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.
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?