Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[Anneri]

Hi Anitacska!

Don't be too sad about the Maybelline np, it's a pain in the behind to use. Its base is too dark and overpowers the glitter so that I had to remove the upper layer very carefully with some np remover so that the glitters became apparent. Every blogger over here was complaining about this one lol. WHat makes the brocades not that big a success is the longevity - my manis with them always were completely in tatters after one day. And you have that lovely blue one that we didn't get here!

Yeah, pink skulls. My life is now complete. I'm curious whether we'll see an indie polish company use them at some point.

Btw, love the H&M polish! Post a pic when you use/swatch it, will you? It looks just like one of the Essie/OPI Mariahs from the holiday collection.

 

[Anitacska]

Hi Anitacska! Don't be too sad about the Maybelline np, it's a pain in the behind to use. Its base is too dark and overpowers the glitter so that I had to remove the upper layer very carefully with some np remover so that the glitters became apparent. Every blogger over here was complaining about this one lol. WHat makes the brocades not that big a success is the longevity - my manis with them always were completely in tatters after one day. And you have that lovely blue one that we didn't get here! Yeah, pink skulls. My life is now complete. I'm curious whether we'll see an indie polish company use them at some point. Btw, love the H&M polish! Post a pic when you use/swatch it, will you? It looks just like one of the Essie/OPI Mariahs from the holiday collection.

Shame about the Brocades, they look so pretty in the bottle. No, we didn't get a blue one here, just 4 shades. Oh well. The H&M polish is actually quite different from the OPI one, but it is equally pretty.

 

[CartoonChic]

Oh no! Sorry to hear you were disappointed. I quite like the look of it in the pictures. My order was dispatched on Tuesday, so it should be here sometime next week. I'll let you know what I think when I get it.

Sorry to hear you've had trouble elsewhere (is it another thread?). Medgal messaged me to say she was very fed up with Specktra, and is staying away for a while. I don't even venture into the Mac threads now, but to be fair, I'm over Mac anyway, just not interested in the products anymore.

On another note, I have some pictures to post but I've been really busy lately. Yesterday we spent the day decorating the house and the Christmas tree, then hubby and I went to a party (housewarming and engagement party) of a good friend. I got really drunk and somehow broke two nails! Oops!

I'm really annoyed as my nails have been looking so much better lately. Oh well.

I was just expecting the holiday polish to be more sparkly, shimmery or something along those lines. I feel like I have several holos that are the same or similar in color to it.

Yes, another thread and involves Med.

I have drastically cut down on my MAC purchases since summer. A mix of having too much stuff and not being as interested as before, especially after my first RiRi order was cancelled from ordering through that early posted link. I decided to buy the lipsticks from RiRi Holiday and visited the thread to stalk. It was fun to watch what was happening and opened a giant can of worms.

Lol at getting drunk and breaking your nails. I'm picturing the visual. I still need to get our decorations up.

 

[CartoonChic]

Wow, and that's it from me. Congrats to everybody who made it through this post!

I think this is better because of your manis and pink skull glitter. Can't wait to see what you do with it.

 

[CartoonChic]

Here's my current mani, Nubar Absolute with Nails Inc Galaxy polish Trafalgar Crescent and a few snowflake glitters on the accent nail. I'm a bit disappointed in the Nubar holo, I thought it would be a lot stronger.





Just a little haul picture, H&M Gold/white glitter and Kelly Brook (for New Look) Regal Riches. It's much more purple than blue, but my camera can't cope with that.

That's a pretty mani combination.

 

[Anitacska]

I was just expecting the holiday polish to be more sparkly, shimmery or something along those lines. I feel like I have several holos that are the same or similar in color to it.

Yes, another thread and involves Med.

I have drastically cut down on my MAC purchases since summer. A mix of having too much stuff and not being as interested as before, especially after my first RiRi order was cancelled from ordering through that early posted link. I decided to buy the lipsticks from RiRi Holiday and visited the thread to stalk. It was fun to watch what was happening and opened a giant can of worms.

Lol at getting drunk and breaking your nails. I'm picturing the visual. I still need to get our decorations up.

Oh no, I really hope she comes back to us soon. I told her to just stick with this thread and ignore the rest, lol! Luckily for me I also can't stand Rihanna, so that was an easy skip. I might buy something from the ED collection, the peachy/pinky skinfinish sounds nice, but otherwise I'm not that interested in Mac anymore, or any make up really at the moment. I haven't even ordered the new Naked palette because there's no offers on it anywhere, I'm guessing it will be on offer sometime after Christmas for sure.

 

[Anneri]

I just HAD to post this, it's too funny. Anyone here recognizes oneself?

You know you're obsessed with nailpolish when...

http://www.lacquerheadsofoz.com/2013/06/you-know-youre-obsessed-with-nail.html

 

[Anitacska]

I just HAD to post this, it's too funny. Anyone here recognizes oneself?

You know you're obsessed with nailpolish when...

http://www.lacquerheadsofoz.com/2013/06/you-know-youre-obsessed-with-nail.html

Lol, guilty as charged.

Has anyone used any of the new Llarowe polishes yet? I've just painted my nails with The Man in the Red Suit and I really like both the formula and the new type of brush, it's fantastic! Pictures of my mani to follow tomorrow...

 

[Anneri]

Argh, I've yet to receive my Llarowe order. On top of that I haven't received my order from Edgy Polish yet - I assume it was either lost in the Christmas kerfuffle at the PO or stolen. The owner of the site is looking into it, but I don't think she can do anything about it. So mad! I hope the Llarowe order at least turns up before I'm going home for christmas.

 

[CartoonChic]

Lol, guilty as charged.

Has anyone used any of the new Llarowe polishes yet? I've just painted my nails with The Man in the Red Suit and I really like both the formula and the new type of brush, it's fantastic! Pictures of my mani to follow tomorrow...

I have! I wore Rudy and Xmas 2013. I have a pic somewhere. Rudy is gorgeous. My nails looked like Christmas wrapping paper. I'm about to do a mani with Pink Twinkle and Butter London Fairy Lights tonight.

 

[MRV]

Lol, guilty as charged.

Has anyone used any of the new Llarowe polishes yet? I've just painted my nails with The Man in the Red Suit and I really like both the formula and the new type of brush, it's fantastic! Pictures of my mani to follow tomorrow...

I don't think so. I'm always a bit confused when I receive CbLs in the new bottles because they are now the same as FFs and EdMs.

Quote: Originally Posted by Anneri

Argh, I've yet to receive my Llarowe order. On top of that I haven't received my order from Edgy Polish yet - I assume it was either lost in the Christmas kerfuffle at the PO or stolen. The owner of the site is looking into it, but I don't think she can do anything about it. So mad!
I hope the Llarowe order at least turns up before I'm going home for christmas.

Sorry to hear that! I hope you will get your polishes. I have not really noticed any problems with the incoming mail here, even though they've had some small strikes and all.

 

[MRV]

Here are the latest manis: FF Fatal Attraction with an OPI Pure accent. This was so hard to try to photpgraph without natural light, it turned too dark and too yellow like in this pic. There are red and some purple holo glitters though.



More FF: Tree Disguise Kit over Nails Inc Bayswater Road (an AWESOME metallic emerald polish BTW

)

 

[Naynadine]

Quote: Originally Posted by MRV

More FF: Tree Disguise Kit over Nails Inc Bayswater Road (an AWESOME metallic emerald polish BTW

)





Ok, THAT does look like a tree with ornaments! The emerald is super pretty.

 

[Naynadine]

I am drooooling over this YSL collection:



http://www.chicprofile.com/2013/12/ysl-la-laque-couture-spicy-collection-spring-2014.html

I kinda want all of them! But I'm lucky if I can afford one, lol. I've never seen a high end polish collection that I like this much.
I'm pretty sure I can't pull of Safran Sultan with my skintone, though, unfortunately. Probably looks better on deeper warmer skintones. Shame, since I really love how it looks in the bottle.

 

[Fuzzy]

Here are the latest manis: FF Fatal Attraction with an OPI Pure accent. This was so hard to try to photpgraph without natural light, it turned too dark and too yellow like in this pic. There are red and some purple holo glitters though.



More FF: Tree Disguise Kit over Nails Inc Bayswater Road (an AWESOME metallic emerald polish BTW

)

It's all MRV's fault that I bought those FF xmas polishes!!

you're making them look too good! LOL

I'm soooo cold. I finally go over to my rads and they're cold, I managed to open the valve on huge one in the living room but the bedroom one is not budging! stupid tiny knob!

 

[lyseD]

I am drooooling over this YSL collection:



http://www.chicprofile.com/2013/12/ysl-la-laque-couture-spicy-collection-spring-2014.html

I kinda want all of them! But I'm lucky if I can afford one, lol. I've never seen a high end polish collection that I like this much.
I'm pretty sure I can't pull of Safran Sultan with my skintone, though, unfortunately. Probably looks better on deeper warmer skintones. Shame, since I really love how it looks in the bottle.

 

[CartoonChic]

I am drooooling over this YSL collection:



http://www.chicprofile.com/2013/12/ysl-la-laque-couture-spicy-collection-spring-2014.html

I kinda want all of them! But I'm lucky if I can afford one, lol. I've never seen a high end polish collection that I like this much.
I'm pretty sure I can't pull of Safran Sultan with my skintone, though, unfortunately. Probably looks better on deeper warmer skintones. Shame, since I really love how it looks in the bottle.

I must get them! I've fallen behind with my high end polishes because of all the indies and still haven't picked up the last YSL collection. I hope I'm not too late.

Having trouble quoting. I like your manis MRV. I still want to pick up the Femme Fatale's Christmas and Halloween colors. Thanks for showcasing them. They look fun to wear.

 

[Anitacska]

Here are the latest manis: FF Fatal Attraction with an OPI Pure accent. This was so hard to try to photpgraph without natural light, it turned too dark and too yellow like in this pic. There are red and some purple holo glitters though.



More FF: Tree Disguise Kit over Nails Inc Bayswater Road (an AWESOME metallic emerald polish BTW

)

Tree Disguise Kit is so amazing, I must use it for one of my Christmas manis. Here's mine, CbL The Man in the Red Suit. Lovely colour, very shiny and holo, but sadly chipped very very quickly. I did it on Sunday night for the school mums' Christmas party last night and I had to patch it up in two places. I used KBShimmer Kringle All The Way as well as some Christmas tree and silver bells glitters on the accent nail.





The actual colour is pretty similar to the top picture, but I wanted to capture the holo as well and we had no sun, so I had to do it indoors.

Here's my new favourite Christmas jumper, it's so cute and went so well with my mani:





Finally a cheeky little purchase from TKMaxx and Superdrug:


Orly In The Navy, Love Each Other and Nicole by OPI I Lilac Gumdrops.

 

[CartoonChic]

Llarowe is having a fantastic sale right now. 35% off the following brands: Lilypad Lacquer, Models Own, Ruby Wing and Wing Dust. It's for the day while supplies last. There are going to be more promotions for different brands for the next 11 days as well. I hope it will be brands that I purchase. I'd love to cross some colors off my list.

Hare also got her bottles replaced and is restocking later today. 1pm PST / 4pm EST.

 

[CartoonChic]

Tree Disguise Kit is so amazing, I must use it for one of my Christmas manis. Here's mine, CbL The Man in the Red Suit. Lovely colour, very shiny and holo, but sadly chipped very very quickly. I did it on Sunday night for the school mums' Christmas party last night and I had to patch it up in two places. I used KBShimmer Kringle All The Way as well as some Christmas tree and silver bells glitters on the accent nail.





The actual colour is pretty similar to the top picture, but I wanted to capture the holo as well and we had no sun, so I had to do it indoors.

Here's my new favourite Christmas jumper, it's so cute and went so well with my mani:





Finally a cheeky little purchase from TKMaxx and Superdrug:


Orly In The Navy, Love Each Other and Nicole by OPI I Lilac Gumdrops.

Your shirt is cute and your mani does match it.