Ladies Going Gaga Over Matte..

Guess what? It seems that Matte polishes is the 'in' thing for celebrities too!!. Spotted on in her latest music video; bad romance, Lady Gaga was noted to have OPI nail Lacquer Alpine Snow on her nails. In this video she had various nail colours, and OPI Alpine Snow matte was one of her choices!! Cool isn't it? Coz u can have them too!!

Think it will be too much, dont worry, there are 5 more other colours you can opt for; Russian Navy,Lincoln Park After Dark, You Don't Know Jacques!, Gargantuan Green Grape Matte or La Paz-itively Hot Matte. Just Click on to Matte collection :-) 

or you have these colours and dont want to waste by getting the matte version? Then just follow these tips for a matte finish; Apply polish to nails, add top coat, let dry a few minutes, then dab a chamois or other lint-free cloth on nails to matte the surface , or just apply OPI Nail Envy Matte Nail Strengthener as your top coat to give you the matte finish!!

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Video Tips on Different Types of Manicure for Beginners..

Hi Girls..
We've got few smses and mails asking us about tips on how to apply the polish to make them look professionally made. I believe few of you guys out there are very new to manicures and usually do them at the manicurist. 
Well, We in Nailgalore understand that at times it gets expensive and not forgetting time consuming when we get it done proffesionally. So here we have compiled few different videos that teaches  us step by step on how to apply polishes, as well as on how to make our nails look like its professionally done.. Good Luck!!






P/S~ it might seem ages before one could master the art of manicure. Be patient and you will love the end results.. Enjoy..

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Polish Nightmare

Editor's Note;

Several people informed me about this but i've never directly came across this, but today, I encountered fake OPI!. It was one of my worst nightmare come true. My supplier told me before that this place actually do sell fake ones but I just couldn’t believe her initially, so I went there to investigate them myself. And true enough they are FAKE!!

Upon entering this shop, I saw nicely arranged OPI bottles of various color. They look so real. In fact they even have a label wrapped around the bottle saying about wide-brush formula just like the original ones. However, I was a bit skeptical with the OPI label though as they were not as smooth as the original ones. Then I carried a bottle and imagine my horror when I realized it wasn’t even ½ the weight of the original ones. On top of that the names on the bottles were so funny! Imagine very bery bravery on a yellow polish! Since when OPI came out with silly names like that? The next bottle had the same name and so on. Tried to smell them but couldn’t as they were wrapped with yellow old-school tape. Only one could be opened as a tester, and the smell!! God! It was horrible, probably because of the trio-toluene, formaldehyde and DBP. ! Price? It was Rm29 each.

So for those of you out there, whenever or wherever you purchase your OPI colours, please do make sure you are familiar with them. The names and colors especially. And if possible, smell them as well as the original OPI are free from those three toxic trio since 2006. Don’t get excited when the price is cheap as they might be fake and disastrous to your nails. Besides, its just isn’t worth it! Buy Original and have healthy strong nails!

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OPI Goes Nude at Marc Jacobs

Hey Guys.. Latest,

Pale nails featured at the Marc Jacobs Spring 2010 fashion show, among other runways at NYFW.

Marc Jacobs hand picked 4 flesh-toned polishes for the models.

"Our friends at OPI have given us the scoop on the nail looks at one of the most talked about runway fashion shows during Spring/Summer 2010 New York Fashion Week - Marc Jacobs RTW and Marc by Marc Jacobs!

Marc Jacobs debuted his Spring 2010 collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, complementing his whimsical and airy creations with nude-colored OPI Nail Lacquers on all his models’ fingers. Jacobs hand-picked OPI to provide best-selling shades including Barefoot in Barcelona, Samoan Sand, Malaysian Mistand Dulce de Leche – topped with OPI Matte Nail Envy – as the finishing touch to Jacobs’ return to femininity.

The cherry on top was Musical icon Madonna, pop queen Lady Gaga, Rachel Zoe and other A-listers sitting front-and-center to watch Jacobs’ parade of ruffles and pearls.

Highlighting fashion trends to come, Jacobs’ preview of the all-natural look included one accessory that all women can afford – fresh and subtle nude nails with OPI Nail Lacquers. - RLB"

OPI: Malaysian Mist, Samoan Sand, Barefoot in Barcelona, and Dulce de Leche.

From Spring/Summer 2010 New York Fashion week Report; Palacinka, Beauty Blitz Blog, The Fresh Fiends.
Well.. Ive already tried these colors in matte finish and it looks gorgeous.. Probably you guys should try it too without waiting for the release next year :-) For matte finish i used OPI Nail Envy Matte

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Matte is the New Black

Hey Guys, We've decided not make this blogshop like other ordinary shops. After all its all about the beauty of our nails. Hence from now on, we would also share all those new facts or latest fashions about NAILS that we've come across!! Dont miss out!! From The Nails Magazine Dec 2009; by Sree Roy

Showing up everywhere from automotive paint to mannequins to a myriad of beauty products (including lip colors and even hair products), the no-shine matte look has recently exploded in the nail industry too. More than a dozen professional nail polish brands have launched either a matte color line, a matte top coat, or both — and many of these launches were announced in just the last few months. “It’s all about a unique texture on the nails and a matte finish is very fashion-forward,” says Essie Weingarten, founder and president of Essie Cosmetics; Weingarten developed Essie Cosmetics’ first matte formula to match the matte finish of Mercedes-Benz Black Series during last season’s Fashion Week.
Once relegated to men, a matte finish is now being touted by women everywhere as a fresh, edgy, and confident style. The lack of glossiness increases the impact of the polish color itself, letting it “wow” without any distractions.
On a microscopic scale, a matte finish has a rough surface, explains Doug Schoon, chief scientific advisor for CND. A matte polish or top coat formula will include an ingredient, usually some kind of powder (like silica), to make the polish scatter light rather than reflecting it back to the eye. “Mirror finishes reflect light back to the eye, while matte finishes scatter light,” Schoon says.
Because the formula and the look are different, experts offer their advice for how best to apply these products:
--> Work quickly, because matte polishes dry more quickly than traditional polishes. “The ingredient added to cause the matte finish does not need to dry. Therefore there is less solvent in the coating, so it dries faster,” Schoon says. Mattes will usually feel thicker during application, he adds.
--> Don’t use a top coat or drying products during application. A glossy top coat will ruin the matte finish, making it appear glossy instead. You can try using a matte top coat (normally used to turn a glossy polish matte), which will keep the finish but may distort the color.
--> Experts differ on whether to apply a base coat first or not. (Check the bottle to see if your manufacturer makes a recommendation.) On Zoya Nail Polish’s blog, the company says, “If you apply a matte polish to a base coat that has not fully dried, what occurs is that the polish and the base coat dry at completely different rates causing problems shrinking, rigidness, and a goopy mess that may take all day to dry.” The manufacturer goes on to say you can use a base coat with its matte polishes, but you must wait for the base coat to dry.
--> Advise your clients that a matte polish will usually not wear as long as a traditional glossy polish (especially if you’re not using base and top coats).
--> Don’t apply cuticle oils or lotions to the fingernails during a matte manicure. This will make the surface reflect more light, which will make it look glossy. However, once the oil wears off, the matte effect will return.
--> Celebrity manicurist Elle, who helps create Barielle’s color lines, recommends applying a matte top coat with a striper brush to create texture between glossy and matte finishes for an eye-catching new nail look.
--> Suzi Weiss-Fischman, executive VP and artistic director of OPI, suggests wearing OPI Matte together with the traditional gloss formula of the same OPI color (like on this month’s cover). “You can do a matte nail with a matching gloss tip, or a gloss nail with a matte edge. It’s like mixing different textures of the same color in an outfit.”

Cool huh?? To know more about matte polishes, just google it. its the 'in-thing'. its everywhere! As for what we have to offer, just click on the Matte collection pictures, or better still, click on suede collection as its much more glamorous and gorgeous!

OPI Matte

OPI Suede 

                                                            

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OPI Nail Care..

There are no words to describe these things..  They are nail savers at times when they are most needed.. Among my favorite things from OPI, which without them I wouldn't have had long admirable nails (Vain I know!! But i'm proud of my nails!!)

OPI Nail Essentials:

OPI Base Coat Nail Treatment - Extended Wear Formula 15mL.

The OPI Natural Nail Base Coat - Extended-Wear Formula is enriched formula that prevents staining of natural nails and promotes a long-lasting manicure, as well as, aides in the longevity and adhesian of OPI nail polish. 

Retail Price: Rm 57

Nail Galore Price: Rm 49

OPI Top Coat Nail Treatment - High-Gloss Protection 15mL. 

OPI Top Coat Nail Treatment - High-Gloss Protection prevents smudges while drying to a smooth, high-gloss, protective shine.

Retail Price: Rm 57

Nail Galore Price: Rm 49

OPI Chip Skip Special Nail Treatment 15mL. 

Just one coat of this exclusive Patented formula applied prior to base coat or nail lacquer helps prevent chipping. 

Retail Price: Rm 78

Nail Galore Price: Rm 69

OPI Ridge Filler Nail Treatment - Surface Smoother 15mL. 

OPI Nail Ridge Filler Nail Treatment - Surface Smoother contains natural silk to gently smooth out uneven natural nails. 

Retail Price: Rm 70

Nail Galore Price: Rm 59

OPI Start to Finish

Base Coat, Top Coat & Nail Strengthener. This one high-performance product fills all three needs!. All you need in one bottle!!

Retail Price: Rm 92

Nail Galore Price: Rm 79

Nail Envy 

"Strength is beauty, and OPI delivers strong beautiful nails with its line of Nail Envy Natural Nail Strengthener"

OPI Nail Envy (Original) 15mL

Maximum strength formula with Hydrolyzed Protein and Calcium helps nails grow harder, longer and stronger and resist peeling, cracking and splitting.

Recommendation: Takes the most severely damaged nails from mush to muscle.

Application: To strengthen natural nails, apply two coats of Original Nail Envy, followed by one coat every other day.

Retail Price: Rm 110

Nail Galore Price: Rm 99

OPI Maintenance Nail Envy 15mL

Maintenance nail envy. Just the right balance of strengthening and protecting ingredients to help strong nails stay that way.

Recommendation: Keep nails to envy! Continuing to harden nails once they are perfectly strong can result in brittleness. 

Application: Once nails have achieved their optimum strength with Original, Matte, Dry & Brittle, or Soft & Thin Nail Envy, switch to Maintenance Nail Envy to keep them at their best.

Retail Price: Rm 110

Nail Galore Price: Rm 99

OPI Nail Envy Matte

Same strengthening benefits as Original Nail Envy but with a natural-looking matte finish.

Recommendation: Ideal for men or as a base coat for pedicures.

Application: To strengthen natural nails, apply two coats of Original Nail Envy, followed by one coat every other day.

Retail Price: Rm 110

Nail Galore Price: Rm 99

OPI Nail Envy Soft & Thin

Formula protects against peeling with antioxidant Vitamin E and Kukui Nut Oil, soothes sensitive nails with Aloe Vera.

Recommendation: For nails that need soothing and strengthening. Natural Nail Strengthener for Sensitive, Peeling Nails.

Application:To strengthen sensitive & peeling natural nails, apply two coats of Sensitive & Peeling Nail Envy, followed by one coat every other day

Retail Price: Rm 110

Nail Galore Price: Rm 99

OPI Nail Envy Sensitive & Peeling

Formaldehyde-free formula protects against peeling with antioxidant Vitamin E and Kukui Nut Oil, soothes sensitive nails with Aloe Vera.

Recommendation: For nails that need soothing and strengthening. Natural Nail Strengthener for Sensitive, Peeling Nails.

Application: To strengthen sensitive & peeling natural nails, apply two coats of Sensitive & Peeling Nail Envy, followed by one coat every other day.

Retail Price: Rm 110

Nail Galore Price: Rm 99

OPI Nail Envy Dry & Brittle

Moisturizing formula helps maintain flexibility and protects with antioxidant vitamins E & C.

Recommendation: For dry, brittle nails that break instead of bend. Protects with anti-oxidant vitamin C & E for longer, stronger, natural nails! No more snaps, Splits or breaks! 

Application: Apply every other day.

Retail Price: Rm 110

Nail Galore Price: Rm 99

Quick Drying Treatment:

Don't have time to wait for your newly applied nail polish to dry? Get one of these rapid dry treatment stuff. They are crucial at times you don't have time to wait before a party or some other events :-)

OPI Drip Dry 9mL/ 30mL

Lacquer Drying Drop. How can you top that.

Recommendation: When you need to get out the door in a hurry!.

Application:Wait 60 seconds after applying your favorite Nail Lacquer, apply 1 to 2 drops of Drip Dry. Nails are dry to the touch in one minute, thoroughly dry in 5 minutes or less! 

Retail Price: Rm 76(9mL)/ Rm 150 (30mL)

Nail Galore Price: Rm 67 (9mL)/ Rm 130 (30mL)

OPI RapiDry Spray (120mL)

RapiDry Topcoat dries wet nail polish fast for a tough, long lasting, high gloss shine. It is non-yellowing & ends smears, smudges & streaks! Mist on Rapid dry Nail Polish Dryer 45 seconds after applying final coat of nail polish.

Application: RapiDry Spray Polish Dryer (To Cut Down Drying Time) Spray on freshly applied polish to cut down drying time and prevent smearing. Can also be used between manicures to revitalize shine. Dries in 60 seconds to a smooth hard finish. Contains Avoplex Oil to add shine and condition cuticles.

Retail Price: Rm 116

Nail Galore Price: Rm 99

OPI RapiDry Top Coat

Dries to a tough, long-lasting, non-yellowing, high-gloss shine in minutes.

Recommendation: For fast-drying nails with a high-gloss shine.

Retail Price: Rm 81

Nail Galore Price: Rm 69

Since its Christmas, We are having promotions for all the above mentioned products. All Nail Care products is sold at a 10% cut off when you buy it with any nail lacquer from the previous posts!! Isn't that great?? Its Christmas girls!! Have beautiful strong nails to show off during this festive season! Offer is on till 24th Dec Only!!

Christmas gift sets:

OPI Santa Paws

OPI Santa Paws includes :

1-  Original Nail Envy 15mL. 

1- FREE pair of holiday puppy slippers

OPI Santa Paws

OPI Santa Paws includes :

1-  Sensitive & Peeling Nail Envy 15mL. 

1- FREE pair of holiday puppy slippers.

Both: Retail Price: Rm110

         NailGalore Price: Rm 99

or get the mini bottles for Rm 13 each! Retail price at Rm20 

 

or any other christmas promotions from previous posts..

* Promotional items are not entitled for the 10% Discount

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