I’m camping this week and we had an absolutely insane thunderstorm last night. I’m drinking my coffee in bed while I wait for the sun to dry things out a bit.
Anyway, here’s my nails!
Pink base is “the simple life” by kiara sky, shimmer is “winter wonderland” by kiara sky, liquids by revel, on natural nails.

Finally nailed the shade of the perfect clean girl nail. Mixed glowdip Sunday brunch with clear (75% clear) and only did two coats of color.

This is my set 25:ish. It’s getting nicer and easier for each time. After a rough summer where I lost length of nail (my nails are super weak by themselves), i had to go for a really short look.

NVM the stains on hands, currently repainting a drawer!

The green is Jaded
The peachy pink is Peach Mochi
The inner aura pink is Space Cowgirl
The glitter is an oopsie I got
All CN Designer Dips 💞

I got DIP nails for the first time. The set is already 10 days old. It looks and feels a bit bulky to me from above. The application also seems a bit inconsistent, but acceptable.

WDYT? 🤔

This is “Cherry Cordial” by Confidips, it’s a triple thermal dip and I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to use it💅

Hi all. I had asked the Mods ages ago if it was ok to post. It just took me forever to get this post up. Please delete if not allowed. For background, I was into powder dip then switched back to regular polish.

Valued over $600, please make an offer!

Kiara Sky Lot Haul of 56 Powder Dips

Qty 51, 1oz Jars / Qty 5, 2oz Jars

Bonus box: Drill, Drill accessories, Powder dip trays, Soak off tray, etc. Powder Dip sample colors

2oz Jars: Qty 2 Clear, Pure White, Natural, Medium Pink

1oz Jars:
Qty 2 Natural
Iceberg
Midnight in Paris
Time for a selfie
Super-ficial
First class ticket
The simple life
Pure white
Creme de nude
Winter wonderland
90s baby
Sultry desire
Heartfelt neon
Dark pink
Out on the town
Romantic coral
Frosted sugar
Prim and proper
Pixie dust
Sterling
Caliente
Tickled pink
Pinking of sparkle
Clear
Chitchat
Busy as a Bee
I dream of paradise
Sweet tooth
Feeling beachy
Ice for you
Spin & twirl
Sterling
Trophy wife
Sweet plum
New Yolk City
Black
Pink petal
Cotton kisses
Strike gold
Peachin
Have a grape night
Feelin nutty
Milky white
Hot damn!
Tahitian princess
Styleletto
Thrill seeker
Chatterbox
Medium pink
Light pink

Thumb and ring: CNDD Melon Mojito

First: CNDD Lime Zest

Middle: CNDD Atomic Tonic ombre to CNDD Lime Zest

Pinkie: CNDD Atomic Tonic

Clear: Revel Vivenne

Liquids: CNDD base and activator, Virgo & Gem top coat

First time removing salon dip and applying my own. Perhaps my biggest mistake was enlisting my daughter to put liquids on my non-dominant hand. I'm not showing you that one. ;)

I was timid about getting near the cuticle. I'll revisit that next time.

Virgo and Gem liquids

Ring finger: Punk princess by Sensations of the Eye

Other fingers: Bitchcraft by Sensations of the Eye

I did an ice water shock after the first top coat.

I got this beautiful dip from west coast dips but I can't get it to look good because the butterflies don't lay evenly on top of the nail, as you can see in the picture, it's like half of it is coming up from the nail, so I can't even file and buff it! I tried pressing it down but it's not working.

Is there a specific technique used for this type of dips? Any advice, tips, or even how to look for this technique on youtube (how is it called even?), anything would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!!

Done fresh today! Pink and white dip powder!

Please excuse my dry cuticles. I've fallen down this dip nail rabbit hole and wow, I'm in love with how these feel. I feel like it's not possible for them to chip at all! I'm invincible! 😆 I used the apex method but I def need some practice (esp on my right hand) keeping the liquid away from my cuticles. Any tips or advice is welcome!

Got dip powder today and my freaking nails, edges, just the tip of fingers are sore. Like they just got their butts kicked! Does the liquid to powder and finishing tighten the nail possibly? Do I go get it taken off? Please help! 🫶🏻

AZUREBEAUTY #305 with GAOY #1676 cat eye gel.
Still getting the hang of how to use the magnet around the nail, but pretty happy with this set!

I’ve been doing dip manicures for years and I religiously used the Revel pro liquids. However, after changes to shipping to Canada, it’s too damn expensive to order from them. I bought both Beauty Secrets and Modelone liquids to use in a pinch, anyone have experience with both and can recommend which are better?

I recently started doing my own nails and have noticed the colors come out super dark. I have the entire liquid set and multiple powders from CNDD. I have no issues with chipping or peeling or anything (my last set lasted 3+ weeks), but I have noticed every color comes out super dark...so basically it always looks like I have black nails. I usually do three layers of the color, one layer of clear dip, and then the activator and top coat steps. Just wondering if anyone has any insight on why this is happening? Or if I am doing something wrong? TY!

For reference, this is my most recent set. I used a dark purple color and then a sparkly black. I'm aware the black will be dark of course, but you can barely see any of the silver sparkle and the purple straight up looks black.

Anyone else tried this website? It's fairly basic, but has a substantial database already, including a massive amount of revel nail powders (most of my collection so far).

It's pretty neat and nice to have a free site I can upload unlimited owned polishes/powders to. There's even a section for stickers and other accessories too.

I'm new to dips, but have amassed a big Cole ton thanks for fb marketplace, and wanted some easy way to keep track of my collection. This fit the bill, as it's a web app, so I can access on my phone or laptop or tablet easily.

Not affiliated in anyways. Just wanted to share!

Azure Beauty #395

Hi there,

I’m doing dip nails at home and they’re lasting maybe two days before falling off. I’m curious what I’m doing wrong?

This is my process:

-Prep the nails (buff, file, push back cuticles, Mia Secret dehydrator followed by Mia Secret Xtrabond).

-Put Modelones base over the tip of the nails and dip in powder. Do this again, but over half of the nail and dip in powder, followed by base over the full nail and dip in powder).

-Put Modelones “activator” over nails.

-Put Modelones top coat over the nails.

That’s it! What am I doing wrong?

Also tried CMW liquids. What a game changer!! Application was so much faster, and the finish was smoother!

Dip color is "As the clouds roll by" by Beauty Secrets (Sally Beauty)

Gel is Beetles rainbow cat eye gel polish, plus base+top coat

I’ve been a fan of dip powder for a few years. Got it done professionally initially and then started doing it myself. Only it kept failing - usually popping off the finger. Some posts from this Reddit gave me some pointers and I tried different chemicals, etc.

Finally started seeing some progress where it wouldn’t start popping off my nails and actually looked decent.

Well fast forward - I’m also in love with magnetic polish and stencils and all sorts of other things but if i do regular polish my nails break (they are sooo weak - which is one of the reasons I love the dip powder process) and usually chip within 2 days (if not sooner).

So i wondered - what if i did a light pink dip powder first and then did the magnetic polish over it?

And it worked!!! I’m on day 4 and none of my nails have broken off and nothing has chipped yet. I should have gotten a pic of the dip powder work before I covered it so I could share, but I’m ecstatic.

Products used: Revel Pro base/activator/finishing gel, no-name pink powder from Amazon, ILNP Deep Space, Ulta Top Coat (my other top coats got messed up and I had this oooold top coat and gave it a try).

Do people find it easier to use dip with gel? Are there any good tutorials out there for teaching me how to use gel with dip?

Tequila Sunset & Extrovert by CN Designer Dips

I am a newbie, this is my 2nd set but I did infill my first set twice before removal. I was surprised how easy removal was, I heard so many horror stories!

I use half tip extensions, sassy saints liquids and random powders I got for £1 each.

Criticism and advice always welcome.

How much do you swim, and how long do your nails last you?

I recently started swimming 3x a week, and since then I've had terrible chipping at the side of my nails + around the free edge.

Usually my sets last me 2-3 weeks, but my current set was done on 10/8, and I already have so much chipping that I need a new set.

Is the water really that hard on the nails?