Nail Polish Discussion - Any Brand

[Anitacska]

Did you miss me??? I was ill for a bit, then hubby, then friends, then busy... real life can be a pain! I know I missed the forum!

I did! Half the time it's only you and me here, so I didn't feel like posting and not have anyone reply. It felt like I was talking to myself.

Some lovely new polishes there, I'm envious!
Sorry to hear that things have gone a bit iffy with your daughter again, I hope it's better now - I know how much it took out of you last time.
Loving your "easy" manis though - but you've made me put Lava Lust back on my shopping list after crossing it off...
I bought some CbLs yesterday, my no buying spree has netted me way to many polishes recently. I skipped the Glams for now though, but I hope I'll get them at a later date. I did get Pahlishes again though, it's now outgrown its Helmer drawer and is sharing with Bear!

Thanks. Things are a bit better at the moment, but she was off school for 2 weeks. She was feeling very low and it only became apparent very recently that she's been subjected to a lot of bullying in school. And they were useless about dealing with it. Her head of year is a very nasty woman and she seems to side with bullies. She wants to move school, but in the meantime they moved her into a different class and now she's with most of her friends in lessons. So she's back at school, but we're now looking for another school for her to move to. We did have an interview with the assistant headteacher at one of the local schools last week, but she asked some very inappropriate questions (are you easily offended? - like it's her fault that she's being bullied) and we came away very disappointed. There's another school that has places a bit further away, but it's doable, so we'll apply there next. She's been on the waiting list at my eldest's school since the autumn, but there are no places at the moment and she'd rather not wait much longer. It's very hard to see how unhappy she is, and it's been very stressful. Why is life never easy???

Thank you. Lava Lust is pretty, but it was a bit thick and shrunk a bit. Next time (ha!) will need to add thinner before I use it.

I've been good and haven't bought anything for over a week now. I do want a few things, but nothing urgent at the moment. Hoping to stick to a strict budget and save a bit of money, I've been overspending a lot lately and that's not good. I want to stick to a £100-120 monthly budget (which is still way more than other people's budget) for 6 months or so. I have so many untrieds now, it's insane. I'm heading towards reaching 5000 polishes as well and that's started to sicken me, hahaha. I did manage to free up a drawer in one of my Alexes, but when that's full, that's it. So I'd rather pick very carefully now.

 

[Anitacska]

I haven't received any of my orders yet (Glam, C4N Tonic duo are on their way, Girly Bits and FF not shipped yet, and the rest are going to Stackry), so no haul pictures, but here are my most recent manis.

Cupcake Polish What in Carnation? with China Glaze Polarized (2012 untried)



ILNP Highline with Lilypad Lacquer Wildfire



Lilypad Lacquer Catch Me If You Can with Emily de Molly Quest for Immortality (both from my must wear list)



And finally one of my own frankens. I made this at the same time when I was trying to create a dupe for Femme Fatale Ever Elusive. Pretty happy with this one.

 

[PearlyQueen]

I did! Half the time it's only you and me here, so I didn't feel like posting and not have anyone reply. It felt like I was talking to myself.


Thanks. Things are a bit better at the moment, but she was off school for 2 weeks. She was feeling very low and it only became apparent very recently that she's been subjected to a lot of bullying in school. And they were useless about dealing with it. Her head of year is a very nasty woman and she seems to side with bullies. She wants to move school, but in the meantime they moved her into a different class and now she's with most of her friends in lessons. So she's back at school, but we're now looking for another school for her to move to. We did have an interview with the assistant headteacher at one of the local schools last week, but she asked some very inappropriate questions (are you easily offended? - like it's her fault that she's being bullied) and we came away very disappointed. There's another school that has places a bit further away, but it's doable, so we'll apply there next. She's been on the waiting list at my eldest's school since the autumn, but there are no places at the moment and she'd rather not wait much longer. It's very hard to see how unhappy she is, and it's been very stressful. Why is life never easy???

Thank you. Lava Lust is pretty, but it was a bit thick and shrunk a bit. Next time (ha!) will need to add thinner before I use it.

I've been good and haven't bought anything for over a week now. I do want a few things, but nothing urgent at the moment. Hoping to stick to a strict budget and save a bit of money, I've been overspending a lot lately and that's not good. I want to stick to a £100-120 monthly budget (which is still way more than other people's budget) for 6 months or so. I have so many untrieds now, it's insane. I'm heading towards reaching 5000 polishes as well and that's started to sicken me, hahaha. I did manage to free up a drawer in one of my Alexes, but when that's full, that's it. So I'd rather pick very carefully now.

Oh what a pain, sounds like a nightmare - I'm glad she's with friends now though, and hopefully you'll get a better solution soon.
Your budget is much like mine, but I have to take other expenses out and I've had a fair few of those recently. All that happens is my list grows to ridiculous levels.
Well done on clearing a drawer, I'm trying to be pickier too, but it's hard - if you're ordering, it's always good to get up to free postage, or at least to a level where it works out more reasonable.
5000 is a lot, I reckon I'll be over 2000 soon, and that's mad enough!

 

[PearlyQueen]

I haven't received any of my orders yet (Glam, C4N Tonic duo are on their way, Girly Bits and FF not shipped yet, and the rest are going to Stackry), so no haul pictures, but here are my most recent manis.

Cupcake Polish What in Carnation? with China Glaze Polarized (2012 untried)

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ILNP Highline with Lilypad Lacquer Wildfire

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Lilypad Lacquer Catch Me If You Can with Emily de Molly Quest for Immortality (both from my must wear list)

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And finally one of my own frankens. I made this at the same time when I was trying to create a dupe for Femme Fatale Ever Elusive. Pretty happy with this one.

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These are all really pretty! I love your franken, it looks fantastic. My fave is the purples though, the EdM is particularly tasty, and I think I have it too!

 

[Anitacska]

Oh what a pain, sounds like a nightmare - I'm glad she's with friends now though, and hopefully you'll get a better solution soon.
Your budget is much like mine, but I have to take other expenses out and I've had a fair few of those recently. All that happens is my list grows to ridiculous levels.
Well done on clearing a drawer, I'm trying to be pickier too, but it's hard - if you're ordering, it's always good to get up to free postage, or at least to a level where it works out more reasonable.
5000 is a lot, I reckon I'll be over 2000 soon, and that's mad enough!

I clearly spoke too soon, she's refused to go in again. Although she is with her friends in class, she's still getting a lot nastiness from others, and the school's not doing anything. Just waiting for them now to fill out the form needed to apply for another place and send it off asap. Luckily she's in year 8, so not the biggest issue if she's not there. My eldest is doing his GCSEs at the moment, which is obviously a very important time. It's very stressful in my house right now. And on top of it all, I'm missing my little boy like crazy, he's away on a 5 day residential trip with school until Friday evening.

When I said I cleared out a drawer, of course I didn't mean that I got rid of polish, I simply rearranged, lol. But I'm serious about going on a strict budget and really slowing down with my purchases. I have approx. 3500 untrieds and I only use about 300 polishes a year, and that's just once, so obviously it will take me over 10 years to use everything. That's a scary thought right there!

These are all really pretty! I love your franken, it looks fantastic. My fave is the purples though, the EdM is particularly tasty, and I think I have it too!

Thank you! Yes, the EdM is really quite special. She makes gorgeous purples.

I just received my C4N order, the exclusive Tonic duo. That red is so pretty! I mostly bought it because of the silver one, but I actually prefer the red.

 

[PearlyQueen]

I clearly spoke too soon, she's refused to go in again. Although she is with her friends in class, she's still getting a lot nastiness from others, and the school's not doing anything. Just waiting for them now to fill out the form needed to apply for another place and send it off asap. Luckily she's in year 8, so not the biggest issue if she's not there. My eldest is doing his GCSEs at the moment, which is obviously a very important time. It's very stressful in my house right now. And on top of it all, I'm missing my little boy like crazy, he's away on a 5 day residential trip with school until Friday evening.

When I said I cleared out a drawer, of course I didn't mean that I got rid of polish, I simply rearranged, lol. But I'm serious about going on a strict budget and really slowing down with my purchases. I have approx. 3500 untrieds and I only use about 300 polishes a year, and that's just once, so obviously it will take me over 10 years to use everything. That's a scary thought right there!



Thank you! Yes, the EdM is really quite special. She makes gorgeous purples.

I just received my C4N order, the exclusive Tonic duo. That red is so pretty! I mostly bought it because of the silver one, but I actually prefer the red.

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Oh that does sound so upsetting, I hope that it gets properly sorted out soon. A very stressful time for you (and the kids of course). Sending you good wishes xxx
I knew you hadn't disposed of polishes lol, I'm not an idiot...!!!
Oh my, that Tonic is even nicer than I expected, I wasn't getting it because I'm not a big lover of silver polishes, but now...

 

[PearlyQueen]

My two latest manis are oldies!

Max Factor Graffiti




Special FX Orange Metallic

 

[Anitacska]

Oh that does sound so upsetting, I hope that it gets properly sorted out soon. A very stressful time for you (and the kids of course). Sending you good wishes xxx
I knew you hadn't disposed of polishes lol, I'm not an idiot...!!!
Oh my, that Tonic is even nicer than I expected, I wasn't getting it because I'm not a big lover of silver polishes, but now...

Thank you. She went back yesterday and today and I've sent off the application for the other school. Hopefully she can move after half term.

Lol, I just thought I'd clarify! I did sell 4 polishes including 2 Illyrians that I ended up with 2 of, Mad World and Blue Moon, and another one I really didn't like, plus a Starrily freebie from LLP that's just a silver glitter topper. At least that's something.

The Tonic duo is still available and if you use Csant10, you get 10% off, plus it's only $4.50 shipping for just 2 polishes, in case you wanted to get it.

My two latest manis are oldies!
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Max Factor Graffiti


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Special FX Orange Metallic

Both are very pretty. I own the MF one, haven't used it yet though.

My current mani is Femme Fatale Hourglass with Different Dimension Always Wish Upon a Star. They are both really pretty.

 

[PearlyQueen]

Thank you. She went back yesterday and today and I've sent off the application for the other school. Hopefully she can move after half term.

Lol, I just thought I'd clarify! I did sell 4 polishes including 2 Illyrians that I ended up with 2 of, Mad World and Blue Moon, and another one I really didn't like, plus a Starrily freebie from LLP that's just a silver glitter topper. At least that's something.

The Tonic duo is still available and if you use Csant10, you get 10% off, plus it's only $4.50 shipping for just 2 polishes, in case you wanted to get it.



Both are very pretty. I own the MF one, haven't used it yet though.

My current mani is Femme Fatale Hourglass with Different Dimension Always Wish Upon a Star. They are both really pretty.

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Fingers crossed for the new school!
Wow, well done shifting some unwanted polishes, even if not very many...
I am tempted by those Tonics, but I want loads of things, it will have to wait! I did get those Beautometry FFs I wanted today, 15% discount swayed me.
Very pretty mani, just the sort of thing I like, but that sort of colour isn't great on me, love it on you though!

 

[Anitacska]

Fingers crossed for the new school!
Wow, well done shifting some unwanted polishes, even if not very many...
I am tempted by those Tonics, but I want loads of things, it will have to wait! I did get those Beautometry FFs I wanted today, 15% discount swayed me.
Very pretty mani, just the sort of thing I like, but that sort of colour isn't great on me, love it on you though!

Thanks. At least for now she's been going to school (hope I haven't jinxed it again) and next week is half term, so less pressure on everyone.

Thanks. I've pulled out another 13 I want to sell, both sets of KBShimmer and Liquid Sky Lacquer multichromes/holo multichromes (as I also have the same colours from Girly Bits and out of the 3 that's my favourite brand) and a HHC Dreamland Mauka that's a dark green holo and I never really liked it much. I might even add a few to them. Definitely not selling anything I may regret though and this is still a very small amount.

I've already spent the money I made from selling the 4 polishes. There's a group buy organised for the 2 new Polish Molish exclusive Femme Fatales and they are very expensive, plus I've had to pay shipping and taxes for the May FF group buy (still, 23 polishes and only £14 shipping and less than £5 tax). Can't wait to receive those.

Thank you. I'd been wanting to wear Hourglass for a while, it's so pretty.

Which Beatometry FFs did you buy? I think I have them all apart from Planetary Void.

I received my Glams yesterday and I really love them, they're quite different from other multichromes. I also got some group exclusives and May the 4th. The only one I'm less excited about is the purple Zelda polish, it's nice, but not that special.


I have a couple of new manis too, both Femme Fatale. First is Falling Embers with Orly Right Amount of Evil on top of the accents.



My current mani is also FF, Relics of the Red Planet. I broke my middle finger nail while shifting boxes of stuff over to my ex's on Sunday. We're having 2 of the bedrooms decorated and my children have a LOT of stuff! Luckily the break isn't as deep as last time, there's still a tiny bit of white at the end (I have short nail beds).



I've also redone my toe nails due to the warm weather we're having, but haven't taken pictures yet. I used CbL Fall is Calling (very season appropriate, lol).

 

[PearlyQueen]

Thanks. At least for now she's been going to school (hope I haven't jinxed it again) and next week is half term, so less pressure on everyone.

Thanks. I've pulled out another 13 I want to sell, both sets of KBShimmer and Liquid Sky Lacquer multichromes/holo multichromes (as I also have the same colours from Girly Bits and out of the 3 that's my favourite brand) and a HHC Dreamland Mauka that's a dark green holo and I never really liked it much. I might even add a few to them. Definitely not selling anything I may regret though and this is still a very small amount.

I've already spent the money I made from selling the 4 polishes. There's a group buy organised for the 2 new Polish Molish exclusive Femme Fatales and they are very expensive, plus I've had to pay shipping and taxes for the May FF group buy (still, 23 polishes and only £14 shipping and less than £5 tax). Can't wait to receive those.

Thank you. I'd been wanting to wear Hourglass for a while, it's so pretty.

Which Beatometry FFs did you buy? I think I have them all apart from Planetary Void.

I received my Glams yesterday and I really love them, they're quite different from other multichromes. I also got some group exclusives and May the 4th. The only one I'm less excited about is the purple Zelda polish, it's nice, but not that special.

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I have a couple of new manis too, both Femme Fatale. First is Falling Embers with Orly Right Amount of Evil on top of the accents.

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My current mani is also FF, Relics of the Red Planet. I broke my middle finger nail while shifting boxes of stuff over to my ex's on Sunday. We're having 2 of the bedrooms decorated and my children have a LOT of stuff! Luckily the break isn't as deep as last time, there's still a tiny bit of white at the end (I have short nail beds).

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I've also redone my toe nails due to the warm weather we're having, but haven't taken pictures yet. I used CbL Fall is Calling (very season appropriate, lol).

Wow, that's a number of polishes to lose! I bought all three of those sets too, but I'm keeping them all! I haven't seen the Polish Molish ones yet, hope I hate them lol! My Beautometry ones are Hallows Mischief and Summertide, plus I added Stars of Heaven Falling and Dominion of the Sea Witch, plus one of the Powder Perfects I've been after to get free US shipping.
The Glams look gorgeous, I'm interested that you think they're different from other multichromes, I skipped them because I thought I had similar things... There were a couple I planned getting later, do you think I need more? Really sorry to hear that the Zelda polish is not all you hoped, it's another I planned to get next time around.
Your two manis are lovely, I have both the main polishes. Oddly, I much prefer the FF which I wasn't taken with in the bottle, and the EdM isn't quite as stunning as I expected! Nice but not outstanding, if you know what I mean...

 

[PearlyQueen]

And here's my latest mani, Catherine Arley 667:


The holo is a bit too subtle, I'm not fond of this shade of grey and it took four coats to cover... It did dry quickly though! It's not awful, but I don't love it!

 

[Anitacska]

Wow, that's a number of polishes to lose! I bought all three of those sets too, but I'm keeping them all! I haven't seen the Polish Molish ones yet, hope I hate them lol! My Beautometry ones are Hallows Mischief and Summertide, plus I added Stars of Heaven Falling and Dominion of the Sea Witch, plus one of the Powder Perfects I've been after to get free US shipping.
The Glams look gorgeous, I'm interested that you think they're different from other multichromes, I skipped them because I thought I had similar things... There were a couple I planned getting later, do you think I need more? Really sorry to hear that the Zelda polish is not all you hoped, it's another I planned to get next time around.
Your two manis are lovely, I have both the main polishes. Oddly, I much prefer the FF which I wasn't taken with in the bottle, and the EdM isn't quite as stunning as I expected! Nice but not outstanding, if you know what I mean...

I flipping well jinxed it, didn't I?! She refused to go in again yesterday. I don't know what it is with Wednesdays, whether someone/something upsets her on the Tuesday or there's something happening on Wednesdays. Unfortunately she won't talk to me, just says she hates school. She did go in today, and hopefully she will tomorrow too, and then next week it's half term. Hoping we'll get the reply from the council about the other school asap.

It's hard to say exactly how the Glams are different from other multichromes, well, half of them have added colour shifting glitter (the ones in the middle in my picture), so that's definitely different. Also there's holo and some micro glitter too I think. I don't know, I didn't think I had many similar polishes. The Zelda one's nice, just not that wow.

Luckily I don't really care for the new collection, but I do really like the Ron group exclusive and if she makes the replacement Star Wars polish (the one she brought out after May the 4th was sold out quickly and people were complaining) available for the UK group, then I might get those two. But the shipping is a bit too high for just 2. I don't know.

Thank you. Those were both FFs though, no EdM, so I'm assuming you meant the second one when you said you didn't like it much?

And here's my latest mani, Catherine Arley 667:
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The holo is a bit too subtle, I'm not fond of this shade of grey and it took four coats to cover... It did dry quickly though! It's not awful, but I don't love it!

Yeah, I know what you mean. It's okay, but... I find these older holos are now so boring compared to all the indie ones.

I was wondering if you were interested in the June FTLOP box? I've only seen pictures of the Illyrian and the Ever After, so not 100% sure if I'll order it, but I'm really not that interested in the Illyrian if you wanted to share the box? I like the Ever After (flakies!) and I'll probably like the PfD too, since I normally do, so if you want the Illyrian, let me know.

 

[Anitacska]

My current mani, PfD Pyry



My EPs from Pshiiit are due to arrive this afternoon (via DPD), but I may need to go out, so might miss them. It's our dog's 3rd birthday tomorrow and we need to go and buy him some presents, lol.

 

[PearlyQueen]

I flipping well jinxed it, didn't I?! She refused to go in again yesterday. I don't know what it is with Wednesdays, whether someone/something upsets her on the Tuesday or there's something happening on Wednesdays. Unfortunately she won't talk to me, just says she hates school. She did go in today, and hopefully she will tomorrow too, and then next week it's half term. Hoping we'll get the reply from the council about the other school asap.

It's hard to say exactly how the Glams are different from other multichromes, well, half of them have added colour shifting glitter (the ones in the middle in my picture), so that's definitely different. Also there's holo and some micro glitter too I think. I don't know, I didn't think I had many similar polishes. The Zelda one's nice, just not that wow.

Luckily I don't really care for the new collection, but I do really like the Ron group exclusive and if she makes the replacement Star Wars polish (the one she brought out after May the 4th was sold out quickly and people were complaining) available for the UK group, then I might get those two. But the shipping is a bit too high for just 2. I don't know.

Thank you. Those were both FFs though, no EdM, so I'm assuming you meant the second one when you said you didn't like it much?



Yeah, I know what you mean. It's okay, but... I find these older holos are now so boring compared to all the indie ones.

I was wondering if you were interested in the June FTLOP box? I've only seen pictures of the Illyrian and the Ever After, so not 100% sure if I'll order it, but I'm really not that interested in the Illyrian if you wanted to share the box? I like the Ever After (flakies!) and I'll probably like the PfD too, since I normally do, so if you want the Illyrian, let me know.

D'oh! I did mean that Red Planet looked much nicer than expected! Thanks for the clarification about the Glams, maybe I do need a few...
I love the new Glam collection too so it could be a hefty bill next restock.
Happy to share ftlop, I love the Illyrian though I haven't seen swatches yet so can I confirm that once I have?

 

[PearlyQueen]

My current mani, PfD Pyry

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My EPs from Pshiiit are due to arrive this afternoon (via DPD), but I may need to go out, so might miss them. It's our dog's 3rd birthday tomorrow and we need to go and buy him some presents, lol.

Oo pretty! Pyry is on my wishlist...

 

[boschicka]

It's hard to say exactly how the Glams are different from other multichromes, well, half of them have added colour shifting glitter (the ones in the middle in my picture), so that's definitely different. Also there's holo and some micro glitter too I think. I don't know, I didn't think I had many similar polishes. The Zelda one's nice, just not that wow.

I was also wondering why you felt differently about these. If you don't think you have something similar, they are definitely going on my list!

 

[PearlyQueen]

D'oh! I did mean that Red Planet looked much nicer than expected! Thanks for the clarification about the Glams, maybe I do need a few...
I love the new Glam collection too so it could be a hefty bill next restock.
Happy to share ftlop, I love the Illyrian though I haven't seen swatches yet so can I confirm that once I have?

Ok, I've seen the swatch now - I'm in!

 

[Anitacska]

Ok, I've seen the swatch now - I'm in!

The swatch is so different to the brush picture! I still haven't seen swatches of the EA and PfD, once I've seen them, I'll let you know if I want to order for sure.

Luckily the new Femme Fatale collection only has 5 polishes plus the COTM, so I'm relieved. I think I really only like one or two and the COTM, so that's good.

I ordered a couple of Illyrians and a couple of CbLs from RC yesterday with my destash money, it felt great to not really spend money on new polishes.

 

[Anitacska]

I've received a couple of my orders, EPs from Pshiiit and my Girly Bits order.



Also, here's my pedi, CbL Fall is Coming



My two recent manis, first is CrowsToes Mjölnir. Not as nice in person as I'd hoped, very bumpy with all the glitter going on and also not as shifty as I thought.



My current mani is Glisten & Glow First in Line with Sally Hansen Be-Jeweled (2012 untried).



If everything goes well, I'll be able to pick up my Femme Fatale order from the group buy organiser. 23 polishes including 7 EdMs, 2 Tonics and the rest are FFs. Also my first RC order should arrive tomorrow (3 Native War Paints and an ILNP).

Speaking of ILNP, the new collection has failed to wow me once again. I like 2 or 3, but not sure if I like them enough to bother. I guess it's good, but it's also quite sad as I used to really love ILNP, but almost everything she comes out with nowadays is a bit meh. Same with FUN Lacquer. Oh well, at least I'll have money left for all the gorgeous Tonics!