❀HELPFUL LINKS FROM MY BLOG
- Fingernail Anatomy, Nail Saving Tips
- Got Stains! (after removing polish)
- Healthy Nails Article
- Help! My Polish Keeps Chipping
- How to cleanup your manicure
- How to give yourself a manicure
- How To Prevent Hangnails
- How To Remove Glitter Polish The Easy Way
- My Manicure Essentials/Regimen
- Nail Shapes (What shape are you?)
- Top 10 tips to prevent and repair damage nails
- What are your nails telling you about your health
- What Does Your Nail Polish Say About You?
USEFUL LINKS
- Nail Art Inspiration
- Livejournal
- The Nail Polish and Nail Care Forum
- OPI Nail Lacquer Database
- SpectraFlair Pigment Information
- Guide: How To Identify Your OPI Polish
- How To Swap...Swapping 101
- List of Colors
- SwapTawk
- Helpful Hints for New Bloggers
- 50 China Glaze Specialty Glitters, Shimmers and Cremes
- Old OPI Color Names
- Community Nail Polish Gallery aka Nail Gal
- China Glaze-In The Mood Collection Color Chart
- OPI (DS) Designer Series Color List
- Nailpolish Forum-List of Dupes
- MakeupAlley Nail Discussion Board
- How to take great pictures
- China Glaze Collections
❀HELPFUL PAGES
- 25 Different Nail Polish Finishes
- A History Of Nail Care
- Description of Nail Polish Finishes
- Fingernail Analysis
- How to get the perfect french manicure
- MakeupAlley Blog Sales
- MakeupAlley Nailboard Wisdom
- Nails/Health Article
- Pictures of CND Effects
- Polishes that can be used with konading
- Weekly Drug Store Sales
- Wikipedia Nail Polish
- How to add Google Analytics
Nail Glossary (Dictionary)BC or B/C - base coatBlogophere - the world of blogsClean Up - cleaning up skin or cuticle area of nail polish using a small makeup brush with polish remover or acetoneCuticle Drag - When a nail polish applies thinner, more translucent, towards the cuticle area. The colour drags away from the cuticleCuticle Flooding - when nail lacquer has flooded into, around, under the cuticle areaCrelly - The polish formula is half creme and half jellyDotticure - a manicure done with a dotting tool, where the design is made of dotsDupe - duplicate, An exact replica of another polish. Exact color, exact glitter shapes and sizesDusty - a place such as a nail supply store, warehouse, salon or any other retailer that carries nail products, specifically ones that are old(er) and sometimes have actual dust on the bottlesDusty Hunting or Dustying - going shopping at places that carry nail lacquer and nail productsEnablers - Those that encourge you to buy more polishETF - easy to find (when referring to lacquer), can be purchased in many storesFauxnad - a faux Konad product, so any other brand mimicking actual Konad productsFoil Method - Acetone or polish remover soaked with cotton or felt placed on glitterbombed nails, covered with aluminum foil and left on for 5-10 minutesFranken - a custom nail lacquer that is made by mixing other lacquers together, not to be confused with indieHaul - a shopping spreeGAP - the space (visible in most NOTD photos) between the cuticle and the painted area of the nailGradient - when a colour on the nail goes from light to dark or vice versaHTF - hard to find (when referring to lacquer), no longer in production or discontinuedIndie - a brand of nail lacquer that is created from lacquer base and pigments, hand mixed and sold online, mostly EtsyJelly Polish - The formula is not opaque it looks like jelly or the inside of a jelly beanJelly Sandwich - the technique of layering lacquers, specifically a jelly, layered with glitter, which is then layered with jelly again, resulting in an interesting look where the glitter looks sort of suspended in the lacquer. Looks squishyKonad - a company that makes nail art products, mainly stamping plates with designs on themKonadicure - a manicure done with Konad stampingLE - limited editionLemming - a nail polish you want badly (you might even dream about it)Mannequin Hands - when a shade of lacquer matches so close to the skintone, the hand looks like that of a mannequinMUA - stands for Makeup Alley, an online community that has various boards, including a nail care oneNOTD - nail of the dayNubbins or Nubs - very short nailsOmbre - a mani with each nail a lighter/darker shade of one colour, resulting with 5 different shades of the same colour on one handPOTD - pedi of the day (toes)Secret Shimmer - Shimmer that shows in the polish bottle but not so mujch on the nail. A lot of companies add this to create depth of color on the nail.Shrinkage - when nail polish shrink away from either the free edge or the cuticle area of the nail. Seche Vite is said to often cause this to happenSkittles - mani with each nail a different colour, like skittlesSmuf Fingers - when your cuticles, skin around your nails, nail plate and fingers get stained from removing a blue or green polish.Spam - A lot of pretty polish and bottle shotsSquishy - often used to describle a jelly or crelly type polishStash - a lacquer collection one might haveSV - Seche Vite, a popular quick dry top coat used by many around the blogosphereTC or T/C - top coatTape Mani - a style of nail art that uses scotch tape to create the designTip Wear - when polish has worn off at the free edge, generally after a few days of wearUnderwear or Undies - an opaque lacquer used under other lacquers, mostly sheer ones so that VNL isn't visibleUntried - a lacquer one owns but has not tried it yetVNL - visible nail line, when the white part of the nail is visible, mostly when some sheer lacquers are wornWater Marble - a style of nail art that uses a cup of water to create a marble effectWrapping Tips - to apply lacquer at the free edge of the nail, this prevents from wearing, chipping the colour at the tips
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