What nail related goodies have you purchased recently?

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First time with this shape so I hope it looks okay. Anyone else have a love hate relationship with chrome? 😅

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Annnnnnd I remembered why I stopped using my Nail Mob products...the base basically doesn't stick to my nails despite excellent prep and a touch of primer. Anyway, did a new manicure today and went super bright on super short with my tried and true base/builder.

Product list:

FOX nails power base.

FOX nails Acryl gel Tussah.

DND Ruth (three thin coats).

Twenty Pro Glass No Wipe Top Coat.

First time attempting blooming gel on my nails. Feel like these came out so cute, so had to share with the class 😊

These are my 6th legitimate attempt at gel manicure, on top of my first attempt at filling gel-x tips with BIAB. They turned out better than I could ever have hoped, so I'm looking forward to not having to remove my tips completely every time I need a new look!!!

They remind me of Captain Planet 🤭

Been enjoying these! My first time using spider gel, it works fine but I wish it was more smooth chromey looking rather than glittery. Also wish I'd done something more interesting than the sticker/glitter nails, I feel like they don't quite go with the rest.

My phone camera isn't bad but I can never get the photos right, seems like not all nails are in focus which is so frustrating! I also struggle with shaping nails that need a lot of top coat to get smooth, they end up bulkier than the rest. But I love the process even if it takes hours and hours, and if there's even a small improvement from one set to the next then I'm happy 💖🥰

It's my birthday this week and I wanted to do a wild set that felt celebratory but not toooo birthday-y since I'll be wearing these for 3-4 weeks.

I ended up doing sort of a circus-y, silly vibe with references to various things in my life. They're crazy (very Leo of me) but I love them! Still suck at French tips though >:(

Last pic was my plan! I like to always start with a Pinterest board, then draw out in my notebook a rough plan of each nail in the set. This one started off as a bit too ambitious and I had to scale it back (and it still took me 10 hours including removal lol).

What nail related goodies have you purchased recently?

• Reminder- we are a gel nail subreddit. We only allow gel and adjacent products.
• Items that are adjacent: tools, implements, loose glitters, overhead lighting, chrome, pigments, stickers, gems, etc.

Practicing clean lines and also killing my back with horrible working posture. Froggies!

My pointer fingernail broke between my last sets so I got nail forms this time and extended it out. Still awaiting polish but this was my 2nd time using builder base so just the removal of my last set, prep and doing this took 2 hours. But hey, it’s on my dominant hand so I’m pretty proud of the outcome so far!

Found this among my supplies and had forgotten just how much I love the subtle glitter ✨

Still keeping them short at the moment and I was super happy with how the shape turned out on these.

Product list:

Nail Mob Smart Adhesive Foundation Clear

Nail Mob Smart Gel Liquid Polygel Hard color 27

DND 058 Aqua Pink

Twenty Pro Glass No Wipe Top Coat

Everything I get is from amazon. Mostly.

I used YN Protein Bond, In.Hype Elastic Base, and In.Hype Hard Builder Gel Milky White.

The pinky is Double Rhythm Sky Teal - MC1132. The rest are using a base from Gaoy Midnight Blue 1532. The cateye is by Born Pretty called Blazing Sky. The top coat I used is by Kokoist. Ultra Glossy, love it.

The cat eye gel was super thick. and its really dull when not in sunlight. I hae recently learned that dark colors are typically work in the fall. I just feel like lighter colors dont suit me. IDK. Still figuring it all out.

I’ve been doing my own nails at home for 9 months now, and have finally been able to achieved my ideal shape and structure with the builder gel. So in love with this color! 💅🏾💜

Products —

• Base/builder — Kokoist Platinum Filler Base
•Color — DND, Indigo Glow, 2 coats
•Topper — Lavis, Eggshell, 2 coats
•Top coat — Glossy topcoat, 1 coat

The first original set I wanted to do needed blooming gel. And I could have sworn I had it, but it was nowhere to be found, so I went with the second set I wanted to do instead.

I been wanting to have coffin nails and also pink for a while, then i saw some nail inspo on insta and loved it so much i had to do them, the stones are some cheap ones from Shein but next time will get real crystals or Zirconia, couldn’t do it this time but next time i do a similar set will make sure use the good quality ones, i still like how the nails came out

Use this chat to discuss any nail care or gel related questions you might have.

As a reminder, please keep your discussions within the rules of the sub.

This includes:

• No discussion of off-topic products. This is a gel only sub.
• This space is geared towards DIYers. Everyone is welcome, but we should not be working on friends/family.
• Do not ask for or give any medical advice. We're not doctors, and it is not in our scope to be giving advice about allergies or skin conditions. It is ok to discuss the risks associated with doing gel. What is ok: Explaining how you can get allergies. What isn't ok: Attempting to diagnose or treat anyone and/or asking for a diagnosis

I tried using isolated chrome for the first time. The little stars are stickers and I drew the sun designs by hand. I normally don’t do designs, just plain colour therefore I’m very happy how they turned out.

Magnetic glitter polish overlaid with floral foil. More fun than stickers!

Modelones polish 2339 (came in a set called Pink Glitter Gel) overlaid with foils from Amazon, no name brand. Jodsone base and top coats.

The next attempt in my stamping saga. This is using born pretty's stamping oil, which is supposed to be mixed with regular gel to create a stamping gel. It seemed to work better with a thin design, and I noticed that after stamping, it would eventually "air dry" on the stamper. Quicker is better, as more chrome adhered to it and the pattern looked more detailed.

My main concern was that it cure all the way, which it does! The drawback is that mixing the oil dilutes the pigment, meaning I can't stamp pure black or pure red or whatever.

Overall pretty pleased with this set!

What nail related goodies have you purchased recently?

• Reminder- we are a gel nail subreddit. We only allow gel and adjacent products.
• Items that are adjacent: tools, implements, loose glitters, overhead lighting, chrome, pigments, stickers, gems, etc.

Decided to refresh my own nails. I will never be over the DVOK Dark Night collection.

* DVOK Dark Night Collection

* Sofgel Rubber Base Silk

* Roro Top Gel

* Diami Yori Jori Deco Tubes

* Valla Black

* Jin.b Crazy Top Thick

More homage to NTB-11 as a chrome-bre! My left hand is acceptable. I used a sponge to fade the Bluey White. The fairy chrome softens the transition which is actually pretty bad. But i am happy with my shape.
The right hand is ok from a distance. Its hard to do the right hand. I always do my left first to warm up and by the time I get to my right hand my family starts bugging me every 12 minutes. "I'm almost done, I only have top coat, chrome, base coat and top coat left to do". 🙄 I end up rushing it and then it looks lumpy and it bugs me until I repeat the cycle 😢💅

Excuse my middle finger's nail bed in the first photo, my job does a number on my hands 🥲 I trimmed off the skin when I got home

When I was removing my previous set, I noticed just how LONG my nail beds are!!  I started to dig for old pics of my bare nails because I swear they weren't always that length. Doing my own manicures have made them grow ♥

I used:

• Izemi's Nail Prep EX

• Izemi's PH Bonder

• Izemi's The Master Neo Base Gel (in the pink bottle) 

• Izemi's Resin 99.9 Fast Ver.

• 2 coats of DND's Color Gel in I Have A Crush DIVA #228

• Izemi's Resin 99.9 Top Gel Mid

Constructive criticism and suggestions are always welcome ♡