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

[Titian06]

Lovely color and topper, @ather ! 😍  My hands get extremely dry during the winter.  It's hard to keep up with hand care with all the hand washing (even before COVID)! 😄

[ather]

@Titian06  I agree. I normally put cuticle oil on before bed but I’ve been slacking lately 🙃

[itsfi]

Pink and sparkle @ather? What’s not to love?!! They make a beautiful pairing. 

I definitely have to remember to keep up with my hand care this time of year. 

[ather]

@itsfi  I agree. Can’t go wrong with pink and sparkles! 

I have been so busy lately I’ve been slacking on hand care. I normally use cream at work but I’ve been too busy to even sink my water or eat a snack 😂

[RGbrown]

@ather 

Love the soft pink with a touch of sparkle! ✨

[ather]

@RGbrown  Thanks!! I had something different in mind but didn’t work out. 

[makeitup305]

Super cute and festive @ather 

[ather]

@makeitup305  Thank you! 

[itsfi]

Post-Thanksgiving mani

Homei is a Taiwanese brand. I don't see many Taiwanese beauty products, let alone nail polish, so that was my justification for picking up this polish. That and I liked the color. The shade is Burnt Sienna and is described as an "earthy umber pink red". This is marketed as a polish to wear to give your nails a break between gel manicures. I don't do gel mani's so I'm not sure about that. The color shows up more pinky red than earthy umber in real life, but that's all good; I like reds. Two coats on all but the index and pinky; the pinky has one coat and the index three. First layer goes on pretty sheer.

I liked the polish enough to go back to the store but they had sold out of the other shades (there were maybe 3 other shades). One would think I should have taken it to mean that I only needed this one shade. Instead, I searched for it online and found the direct site. This was prior to my attempt at a very low buy with polishes. There *may* be more polishes en route. 😇 

@CookieGirl1, I think you may have asked about this polish on the hauls thread (if not, oops; sorry). 

[Saradestin]

I never heard about this brand @itsfi , but this polish is gorgeous! Thank you so much for showing us how one, two and three coats look. It is beautiful any way!

[itsfi]

I hadn’t heard of them until I saw a display in the boutique store @Saradestin. Excited to see how the other polishes turn out. 

[Titian06]

Pretty color, @itsfi ! 😍  I look forward to what you think after you try other colors. 😉

[itsfi]

@Titian06, thank you. There’s a limited range in this collection but they all look pretty.

[CookieGirl1]

@itsfi thanks for remembering!  I was definitely intrigued by the brand.

[itsfi]

@CookieGirl1, so far so good with the brand. I picked up one of their gel polishes and another from this line. 

[RGbrown]

@itsfi 

Ooohhh, what a pretty shade! I don't see the umber either, but I do see a bit of a dusty or earthy tone to it that makes it quite unique I think! ❣️

[itsfi]

@RGbrown, thank you. These went on thinner than most of my other polishes so it’ll be interesting to see if that was just this polish or if the brand just has a thinner formula. 

[ather]

@itsfi  Thanks for the comparison on different layers. I think both look beautiful. I like the look of the more sheer coats it makes it so versatile!!

More on route… you can never have too many polishes I think!! Or that’s what I keep telling myself!! 

[itsfi]

Hahahaha @ather! My polish stash supports the notion that we can never have too many polishes. 😂 I really should sort through a handful soon and do a declutter. I keep putting the ones I used in the “oh, I’m keeping you” bin. The “declutter” bin has maybe 2 polishes in there. 😝 

[RGbrown]

ILNP is up! 

[Saradestin]

@RGbrown Yay! My last sale of the year (and hopefully for a long time)!!! I have a long list of “wished polishes” but I need to reduce it to something more affordable, because with 25%, the price doesn’t go down that much (Zoya is making me get used to impossible crazy sales and wanting the same discount from everyone...) 😅

This year I purchased some ILNP polishes on sale around April, so I am hoping for another sale to get the rest of beauties on my wish list and to give me the time to recover from this craziness.

*UPDATE: OK, I can definitely say that I am DONE. No more nail related purchases (hopefully no more purchases of any kind) I had to get more ILNP polishes that I was thinking of, because the expensive shipping fee forced me to reach the $50 min. for free shipping. On my April purchase the shipping fee was $5.82 and this one was well over $12 😵😵😵, just 7 months later... But I still didn’t get all I had in my wish list. 😁