Questions for my fellow nail junkies!!

Jul 16, 2014

Emily P.

I have a bunch of nail related questions for you!!


1. What are you favourite nail polish shades for fall? I need recommendations!


2. What are your favourite brands for polish? Indie brands as well! I'm looking for fun new shades and brands to try!
3. What are your favourite sites to shop for nail products and tools?


4. Is there any particular product or tool that has become vital to your self mani/pedis? Anything you can't live without?


5. Have you tried the at home gel polish kits, and are they actually worth the money? I play guitar and mandolin, so my polish chips/scrapes off certain fingers. Over the years I've just learned to accept it, but lately have been wanting to see if the gel polishes, or she laq type polishes have a bit more staying power.


6. Any nail polish blogs/youtubes/pages/sites that you absolutely love and would recommend I check out?



7. Last, but not least, storage! I am a huge nail junkie, and have accumulated quite the collection over the years. However, I've never found a good way to store everything. I eventually hope to make myself a hanging rack, like they have in salons, but I don't currently have the space. So I need some sort of storage solution for my polishes/products/tools/supplies that I can pack away, and maybe even travel with. Any ideas or recommendations?



Thanks so much! Feel free to answer as many or as few as you'd like. =]. I hope everyone is having a wonderful afternoon!

Jul 16, 2014

Lauren G.

Hmm
I love NYC brand of polish. They have lots of colors and they last better then my Essie polishes. I have some burgundy sand browns I really like for fall. Can't recall the names right now 😕
Zoya is also a favorite,
They apply soo smoothly.

My friend has a gel kit from Sally Beauty that works really well. There are quite a few steps so I don't personally do it but she gets good results that last a few weeks. It has an LED light, foundation polish, topcoat, different colors to buy etc.

Have you looked at target or bet bath and beyond for storage? I'm sure they would have something for you

Hope I could help a little

Jul 16, 2014

Emily B.

Cute polish on YouTube has great ideas
I have just a box for my nail polishes...not the best storage
Essie is my favorite brand by far!
I alwayss use stripers. I got a bunch at the dollar store
I got nail dotting tools and slimmer brushes on amazon, use them quite a bit.
Shades for fall, I like dark reds or oranges, dark purple shades and greens

Jul 16, 2014

Laura D.

1. Red! Burgundy, purple, Dark blue... Anything Dark. And nudes
2. My fav brand for nail polish is Catrice! Almost all of my nail polish are from them. I also like opi, mavala and pupa. Kiko's nail polish are awesome too, they have like every shade possible and it's cheap.
3. I don't usualy shop online so I can't help on that point :p
4. Quick dry top coat! And a small brush for nail art (and tons of nail polish remover hahaha)
5. Orly makes good gel polish, but I don't think it's worth it if you play guitar.. I mean, it's more expensive and it will stay like 2 or 3 day more.. But you should check l'oreal gel effect polish, they come with two sides, one for the color and one for the special top coat, and it's stays like 1 week and a half without moving on me so.. Give it a try :p
6. Cute polish and klairedelys on YouTube, and Pshiiiit is a famous blogger in France, she makes super cute nail art, I think she has some tutorials in English :)
7. That's a problem for me too haha! For the moment I just store them in a box but I know you can find on amazon or aliexpress special box for that ^^

Hope I helped, and as always, sorry for my English, I hope you understood my sentences 😂

Jul 16, 2014

Cassidy R.

1) I love matte black all year round! Deep purples and burgundy too. A nice purple is disturbia by wet n wild
2) Wet n' Wild, Sally Hansen, Sinful colors, Color Club
3) Amazon! By far. I got 15 brushes and 5 double ended dotting tools for $5. They weren't used either and they're great quality!
4) Does q-tips count? Ummm besides that I can't really think of anything in particular. Dotting tools maybe?
5) No I have not! I've heard a lot of great things about them though.
6) I don't really follow blogs much :/ Brit nails is a nice blog though if you want to check it out!
7) I'm probably not the best person to ask this but I'll tell you what I do anyway haha: Full size polishes in several shoe boxes, mini polishes in a little mini suit case thing I've had since I was little, (perfect size for them) stripers and pens in another little suitcase thing but this one is taller so the fit perfectly standing up, and all my tools (cotton swabs, cotton balls, polish remover, dotting tools, brushes, gems etc.etc) are in an overflowing tote bag (really need to find something else, the bag isn't working well) and I stack all the boxes in the corner! Not sure of anyway to store them for travel :/ sorry!

Jul 16, 2014

Cassidy R.

Sorry for the essay, I don't know when to shut up sometimes :p hope it helped though!

Jul 16, 2014

Morgan G.

1)in fall I love matte nails, black brown, things like that
2) I like sinful colors, Sally Hansen, and Essie

3)amazon, lol

5)no I have not, but I think they damage your nails, I'm not sure

6)cute polish, miss Jen fabulous
7)I have some buckets to but my nail polish in, it's all organize by color

Jul 16, 2014

Lisbeth L.

For fall & winter I.love dark colors such as dark reds etc.I haven't tried gel polish yet but revlon has come out with a gel line of nail polish that I'd like to try out soon.
my fave nail polish blog is nailasaurus

Jul 16, 2014

Marissa F.

I LOVE OPI Don't Bossa Nova Me Around!!

I really like the brand Finger Paints, I get it at Sallys. It goes on smoothly and all it takes is one or two coats! They have many colors and glitters!

I just go with eBay because its so cheap.

I always use my dotting tool. The one with the tiniest point because I can use that as a stiper.

I have the Sensationail kit and I love it! My nails look awesome and the box says its supposed to last two weeks but since I use my hands a lot at work it only lasts about one week and a half, but usually only my right hand chips since thats the one I use more and my left uamd always stays perfect up to the day I take it off :)

Even though they claim that she steals nail designs I really love MissJenFABULOUS she explains things well at she makes really easy but hard looking designs. I also really like the Nailasaurus blog!!

I have mine on a rack right now and it looks amazing and it holds most of my nail polishes. But the rest I keep in these little plastic boxes you can get in any place they sell office supplies :)