NOTD Nail Of the day! Show off your polish!

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Re: NOTD Nail Of the day! Show off your polish!

Post by Bomber » Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:50 pm

I have a Collection 2000 grey called Wham which is a really nice matte pale grey. I'll see if I can get a decent picture of it. The cog decals are awesome too

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Re: NOTD Nail Of the day! Show off your polish!

Post by Ice_Pick_Abortions » Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:04 pm

Barry M do a grey polish. I got it for Christmas but haven't had a chance to use it yet, planning to soon though so I'll try to get pics.

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Post by Lorny » Mon Jan 03, 2011 10:29 pm

The Barry M one is really good. Took two coats for a nice even finish and it lasted a few days before it began to wear at the edges. I'm currently wearing a Rimmel nail varnish similar to that Gun Grey that Madii posted. Can't remember what it's called, but again needed a couple of coats for an even finish. Loreal do a really good opaque black and steel grey with tiny flecks of glitter, which have a great finish with one coat and dry in about 30 seconds. If you're into that sort of thing then I'd recommend those.

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Post by Dystopatica » Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:41 pm

The Barry M polish is pretty much my go to daily shade, its just a little bit dark to use with the decals as they don't show up that fabulously on it.

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Re: NOTD Nail Of the day! Show off your polish!

Post by Nanou2 » Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:50 pm

It was hard to show all the colours the flakes shine in the same photo.. Messy cuticles :(

Orly - Liquid Vinyl & Nubar - 2010

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Post by Vex88 » Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:29 pm

Oooooh. That looks awesome Nanou!

What did u use?

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Post by Nanou2 » Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:23 pm

Woops.. I edited to show

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Post by Vex88 » Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:48 pm

wow, really? The nubar one just looks white in the bottle

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Post by Nanou2 » Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:05 pm

Orly is black and the nubar is the top glitter type coat.

like this.. bottle included.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VWE2Q9vZ910/S ... 2010_2.JPG

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Post by Dystopatica » Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:55 pm

Vex, you can get a polish in Superdrug called Gemstone by Andrea Fulerton which is almost exactly the same as the Nubar flaked topcoat, I bought it after falling in love with Nubar and not being able to get my hands on it locally. After trawling the net I found a few nail blogs recommending Gemstone as a dupe. Its even more gorgeous in real life, and cheap as chips too!

http://www.superdrug.com/base-+amp-top- ... 9/&bklist=
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Post by Nanou2 » Fri Jan 07, 2011 3:57 am

Gosh - rainbow & Sally Hansen - Hidden Treasure are also the same.. but not cheaper than the superdrug one!

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Post by Lorny » Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:38 am

Wowzers, those nails look wicked, Nanou2! I might get myself down to Superdrug at some point to buy that cheapy one. I saw it before but thought it was just a metallic pastel yellow!

I'd like to get into painting my nails more. I used to do them all the time but work don't allow it. Regardless of this, I recently spent £25 on various blacks and greys (which pretty much all look the same :lol: ) so I might as well get back into it!

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Post by Vex88 » Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:00 am

Dystopatica wrote:Vex, you can get a polish in Superdrug called Gemstone by Andrea Fulerton which is almost exactly the same as the Nubar flaked topcoat, I bought it after falling in love with Nubar and not being able to get my hands on it locally. After trawling the net I found a few nail blogs recommending Gemstone as a dupe. Its even more gorgeous in real life, and cheap as chips too!

http://www.superdrug.com/base-+amp-top- ... 9/&bklist=

Thanks for that. Still not sure I'd pay that much for it..would prob wear it twice then forget about it. Plus my nails aren't in great condition atm :/
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Re: NOTD Nail Of the day! Show off your polish!

Post by lizzieish » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:57 am

Oooo a nail thread! What is this sponge technique you are all doing?

I have had simple for a while:

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Then swapped to ladybirds yesterday!

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Want to try maybe some music note nails next!

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Post by Kajablomst. » Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:29 am

Love the ladybug nails! French nails are always nice too. Search about sponge technic on youtube, there are loads of tutorials. :)

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Re: NOTD Nail Of the day! Show off your polish!

Post by Nanou2 » Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:57 pm

Lady bug nails are wicked! :D

Kaja I love those sponge red nails. It looks like you having been clawing at a wound.. a bit zombie ish.

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Post by Black-Sunshine » Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:23 pm

Strawberry nails ^-^
They arent great (although they look good from a distance lol) but this is my first got at anything creative with my nails

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Post by Nanou2 » Sat Jan 15, 2011 4:52 pm

Cute!! :lol:


I am crap at painting nails. My cuticles are dry and all ripped up. I think I ruined them a while ago and am unable to fix them.. Any ideas? I use oil on them and tried cutting them off and even using cuticle remover. Should I just leave them?



Anyhow... Some nails lately

Nailene Manicure 2tone (Non name) And Sally Hansen silver (Not sure of name)
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I spent an hour or so doing this funky design.. Then I used an old top coat Sally Hansen Hard as Wraps.. It totally ruined it! One coat made is bubbly and destroyed. ughh.. I removed it the next day. :(

China glaze Shower Together and ORLY Liquid Vinyl

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OPI Hawaiian Orchid
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China Glaze Lubu Heels
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Re: NOTD Nail Of the day! Show off your polish!

Post by AnemiKhold » Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:31 am

Oooh I love the last polish!


And you shouldn't cut your cuticles, it just makes the problem worse (dries the nails also). Instead just try pushing them back gently with a orange stick. I sometimes put a lot of hand cream on my cuticles to soften them up and then push. Also I would recommend Sally Hansens's Vitamin E Oil. I'm not quite sure why, but it seems to work much better for my nails that the other products I used in the past...

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Post by Nanou2 » Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:21 pm

AnemiKhold wrote:Oooh I love the last polish!


And you shouldn't cut your cuticles, it just makes the problem worse (dries the nails also). Instead just try pushing them back gently with a orange stick. I sometimes put a lot of hand cream on my cuticles to soften them up and then push. Also I would recommend Sally Hansens's Vitamin E Oil. I'm not quite sure why, but it seems to work much better for my nails that the other products I used in the past...

Thanks for the tip! I bought a big bottle of vitimin E oil for $12, much better value than the little one of sally hansens. I will stop trying to cut them. They are so damaged. I will also try my best to not get polish on them :lol:

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Post by MrsEss » Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:27 pm

Ruby pumps is lovely!!
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Post by kyandii » Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:47 pm

not mine but I think you ladies will appreciate.
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I can only hope, dream & pray mine will one day be long enough to paint pretty patterns on. :(

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Post by Dystopatica » Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:39 am

That is stunning and probably quite easy to do, I'm thinking she'd used french tip stickers to put at her cuticles and cover the silver base coat when she adds the black. I might have to give this a bash! I'm on a massive matte kick at the moment too so this is calling to me loudly.
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Post by Nanou2 » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:04 pm

:shock: They are amazing! I love matte black

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Post by MrsEss » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:23 pm

Nails inc do one apparently: http://www.bathandunwind.com/brands/Nai ... Polish.htm

I had a matte black years ago & hated it. I'd put top coat on a few times to try & get it to shiiiiiiiine.

eta: topcoat to turn normal into matte: http://www.beautyconcepts.co.uk/direct/ ... ailID=4429
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