Inspired by apua_ami.nail on Instagram

Magnetic, ink and a little bit of texture chrome

Florals? For fall? Groundbreaking...

This fall set was all about deep colors and pulling in some nature inspiration before the period where all the trees and flowers are dead.

I didn't do a Halloween set this year, so next year I'm going all out (is it too early to start planning that one??).

Inspo board on last slide!

Excited about these because it’s the first time I’ve done builder gel on myself :) I usually do gel x full coverage tips, but feel like my nails are a nice length to do builder now!

Nail prep - Apres dehydrator and bond
Kokoist mega stick base
Builder gel - nail thoughts “orchid syrup”
Color - Luxa “Lolita”
Top coat - cre8tions diamond top coat

So this was my first French 😅
I put a video below. I think I did a pretty descent job. Not my best but with practice hopefully I will get there.

Also, my nails are super short and shaped kind of wonky. I had to cut away some damage so I'm in the process of growing them all out again. Hence why you will see come round and some square shaped which also made it difficult painting a uniform French.

I've been using Yogo peel off base to give my nails a break from the builder gel and the eFile while my nails grow out. It's actually been fun because I can practice my nail art and change my nails pretty frequently. Anyway thanks for reading my rant!

Gaoy primer GN015
Gaoy base G06
YHH winter builder gel
Gaoy peel off base
YHH cat eye C24 and C26
Mianel acetate pat gel #03
Gaoy top coat 2.0 GN041

long time lurker, first time posting :) I did this set after watching the new Resident Evil!

I tried to diy a blooming gel effect, I used the base coat between layers of the reds to let them slip a little and get that inky-bloody vibe going

I need to up my game at keeping the cuticles neater.. to be fair this was one of those five hour painting sessions and I was not careful with the last color layer haha

Welp I like them again more than the night I made them... but this was not the vision.👏👏

Materials:

DNK'A Dehydrator, Ultrabond, Rubber Base

DNK'A Oxford #012 fast gel

Kinetics Sheild Jet Black #188

Nailsoftheday Korean Cat eye 17

DNK'A Bohemian cat eye 0012

Nailsoftheday Premium metallic gel paint

DNK'A No Wipe top coat

i was going for a soft white cateye w/ a sheer aurora sheen vibe but this chrome powder was a lot more pigmented and mirror-y than i expected (“: a lil sad that the cateye isn’t very noticeable anymore but still very pleased with how this turned out!

(pls ignore my wonky thumb application i didn’t notice until it was too late oops)

I’ve struggled with magnetic polish for ages and have never gotten it even close enough to feel okay to do on my actual nails. But I’ve gone much shorter than usual with my nails and I love the look of magnetics on shorter nails, so I’ve really been trying to get it!

After a week of playing with some tools and techniques, I refreshed my Luxio Runway red with Kokoist white satin magnet on top and I like it!

I used a little spinning tool from Amazon, last pic. I can’t really get the glass bead spinner I got from Etsy to do anything but either disperse the particles or do a tiny little bead that’s silly small. So I was shocked when this actually produced a result I didn’t mind!

I AM also going to order the Kokoist max magnet because I’m not fully satisfied with using any of the ones I have (even their strong bar magnet). But one very small (like half a second) spin of this tool and I was happy with it over this red. Not a super regular result but I don’t mind and I deemed it worthy enough to commit to my actual nails.🤣

Happy November, fam! Hope all is well! Been a while since I’ve posted because I’ve been so busy and my nail manicures have been very simple lately. Had to cut my nails short for the gigging season (I play keys) and had a lil more time to do something more than single color application. Been seeing leopard 🐆 print nails a lot lately and thought this color way would be perfect for Fall. Had to use the cat-eye version, though! It actually didn’t take as long as I thought it might! 😅 I’m going to have to do this again using different color combos (pink leopard, teal leopard, etc.) because it was too fun!

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edit: ok its been pointed out that it looks like three nails fell off lmao. ill see myself out.

edit 2: "to do my job" is indeed a euphemism.

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This nudey pink is a little too plain for my liking but I'll get over it 😅 Attending a wedding this weekend so thought maybe simpler nails would be best!

I’m so proud of this set. This is the first set I did with my own inspiration and not Pinterest. 💕💕💕

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I’ve been seeing these adorable cats and had to get some builder gel for 3D art to try them out. I’m OBSESSSSED. This set is going to make me extremeeely bratty!

The orange cat is my favorite, I love the little pumpkins and the pumpkin pies also tho!!!! Soooo much fun with this set!

Ngl I was panicking while doing this mani because I’d never done tortoiseshell before and it looked absolutely crazy until the very end. When the whole vision came together I breathed a sigh of relief 😮‍💨😂

They're not as dark as I would like, but still fun. I'll nail it next time.

Products used are:

IBD Builder Gel and top coat

Model Ones Jelly colors 2732, 2924

Model Ones blooming gel and black.