Nail Polish

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AGDee

You can put a couple drops of nail polish remover and shake it up really well to thin it out again.

This doesn't work as well as thinner. You can buy thinner at any Sally Beauty Supply.

[victoriana]

Originally Posted by 33girl

This doesn't work as well as thinner. You can buy thinner at any Sally Beauty Supply.

I have used pure acetone to thin out some of my glitter topcoats and it has worked fine. I've never used actual nail polish thinner though. I don't keep nail polish remover around though, I only use acetone.

[33girl]

The advantage is that if you use a little too much thinner, you can put it in a place where nail polish would thicken (steamy bathroom I'm looking at you) and it becomes usable again. That doesn't work with NP remover.

[victoriana]

Originally Posted by 33girl

The advantage is that if you use a little too much thinner, you can put it in a place where nail polish would thicken (steamy bathroom I'm looking at you) and it becomes usable again. That doesn't work with NP remover.

Ooh, that sounds neat. I may have to invest/put it on my birthday list. What brands are good?

Also... polishes to add to my want list: Playdate and Turks&Caicos by Essie. Does anyone know what that metallic gold one by Essie is called? It's used in some of their print ads on the displays in stores... I don't think it's their gold glitter topcoat. It's fine if it's not Essie either, just looking for a good brand of a gold/metallic polish.

[joliebelle]

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Essie and OPI nail polishes are actually the same size. I only use OPI (love the brush) and I want to try some Essie shades. I've used them at the salon, but I don't know what colors to try. Anyone have any suggestions? I'll try pretty much anything.

OPI's Fall 2012 collection takes us to Germany. There are sneak peeks here and here

[agzg]

Originally Posted by joliebelle

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Essie and OPI nail polishes are actually the same size. I only use OPI (love the brush) and I want to try some Essie shades. I've used them at the salon, but I don't know what colors to try. Anyone have any suggestions? I'll try pretty much anything.

OPI's Fall 2012 collection takes us to Germany. There are sneak peeks here and here

If you want a green color, go for Mojito Madness. It's incredible.

For blues, I like Lapiz of Luxury, Mesmerize, and Aruba Blue. Mesmerize is the blue color I used in that gradient mani up top.

Their luxeffects topcoats are so fun, too - I love Pure Pearlfection and Shine of the Times is close to one of my other flakie topcoats which I love. You'll have a learning curve with the brush size.

I don't like their sheers, but to be quite honest I don't like sheers anyway and always regret buying them and try to give them away to friends.

Thanks for the links on the Germany collection. They all seem pretty forgetable to me, but maybe they'll grow on me. I'll have to buy a new nail box by then, I'm already growing out of what I've got.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by victoriana

Ooh, that sounds neat. I may have to invest/put it on my birthday list. What brands are good?

It's just whatever Sally's house brand is. They only had one kind. As VS said, OPI also makes one.

[whiteandblack]

I purchased Horse Power, Nail Fertilizer by Butter London. I hope this helps my nails which tend to break at the base.