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Girly thread vs. r*N*r's nang nails!!!

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N3o- I'm loving the blue and the holographic! I've heard about Poshe (a lot find it to be holy Grail), but I'll stick with my Seche Vite for now.

I also did some shopping today. I picked up a cute Miley Cyrus shirt for $3. Then, nail stuff! I got China Glaze Strawberry Fields (a bright berry pink with gold flecks. Perfect for summer). I will hopefully post up my own pics soon. I'm also wearing Sinful's 24/7 on my toes. It's a true neon pink, which means streak city. And it never photographs neon. Ah well.

Oh, I also bought a new base coat that a lot of people rave about called Gelous. It gives strength to nails with a thicker base coat and is supposed to really cut down on chips. Hmmm, anything else?

Oh, a Cover Girl Wetslicks gloss called Peaches and Gleam. We'll see how it goes.
 
I've been using Covergirl Wetslicks, and it's not bad. It's kind of a minty-gloss with some shiny colour to it. Definitely refreshes, but like most gloss' it doesn't stick around for long. :)

N3o, love those colours! Aqua reminds me of the CG I just bought, Bahama Blues. It's a crap formula on that particular bottle though, chips in ONE DAY. I've never had that problem with other CG polishes! :(
 
Not my nails but my new nail polish I just bought

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I can't wait to get this one my fingers and toes this weekend!
 
^ They are freaking adorable <3 and look so edible!

edit: I just checked out the range; that is some serious talent. I'mma get me a few pairs ;)
 
n3ophy7e said:
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Where do you buy this, n3o? :)

My favourite nail-blogger did a post on the most beautiful manicure that is simple and definitely looks like something I could do myself!

Here's the technique:
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She's done a base coat of CND Urban Oasis with Teal Sparkle on top. After that dried she layered butter LONDON Stroppy starting approximately 1/3 of the way up the nail from the cuticle. She split the top 2/3 of my nail into four sections and those became the starting points for each layer of polish.

Pretty easy to do, and the look is amazing (imo). I definitely want to try this with a jelly polish like Stroppy!

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That looks so cool, COTB! I'd imagine it would chip a ton because of the extra layers at the ends though.

My polish tends to chip and then I start picking at it so I got an idea that might make it look cool. I'd do each of my nails in a different bring color and paint black over all of them. When they chip, it will do so in layers so you'll see the colors peeking out. That way I can pick and pick and it will look like it's meant to be that way :D Who knows if it will turn out as planned but it's worth a shot!
 
Don't you just LOVE it! SO "Kawaii"!
That is the word that I'm working into my vocab cause I love everything kawaii!
 
purplefirefly said:
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I have this one pff! It's great and I love it, you need 3 or 4 coats for it to look like that :) I tend to do 2 coats in the evening, and then do another 2 coats the next day.


C0TB, the Poshe top coat I just got off ebay (US, not AUS), I think it was like US$6 plus shipping??
That layered manicure looks amazing!! <3


PT, gorgeous jewellry hun, thanks for sharing the link! It seriously looks like you could eat them 8o
 
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What's With the Cattitude?
OPI SHREK Collection (my feet DO look Shrekish here...where are my high heeled sandals?! :))
my lovely husband bought it for me
white base coat>clear for these shades
 
^^ Brilliant!! I've loved that shade since it came out, but am yet to buy it.
He has great taste! :)
 
n3o: Yes, all the colors are fantastic! I don't love that the base colors tend to be very muted (ie dusty rose instead of bright pink) but I suppose most people don't like to go as over the top as I do! lol Back when I had acrylics my nails were almost always neon pink. :D There's a line you can buy at Walgreens that has the same holographic/prismatic effect - I forget the name, but it's just as good as the China Glaze colors.

Impacto/FF: I have all the tools too! Used to do my own acrylics; doing my right hand was always fucking difficult, but I saved tons of money. Anyone in the Madison area can hop on by for cheap acrylics if I can get my drill working again (a loose part mucked it all up... I had it fixed, then it broke again, but I know I can get it going again). :)

And I gotta try that layered sparkly nail polish. I have so many glitter colors it's ridiculous. :D

I will definitely post some pics when all my shoes come in. I bought 3 pair cuz all my work shoes are dying :( The pic I posted here was my impulse purchase number 2 while I was shopping around... =D I really can only use 1 pair regularly for work... oops... lol The other impulse buy was these (only 20 bucks with shipping!!! It's the only thing good about being able to wear a size 5, lol):
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Impacto Profundo said:
n3o, i should really hook you up. ff just got all the machines to do her own nails (previously she spent just as much on her nails as i had budgeted for shoes!). she's got the dentists drill thingo and bits and stuffs as well as the deskfans and bluelight machine and shit.
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I do my own nails (I use gel products purchased from Light Elegance) and I would never use a drill on my nails, I've never had proper training either though. Its very easy to do significant damage to your nails with a dremel. The last two people that I paid to do my nails did not use a dremel either, they, as I do, just used a nail file to file the old product down before preparing to lay down the new stuff.

Anyone who uses one of those, proceed with caution.


n3ophy7e said:
I have this one pff! It's great and I love it, you need 3 or 4 coats for it to look like that :) I tend to do 2 coats in the evening, and then do another 2 coats the next day.
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No kidding. I just did two coats tonight and I think it looks great, maybe you need more on natural nails?
 
purplefirefly said:
No kidding. I just did two coats tonight and I think it looks great, maybe you need more on natural nails?
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Maybe hun, that's a good point. Either way I'm glad you're liking it! :)


Impacto, I missed the post about ff's nail gear, that is awesome!! How often does she do her nails?
 
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