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Nail polishes!

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
Can anyone recommend any good nail polishes? I only use it on my feet as I have my nails done on my fingers because I bite them otherwise :d

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I've had Collection 2000 Lasting Colour on my feet since last Sat and it's pretty much intact. Applied easily, too, and it's not expensive.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I always use 17, but you do have to put a few coats on or it'll chip easily.
    Loads of my friends use Barry M and thats really good :)
    Then theres nail inc which is also good, but I think thats more expensive :)
    I've also heard ModelsOwn is good aswell
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I recently bought Rimmel's drys in 60 seconds one, i really it. Drys quickly, and nice wide brush as well
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Models Own, Barry M, and Eyko nail varnishes are all good :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I agree Barry M is very good has been my fav for a while
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Barry M and No.7 are my favourites, love the colours, easy to apply, and last forever!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Nails Inc is pretty damn good, although ridiculously expensive if you buy it. Occasionally appears as a freebie with something so worth keeping an eye out for. My biggest problem with Nails Inc has been getting it off - takes forever, I'm guessing there must be a lot of pigment in it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Scary Monster wrote: »
    Nails Inc is pretty damn good, although ridiculously expensive if you buy it. Occasionally appears as a freebie with something so worth keeping an eye out for. My biggest problem with Nails Inc has been getting it off - takes forever, I'm guessing there must be a lot of pigment in it.

    Nails Inc do a deal on their website where you can get x number of polishes for a certain amount. I don't know if it's always, but they often do collections and whatnot as well which are BARGAINOUS.

    Also OPI and (if you can get hold of it) China Glaze are my faves (both quite pricey, mind, but very good none the less).
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    im obsessed with nails inc but as others said its pretty expensive, i rarely buy it full price, i buy it off selling communities etc and places like that. and yeah it comes as free gifts sometimes in magazines. i bought some collection 2000 the other day because i really wanted this one colour they had and i'll never buy cheap nail varnish again. its stained my nails an AWFUL greeny yellow colour even though i used 2 coats of base coat. proper yuck :|
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    FireyFirenze wrote: »
    i bought some collection 2000 the other day because i really wanted this one colour they had and i'll never buy cheap nail varnish again. its stained my nails an AWFUL greeny yellow colour even though i used 2 coats of base coat. proper yuck :|

    I've not had that problem but it did take a while to come off.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    maybe it was cos the colour was a greeny one i dont know. it was easy coming off it just left a nicotine colour on my nails, booo.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Thanks for the tips everyone :) I bought some OPI nail polishes off ebay, got a bit of a bargain! hopefully theyre pretty good!

    I used barry m for ages and it is a great brand :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Don't bit your nails! : D

    Otherwise, I could recommend you some nail polishes, but I don't think in your country you will find them.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I have a Barry M on my toenails at the moment, it's been on since last Wednesday and it's still going strong. It never lasts that long on my fingernails grr.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    *Lea* wrote: »
    I have a Barry M on my toenails at the moment, it's been on since last Wednesday and it's still going strong. It never lasts that long on my fingernails grr.

    Your feet don't do as much as your hands do. All that typing/washing/scratching/whatever compared to just sitting in shoes all day?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ^ I couldn't agree more!

    In other case I have a nail polish, that on my hands stays for about 5 days, when another one scales after one day. : /
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Oddly enough I found not using a base or top coat to make my polishes last longer... could be the cheap ass polishes that I use ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    my name wrote: »
    Oddly enough I found not using a base or top coat to make my polishes last longer... could be the cheap ass polishes that I use ;)

    Depends.

    If I use both, I find that my nails sometimes get overloaded, esp. with slightly crappier polishes that need more than one coat to show up (the one I have on right now, for example, I didn't put a top coat on). So they kind of peel away rather than chip.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Hi,

    So although I do love the idea of buying nail polishes from places such as Chanel, Nail Inc and Models Inc. I am quite tight on my money due to the lack of money I have because of being a student.

    Therefore I find that I usually use nail varnishes such as Rimmel, Barry M and Bourjois etc. due to them being quite cheap and in nice colours :)

    But for nail varnish I would go to Superdrug or Boots, and have a look, they should be in the make up section
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    cuppatboys wrote: »
    Can anyone recommend any good nail polishes? I only use it on my feet as I have my nails done on my fingers because I bite them otherwise :d

    As nail polish is used in fashion field it looks ausome so please visted to your near gift collection shop and you get perfact matching aacording to your clothes.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I use Boots' Natural Collection. Cheap and it works! Then cover it with a good top coat, like Sally Hansen.
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