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

[itsfi]

Ahhh @jaaayp, this is a beauty for summer - love the crisp white with gold flake accents. Hmmm, if my nails were permanently a certain color? Good question, though I don't know if I can pick just one. But, I can narrow it down to these 3 - 

💅  Deborah Lippmann Iconic Treatment-enriched Nail Polish Naked, a sheer but buildable beige that works really well with my skin tone. I've worn it for more than a decade and have probably gone through at least 10 bottles in that time. A total GOAT 🐐 polish for me.

💅  OPI, Baby Take a Vow, a sheer blush pink that is my go-to base color for a French mani. It also is good on its own for a better than bare nails look.

💅  A good, deep red. My fave, OPI Pretty at the Premiere has been discontinued for years and I'm been on the hunt for a new favorite red. In all fairness though, I probably won't find that new fave, mainly because I enjoy trying out all the reds and don't necessarily want to stop my hunt for the one. 😆

[jaaayp]

I actually googled these @itsfi they're FABULOUS. I have to echo @ather love that you narrowed it down. I mean cmon now tho, I wouldn't expect anything less from @itsfi 😂😂😂

Repurchased 10 times... what in the world. I don't think I've ever repurchased a nail polish!!!

[ather]

@jaaayp  it is definitely an  @itsfi  ism ! She always has the best products picked out! And knows exactly what she likes! I wish I was more like her! My brain is all over the place. I never know what I like! And when I do it changes so often! Hmm I think I have maybe repurchased one other nail polish. Only once!

[itsfi]

Ohhhh, that's really such a kind thing to say @ather; thank you! 🤗 I do think you are giving me far more credit than I deserve though. I am 100% sure that I've come to know what I like because I've spent so many years, soooo many years and hauls, picking and trying things that may have been fine, or good even, sometimes very popular and trendy, but ultimately not well suited for me, for any and all sorts of reasons, from formulation to just personal preference. 

I think it's awesome that you have many ideas for your nail color, shape, etc. Yours always turn out so good! I can very much be a creature of habit (ummmm, hello, my month of pink nail polish on Wednesdays 😅, all for a nostalgic throwback to Mean Girls); being more creative takes me being more mindful to make an effort to do so, which makes me so impressed by the nail looks you and @jaaayp come up with. 😍

[ather]

@itsfi  You deserve all the credit!!! 

[itsfi]

Lol @jaaayp, those bottles of DL Naked were before the days of Covid - that nail polish shade was part of my work look for the longest time. Back in the day when Barney’s (the luxe department store not the gourmet burger shop, lol) was around, I’d pick up a bottle of DL Naked during their beauty bag event - one in the spring, one in the fall. I’ve missed that tradition. Then during the lockdown, I started going through and using my other nail polishes, doing nail art - stamping, ombre, etc.

[jaaayp]

Whaaaaa @itsfi work look 🤔 boss lady, are we? 🫡

I know what you mean... I think the most product I went through like 10 repurchases is/was MAC studio fix way back when MAC was like everything and I was using like 3 pumps for FULL FULL coverage, all day everyday LOL

Now my face can only handle light/medium coverage and barely 1 pump 😂😂😂

Oh, how times have changed...

[itsfi]

“Oh, how times have changed …” 💯 @jaaayp 💯 

[ather]

@itsfi  I love how you inserted your fav colours! I love how you’ve nailed 3 down!! I am not sure I could do that! I paint my nails and remove it because I have a new vision in my mind. It’s a terrible cycle!! 

[itsfi]

That’s awesome that you have new ideas for your mani so often. Love that @ather! I will go down a rabbit hole with an idea and come up with a handful of options only to come up with a design and then shortly thereafter grow tired of it and have no motivation to actually do the nail art. 😝 

[ather]

@itsfi  Hmmm I must be broken. I always have motivation to do my nails! 💅 

[itsfi]

You are not at all @ather! It's me. I get hyped up about something and possibly overly so and then sometimes I just go womp, womp when the time comes. Or I'll get distracted by something else. I'll figure out a way to get past it; will come up with a fun way to go about it so I don't lose steam on the build up. 

[CorgiMommy]

@jaaayp lovely 

[jaaayp]

Thank you @CorgiMommy 🥰

[Titian06]

This color is gorgeous on you, @jaaayp ! 🥰  It goes so well with your skintone!  Yes, I've worn a few colors that I would have been happy to have worn for a lot longer. 🙂

[jaaayp]

Thank you @Titian06 ❤️🥰 sometimes I wish they were just like permanent and I just use a different polish when needed LOL

[peculiarzmakeup]

Incredibly stunning mani! I love the detailing. Beautiful 🤩 @jaaayp 

[jaaayp]

Thank you @peculiarzmakeup 🥰❤️

[Titian06]

This week's mani:

Thumb, Index, & Pinky:  Orly Fields of Wonder.  Spring green cream.  Two difficult coats.  The first coat was super thin, streaky, runny, and pooled around the edges.  The second coat evened out the color.  I love Orly polishes!  This is the first one that was difficult to apply.

Topped with one coat Glisten and Glow Bipolar & Depression.  Lime jelly with gold shimmer and green, blue, and purple flakies.  One easy coat.

Middle and Ring:  KBShimmer Such a Smartie.  Mid tone purple with gold and peach shimmer and tons of holo.  Three easy coats.

Outdoors direct sunlight. ☀️

Outdoors direct sunlight showing shimmer and shift.

Outdoors direct sunlight showing purple base. 

Outdoors indirect light.  

Outdoors indirect light showing shimmer and shift. 

Outdoors indirect light showing purple base. 

 

[ather]

@Titian06  This colour combo is everything! Can’t go wrong with green and purple! 

[Titian06]

IKR, @ather ? 💜💚💜💚