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

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Sorry girls, more nails banter from me =D

2 of my latest purchases:

China Glaze Aqua Baby
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It's a lovely colour, and what you see is 3 coats without a top coat, i.e. it really is that shiny!


China Glaze OMG!
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Holy shit, I am completely in love with this nail polish and I seriously want to have its babies 8o
This was only 2 coats, and even with just 1 coat it still looks awesome!
My camera's flash doesn't quite do it justice, it's even more holographic in real life.
I really want to get the blue and the pink shades of this holographic series!!
 
n3ophy7e said:
Sorry girls, more nails banter from me =D

2 of my latest purchases:

China Glaze Aqua Baby
cgaquababy.jpg


It's a lovely colour, and what you see is 3 coats without a top coat, i.e. it really is that shiny!


China Glaze OMG!
cgOMG.jpg


Holy shit, I am completely in love with this nail polish and I seriously want to have its babies 8o
This was only 2 coats, and even with just 1 coat it still looks awesome!
My camera's flash doesn't quite do it justice, it's even more holographic in real life.
I really want to get the blue and the pink shades of this holographic series!!
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I'm officially in love with the China Glaze. I think i might have to pop my OPI cherry with this <3 (i'll point Pop in your direction when he starts tearing his hair out due to my utter overspending on polish from now on, n3o ;))
 
Samadhi said:
I'm officially in love with the China Glaze. I think i might have to pop my OPI cherry with this <3 (i'll point Pop in your direction when he starts tearing his hair out due to my utter overspending on polish from now on, n3o ;))
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Please do, I am willing to take responsibility for it =D


BUT, beware, I do have a couple of criticisms about China Glaze. Although a lot of their colours are amazing, the applicator brush is smaller than OPI's which makes it harder to apply the polish evenly and without streaks. It seems to also be a bit runnier than OPI so you can mistakenly apply a lot more polish on to your nail than you thought, resulting in more "going outside the lines" and leaving the polish too thick so it dries slower and is therefore more susceptible to bumping it and leaving a dint because it's not quite dry yet.

Having said that, the holographic one I pictured above dries really quickly!
r*N*r was it you who told me they were like that??
 
this is ff's first more complex job she did on herself, but they've grown out a bit in this photo.
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she's working her nails tonight.

she showed me some techniques in this book she just bought, and holy shit if she can pull that stuff off!
 
^Wow... just wow! :) :) :)

n3o, China Glaze is good stuff. I think I may make a trip to the store to pick up that color - it's featured on a display right now. Awesome!
 
Do you girls walk well in heels? I find I can't walk very well unless the heel is shorter and stumpier like this:

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I'd love to be able to wear this:

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But I don't think I will be able to.
I also find myself constantly wanting MORE makeup, shoes, clothes, bags... and I've never been a materialistic person either so I'm hoping this is just girl syndrome!
 
n3ophy7e said:
Please do, I am willing to take responsibility for it =D


BUT, beware, I do have a couple of criticisms about China Glaze. Although a lot of their colours are amazing, the applicator brush is smaller than OPI's which makes it harder to apply the polish evenly and without streaks. It seems to also be a bit runnier than OPI so you can mistakenly apply a lot more polish on to your nail than you thought, resulting in more "going outside the lines" and leaving the polish too thick so it dries slower and is therefore more susceptible to bumping it and leaving a dint because it's not quite dry yet.

Having said that, the holographic one I pictured above dries really quickly!
r*N*r was it you who told me they were like that??
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Oh damn, i didn't realise china glaze was the brand not the colour!

As for what i'm feeling at the moment - etsy's wedding section. I'm in the process of purchasing a beautiful mohair crocheted shawl, a gorgeous silk flower for my hair (no veil for me) and some lovely crystal drop earrings :)
 
I gotta start growing my nails again :( That's it. No more nail biting so i can buy funky polish colors!
 
Oh, Samadhi, the other thing I had to say about China Glaze is that it STAINS YOUR NAILS!!!
The blue one especially, it stained the shit out of my nails! Next time I use it I'm going to put a base coat underneath so hopefully that will help.
 
n3ophy7e said:
Oh, Samadhi, the other thing I had to say about China Glaze is that it STAINS YOUR NAILS!!!
The blue one especially, it stained the shit out of my nails! Next time I use it I'm going to put a base coat underneath so hopefully that will help.
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The OPI color "Ogre the top Blue" (from the shrek collection) stained the crap out of my toes, and I also applied a base coat. I couldn't believe that crap!!
 
^^ Ahh it must be a blue dye thing! No good.

IP, ff's nails are incredible!! And she does them herself now doesn't she? Amazing :)
 
yup, she did those on herself.

the infills she just did are really good. her nails have a nice shape to them. she rushed the paint job this time and still has some more work to do. i'll post when done.

but seriously, that book she bought has technique on getting a kinda marble stone effect. would love to see if she can pull it off.
 
Impacto Profundo said:
but seriously, that book she bought has technique on getting a kinda marble stone effect. would love to see if she can pull it off.
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I remember lacey posting about that marbling effect in the last girly thread, she posted a few photos and it looks awesome!! I'm very keen to see what ff creates :)
 
'twasn't me talking about the China Glaze polish, but in my experience it's very different from color to color. The holographic ones do dry quickly, but I find that the plain non-shimmery colors dry relatively slowly. I loooooove their colors though. :)

And yeah, blue and green dyes often stain heavily. You get the same problem with pure reds and yellows in face makeup too. Any pure color can easily stain if there is a lot of pigment added to make a color bright. I had a black eyeliner that stained my eyelids blue once! Eew. :D
 
i can't decide if those Fendi shoes are cute or hideous. so i'm going with hideous. they kinda look like chair covers for a wedding.
 
I've given up on my nails. With my "construction" "job" right now, stripping paint, painting, demoing, cleaning up 100 year old wet particle board and scrubbing down with the green things you get stuck on food off pans...there is no girly. But I do wear a pink tank top with a built in bra to work in and days I know I won't be stepping on rusty nails, pink flip flops to match. So I try....kinda.
 
vibr8tor said:
i can't decide if those Fendi shoes are cute or hideous. so i'm going with hideous. they kinda look like chair covers for a wedding.
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what!? they are amaaaazing! 8o

<--- total shoe freak

DL: i normally wear 4-5 inch heels. and i suppose i walk pretty well in them, especially if they have a platform or wedge heel.

these are one of my favorite pairs, and believe it or not they are super comfortable (for heels, obviously):

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i bought these super cute clogs and am expecting them soon:

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