Show Me Your Nails 2.0

[Tamara76]

Due to some technical glitches with the original Show Me Your Nails Thread, I am starting a new thread with @vegchililover78's blessing (She says "hello," by the way!).

Please share your nail looks, nail art and manicures!

...And don't forget to check out @Beadshopgirl's Nail Stamping Thread for stamping inspiration! ❤️  

https://community.sephora.com/t5/Nailed-It/The-Nail-Stamping-Thread/m-p/3328865

[ather]

@RGbrown @I really like the essie colour it’s so different. I don’t think I’ve seen any other colour close to it. Too bad it didn’t play well. I actually usually love essie polishes. 

[RGbrown]

@ather 

I dunno why, but Essie has never really spoken to me the same way other comparable brands do. While I find most polishes to be mostly equal, if I've got a choice of similar shades, I'll pick OPI or China Glaze up first. Not that I mind Essie at all, but for some reason I just don't seem to collect nearly as many of them as I do the others, though part of that may be that I'm very sale-oriented, and Essie just doesn't seem to wind up on clearance or show up at TJM nearly as often as some others. 

My bias against the color may very well have clouded my judgment of the formula too, so perhaps it's worth finding a bottle and trying it yourself if you like the shade 😋 If you've got a Five Below, mine had quite a few bottles of this shade recently! 

[niki172]

Oohhh this is sooo cool @RGbrown I love that purple!!!

[RGbrown]

@niki172 

This purple is divine! It was the first polish I picked out for this mani, and I love it as a bright pop against the rest of the shades 💜

[curlychiquita]

I really like how this turned out, @RGbrown!

[RGbrown]

@curlychiquita 

This is perhaps one of the weirder combos I've done, but somehow they still seem to work together, at least to me. Thanks so much!

[itsfi]

Ahhh, the beautiful colors of fall all on your fingers @RGbrown! 🍃 🍂  I hear ya on expanding your range of polish shades. I try, but my efforts always seem to result in maybe one or two new shades and then 5x that number of other colors I already have. 😆 That pumpkin shade is a nice orange, a color family that is slowly being built up in my collection. Hmmm… 🤔 

[RGbrown]

@itsfi 

It's nice to try new shades sometimes...liking orange came as a big surprise when I first got one, so I try and push it a bit out of my comfort zone every now and again. I also kind thought this Essie might be a little more yellow/mustardy (another shade I was surprised to like), but it turned out to be a bit browner than I hoped for. But yup, I also tend to gravitate to tried and true favorites. I've got my unused polishes sorted by color into 6 boxes, and purple takes up the most real estate by far with 1.5 boxes, followed by pink, black/grey/silver, and blue/green at one box each. It's easy for anyone to tell what shades I like just at a glance 🤣

[itsfi]

@RGbrown, I like that you sort your unused polishes by color. I should follow suit. Maybe a project for later this month. Browns, oranges and yellows are by far the underrepresented shades in a sea of polishes. Maybe I’ll devote a mani to them in the next few months. 

[itsfi]

This mani is the result of my being so indecisive about what colors to use. 😆  Kept going back and forth between a couple blues and greens in my stash, and eventually ended up compromising with Essie Off Duty Style, a deep, dusty blue-green.

Accent nail is OPI Alpine Snow. I used Sally Hansen Insta Dri Black Is Black to add a couple of lines and then wanted to jazz it up, but I couldn't decide whether to go with a silver (my usual preference) or gold sparkle, so I decided to do both with Essie Beyond Cozy, a silver and gold glitter.

[Samtian]

@itsfi That is so cool looking! 

[itsfi]

Thank you @Samtian! A sparkly polish  always seems to add that something-something that brings a mani together! 😉 

[niki172]

Ooooh how pretty @itsfi I love the color and the detail you did on your ring finger so pretty!

[itsfi]

Thank you @niki172! 😃 It’s fun trying different looks. I need to keep it simple; otherwise I’ll get flustered with it. 😌 

[RGbrown]

@itsfi 

Such a perfect fall shade; I love that blue! The stripes are awesome too...simple but striking ✨

[itsfi]

Thank you @RGbrown! I almost forgot I had that color! 😲 I need to work on my stripes / lines. I had originally wanted to add a couple of vertical and horizontal lines but was having some difficulty that day getting them straight and thin enough for my liking. Gotta practice more.

[Sunnysmom]

What an awesome color @itsfi . Love it. Silver is such a fun touch! 

[itsfi]

Thank you @Sunnysmom! It’s a nice mix of blue and green. 💙💚

[ather]

@itsfi  Great job! I love these. I’m looking for some inspiration for my nails tomorrow!!!

[itsfi]

Thank you @ather! 😊 I'm using the "change in season" as motivation / opportunity to try different things with my mani's. The lovelies here have done some phenomenal work with their nails - everyone's manicures are so inspiring and beautiful! Excited to see your nails! 😍

[memiig]

 a week old but damn they look good🥰 💎