Fun with Nails! - Page 24

SoVerySoft · 04-29-2012, 08:19 AM

Last mani-pedi I got this color, in anticipation of an upcoming trip to New England. It's called "I Eat Mainely Lobster". What could be more perfect for me?

i-eat-mainely-lobster-opi-nail-polish.jpg

miafantastic · 05-26-2012, 06:57 AM

Deborah Lippmman is killing me softly.

Mermaid's Dream

I like her stuff lots and saw how sea magical Mermaid's Dream looked on a coworker, BUT 20 bucks a bottle is kinda of ridic. Sooooo, I'm making a knockoff with something I've already got:

Loreal Club Prive

And something I picked up for 7 bucks:

Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles

A Million Sparkles has a blue glitter base with more gold glitter and less pink glitter than bottle pics suggest. I lurve Mermaid Dream's seafoamy iridescence, and hope the glitter's yellow with the polish's teal will channel some of that. So far, I really like the way my test swathes look on paper, so YAY.

CastingPearls · 05-27-2012, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miafantastic

Deborah Lippmman is killing me softly.

Mermaid's Dream

I like her stuff lots and saw how sea magical Mermaid's Dream looked on a coworker, BUT 20 bucks a bottle is kinda of ridic. Sooooo, I'm making a knockoff with something I've already got:

Loreal Club Prive

And something I picked up for 7 bucks:

Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles

A Million Sparkles has a blue glitter base with more gold glitter and less pink glitter than bottle pics suggest. I lurve Mermaid Dream's seafoamy iridescence, and hope the glitter's yellow with the polish's teal will channel some of that. So far, I really like the way my test swathes look on paper, so YAY.

Oh god the first two I must have *in a trance*

EDT: $20 for a bottle of nailpolish is nuts. Your idea is better.

PhatChk · 06-20-2012, 12:04 PM

Hi I haven't been around but I wanted to share these with you:

When it's 3am n you can't sleep do your nails lol. Tuxedo nails done two ways. Right hand was a fail lol.

CorinaJade · 06-21-2012, 11:10 PM

wow,
I LOVE those tuxedo nails, they're so adorable!
Very nicely done ^.^

- Cori

Delightfully Peculiar · 06-25-2012, 11:29 PM

Wow...so many creative nail looks here. I usually go pretty basic, but I thought I'd try the Sally Hansen nail stickers. I think they are neat.

toni · 06-25-2012, 11:31 PM

I <3 nail stickers. They are cheap, quick, easy and cute!

Kamily · 06-26-2012, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhatChk

Hi I haven't been around but I wanted to share these with you:

When it's 3am n you can't sleep do your nails lol. Tuxedo nails done two ways. Right hand was a fail lol.

That is so neat!!

cutiecat · 06-26-2012, 01:17 AM

The tuxedo nails are brilliant!

PhatChk · 06-26-2012, 12:11 PM

Strawberry nails. Some done with a dotting tool some with black little stones. ^_^

Gingembre · 06-26-2012, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhatChk

Strawberry nails. Some done with a dotting tool some with black little stones. ^_^

LOVE these! You are so good at nails!

PhatChk · 06-28-2012, 07:31 PM

My cookies look great my cookie monster so so lol

HottiMegan · 07-06-2012, 11:02 AM

You make such cute manicures!!

I did these yesterday.. and surprisingly, they didn't peel off by the evening! I filed the surface of my nails a little and added sticky base coat.. i'm hoping they last a few days..

HDANGEL15 · 07-10-2012, 06:57 PM

I JUST splurged on the RED CARPET MANICURE LED GEL set. I got the UV lamp that works on 4 AA batterys, the Prep, Structure, 1 LED Gel Polish, Brilliance & purify. IT WORKS!!! IT is easy, I have been doing my nails for years, so have gotten pretty good at it. I love the endurance of these, and the cost of ALL this was about the same as ONE TIME PROFESSIONALLY!! WIN WIN

HottiMegan · 07-10-2012, 09:07 PM

very cool! I was thinking of spending my birthday money on a gel system.

PhatChk · 07-13-2012, 01:57 PM

Dandelion Nails

fat9276 · 07-13-2012, 08:51 PM

This is a color called Spark... you can't really tell in the pic but there is a bit of deep purple as well as the dark blue.

Aust99 · 07-13-2012, 10:14 PM

Love the shape of your nails B!

Tracyarts · 07-14-2012, 08:37 AM

A nude pearly polish topped with two layers of an iridescent "flakie" glitter polish.

China Glaze "Luxe and Lush" over OPI "Nomad's Dream".

Tracy

SoVerySoft · 07-15-2012, 05:43 PM

Was ordering from Amazon and needed to get my purchase to $25 to get free shipping. I decided to get this:

Butter London Knackered.jpg

It's really too expensive ($14 for a smaller than normal bottle) but it's "3 Free" (doesn't have formaldehyde, toluene or DBP) so I thought I'd give it a try. Should arrive tomorrow. I'm hoping it's as pretty as it looks in the pic!

Anyone have experience with the Butter brand? This color is called "Knackered" by the way.

QuasimodoQT · 07-16-2012, 02:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoVerySoft

Was ordering from Amazon and needed to get my purchase to $25 to get free shipping. I decided to get this:

Attachment 103484

It's really too expensive ($14 for a smaller than normal bottle) but it's "3 Free" (doesn't have formaldehyde, toluene or DBP) so I thought I'd give it a try. Should arrive tomorrow. I'm hoping it's as pretty as it looks in the pic!

Anyone have experience with the Butter brand? This color is called "Knackered" by the way.

Wearing that brand on my toes right now, a teal color. First bottle of it I've had. Not sure how it will go on fingers, but it covered in one coat, and hasn't flaked or chipped in 2 weeks. Going to do a 2nd coat, just to fill in the growth! I'll be curious to see how it goes for you.

fat9276 · 07-16-2012, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoVerySoft

Was ordering from Amazon and needed to get my purchase to $25 to get free shipping. I decided to get this:

Attachment 103484

It's really too expensive ($14 for a smaller than normal bottle) but it's "3 Free" (doesn't have formaldehyde, toluene or DBP) so I thought I'd give it a try. Should arrive tomorrow. I'm hoping it's as pretty as it looks in the pic!

Anyone have experience with the Butter brand? This color is called "Knackered" by the way.

I sooo want this! I love the color

intraultra · 07-29-2012, 08:15 AM

Sometimes giving myself a french manicure turns out pretty well...

And this was from a while ago, but I like it! I saw something similar on Pinterest and tried to replicate it.

SoVerySoft · 07-29-2012, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuasimodoQT

Wearing that brand on my toes right now, a teal color. First bottle of it I've had. Not sure how it will go on fingers, but it covered in one coat, and hasn't flaked or chipped in 2 weeks. Going to do a 2nd coat, just to fill in the growth! I'll be curious to see how it goes for you.

I needed 2 coats, but it stayed on great! Over a week!

Problem was, that indoors it mostly just looked silver on my nails. Not pretty and colorful like in the bottle. Later, I was in my car and glanced at my nails and WOW. Very pretty in the sunlight. Just like in the bottle. But it doesn't photograph well. Still looked like plain silver in pics.

QuasimodoQT · 07-30-2012, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoVerySoft

I needed 2 coats, but it stayed on great! Over a week!

Problem was, that indoors it mostly just looked silver on my nails. Not pretty and colorful like in the bottle. Later, I was in my car and glanced at my nails and WOW. Very pretty in the sunlight. Just like in the bottle. But it doesn't photograph well. Still looked like plain silver in pics.

Oh, mine was a creme- yes, I'd suspect you'd need more coats to bring out sparkle or holo or something. I have a few that need sunlight too, in several different brands.

04-29-2012, 08:19 AM	#576
SoVerySoft Special... Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 11,849	Last mani-pedi I got this color, in anticipation of an upcoming trip to New England. It's called "I Eat Mainely Lobster". What could be more perfect for me? i-eat-mainely-lobster-opi-nail-polish.jpg __________________ "Well," said Pooh, "what I like best --" and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. - A.A. Milne

06-25-2012, 11:29 PM	#581
Delightfully Peculiar Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: TN Posts: 63	Wow...so many creative nail looks here. I usually go pretty basic, but I thought I'd try the Sally Hansen nail stickers. I think they are neat. __________________ "anyone's any was all to her" Last edited by Delightfully Peculiar : 02-16-2013 at 04:25 PM.

07-06-2012, 11:02 AM	#588
HottiMegan I'm a fat geek! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 8,605	You make such cute manicures!! I did these yesterday.. and surprisingly, they didn't peel off by the evening! I filed the surface of my nails a little and added sticky base coat.. i'm hoping they last a few days.. __________________ I may look lazy, but on a molecular level I'm quite busy!

07-10-2012, 09:07 PM	#590
HottiMegan I'm a fat geek! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 8,605	very cool! I was thinking of spending my birthday money on a gel system. __________________ I may look lazy, but on a molecular level I'm quite busy!

07-13-2012, 10:14 PM	#593
Aust99 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Oz Posts: 2,429	Love the shape of your nails B! __________________ "Negative messages about weight are like boulders in a backpack. Girls lug them around everywhere they go. We need to help unload it"(Dr S)

05-26-2012, 06:57 AM	#577
miafantastic Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: the 'burg, fl Posts: 144	Deborah Lippmman is killing me softly. Mermaid's Dream I like her stuff lots and saw how sea magical Mermaid's Dream looked on a coworker, BUT 20 bucks a bottle is kinda of ridic. Sooooo, I'm making a knockoff with something I've already got: Loreal Club Prive And something I picked up for 7 bucks: Nicole by OPI A Million Sparkles A Million Sparkles has a blue glitter base with more gold glitter and less pink glitter than bottle pics suggest. I lurve Mermaid Dream's seafoamy iridescence, and hope the glitter's yellow with the polish's teal will channel some of that. So far, I really like the way my test swathes look on paper, so YAY.

06-21-2012, 11:10 PM	#580
CorinaJade Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 24	wow, I LOVE those tuxedo nails, they're so adorable! Very nicely done ^.^ - Cori

06-25-2012, 11:31 PM	#582
toni In the know Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: EWR Posts: 3,087	I <3 nail stickers. They are cheap, quick, easy and cute!

06-26-2012, 01:17 AM	#584
cutiecat Junior Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 5	The tuxedo nails are brilliant!

07-14-2012, 08:37 AM	#594
Tracyarts Master Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Just southeast of Houston, TX Posts: 1,444	A nude pearly polish topped with two layers of an iridescent "flakie" glitter polish. China Glaze "Luxe and Lush" over OPI "Nomad's Dream". Tracy __________________ ************************************** My Blog: http://heretichousewife.blogspot.com/

07-15-2012, 05:43 PM	#595
SoVerySoft Special... Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 11,849	Was ordering from Amazon and needed to get my purchase to $25 to get free shipping. I decided to get this: Butter London Knackered.jpg It's really too expensive ($14 for a smaller than normal bottle) but it's "3 Free" (doesn't have formaldehyde, toluene or DBP) so I thought I'd give it a try. Should arrive tomorrow. I'm hoping it's as pretty as it looks in the pic! Anyone have experience with the Butter brand? This color is called "Knackered" by the way. __________________ "Well," said Pooh, "what I like best --" and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. - A.A. Milne

07-29-2012, 08:15 AM	#598
intraultra big monster lover Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 574	Sometimes giving myself a french manicure turns out pretty well... And this was from a while ago, but I like it! I saw something similar on Pinterest and tried to replicate it.

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