Nail Q&A – Blogger Collaboration

some nails polish bloggers (with me amongs them) decided to do a Blogger Collaboration and here is our first post! we decided to start with some nail polish / nail art related questions to get to know each other better :) we're going to post once a month or so. and I have to tell you I'm very happy I'm participating! it's my first blogger collab and it seems like a lot of fun! so, here we go :)

[polski tekst pojawi się niebawem ;) ]

What was your first nail polish?

I don't remember my very first nail polish, but I think it was some golden rose (I remember I have few red ones!) or inglot (it's our Polish brand) nail polish, because my first nail polishes was from these brands. actually I still have these few inglot polishes (blue, orange and steel shimmer/metallic ones) which have about... well 15 years or so? :D and the best thing is that they are still usable and their quality is the same as it was these 15 years ago.

Do you remember when your nail art journey begun?

I think it was about 10 years ago, when I was in high school. I did some nail arts then, but it was things like dots. I started to do more complicated things and more regurarly 7 years ago (back in 2013, when I started participated in some Polish nail art challenges) - you can see some of my nail arts from this time here (click click) and one of them is this one

What is your favourite nail art technique?

I think handpainting is my favourite, but I also like all kinds of fluid nail art techniques (including  using syringe :) )

What is your favourite nail shape?

square! I mean all that is similar to square - I think I have squoval (something combining sqare and oval). I have such shape for ages and I wouldn't change it for anything else!

Would you ever wear artificial nails?

no, I don't think I would. I don't like to have very long nails and artificial ones usually are long, do nope, It's not for me. I wore them once though! when I did my zombie nails for halloween some year ;)  - here's link to post with these nails and you can also see them below

What is your favourite mainstream brand?

I think orly is one of my top favourite brands and kiko as well (but their shops dissapeared from Poland some time ago - I don't know why - and I'm very sad about it). I also like colour alike a lot (it's a Polish brand, but they used to have much more great polishes, now only few of them are available to buy and that's a shame) and el corazon (russian brand), but my most favourite is masura (also russian one). they have many crazy finishes and interesting color combinations. and they have the best magnetic polishes! yes, detinitely masura is my favourite ;) though Celeste said masura is an indie brand - I actually don't know, but I'm sure it's definitely my favourite ;)

What is your favourite indie brand?

well, I don't think I have one favourite among indies. but due to their fantastic magnetic multichromes I'd say fun lacquer ;) 

What is your favourite nail polish finish?

I love everything that sparkles, so I like all kinds of particles in polishes, but I think I like multichrome polishes, magnetics and glassflecks the most. and well holographic ones, especially with large holo particles. and glitters! you see? I love all that glitters :D

What is your holy grail nail product?

sally hansen instant cuticle remover. I use it like since forever and it always helps me to keep my cuticles in order :)

What is your favourite top coat and base coat?

I curently use orly nail defense as a base coat and I think It's one of my favourites so far. I always use nail conditioners as a base. I also like sally hansen ones (blue - miracle cure and silver - diamond strength).

my favourite top coat of all times is hk girl from glisten & glow (it's an old name, now it's just glisten & glow top coat). I love it! It's thick and gives manicure a gel look :)

and here are list of girls who are participating in our blogger collab:

Anne - annesnails.wordpress.com

Minna - talkandbake.blogspot.com

Paula - realpolishfanatic.com

Weronika - www.malinaila.pl

Patricia - www.nailsthatmatch.com

Celeste - celestelovesnails.blogspot.com

Nicki - glittermynails.com