So what do you lemming?

[telesilla]

Reading the various nail blogs has introduced me to a new term: lemming used as a verb. So lemming after something means you really want it, to the point of obsession.

So I wondered if there was a product--doesn't have to be nail polish--that you really want but don't because you're broke/it's too expensive/you can't justify the money or because it's no longer made?

While it's pretty close to Orly's Sapphire Silk, I would love to get my hands on Mac's Blue India

About half of China Glaze's OMG collection. I've got some of the Milani HD holos, but they're not as linear as these. I want 2Nite, IDK, LOL and, of course, OMG. I'd settle for Nfu Oh 61 if they ever had it when I had money. Maybe. I have yet to spend more than $10 on a bottle of polish.

Speaking of spending more than $10 on a bottle of polish, the high-end brands call to me. There are a handful of Butter London (zomg British Racing Green!), Illamasqua (Scorn! Viridian! Scarab!), Nars (Zulu!), RBL (Iconoclast! Catherine H! Recycle! Scrangie!) and so on I lemming.

Non nail polish, I can't think of much except that I really want a full bottle of Shalimar like whoa!

Comments

[eleanorjane]

Ahahaha do you want the long list or the short list? :D

The ultimate lemming would be Clarins 230, aka Unicorn Pee for how rare and sought-after it is. Last bottle I saw was $75 on an etailer site; its usually $60+ on eBay.

In a similar discontinued-and-hard-to-find-and-expensive vein, I wish I could find a bottle of Urban Decay Burnout, OPI La Boheme, OPI Black Tie Optional, OPI Absolutely Alice, MAC Studded, Illamasqua Baptiste, and RBL Scrangie.

Luckily, though, most of the stuff I'm lemming is still current, at least: stuff from Butter London, Illamasqua, a-England, MAC, Nfu.Oh, and other brands it's hard to easily acquire online from Australia. Oh, and pretty much everything Ozotic Pro ever made; at least I can order that here, it's just 'spensive!

And luckier still, I acquired my #1 lemming yesterday, thanks to the generosity of a random nail-board denizen: MAC Bad Fairy. Om nom nom.

[telesilla]

For some reason the Clarins 230 doesn't really interest me all that much. Oooo, but wow, yeah, that Mac studded is really nice. I wonder if you could matte up a regular dark silver. I should try that.

And that Bad Fairy is really pretty! :)

[sorchar]

There are some cheaper bottles of the Clarins on eBay right now, though not by much. Some ambitious souls have them up at Buy It Now prices of $150, but there are some bottles hovering around $40 right now. Still too rich for my blood, but it is a gorgeous color.

[sorchar]

I managed to score a bottle of Color Club's Worth the Risque for $5 plus shipping on eBay. NOBODY has holos currently, it seems. Nfu Oh 61 and China Glaze OMG are going for upwards of $30 a bottle on eBay right now. WTF?

[telesilla]

Yeah, OMG is totally discontinued so you're stuck with eBay. Nfu Oh still makes 61 but each time they put it up, they sell out pretty quickly and it's also $12.50 a bottle, which pushes my self-imposed $10 a bottle limit. Plus, supposedly, you have to have their particular basecoat.

Have you checked out the http://www.stephscloset.com/blog/gallery/id/4061/milani-hd-nail-polish/Milani HD? The silver isn't as linear as OMG or Nfu Oh, but it's pretty nice and it's about $5 at CVS.

[eleanorjane]

What *is* a linear holo, anyway, and what's the alternative? So confused. :)

[telesilla]

A linear holo is one that sort of shows lines of rainbow colors. It really shows up on Scangie's pic of 2nite. Scatter holos are more like the Milani I linked to (badly) above. It's more of an all-over rainbow sparkle. I seem to remember reading somewhere that the polish companies say it's harder to do linear holos that are 3 or 4Free.

[eleanorjane]

Aha! Thankyou for the explanation.

Looking at those pics, I think I prefer scatter holos anyway. :)

[sorchar]

Ooh, I'll have to look for it around here. We don't have CVS but somewhere around here probably carries it.

[telesilla]

Yeah our Rite-Aid doesn't but maybe someone up there does. Or you can actually order it from Milani themselves.

[scheherezhad]

Due to my job (cosmetics team member at my local Target), I have a long and constantly changing list of lems. I want to try all the things. Right this moment, though, my top lemming is a Z Palette because I'd really like to depot a bunch of my shadows to free up space in my train case.

I'll probably order it soon, as a birthday gift to myself.

[telesilla]

I've seen those on various blogs, they look really useful. If I end up pressing some of my loose mineral eye shadow, I might have to pick one up.

And wow, that's one of those jobs, like working in a bookstore, that would be dangerous to my wallet. :)

[rydra_wong]

I would pay cash moniez for a full bottle of the cruelly-discontinued Yohji Homme (coffee, rum, liquorice, incense, woods ...).

But, alas, not quite as much cash moniez as it usually costs to get one.

[ldybastet]

I just really, really, really want whatever it is that musicians use to keep their eye-shadow from creasing and smudging and go ugly despite three hours of bright lights, heat, and lots of sweating on stage... ;)

[telesilla]

*grins* There must be some industrial strength eye-shadow primer being used. Mixed with glue, maybe?

[ldybastet]

LOL! Probably! I think you're onto something here, with the glue... ;)