Nail Polish

soulfulremix · #1 04-16-2011, 09:55 PM

I love nail polish. I wear many different colors and brands. Right now, many companies are doing polish like OPI's Black Shatter. Check out the pic, it gives nail polish a cracked texture. I'm mostly into brights and pastels since Spring is finally here. Anyone loving nail polish like I am?

victoriana · #2 04-16-2011, 10:27 PM

I remember seeing something about this a while ago, and thinking it was really cool. A couple of my friends have this polish. The cracked look doesn't really go with my style, but if you can rock it, more power to you! My favorite polish trend of the moment is all of the spring colors. I love the mint, lavender, dark purple, and hot coral colors. I wear a lot of pastels, so these colors work for me.

A good website to help build you nail polish collection: eyeslipsface.com. At first glance, it seems a little sketchy, since everything is a dollar, but those nail polishes are really good. They don't chip off easily, they don't need a lot of coats, and they have a great selection of colors. It beats most of the other brands I've tried (excluding OPI and Essie). If you go to retailmenot.com, you can find some coupon codes that will get you free shipping so you will only have to pay for the polish (or makeup) you buy. I have the mint and light purple colors from here, and I love them

soulfulremix · #3 04-16-2011, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by victoriana

I remember seeing something about this a while ago, and thinking it was really cool. A couple of my friends have this polish. The cracked look doesn't really go with my style, but if you can rock it, more power to you! My favorite polish trend of the moment is all of the spring colors. I love the mint, lavender, dark purple, and hot coral colors. I wear a lot of pastels, so these colors work for me.

A good website to help build you nail polish collection: eyeslipsface.com. At first glance, it seems a little sketchy, since everything is a dollar, but those nail polishes are really good. They don't chip off easily, they don't need a lot of coats, and they have a great selection of colors. It beats most of the other brands I've tried (excluding OPI and Essie). If you go to retailmenot.com, you can find some coupon codes that will get you free shipping so you will only have to pay for the polish (or makeup) you buy. I have the mint and light purple colors from here, and I love them

Hi victoriana, I love ELF for inexpensive makeup and beauty items. Some of their makeup brushes are great. I've never tried their nail polish though.

victoriana · #4 04-16-2011, 10:38 PM

I own a full set of their professional brushes, they are all fantastic! I also own many of the mineral eye shadows. I got them on a sale of buy one get one free. You should definitely try the polish. The sparkly red color is my hands-down favorite though, it reminds me of red velvet cake.

Xidelt · #5 04-16-2011, 11:20 PM

I really want to try the Sally Hansen nail polish strips this summer when I'm not teaching. They look pretty fun, especially the patterns. I tried a similar product from Avon a year or so ago. The nail strips were tricky to put on. They were kinda wrinkly. But they didn't chip and were pretty difficult to remove with nail polish remover. Hopefully the SH kind are easier to use.

victoriana · #6 04-16-2011, 11:25 PM

I really, really want to try the "laced up" version of the nail polish strips. I suck at doing detailed nail art and can't really afford to go to a salon. If anyone has used these let me know!

CrimsonTide4 · #7 04-16-2011, 11:29 PM

A lot of my FB friends have been nuts lately over a product line called Zoya. To the point that some of them ordered 8 - 10 bottles of polish.

http://www.zoya.com/content/category...il_Polish.html

agzg · #8 01-08-2012, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by victoriana

I really, really want to try the "laced up" version of the nail polish strips. I suck at doing detailed nail art and can't really afford to go to a salon. If anyone has used these let me know!

Bump!

I tried these for the first time yesterday and love the look but have mixed feelings on the strips themselves.

I had a couple of application issues - if you're not REALLY careful it's easy to tear the nail polish coming off the strip. I also found it difficult to file down cleanly - I ended up tearing the strips in a few places at the tip of my nail (now that they're topcoated, and more "set", I'm actually thinking of filing my whole nail down to try to fix it but worry about making more tears).

A lot of folks were saying to use topcoat, so I did, but only have Seche Vite on hand right now which is great for applying to wet polishes but isn't awesome for dry. So I've noticed some shrinkage at the tips of my nails as well. Given that the pattern I used is black with a silver metallic it's not that noticeable but it bothers me quite a bit.

These could be "first timer" issues, though - I should have use a pattern I didn't like as much (and wasn't discontinued, LOL) for my first time so I didn't waste as much. I'll leave it on for a few days or until the messed up-ness of it is really noticeable just to see how long they stay. If it's 10 days that's awesome but at the same time I like to change my polish color a lot. I got another pattern (that's black with holographic glitter) that I'll be willing to try, depending on how days 2 through whatever go with what I've got on now.

This pattern is called "Prep's Cool" and is part of the discontinued Christmas line - which is on clearance at my Target (not gonna lie, there were a bunch and they're hidden on a random endcap so I might go back today and get more, since I need to return something anyway).

BTW, when I first posted on this thread I only had like 5 different nail polish colors and they were mostly the cheaper ones (like Revlon). Since then I've fallen back in love with OPI and found China Glaze so my "collection" has grown significantly and it's now taking up an entire bathroom drawer.

aephi alum · #9 04-17-2011, 12:13 AM

I guess I'm just an old-fashioned girl ... nail polish patterns never really appealed to me (aside from a brief phase in high school where I would apply a bottom coat, a color, a clear polish with gold sparkles, and then a top coat). I hardly even wear nail polish any more. I've grown my fingernails long, and shape them, and I type wicked fast despite the long nails (probably upwards of 80wpm) because I learned to touch-type after I grew out my nails. I keep my toenails well trimmed. And that's it. To me, the "cracked" look just looks like you or your manicurist made a mistake.

thetaj · #10 04-17-2011, 12:53 AM

Patters look awful on my nails... I have big hands, long fingers, big nails. I'm loving the colors that are in this spring though. I had robin's egg blue for a couple weeks but it was cheap polish (Wild Thing or something brand from Forever 21) so I dished out the money for Essie's Sugar Daddy, which barely shows up on my nails after two coats, but I love the subtle hint of pink. I'll probably get one shade up, Pink Diamonds, next though, for a little more color. Or I may go back to robin's egg blue for Easter because it does look very Easter eggy

I'll probably go back to Sally Hansen's Truffle for summer.

I'm kind of an outspoken nail polish enthusiast

christiangirl · #11 04-17-2011, 01:29 AM

I've seen this nail polish and it's very nice. Though I've never tried it, I still thank you for this thread! My favorite nail polish (CG Nail Slicks in Cherry Brandy) was long ago discontinued but this thread gave me the idea to search for it online. I just ordered 4 bottles.

agzg · #12 04-17-2011, 10:36 AM

Last weekend I got this color at ULTA and totally love it. The flash washed out the color a little bit, it's like a opalescent turquoise:

WCsweet<3 · #13 04-17-2011, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by soulfulremix

I love nail polish. I wear many different colors and brands. Right now, many companies are doing polish like OPI's Black Shatter. Check out the pic, it gives nail polish a cracked texture. I'm mostly into brights and pastels since Spring is finally here. Anyone loving nail polish like I am?

That is my favorite thing right now. I absolutely adore it. Also the "teenage dream" from the OPI Katy Perry line is great. So much glitter!

christiangirl · #14 04-19-2011, 09:21 PM

^^^I have seen it and I love that polish, but can't find it!

DSTRen13 · #15 06-12-2011, 06:34 AM

My past several color changes have all been reds & corals, and it's about time to switch it up - anyone have any recs for good summer-y blue creme polishes? I love blue polishes for spring & summer, but I *hate* sparkle on my nails & it seems like every blue I find is all shimmery.