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nail polish thread :) *Do Not Quote Pics!*
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I don't really think so. A lot of them need a good three coats and are still very sheer. Plus its rare to hear a good word about their formula.chickenbutt wrote: »I have some Essie polishes and I agree, I don't think they're worth 16 euro. I find the ~$7.50 they are here is a little high considering that I find them a pain to work with. The colors can be lovely though if you don't mind building up to get that.
Oh okay. I'll just stick to admiring them in the shop then.
Here are my nails today. Two coats of No17 Pinking Shear and a coat of Essence Space Queen. My cuticles look awful because I have to keep washing my hands all the time at work.
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So these are my nails today. Looking at the pic I didn't do the most stellar job (unlike my previous effort with the nude shade and need to go over with the remover) but I found this one more difficult to work with, more 'wet' and then went tacky rather quickly
love the colour though.
Essence Colour & Go in You Belong To Me
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stargirl.gra wrote: »How do you know the O.P.Is are fake? The bottles do look narrower?
Well I tested them, and the glitters came off really easily - which isn't the norm with OPI glitter polish.
I checked on some blogs online, the brush is different, as is the shape of bottle, lid and inside the lid - and the icons on the back of the bottle. 0 -
dancingqueen wrote: »Well I tested them, and the glitters came off really easily - which isn't the norm with OPI glitter polish.
I checked on some blogs online, the brush is different, as is the shape of bottle, lid and inside the lid - and the icons on the back of the bottle.
Where did you buy them from?
If you bought online and paid via PayPal you can claim the items not received or claim they are fake.
If you claim they are fake you might have to send them back to the company and pay the return postage yourself.
Personally, if they were sent via standard post and don't have a tracking number I would claim they didn't arrive and get a full refund.
I know it's dishonest and it's not a nice thing to do, but to be honest, I wouldn't want to pay the return postage.0 -
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I picked up Natural Collection Pink Maincure nail polish recently and love it.
It's a gorgeous, sheer baby pink and unlike most other baby/light pinks, it doesn't look white on my fingers.
Got it for €2.84, delighted with it. I have to say, Natural Collection polishes are well worth the small price tag, yes the bottle are small, but the quality of the polish is fantastic for what you get.
I also got their white nail polish for manicure tips, so hopefully will be able to do a french manicure with proper white tips soon. Just have to practise the white tips lol
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My mani from yesterday
Top to bottom
Essence Sure Azure
Essence You Belong to Me
Eyeko Lilac
Revlon Pink Chiffon
Essence Nail Tip Whitener Striper
The strangest thing happened though ... Was flicking through my blogs and came accross this from Viva Adonis yesterday using some of the same products, practically identical but I hadn't seen it yet! Subliminal inspiration 0 -
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I really like Essence Space Queen right now and I keep trying to think of different ways to use it, and here's one attempt. I took two pictures because you can't really see the glitter that well in the first picture, and the purple looks more accurate in the second one. Also, ignore my messy cuticles, I've run out of nail polish remover!
The pictures don't do them justice, they look really nice in real life. I can't stop staring at them. 0 -
The Space Queen looks amazing over the purple - I must try something like that.
On a related note I love that since I have started a spread sheet of my collection all I had to do is open it up to see if I do have Space Queen rather than rummage around in 3 boxes 0 -
I may update my spreadsheet! I keep meaning to do it and then I get side tracked and start organising the polish :rolleyes:
I went in to TK MAXX today and was proud of myself for not picking anything up. I saw the Essie and nearly went to the till but on closer inspection I noticed some of the names were wrong. In one package there was a reddish wine colour and also a bright pink and both of them were labelled Tangerine
Anyway now that i'm home I'm happy to have the 13.00 in my purse. 0 -
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I just painted my nails with ELF Mint Cream and was reminded again what a horrible nail polish it is. Watery, streaky, takes ages to dry... And then I put on a green glitter top coat that I bought a while ago for a euro. The result isn't exactly amazing and I think I'll just remove it right away. Here's a picture anyway:
It's a little brighter and definitely a lot tackier looking in real life. Bleurgh.0 -
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I see they have gel nail starter kits in Boots for €100, with a gel polish, UV lamp etc..
Has anyone tried DIY gel nails or know much about them?
I love my polish collection but it'd be nice to get more than a day out of my polish before it's chipped!
Have you considered a gel polish hybrid instead? Gel nails are a lot of work. My nails about 5 post above are a gel uv hybrid so that manicure will last me at least three weeks (though i'll change it before then
) but no chips AND if you polish over it, polish doesnt chip as easy! 0
(not my pics) 
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