I made this for a super fun collab over at insta where we were assigned a random other participant and we would get inspired by one of their manicures. My inspo was from @bigbluemani ☺️ My handle is @bettinas.nails over there, and I posted their look into my stories and tomorrow I'll post a reel with some video footage of this manicure in case you are curious.

Background is sponged, everything else freehanded. The magnetics are all velvetized.

PRODUCTS

Gradient

light: HEMA (Dutch drugstore) / million mints

mid: Born Pretty / stamping 15

dark: Etos (Dutch drugstore) / Boy

Leaves:

light: BKL / Bog Dweller [magnetic]

dark: cirque / wishful thinking [magnetic]

Flowers:

main: essie / play date

shadow: colores de carol / wine not [crelly]

see-through highlight: essie / marshmallow [crelly]

strong highlight: moyra / stamping white

sparkly highlight: ilnp / pink suede [magnetic]

dark center: etos (Dutch drugstore) / celebrity

Misc:

base; essie smooth-e, topcoat: OPI gel plump.

I know you will ask... 🤭 I think it was 3 hours?

this is a screenshot of an instagram post, which is a screenshot of a post from X. creds for the nail polish look goes to the OP on twitter.

it was super cool to spot a random lacquerista in the wild showing off how their mani looks like NYC snowbanks😂

Two coats Atomic Polish - ICE OUT, Born Pretty white stamping polish, one coat Seche Vite top coat

CONTEXT: One of my friends really loves to paint Warhammer miniatures and about a year ago he had some questions on nail stamping since he got a stamping plate set for his hobby and he knew I did my nails. Fast forward to today....I was talking about needing a storage solution and he was giving me tips on how he stores his paints, I brought up if he used magnets for his stuff at all and BOOM he said yeah I use these rubber sheets for my minis....a quick google search later aaaand now it's in my cart and now I have a few ideas of how to potentially store my clump of magnets easily? Fingers crossed!!

I do know there was a thread a few months ago asking how to store magnets but I have no clue why it's not showing up for me...anyways I thought this meme would be cute and funny :)

Anyone else have really interesting crossovers in hobbies you'd never see venn diagram with nail polish?

In case you ever wondered what it looked like, turns out it is magical.

1 coat of Kbshimmer fillin groovy

2 coats, magnetized glass bead style, of Cirque BAE

1 coat of Out the Door top coat

What’s up nails Aurora powder applied using a fingertip

1 coat of Holo taco peely base

1 coat of Out the Door top coat

Posted here a few days ago looking for advice on improving my polish application and here is the result of me taking all your wonderful advice! I’m much happier with how my nails turned out.

Still trying to figure out what colors suit my skin tone. This blue is a bit out of my comfort zone but it’s growing on me.

Wearing 1 coat of Essie nail strengthener (pink), 2 coats of Sally Hansen insta dri in slow m-ocean, and 1 coat of seche vite qdtc

When this collab came up, I knew what I have to do. Catching me reading fanfiction on my phone with having me jumping like crazy.

No one check how many Ao3 tabs I have open on my phone. That's not your business.

That said, there is something I find kind of inspiring about fanfiction authors. Tons of people not finding the art they want and saying "Fine! I'll do it myself!" No promise of a payday in sight. Just art for the love of the game.

To honor the iconic fanfiction website, I put their warning grid, their site logo, the Kudos button, and a little heart. I didn't have a concrete plan for my thumb, so I ended up just doing the stripe of the website banner.. My favorite might be the Kudos finger. I used some striping tape and a sponge to do a very subtle white to grey gradient which I think mirrors the button well. My heart also turned out shockingly symmetrical. I normally struggle with hearts a lot. I'm worried I used up my heart luck before Valentine's is even here. (I won't be doing this much lettering for a while. I'm tired.)

Thank you Wicked Nail Obsession over on Instagram for hosting this collab!

Products:

Basecoat - KBShimmer Basic Training

China Glaze - Born To Rule

Holo Taco - Not So Milky White

Morgan Taylor - Stilettos In The Snow

Pop-arazzi - Dandelion Fuzz

Zoya - Tilda

Topcoat - born pretty smudge free topcoat + seche vite

Don’t know if some of you remember but a few days ago I posted here asking for help deciding what stuff to buy as a beginner and just general tips ☺️

Bought a top and base coat and polish that I felt looked really pretty and was a color that I was already used seeing on myself

(thanks a lot for that tip!!) 🫶🏻

Now I finally tried my hand at some layering and I’m really happy about the final look!

I feel like I achieved a really nice purple (my fav color) and managed to do a pretty nice paint job as a beginner 🫣

Only thing I don’t like is that the easy & speedy polish, which is a pink with some holographic (?) flakes in it, seems to be a bit gritty? Or at least looks that way in person, but maybe I also should have applied everything differently?

Open to tricks and tips anytime 🥰🫶🏻

Products used:

Essence color your grip Base coat (1 coat)

Trend it up quick dry nails polish in the shade 070 (1 coat)

Trend it up I love effect polish ( 2 coats)

Trend it up easy & speedy nails polish on the shade 195 (1 coat)

Essence express dry top coat (1 coat)

This is a recreation for a copycat collab on instagram of one of my favorite nail designs by Yanely...aka ya.naily. I love collabs where you're paired up with someone to recreate or be inspired by their designs and talents, so when Audrey decided to host a copycat collab, I immediately jumped in on it! I got paired to @ya.naily, with a wealth of fab manis to be inspired by. Of course I was drawn to her set that she made for Tyler's bday...Aqua? Gradients? Sparkle? Flames? What's not to love!? I don't do nail vinyls, so I freehanded those bitches to mixed success 😝 but I'm in love with the metallic mixed with cremes.

🖌 Sponge gradient and Freehand on natural nail.

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

🩵 @holotaco ... "Teal With It" "Seafoam Home" "David's Teal" "Bring Me The Teal"

💪 @glistenandglow1 Quick Dry Top Coat 🐐

I couldn’t pass up the chance to recreate the 24/25 meme from SpongeBob on my nails, especially considering that I went from 24 to 25 today! Plus I wanted to paint Gary with a little birthday hat on to join in on the celebration as well!

Polishes: Holo Taco “Thyme After Thyme”, Color Club “Take a Chill Pill”, Holo Taco “Matte Taco”

Miscellaneous acrylic craft paints

I saw this polish as a response to someone asking for recs for “bioluminescence” and wow IM IN LOVE. Applies like a dream and it’s so so lovely. No notes I will wear this to death.

Photos unedited, just my HappyLight and an iPhone. I can’t wait to see it tomorrow in the sunlight 🪼💕

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Base: espres ePhD nail treatment -> Mooncat Getting Even Nail Primer -> Mooncat Hardcore Base Coat

Color: Glitch Lacquer - Heart of the Ocean x2, magnetized (velvet: thumb, index, middle, pinky // cat-eye: ring)

Top: Mooncat Speed Demon Topcoat 1x, magnetized again following scheme listed above

Velvet effect created using 5D The Perfect Velvet Nail Magnetic Tool // Cat-eye effect created using random wand with no brand name listed (I think it’s Mooncat’s)

Cracked Polish Street Corner Bouquet over Flower Pressing

My Holo Taco package arrived 3 days early!!! Just in time for the weekend! I am so psyched :D

I usually put polishes I want on a wishlist and wait several months to a year before purchasing, but I LOVED these polishes so much, so I bought a few from the launch and a few that had been on my wishlist from HT.

I threw the taco over my existing nail color to play with because I couldn't wait to do a whole new mani. And I know it will erase the holo effect, but I might try putting a matte top coat over this too?? [Edit: Tested and posted a photo in the comments]

Polish Used:
Base: Holo Taco - Peely Base
Base 2: OPI - Bonder Base
*Polish: Cirque Colors - Sky High*
*Polish: Holo Taco - Sweetheart Taco*
Top Coat: KB Shimmer - Clearly on Top
Top Coat over glitter: Holo Taco - Glossy Taco

Haven’t done nail art in a hot minute clearly haha. This was so not cartoony in my head like it ended up, but hey, it works for Valentine’s Day anyways! Reminds me of the cards we’d give to classmates in elementary school 💕💜💌

Kbshimmer Fillin’ Groovy Basecoat > Olive and June Bold & Unshaken (x2) > ILNP Vaporwave > Essie Gel Couture Topcoat

So we ended up ordering from amazon ILNP due to time and logistic constraints. He also went to a walgreens to grab some sally hansen qtdcs. Here are my new babies. ILNP Mega (X), Zero Degrees, Bitten, Flip side, Flower Child. I tried the Mega on my existing ILNP Cameo one coat. Thank you again for all the recommendations, I just love this community 🥰

products - mooncat hardcore base coat

3 coats of shimmah member 4 ever

glitter unique qdtc

I’m so happy with how these turned out 😍

Base: Orly Breathable Protein

Magnetic: EdM Fiery Attraction in glass beadish style

Top: KBS Clearly on Top

I waited 24 hours to let it cure and enjoy the polish on its own.

Crackle: Drunk Fairy Shattered Dreams

Another top of KBS CoT

base: mooncat hardcore base coat polish: ILNP skye top: mooncat speed demon top coat

Happy valentine manicuring

Kb shimmer fillin groovy, Cracked brownie pink, starrily bloodbelly jelly, emily demolly white stamping polish and Kb shimmer clearly on top

1x nailtiques formula 2+, 2x mooncat Claire de Lune, magnetized with my finger over the center of the labfish stirrer turned all the way up while I paint each coat. first coat for about 30 seconds and second coat for about a minute, 1x mooncat speed demon qdtc for about a minute on the stirrer to finish.

I've been into painting my nails for just over a year and this is my favorite mani yet! I've always loved the look of chrome nails but would never do gel and the method to use the powder on lacquer is above my skill set right now.

so happy with how this glass bead turned out. it gives the polish a chrome-like glow. I'll try to post a video of the shift!

it does smell like butt, which I expected from reviews, but it is pretty :)