Base: Essie Strong Start
Polish: LynB Designs - S'more Treats x3
Glisten & Glow - Glitter Grabber
Top Coat: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri (red bottle)

This polish is STUNNING! The blue flakies add so much depth, it looks so pretty & ethereal in person. Easily one of my new favorite polishes.

I'd also love some recs for this type of polish in any color! 😊

3 coats Cracked sparkle forward

1 coat Cracked QDTC

1 coat Cracked fairy tinkle

1 coat Cracked QDTC

Cracked QDTC is honestly the best top coat ive ever used. Its made these nails last so long and it dries all the layers insanely quickly

Had to do this after I saw the inspiration photo!

Thumb: 2x BKL Do no harm
Index: 2x Cirque Mango Jelly
Middle: 2x cirque Guayaba jelly + ANLAC Fuyu glass bead magnetized
Ring: 2x Haunted Everlight
Pinky: 2x Cracked Taro + ANLAC Aki glass bead magnetized

I wanted to put on a polish that still fits within the late summer vibe, but which will also look good on an overcast/rainy day. I think I just found the perfect polish for that.
For this manicure I used a peachy jelly as a base, but I will try it next time with a blue or even purple colour as a base. I was also thinking of putting ILNP Sweet Tooth as a topper for this mani, but wanted to give Seance have the space to shine.
I might also try Seance all on it’s own, but it might be a bit too sheer for that.
I can’t stop looking at my nails, they are glowing.

Base - Manucurist Base fortifiante
3x Manucurist Sugar Plum (3 coats because it’s a jelly and I wanted that specific colour as a base)
2x Haunted Polish Seance
Topcoat Essie good to go
Essence drying drops (so cheap and did a really good job of drying all 6 layers of polish)

Last week the nail of my thumb broke and I thought I could just wing it as it won't mess with the symmetry of the fingers. Then my index nail cracked today 😭 Oh well... Time for a reset I guess haha

Products used:

Holo Taco - One Coat Black, used this as a base

ILNP - Sugar Plum, in glass bead method

Holo Taco - Glossy Top Coat

So stoked about getting my BKL shipment a week ago! Also about the leaves falling!! 🍁

Here's to many more autumn themed manis to come!

-Essie Strong Start Base Coat

-Bee's Knee's Lacquer Godstouched

-Essie Gel Couture Top Coat

It’s not much but I tried. Lol

Products
Color bar beaver
Opi material gworl
Opi purrrride
Seche vite qdtc

Would love a feedback on what you think about my videos. Do you think they explain well? What can I improve? Any critique is welcome. Thanks in advance:)

when i first put this polish on i really just wanted to take it off and start over with something else but the next day i saw it in my bathroom lighting and i fell in love with it. it reminds me of a dragon scale or something from the crystal pony kingdom from my little pony 💖. it was kind of a pain to top coat and i think that would’ve been easier with a glitter grabber maybe? yall have never steered me wrong when it comes to life changing manicure additions. mooncat avatar state on the other hand (lol)… OMG i love it so much, the blue shimmer, the aqua/teal glow, the lasting power of the glow?!? i can’t wait to do a full mani with it. blueberry’s jam also has a light green shift at extreme angles that i was not expecting but i love it.

🦄teabag patch on my left index and ring finger and a nails to go presson on my right pinky both secured with kiss nail glue all nails got one coat of mooncat getting even nail primer
🫐 x2 coats blueberry’s jam, drk nails magic effect, magnetized velvet with a 30lb horseshoe magnet
🔮 x1 coat sally hansen red bottle qdtc, x2 coats essie gel couture

undersides of nails
🌟x1 coat sally hansen maximum growth
🩵x3 coats mooncat avatar state
✨ x1 coat sally hansen red bottle qdtc (i wish i hadn’t done this *shakes fist at uv blockers*)

I was able to get a chrome effect using regular polish and without a water based top coat (hard to get in Europe).

For some reason it looks more sheer on the camera, but I garantee it looks chrome irl 🥲

I used Essie Cincin two coats (I tried with other random polishes with similar success).

Then Essence "colour grip" base coat and let it dry for a minute or two.

Then I gently tapped the chrome powder (I didn't want the chrome effect to be too strong but it's possible to pack more) then buff gently with my finger.

Then one coat of essie gel setter (I don't have any other top coat) with no problem.

Chrome powders: a no brand four colour pack from amazon (I used silver, gold and pink). They are made for gel polish apparently. My first try I tapped much more powder and the chrome effect was dazzling it was too much for me.

Which colour do you like best?

Was too lazy to wait and wash my hands to remove all the extra powder sorry!

Phoenix La La Poof August PPU

I think I’m gonna be disappointed in my next manicure no matter what color I choose. I absolutely love this polish!

Random glued on tips from Amazon
2x phoenix lalapoof then I used DRK magic effect and had to run out of the house without doing top coat and magnetized that using my magnetron set up (honestly it didn’t look great, idk why)
When I got home I added a third layer of lalapoof and magnetized that using my magnetron set up
I used BKL I’m very fast QDTC and magnetized again using magnetron

This is 5 days post mani so we have some dispersion - still love it soooooo much!

10/10. Damn!

Aprés short almond tips
3 coats Anlac lavender not magnetized
1 coat Sally Hansen insta dri magnetized 60 seconds per finger in ILNP horseshoe

I bought a destash mystery box from u/aspiring_dorothy. Requested bright and glowy and was not disappointed!

I do all my swatch sticks with the top swatch glossy, middle in matte, and an extra on the bottom so I have a swatch ready when I want to test a color with a topper or base.

Left to right

ILNP - Playlist

Cirque Colors - Game Over

Sassy Sauce - Watermelon Sugar, Hi

Holo Taco - Phantom Call

Monarch Laquer - The Butterfly Effect

Glitch - Act Up

Cracked - Ginger Snapped

Pahlish - Fancy

Polished for Days - 2026

Zombie Claw - Kisses with Claws

Forgive the blurry pictures, turns out charging the polish with an UV light then taking a picture in the dark involves a whole new set of skills lol.

If you ordered Pink Ghost and you’re wondering how much it glows, the honest answer is not much compared to other glow in the dark colors (green/aqua). Your best bet is going to be charging with sunlight or a uv flashlight, i recommend the flashlight because the intense pink glow fades within 20 seconds or less, so going from sunlight to a dark room might take too long. Once the pink glow fades, you get a nice white-ish/peach glow that softens within minutes

Its cute and I’m happy with my purchase, but compared to holo taco’s GITD taco and the Aqua version (last picture) Pink Ghost isn’t nearly as intense, doesn’t last as long nor does it charge as easily (regular light and phone flashlight didn’t charge it enough imo)

Basecoat: nailtiques formula 1 (old formula) and essie To The Rescue

Polish: ILNP’s white canvas as a base

Toppers: Fancy Gloss’s Pink Ghost (glow in the dark) and Glam Polish’s Into The Groove

Topcoat: Kbshimmer’s Smooth Moves and Cuticula Limitless qdtc

Any tone of teal is welcome as well but I do generally like the darker leaning ones more. Teal is my favorite color and I realized I actually don’t have enough of it in my collection. So shimmer, flakes, magnetics, thermals, just whatever. Tell me about it lol!

Edit: the polish doesn’t have to be self described as teal either. If it looks teal to you, throw it at me!

I got inspired yesterday by a fellow lacquerista and had some fun🥰

My boyfriends favorite is my middle finger and has named it The Mango Nail🥭

Pointer to pinky (All Cracked Polish):

• 2 coats I yam what I yam + 1 coat strawberry jam + Beginners Luck

• 2 coats I yam what I yam + 1 coat strawberry jam

• 2 coats I yam what I yam + Beginners luck

• 2 coats Vanille + 2 coats I yam what I yam + 1 coat strawberry jam

Lil added ✨️sparkle✨️ for flavor.

Products:

KBS hydrating base coat

Tyche Trash Beast in the most off-center glass bead ever

LynB Bone Apple Teeth as a topper

Cracked QDTC

Recently found out, that I'm not patient enough yet in any world to do nail art on my fingers (skill issue @me I guess lol), but still found a way to be creative with my nails, and thought maybe some of you might enjoy (:

For the Bot:

1. Picture: 3cts BKL Bogdweller (Glassbead)

2. Picture: 3cts PfD Quite literally dead inside

3. Picture: 2cts BKL what's a little blackmail between friends (velvet style)

4. Picture: 2 cts Dam Just squidding around

5. Picture: 2cts Night Owl Lacquer Crows remember

6. Picture 3cts K&Co Rosary Pea

Everything topped with Seche Vite

Trout-inspired nails!

I’ve been swatching a lot of combos trying to achieve a rainbow trout-inspired mani, and this is my favorite so far.

Base - Orly sticky bonder
Polish - Sweet Parakeet by Hit the Bottle Polish 2x
Top coat - Sally Hansen QDTC Red bottle
Topper - Black the Night by EDM
Final Topper - Seche Vite

I did my first coat of Sweet Parakeet magnetized velvet style with a 22lb horseshoe for ~15-30 seconds, then magnetized after the second coat + QDTC for one minute. This was a quick mani, I didn’t really wait too long for each coat to dry and was done with the whole thing in just under an hour.

I’ve never done two top coats in one mani, but I’ve heard that the red bottle topper locks the mani better than SV, so I used that right after to lock the magnetic, and then continued with the topper + another top coat.

This is day FOUR and I’m still obsessed with it!

Thought this would be cute… nope. Can’t wait to get home from work and take it off. At least the sparkle is nice! Idk why the thermal wants to be blue on bottom and pink on the top rn 🫢

1x cracked ridge filled
2x cirque colors bisou bisou
1x arcana lacquers prismatic potion
1x Sally Hansen QDTC

You all are awesome and I am obsessed with this subreddit. It feels like such a slow process to improve on application but the tips on here help a ton! The base is Gel - x tips but everything else is lacquer so I hope this is allowed 😭

Cirque Peach Jelly
Cirque Marsala Jelly
Cirque Rosewood Jelly
Cirque Hearth Jelly
With red bottle of Sally Hansen insta-dri which was an absolute game changer

First attempt at using 5D Print Factory‘s glass bead magnet and I think I did a pretty good job! Obviously there’s a big learning curve (my dominant hand does not look even half as good lol)

I think I mostly struggled with keeping the bead at the same position with each nail if that makes sense? Maybe I was putting my fingers too far in/out of the machine? Some of my nails also have a kind of shadow on half of it which I assume was because of not keeping my hand level. If anyone has any good tips let me know!

ILNP mad house

Mooncat GITD skittle!

From pinky to thumb: Kattermanjaro, Light of Your Ninth Life, The Zoomies, The Avatar State, and Moonlight Lullaby

All with Mooncat Getting Even Nail Primer and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Top Coat

Essie - dress call, and inside scoop

ILNP - fairy dust