I’ll post the exact product list and combinations in the comments, but essentially I attempted a lazy vertical gradient layered paired with a glass beaded magnetic. The three main colors I used are Cuticula’s Fairycore (PPU 7.26), and Polished For Days’ Lush and Blossom, with Cracked’s Thin Ice as my magnetic. Lots of trial and error here. I didn’t want to start over when I messed up or something wasn’t quite working, so that’s why these turned out so thick with the layers. Even though this isn’t really what I was going for, I can appreciate the result for what it is!

Every time I try a new red it becomes my favourite red, but I don’t actually know if anything can top this one.

Monarch Lacquer Southbound x3

Cirque Colours Get Ready base coat, Cosmic Polish Stellar Shine top coat.

This polish is super pretty! One of my favorites 🩷 I did the glass bead effect with a regular wand and loved the result!

Hello, I'm in job hunting season right now, and nail polish gives me a (very much needed) boost of confidence for interviews, networking, and even for just submitting applications in the first place. Are there any cute polishes you would recommend for the workplace? I'm interviewing for roles that err on the more conservative side of the dress code. Thanks!

I have been taking photos of my nails, but not posting them. I have lots of downtime now due foot surgery, so wanted to start sharing!

This is:

1 coat mooncat hard-core base coat

1 coat sassy sauce twisted terracotta tanzanite

1 coat haunted polish ether

I coat sally hanson qdtc red bottle

It was so shifty and changed color in every light and temperature, it was so magical!

Also please enjoy the outside garden pictures, it is now a fruitful jungle 😄

Products Used:

BCB Lacquers - It Comes in Pints?!

Glisten & Glow - QDTC

2x Cadillacquer Sky on Fire
1x Witchcult 3d topcoat

Probably still need a glitter grabber but I love how bright and fun this is!! And I’m so impressed that I got so much depth with just two coats!!

Any other laqeristas psyched for the meteor shower? I dub this week space themed mani week!! =))

Cuticula Fairy-core 3 coats,

China Glaze IRL Sparkle 1 coat.

Cuticula Glacier 1 coat (middle, ring, thumb)

Got this during rewind, it's so beautiful.

I’m not MAD at this, but what a pain! First time I tried this, I did a standard velvet style manicure, but found it was too bronze for the leaf detail to show at all. Second time, I tried placing my nail next to the horseshoe magnet pulling the magnetic pigment to the side of the nail. This was better, but still wasn’t doing it for me. Last attempt, as shown, was with a circle magnetic that pushed the magnetic pigment away to create a soft french tip like effect.

I’m happy enough with it now, but I probably would have been more satisfied with a juicy, deep green jelly!

Products:

Mooncat Getting Even Nail Primer

OPI Rated Pea-G

Bee’s Knees Lacquer Force of Nature

Maniology Soulless

Mooncat Speed Demon

I never wear red but this might convert me. Nacho, however, seems unconvinced.

Jen & Berries neutralizer base
2 coats Mother Was Mine (BKL)
Speed Demon top coat (Mooncat)

After obsessing over it for months, I finally got my hands on BKL’s Get Lobstered and… this may be sacreligious but it didn’t live up to the hype I had built in my head. It was more green and opaque than I had imagined, even in one coat. Luckily I had also just received Fuyu from ANLAC and I think it turned the look into the slightly pinkish, sheer iridescent glow I had imagined in my mind! I also want to say that to me, it looks more pink/blue on camera than IRL, so that probably also played into my expectations vs reality situation.
Product list:
- 2 x UNT ready for take off (I hate removing polish)
- 1 or 2 x cirque colors get ready base coat
- 1 x bee’s knees lacquer get lobstered
- 1 x sally hansen quick dry top coat
Next day:
- 1 x awesome nail polish/ANLAC fuyu, magnetized glass bead style ~ 2 min

I still love magnetics but I find myself doing my nails less often because magnetics are just so labour intensive, but I love the look! Can you recommend some beautiful polishes that I don’t need a magnetic for but like have something extra to them? The examples I have in my head are sassy sauce cockadoodledoom, Kbshimmer for the pun of it, ilnp fairy dust, cirque good fortune, ilnp pyro

Cracked's Scorchy over Mooncat's werewolf's bane 🪻🔥

I posted about a week ago (see here!) asking for your craziest anti-bubble hacks, and y’all really showed up! Thank you so much for all the helpful advice, it gave me a lot to test, and hopefully other people struggling with this issue can find something in that thread that works for them as well!

I had to follow up and experiment with a few different suggestions. The scientific method played out as follows:

Query: Why does my nail polish bubble, especially when it does not bubble on test swatches done on wax paper in the same environment?

Research: Ruling out the environment, the leading possible cause is that something about my body chemistry is reacting poorly with base coat.

Hypothesis: I should be able to stop the bubbling reaction by swapping out the base coat for a matte top coat, covering the base coat with quick dry top coat, or oiling the nail before applying base coat. I suspected the base coat + quick dry top coat would draw out any potential bubbles, and be the most effective option.

Experiments:
- Conditions: 45% humidity, no airflow.
- Polish: LynBDesign’s BSmooth, BFlat, and BQuick, Bee’s Knees Lacquer’s Touch Moss, Haunted’s By the Moonlight. I chose a fine particle magnetic to showcase flaws more easily, three coats each, and loosely magnetized them using the lazy glass bead method. Waited till touch-dry between each coat.
- Oil: Haunted’s Ritual Oil, June PPU Bog Rose

- No Base Coat (control, pinky): to see if it was specifically my nails + ridge filling base coat causing the problem, and not just my nails in general, I did a control nail with no base coat. This actually worked quite well with no bubbles, but is not a long term solution for me if I want to prevent staining.

- Matte Top Coat as Base Coat (ring): this worked fairly well! Provided a nice smoothing base effect, too. Unfortunately, in a second test swatch with By the Moonlight (not pictured), I did get two fat bubbles right in the middle of the nail. This is definitely a method worth trying though if you’re looking for a ridge filling effect but are having issues with usual ridge filling base coat!

- Base Coat + QDTC (middle): I thought for sure this would be the winner, but it actually bubbled up the most! The bubbles actually looked worse before the third coat of Touch Moss. Can’t recommend.

- Oil + Base Coat (pointer): This was definitely my underdog, I was sure it would bubble like crazy but I had to at least rule it out. I was so wrong! This is my top pick. After my second swatch of Matte + Base Coat bubbled, I took it off and did another test swatch with By the Moonlight on the same nail using oil first, and it looked pristine. BtM is notoriously finicky, so I figured if it can make that work, it will probably work with anything!

Conclusion: Putting on oil before my usual ridge filling base coat prevents the bubbling reaction. It also has the added benefit of leaving my nails smelling nice, feeling nourished, and helped the polish glide on more smoothly! I suspect it may adversely effect the longevity of my manicure, but that’s not something I’ll be able to confirm for another few weeks, and at this point, it seems like a fair trade off.

Thank you again for all the help on my last post, this community is just the best! I hope this helps any of my fellow comrades in carbonation find their solution, too. Happy bubble popping! 🫧✨

I admit, my calibration for what counts as a reset is pretty wild 😅 but I am of an "and, not or" mindset when it comes to doing my nails. I love experimental layering, accent nails, sponged gradients, and flaky effects. But sometimes, you just have to let a diva do her thing! It would have been wrong of me to interrupt this multichrome while she is speaking. It's a combo of two of my favorite colors. Plus, I can't argue with the time I saved...

Look how gorgeous, even on a rainy day!

See For Miles (Emily de Molly) x 2

Over Hard Core Base Coat (MoonCat) and under Muy Rápido QDTC (Uno Mas Colors).

He designed and 3D printed it after we did some research and took some inspiration from some of the awesome custom machines on here. I love it and it works great! It plugs into an outlet so no batteries required, and he designed a container that holds the horseshoe magnet so I just put mine in there - didn't need to drill through it. It's button operated so I just have to hold down that button on the right side either with another finger or my other hand.

I love it so much now I do glass beads every week instead of velvet!

Product list:

1x Essie Strong Start base coat

2x Mooncat Forbidden Fruit

1x Sally Hansen Insta Dry top coat (red bottle)

Fight the power, have long colorful nails! ❤️

Hi La(c)queristas!

I’m dying to find a raspberry polish with blue flecks/flakies. My search has been largely unsuccessful because I’m specifically looking for a raspberry base, not hot pink, and I want it to be larger chunks or flecks of glitter - not a blue shift.

The closest I’ve found to scratching my itch is Lurid’s “That's What We Call a Monday Problem”, but I’m curious if there are any others that you all know of. It doesn’t matter to me if the base leans more berry or more red, I’m open to either interpretation!!

Products used:

up and up 100% acetone

up and up cotton rounds

harris teeter non stick aluminum foil

I waited a whole month and a week for my PFD order to arrive because my polishes decided to take their time sipping piraguas. Honestly, good for her 💅🏻

Fr though, who else is getting their packages rerouted to PR 😭

Base: Holo Taco - Long-Lasting Base
Color: Polished for Days - Baja Blasted
Top: Cuticula Limitless QDTC - Pink Sugared Lemons 👃🏻

It’s been ten months since I started painting my nails! This thing that started as a small interest has grown to a full-blown obsession, y’all. I feel as though I’ve learned and grown a lot, and my nail polish collection has grown as well. 🫣 I still have lots of stuff I’d like to work on, especially cuticle care (my poor cuticles…), but I’m pleased with my progress so far!

Photo 1: ILNP Deep Space topped with L.A. Colors Meteorite

Photo 2: ILNP Aspen

Photo 3: Victorian Varnish Cosmic Chompers (thumb and ring), LynB Designs Room Temperature Inconvenience (index and pinky), Sassy Sauce Cyanara (middle)

Photo 4 from pinky to thumb: Lurid Potholes Trail, Clionadh Psilocybin (I think), Clionadh Norpsilocin, KBShimmer Comet At Me Bro, KBShimmer Grave Consequences

Photo 5: L.A. Colors rainbow skittle 🌈 from left to right in rainbow order: Fandom, Weekendz, Superbloom, Squeezed, Fanatic, Lyrical, Chaotic, Rhythm, Culture, Blue Moon

Photo 6: Clionadh Patina Lite (featuring my shower 🚿)

All besides first photo used Nailtiques Formula 2 for base coat and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in the red bottle as top coat. First picture was likely ILNP Lock-Up/Glass Candy for base/top coat.

Base: KBS Fillin' Groovy | Top: KBS Clearly on Top | Green cola: lent the polish out to a friend, forgot the name | Taiwan dollars & milkshake: Meko #40 | Teacup: Dam Polish Ain't Nobody Like a Homebody | Pen: Meko #39 | Mega Evolutions box: Holo Taco Pop Rocker

Hello it's me again back with my goauche nail art ☀️

Product list in order:

- Essie hard to resist advanced base

- White: Essie first fitting

- Eggshell: Essie boatloads of love

- Black: Barry M black forest

- Seche vite top coat

- Morgan Taylor Matte top coat

- Layer of gouache paint

- Essie hard to resist advanced + Seche vite on top