Ooh this looks pretty. I haven't tried the Color Paints yet.Just did my first ever watermarble and it turned out okay. Right hand got a bit messed up, but overall I'm pretty pleased with the result. I used the new OPI Color Paints, Magenta Muse, Primarily Yellow and Chromatic Orange over the silver base. Turns out watermarbling is actually quite easy. Only thing is I got quite a lot of bubbles, wonder if it's my technique or the polish. Ah well, not bad for a first attempt.
@Anneri Thanks for responding. I really goofed. Roar is the name of the collection and Can't be Tamed is the name of the polish in the collection. I must have this. I have it on my thumb and don't want to take it off. But I shall. Looks great for fall.Yay Anitacska!
I found the new generation of 'watercolour' polishes really great to marble! Every other polish - not so much. lol
ICL - sorry, it's soooooo long ago that I got some DLs! I'm totally out of the loop.
Just wanted to share the OPI Hello Kitty promo pics. http://imabeautygeek.com/2015/08/12/opi-hello-kitty-collection-2016-sneak-peek/
The colours may be generic, but I'll get at least one because I love HK and I want a bottle.
Also, speaking of kitties - at Tinykittens.com there's a new kitty mom with adorable little kittens! (I'm totally guilty of spending the afternoon watching them.)
That's a beautiful combo! Not that I have either of them!That's pretty! It looks a bit like my favorite NP Combo (Base of Color Club Pucci-licious topped with China Glaze Electric Lilac.
I can't find them anywhere either.
Yay for Bears at RC! I have one Grace-full polish, it's a nice holo (that I haven't worn...)Yes, and it seems to be open ended? Seems to me like she wants to sell as much as possible. It also says allow 4+ weeks for delivery which also suggests she wants to make lots of $$$$. Which is fine, she should've done it ages ago.
I'm pretty sure I'll order all 4, they are ever so pretty.
I was wondering about Elevation myself, there don't seem to be any stockists. @MRV, where did you buy yours from?
RC is now going to stock Bear Pawlish as well as Lilypad and Grace-full Polish (never heard of that one).
I've been uhming and aahing about those AE shades, they are very pretty, but I still haven't pulled the trigger. I guess if I have to chose, which I now do, I'd rather buy Glams and Lilypads instead of AE.
On that note, my gigantic order arrived from Lilypad Lacquer. Will post pictures later. My Stackry packages are ready to ship, just waiting for the paperwork to be sorted. Can't wait, it's been so long.
Decided to pass on the Takko restock, they are nice, but I'm fed up with the shipping charges from Llarowe and I want to get some Cupcakes and those new BOW polishes instead. Have you lot seen those?
They look really pretty but I haven't got any.
Very nice! I'm looking forward to wearing my EP now!Here are the latest manis. They were really difficult to photograph though. First is EP August 2014. This was rather interesting. It looks blue to purple in the bottle, but on nails it was a really nice green teal most of the time. The problem was that even it looked green to my eye, the cam said it's blue or just really dark something. I'm also wearing Elevation East London as accent. It was better on a white polish, it just looks a holo over a dark one.
The second one is Different Dimension Right On - kind of raspberry neon (but looked coral in my IG pic). Here's a photo I took with my worse phone so it's off. The pink is darker irl.
Lovely! What a mega order, I'm envious! Some real beauties there.Thanks for the tip re Elevation. Will look into it.
I didn't bother with the Takkos, but did order some Cupcakes from RC and some Bow and Dance Legend from Hypnotic Polish.
I don't own any RBL or Cult myself.
Love both your manis. Weird about August 2014 though, I thought it would be more duochrome, but maybe it's just the photo.
My current mani is China Glaze Shell We Dance? I really like this one.
And here's my gigantic Lilypad order. There are some really lovely polishes there, especially the 3 purples in the top left corner and the 6 with flakies in the middle row (on the left).
My Lilypad count is at 148 now, oops. Same as my CbLs, but I'm expecting 2 of those to arrive today, so will be up to 150. My EP count is up to 109 now.
Lovely, that looks prettier on the nail than it did in the bottle. And such a pretty accent too.Thanks! Aug2014 is a duochrome - I'd say green to blue with purple. It was just difficult to capture, and come to think of it - the shift was perhaps like a total, not so gradual one.
Juicy mani! And that haul!Very pretty Lilypads.
Thanks, aws!
Thank you for the offer, Anneri! I will let you know if something comes up.
No one seems to know anything!I think W&D has sold out quite well (it was released three months ago), but some Toledo and random other spring items are still available. Another Mac problem is that I lost my Mac girl last month! Now there's even no one to chat with.
I got the previous collaboration duo, but I'm not sure if I'm going to get this one. Surely something from the new collection though.
Thanks, it's prettier irl!
That's great! I actually got another Helmer (thankfully they have not been discontinued after all, just new colours, I got an orange one) last month. I put it in a closet and it is totally for non-np and non-mu purposes. My mother (= the car aid) was again like why? why you'd need yet another one? In a few weeks I have to tell her that we need to make another trip to Ikea because I need one more Helmer. I was just arranging my NPs I had with me when I was in exile and there's not enough room for them.
About six months ago you had double the amount I had - wonder what the ratio is atm!
New mani's Illamasqua Melange. Lovely green with a great formula.
OMG definitely worth waiting for! Glams are stunning, and Lilypads are so pretty too.Right, here they are:
Glam special LE flakies, Cast a Spell 3 and Knockout coll polishes
Glam Masters of Illusion collection
Llarowe order plus EP August 2013 from FB (got a couple of duplicates there as I'd forgotten what I'd ordered)
April Lilypad restock
These Lilypads are once again amazing! And the Glams!
Also here's my RC order with the CbL monthly polish and Glam store exclusive:
And my current mani, Dance Legend Protuberance with EP Hello New York on the accents, My HNY hasn't evaporated at all, but this is much newer and is in a square bottle whereas Ola Rio is in a round bottle and is from years ago.
Thanks, PQ! Yes, Melange is a very nice 'antique' green.
Lovely mani. I don't have this Cadillacquer.Yes, those are the current colors, the light grey one was discontinued.
It's one of the C4N exclusives, Araminta. I actually got it yesterday, and the shipping notice came last night.
Well, that explanes it. I probably was not buying KBS yet in 2013.
Thanks! Yup, I've also been picking up just some of them.
Nice! I like how glowy they look. I should finally try out watermarbling, too.
I've also fallen off the DL wagon. There was a local e-shop that closed down, and since the foreign companied do not ship here any more, I'm not able to get them easily.
Thanks! I might grab a bottle, the yellow or the pink one perhaps, not that I'm a fan of HK or anything such.
Speaking of OPI: I was surprised to see that the Venice collection has landed here. Nothing special though. The light blue and lavender look nice of course but I think I already have 10x those colours, but I might be interested in the terra orange one.
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Thanks, PQ! Yes, Melange is a very nice 'antique' green.
I like to keep things organized. Although some people might not see that as one of my vertues.
My current mani is Cadillacquer It's Going to Happen Again.
Oh, and finally some good Mac news: some items emerged on the net and I was able to test out the Fix+ testers at the counter, and on Friday I hear something is finally coming out after three months of no-show!
Oh no, poor dead baby polish! (But turning it into a free mini is good!)Thank you!
Yeah, I do that too, I used to be really into make up, nowadays I hardly buy any. There was a time when I bought tons of scarves and jewellery too. Nowadays it's nail polish.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Lol, Forever sideways would be a great name for a polish!
Lovely shade! Is this one of the Coca Cola polishes?
My RC order came today, but Hermes broke one of my polishes. Luckily I managed to save about 5 ml of it, and got a refund already from Annette, so it's not too bad. It's a lovely silver flakie polish.
The purple and teal EPs are the ones calling me - though I love the topper too, I don't know that I need it. The pink's not my thing at all.Thank you! It's good to be back and have unlimited wifi! And not have to walk sideways!
I think it was only once that I wasn't caught. I think I will split the order this time, as much as I hate the thought of paying the EP woman more.
I'm thinking I'll buy the rest of this year's mysteries and then stop. You are right, they are nice, but not that amazing. Although I do like June a lot.
Thank you. The accents were really nice actually.
Which two EPs are you getting? I'll get all 4, Just hate the thought of not buying any EP readily available.
Have you seen my post about Stackry? They can ship np again! It is much more expensive now, so I will only use it if I absolutely can't get something shipped here, which isn't much now anyway.
The RC box will be around £40 which I think is reasonable for 5 polishes and a cuticle oil. You won't know what you're getting, just the inspiration pictures, but I'm willing to risk it for now.
When in doubt, chuck in some more holo!
Love your manis. I never got Peri Me, but Summer Crush is gorgeous.
Wow, awesome! The KB Shimmer looks much nicer on than it does in the bottle - I bought the whole set at the time, but haven't been tempted to wear them yet.Current mani is KBShimmer Pigment of My Imagination with CrowsToes Thing on the accents. The KBShimmer is such an amazing shifty polish, so pretty! Had to take loads of pictures.
Beautiful! I have to add this to my next order from anywhere that stocks it!Thanks, awc!
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Multithanks, Fuzzy! Here the summer has finally begun, in August!In June we had zero warmth, in July four warm days, and now it's been close to/or +25 C since last week and there's no cooling in sight!
Very pretty coral!
A sad sight! Good for the refund. Those Cupcakes look so pretty! I've actually ordered my first Cupcake.
Pretty manis! I don't have these two.
What an awesome shifter! How come I don't have this pretty one either. Do you remember which collection it is from?
My current mani is EdM Fergi and Jesus, a subtle holo with flakies. This is one of the newer EdMs.
This is absolutely amazing! Well done, an impressive first attempt. And the colours are lovely. I really like a watermarble, but it always looks like it wastes a lot of polish! However, well worth it for results like this. So glowy!Just did my first ever watermarble and it turned out okay. Right hand got a bit messed up, but overall I'm pretty pleased with the result. I used the new OPI Color Paints, Magenta Muse, Primarily Yellow and Chromatic Orange over the silver base. Turns out watermarbling is actually quite easy. Only thing is I got quite a lot of bubbles, wonder if it's my technique or the polish. Ah well, not bad for a first attempt.
