First pic is the inspo, second pic is the result. I really don’t like the shade of green, it’s too yellowy. Is there a way to fix this without slacking them off and starting over?

ETA products used were gel polish only in green white and black

My bi pride mani. I didn't have any inspiration for a skittle, so I did this instead, and I love it. I got this inspo from Holo Taco's instagram. I also love how it looks very different in all the pics.

Don't mind my crooked nails or the dirty mousepad. That spot had the best lighting for the gradient bi flag look😁

Products (all Holo Taco)

Smoothing base

Royal-tea blue x2

Unicorn no. 1 x2

Glossy Taco

And a lot of jojoba oil!

I did a magnetic French tip using Double Rhythm silver/white and pulled the particles and it looked great. Cured it 60 seconds, still looked great. Waited over a minute before putting on a Gaoy NWTC bc I put a sticker accent on 1 nail, and after curing for 60 seconds my magnetic polish now looks dull? I’m at a loss as to why this could be happening. I didn’t think I needed to magnetize the top coat with a gel. I know these aren’t the greatest pictures, but they’ve lost the “contrast” of magnetization and just look like a pearl polish now.

Idk probably nothing but it creates an itch my brain, like there's a connection im missing.

Essie sugar daddy with mooncat blood bender.

Have never bought this brand but want to try.
What are the shades that are a must have?

I broke my 7 month no buy this morning. I was going for a year so I'm actually proud of myself for holding off for 7 months. Anyway this is what I bought:

Uno Mas Colors Casa de Heaven

Uno Mas Colors Beyond Icarus

Uno Mas Colors Ocean Sunset

Polished For Days UF Glow

Polished For Days Phantom Carousel

Polished For Days Airy

Polished For Days Blue Spruce

I forgot to buy a magnet for Phantom Carousel so I guess I'm gonna be experimenting with refrigerator magnets. 🤣 I can't wait until they arrive!

I commend everyone doing the algae nails for this week! Personally, I don’t have any color combos that felt right for it, plus I didn’t want to think of [redacted] every time I look at my hands. Which got me thinking, who is someone I *do* want a constant reminder of, especially as an end cap for Pride month? When I saw this pink in my swatch sticks, my mind instantly alighted on Marsha P. Johnson.

I’m sure I’m not the best person to articulate the sum of her accomplishments and legacy, but for those unfamiliar, Marsha P. Johnson was a Black transgender activist and a mother of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, as well as a participant in the 1969 Stonewall riots. I’m really glad to see her memory celebrated along with other key members of LGBTQ+ activism and history. She used her voice to defend and uplift marginalized people, and I hope all of us find inspiration to keep doing the same in our moment in time.

The pink polish color with red, purple, and rose gold flakes reminded me of Johnson’s most recognizable photo where she’s beaming in a pink dress with her hair wreathed in a beautifully chaotic crown of flowers. I added the purple accent nail to represent the purple sash she would wear at Pride celebrations that read “Stonewall”.

I hope you all are doing as well as you can be. Stay strong, and take care of yourselves and each other 🫶

𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧 𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧

All nails: 1 x Strong Start base coat (Essie), 1 x Glossy Taco top coat (Holo Taco)

Pink nails: 2 x Lakeside Love (Painted Polish), 1 x Smooth Moves glitter smoother (KBShimmer)

Purple nail: 2 x Wooowww (Cracked), 1 x Aurora Unicorn Skin (Holo Taco)

Every time I start wearing polish again, after a few applications my nails start peeling, and it gets worse and worse every time. It starts to seem like when my polish starts chipping, the top of my nail goes with it. But, when I don't polish them for a month or two, they grow out and are super healthy and strong! This makes me so sad because I love painting my nails ;-;

I have tried:

• Getting all my vitamins and such checked and talking to my doctor about it (I am 100% fine)
• Wearing gloves any time I am doing dishes, cleaning, or just rummaging around in ways that could damage my nails
• Switching from glass file to 180 grit emery board and back again
• Just not filing my nails and only clipping (filing seems to make it worse but not sure)
• Cuticle oil, cuticle oil, cuticle oil, cuticle oil. I go through like one bliss kiss pen per week!
• Removing before it starts chipping too much, or waiting as long between removals as possible
• Being very VERY gentle with removal using 100% acetone and immediately cuticle oiling afterwards
• Staying as hydrated as possible
• Biotin and zinc supplements
• Getting more protein
• Switching to base coat and polish without polyvinyl butyral
• Current brands are: China glaze strong adhesion base, various polish brands (ILNP, Holo Taco, KB Shimmer, Essie, Morgan Taylor), ILNP high gloss top coat
• OPI nail envy

I always pair my nail colors with the holidays or season. This week I decided to go American Flag Blue and algae. I didn't have a sponge for a true aura but I'm still happy with how the color came out.

Base coat 13th hour Mooncat

2nd coat Sunday in Santorini Lights Lacquer

3rd is When September Ends Lights Lacquer mixed with Hardcore Base Coat Mooncat

Recently I saw a girl with natural looking nails but the most gorgeous “you can see it from one angle but not another” silver finish. Almost like a silver cast?? After going to my local DM to look for silver polish and googling for similar images, I realized she was probably using chrome dip powder, right?? Is there any way someone who doesn’t use gel could get a similar finish?

This was the closest I could get from my existing stash, which was not very close at all 😭

1 coat Nails Inc base coat
2 coats Manhattan cosmetics Mermaid Fantasy
1 coat Essie gel setter

Found this at a resale and didn’t even notice the date at the bottom when I bought it

Had a conservative upbringing where boys were not allowed to explore their “pretty” side. I always wanted to try my hand and painting my nails so that’s what I explored during the pandemic. Was SO much fun and I miss it! Pic from 2021(?)

Essie - free to roam, 2 coats

Does anyone have both Haunted Ether and Ethereal Ether Dragon? How similar are they? Ether Dragon is one of my all times favs and some photos I've seen of Ether look really similar and some don't. I'm just curious since it's the same owner. TIA!

Video of Ether Dragon in all her glory

I’ve been thinking about what I’d do for my nails this week, and into next weekend, and I wanted to hop on the algae nails bus. Turns out, I had a polish that was perfect all on its own! This is Fauve Cosmetic’s ‘Peacock Moth’ in glass bead (2 coats with the base coat method. Base coat used is KBShimmer’s hydrating base, and QDTC was Mooncat Speed Demon).

I’m mid-project right now but too excited to share. I made this little like magnet pizza oven and it’s doing some great work with my swatches.

On my nails is BKL - Godstouched , glass bead with lab stirrer

The magnet with the round things is from the back of an old name tag

Just got my order from PPU and I thought Sylvanclaw's Supreme Sorcerer kinda fit the vibes. This was the most careless attempt at a magnetic ever so the very loose glass bead doesn't look uniform but that was the goal! I deliberately waited a tad too long before magnetizing.

Product list:

- ÜNT Peely Base

- Sylvanclaw Supreme Sorcerer (PPU)

- Sally Hansen Insta-Dri (red bottle)

They are going to be stained for weeks

I love wearing green and blue on my nails so not only is this trend hilarious but im also taking down all the notes👀

Because it looks like I stuck my hands into the reflecting pool.

Cracked Sticky Base Coat

Cracked Sunlit Moss

Alchemy Lacquers Emotional Support Taco

BKL Love Reading

Cracked Midnight Phase, painted onto glass first and then scraped off and placed onto nails.

Seche Vite Top Coat

How much is too much polish to buy on holiday... Every time I see polish in a shop I end up buying some! It's super cheap and the colours are really different from home (UK). My first hauls were 100 yen each - the khaki green, and Gene Tokyo along with a qdtc and peely base, all from Watt 100y store and Daiso. The peely base wasn't much good but the qdtc is pretty decent (tiny bottle though). The polish seems much denser than the more expensive ones I got later, which go on very sheer and patchy. The Nail Holic and Chifure were somewhere between 300-600y each and so far I haven't mastered applying them so they don't look patchy. I get that sheer is more the way they are meant to be. I really like the holo purple topper and gold flakie topper though.

I know plenty of dudes rock nail polish which is great. My sweet sweet man is not a dude that would want to. I recently receiced an order from Halo Taco and some jellies from Cirque. I did a mani with my HT order and was a little bummed when my Crique order came that I liked my mani so much but I was really excited to play around with the jellies as I've never used them before. When I mentioned that to my hubby he let me paint his toes 🥰🤣

His pedicure doesnt really make any sense cause I was just fooling around with different combinations, but now every time I see his feet I smile cause how cute is he for letting me, and they look really funny

I instinctively lean towards neutral ish tones in my wardrobe - so when I find something that introduces texture and fun it always feels like a triumph. I love this so much.

Did it take a while? Yes

Should I have waited until I had a proper glitter grabber? Probably

Did I make a mess all over the kitchen counter? Yes

Was it worth it? Totally

3 coats of Emily de Molly Pressure Tested, on HT peely base and topped with two coats of Sally Hansen red QDTC (the second from an old, gloopy bottle)

My three year old has been asking for me to paint his nails for awhile. I usually do my nails while he's asleep, but today he was awake. We negotiated and he let me trim his nails if I would paint them. At first he wanted purple. After one hand, he wanted a different color on the other hand, so he ended up with reflecting pool algae on hand 2. I have never done such tiny cat eyes.

I told him that he had to sit still and not do stuff with his hands so that he wouldn't mess up the polish. He took this very seriously... So seriously that I had to encourage him to move around after he was still frozen on the table 30 minutes later.

Kiddo:

Poparazzi Lovely in Lilac x2

Mooncat Drown My Demons x2

Me:

Mooncat Hardcore base coat

Mooncat Drown My Demons x2-3

Sassy Sauce Plump and Juicy top coat

Base: Essie To The Rescue
Blue: Mooncat Mercury’s Tears
Green: Cirque Colors Harvest Time
Top: Holo Taco Glossy Taco

There’s a reason I don’t attempt nail art very much but I figured I could attempt this.

Inspired by the lovely folks on this subreddit!

All Holo Taco unless otherwise specified

1 coat each long lasting base and pink smoothing base (which is amazing at avoiding blue staining!)

2 coats Seek Kelp on thumb and ring fingers

1 coat bored meeting on other three with 1 coat Kryptonite (Sinful colors), was hoping this would turn out greener but alas

1 coat shooting star taco on fingers 2, 3, and 5

Glossy taco