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NAIL POLISH ON QVC!

gacat123 — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:14:53 GMT

I am hoping we can share information about nail polish we see on QVC here.

COURTNEY is sporting a shiny candy apple red today 2/8 on Accessorize Your Spring. Does anyone know what the name of this polish is besides GORGEOUS?

LEAH often wears beautiful colors and we all want to know what IS that color?

side note, Lady Ga Ga wore a beautiful blue manicure for the Super Bowl. I am trying to figure out the name and brand of that polish.

Thanks for any input, CAT

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Rachb — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:21:50 GMT

Leah often wears a dark rose. I find a close, if not exact, match with Essie Angora Cardi.

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ChynnaBlue — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:52:54 GMT

It's hard to tell with reds. It looks like a red shimmer shade. Here are some you might try:

OPI I'm Not Really a Waitress

OPI Affair in Red Square

OPI Danke-Shiny

Essie Scarlet O'Hara

Zoya Elisa

Zoya Isla

Zoya Ember

Zoya Blair

Of those, Blair is the darkest, Ember is the most orange, and Affair in Red Square may be the brightest. They're all gorgeous red with that candy apple enamel finish.

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ChynnaBlue — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:53:17 GMT

I just got a better look and I think OPI I'm Not Really a Waitress, Essie Scarlet O'Hara, or Zoya Isla would be the closest matches.

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gtx — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 21:41:44 GMT

I have been looking for the color polish that Barbara Bixby had on Sunday. It was a purple/wine with gold flecks. Any ideas? I have Sugarplum Berry in OPI that is similar but without the flecks of gold.

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GSPgirl — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 23:13:12 GMT

Lost on Lombard is an old Hollywood basic red from OPI. I love it. I bought it because my salon never has the right red.

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Tantallum — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:34:36 GMT

@gtx wrote:
I have been looking for the color polish that Barbara Bixby had on Sunday. It was a purple/wine with gold flecks. Any ideas? I have Sugarplum Berry in OPI that is similar but without the flecks of gold.

I noticed BB's nail polish too and I also loved it!

Maybe they don't share the colors because it isn't an item they sell? perhaps they don't want to compete with brands they do sell (I know not too many with nail polish) or maybe it's for the same reason they always block off the brand names in cooking shows....if they don't have an agreement with the company they aren't supposed to talk about it even if it is a plug...

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MommaNJ629 — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 04:40:46 GMT

Ask on their Facebook page! I did once about a shirt and the hostess answered me. Well she told me the brand at least.

I often like their nails too!!!!

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juperier — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 10:28:13 GMT

@Tantallum I agree with you. In today's world companies pay big bucks to have their product shown in the background in movies and on tv programs. There may be some actual state or federal regulations regarding this. Also, I think most vendors would not be happy if a host spent even a small portion of their airtime mentioning a specific product.other than the one being promoted.

@gtx Do you mean Sugarplum Yum (left)? Or Visisons of Sugarplums (right)? Those were the closest OPI names I could find.

I'm sure I've seen deeper purples likeVisions of Sugarplums with gold flecks, but not sure where. Sugarplum Yum is a duochrome, so less likely to have a version with gold glitter in it (but probably out there somewhere). Would Zoya Payton, or possibly Aurora, be close enough? Unfortunately, I think both have silver holo glitter, so probably not. What you might want to try is a gold glitter topper. There are plenty of them out there with different sizes and densities of glitter. My first thought was China Glaze Golden Enchantment. It's gold holo tho, so it will reflect a variety of other colors in the suulight. When I get a chance I'll look throuh my indies and see if I have any that might still be available.

Golden Enchantment over a purple:

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gtx — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 16:27:28 GMT

Juperier, thanks for looking and for the pictures. So very nice of you. The color Sugarplum Berry is a tiny bottle of a dark wine that II received in an OPI box from HSN. It came with a tiny bottle of gold and one of silver glitter. It doesn't give the same effect as Barbara's polish. I found a picture of OPI Extravagance that may be what she was wearing. I haven't found a website that I feel safe from which to order. I doubt that the Ulta here will have it but I will go look. Do you order polish online?

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gtx — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 16:29:45 GMT

Juperier, I forgot to say that really like the Golden Enchantment picture. I will also look for that when I get to Ulta. Thanks again for your help.

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juperier — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:57:52 GMT

@gtx I buy ALL my polish and pretty much everything else online. My polish purchases these days are all indies. That said it may be a bit of a challenge to find a bottle of OPI Extravagance. I'm not seeing it on any of the OPI authorized seller websites. There are other sites that do show it as available, and I'm sure most, if not all, of them are selling legit product. But they are also sites I'm not personally familiar with and OPI is definitely a brand where there are bootleg products available.

I thought Zoya Aurora might be close. But I found this blog with LOTS of comparisons. If you keep scrolling down you'll get to the comparison of Extravagance with Aurora and also Blaze. Looks like Extravagance is sort of in the middle. If one of the Zoya polishes would work, and you're willing to wait a bit, Zoya has amazing sales frequently (they just had one where you got 4 free polishes if you paid $15 shipping; you do have to be willing to wait because it can take sevveral weeks to receive your polish when they're having a big sale).

Golden Enchantment is the gold equivalent of Fairy Dust. It's another polish that I don't think is currently being produced. However, from what I've read, China Glaze bootlegs don't occur as often as OPI ones do, so probably safe to buy from Amazon or EBay (may want to check ratings of whatever seller you choose). I see that head2toebeauty, 8ty8beauty and transdesign all have it. They are cheap, but make up for it with postage charges unless you are buying multiple polishes. I've purchased once each from two of them with no issues and they all get mentioned positively on youtube.

I also know of at least one indie maker who has a polish that is a dupe. I can certainly look at some of the other indie makers lines for dupes if you'd like some options in that area.

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Rachb — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:01:53 GMT

I buy most of my Essie and OPI on eBay. As long as the seller has good feedback, I'm ok with it. Haven't really had a problem.

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gtx — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:28:48 GMT

Juperier, thanks again so much for all the time you spend providing great information. It has been very informative. One question I have (sorry to be dumb) what is "indie". I am not familiar with the term.

I removed my acrylics a year and half ago after 25 years. It took a while and trying several methods to bring them back to almost normal. I found Nailtiques 2 and plenty of oil worked best.

Had to learn how to polish my nails again and have tried many polishes and have found that I like Deborah Lipmann gel base and top coat ( the newest version in the black bottles) to be great for making nails look like gel nails with all the shine. I get these from HSN.

I really like seeing the colors and swatches on line. Otherwise I go to Ulta and end up with colors I don't like.I enjoyed the blog with comparisons. I am sure I can find someting similar to Extravagance that will work fine. I am already looking at spring and summer colors too.

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juperier — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 02:32:24 GMT

@Rachb I've made dozens of polish purchases and I haven't had a problem (as far as fakes go) either. But I have certainly read enough stories and even seen a few listed items that I think might have beeen fake. Reading the feedback comments helps.

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juperier — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 03:46:48 GMT

@gtx Thank you. Finding that comparison blog was fun. There's no reason feel dumb. I'm thinking if I'd heard the term as related to polish three years ago I would have said "Huh???" To me, indie polishes are polishes that are designed, hand-mixed, hand-poured and sold by the individual making them. Of course there are many individual indie polishes that are very similar, both to mainstream and other indies (and to all the polish business models in between). But there is always a seemingly endless variety of unique polishes being released.

One thing I've learned is that much of the damage supposedly "caused" by acrylic and gel nails has much more to do with poor techniques used by nail techs. It takes months for the damaged nails to be replaced by new, healthy nails after the damage stops.

Thankfully I never went down that path. But I did use Nailtiques 2 for quite a while when I wanted to grow them a bit longer after I retired. It worked wonders until I had used it too long and my nails had gotten too hard. Around the same time I came across an internationally known research chemist/nail expert thanks sto a FB group I was in and learned that nail strengtheners are one common cause of the slight onycholisis (nail lifting) I was beginning to experience on a couple of nails. At that time I was changing polish daily, so frequency of ;was also a factor. I now try to apply various oils frequently during the day. I've learned to mostly use unscented because frequent exposure to some of the scents makes my fingertips very sensitive.

To be honest, colors online can be very deceiving. Obviously, the same color will appear differently on different monitors and some photographers are better than others. But some colors just don't photograph accurately no matter what. When you get to glitters and glitter toppers, the "tricks" that are used to highlight the polish, as well as the color used under a topper, can result in the image looking very different when you receive the bottle. Some polishes look far better on than they do in the bottle and vice versa. I also have found that I will often like the looks of a polish that's outisde my comfort zone more after I've worn it a bit.

I'm going to tag you in the long nail polish thread that's been going on for a while now. If you go to the last page and work backwards, you can see some of the indie polishes I've worn recently. My new phone takes better pictures, so the most recent ones are mine. Most of the earlier ones I've found online.