Is it a unique color in a sea of OPI reds? Nope, but it was the first OPI I ever owned, so it has a special place in my heart. My aunt took me to a salon to buy it (back when that was the only place to buy OPI!) and I felt extra fancy.
My only other OPI white whale was Vampire State Building, which I immediately snagged from Ulta because no way am I paying $50 for an original.
I couldn't find anything about this shade online but the bottle style suggests it's from the 90's. It's a very pail frosty green, also a bit sheer. It's cute!
Please tell me they’re real! Especially the Ciel De Nuit! I can’t find any shots of the box online but the bottle looks pretty good compared to other ones. £5 each, bargain!
bought Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City back in.... 2011? Struggling to find a proper release date. and Orly Mirrorball I bought when it came out in 2014. Ring finger is a modern polish :) Index is fully Orly Mirrorball, others are SH topped with it.
I need to track down another bottle of both of them, they're the best silver chrome AND silver linear holo (with extra glitters) that I've ever had
An update to my last post searching for an Avon Mirror Shine dupe.
I ended up ordering Iron Violet from Holo Taco (among others hahaha). It’s not quite a dupe but I think very close ☺️ the formula is near identical to what I remember, only the color is more purple/blue where the original leans a tad more pink. Either way I’m loving the Iron Violet 💜
Thanks to those who left suggestions!
I have more details in my GoogleDoc here. I have nearly 200 Pure Ice polishes to destash so I will be adding more bundles to the Google Doc as I have time so stay tuned if interested! Please message me to buy. I’m only taking PayPal Goods and Services at this time for payment!
I sort of felt like I won the lottery. A few of these will need thinning but I don’t mind.
Top row are black label OPI:
Fiji Weejee Fawn
Cosmo not tonight Honey
Osaka to me Orange
OPI Red
Bogotá Blackberry
Changing of the Garnet
Romeo & Joliet
Middle row:
Rimmel Climax
Rimmel Sunny Side
Sweet Georgia Brown Glamma-ricious
Sally Hansen Apricot Sun Frost
Sparitual Hijinks
Sephora by OPI Note to Self
Sally Hansen Something New
Sally Hansen Ruby Ring
Sally Hansen Twist of Lime
Bottom row:
China Glaze Go Crazy Red
Revlon Tender Berry
Maybelline Brownberry Caramel Rose
Wet’n’Wild 453A
Kleancolor Mellow Khaki
American Apparel Santorini
Cherimoya Pacific Ocean
Nicole by OPI Party in the Penthouse
Love My Nails Chrome 1568 Teal For Two
Note: I know my application isn’t great, I’m new to doing my nails and have been very shaky the last couple days on top of that. Also it’s quite a bit darker in person.
2012 version on index and ring fingers, 2026 version on middle and pinky fingers
Found this adorable little starry topper at the thrift store and it had to come home with me!
Got this discontinued Illamasqua "Rare" (likely circa 2011\~2013) in a facebook giveaway haul and I genuinely felt like i was robbing this woman 😭 She casually handed me an absolute TREASURE.
I swatched it twice, one with just the illamasqua Rare alone, and the other with a base coat of essie's "Private Weekend." I read that a white base would allow the neon pigments to pop more.
Can you tell which is which?
L-R:
Wet n Wild 425A
Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear 4830-36 Crushed
Wet n Wild The Nail Zone 6281 Two-Timer
Wet n Wild The Nail Zone 6078 Sizzle
And three Nicole by OPI minis without shade names
Hey everyone! First time posting! This is my own stash. Hard Candy “Scam” circa 1990s. My mom and I bought this at a department store in the mid-west with the pea green color when Hard Candy first came out. That one is MIA. Anyway they were pricy, we paid $12.00 as you can see from the side. Oh and if you are wondering what’s that yellow thing. It’s my melon currently in the trying to get ripe stage. Thought it was a good contrast for such a pretty color! Enjoy!
Another of my street wear polishes, this time it's Seductive which is a nearly metallic purple? It's like car paint. Is it duochrome? I really don't know. It's pretty anyway.
I was poking around the Interwebs looking for the origins of nail polish in auto paint, and came across the claim that it was a manicurist working for Charles Revson (co-founder of Revlon with his brother Martin) who came up with the idea of using the nitrocellulose-based car paint formula as nail paint. Her name was Michelle Menard. Revlon was supposedly founded by the Revson brothers to bring this idea to market. I’m trying to figure out whether she was compensated for the invention. Her name doesn’t appear on any patents, but the USPTO database doesn’t seem to go back any earlier than the 1970s. Does anyone know more about her?
I recently acquired this vintage Smartee polish in Brazen Black and it got me thinking/wondering about the history of black polishes. If anyone would like to share what they know about the history of black polishes, I’d love to hear it! Since it’s a very “out there” color in a sea of pinks and reds, I’m especially curious about the first commercially available black polish? Please comment any thoughts or info you may have on the subject! Thx!
Pure ice After Hours 2 coats!
Recently discovered in storage: Limited Too Blueberry Scent, wet n’ wild 416A, L’Oréal wear extraordinaire Pearly Whites, Hard Candy Navel, Sinful China Gold. I believe these are all from mid-late 90s, possibly early 00s.
My friend visited France and got these for me from the local Vinted! The area I live in (Nordics) doesn't really have big selections like this.