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

[WinglessOne]

Here’s what I’ve worn since Oct. 30. After much frustration and foul language, I ditched my original Halloween mani idea(s) involving Whats Up Eyegazer. That magnetic topper fought and defeated me, and I’m still too annoyed about it to explain what happened. 🤦‍♀️ (I should’ve photographed that whole ordeal.) Admitting defeat, I was too drained and irritated to hand draw/paint any designs on my nails at that point, let alone stamp anything. So I decided to slap on a simple morphing green and purple look and call it done. 

Bottom left: see that little divot in my middle nail? I dented the polish before the top coat fully dried; that photo was taken a day or 2 after the other 3, which were taken right after application.

Thumb & middle: LynBDesigns I Only Gamble With My Life (1.5 coats) sandwiched between Cirque Colors Kelly Jelly. IOGWML is a gold/copper flaked thermal that’s bronze when cold and gold amber when warm. Kelly Jelly is—wait for it—a plain kelly green jelly. The thermal shift is kinda subtle beneath this jelly, but it’s noticeable in person. Eh, it might’ve been more noticeable if I’d skipped the green base coats. 

Index & ring: Cadillacquer Eivor (3 coats). Still the most reactive thermal in my collection, and I figured it’d cheer me up. It’s jade green when warm and deep berry when cold, shifting to dark navy in its coldest state. Lots of copper, gold, pink, and red flakes, too. It was good at 2 coats but I decided to deepen the color with a 3rd. The temperature-activated shifts of this polish are crazy and I love it. 

Pinky: Orly Clover and Over (2 coats) topped with 1 coat of Cirque Colors Kelly Jelly. I wanted to give Kelly Jelly some metallic luminescence. I accidentally got some air bubbles on both nails (far more on one pinky than the other) and liked the way they look within a Halloween context. 🤷‍♀️ On Nov. 1st, I considered painting a sugar skull on both pinkies and/or thumbs, and now I kinda wish I'd done that. 

The 3 polishes I used for layering: 

I Only Gamble is in its mostly cold state here. It shifts deeper bronze when colder.

[CookieGirl1]

What a bummer about your "failed" polish, @WinglessOne!  That's depressing.

[WinglessOne]

@CookieGirl1  Yeah, it was not a fun experience. But at least now I'm willing to thin the heck out of the whole Eyegazer bottle, vs. testing a small puddle of it + thinner first. I haven't touched that bottle since October 30. Hopefully I can get it to perform better. 

[CynthieLu]

That sounds like a unfortunate nail saga you went through @WinglessOne 

These do look lovely 😍  

[WinglessOne]

Thank you @CynthieLu ! 

[Shosh85]

@WinglessOne  Sorry this didn't go as planned, but they turned out beautiful! Thermal and magnetic polishes are on my list to try soon! 

[WinglessOne]

Thanks @Shosh85 ! Thermals are lots of fun, even if they're potentially short-lived: the average lifespan is 6-12 months (afterward they lose their color-changing ability), and they have to be stored away from sunlight and heat. So when buying a thermal, make sure you love each of its thermal shift states because someday it'll be stuck in one of those states forever. 

EDIT: d'oh, I meant 6-12 months. You should get at least half a year of color shifting fun out of a thermal, possibly a full year, and heck, maybe longer than that depending on how/where you store the bottle. 

If you get one and/or a magnetic polish, I'll be interested to see how you like 'em! 

[Shosh85]

@WinglessOne  Thanks for the info on thermals! I had no idea! Knowing that will keep from going crazy and buying a bunch 😉

[WinglessOne]

@Shosh85  Ha, I said that too. At first. 🤣 

Also, I just edited my post with 6-12 month lifespan info, not just 6 months. Still short lived, but some polishes might keep color-shifting somewhat after a year. 

[Titian06]

I'm sorry you had such a frustrating experience,  @WinglessOne ! 😔  However, the resulting mani is lovely.  You can't go wrong with purple and green! 💜💚💜💚

[WinglessOne]

Thanks so much, @Titian06 @Saradestin @RGbrown @itsfi ! Someone asked why I was so aggravated over that dang Eyegazer and look man, you just don't understand... I had a creative vision, dang it! 🤣 But Eivor definitely made me happy again. 

[RGbrown]

@WinglessOne 

Ugh, yuck, so sorry that Eyegazer was such a massive pain, but your resulting mani is fabulous! 😍 Eivor is gorgeous, I love all of your layering combos, and purple and green is such an excellent combo 💚💜✨

[Saradestin]

I am sorry you had such a disappointing experience with Eyegazer @WinglessOne . But the many you ended up with looks very beautiful. I love Eivor so much. And I have liked Clover and Over since the first time I saw it. Gorgeous mani! 

[itsfi]

@WinglessOne,  ack, sorry to hear about your Halloween mani plans not going the way you wanted them to. It lead to these greens and purples and they are gorgeous!! 😍 I love the sandwich you made with I Only Gamble With My Life and Kelly Jelly. I actually like the look of them paired together more than as separate polish shades, though they are pretty worn that way as well. 

[RGbrown]

It is time to start getting your Black Friday lists ready! 🛍️🛒🏷️

PPU has put up their annual indie sales page; there's not a lot on it yet, but it'll get much bigger as we move through November!

polishpickup dot com/pages/indie-black-friday-sales

 

[Saradestin]

Oh no! Here they are! And from now on it will be a constant drop of sale after sale @RGbrown ! 😅

[CookieGirl1]

@Saradestin not mad about it!

[Saradestin]

I’m not mad @CookieGirl1 , but my wallet is 😅💸💸💸💸

[CookieGirl1]

@Saradestin I feel this...

[Titian06]

Hey, all!  The What's Up 30% off stamping supplies that @RGbrown posted a few pages back had an end date of Tue, 2 Nov.  It is still on today, Wed, 2 Nov.  I placed my order this morning and got the sales price.  The banner is also running at the top of the screen.

[Saradestin]

Thank you so much for the heads up @Titian06! I placed my order already and it is being processed. So anxious to receive them and experiment!