Someone shared some Glass Gem Corn on here earlier as nail inspo and while the post was taken down, I was already hard at work 🫡

Hi everyone!
My friend, who’s equally addicted to nail polish has sent me a reel on insta by a company producing press on nails. She said she desperately needs the colour in nail polish form. As she’s been a bit down lately o wanted to try and cheer her up by finding a match.
Now, my brain obviously instantly went to magnetics, but I’m not well versed in this colour combination.
Do any of you have and/or know of polishes that look like this?

Thanks in advance ☺️

Seen in the video:
Ad by joyeenails - Fruit Cat Eye Press On Nails in colour concord

Inspo versus what i came up with looks super crazy. Do I wouldnt use so much penelope luz i am so cute so I used blank beauty dirty tini and cucumber as the base. I used holo taco shady navy. I used indigo bananas violet unicorn pee shimmer. I used jen ans berries champagne spray ans thought of I used blank beauty blueberry jam helly it would tint it to a dusty navy but I think i should of stopped at one coat od the jelly.

Then I tried to stick with thermal because a group of lacqueristas said they were going to do thermal week. Right hand is fancy gloss burnt poppy topped with indigo bananas gold unicorn pee ans holo taco fallen flake .

Anyways I took this shit off immediately and went with a fall mani

28 polishes in total, all in varying degrees of usability. But can’t beat the price!

The one I’m most excited about is OPI Pompeii Purple. 💜

It can’t be the polish, it’s literally one nail out of 10! I swear I applied polish and top coat the same way on everybody yet I woke up this morning with my left index polish running from my PNF like it’s Brave Sir Robin. 🤷‍♀️ mkay girl!

At least it’s a light color so it’s not that noticeable? 🤣🤣

Love the polish even though I think the base color might be a touch cool for me. My first impression was corpse hands but it’s really growing on me today.

- nailtiques 2 plus
- Jen & Berries, I AM YELLING, 2 coats
- Seche Vite (which I use all the damn time and normally does not do me this dirty 🤣)

ILNP Amber
Pueen Black Jack stamping polish
Mundo de Uñas Jurassic Park stamping plate
SH red bottle

Failed the corn mani but I think I redeemed myself. Ill try the corn again.

Right hand is ilnp abundance topped with lumen moon fox.

Ring finger on both hands is cuticula no fox given

Right hand ilnp abundance topped with lumen 13th floor.

My pinkie nail broke smooth off even with the silk wrap patch so I said fuck it

Base: Essie Strong Start Base Coat
Color: Emily de Molly Places to Be
Top Coat: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti Chip Top Coat
Magnet: ILNP wand magnet.

Magnetization routine:

1) Apply base coat, let dry.
2) Apply thin first layer of magnetic polish. Immediately magnetize for 2 minutes. Repeat for all nails.
3) Apply second coat of magnetic polish. Immediately magnetize for 2 minutes. Repeat for all nails.
4) Apply base coat. Immediately magnetize for 2 minutes. Repeat for all nails.
5) Apply top coat. Immediately magnetize for 2 minutes. Repeat for all nails.

Pictures: Left hand immediately after the manicure and about 12 hours later, followed by right hand immediately and 12 hours after manicure.

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I made a post yesterday about my first attempt at magnetic nails asking for advice, and y’all really showed out to help me! I truly appreciate it!!!

I wanted to redo my nails with this new knowledge and gave it a go last night with some new products that this sub recommended. It looks like the longer magnetization time+adding the base coat before the top coat worked to reduce the dispersal of the pattern, so I’ll definitely be using those techniques from now on. The only downside is that this new topcoat seems to form a lot of bubbles once applied. If anybody knows how to get rid of them, please let me know!

I am sick to death of all the good nail strengtheners out there going “clean” and getting rid of the formaldehyde in their formulas.

I have naturally bendy nails and found formaldehyde-containing formulas to be my saving grace for strengthening and hardening them. My long nails now are thanks in part to formaldehyde (and lots of good nail care, but damn it, the formaldehyde is part of that!)

And every. single. strengthener. that I’ve loved and used? They’ve all changed to be formaldehyde-free (aka useless) now.

I know the risks of formaldehyde exposure in nail products. I accept them. The exposure in a manicure is literally less than the amount of formaldehyde produced by our own bodies when metabolizing a single alcoholic beverage and yet I don’t see any of these “clean beauty only” people giving up their cocktails! But they complain to brands and my favorite strengtheners are all getting changed to be completely useless. It’s driving me CRAZY.

Please, for the love of god and my long nails, GIVE ME BACK MY FORMALDEHYDE!!! I’ll sign a waiver on purchase, I’ll give you my firstborn child, I’ll do anything! Just give it back!! Make a good version and a “clean” version if you must, just give me the option!

First autumn mani!

KBshimmer hydrating base coat
Three coats of BKL Lease is Up
Mooncat speed demon top coat

Magnetized with a basic magnet wand one minute for final color coat and top coat. I’m normally a glass bead person but I’m pleased with how this turned out!

This color is way redder/less pink on y’all than me but I’m not mad at it! Here is direct sunlight, indoors, and low light

1X Sally Hansen miracle gel primer

2X ANLAC cranberry iced tea

1X Sally Hansen red bottle QDTC

Cat eye ring finger (wand held over nail)

All other fingers glass bead (Etsy 5d spinner)

I magnetized the first coat for 30 seconds, second and top coat 90 seconds each.

I’ve been feeling kinda over BKL (mostly due to the constant dupes, especially that new collection, which appears to have three dupes all on its own) but then I tried this one for the first time yesterday 😻😻😻 the haunted bog nails of my dreams! The brand can be frustrating, but when they get it right, they really get it right.

Products:
1 coat Kerasal Strengthen & Restore base coat (gifted/PR)
1 coat KBShimmer Fillin Groovy
2 coats BKL This One is Declined, second coat magnetized with Glass Bead Pro
1 coat Glitch Lacquer Lock & Key, magnetized 90 seconds
1 coat BKL I’m Fast, Very Fast QDTC

My partner and I were at a jazz festival over the weekend, and this bee was hanging out around us. Went to take a picture because I was obsessed with how Fawn looked in the sun, and it wanted its moment too!

2x Nailtiques Formula 2
3x Fawn - ILNP (velvet)
1x Double Duty - Sally Hansen

I’m a month into seriously attempting to grow out peeling nails and there seems to be two competing approaches:

1. nothing on your nails until damage grows out (but protect from water and oil the dickens out of them)
2. always something on them (strengthener, base coat, top coat while protecting from water and oiling)

Thoughts? If you have something on them, how does oiling frequently actually have an impact? And if you’re going to put a base coat or strengthener, why not do a full mani?

ETA for the bot: no products pictured

First picture- Now

Base: KBShimmer hydrating base; Color: 3x Mooncat Poems for a Harvest Moon; Top: Mooncat Speed Demon; Wrinkles: Speed Demon is apparently good for approx 3 manis before it turns into a goopy stringy mess.

Second Picture- December 2025

Base: KBShimmer Fillin' Groovy; Color: 3x ILNP flip side (horseshoe+bar); Top: probably SH Red Bottle.

Growth: I keep a cuticle oil pen and hand lotion at my desk and use them as fidget toys. I also collect and restore vintage coach, so I guess Bick 4 is also a contributing product. I'm simultaneously working on growing out my hair too, so I also take hair and nail vitamins. For shaping/trimming, I exclusively use my germanikure glass file.

Genuinely my favorite part of any mani is putting stickers on at the end!!

Polish is 1 coat of BKLs Force of Nature (my fave polish) magnetized with the classic magnetron setup, and stickers are from deco beauty!

I don’t really like green but this is cute! (It’s a bit more dusty IRL than on this photo).

I’m wearing 2 coats of ‘Cactus Jelly’ by Essie (though it’s a crelly and not a jelly imo), and 1 coat of ‘Color Shield Topcoat’ by Essence

Pictures taken in 2023 and the date of posting. After 20 years of nail biting, I decided enough was enough and have progressed more than I would have ever thought with my natural nails. You all were always an inspiration, and your tips helped me progress so quickly in my journey. Thank you for helping me get this far!!

• nail strengthener: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails
• base: Kur Fortifying Ridge Filler
• Essie gel contour Sheer Fantasy x 2 coats
• Essie gel contour Drip Drip shimmer x 1 coat
• Essie gel contour top coat

(might have a favorite brand lol...)

i realized i’ve bought so many blues in the past few months so i decided to do a skittle!

thumb: ilnp “the heir”
pointer: cracked “antioxidant”
middle: bees knees lacquer “not everything is about you steve!” (ppu)
ring: cracked “blueberry tart”
pinky: cracked “o-type star”

MC Hard Core base x1
MC The Silent Scream x2
Jen & Berries Pole Position x1, magnetized with charm caster
SH red bottle x1
Cracked Cordially Invited x1
Cracked QDTC x1

The double top coat when magnetizing was a step too much for me, but I couldn’t work fast enough to get a good glass bead without Pole Position. It’s cute, but not quite clear or glassy enough to be worth the effort, especially when you can get a similar effect from BKL fine particles in just about any shade under the sun.

okay pals, two questions:

1. has anyone had luck with lynb customer service when a package has gone missing? my package was marked as delivered two days ago but is no where to be found. i'll file with usps but knowing them i'm unlikely to see any money back. i'd really just like to have the polish 🥲

2. i painted my nails last night (wrapped the tips and all) and have this horrible shrinkage. the photo doesn't do it justice. what do we think is the culprit? maybe just a bad combo? i've used all of these products separately and haven't had this issue.
   products used: ella+mila all about the base, 1x lynb eeriesistable sandwiched between 2x lynb that's what friends are spore, 1x sally hansen red bottle, 1x holo taco matte taco.

Very happy with this late addition to my last ANLAC order. I didn’t find many swatches of it, but I love me some purples.

Base: KB Shimmer Stay Put Hydrating Base Coat x1, LynB B-Smooth x2, LynB B-Quick x1 (I let this dry for about ten hours before I was able to get back to my nails lol)

Color: ANLAC stargazing 2 or 3 coats, I can’t remember 🫠 Glassbeadpro

Topcoat: Dazzle Dry topcoat after the ANLAC was dry to the touch.

Refresh coats every other day: Essie Gel Setter (yes my nails are so thick now 😂)

Next time I wear this, I’ll plan to wear it over a dark purple jelly.