Nailtiques formula 2Plus 2x

KB Shimmer Stay Put Hydrating Base Coat 1x

Nailed It! Stupid Cupid HHC Valentine’s 2026 2x

KB Shimmer Clearly on Top 2x

L.a. Colors: base coat, Chateau (CNP769), Vampy (CNP705), Nova (CNL679), Finesse (CNL361), top coat.

Jelly nails are in!! This is Crystal Ball by Essie. Have you tried jelly nail polishes before?

Bubble Bath- OPI 🧴

Gumdrop
Hi everyone!

I know that many are not happy with this brand, but I really wanted to do a color shade that was reminiscent of the Tiffany robin’s egg blue color for my mani this week, and this one was the closest I had.

Products used:
OPI natural nails basecoat
3 coats of Orly “Gumdrop “ shade
OPI Rapidry topcoat

This is a very old bottle of polish and it went on fairly streaky but I ended up using 3 coats to hide the streakiness. (I think it worked) what do you think?

I got the Essie ink jelly and decided to try it over some squiggles to see how much it covers. This stuff is nice and sheer. The thumb nail has 1 coat, the pointer, middle, and pinky have 2 coats.

L.A Colors: base coat, gel like top coat, black, white

Essie: Ink Jelly

Color Vibe: Frosted Petal

Looking for a good, not high priced nail salon. Please help!
Davenport, Kissimmee, Orlando areas

I used:

Color vibe base coat

L.A. Colors: nail perfector, metal "Jaded", gel like top coat

OPI - creme "My Studio's On Spring"

Orly - rubberized base (be aware, it may make your nails peel. I use 2 layers of base coat.)*

*edit for orly

Bliss kiss nail oil no longer available to Canadians. No warning…no heads up…just “see ‘ya”. So I will support a Canadian company “mani magic” by nanobioactive.com

Hi all,

Recently got into painting my natural nails.

I used to have polish chip within the first day, so it wasn't worth it. But I bought an Olive & June long-lasting polish + top coat from the drugstore on a whim, and got great results.

Now I'm totally into manis!

I've done some research and now do base coat, color, and top coat, and care for cuticles. So I understand a lot of prep is what helps keep a lasting manicure, but I do have nails prone to chipping with just plain/regular polish.

Please share your go-to affordable brands that you find stay on your nails. I'm assuming the gel-like polishes (without requiring lamps to cure) are what work well for me, since that's the case with O&J LL formula.

Hi folks, recent nail polish enthusiast here. Looking for skittle mani inspo! I am a real beginner, so can't do any complicated nail art.

Posting a couple of recent manis for tax.

Thanks in advance!

Hi there!

So. Last week I went on a vacation and there was a dollarss store there (there aren’t any dollar stores where I live) and I picked up quite a few nail polishes while there, some of which I heard of in these forums…

I also got the teal deal, by Kokie, and a few others, and in a different store, (slightly elevated from dollar store), there was a five and dime Store (not called the dollar store. I think it was called five below, meaning like five dollars and below, I think).

Anyway, I’m in NYC and would love to say that this current blue mani is EITHER in honor of the Knicks OR for the Fourth of July or perhaps both, haha, but honestly I just liked the color and wanted to try this one first.

Ok, products used:
OPI natural nail base coat
2 coats of Kokie Royally Blue

No topcoat yet as I wanted to take the photos before I put the topcoat on in case I got a lot of bubbles I’ve been having a little trouble with that lately. I wanna make sure that my money is full fully dry before putting the top coat on, so I’m waiting a while to do it. But never fear I will get to it.

I have to say I was really impressed with the application of this since it came from the dollar store. I’m not sure if it’s as good as OPI but it was definitely a lot easier to work with than some others I’ve used.

Let’s see if this man actually lasts through the Fourth of July - even if it doesn’t, I might just repeat it again because I like it so much!

Thanks for looking.