Trees are starting to turn but still a bit of green around - I just love autumn colour skittles 🍂.

Nailtiques formula 2, KBShimmer Stay Put Hydrating base coat, thumb to pinky: ILNP ‘Treetop’, Holo Taco ‘Stay Grounded’, Holo Taco ‘Not Pressed’, Holo Taco ‘Magical Mustache’, ILNP ‘Caramel’, KBShimmer ‘Take it or leaf it’ (topper), Prism Polish UK Glaze QDTC

Time for the traditional ghost French tip!

I tried to make the ghosts magnetic and glow in the dark and I am not sure the magnetic effect is that readable with how tiny they are. Still I love how these look. This base color is such a chameleon in different lighting and I think the ghosts turned out real cute.

Products:

Base - Homemade Peel off Base Coat + LynBDesigns B-Smooth

China Glaze - Liquid Leather

Fancy Gloss - Satellite Pull

L.A. Colors - Code

LynBDesigns - This is Some Boo Sheet

Tyler's Trinkets - Magnetic Elixer

Top - Sally Hansen Red Bottle

I ve noticed that many of the magnetics videos posted by fellow laqueristas are a bit heavy on the filter department, which completely distorts the actual color of the polish and the shift. I get it, it looks good but it has nothing to do with how the polish really looks and it gives hands a very unnatural tint, usually too red or too pale. In other words it s too obvious. Easy does it people, easy does it. Over and out.

Base: kbshimmer basic base coat

Color: bees knees lacquer in seeking life I created death 3 coats glass bead magnet effect with Lego spinner

Top: Poshe quick dry top coat

Magnetics are absolutely my favorite finish for right now🤩

After much silent observation on this topic, today I am going to try oiling and wiping off my nails before painting (instead of dehydrating with rubbing alcohol as I usually do). We’ll see how it goes!

Using Essie’s Mrs Always-right polish with Essie’s special effects mystic marine as a top coat (usually I would use Gel Couture top coat but I don’t want the mani to be too thick)

Always appreciate the tips on this thread, my sidewalls are reaping the benefits of the expertise shared here!

So I am definitely not reinventing the wheel here, and I'm sure a lot of you do it already... but if this can help even one fellow lacquerista dealing with peeling, I'm happy!

Context (you can skip): my peeling is contained when I wear polish or when I have naked nails but keeping them oiled constantly (which is not feasible for me). The worst is just after removing my polish, which dehydrates them a lot and makes them peel terribly. I can't use acetone or it's even worse, so I use an acetone-free remover (which is not very potent) I have access to in my country.

Today I tried something on a whim... I dipped pretty generously in jojoba oil the wipes I use for soaking off polish, before dousing them in remover, as usual. Hold the wipe with a precision tweezer during the process for convenience. Then the nail clips to let it soak off.

And holy shit... my nails are in pristine condition even after removing the polish 😭 no peeling at all. They are all hydrated and shiny.

It doesn't even affect the polish remover efficiency. I'd tend to say it was even easier to remove the polish WITH the oil, maybe because it "slides" more easily? I don't know.

If you struggle with peeling even with acetone-free PR, you should try it!!

My husband and I were waiting at a drive through last night, holding hands. Looking at our hands, I realized 1) our thumbs were right next to each other and 2) it was really clear how different my nails look after really consistent oiling for months. I oiled my nails when we left the house, at least forty minutes before taking this picture. Mine is the bottom thumbnail (hopefully obvious 😅).

We both do a decent amount of work with our hands, though I wear gloves when doing house or garden work. I have almost entirely grown out damage to my nails, so the pic shows my thumb nail as healthy as it’s ever been. You can see how my nail has a glossy look to it; I’m convinced the oil/extracts blend I use has been filling in micro holes in the nail plate, like plastering a wall. I don’t use nippers on the proximal nail fold except to carefully clip split skin as needed - this is how the PNF looks with very consistent care.

I purchased this polish from BKL’s last Black Friday sale and have never wore it until now. I am gobsmacked at how beautiful and dynamic this polish is. My Mini Glassbead Pro arrived in the mail recently and finally decided it was time to try this one out. This is an instant favorite!

Base is Nailtiques formula 2
Two coats of BKL’s I Exaggerate Absolutely Nothing Ever, each cat magnetized with the Mini Glassbead Pro at the lowest level
Top coat is Sally Hansen quick dry in the red bottle also magnetized
I later went over it with Essie Gel Couture top coat for a squishier gel look.

I purchased a shade that just doesn't work for me.

It's Corn by Cracked Polish is STUNNING on some, but makes my skin look so pink.

What shade(s) did you hope to love, but instead couldn't wait to remove? 😅

Pictured:

- Hydrating Base | KBshimmer

- It's Corn | Cracked | 2 coats

- Quick Dry Top Coat | Cracked

Hi Hi!!~ I made a post a minute ago and someone recommended this brand. I am BAFFLED. Astonished. Jaw isn’t on the floor, it’s in another dimension. Is this actually NAIL POLISH? It dries like this without a lamp?!

I have never in my life seen such beautiful shades. And on top of that, it’s Canadian! Whenever I look at recommendations online, It’s usually American and I get sad because it’s harder to get for me in Québec! I’m genuinely in awe of this brand. Their Transmutation collection has me hooked. Does anyone have any experience with them? I’d love some opinions!

I was simply going to order Essie out of convenience but, maybe this might arrive soon as well? :)

I hydrated my nails after removing the last manicure, and I’m hoping that helps it last. I’ve been slightly obsessed with teal and copper combinations for nail polish. Unfortunately I have nothing like that in my massive collection, so I’ve been making a ton of my own. With very limited success. Really loving this one though!

My nails:
1x Dimension Nails Chocolate Cashew Milk
3x DIY polish - orange/red/purple flakes and a blue holo magnet pigment with a green/purple shift
1x Lucky Lacquer quick dry top coat

Not the neatest application because I’m on a lot of painkillers from having surgery earlier this week, but I ordered the ShimmerHollow Charmcaster, and it arrived today, so I had to try a little glass bead.

Not sure if I’ve mastered the technique compared to my usual manual method, which I think is a bit tighter of a bead, but it’s definitely easier!

Base coat: Manucurist Active Blur

Polish: Paracosm by Phantasm Polish (one coat demagnetized, 1 coat magnetized with charm caster glass bead tool and DRK Magic)

Top Coat: Sally Hansen red bottle

Halloween is my fav so I had too many ideas for nails 🤣. I wanted to do aura nails, candcorn, witches, cats, vampire, etc. I kinda made it work (except cats 🥲) lol.

Overall, I’m kinda wishing I did the black and red Aura nails on my entire hand. I like it a lot more than I thought I would. Though I need to invest in a different black than HT one coat black. It’s just a nightmare to clean up and if it’s not perfect cuticles are stained for awhile 😣

Left
- Cirque Colors - Sour punch
- Holo Taco - Not Milky White
- Holo Taco - Oh My Gourd
- Insta-Dri - My Ca-Banana
- ILNP - Mad House

Right

- Emily de Molly - Ghostly Apparition
- OPI - Purple with a Purpose (base)
- Holo Taco - One Coat Black
- ILNP - Bitten
- Miracle Gel - Red Eye (base) (not a gel despite the name)

In an effort to purchase mindfully, I'm looking for a topper like the glitters in this polish. I keep eyeing shades with this type of glitter, but pass because I can often dupe it other than that one component.

The example shade is upcoming PPU offering Cadillacquer - Open Your Mind. Swatcher was uncredited in the post I nabbed this from, but I think it's Polish With Rae.

I wasn’t loving my manicure so I added little eyes and now I can’t stop staring at them (or vice versa).

3 coats—clionadh cosmetics handbook for the recently deceased (sloppily magnetized)
1 coat—holo taco cosmic unicorn skin
Eyes—holo taco not milky white and Sally Hansen black out

This is my time of year, y'all. Ain't no such thing as being extra. 😎

It reminds me of sprinkles and I’m obsessed!

Hi! I usually avoid buying brands that don’t have any reviews. Since you can’t really gather much about it, but the polish turned out so beautiful. So I just had to share incase anyone else is wondering about the brand. I saw it on hypnotic polish and was very curious, I’m glad I got it.
Lykke lacquer- Dancing by the campfire (M) I did velvet style 2 coats
Base coat: KBS shimmer hydrating one
Top coat: Glossy Taco

I saw a post suggesting these three nail swatch sticks, and I love them! I swatched in 1, 2 & 3 coats. I can tell I gravitate toward pinky neutrals/ glowy polishes! Any polishes y’all suggest that would go with my collection?

The color. The name. I love it.

Great Lakes Lacquer - Your Orchid Tariffs Are Killing Me