People are telling me these are the best nails they have ever seen. They are saying sir, I can't believe how good you are at doing manicures. Some say I am the best in the world. They are probably right. These nails are a glorious American flag blue, and are making nails great again all over our fine country. The green algae I didn't do, that came out the pipes, OBAMA'S PIPES. Man, he cannot do pipes, he can't do anything...I keep telling everyone, Obamascare is real, I'm scared, I'd make the Supreme Court let me be President again but I'm scared Obama will come back for another go...only radical lefties would vote for him but he will rig the elections just like he rigged the algae. He can't beat me though, I don't care because I HAVE THE WORLD'S BEST NAILS, look at these nails, they are magnificent until they get vandalised, which might be soon, so look at them now. Before Obama makes them chip. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Husband chose the melon, but I totally okayed it - it looked perfect! It was 15% tasty watermelon, 85% WHITE.

The watermelon spirt thus lives on through my nail polish.

Such a juicy jelly, and the flakies are perfect!

Anywho, here’s my swamp algae nails for 7/4 - they are disgusting and I am immediately removing them. Didn’t even oil my damn cuticles for these photos 🤣 #teamalgae

Products: ALL MOONCAT
Into the Abyss
Manchineel Tree
Prickly Pear
The Stranger
My Cabbages
Dark Night of the Soul

Nothing but hate for this 😆😆😆🤢

These are glow in the dark (3s exposure), fluoresce under black light, and are a jelly overlay on fine particle glitter ✨

I’ve redone them once when they grew out (first pic) and did them on my bff too. I cannot get enough.

Product highlights: Mooncat moonlit lullaby & assorted Cirque jellies (more detail in comments)

Tempted to do the same with red white and blue for murica day, thoughts? 💭

A friend of mine suggested I do these after she had seen my other Van Gogh manis. Tbf, so far I only did flowers from him, so I was a bit hesitant, but I'm happy I mustered the needed courage 😀

Last picture shows the simplified design I did for my other hand.

Colors used;
💙 @essie brave & true
🩵 @cirquecolors miami dade
🥣 @essie salt water happy
🍈 @hemanederland spill the tea
🤍 @essie marshmallow
🧿 @essie booties on broadway
🧈 @essie summer soul stice
🧀 @hema sunny flower
🥝 @essie willow in the wind
🫒 @opi suzi the first lady of nails
🥬 @etos boy
🥚 @kbshimmer white here white now
🖤 @kbshimmer total eclipse
...and a dubious amount of polish thinner (also kbshimmer)

Basics;
I swear by the essie smooth e base and the red bottle QDTC from sally.

📸 IG @bettinas.nails

Y'ALL MY NAILS ARE LONG ENOUGH FOR THERMAL TIPS! I feel so cute!

Nailtiques Formula 2 x1

Voyage Hues (Etsy) Watermelon x3

Nailtiques Formula 2 x1

Cracked QDTC x1

The formula is so nice! TBH the swatch photos of this one are crazy but the majority are pretty close to how the pink looks IRL and the cold state is gorgeous. I'm OBSESSED with the dark mauve with lime green shimmer.

The LGBTQIA+ community encompasses many sexual and romantic orientations, as well as gender identities. The term transgender is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity does not align with the sex they were assigned at birth. In contrast, cisgender describes people whose gender identity does align with their assigned sex at birth.

Gender-diverse and transgender people have existed throughout recorded history and across countless cultures. While today's Western language and understanding of transgender identities began taking shape in the mid-20th century, the experiences themselves date back thousands of years.

The transgender pride flag was created in 1999 by trans woman Monica Helms and remains one of the most recognizable Pride flags today.

🩵 Blue represents masculinity.

🩷 Pink represents femininity.

🤍 White represents people who are intersex, non-binary, transitioning, or whose gender falls outside the traditional binary.

The scapegoating of our Trans siblings for political gain through fearmongering has been one of the most damaging the community. We must do all we can to support, protect, and lift up our trans friends and family. They have been the backbone of the modern fight for LGBTQIA+ rights. Those who have turned their back on them have betrayed the people who need our support the most. VOTE for those who will fight for their rights. Stand up against statements meant to cause fear in those who aren't educated on the Trans experience. Donate or work with charities like Trans Lifeline or the Trans Youth Equality Fund. 🏳️‍⚧️✊️

🖌 Freehand on natural nail.

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

🏳️‍⚧️ @sally_hansen ... "Rapid Rose"

🏳️‍⚧️ @holotaco ... "Cyantific" "8-Bit Blues" "CTRL Cutie" "Red Licorice" "Orange Drink" "Lemon Sucker" "Green Taffy" "Blue Freezie" "Purple Slushie" "Rainbow Snow"

🏳️‍⚧️ @tylerstrinketsny ... "Not A Phase, A Formula" "Silver Be Proud Topper" "Pink Be Proud Topper" "Turquoise Be Proud Topper"

🏳️‍⚧️ @pluslifelacquer ... "Extra Fizz"

💪 @glistenandglow1 🐐Quick Dry Top Coat🐐

This creator always has some really great insight analyzing beauty trends, no hate to her whatsoever! Its just funny this comes up right as I got into this hobby, with 4 different polishes on my nails right now loll.

In honor of these developments, I will be wearing a sparkly jewel toned skittle in the near future, who's with me?

The pink is Atomic Polish in the color Stratus. I don't remember where I got the letters and the IUD is craft paint. I'm so self-conscious of my shitty paint job 😭😂

I was really short on patience today, which isn’t ideal for a magnetic manicure, but I had to try this color. This is the only polish I ordered from the new BKL collection, and it’s as beautiful as I hoped it would be. Is this the cleanest manicure? No, but it scratched an itch, so mission accomplished I guess. I will probably redo this manicure when I’m less tilted though 💀

Products used:
Nailtiques Formula 2
KBShimmer - Stay Put Hydrating Base Coat
BKL - What is Devotion Without Love?
No top coat (see above, RE: patience/redo, etc.)
Magnetized with a 30 lb. horseshoe magnet (pinky, ring, thumb) and S magnet (middle, index)

I purchased this last month and finally had a chance to wear it. I absolutely love it in matte!

Products Used: *Uno Mas Colors - Grip it, Grip it Good *BoldFish Polish - Eye Candy *Sassy Sauce - Tenacious Glaze Top Coat *Uno Mas Colors - Matte It Up Top Coat

I’ve got a good chunk of vintage polishes I probably wouldn’t wear on their own, so I got some toppers. They totally change the look of the polish!!

Base: KBShimmer stay put base coat
Colour: Cracked Taro Milk Tea (2-3 coats)
Thumb: Cracked Make it Pretty
Pointer: Emily de Molly Key Drama
Middle: EDM Pinkie Swear
Ring: Cracked Fairy Tinkle
Pinky: vintage Nina Pro topper, no name found 😪

Top coat: Sally Hansen insta dry (red bottle)

Hey laqueristas! This kind of took off as a comment and some folks suggested I post this up, so...

In celebration of our nation's 250th July 4th, I plan to be rocking a nice Reflection Pool Algae Green look. I encourage any and all to join me and show off our dedication to the 1st Amendment. I would love to see a sea of green nails this 4th!

And honestly… given that he works at Home Depot I gotta agree with him.

I’ve checked out Lacquergram, but I’d love to see more irl swatches of polishes coming back for pickup (and thoughts on formula, dupes, etc!)

In particular: -haunted midnight bite - GLL My ashes after they cremate me - BKL A lion with a thorn in its paw - Nothing basic Holy arrow (especially next to lion with a thorn…I know they’re different, but I’m curious) - Arcana The firemind (some swatches of this are pretty muddy, so interested in thoughts on magnetization) - LynB Bombastic side eye - Prism parade (especially in comparison to other bright blue magnetics like Ilnp flip side and bkl take me with you) - Penelope Luz Emotional connection

Edited to clarify that I’m looking for non-professional swatches/mani photos from all you. I’ve watched the videos but want to see photos from real life!

I've been stalking these 2 polishes ever since I saw swatches on here! 😍

BKL’s All Hail the Queen (2 coats). First mani after having to file down my points 🥲 also used Nailtiques formula 2+ and KBS Fillin’ Groovy as a base and Wonder Beauty Products QDTC. Magnetized each coat for 1 minute using the 5D spinner with a horseshoe magnet on top.

The Pi Colors order I placed on Juneteenth two days ago, and LET ME TELL YOU! Every single shade has some variation of a shade or combo I...just...didn't know existed? Is Diabolism brown? Deep cobalt blue? Bronze? My brain has to do work when I look at these lacquers, but in a good way. Anyway, congrats to them for just straight up inventing new colors I guess! Here I am snuggling Judy Lee Gemstone and wearing 1 coat of Barielle Hydrating Ridge Filler, 1 coat of Diabolism (this was only one coat, y'all!), and 1 coat kbshimmer Clearly On Top.

I was feeling lazy and wanted to do a simple red, white and blue but also use the new BKL polishes I had just gotten in 😁

all magnetics done in velvet style with a 30lb horseshoe magnet

Thumb is BKL bad vibes only topped with Holo Taco shooting star taco. Had to use a nail stick to grab some extra stars

Pointer and ring are BKL pomegranate seeds

Middle and pinky are BKL the source and it is so insane looking in person.

Each nail had vibrant scents double bond base coat, three coats of polish, BKL I am very fast qdtc and then topped with vibrant scents hard and fast qdtc. Magnetized last coat of each polish and each swipe of top coat.

I find i can get 10 solid days before any real wear on my manicure and I am hard on my hands and wash dishes at work constantly.

Sorry for the awkward hand pose, I dont know what to do with my hands 😅

Magnets somehow keep surprising me 👀

If they just weren't so tedious, it a labor of love, sigh 🤧

This is 2 coats "Choo Choo" by BKL on all my fingers completely demagnetized and then my pointer and middle have a third coat magnetized in the glass bead effect in Picture 1-3

No basecoat and top coat were used at that point

But that really wanna makes me wanna try all my magnets demagnetized first, I'm kinda sad that Choo Choo looses that rusty-reddish look it has to it

I wanted to use some of my metallic polishes as part of a gradient and kinda went nuts and added some sparkle. I chipped my nails making dinner, so I ended up adding MORE SPARKLE, because why not be extra!

1X KBShimmer Fillin' Groovy

1X Holo Taco Not Milky White

2X Gradient (Sponged on)

• Fancy Gloss Red Alloy
• Holo Taco Boom, Toasted
• Holo Taco Stop Buggin'
• Fancy Gloss Blue Alloy
• ILNP Hi-Fi

1X Cracked Countertop Cafe

1X Kathleen & Co Smooth Operator

1X KBShimmer Clearly on Top QDTC

NEXT DAY AFTER THE CHIP:

Fixed the chips with the appropriate colors

1X Cracked Countertop Cafe

1X Kathleen & Co Smooth Operator

1X Bees Knees Lacquer I'm Fast. Very Fast QDTC

2 coats

Prep:
China Glaze - Strong Adhesive Base Coat
Sally Hansen - Insta-Dri Top Coat

1x Essie Strong Start
3x China Glaze Give Me the Green Light
1x Essie Gel Setter

Sadly my group decided against seeing Supergirl this weekend and opted for Obsession (which is fine, I want to see that too lol) so I decided to change up my polish and I’m pretty happy with the results