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Survey Says... May 28th, 2014
- Your skin tone/coloring:
- Favorite nail polish finish?
- Favorite nail polish remover?
- How often do you change your nail polish?
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Your skin tone/coloring: mac n15 (I can wear both nc and nw depending on the product)
Favorite nail polish finish? Cream!
Favorite nail polish remover? I always pick up something acetone FREE because I use so much of it…
How often do you change your nail polish? The really depends on my mood… Sometimes once a week other times up to daily (that’s why I use acetone free nail polish remover: i may use more but my nails and cuticles won’t suffer as much)
Your skin tone/coloring: medium/warm
Favorite nail polish finish? shiny
Favorite nail polish remover? doesnt matter
How often do you change your nail polish? once a week
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium with yellow understones
Favorite nail polish finish? Shinier the better! 😀
Favorite nail polish remover? I think the pink pot from Bourjois!
How often do you change your nail polish? I wish I could do more often.. usually one in ten days sometimes two week oops!
Coloring: Snow White (character)
Favorite Nail Polish Finish: Generally Cremes, but Zoya’s gold flecked duchromy goodness gets me every time.
Favorite Nail Polish Remover: Pure acetone, whatever brand.
How often: When the chips get big enough on my old when that I start obsessively picking it all off in class.
OMG we’re like nail soul sisters hahaha!
Clearly! Did you see China Glaze’s latest? Bunch of brilliantly colored cremes.
Uh, YUH! I NEED THEM!!! *_*
1. fair, neutral
2. ULTRA shiny!!
3.OPI Nail polish remover
4. Every couple of days! I can’t keep them from chipping!
Your skin tone/coloring: Light/Medium
Favorite nail polish finish? Creme
Favorite nail polish remover? CVS-brand pure acetone!
How often do you change your nail polish? Once every 3-5 days.
Your skin tone/coloring : Impossibly pale with no noticeable undertones.
Favorite nail polish finish : Unusual sorts of sparkly– flakies, holographics, stuff like that.
Favorite nail polish remover : Store-brand, usually from Harmon’s.
How often do you change your nail polish : It turns into a sad, chipped wreck after two days, but sometimes i won’t bother to redo it until a few days later.
Your skin tone/coloring: medium warm
Favorite nail polish finish? That’s a tough question! But I think I’ll go with cream.
Favorite nail polish remover? I like the new Bourjois hands & feet nail polish remover.
How often do you change your nail polish? I finished my last day of work today so I will FINALLY be able to wear nail polish again on more than just my days off, and I plan to have FUN with it, so I’ll be changing colors a lot 🙂
Your skin tone/coloring: NW20
Favorite nail polish finish?: Creme (in fact it’s the only finish I’ll wear)
Favorite nail polish remover?: I like the Bourjois 1 seconde pot thing
How often do you change your nail polish?: Twice a week for fingers, every two weeks for toes
■Your skin tone/coloring: NC20
■Favorite nail polish finish? Cremes, but I love multi-chrome fleck. My favorite is Essie Shine Of The Times.
■Favorite nail polish remover? Any brand of pure acetone.
■How often do you change your nail polish? Whenever I have time.
Favorite finish: iridescent/duo-chrome shimmer or holographic micro-glitter. Basically, I like shiny rainbows.
Favorite Remover: Walgreen’s house brand (Studio 365?), actually. It gets everything off without a lot of fuss and it makes my nails feel nice.
How Often: Once a week.
Your skin tone/coloring: NC15
Favorite nail polish finish? creme
Favorite nail polish remover? acetone
How often do you change your nail polish? I paint them maybe once every month or two (once it chips I take it off…I just don’t necessarily always have them painted).
I have light olive skin, dark brown hair and eyes. I like a glossy gel-like finish generally. upon rare occasion I use a matte topcoat. I like100% acetone nail polish remover-fast and efficient. I love love love sally Hansen mega shine topcoat. it helps the polish to dry without smudging. i reapply the topcoat every 2 days and remove the polish once a week.
1=Skin, light witht olive undertones.As Foundations use 20 or 30 chanel, 52 bourjois , n2 l’oreal
2= Finish, 95% of mine are creme. A couple of sparkles that rarely use. 1 of the Easter Speckle ones but my SOS one is an odd one in my collection :Orly’s Rage. Only one I have in my desk for “emergencies” as it is great to put over anything and dries in 3 seconds.
3= Nail remover, the Bourjois one and its dupes. Also the Paul & Joe one that I am lusting over. Will get it as present to myself in Christmas. Just because the bottle is a piece of art.
4= Sunday evening is my manicure, polish change day of choice.On monday I write the name of the polish I chose in a list I keep as a log as I want to use the ones I have instead of buying new ones and never use them..Oh. MY… how friki is this?
2Y05 in the Pantone thing at Sephora. My favorite nail polish finish is SHINY and I really DON’T like those sandpapery ones. They snag everything they touch and sandpaper holes in everything I touch when I have them on! Why???
I think my favorite remover is that new Sephora X stuff that comes in a wide-mouth jar. It takes everything off easily, even glittery stuff. I haven’t bought any yet (just tried it at the store) but will probably spring for some pretty soon. It’s great stuff.
I work at a job where I handle paper and files a lot and no matter what I try to do with my nails, they usually end up looking pretty scraggly in just a few days. I stick mostly to neutral polishes that don’t show the dings so much and usually polish them at least once a week or so.
Nars Syracuse [Medium tan/yellow]
Creme
Zoya Remove Plus…HANDS DOWN!
Weekly
Your skin tone/coloring: NC15/ NARS Gobi
Favorite nail polish finish? Cream
Favorite nail polish remover? Zoya Remove+
How often do you change your nail polish? Once a week, sometimes once every 2 weeks
1. Very pale
2. Holo (can’t get enough of CBL holos!) or a good quality creme
3. I just use a drugstore Japanese one by the brand Kate.
4. Several times! I get bored easily and like changing things up.
Your skin tone/coloring: Light medium
Favorite nail polish finish? Glossy and creamy
Favorite nail polish remover? Bourjois’ pink pot for hands
How often do you change your nail polish? Regular polish once a week, gel manicure once a month
Your skin tone/coloring: Cool-neutral vampire
Favorite nail polish finish? SUPER SHINY OMGWTFBBQ LACQUER ARGH! That or glitter. Shiny glitter…
Favorite nail polish remover? I’m using a Health Basics one at the moment. It’s decent, but since my polish pops off in perfect, nail shaped sheets about a day or two after I put it on, polish remover is a bit moot, usually! 😛
How often do you change your nail polish? Hah, since polish only lasts a max of three days on me, I usually end up changing it (or at least removing what I have on) every two days or less!
I think your answer for fave polish finish is MY favourite. 🙂
Your skin tone/coloring: light with yellow undertones (chanel b20)
Favorite nail polish finish? I love ’em all but if I had to choose one I’d say creme!
Favorite nail polish remover? Anything with acetone. Ugh I’m trying to work my way through an acetone-free bottle from Quo (Cdn girls – you know the SDM brand) and it’s -awful-! Will break & go grab a new bottle soon.
How often do you change your nail polish? Through the winter I was changing my toes nail polish more as needed/ once a month, which was rarely given I live in the extreme north & my toesies were bundled up! My finger nails I would change up weekly as a nice lil Sunday relaxation ritual before the work week. But lately my nails have been so bad (I’m blaming OPI Nail Envy…) that I’ve bee au naturelle for a few weeks.
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium-Light/Neutral
Favorite nail polish finish? Glitter, Textured or Jelly + glitter
Favorite nail polish remover? I use any.
How often do you change your nail polish? I take off any color after at most one week.
Your skin tone/coloring: NC50
Favorite nail polish finish? Creme
Favorite nail polish remover? No brand in particular, but I prefer pure acetone to remove my polish.
How often do you change your nail polish? When I get a manicure, I get a gel manicure, so I switch it up every two weeks. I tend to change my pedicure polish monthly.
Your skin tone/coloring: MAC NW15
Favorite nail polish finish? Jelly! Followed by creme.
Favorite nail polish remover? Zoya Remove+
How often do you change your nail polish? Two to three times a week, generally. Painting my nails is an awesome way for me to relax and unwind!
Your skin tone/coloring: light medium with undertone yellow
Favorite nail polish finish?: cream or sheer shimmers finish
Favorite nail polish remover?: opi polish remover
How often do you change your nail polish?: once a week but sometime depends on my mood in crazy day I had change my nail polish two or three in one day LOL
Skintone: Pale, grayish yellow
Favorite polish finish: Foils! Tiny metallic particles create streak-free shine.
Favorite polish remover: I’ve been using Zoya’s Remove+ for so long that I don’t even remember anything else.
How often: Like, once a month…eep.
Skin tone: NW 15
Fav nail polish finish: a shiny cream
Fav nail polish remover: the one from Zoya b/c it smells good and works fast
I change my nail polish about every 10 days now that I’ve discovered the Formula X by Sephora System. I rarely chip using the System. Now I just wait until the gap between my nail polish and cuticle is too big.
Skin tone: Light, with neutral undertones
Favorite nail polish finish: I love holos, shimmers, duochromes, and cremes.
Favorite remover: I usually use harmon brand just because it’s cheapest, but Zoya remover is my favorite
How often do you change your nail polish: Oh god every few days. I get bored and I have so many colors I want to wear!
Your skin tone/coloring: NC20ish… more neutral, though
Favorite nail polish finish? I would say sparkly, but NOT glitter!!! Some faves: Zoya’s Daul or Sttorm..
Favorite nail polish remover? Zoya Remove+
How often do you change your nail polish? Every week to two weeks
🙂
Skin tone/coloring: Neutral MAC NC 35/40
Favorite nail polish finish? Cream
Favorite nail polish remover? Zoya, but its a little on the expensive side so I go for something similar at the drug store
How often do you change your nail polish? Usually once a week unless they are severely chipped or I have somewhere to go
Skin tone/coloring: In the winter I’m quite fair but have a warm undertone, then in the summer I go quite dark
Favourite Nail Polish Finish: definitely creme!
Favourite Nail Polish remover: Sally Hansen Extra Strength , but the Salon one from them is pretty good too
How often do you change your Nail Polish: Every 2-4 days
Your skin tone/coloring: Medium with yellow undertones/MAC NC30
Favorite nail polish finish? Opaque/Cream
Favorite nail polish remover? Pure acetone, whatever brand.
How often do you change your nail polish? Once a week
– I literally have no idea. I’m pretty fair and maybe a bit on the yellow side.
– I like shiny creams (but glitter is probably my ultimate favorite)!
– Zoya Remove+ is WONDERFUL, but I can’t really afford it. I kind of use whatever I have around (currently I think it is the brand Onyx Professional that my mom bought me).
– Every couple of days. I paint them, they chip at work, I get lazy, then I get annoyed by how gross they look and repaint them. Plus I have a nails-only Instagram so I have to paint them at least a few times a week!
Ooo, added bonus:
I paint both of my hands differently (different colors, different nail art, etc.) because I have so many nail polishes to choose from and can never pick just one!
◾Your skin tone/coloring: Warm – MAC NW45, Revlon Nearly Naked Cappuccino
◾Favorite nail polish finish? Crème, Iridescent or Metallic (no glitter)
◾Favorite nail polish remover? Non Acetone
◾How often do you change your nail polish? Weekly or Bi Weekly
Your skin tone/coloring: Light, medium and dark! I get really dark as soon as the sun gets out, but the rest of the time I am almost white. I have a neutral skintone, but when I’m tan I am a little bit more yellow.
-Favorite nail polish finish? Cream and semi-sheer pinks, even though I sometimes go for a glittery accent nail, and always HIGH SHINE.
-Favorite nail polish remover?: Pure acetone. Takes half the time as a branded nail polish remover, and as long as you take care of your nails afterwards your nails are fine.
-How often do you change your nail polish?: I repaint them about every 3 days, just because I HATE chipping, even the slightest chip will make me go crazy. I do not always do a new color, especially now when I have rediscovered Fiji by Essie. Love!