seaexplore
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Apr 25, 2015 23:57:30 GMT
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Post by seaexplore on Dec 21, 2015 16:56:36 GMT
Left hand has thumb and pinky in green, index and ring in red, middle silver. Right hand has thumb and pinky in red, index and ring in green, middle in silver. Then a fine silver glitter over all of them.
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River
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 3,517
Location: Alabama
Jun 26, 2014 15:26:04 GMT
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Post by River on Dec 21, 2015 17:12:23 GMT
Where do I get this soak off gel polish? Do you have to use the light to cure it?
I absolutely love gel nails I get done at the salon, but I can't keep spending $30 a month on my nails. When they do my gel, I always get 4 weeks wear out of them.
My nails are thin, but grow nicely and never break with the gel polish at the salon. If I just paint them myself with regular polish, I don't even get a day out of them. That's using a primer, polish and top coat. Plus they break and get all ugly within 3 days.
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Post by teri on Dec 21, 2015 17:25:05 GMT
I also used a stamping plate (PUEEN) with Gold MOYOU polish over shellac
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Post by gar on Dec 21, 2015 17:30:20 GMT
Zee - hijack....are you an expert on stamping? I have the products but the design just doesn't pick up onto the stamp....any suggestions? I have thick opaque polish, I don't wait to long, press firmly, all the obvious things. Thanks!
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Britt
Shy Member
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Oct 10, 2014 22:30:59 GMT
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Post by Britt on Dec 21, 2015 17:34:34 GMT
I just took this off. I'm trying to figure out what to do with them now.
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Post by AN on Dec 21, 2015 17:39:20 GMT
Where do I get this soak off gel polish? Do you have to use the light to cure it? I absolutely love gel nails I get done at the salon, but I can't keep spending $30 a month on my nails. When they do my gel, I always get 4 weeks wear out of them. My nails are thin, but grow nicely and never break with the gel polish at the salon. If I just paint them myself with regular polish, I don't even get a day out of them. That's using a primer, polish and top coat. Plus they break and get all ugly within 3 days. You can order online or even buy a little Red Carpet Manicure kit at Ulta or somewhere like that. You do have to use the light. I used to do my own gel and it works great! Taking it off is the biggest annoyance/hassle. I started getting them done at the salon once I started traveling for professional meetings more, just because I need them to look good, and when I did it myself I'd always put it off because it did take some time and was a lot of work. But not hard to do on your own. Read up on some blogs/YouTube about tips on how to do this.
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Post by Zee on Dec 21, 2015 18:13:26 GMT
gar I'm definitely not a expert! A few things that helped me improved, though, were getting a squishy stamper (mine is Winstonia from Amazon, not sure if that's still available but there are others); using a credit card as a scraper and using a lighter pressure while scraping, so there's more polish left in the plate; and switching to stamping polishes. I still use some non-stamping polishes, but the difference is really worth the money. I really like Mondo de Unas, though they have a serious chemical smell. Konad Special black and white are less smelly alternatives. Any chrome polish should work well also. I clean up my stamper with tape, not acetone, to lengthen the life of the stamper. Check around on YouTube for video tutorials, they are often very helpful!
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Post by Zee on Dec 21, 2015 18:14:34 GMT
I just took this off. I'm trying to figure out what to do with them now. What is that gold? It's lovely!
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sharlag
Drama Llama
I like my artsy with a little bit of fartsy.
Posts: 6,574
Location: Kansas
Jun 26, 2014 12:57:48 GMT
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Post by sharlag on Dec 21, 2015 18:16:03 GMT
teri you have such pretty, young-looking hands!
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Britt
Shy Member
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Oct 10, 2014 22:30:59 GMT
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Post by Britt on Dec 21, 2015 18:24:02 GMT
I just took this off. I'm trying to figure out what to do with them now. What is that gold? It's lovely! It actually isn't anything fancy! It's Wet n Wild Fergie - Grammy Gold (A003) I was very impressed that it only took one light coat and that it held up for 10ish days (with only a cheap top coat).
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Post by Zee on Dec 21, 2015 18:25:57 GMT
What is that gold? It's lovely! It actually isn't anything fancy! It's Wet n Wild Fergie - Grammy Gold (A003) I was very impressed that it only took one light coat and that it held up for 10ish days (with only a cheap top coat). I'm no polish snob and I love drugstore finds! Thanks I'll look for this one next time I'm out
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Post by gar on Dec 21, 2015 18:40:14 GMT
gar I'm definitely not a expert! A few things that helped me improved, though, were getting a squishy stamper (mine is Winstonia from Amazon, not sure if that's still available but there are others); using a credit card as a scraper and using a lighter pressure while scraping, so there's more polish left in the plate; and switching to stamping polishes. I still use some non-stamping polishes, but the difference is really worth the money. I really like Mondo de Unas, though they have a serious chemical smell. Konad Special black and white are less smelly alternatives. Any chrome polish should work well also. I clean up my stamper with tape, not acetone, to lengthen the life of the stamper. Check around on YouTube for video tutorials, they are often very helpful! Thanks.....I will keep experimenting!
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Post by chaosisapony on Dec 21, 2015 19:45:35 GMT
I noticed a huge improvement in my stamping when I swichted to using the Konad special polishes and their stamper. I really want to try Mundo De Unas stamping polishes though, I've read great things about them.
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Post by gar on Dec 21, 2015 20:01:54 GMT
I need to look and see if MDU are available in the UK because I have seen them mentioned in quite a few YouTube videos.
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Post by teri on Dec 21, 2015 20:26:22 GMT
I noticed a huge improvement in my stamping when I swichted to using the Konad special polishes and their stamper. I really want to try Mundo De Unas stamping polishes though, I've read great things about them. the MoYou polishes are good too. I also recently got a nice squishy stamper and I love it. I can get my entire nail stamped. I use a sticky lint brush to clean excess off the stamper. This is from a new stamp set I got.... wild animals (index finger) the rest is from the same lace large plate (Pueen from amazon)
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Post by teri on Dec 21, 2015 20:33:27 GMT
I change my polish every one to three days do you post to any websites (nail sites) You have the total hand model pose down
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Post by Zee on Dec 21, 2015 20:53:28 GMT
I change my polish every one to three days do you post to any websites (nail sites) You have the total hand model pose down LOL, only my friends and family on IG/FB have to suffer. I don't have a blog.
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Post by Zee on Dec 21, 2015 20:57:20 GMT
I need to look and see if MDU are available in the UK because I have seen them mentioned in quite a few YouTube videos. I hope you can find a supplier. I'd be your mule but as you know int'l shipping is straight up ridiculous, plus they have really cracked down on shipping polish into the UK. I've done it for others but it's always risky that the package will be confiscated. I was able to order them directly from Mexico with very reasonable shipping prices.
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Post by peasapie on Dec 21, 2015 20:59:52 GMT
I change my polish every one to three days Wow. Your nails are amazing. Beautiful.
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Post by Zee on Dec 21, 2015 20:59:58 GMT
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Post by peasapie on Dec 21, 2015 21:00:56 GMT
I noticed a huge improvement in my stamping when I swichted to using the Konad special polishes and their stamper. I really want to try Mundo De Unas stamping polishes though, I've read great things about them. the MoYou polishes are good too. I also recently got a nice squishy stamper and I love it. I can get my entire nail stamped. I use a sticky lint brush to clean excess off the stamper. This is from a new stamp set I got.... wild animals (ring finger) the rest is from the same lace large plate (Pueen from amazon) I don't understand how you can do this yourself, but it looks incredible.
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Post by gar on Dec 21, 2015 21:52:48 GMT
Zee, I'm pretty sure I should be able to find a UK supplier or I'll another brand if needs be. I appreciate your offer but as you say, the shipping would probably be ridiculous!
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Post by jennyap on Dec 21, 2015 21:56:02 GMT
Ok, I decided to stick with straight red and green after all. This is ILNP Cherry Luxe and Lucky One. They are filled with tiny silver and gold flakes respectively (and subtle holo) so they are super sparkly.
I literally just did these, and haven't done any clean up yet, so forgive any mess
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Post by gar on Dec 21, 2015 22:06:36 GMT
I can get Konad fairly easily....maybe I'll give them a try.
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Post by gar on Dec 21, 2015 22:45:21 GMT
Anyone know of MoYou nail polish for stamping?
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Post by teri on Dec 21, 2015 22:55:33 GMT
Anyone know of MoYou nail polish for stamping? yes, it's what I use www.moyou.co.uk/
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Post by candygurl on Dec 21, 2015 22:55:54 GMT
I'm wearing Red Carpet Manicure in Draped in Rubies. It's a great red sparkly color and I love the gel polish.
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StephDRebel
Drama Llama
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Location: Ohio
Jul 5, 2014 1:53:49 GMT
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Post by StephDRebel on Dec 21, 2015 23:35:14 GMT
This is nirvana by sinful colors. I'm not even pretending to be fancy, it was on sale for 99 cents at meijer and in trying to stop biting my nails do I grabbed it on the way out f town. I'm pretty impressed it's been on since Friday and I haven't peeped it off yet! Any tips to grow decent nails? Mine are always so ugly and my cuticles are awful and peely. I want pretty hands so so bad.
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Post by gar on Dec 21, 2015 23:42:20 GMT
Anyone know of MoYou nail polish for stamping? yes, it's what I use www.moyou.co.uk/Saw it on amazon too. So it's good? Better than ordinary polish for stamping?
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seaexplore
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Apr 25, 2015 23:57:30 GMT
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Post by seaexplore on Dec 22, 2015 0:17:41 GMT
This is nirvana by sinful colors. I'm not even pretending to be fancy, it was on sale for 99 cents at meijer and in trying to stop biting my nails do I grabbed it on the way out f town. I'm pretty impressed it's been on since Friday and I haven't peeped it off yet! Any tips to grow decent nails? Mine are always so ugly and my cuticles are awful and peely. I want pretty hands so so bad. For me, (after being a nail biter for 37 years) it took going into labor and nursing my first kiddo. After my milk dried up at 13 months, I went right back to gnawing them off. I'm currently pregnant again and about 8 weeks in, I randomly quit again. We'll see if I can stay quit for good. i've been on prenatal so since 2010 so it's not just the vitamins but I'm sure they help with the nail strength. Good luck!
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