Nail Polish Addicts Anonymous

skaps

Is purple the next colour for the rainbow challenge?

pulliptears

Ask me who managed to delete the subscription to this thread then suddenly wondered last night why you'd all gone quiet....

:oops

MulberryPeony

Sorry my blue is a little late. Busy week this week.

ellzx

MulberryPeony wrote: »

Sorry my blue is a little late. Busy week this week.

thats gorgeous! and very very neat!

im doing a v light pink and adding a topcoat of sparkles for my tootsies

i have £27 voucher for fenwicks. i only have "cheap" nail varnishes and the max ive spent on one is probably £8

what would you guys suggest i buy?
i want something that i can wear all year round

ill have to wait til after the Olympics mind you

Lady_S

Does anyone know why Seche Vite sometimes shrinks? Makes me sad

these are pictures of shrinkage I should probably hide

http://nailpron.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/why-does-some-varnishes-shrink-with.html

Lifeforms

Lady_S wrote: »

Does anyone know why Seche Vite sometimes shrinks? Makes me sad

these are pictures of shrinkage I should probably hide

http://nailpron.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/why-does-some-varnishes-shrink-with.html

Do you mean the tips showing?

(insert the Lightbulb moment!)

I have that problem constantly. I have always put it down to me wearing the polish off the tips. It usually makes me do nails every couple of days, and doesn't show up for about the first day (I polish night before, before bed). I thought that was just a me problem! Sashe Vite works really well, and I haven't found anything else that I could use, top coat wise, that works just as good.
I always meant to ask how you all get tips after a day or two of wear to remain covered, and sometimes I've reverted to doing a tip-top up to try and prolong the look. That usually ends up with a ridge though at the top of the nails, and because they're long (for me, not for anyone else prolly) you can see the new varnish underneath the nails. Not ideal.

starrystarry

Its a known problem with Seche Vite and some other fast dry top coats. I've never had it happen to me but I've read about it on lots of the blogs. Most people suggest you should let your colour dry for approx 5 mins before you add SV (despite the instructions saying you should apply it to wet polish). If you wrap your tips you shouldn't get shrinkage there.

Lifeforms...do you wrap your tips?

starrystarry

skaps wrote: »

Is purple the next colour for the rainbow challenge?

Violet I think. What's the definition of violet by the way? Is it a particular shade of purple?

MulberryPeony

Oh, that's quite noticable Lady S. I've never had a problem like that. I sometimes do a tip top-up too - ProStong did a smuge corrector which is great to use as a top coat after tip top-ups as it makes the whole polish as one.

iamashoppingaddict

starrystarry wrote: »

Violet I think. What's the definition of violet by the way? Is it a particular shade of purple?

Personally I was just going to go with purple!!!