P-touch-1000-Etikettendrucker/dp/B00030J17K

To my European NPAs: Where do you get your Zoyas? All my usual ebay shops don't seem to carry that particular brand?
Thanks for all of the links! I agree, polishing the sticks is very relaxing. I just finished painting the last of the sticks I have left and I feel so calm. I also love seeing them all together when they're done. I like the sticker idea for the polishes. I saw something similar on a different blog, but they put the polish right on the tops. I like the stickers better.

The seller I purchased from is also from Hong Kong and has high feedback. I'll probably just reorder from them again. They're so cheap and the shipping is free.

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CartoonChic

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i couldnt even put those. like i had the 3 polishes in my cart, wrote the code and there was no discount like in the first order i placed. i just did different addresses and nothing. welll next time.
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Did your first order go through? I'm still having issues. I have the 3 polishes in my cart with the code, but the discount doesn't appear. It only shows up when I add a 4th polish. Maybe one of the colors I chose is excluded from the discount.
 

kimibos

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Did your first order go through? I'm still having issues. I have the 3 polishes in my cart with the code, but the discount doesn't appear. It only shows up when I add a 4th polish.
yes my first order was ok. i havent received and email but if i go to my history in their site the order is being proccess. i can see now that if i add a 4th polish i get the discount too.
 

Medgal07

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I wasn't well over the weekend, so I'm catching up. I made my first makeup purchase for 2013 this morning - nail polish! I got Chanel Emprise and Accessoire from the Spring 2013 collection. I previously bought Fracas, so now I have the set. My second purchase for 2013 is still going to be nail polish because I'm figuring out my Zoya list. The website is giving me issues.

I received some polish goodies over the weekend. I got my Lippmann polishes from HSN and the Chanel Mimosa that was gifted to me from a Specktra polish fairy.
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Plus I'm looking forward to today's delivery of my Butter London order from Nordstrom.

My nail sticks from eBay also finally arrived after about a month of waiting. I love these things! Some of them arrived scratched and cracked, and it was weird for me to paint such large sized nails compared to my own, but they're one of the absolute best purchases I've made for my polish collection. I can easily see all of the colors I have at once and compare them. I can also put the sticks over my own nails to see what I feel like wearing, and better pick colors to pair together for accent nails. I've already swatched all of my Lippmann and NARS polishes. I only ordered one pack of sticks and 50 come in a pack, so I've used up half of the sticks with just those two brands. I'm going to swatch what I can of my Chanel polishes today with the remaining sticks. I'll order 3 more packs for the rest of my collection. 1 pack for Chanel, 1 for Butter London, and the last one for my other brands. Actually, I may get more than 3 to account for future purchases. I don't want to wait a month each time for shipping, so I'll buy in bulk.

All of my swatched nail sticks are currently unlabeled because my handwriting looks like chicken scratch. Luckily the polishes are different enough for me to know which color is which, but I have to keep them organized by brand for the time being so I'll know the difference. I plan to organize them by color once they're all labeled. I need to get a label maker now. Any recommendations?

Anneri, what seller do you use to buy your sticks from? Is it normal to receive some of them cracked and scratched because they're so cheap?
Hope you're feeling much better CC. I missed you! So glad you've hit your stride in 2013!!!
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Medgal07

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Here's a major shout out to CC for recommending Butter London's Toff to me when I was looking for a NP to go with Glamourdaze L/S. Well guess what? It's an even better match with Apres Chic's Hot Chocolate. They are fabulous together. They are my new neutral!!! Thank you so much CC!
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CartoonChic

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Thanks guys. I figured it out. I chose Snow White so I could have a white polish, Kara cause I love corals and Neely because I love mints. The problem is Neely. It doesn't work with the coupon. I need to find a different color.

I need some more Zoya polish remover. I went to Ulta last week to get the 32oz refill bottle with a coupon, but they didn't have any. I'm debating getting the 32oz refill bottle for $25 to qualify for free shipping, or to get more polishes instead. Or maybe the 8oz bottle again with two polishes to qualify.
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CartoonChic

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Here's a major shout out to CC for recommending Butter London's Toff to me when I was looking for a NP to go with Glamourdaze L/S. Well guess what? It's an even better match with Apres Chic's Hot Chocolate. They are fabulous together. They are my new neutral!!! Thank you so much CC!
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Thanks!
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See, I didn't even think to pair Toff with Hot Chocolate. That sounds like a great combo. Are you getting any Zoyas?
 

BuickMackane

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Thanks guys. I figured it out. I chose Snow White so I could have a white polish, Kara cause I love corals and Neely because I love mints. The problem is Neely. It doesn't work with the coupon. I need to find a different color.

I need some more Zoya polish remover. I went to Ulta last week to get the 32oz refill bottle with a coupon, but they didn't have any. I'm debating getting the 32oz refill bottle for $25 to qualify for free shipping, or to get more polishes instead. Or maybe the 8oz bottle again with two polishes to qualify.
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Zoya Remove+ is ACE! I was sent a sample by an eBay seller and it's easily the best remover I've ever used.

I'm not really helping am I?
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jennyap

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Hi ladies, can I join the NP fun? I must be crazy but I just read all 44 pages of this thread over the course of today! (CartoonChic, that is some impressive hauling you've been doing. Others haven't done so bad either, but when you read it all in one day, wow!
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I'm fairly new to NP as a serious thing - well to all make-up if I'm honest. Most of my money is going on stuff for my face at the moment, but I'm still managing to sneak in the odd NP here and there. For all I've never worn it regularly until recently, I have about 50 bottles I reckon! Probably 15-20 of those have been added in the last 6 months, but some are probably 15 years old
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They're almost all cheapy/drugstore brands, and I added a couple more of those to my stash at the weekend.

Today I'm wearing one of them - Max Factor Dazzling Blue. Love it - it's almost an icy blue at some angles in daylight, but it has a lovely yellow-green pearl too.

But now I have a challenge for you all!
I plan to pick up 3 polishes from one of the big NP brands. So, can you name your top 3 colours - and 3 only! - for each of OPI, Essie, and Butter London? Then when you've done that, which set of 3 would you buy first? There have been more NPs named in this thread than I dare count, so it will be interesting to see what everyone says
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BuickMackane

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Welcome to the madhouse jennyap. We may be a bit woozy from the polish fumes but we're otherwise perfectly rational people.
...can you name your top 3 colours - and 3 only! - for each of OPI, Essie, and Butter London? Then when you've done that, which set of 3 would you buy first? There have been more NPs named in this thread than I dare count, so it will be interesting to see what everyone says
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That's a tough one. Here it goes:

OPI - DS Glamour, DS Mystery, Swimsuit... Nailed It!
Essie - Mesmerize, Smooth Sailing, Coat Azure
BL - Victoriana, Dosh, Two Fingered Salute.

Ideally I would buy the OPI lot but Glamour and Mystery are DCd so they're hard to come by outside of eBay. Glamour is one of the most cherished polishes in my stash. I have yet to see a more beautiful holo.
 
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