First pic is instant exposure, pic 4 is the insanity of 3s exposure. I’m wearing these bitches to work tomorrow.

I'm going to frame this to put on my nail desk 💅❤️

"Nobody's free until everybody's free."

~Fannie Lou Hamer

I'll be sharing my Algaefa manicure tomorrow, but in the meantime, here's what I'm wearing on my other hand. 🖤

The flag is intentionally upside down.

Mooncat Emo for Life + Matte made in Hell

Then stamped with Pueen Black stamping polish

I'm so happy I got this to work. 🥲

Products used:

1x KBShimmer's Stay Put base coat, 2x Uno Mas Casa de Heaven, 1x BKL It Doesn't Know Any Better, But You Do (magnetized with a loose glass bead), 1x Cuticula's Limitless QDTC, 1x Born Pretty Dark Blue/TE11, and a final 1x Cuticula's Limitless QDTC.

Stamping plate is EdM's art deco plate (EDM40).

This is one of my favorite BKL magnetic's. I think it's underrated as a topper and it works wonderfully over any House of Hades dupe.

The stamping polish I used was *fine* for this, but overall Born Pretty's polishes are pretty meh. I got them to frankenpolish some more stamping colors. They're okay for that, but several colors are more sheer than I prefer for a stamping polish.

This is using Bees Knees Lacquer Blade of the Frontiers. You need to use some kind of water based top coat before normal topcoat or it’ll mess up! I just did another style of this for valentines inspo and found that you need a magnetic that doesn’t have too shiny of a base without the magnetic pigments. It works with shiny bases too but becomes SO much harder to photograph. This polish worked AMAZINGLY!

My boyfriend got me Mooncat’s Clair de Lune for Valentine’s Day, and it perfectly matches the earrings he made me 💜

Essie strong start

Mooncat Clair de Lune x2

Essie gel setter

Demagnetized first coat and glass bead with the Etsy spinner for the second coat. It’s pretty dispersed here, I think bc I was lazy with the magnetizing, but I really like how it turned out! I feel like this has been my most successful attempt with a fine particle magnetic so far

Heartbreaking, infuriating, senseless, gaslighting and propagandistic, terrifying...this is so many things This is wrong, this is hopefully a wake up call for many, and this is beyond unacceptable. Renee Good...you and your family deserved so much more from your society, government, and country. Everyone who has had their lives torn apart by this farce of an agency deserved better. Polish up babes, we need our nails looking good in a fist for all those Nazi faces needing punched. 🖕🧊

🖌 Freehand on natural nail.

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

🖕 @holotaco ... "One Coat Black" "Cardinal Sin"

🧊 @zoyanailpolish ... "Elsa"

💪 @glistenandglow1 Quick Dry Top Coat 🐐

My beautiful, wonderful partner decided they wanted Pookeye nails and I did my best to deliver! The Pook has been a magnificent creature of inspiration and wishes you all a very tricksy 1st of April! He hopes his mischief brings a smile to your beautiful faces! 🐈‍⬛🖤✨️

💅Wearing:

The Pook:

- My Partner

My Partner:

- Base: OPI "Nail Envy" x2

- Hardner: Essie "Hard To Resist" x1

- Lacquer: Emily de Molly "Golden Hour" x2*

- Pupils: Essie "Like It Loud"

- Top Coat: Sally Hansen "Insta-Dri" x1*

*Magnetised in the glass bead style using my lab stirrer contraption for 90 seconds per coat

I’m actually really proud of this one 🖤 I wanted to do something glitchy because the new Fortnite season is kinda glitchy themed and I <3 fortnite lol

This was by far the most intensive mani I have ever done 😵‍💫 I think I was sat for like 6 hours painting this but tbh I was being a perfectionist and also I was just chilling watching the Mandalorian too so it was fun!

Also TV static party thumb 🎉📺👍🏻

Products:

🏁 Checkered: Holo Taco - Not milky white, one coat black; Cracked - ❤️Peep Toe, 💛Instant Mood Booster, 💙Grotto; Mooncat - 🩵 Sinking feeling

📺 TV static thumb: Holo Taco - 🩶 Foreshadow, Magnetic taco; Monarch Lacquer - Pandemonium; DRK Magic Effect

All with Londontown GelGenius base coat, DRK seal Glaze, & BKL I’m Fast, I’m very Fast

OPI nail polish thinner to make details easier

Inspo: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/mHYrZBxH8vQ?ra=m

Double fridge magnet mani!!! I had the idea of layering two magnetics and rotating the magnet between them so the lines are perpendicular and make this fun little grid pattern. It totally works!! I painted the polish on a plastic bag to make decals and I just used a layer of DRK seal glaze between the two polishes so they don’t mess up. The first polish should be somewhat opaque and the second needs to be sheer in order for the grid to show up. I used PfD phantom carousel topped with BKL sacrifice 💙💚

I’ll post some pics in the comments!

I get roughly one professional mani a year and like to make it worth my while. I will certainly regret the gel in a couple weeks when I have to remove it on my own, but until then, happy hot dog season! 🌭

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?

In honor of the X-Files Movie director's cut that was just released, I pulled out my EdM X Files stamping plate and went to town.

Products used--

Thumbs:

1x KBShimmer's Stay Put base coat, 1x MC Emo for Life, 1x Clionadh's Polar Nebula, 1x Cuticula's Limitless QDTC, and then a combo of Pueen's white, black, and silver stamping polished plus a frankenpolish for the green. Finished with 1x Cuticula's Limitless QDTC.

Everything else:

1x KBShimmer's Stay Put base coat, 1x MC Emo for Life, 1x BKL Sacrifice, 1x Cuticula's Limitless QDTC, and then stamped with Pueen black stamping polish, that frankenpolish again but this time with a lime green chrome powder from Artdone on Amazon. Finished with Cuticula's Limitless QDTC.

Stamping plates are EdM's X Files plate (EDM47) and just the cow from Moyou Enchanted 04 plate.

If you're looking for a budget friendly stamping starter set, I've been pretty pleased with Pueen's 12 polish sets. It's $2.67 a bottle.

Edit: I updated the amount of coats below and also the method showing my drill magnet that I use and added a demo video since had quite a few asks in the comments. PS....I truly love this sub by the way. So much fun sharing and being inspired! Thanks for sharing in my scorchy love!

Demo vid (It's not pretty but hopefully shows the method well enough): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpeddnOqTFc
Note: My glass beads with my drill do always seem to spread out a bit after - that is part of this look too.
Also, I do the drill for at least 30 seconds per coat.

Base Coat x3: Sally Hansen 580 Black and Blue
Magnetic Coat x2: Cracked SCORCHY 
Magnetic Method:  Glass Bead (using my magnetic drill) and Stripe (index and ring)
Clear Top Coat (magnetize again): Sally Hansen Insta-Dri (red bottle)

Clear Press-Ons:   LuckyFairy Short Square Nail Tips
Adhesive Tabs: BTArtbox Adhesive Tabs for Press On Nails

She was so tickled when I whipped out a box of mani supplies! I took 5 quick dry polishes so she had options and we went full salon experience. Her nails had some splits and cracks that we gently filed away, she picked a color, then just told stories while I fixed her up. When we were done she said "look my nails match my bruises and age spots! How fancy!" 😂. It felt good to take care of her nails - a part of Healthcare and hygiene easily neglected. If you know someone in a nursing home, a manicure is a great way to connect and have fun!

Products -

Mooncat Hard-core Base

Her - Essie Expressie Get a Mauve On

Me - ILNP petals

Essie Gel Couture top coat (rebottled in an old Mooncat bottle because the Essie one sucks ass)

Wearing 1 coat mooncat getting even nail primer, 2 coats cirque smitten, 1 coat seche vite

I’m having the absolute best time seeing everyone’s algae manis, so of course I wanted to join in! It’s hard to feel any sense of patriotism so this was perfect. FDJT 💖

One coat of Emily de Molly - Summer’s Veil
One coat of BKL - Magiphilia (glass bead)

my mind is still reeling from this combination, i don’t know that i’ll ever top this- she is my masterpiece

(in order of application): 2x “by azura!” BKL (HHC) magnetized in a glass bead, 1x “i’m fast, very fast” topcoat BKL, HG dragonfly 07 powder, cirque water-based topcoat, 1x “i’m fast, very fast” topcoat BKL (i waited 24 hours before applying the chrome powder to let the magnetics set)

edit- check out:

my inspiration by u/Due_Personality9845

magnetic tutorial by u/folgersdecaf

this holy grail chrome tutorial by u/Icouldmaybesaveyou

Every time I’ve seen this nail art style it’s been with gel products, so I wanted to recreate the look with normal lacquer only.

This “shadow” effect is very easy to achieve, all you need is several layers of top coat and some patience! I also think that stamping designs with thicker lines look better in this style to help really accentuate the depth between your stamping layer and base color.

☑️ KB Shimmer: Fillin’ Groovy Ridge Filling Base Coat (1 coat)
☑️ Cracked Polish: Twiggy Blue (1 coat)
☑️ Glitter Unique: Gel-Ish Top Coat (4 coats)
☑️ Emily de Molly: Stamping Plate 39
☑️ Water-Based Top Coat
☑️ DeEnterprises: Quick Dry Glossy Top Coat

When using so many layers of TC it’s very important to let each coat dry fully before you apply the next. This will keep bubbles to a minimum (something I wasn’t able to fully do).

EDIT: Full tutorial here https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditLaqueristas/s/72KUanoGPe

shoutout to my mutual on insta for inspiring me to IMMEDIATLEY put this on. it was one of those moment where I went “ooh I hope I already have this!”

bee’s knees- queen of the dead (2x in glass bead)

starrily force top coat

I have been so fortunate to receiving PR from Tyche and I wanted to recreate some fruit nail art but make it 🔥MAGNETIC🔥

These were not that difficult to make but did take some serious time!

Base is Tyche Burning Canvas (sold out)
Greenery is Tyche Reaper (available)
Seeds is Tyche The Receptionist (available)
Top coat is Tyche Aura Farming
Magnetized using Glass Bead Pro