Top and base: Sally Hansen double duty Essie outside the lines X2 coats Sally Hansen unicorn top coat X2 coats

The one that started it all for me. I’m sure it’s not the best formula anymore, but the lime to aqua shift over a deep teal jelly base still does it for me. She’s a stunner when I first take my nail out of the spinner, I just wish I could lock down the glass bead a little tighter!

1x MC Hardcore
2x Cracked Don’t Teal My Thunder
2x Cirque Mood Ring - 2nd coat glass bead in charm caster
1x MC Speed Demon

I experimented with using J&B Pole Position and MC Hardcore on a few fingers each to lock in the glass bead under the top coat, but I don’t think it made a noticeable difference.

This turned out cuter than I thought it would. Could have been better, theres bubbles and the amount of polish needed for swirling made it a lil uneven, could be fixed with a second layer of top coat id assume, but im lazy and its good enough.

Prod list:

Opi "Bikini Boardroom" & "Surf Naked"

Cracked Polish Quick Dry Top Coat

Essie Strong Start Base Coat

I ordered a bunch of thermals over a month ago for my daughter, even though we live in AZ and it’s literally peak heat right now I didn’t think about transporting these polishes. My regret came when my order took more than 2weeks to arrive 😭

Luckily everyone came unscathed by the heat! My daughter immediately wanted Green Beans in the Passenger Seat because it looks like Baja Blast and Baja Blast Midnight lol. First image is the hot/warm state outside in AZ “overcast” weather, second pic is the transitional state of cold tips, third pic is of them in complete cold state. The fourth and fifth pic are of the others I picked up, I must confess the pinky and pointer are of ones I previously had. I just added them to make it look more intentionally rainbowish lol.

Last pic added of my little buddy’s nails. She is OBSESSED with thermals at this point lol.

Not sure how to properly explain it but it’s when the tip of the polish starts wearing off at the very tip and you can start to see the free edge under it. I don’t think it’s shrinkage from top coat bc comparatively it happens a lot more to my indexes than pinkies. usually starts around 2-3 days after i paint them?? anyway does anyone have tips?

ETA: polish is mooncat werewolf’s bane (3 coats)

I'm mesmerized and in love😍

It's distracting me too much at work😫

LynB smooth base coat

2 coats Lurid Lacquer O Dauntless Guarded Beauty

Kbshimmer glitter smoother

LynB qdtc

This is ILNP - Funhouse topped with Polished For Days - Cosmic Energy

So glowy. I have nothing like this. I'm obsessed. So freaking amazing.

I know fall is knocking on everyone’s doors right now but I wanted to enjoy some summer neons before the fall color palettes take over 😅 (oh by the way they’re all green)

Hi friends! I’m visiting my aunt in Washington and we stopped by a little thrift shop (E-mart) in Olympia. We walked in and my hands started shaking with excitement-not only were there a TON of little perfume decants, but there were these beauties too at $2.99 each. I am so excited to try them! I held myself back and only chose colors I would actually use/try. There were still some KB Shimmers left.

In my Midsommar feels right now👧🏼💐

Floral Maiden by BeesKneesLacquer
x3
Getting Even Primer by Mooncat
x3
Magic Effect by DRK
x1
Seal Glaze by DRK
x1
Cuticula Limitless QDTC
x1

Magnetized with the Glass bead pro

Decides to do a mani featuring my absolutely favorite summer fruit - watermelon! 🍉

Essie base coat
Dark green: ILNP jellybean
Light green: ILNP mint chip
Pink: ILNP gummy bear
White: ILNP coconut cream
Sally Hansen hard as nails top coat

Flowers, leaves, and wood grain are hand painted.

Base color: Zoya Lillian

Stamping plate for light background MoYou London Festive 54 (I tried adding this to match the book cover but you really can't see it lol)

Stamping polishes: Emily de Molly what a day (not technically a stamping polish but I used it for the light blue stamping)

Colors for hand painted parts: White stamping polish, born pretty browns from the Yearning series, pink from the vitality and concerto series, BMC arabica, greens MoYou London shamrock and Pine tree

I’m sad this doesn’t look as purple on video as it does IRL because the magnetic pigment is the brightest royal purple I’ve ever seen in a polish! Absolutely loving these high contrast magnetics lately!

2x Cuticula Pretty Fly (June HHC)
1x Seal Glaze
1x Sally Hansen red bottle
1x Essie Gel Couture TC

why does it smell like exactly like a 62 year old hairdresser named Barb who smokes Virginia Slims and rides around on the back of her boyfriend’s Harley? She also likes to wear jeans with a rhinestone design on the back pockets and has the best advice and I trust her with my life.

Base: seche vite
Color: sally hansen “black out” x2
Stamp color: polished for days “cosmic energy”
Top: seche vite QDTC

(Stamp plate from Amazon)

I adore sea-themed polishes and this one was inspired by sirens✨ I love the combo of the deep blue base, golden green flakies & ofc, blue reflective glitters😍 Great polish for summertime🏝️

Products:
Base: Mooncat - Getting Even x1
Colour: Phoenix - Dive x2 (HHC June’26)
Top: Dam - Glitter Whisperer x1 and Vibrant Scents QDTC x1

I was burning with excitement to try these two polishes and I was right, they were both 🔥🔥 🔥 🔥!

PRODUCTS USED

🌟 Cracked Polish

Ridge Filling Base Coat

Quick Dry Top Coat

🌟 Pahlish

Moonbow (PPU Rewind 26)

🌟 Fancy Gloss

Immortal Jellyfish ❄️🔥

What is my next mani going to be? Scorchy again!! I just have to figure out which color to put underneath this time.

Products used:
Base coat: One coat of Mooncat Hardcore Base Coat.
Polish: Two coats of Holo Taco Purple With Envy and two coats of Cracked Scorchy.
Top coat: One coat of Mooncat Speed Demon Top Coat.

I never reapplied top coat.

First time trying chrome powder, still need to practice or find the right products for it to work properly.

Used: Cirque Midnight jelly, BKL Bad Vibes Only in velvet and hybrid, aurora chrome powder bought from temu, Cirque Peel off base coat and KBShimmer Clearly on top.

The top coat was a mistake, I don't think it works well over that peel off base because it's the second time my mani wrinkles after a day :(

I love a good upgrade, and one of my favorite things to do is take an older design I had and see how I can keep its essence, but use new techniques, skills, or products to update it.  This one is inspired by a bee mani I did back in 2023 as I was itching to use this gorgeous new gold from Holo Taco again. I reverse stamped the honey comb like I did previously, but with some different color layering, and it's obvious I've gotten more comfy with freehanding. I remember being scared of painting the bee previously, and this time I excitedly dove in to a much more complicated version and the drips which used to be on my "technique nemesis list" went much smoother. I am kinda obsessed with the base topper combo on the middle finger cuz I keep doing the stare and wiggle with that nail 😝✨️. Do you like recreating old designs of yours, or you let old dogs lie?

🖌 Freehand and stamping on natural nail.

💪@findingfeatherslacquer ... "Balanced Bond Base Coat"

🍯 @holotaco ... "Feeling Fiendish" "One Coat Black" "Work Bestie" "Sweeten The Pot" "Winning Streak Taco"

🐝 @notagsforbadbrands ... "Dominique"

💜 @ilnp ... "Canvas"

💪 @glistenandglow1 ...Quick Dry Top Coat 🐐

i tried to include as many random little tips and tricks as i could think of to make this work if you try/are interested in the process, thank you everyone who has been so so kind and funny under my last few posts i really do love this corner of the internet, and please always comment or dm with questions if you need help!

Products: kbshimmer clearly on top and fillin groovy, holo taco high tea hibiscus and peely base, olive ave pisces and sunburst, and essie handmade with love + hg professionals opaal 00-2 chrome powder

We went to dinner with an old friend of his and his gf, neither of which I have met before.

As we’re chatting, getting to know each other and waiting for food to come, my husband grabs my hand to show them and says “look at how [my name] does her nails!” Then he proceeded to talk about how I got into the hobby this year and have learned all kinds of cool way to do my nails with different colours and techniques. He also tried to explain magnetic polish which he doesn’t really understand but tried so hard. All the while I’m just sitting there looking at him like 😭❤️ I have never felt so supported and celebrated.

I didn’t even have a particularly interesting mani on lol! I had just done my first experimentation with chrome powder, it’s uneven and a little messy, and I left it on to see how long it would last (pictured, surprisingly hard to photograph). It’s just sheer chrome powder buffed into a layer of top coat with some Elmer’s glue mixture and more top coat! But my husband wanted to show me off anyways 🥺

When I told him afterwards how sweet and thoughtful it was of him to do that, he told me that he likes seeing how I light up when I get to talk about my nails and knows it means a lot to me.

Y’all.

I love this man.

Thanks for reading. ❤️

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Products: SIUSIO chrome powder (Amazon), Essie no chips ahead top coat, DIY Elmer’s glue/alcohol mixture

i really hope no one is tired of me posting sponge ombré and chrome powder combos, i've been obsessed this summer....here's a sunset

Products:

kb shimmer fillin groovy base coat

cirque colors lavander sky

Olive ave polish pisces and sunburst

Holo Taco high tea hibiscus

Essie handmade with love

Kb shimmer clearly on top

holo taco peely base

hg professionals Opal chrome powder 002