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

[fizzle]

I currently have bebe, crystal, and ginessa in my shopping cart, but I'm still sort of debating. I cant decide!!

 

[poopie]

Zoya order:

Heather

Malia

Tiffany

And I totally splurged and bought this:

And now i can do this:

My pics will hopefully follow soon.

COTB- love the Russian Red!

And word out on the new Tronica collection is not so great. They're not linear holos. Seems like we'd be better off with holos from either GOSH or Nfu-oh.

 

[fizzle]

^Gah, I love that heather color!! Now I'm having even more trouble trying to decide!

 

[chrissie]

mmmmm tiffany is a great color!

 

[AmorRoark]

I love Heather too! I can't imagine how many free bottles they're giving out this week.

 

[queenbee1127]

Finally got the hang of marbling today! Definitely takes some practice, but it's a cool technique, especially to do it yourself and save money. Is a little wasteful as far as polish goes, so I wouldn't recommend using your Chanel or other expensive polishes, but a fun thing to try!

With a little more practice, I think I could make them look a little nicer, but I'm pleased for my first time. Got tons of compliments on them at work, even from the guys!

This is the video I used: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIcH4WkjZIM

 

[n3ophy7e]

^^ Brilliant hun, you're really getting the technique! I totally have to try it one day. How long/how much practice did it take for you to get to this result?

And I totally splurged and bought this:

And now i can do this:

Whooooa!!! The gold flecks nail polish is amazing!!

 

[poopie]

Queenbee- your water marbling looks awesome! Ive been wanting to try this, but it seems like quite the under taking.

N3ophy7e- the gold flecks are real 24 karat gold. It's kind of a PITA to apply. Barely any gold flecks show unless I do like three coats.

 

[n3ophy7e]

^^ That kinda sucks about having to do three coats, but it's still amazing! :D

 

[amanda_eats_pandas]

^^ That kinda sucks about having to do three coats, but it's still amazing! :D

I've got to agree with N3o, it still looks awesome.

Thanks to her facebook post this morning I stopped at the store on my way home from class and bought this:

NSFW:

which I'm waiting to dry before my next class. It looks less vibrant that the picture which I like.

Question: what's the best way to get polish off of your skin right next to your nails?

 

[fizzle]

They have these things, I think they are called nail polish remover pens or polish correcting pens or something, it looks like a marker but it has acetone in it, its for that exact purpose, getting the polish off your skin right against your nails.

 

[poopie]

To clean up after putting on polish, I use a somewhat stiff, flat eye shadow brush and acetone-containing nail polish remover. Eco-tools makes some decent brushes that are available at CVS and the like.

Pretty purple, btw!

 

[queenbee1127]

^^ Brilliant hun, you're really getting the technique! I totally have to try it one day. How long/how much practice did it take for you to get to this result?

This was my second attempt. I think the key is to use water that is truly room temperature like the video says, the first time I did it my water was too cold which made things difficult. Also, you have to basically lay the polish on the surface of the water, if you drop it in from too high it will just sink to the bottom of the cup. Last, it takes some practice with the tape - using enough to prevent getting polish everywhere vs. using too much and having a horrible time taking it off.

This time I only used two colors because I couldn't find a third that was different enough to pop against the pink and silver, but next time I will definitely use three.

The whole process: painting your nails white, letting them dry, and then doing the taping and marbling took me a little over an hour so it's not a quick procedure by any means, but it's really fun.

 

[amanda_eats_pandas]

They have these things, I think they are called nail polish remover pens or polish correcting pens or something, it looks like a marker but it has acetone in it, its for that exact purpose, getting the polish off your skin right against your nails.

Perfect! I'll check those out next time I got to the store.

To clean up after putting on polish, I use a somewhat stiff, flat eye shadow brush and acetone-containing nail polish remover. Eco-tools makes some decent brushes that are available at CVS and the like.

Pretty purple, btw!

Hmmm... this would work well too if I can't find any of the pens Fizzle mentioned.

 

[Pillthrill]

any tips on winged liner guys?
I'm going for a comic book inspired look with winged liner and red lips...
(I can post a pic later if you want)
but it seems to take me FOREVER to do the liner and the wing...I can't ever seem to get it right.

and I know its not make up but fashion none the less I guess.
My shoes I ordered made from Etsy.com are done!

 

[Queen Frostine]

Zoya order:

Malia

OMG. I don't know why, but I am just salivating looking at that. I effing love it! I must have it!!

Also--I always have the problem of my polish peeling off my nails, does anyone else have that problem? It seems to happen especially with glitter polish.

 

[Samadhi]

They have these things, I think they are called nail polish remover pens or polish correcting pens or something, it looks like a marker but it has acetone in it, its for that exact purpose, getting the polish off your skin right against your nails.

My nail tech showed me a technique by adding a little bit of remover into the cap, then uses a small paint brush to remove the excess nail polish. I'm sure the pens work wonderfully, but if you're a bit of a spend-thrift (as I am), then this works an absolute treat

Aha, poopie beat me to it :D

 

[n3ophy7e]

Question: what's the best way to get polish off of your skin right next to your nails?

The purple is lovely hun!!

Re: getting polish off your skin, I usually scrape any polish off my cuticles with another one of my nails before it dries, being careful to not actually touch the wet polish on the nail. If your nails are short this method won't work because you'll bump the wet polish off on the nail you're using to scrape the cuticle on the other hand...if that makes sense?
Otherwise I find that any nail polish on the skin comes off before the next day anyway, just from washing my hands or showering.

I've tried the nail correction pens (the thing that fizzle described), but I haven't had a necessity to use something like that for years, with the method that I described above.

This was my second attempt. I think the key is to use water that is truly room temperature like the video says, the first time I did it my water was too cold which made things difficult. Also, you have to basically lay the polish on the surface of the water, if you drop it in from too high it will just sink to the bottom of the cup. Last, it takes some practice with the tape - using enough to prevent getting polish everywhere vs. using too much and having a horrible time taking it off.

This time I only used two colors because I couldn't find a third that was different enough to pop against the pink and silver, but next time I will definitely use three.

The whole process: painting your nails white, letting them dry, and then doing the taping and marbling took me a little over an hour so it's not a quick procedure by any means, but it's really fun.

Cool, thanks for the feedback/info hun!


PT those shoes are super cute! What is winged liner??

 

[Pillthrill]

umm google it. Its done with a liquid eyeliner. Here is the result of my attempt.

 

[n3ophy7e]

Ohhh I know what you mean now :D
Looks awesome hun!