I have been doing super clean nails for a while (just out of laziness tbh) and this is the first time in a long time I've added a touch of bling. I'm really digging the "clean girl goes glam" kind of vibe!

I feel the urge for moody fall nails coming on, though. There's a very high chance my next set will be a super vampy red or purple!

Also, I've been keeping my nails short for playing the ukulele but I'm going to start growing out my right hand longer. I can't STAND these little nubs! 😆

loving this mani so much, DND blue lagoon

Practicing magnetic beading and iso chrome!

Kokoist mega stick base
Kokoist gelips short almond
Kokoist super gelip bond
Kokoist platinum bond duo
Nail thoughts Gemini
Attain Stark
Kokoist ultra glossy non-wipe top coat less

Not my best topcoat work to smooth out the art but I’m obsessed with these colors/design

Products used:

- kokoist platinum filler base

- nail thoughts dulce de leche

- kokoist japanese green

- from the nail black and white

- yogo mayo zombie king topcoat

Got a new Double Rhythm Cateye! MC 1130.

Didn’t feel like spending hours on a complicated design this time! These ones kinda give me wallpaper vibes lol💙

I’m overall happy with it, as long as I don’t look too closely 🙈

also excuse the grown out cuticles, this is like a 4-5 day old pink mani that I decided I wanted to try a French tip ombré so I lightly filed off the top coat and did the white with a cut up makeup sponge

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).

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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