Recommended Vintage-esque Nail Polish

[SweetieStarr]

Is there a list of all the actual vintage nail polish colors? I'm talking about the ones that have been around since the Golden Era.

Revlon: Cherries in the Snow - 50s
Revlon: Raven Red - 40s (Thanks Lizzie!)

What else?

 

[jayem]

I tend to wear very dark red shades, and right now a freshly applied 'Vixen' by Revlon is drying on my nails. It's a super dark red, and with 3 coats it can look black. I think it looks fascinating with my very pale skin and dark hair, though.

Another color I love is 'Savvy Red' by Savvy.

I tend to go with the 30's trend of wearing red polish on the finger nails and soft pink polish on the toes. Any of you ladies have a nice soft pink polish to recommend?

 

[Grant Fan]

Wow that's a hard question I wear all kind of colors but when I go vintage I usually in the late fall through the winter wear and OPI color called "I'm Not Really a Waitress" it is a nice slightly darker red. Then in the wrest of the year I wear either "Revlon Red" "Frankly Scarlet" By Revlon or "Really Really Red" by Nicole (an OPI sister brand). The last one is my favorite color, it is very vintage-esque, it has no shimmer, but is really bright red (I guess more orangey if I had to pick) and it lasts forever. I love it.

 

[MissAmelina]

Here are some vintage revlon ads....Dorian Leigh....what a hottie! These are two of the shades still available...I see a trip to the drugstore in my future.....

 

[maggiethespy]

I wear OPI's "I'm Not Really A Waitress"

It's a great, true red with a little bit of shimmer. Always get lots of comments on it

MissAmelina, those ads are WONDERFUL!

 

[LelaViavonie]

I am also an OPI fan.. I have almost all of thier colors

Latley I have been wearing " Vodka & Caviar" Its looks great on my skintone and since I have been getting a tan.. It really pops!

 

[cherry lips]

lol This ad is hysterical! I can wholeheartedly identify with being "deep inside... as strange and unexpected as cherries in the snow"

 

[MissAmelina]

lol This ad is hysterical! I can wholeheartedly identify with being "deep inside... as strange and unexpected as cherries in the snow"

LOL..... I KNOW! My orange juice always sparkles like champagne.

 

[cherry lips]

LOL..... I KNOW! My orange juice always sparkles like champagne.

fftopic: I know what would make my orange juice sparkle like champagne, and make me wake up smiling...

drrrrrrrroooooooooool!

 

[Darhling]

fftopic: I know what would make my orange juice sparkle like champagne, and make me wake up smiling...

drrrrrrrroooooooooool!

I am pretty sure that sight would make my oj turn into champagne..

 

[Heather]

I am pretty sure that sight would make my oj turn into champagne..

hehe paul newman was yummy! *swoons*

 

[MissAmelina]

He'd make your red toe nails curl.
I think I'll stay in bed this morning and eat a bag of Fig Newmans.

 

[Audrey Horne]

I am also an OPI fan.. I have almost all of thier colors

Latley I have been wearing " Vodka & Caviar" Its looks great on my skintone and since I have been getting a tan.. It really pops!

I love Vodka and Caviar! It's really such a nice red. Looks great with a pedicure too!

 

[JennyLou]

I don't know how vintage Loreal's Rendevous is but I simply love that color. It's the only color I've been using for about 4-5 years.

 

[Medvssa]

After the sad death of Clarins 228, RIP, I've found again the perfect red, YSL #3

 

[MarieAnne]

Right now I really like Red Hot Tamale by Revlon. It's a very bright red. I also like Craving Coral, it's an even brighter coral red. Revlon's Make Mine Mango is my favourite coral pink shade. I'd really like to try Raven Red next.

 

[Elaina]

I must be weird. I stay in the pink family more then reds. Since one of my jobs means I have to work with food, I usually do an American manicure and call it good and put pink on the toes.

 

[*martini*time*]

I love Vodka and Caviar! It's really such a nice red. Looks great with a pedicure too!

Vodka and Caviar is one of my favorites too! I can't seem to get enough red polish. Of OPI i have:

Vodka and Caviar
Red Hot Gift
Big Apple Red
Got the blues for Red (great dark red with blue undertone, looks great on lots of skin tones)

I tried to paint my nails something other then red, but i just can't bring myself to do it! Even my toes are red!

 

[olive bleu]

I tend to go with the 30's trend of wearing red polish on the finger nails and soft pink polish on the toes. Any of you ladies have a nice soft pink polish to recommend?

I'm with jayem..any pink recommendations??

 

[Heather]

I'm with jayem..any pink recommendations??

my personal favorite is rose bud by CND. Just thought i'd throw that out there. I'm very picky about the color pink but I can't recommend this one enough.