Introduction post!

[telesilla]

I figured we might get this going with an introduction post. So, if you feel like it, why not introduce yourselves in the comments and tell us a little bit about yourself and what you're into, product-wise.

Me? I'm currently going through a genderplayful stage where I like pairing girly things like painted nails, perfume and makeup with my butch hair and clothing.

Right now, the products I couldn't live without are, the Poo Bar solid shampoo from Oyin, my Poshe rapid dry top coat, HD nail polish (silver holo) by Milani, Scheherazade perfume from BPAL, Nag Champa perfume from Good Judy and Sinner perfume by Kat Von D.

I'm about to take the mineral make up plunge, so that will be quite the adventure.

I'm also, with sorchar, one of your mods, so if you have any questions feel free to send them my way.

Your turn!

Comments

[eleanorjane]

Hi! I'm eleanorjane, aka Elle, and I recently discovered the world of nail polish. That is, all the lovely specialist polish out there, not the bland mainstream stuff sold in pharmacies. Someone got me hooked on Chanel Blue Satin (not my site/pics) and then I found OPI and it was all downhill from there. :)

I've not been bothering too much with makeup lately, as I've had some skin allergy and conjunctivitis issues in the past few years, but I'm finding that I really love nailpolish - it's a part of me that I can primp and preen and feel beautiful about, without all the other body image hangups getting in the way.

My big obstacle is that I don't live in the US, and Australian vendors of non-mainstream nail polish a) have very limited ranges, and b) charge an arm and a leg. For instance, although our dollar's pretty much at parity with the US dollar, a bottle that would be 6-8 dollars in the USA costs 12-20 here. I've been shopping at transdesign.com, but they don't stock Zoya, RBL, Seche, or various other popular brands.

Right now, I'm currently wearing OPI's Yodel Me On My Cell, which is a lovely dark teal shimmer. My current favourite polish is China Glaze's Sea Spray, which is a really interesting light blue-grey with a faint shimmer, and it wears like you wouldn't believe. I have a painful weakness for dark vampy berry/bronze/browns and I own waaaay too many of them. :)

[erika]

I am so jealous you're in Australia right now. I just found this incredible australian nail polish site with so many colors I want so bad.

[eleanorjane]

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...there goes my bank balance!

Thankyou so much for the link... I think. :D

[erika]

But now you don't have to be sad that you live in Australia!

[eleanorjane]

This is true!

I think I shall buy a few and test their formulations. :) I'll post reviews on here when I do.

[erika]

DOOO EET.

By then I might have enough money to pay their outrageous shipping costs to the US. I MUST HAVE THAT HEAVY METAL.

[telesilla]

Wow, those are some nice looking colors! I like their multichromes.

[erika]

I personally am dying for their heavy metal.