I always get lots of complements when I wear gelish My Forbidden Love. It' s very nice burgundy with a shimmer to it. Your mani looks nice. I also wear colors with the gel polishes that I never dreamed I'd wear before.
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Try Lechat Red Bird. It's more of a burgundy red. I love it and it is perfect for the holidays with IBD Moroccan Spice glitter on top!
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For those of you interested in joining the next Soak-Off Gel Exchange, here's the new thread - http://forum.purseblog.com/nail-care/soak-off-gel-exchange-round-5-a-791149.html
I never got manicures and rarely did my own nails because they never lasted, however I loved how beautiful polished nails looked. After reading through this forum I bought the RCM pro starter kit at Ulta. Am in love and totally addicted (I did have a few Gelish manis at a salon but too pricey). Have never gone more than 10 days because I keep changing colors. Just want to say thanks for all the great tips and encourage anyone who is considering DIY gel polish to try it. If I can do it, anyone can!
Colors I've tried
RCM- red carpet ready, haute couture, plum up the volume. I have my favorite designer but haven't used it yet.
Gelish- glamour queen
No problem using gelish with RCM system.
Colors I've tried
RCM- red carpet ready, haute couture, plum up the volume. I have my favorite designer but haven't used it yet.
Gelish- glamour queen
No problem using gelish with RCM system.
Gelish and rcm are, basically, the same product. Just different packaging and target market. Most of their colors are dupes. So they will work together very well. You can also use other brands of gel polish colors with your rcm base and top coat products. Enjoy your beautiful new addiction and...:welcome2:
Just did a holiday mani, 2 coats of RCM Thank You, Thank you, 1 coat Gelish Water Field. So lovely. Thank you,thank you is a deep red with purple undertones. Water field adds some nice holiday sparkle. I love layering these polishes. Also realized that I had a $5.00 off coupon from Ulta that was a going to expire today. Dashed off to the store and picked up Draped in Rubies to try next week. Happy Holidays to all.
On further inspection, thank you, thank you is probably more purple with a good dose of deep red. The purple is more apparent in outdoor light. I also did a quick pedi with RCM My Favorite Designer. Still very sheer after 3 coats but nice. No one sees my feet in winter so I'll just leave it on until...
I picked up (another) An Evening to Remember, Show Me The Money, & Tangerine On The Rocks for .99 each at Ulta yesterday. YMMV.
Thank you! I've been wanting An Evening to Remember. Ran out this morning and it was .99. Can't say no to that!
I was at Fred Meyer today and they have select RCM 'discontinued' colors for 50% off. I picked up Midnight Affair (my Fred Meyer's has been picked over for quite some time but they had a lot of colors on sale!) Wonder if they're getting new colors or just getting rid of things since most brands have huge sections of 'last chance' stickers! Hope someone else can benefit ; )
Wow that's such a great deal! Are the sale colors normally where the RCM display is? I tried looking a while back when they had the sale on draped in rubies and an evening to remember and could not find it...but then again my ulta has low stock on everything in general..
