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]

@RGbrown, I’m always a little iffy on yellows because they tend to be streaky or pasty, but that one looks fun.

[RGbrown]

@itsfi 

It's a gorgeous bright sunny yellow, even if it does wind up being difficult ☀️

[Mellmars1185]

@RGbrown Curious about your thoughts of previous nail polish your tried from this brand!

[RGbrown]

@Mellmars1185 

I've got two from the brand that I picked up on clearance at J.Crew of all places many years ago. It has been ages since I used either, but I do recall both were lovely colors, and I don't remember them being particularly fussy in any way. They've got a teeny tiny skinny brush that I could do without, which slides them down my list of must-have brands, but I'd pick up more if I found shades I liked at a nice discount. Overall, at $15 for 3, it's a nice value if you are fairly certain you'll be pleased with whatever colors you get!

[RGbrown]

Jumping ahead to some of my newest stuff, here are my picks from the China Glaze spring collection, Mystic Bloom! I have to say, CG is my favorite mainstream brand for stuff that's a little different from the usual...I think they do a pretty decent job of bridging the difference between mainstream and indies, having a little more fun with their ingredients, coming up with stuff that's way more unique than houses like OPI, Essie, and MT (y'all know I love MT, but they are very cream heavy lately, and while I think they do creams exceptionally well, that's just not my usual jam). I think CG knocked this collection out of the park, and I'm not disappointed with a single one! There were zero swatches available when I ordered, and choosing based just on the one bottle shot and vague descriptions everyone had at the time was a bit risky, but with CG, it's usually worth it, and it definitely worked out well. I love all of these!

From pinky to thumb:

Planted & Enchanted

Bright spring green that, while not a true duochrome, had some sky blue shimmer that gives off a lovely sheen in the right light. Easy two coater.

Secret Rendez-blue

Surprisingly sheer, this took three coats to build up as far as I got it, and could almost use a fourth for a little more nail line coverage. Very sheer teal base loaded with teal microflakies and a pinch of purple shimmer/shift as well. It's pulling green towards my tip, but I think that's just the blue mixing with my yellow staining (sigh), but at least it's a pretty green lol. As sheer as it is, this would make an excellent topper as well; whenever I use it again, it'll definitely have some sort of base under it.

Fairytale Bliss

Bright pink, slightly salmony, filled with brighter microflakies, hot pink and gold maybe? I definitely catch a hint of a gold shift here and there, and the pink really sparkles in the sun. Three coats for opacity, but not fussy. 

Bloomphoria

I don't usually go for pale and sheer, but hot dang y'all, this is a surprise hit for me, perhaps even my favorite. It's a very frosty, very pale purple absolutely stuffed with a glowing lime green shimmer that can pull more gold at times, and also shifts to a deep rose at extreme angles. Bee's Knees does this genre so well, the contrasting shimmer and shifts that just positively glow, and CG did an excellent job mimicking that effect here. Three coats for opacity, but they were easy, and while I can see my nail line in some lights, the polish is so distracting that I really don't care 😋

Bloominescence

Gorgeous bright grape loaded with purple, pink, and blue microflakies. Matte formula, but it wasn't terribly fussy, thankfully. It took me three coats, but I went extra thin on my layers, thinner than I normally do, and that third coat was really more about just catching a couple of thin spots around the edges...you could probably get by with two coats if you're careful. 

Full sun...all the sparkle!

Indirect light...peep some of those shifts! 😍 You can see the blue in the glare lines on the green, purple on the teal, gold on the pink, both green and gold on the pale purple, and a hint of pink on the deeper purple. 

[ather]

@RGbrown  Loving the skittles nails!! Bloomphoria is gorgeous. Definitely my fav also!!

[Saradestin]

@RGbrown So beautiful! I am all about the color but, in this case, I think that Bloomphoria is the one that has surprised me the most! So beautiful! 😍

[RGbrown]

@Saradestin @Titian06 @AMK721 @Mellmars1185 

Everyone loves Bloomphoria, and I'm not surprised at all 😍 Thanks so much y'all!

[Titian06]

@RGbrown - I've been waiting for you to try these!  They're all gorgeous, but, wow, Fairytale Bliss and Bloomphoria are awesome! 🥰💖💜

[AMK721]

I second Hot Dang on Bloomphoria - I love it!

[Mellmars1185]

@RGbrown When I saw this look I thought "Spring Glam". So gorgeous!

[itsfi]

Wowwy!!! Completely agree with you on this CG set! I'm really digging all the polishes in this collection! Literally all of them @RGbrown! 😍

I agree with you about Bloomphoria - it's not a shade I would normally gravitate towards but that pale purple hue that comes through in sunlight is too pretty to pass up! 

I'm curious to know your thoughts on how Planted & Enchanted wears. I have a mini of Deborah Lippman I'll Take Manhattan and I love the color, but I wore it recently and I don't remember it staining so intensely, but it did and that, along with some challenges I had with applying it recently is making me love it in the bottle but loathe it on my nails. Planted & Enchanted looks like it might make a good replacement for it. 🤔

[RGbrown]

@itsfi 

I looked up I'll Take Manhattan, and I can understand the application issues. It looks more like a chrome finish, and those can be finicky! This CG definitely isn't the same genre, it's a "regular" shimmer that was super easy to lay down. 

I've got DL 12th Street Rag from that same collection, but it's been a while since I used it, really can't remember how hard/easy it was now. Maybe I should ferret it out and try again 🤔

[RGbrown]

ILNP sent out an email that 74 polishes will be retiring soon, and will be 15% off starting March 4 

From the email:

"All 74 retiring shades will be available for purchase at 15% off from March 4th - 11th. Don't worry, no polishes will go out of stock until the end of the sale - no need to rush!"

Preview available at ilnp dot com/retiring-polishes

At first glance, I see at least a couple I've wanted,,,may have to go make a cart. I keep saying I'm done for a while, and then something else pops up SMH

[WinglessOne]

@RGbrown  As soon as I saw that email, I updated my wish list. 😂 It'll take me til March 4 to decide which shades to move to cart. I might finally buy the holo versions of Rapture, Phoenix, and Electric Carnival, and probably need Avalon (and Ruby Sky, and Night Light, and *sigh*) in my life. Might also write a few reviews very soon to boost my reward points. 

[RGbrown]

@WinglessOne 

Today, I am second guessing everything I put in my cart yesterday. This is torture 🤣 

[CookieGirl1]

@RGbrown I hope that they'll be adding a bunch of new, fun shades to replace them!

[RGbrown]

@CookieGirl1 

I skipped over that part of the email completely, didn't I? 😳 Six new shades coming Friday as well!

 

[Saradestin]

@RGbrown This is so tempting! 😃😍 Now I need to go and check them out! 😅

[RGbrown]

@Saradestin 

ILNP makes some fantastic polish, it's definitely worth giving them a gander!

[Saradestin]

@RGbrown He’s, they have amazing polishes. I only have two (because I just discovered them recently) but there are so many in my with list! 😍😍😍