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nail polish thread :) *Do Not Quote Pics!*

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  • Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭suomi


    I bought myself a new camera today and I thought I'd test it out right away and see how well it can handle glittery nail polish. :cool: It's not an amazing camera or anything but it's better than my old one.

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    I'm wearing Models Own Golden Green and a cheap glittery top coat called Yes Love. :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,281 ✭✭✭Valentina


    OakeyDokey wrote: »
    Missguided - Misstique

    Got this in Cosmo last year some time. Love this brand! I have four polishes altogether including the new yellow that came out recently. Might get another one tomorrow when I'm shopping.

    There are free Missguided nail polishes with the August issue of Cosmo out now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,605 ✭✭✭OakeyDokey


    Valentina wrote: »
    There are free Missguided nail polishes with the August issue of Cosmo out now.

    Yeah, I got the yellow one Misslead :)

    Working on some nail art at the moment nothing too extravagant but I'll post a picture shortly :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,597 ✭✭✭anniehoo


    Polishaholics, any recommendations for an inexpensive nail art kit to get me started? I wear polish everyday but would like to get a bit more adventurous with it ;)

    /love this thread


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,180 ✭✭✭tomissex


    Found the essence snow white stuff in McCabes in the Pavilions! They had one Prince Charming and some The Huntsman. Went up to buy them, met my friend who works there - she'd already gotten me loads when it came in! Woo!

    Got two of the Color Club sets in TK Maxx as well. Curse you all!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭suomi


    anniehoo wrote: »
    Polishaholics, any recommendations for an inexpensive nail art kit to get me started? I wear polish everyday but would like to get a bit more adventurous with it ;)

    /love this thread

    I have a nail art kit by Rio, I can't seem to find the exact same one online but here are some of their sets: http://www.rionails.co.uk/nail-art/nail-art-kits.html I think they're great. :) My set has both nail pens and foils in it. They might be cheaper on Ebay.

    Edit: Here's the one I have!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭ynul31f47k6b59


    ladypip wrote: »
    Has anyone seen the essence stampy (konad rip off) set over here yet?
    LizT wrote: »
    I wouldn't recommend the essence stampy set at all. The scraper they provide doesn't work properly, I wish I had read some reviews before I bought it :(
    anniehoo wrote: »
    Polishaholics, any recommendations for an inexpensive nail art kit to get me started? I wear polish everyday but would like to get a bit more adventurous with it ;)

    /love this thread


    I had a big long reply typed and it vanished :(

    Throw out that scraper from the stampy set, I have it and it's crap. Use an old store card (I use a Holland & Barrett or Eason or 3v, whatever) and make sure you clean the plate, stamper and card after EVERY scrape. The essence stampy polish isn't bad but check other brands. China Glaze and Barry M stamp well. I got lots of image plates on eBay and they work perfectly with a card and the Essence rubber stamp.

    Re nail art kits, I have a Rio one too and I think it's expensive for what it is. Use the tip of a hairpin or a sewing pin or a cocktail stick for dots (use loads of dots, or group them into flowers, etc). Use medical tape for stripes. Use a skewer for drawing fine designs. Kiss and Essence have Nail Stripers that work well for drawing. You can get nail art stickers in every second chemist or pound shop. Konad have gorgeous rhinestone ones. Try a matte topcoat, or just matte tips. Try an accent nail. You can get fab nail wheels on eBay, I really recommend this one for starting off:

    http://www.ebay.ie/itm/140565572440

    It's around e2.21, free shipping, and it's packed with everything from pearls to bows to fimos. I ordered mine on July 10th and it arrived today.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    This is Passionate Kisses by Jessica. It's from their Geleration range, so it's a Shellac type varnish. I did a one day course and bought a lamp and this is my favourite colour. I'm not great at the cuticles though, as you can see...

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  • Registered Users Posts: 33 DuvetCover


    Got bored today so tried water marbling..
    The colours I used are Butter London Snog and Opi No room for the blues.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Currently putting on Nails Inc "New Burlington Place"

    Pic from Pointless Cafe blog

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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭nursemar88


    Nails today are Essence You Belong To Me and Angelica Emerald Isle. I love glitter :D:D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭musical.x


    Here are my Beauty and the beast nails. Excuse all the paint on my hand :P

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭chickenbutt


    Has anyone heard of the new special effects polishes from Nails Inc called Sprinkles? I saw them on a blog, and then in Sephora... and I ended up getting 2 because they're adorable :pac: I got Sugar House Lane (which reminds me of cookies n cream ice cream!) and Sweets Way.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭dancingqueen


    Has anyone heard of the new special effects polishes from Nails Inc called Sprinkles? I saw them on a blog, and then in Sephora... and I ended up getting 2 because they're adorable :pac: I got Sugar House Lane (which reminds me of cookies n cream ice cream!) and Sweets Way.

    <SNIP>

    I have all these! Love them, there are some W7 ones too, one which is a dupe for Pudding Lane, and two white ones


  • Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭suomi


    Time to bring this thread back into life me thinks! Here's what my nails look like today. I used Mavala's Fresh Melon and Pistachio and ELF's Gum Pink. I haven't put on a topcoat yet so it's still a bit matte!

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,810 ✭✭✭Seren_


    Orly Rage came in the post the other day - it's a gorgeous rose gold foil :) I love it!!

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    Pic is from Vampy Varnish (a great blog).


  • Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭myxi


    My first attempt at gradient nails!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭nursemar88


    My nails for the weekend :D

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 233 ✭✭Barbieliveshere


    So i decided to try out those stick on nail decorations... i likes the outcome :)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,180 ✭✭✭tomissex


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    (not my pic)
    Essence Prince Charming over Sleepy. Love the collection but didn't like Sleepy's formula at all, very difficult to work with!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,921 ✭✭✭✭hdowney


    I am going to paint mine today. I wanted to to flags, but I have no white so I will do something else


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,921 ✭✭✭✭hdowney


    Right so these are the nails I have just done (please ignore the shocking amount of polish around the nails, I will be fixing that). So it is Catrice Marilyn and Me, and then on the fourth finger I put Rimmel Silver Bullet, but it didn't turn out how I wanted (I was looking for a slightly white glassy sheen over the red, but that was NOT what happened) so I painted another layer of Catrice over it, so that nail has a slightly pinky purple sheen to it, which I am not sure if you can tell or not. The flash made it quite sheeny on all nails (god this was long - here are the nails!)


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  • Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭stargirl.gra


    These are the nails I did to match a dress for my brothers wedding yesterday. Colour is a Maybelline miny, doesnt seem to have a name :(

    https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/148741/214996.jpg

    And finally after over a month waiting for it's release in Ireland, the caviar manicure arrived on thursday in the post. I've just swatched it in the post, it says not to put a top coat all over (probably because that defeats the purpose of the texture) but anyways I'm gona do a test tonight and top coat it with uv polish to see can I get it to last longer than the possible 48hrs stated :confused: Must say though this looks way way better in real life than it photographs!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,921 ✭✭✭✭hdowney


    Is it strange that I am not a fan of the caviar nails?!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭ynul31f47k6b59


    Stargirl your nails look fab! You did a fantastic job.

    Hdowney I'm not mental about the caviar (or fish egg :rolleyes:) manicure either, it's not practical for someone like me who's using their hands constantly. I even find rhinestones a pain in the bum. Plus, I'm a picker!

    I've a load of recent swatches & comparisons on my blog but here's todays nails -did this for a competition yesterday.

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    The base is E.L.F Innocent, the black is a nail art pen. The rhinestones & bows are from eBay, went on a little embellishment spree recently :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,921 ✭✭✭✭hdowney


    Yea I'd be a picker, but also I am anal about it so the second that one or two of them fell off I'd be annoyed!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭chickenbutt


    Yeah, the caviar manicure does nothing for me. Although that new velvet manicure that's popping up everywhere does seem interesting!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,613 ✭✭✭Toast4532


    I wouldn't be a fan of the caviar manicure either, it seems impractical to have beads on your nails, especially if they are going to be falling off, you don't want to have beads everywhere, especially not where there are small children or animals.


  • Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭stargirl.gra


    The beads photograph way bigger than they are, they wouldnt be a problem for small animals or children because they are miniscule they really are, i'll try photo them with something and give ye and idea.

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=215029&stc=1&d=1343568933

    Now if y look to the left of the 1c coin you can see a tiny little speck. That's the size of the beads and basically if you pull out a 1c coin at home and get a look at the stars on the front of the 1c, that's the size of the bead. I was so surprised they were so small when they came. I also covered them in uv polish top coat and haven't lost 1 single bead. Only problem is it made the colour bleed a bit from the beads, but i'll get way longer so I will keep ye posted for those that might like it as to how long it lasted on my nail.

    So this is my nail this morning, not one bead lost after over 12 hours.

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=215030&stc=1&d=1343569212


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,921 ✭✭✭✭hdowney


    The beads photograph way bigger than they are, they wouldnt be a problem for small aminals or children because they are miniscule they really are, i'll try photo them with something and give ye and idea.

    I'm just fussy, and they seem to fussy for me. How easy are they to put on, like do you just dip your slightly tacky nail into the pot (like an ice-cream into sprinkles) or is it more one by one tediousness!!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭stargirl.gra


    hdowney wrote: »
    I'm just fussy, and they seem to fussy for me. How easy are they to put on, like do you just dip your slightly tacky nail into the pot (like an ice-cream into sprinkles) or is it more one by one tediousness!!!

    no it's way way easier than that. you paint your nail with two coats, then you get a tray and funnel with the set, you just pour the bottle over you nails, the tray catches the beads and then you funnel them back into the bottle.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pRHn1EsKr8&feature=plcp


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,079 ✭✭✭dancingqueen


    Just painted - Kleancolor Neon Fuchsia

    I love! :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 324 ✭✭nermal15


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    Flower nails! Blue is Rimmel Sky High (looks darker in real life), yellow is Rimmel Sunshine and the pink is some no-name mini-nailpolish I got in a make up set!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    I bought Orly's Country Club Khaki on ebay recently, it hasn't arrived yet though. I was looking for it for a while after seeing it on a blog.

    Looks like it should be a nice mushroomy taupe colour

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    (not my photo)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,413 ✭✭✭TeletextPear


    I had been wearing Essence Snow White in Happy but it's a lot more mustard-coloured on the nails than the bright yellow I was expecting so I don't like it as much as I thought I would. Today it's Bashful, I just put on one coat because I was running late for work and I'm really happy with the coverage.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭suomi


    I've been wearing nail polish non-stop for the past couple of months and on Friday I thought I'd take a few days break and removed my nail polish and haven't painted them since. Seeing my nails without nail polish is so strange, I actually keep staring at them and admiring them the same way I'd admire them when I'm wearing a pretty nail polish. :o They look so weird. :p


  • Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭stargirl.gra


    Got my nail polish swap from the lovely chickenbutt and I'm so excited to now have Orly Rage in my collection (along with my other new polishes:D ) So as soon as the postman was gone I got to painting straight away:)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,921 ✭✭✭✭hdowney


    I know I can't wait for my polishes. I am so looking forward to see what was chosen for me and to see what she thinks of what I chose :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭suomi


    stargirl.gra the attachment doesn't seem to be working. :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 423 ✭✭stargirl.gra


    suomi wrote: »
    stargirl.gra the attachment doesn't seem to be working. :)

    now I think I've fixed it?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭suomi


    now I think I've fixed it?

    Yep it works now! That's a gorgeous colour. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭chickenbutt


    I just ordered Orly Rage for myself lol I couldn't resist after admiring it while it sat on my desk, waiting to be sent to you!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Dark Phoenix


    has anyone got or tried OPI Black spotted? It looks amazing!! Checked on ebay thought and its 30 euro eek :eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭chickenbutt


    Tried out a jelly manicure today and I think it looks pretty darn cool :p

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    I used OPI My Pointe Exactly and Nicole by OPI Rainbow in the S-Kylie (dupe for Rainbow Connection)


  • Registered Users Posts: 33 DuvetCover


    So I got my order from nailsupplies.us last week and forgot to post so here they are!

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    L-R
    Monroe's Red
    Purple Pleather
    Virdian Vinyl
    Ancient Jade
    Elsbeth's Rose
    Rage

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    Atlantis
    Electric Beat

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    Mojito Madness

    I love all of them :-)

    I also ordered some Opi from transdesign but don't have time to take pics now.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭chickenbutt


    @DuvetCover, awesome haul! I just placed an order with nailsupplies.us this morning lol It's good know to someone else has use them and had a good experience. I normally use transdesign but when I went to order some I noticed it was down, so I decided to try nailsupplies. Anyway! TD and nailsupplies are the same company, I noticed. No idea why they have 2 sites, but you're right, TD has OPI.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,921 ✭✭✭✭hdowney


    Ok so parcel pick-up arranged for tomorrow :D Squee


  • Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭Ivenus


    Duvet cover & chickenbutt
    How much is the delivery costs to order off the trans design & nails supplies websites?
    Do you get caught with customs ?

    Thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭Orlee


    Ivenus wrote: »
    Duvet cover & chickenbutt
    How much is the delivery costs to order off the trans design & nails supplies websites?
    Do you get caught with customs ?

    Thanks

    I think these gals are in the US :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 594 ✭✭✭chickenbutt


    Ivenus wrote: »
    Duvet cover & chickenbutt
    How much is the delivery costs to order off the trans design & nails supplies websites?
    Do you get caught with customs ?

    Thanks

    Yeah, like Orlee said I'm in the US so I wouldn't know about that, sorry. I have heard shipping with Trans Design can be high for overseas. But I think you can do a mock checkout to see what it could be without going through with it.


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