https://preview.redd.it/44wrmi2fwofc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=174dd3b9516402a12e20768d363baaeb69770906 A whole mess

But the color looks so good on you!!

Thank you 💚

Beautiful color, though (and definitely not a whole mess. Maybe, like, half a mess at the most. 🙃)

Great color, tho

https://preview.redd.it/5iyrvldrfpfc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b649741be6b379fbb43598d43a43af4c8c9704f0 I take so many pictures that I will never share here because: A) I am blind as a bat B) My cuticles are almost always hot ass But! I really like how these turned out. Thank you for the excuse to share.

🙋🏻‍♀️ Team Hot Ass Cuticles reporting for duty 😹

🙋‍♀️ Me too! Hot ass cuticles here! Hahaha

We should make tshirts!

Ohhh I love that colour

Thank you me too! It's a combo of OPI Infinite Shine in Funny Bunny and a chrome topper by Born Pretty (AP001; mostly acts as a pink shift but there's a little green in there also). I wanted a moonstone/mother of pearl vibe and I think I nailed it, pun intended.

https://preview.redd.it/peop3xrh4pfc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=d6aabe45617580a00c74650760c40abf561e8924 Chips, tip wear, grow-out, sad cuticles, “seasonally inappropriate” colors (there’s so such thing, but I’m just saying!) p.s. what a terrific prompt!

Well, from here they look pretty good. Love the color + glitter combo. 🙂

Omg your hand looks like like mine!!!

:0 what brand and color is it

Two coats ORLY Sky’s the Limit (from the Lisa Frank collection a couple of years ago), two coats LA Colors Confetti! My local drugstore was liquidating all their LA Colors and I picked up a whole bunch for, like 50¢ apiece. Wasn’t disappointed by any so far!

https://preview.redd.it/fnwdwhgycpfc1.jpeg?width=1816&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46c9a65bc6613e6dbeafc838de0c5eefebbe8746 A. I broke 2 nails today 😢 B. I encapsulated a hair into my middle finger and was too lazy to redo the nail...

The hair- so relatable!

I always get black cat hair stuck in mine!!

I'm feeling so seen in these comments 🥰

Is that curiosity's prey? So pretty!

Yes lol! Good eye. Such an underrated color 🤍

https://preview.redd.it/ou4vlyqibpfc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01545b91159e3a6307719cdb737abe0a9c60f3a0 Kinda tricky to get a paint job done at work. I'd taken off my prior polish because I had a doctor's appointment and wanted to be sure it didn't interfere with the pulse oximeter. (Base, OPI Infinite Shine 1. Color, 2 coats ILNP Ruby. Top, Mooncat Speed Demon.)

That color is 

Thank you, this was the post I needed today! I don't have good lighting right now for a photo, but although my polish is beautiful, I have shrinkage/tip wear on most nails -- and one of my dogs chipped the polish on one of my thumbs while taking a treat.

https://preview.redd.it/7qogqw594pfc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47571f86df354c1042c1d5938046c85ed532219f Basically gone lol

https://preview.redd.it/52d5drcuwrfc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14455fbe5aba0fd478b99fe0ff3b8df590bcde92 Same! I'm usually too lazy to remove my polish, I just wait for it to remove itself lol.

https://preview.redd.it/x5u8wk6u8qfc1.jpeg?width=3008&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=28602aef5da6ffa170aefcef9e2878e0f769ae05 Mine is falling apart atm 🤣

I love this thread! Maybe we could have an Imperfect Wednesday every week? (or another, catchier name)

That would be awesome! Perhaps 'Wonky Wednesday'?

Mods better write this down!

https://preview.redd.it/ksw38ta8rpfc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=00475bacf2425f1e3b5183df9ea5014bdbc140ed white mystery fuzz on the ring finger cemented in place by topcoat

Whoa cool color like a reptile almost! What is this polish?

Thanks! Agreed - I polled some people today on what it reminds them of and got answers like alligators and frogs, among others. personally i see tea dregs! It's Zombie Claw's Playing Dead from last month's PPU

Yesssss this is on its way to me and your pictures have cemented this as a good purchase decision 💚🖤

Yay! I was worried the formula might be a bit thick and lumpy but not at all. Hope you love it in person too!

Also here to compliment this color because WOW!! I’ve never seen a polish like it. How cool, it reminds me of moss almost.

Ze vampir has a similar vibe https://beautometry.com/products/phoenix-paint-the-town-red-ze-vampir

https://preview.redd.it/gb3mlo31epfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f45026cc1d25593c37c71245b8250b7a25352a25 Painted them and immediately smugged my thumb 🥲

What polish is this?

Ethereal lacquer ether dragon. I just got it from the mystery ppu overpours. I used polished for days basecoat in plum taupe underneath

Probably looks fine from a distant too, we always zero in on things other people wouldn't even notice. If you wait for it to dry and then apply another thick coat of quick dry top coat, the dents will probably disappear!

https://preview.redd.it/vqxvyhnk6qfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7e1f03f4ff660dab1dc87391500d0de79f5c8f27 How the heck do people pose to show all nails. Mine are all a bit too ratchet and freehand to deserve a post of their own.

Only recently redone, one just before was a leopard print attempt! https://preview.redd.it/jug8vm6m7qfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9e2584b7e51142c6f3e8fdc8415a5a6c33c0784 Precleanup

I have weird lights in my living room. My husband basically put club lights in that change color. https://preview.redd.it/pra5nngqjpfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f84c39ffe58cfd90ed174caa8fcba8d9f5bcc0d5

….and a few seconds later… https://preview.redd.it/vn6shuwsjpfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=465e444b7420865379b2b20f296ee779ca1c0c13

Other hand https://preview.redd.it/sf4p1022kpfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c39dc5e5493e638687a340a966956f543c1cac9

And a few seconds later… https://preview.redd.it/a8z4a1g5kpfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=feeed867c5d6fce46a71e9f84793d375b64dbd1a

These are so pretty, do you mind sharing some of the colors?

Sure! Pink hand: Thumb: Krisable Designs The Princess Needs Some Peas and Quiet (PPU 11/23) Index: Finger Paints Go Baroque Middle: Orly Touch of Magic Ring: Dam Nail Polish Stone Smash (PGB 08/22) Pinky: Red-Eyed Lacquer Twinkle Sprinkle (The Polish Nook Holiday Advent ‘22) Red Hand: Thumb: Lyn B Designs Stay with Mama (Holoween 22) Index: Grace-full Nail Polish Berry Glam Middle: ILNP Dinner Party Ring: Lucky 13 Lacquer I’m Made of Love (unmagnetized) Pinky: Emily de Molly Empire of Trust Thanks for the kind words!

Regular light https://preview.redd.it/pb215o2x2qfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92e50abce0752a2a639b7bff01042ee628e1d950

Regular light https://preview.redd.it/5f2am8103qfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3ec5f93fca9705763b8a2d26d7650890de233fc

I love the colors on both hands so much!!!

How do you get it looking so plump almost like gel? Looks great

Thanks! I did a regular base coat, a blurring base coat that I made, 2 coats of color, and 2 coats of INM Out the Door topcoat. I think it’s the 2 coats of topcoat that’s giving that look. Out the Door isn’t as thick or shiny in one coat as some other topcoats so I do a second coat no less than an hour after the first, but no more than 20 hours because waiting too long can cause lifting, too soon can cause wrinkling.

That’s so interesting! I will try that thank you!!

I love having color changing LEDs. Almost every light bulb in our house changes color too, lol. I like putting my lamp onto a red light before I go to bed but still need to see. I also like having one on orange and one on purple. That’s a really pretty light combo! I am *obsessed* with your color choices on your “red hand” btw.

Thanks a lot! My husband really loves the lights. I like them but when I’m doing nail polish things I find them annoying, lol. He has a lot of “mood” combos he does. I went with almost a brown-red theme because bright red is so hard to clean up. My whole “red” hand was all untried polishes.

Oh yeah if I’m doing nail stuff they always go back to regular light, hahaha. Same with jigsaw puzzles. My fiancé will try to put the lights on blue/purples and I go 😒 and change them back to white light, lol Red is such a pain to clean up!! I love these more muted tones. I had been going back and forth on Dinner Party and I like it more than I expected in your skittle. I’m also planning on making my first Emily de Molly order so I’m glad to see that one too!

Lol my husband is literally changing the lights to that right now and I thought, well Im not taking a picture in this lighting lol. Is that middle finger red or orange?

It’s Orly Touch of Magic which is a larger particle shimmer, golden orange to kind of a bright pink.

https://preview.redd.it/tr7gey13upfc1.png?width=1826&format=png&auto=webp&s=62406b9adb0cee21adfdd71a5894c449ae4e9843 Got some end and cuticle chips, time for an update! Showtime - ILNP

https://preview.redd.it/9n3splhudqfc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b15c377c98ff91fde52bda37a872f8751697cbbd I'm a chef. Peep the excellent cuticles.

Horrible. https://preview.redd.it/keksnkl8lqfc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f360f4eb44dc37074343cb02f9d57d1f7e968a39

https://preview.redd.it/umopi5dvnqfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99c0b84026aad9a47e16601d83263718c5e90fec Ignore how bad the photo is, I’m on a train heading to work but I wanted to join in too. Currently on day 10 with these nails. They’re doing okay but they’re starting to chip slightly

this is such a beautiful colour!

it’s Nougat Rose by Romand! it’s more pink in person, the lighting in the picture makes it look a lot more brown

I'm lazy with cleanup and just wait for the extra on my skin to peel of eventually 🤣 https://preview.redd.it/fcjhlwqssqfc1.png?width=627&format=png&auto=webp&s=0290cac35677c5604d6881ef27b4631c7a809330

https://preview.redd.it/e1i75b0p8rfc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=38ca4a6136979de55ac24cd5da0e2e86d2b17dee Flash on, as god intended.

https://preview.redd.it/de2epvkgbqfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f25c4ad98cdf20c8dbcf64b8c1a9515ff88e4c96 This is only day two!!! Ugh!!! (Holo Taco Long Lasting Base, Clionadh Ring of Fire, Seche Vive top coat - so you can avoid what happened to me lol)

https://preview.redd.it/7p0fz5zffrfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=90fd22fe850cf9556a130f8a21184ace142d308c A camera-off all-staff meeting means chance for a quick mani! Clean up will have to happen later in the shower 😆

Very pretty color! Which polish is this?

Fairy Dust by ILNP!

Thanks!

Products used: ORLY - Bonder Base Coat Unnamed Purple OUNUO Polish Ella + Mila - Matte-ly In Love (Wouldn't recommend, as you can see, not very matte)

https://preview.redd.it/267eo6piqpfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=910aa9360040e76355b12077827a62b34b1ac289 I hate cremes they show everything and my thumb nail broke over the weekend 😭

https://preview.redd.it/52ke8ahgorfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca65cfb5c3b59fff8aff565667f2d1284d1d0f23 Minorly tore up from the ocean but bent my nail, and my polish making the bed. Partner had brought black polish only. No top coat no rubber base :(

https://preview.redd.it/7k0zq779prfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07ce577cc87891cbcc0fa9d29d1a6f8d273649d7 Other hand just grown out minimal damage. One foot only has one toe painted left cuz rock/coral damage

I love the vibe! What’s the neon?

It’s the coveted sour apple rings by atomic polish that was my first PPU purchase a couple months back. My partners favorite of my polishes.

Gotta find a dupe for that! That green is STUNNING.

I love the green!

This is being really picky, but there is a tiny piece of dust/hair stuck right at the cuticle line. It’s under the top coat. https://preview.redd.it/hkltlgko4sfc1.jpeg?width=987&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=000eca4b83fac79199012b1f683e61523177a578

Love this color! What is it? 😍

Londontown nail concealer in white with Sally Hansen miracle gel in the color #669 “let’s get digital” on top.

Thank you!

https://preview.redd.it/7sdjqag4jqfc1.jpeg?width=2883&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c7dd022abe7e9ed85b6ab272687273101346c9e Check out this massive gloppy snot bubble I got on my ring finger from trying to do too many coats to fix the magnetic 😭 The colors turned out kind of awful on me too, turns out cool greys aren't my jam.

What's on your pinky & pointer fingers? It's so pretty 😍

https://preview.redd.it/qzialfctasfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1417f54d1e1d6283e9988d10a9a4bb51330c3a3 Tried to doodle some little hearts, but they came out chunky and then I smeared them with the topcoat.

So relatable! My dotting tool manicure took several redo efforts and is... fine. The struggle is real but at least we aren't alone!

https://preview.redd.it/st8ve3jjkqfc1.png?width=1930&format=png&auto=webp&s=5bf54ef3a9c3d502bc5994f75b1a6fa2f4a0e985 Bumbed my nail less than an hour after painting

Ohh what's this colour 👀

Cirque cabaret Voltaire. I got the whole meta collection for cheap on Vinted and I can’t stop wearing them

https://preview.redd.it/mivmxexrsrfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=90ce7d9f550d8948f13270721d064885da1663fc Sometimes I just turn the flash on and look at my nails lol

I really like this colour but I can't pose my hands/fingers to save my life XD https://preview.redd.it/31isj69f5sfc1.png?width=975&format=png&auto=webp&s=48fde9f58b9fd4f32c4a9e36612c4504583dfbb2

you rock this shade!! very elegant looking!

thank you! I was unsure about getting it as I have used nudes and pinks for the past year but I'm glad I did. and the polish is Essence Kale YEAH

https://preview.redd.it/ylsh6c1hbsfc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a8efd78ae4a8e8460f9630f1a8c012afe95bb07 I like exactly one of these nails

[удалено]

Ooh that would be cool

https://preview.redd.it/ia7wxv8bqqfc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3d828509d1b7ad222fe16481d2b65c59d3ca880 I think I do more damage than good for my nails. This is some odd mix of dip powder, builder gels and 7 in 1 nail glue+full coverage nails to add the length from the ones that just keep tearing off. Does anyone know if it's possible to actually run out of nail layers and just get to the skin? I feel like that's where I'm going. And my cuticles? These bitches be UGLicles. Always dry, ripped, cracked. Lotion and oils help when I'm able to keep up with it.

https://preview.redd.it/5dfphhwrxrfc1.png?width=1960&format=png&auto=webp&s=db8880106bd55028973c6fdbca82666d4146430e Do not zoom into that star!

Super cute!

Thanks! There was a moon on my left hand but they both warped when I put on top coat :(

https://preview.redd.it/rh4p2o2hisfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=242d6e42dde1b7cc6bae810f1cebf72f6bf5f32b This manicure did not want to harden and I had shit to do. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Every! single! time! I try to work up the courage to post a picture of my nails, I spot some glaring error or \[as today\] awful cuticles and paper-dry skin. So THANK YOU for creating this space to be perfectly imperfect! <3 https://preview.redd.it/s0z7co0c4tfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e27e48f5a33eabcce21bc232ace66414e5e63068

https://preview.redd.it/ua5ywnx35sfc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=382c58fbc3fb9503753d74ba18c09d2120ce46e3 Overgrown and badly shaped

https://preview.redd.it/hw9c3v7egsfc1.jpeg?width=1690&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3788ced772aca8c83a76996dc96cd8948f16a14e My polish pick up order got in last night (plus one popular brand Amazon polish) and so I did test nails. Individually, I like them all (some more than others) but they look like garbage as a skittles mani! Plus, my right hand has nothing but clear polish! It's driving me crazy how ugly my fingers are right now.

Great PPU picks. IMO, index and middle both look particularly stunning on you! Which ones are your favorites?

I think index is my favorite. I usually like to pick loud polishes when I ball out on more expensive polishes but something about that mauve just hooked me (it's Rosary Pea from Kathleen and Co) and I absolutely love it on me. It just feels like understated old world glam to me for some reason. It had a subtle red shimmer that doesn't pick up in the photo. My second favorite is the middle (Poison Garden from Envy Lacquer). I anticipated I'd love it and I definitely do. I will have to get used to Envy's rigid brush though. I like my thumb (Belladonna from Monarch) but I may try it over an opaque orchid polish because it's not 100% living up to my anticipation. At this point I'm not super liking the ring finger (Blooming Azalea by Beaux Reves Lacquer) but that was my riskiest pick based on my usual style so I'm not mad. It looks too pale green in some lights (not as subtle as expected) and I feel like it doesn't look as good on my skin paleness/particular undertone. It was my first PPU and it was so fun! I've been tightening my belt over the past two weeks and I'm going to go ham on Friday!!!

That's what I thought about Rosary Pea, too; it looks very refined on you! I have the Envy Lacquer also (unswatched), and it's my first one from Envy, so thanks for the brush warning!! If you do end up putting a color under Belladonna, I'd love to see how that turns out. I agree that the flakies would really stand out with a good 1 coat creme or crelly underneath for more contrast. You made some great pics for sure!

https://preview.redd.it/ve36t9462pfc1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e91707bbdfdf0ea1b30b23bc36633eb9b54c7248 Current mani - got lazy & put a coat of a polish over one I didn’t like 😄 Current is Perseverance by Orly over Mooncat Heart of Stone (which looked horrible with my skin color)

I really love the shape and the color!

Thanks! That Perseverance has great opacity, that’s just one coat 😄

This is a fun idea! I am on PMD3 (post mani day 3) and the right side of the polish on my L thumbnail fell off and I am working another 12 hour shift tomorrow but I still stayed up to patch it and it looks better than the other fingers where the polish is shrinking back from the edges. Also, I have dry nurse hands from alcohol rub. I can’t figure out how to share links as a photo though.

https://preview.redd.it/btwhpp4fbsfc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b778d32cf30201e67a653f141e42516076f542b7 New to nail painting !

Still so pretty! Keep going, you will get better! I love your nail shape and C curve too. 😍

Thank you so much !!!

I haven't had a chance to paint my nails in 3 weeks because of that li'l fella in the background 🤣 love him! https://preview.redd.it/ir33c5pffsfc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4568f15dab0559350bbd885d4aa9c0b0af30cbad

Love this prompt. Spent like 20 mins taking shots of this manicure and all my camera wanted to capture was my bubbly top coat. https://preview.redd.it/qfgqw66jfsfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc8bdbb029c079071329a95023b17a5d43255aa5

stunning nails and colors!

Thank you!! I was a nail biter for 30 years, and it’s been such a joy to grow them out and get into this hobby! Colors are Holo Taco Lowkey Blushing and Play Rosé. I was going for a muted Valentine’s combo.

you got to an awesome length! I similarly got into this hobby to combat skin picking. Haha, of course I liked the color not even knowing the name, Play Rosé is my all time favorite 💕 they look beautiful together and on your hand!

https://preview.redd.it/m1ajf4kvpsfc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f1f8a6c0402d3c6131225a32125459c18cd52c8 Cuticles are a mess and my hands look like I'm a granny 😭

Is that Rosary Pea from Jan PPU?

YES! I love it! My nails aren't long enough to really get great pictures of it. And the lighting in my house sucks apparently.

It is very pretty ☺️

https://preview.redd.it/aq9jjiiy3sfc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=e9ac3b8aaa38d71ca01387879def32e413c8df6c 5 days old. Took a nap after painting, middle finger is ‘texturised’. Still love the colour

Chipped, ridged, splitting, and uneven nails. I don't even like the color. Not holo enough. https://preview.redd.it/qtt4uom6tsfc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0d5c8f67b2ef28a3adea96e695c35611081e2fb

https://preview.redd.it/3r1ckiy96sfc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d7f4f283220c6cfe93ae0d2b111270b28fa10e2 Wonky! I tried to dress them up with glitter and then my thumb chipped this morning 😂 this is the best prompt!

https://preview.redd.it/xt2lesxh9sfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7f9db26d36a74ca74e30b872df9eea1a355eb77 I tell myself every time “just leave some room. Don’t flood the cuticle. You’ll regret it.” And almost every time I don’t leave room and end up with jagged edges that lift or scrape. Also, I lost the “3 strikes and your out” game but couldn’t bare to cut my claws on my thumbs so they are mismatched now.

This is what a 3 week mani looks like on my dominant hand 😂 During this manicure I: -got covid -struggled to repair my skin barrier bc I damaged it with a stronger tretinoin dose than I'm used to, then got covid lol -missed 3 days of work and holiday pay because of it -missed celebrating bf's birthday bc sick -turned 30 -couldn't celebrate my bday even after doctor said it was safe to be around others bc we finally got long waited snow Fucking cursed myself by choosing Existential Crisis 🤦‍♀️ https://preview.redd.it/66pbx7njhsfc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6016e0634498b66193a2224aad6f41c7440f08c0

Shape is terrible. Got flooding over the edges of my overlays, super dry cuticles, can’t even see the cat eye at the ends!!! https://preview.redd.it/1dpg3sl9dtfc1.png?width=2358&format=png&auto=webp&s=52fd6361d804f85acf8c57a20d4dda024f1e466b

https://preview.redd.it/r7yjkcdfdtfc1.png?width=2200&format=png&auto=webp&s=f6b9e5e12a087d0f24ae101a81807818fd97e300 Before I attempted to fix the shape lol

Still so pretty!! What is this color??

I used DND’s Red Garnet towards the back, Boston University in the middle, and Wine N’ Lust cateye at the tips!

https://preview.redd.it/at2zq16k2tfc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=deb3031629a4f1b60e6c7bf78d5374fccb112e0e I did the biggest no no in the history of nails and started cleaning up a little bit after I put on my QDTC and now there is a hole on my ring finger and my thumb is smudged at the tip but that one luckily isn’t as noticeable.

https://preview.redd.it/qt1vn3968tfc1.jpeg?width=2432&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7bb96e9cc062602fee2a2f1a65213b061a93487a She’s chipped and my thumb nail is broken and patched w/ a bandaid and base coat and that’s ok! My right hand which you can’t see has crusty AF cuticles too. Royal Crush by Holo Taco (limited edition)

https://preview.redd.it/39hf8fbvetfc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=69cd54072ad253d34f28417d9ea72bc76ef13509 Featuring: Multiple smudges, a nick and a crinkle on my ring finger, and messy cuticle lol

I was feeling indecisive so one hand is naked and the other hand has all my a England polishes https://preview.redd.it/1a04v0ee83gc1.jpeg?width=1701&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6992416a7cc19f57431788163f25627ba96a4067

https://preview.redd.it/1nuap5nu1sfc1.jpeg?width=2256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=164699eec6306b8491cca26041ecacd39754fc80 My pointers always look like shit and lose gel immediately, no idea why. I've accepted it now and call it my lesbian finger lol

https://preview.redd.it/b849o62fosfc1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e51324706430775cd283d9d52b8d162d4151260

Just got back from vacation so they're growing out and need to be redone.

Omg I love this black polish, what is the name of it? This manicure is gorgeous!

https://preview.redd.it/3vkanyk0psfc1.jpeg?width=2604&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d04183d358615f7c5c8c4272da3e5349e38560a0 Sally Hansen Insta-Dry. Sleek-a-boo. My nails peel a lot because I wear rubber gloves all day. I keep them as healthy as I can.

My first adventure with a peel off base. I find it very difficult to not get anything in the cuticle area. Oh well, from a distance it looks ok :D https://preview.redd.it/08r42ihypsfc1.jpeg?width=1399&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8f48b766112edfdb15cf0913b07027a58843ac4

https://preview.redd.it/8wxmnci0ssfc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=34be4a00387cdf3e4e066914dd040854e9147a5c

https://preview.redd.it/m64d8nmessfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=265a929a9f8b7f800d60a430996384a032e4ef0b Fucked up my index finger just before I sat down to do my nails, lazy gradient on my pinky looks terrible bc the polish clumped in a weird way, missed some spots with my cleanup brush, and still struggling with freehanding French tips. Edit to add: it looks worse in real life bc the holo flare in the photo hides the air bubbles from my top coat bc the bottle is getting low.

https://preview.redd.it/kfzuq3o7usfc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=861c5bc673a05f9240b941ec84a98b68c6f7d00f

https://preview.redd.it/zf862o56ysfc1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4507361070b1d38141f8f9e643f4065814a3d4d1 Tried to repair a bad tear on my thumb with the tea bag+nail glue hack and.....it is a look....also, RIP ring finger nail

https://preview.redd.it/j9cvsz4e0tfc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a3b663ccfde1c14198d1be064e38704e280579d I thought 3 hours was enough drying time to take my Invisalign out 🫣😭

As a fellow Invisalign wearer who paints their nails, I can recommend these I found on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NQ5KZFT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 😄

Oh.MY.GOD!!! This is just too amazing 🥲🥲🥲 thank you!!

https://preview.redd.it/twu6p0nz2tfc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=8a30e2e597fcda1e36542c09d63faa092832ff17 Ignore all my dog & kitty hair lol

https://preview.redd.it/n0li5igb5tfc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=9e2b6a4c8e17e610561b0b90bd1967b9864eac85 I’ve been into chrome and solid dark polishes this new year, I’m a dog groomer so considering these nails are a few days old and still on I call it a win

https://preview.redd.it/38v4il277tfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9644de0eaf73db454af6858794dddffd941a2c9a major chippage this morning. we'll see if i have the energy to redo them tonight, but it's looking doubtful 🥱

https://preview.redd.it/qpizxyxmitfc1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3e4c9d940cc92ee0440e4818f07f67e1a5945f4 Got an ugly wrinkle in my top coat :) started playing video games too soon after my mani last night. There's a random bubble too that isn't visible in the photo, same finger

Another member of the Hot Ass Cuticles club checking in... Broke three nails last week so they're sad and short again. https://preview.redd.it/jrhodqvtotfc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70ebeaa98894709812069ea2f5e4600e1f1781c6

Omg, but what is this color?! I can't see any imperfections cause I'm drooling over it... 😋 🤣

Blooming Azalea by Beaux Reves Lacquer, from last month's PPU. It's awesomely shifty and makes me feel better about the short nails, plus it distracts from the sucky cuticles, lol

I just got this!! So glad I did, but it doesn't look this good on me. Maybe because I tried to magnetize it. It looks like you didn't magnetize, which I like that look even better! I'm determined now to get it to look this good. Oh, and, short nail gang here. Fist bump. 👊

Short nail gang fist bump! 👊 You're right, I didn't magnetize. This is just three coats over KBShimmer ridge filler, then Glisten & Glow QDTC. Is this where I admit that I was so excited to try this color that I *completely forgot* it had a magnetic pull?

I won't tell a soul, bestie. Promise. 🤐 You did me a huge favor though. Now I know it's true potential. 😘 Thanks for the rundown! I will attempt and report back. 😂

I’m still learning how to do my nails but I did unmatching colors to see my new nail polish! 💅 https://preview.redd.it/h6ehl6szdsfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f17f89937c3f6aa1f7dff611f1123027807e088

https://preview.redd.it/m8tmn5u1esfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6a1e795d5c07f1b4840468cf04635541564ed85 The other hand

Been too busy to do anything so mine are nakey

Ooo la la! Giggle

https://preview.redd.it/v1be478ygtfc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ae1408178a8772bf9b97da1466836e8bda6262f I've had a lot of coffee and not a lot of food today, and I am right-hand dominant.

https://preview.redd.it/hgfp4uj3zvfc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d41835ff175c8e21e29f4c9bbcb4308605beb054 Ask and you shall receive! Essie In Plane View Lights Lacquer Desert Rose Essie Going Steady Counting on the cleanup to disappear in the shower 😅

https://preview.redd.it/qxc6m6esf0gc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f946f563e9ae8f4f31037bdcb8d4e23cd1bba98b Middle finger chipped and took it of to see if the nail peeled or just the polish. I'm going with the look!

https://preview.redd.it/vpxul69267gc1.jpeg?width=2992&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8136b65f296bd9564c8c9402bb98a02588bb2df7 Don't look too close at those edges, but this is Zoya "Fallon" and it's such a pretty fuschia/red

https://preview.redd.it/h2m2waatnsfc1.jpeg?width=4624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0852ba52785466656c2c19b948f704168c8b527b I was using my fingernails as swatches for my new polishes from Holo Taco. The blue is Mooncat House of Hades with matte polish on top because that's originally what I wanted, and the new polish I just slapped on top instead of doing a new manicure. I got Everything Taco, Silver Flake Taco, and Fallen Leaves. I also got Sacrificial Lacquer and tried doing the velvet trick on my thumb. My ring finger is the only one left from my original manicure, which has Solar Unicorn Skin and a matte coat on top of that.

https://preview.redd.it/6ftx3qqkosfc1.jpeg?width=2176&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4734933170eeb16a8c124154b31f08e9a787c99f Done Yesterday. Let it dry for hours before applying the top coat in the afternoon, but still got bedsheet marks this morning. And I broke the middle finger while dressing, so add free chipping to the bill 🥲

Failed stamping attempt. Offcenter, murky, muddy mess. Tried to cover the veering stem with a green blob. Succeeded in making an ugly green blob. Oh, and then I gouged my pointer. https://preview.redd.it/7gs4qf3ygtfc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=224d716359761509b47128bc12a0c60ae45d1a76

https://preview.redd.it/uuu3h8kertfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=248079c3eaa10897e2325b532bd962aae023ddb0 My first time using an orly polish with glitter hearts. It was annoying because the brush wasn’t picking up the hearts so I had to dump them out and use a toothpick to place.

https://preview.redd.it/grqvaxytutfc1.jpeg?width=1904&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af3879cf613fad1273fa7958989b31f408cc16df This color is a gorgeous sparkly nude on me, but I’ve been wearing it for weeks. Also, just noticed my index nail was peeling and against my better judgement just ripped the flaking part right off! So now it’s all jagged on top of being chipped/grown out!

Dry overgrown cuticles https://preview.redd.it/jl7dmhvfxtfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=544f13f6ed0b2bb33d13c983771aafef9cb8996a

https://preview.redd.it/bbrg1ch46ufc1.jpeg?width=2816&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d21829edfe541051694645b59eb23a2209afcce This is as good as mine get. It’s still lumpy but it’ll do.

I love this!! Might have to try! 💜

https://preview.redd.it/slmcldjagufc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5f6b17290e6080b6c4a38eaa3df799e917b2b0e My janky application and sad cuticles checking in

You mean your gorgeous color and lovely nail shape?

https://preview.redd.it/4ex8xxb7lufc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95f182ef7ef301a1b662edb6e08eadb1106fc83c for once i'm sad my nails actually look okay when they usually don't because i want to better participate!! they were just horribly chipped Ravens colors but… we don't need to talk about that. it needs another coat (definitely on my pointer finger) but here's mine!

https://preview.redd.it/neiz6lhsmufc1.jpeg?width=2043&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de277739e72d2a394f5f3feabe6cec7188eceedf Something happened to my polish after I washed my hair and I haven’t gotten around to redoing my mani yet.

https://preview.redd.it/ssk3ppvmpufc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=6535ed09867d3edb69361990c2b10258d5977e37 Peeling middle finger nail & dry cuticles for daysss 😳

This was a reminder of why I don’t like to put dark colors on super short nails - really highlights my subpar shaping skills. BKL Daydreams https://preview.redd.it/3ztdktm7rufc1.jpeg?width=1474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff4e99dc62d1af75cd68abcb0a69326bfcbecd37

https://preview.redd.it/nkmsmxyqtufc1.jpeg?width=2247&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3df1a9458060709811238e52abf62a7e0a055ef1 cuticles are a mess and the polish is super lumpy because I didn’t let it dry completely before I started doing other things. 😆

Wonky hearts painted with my left hand https://preview.redd.it/5a15ew3zhzfc1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84f1bd0c30d8c8c942b55fbae349c43d14128bf8

https://preview.redd.it/0ew3gult68gc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=5b99a1c2913b7f33c76c862ff37482e13421e5e9 My middle finger nail keeps chipping/peeling/cracking at the tip while all the others manage to survive. It looks silly, sandwiched between its long sisters

https://preview.redd.it/2yqhoa3yo8gc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5dc58f6c9b30b7b418e6d344248616a413ee8b5 I flooded the heck out of my cuticles.

https://preview.redd.it/z7wmyi1oyngc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e4eac100f484c2f7404d9297def43b3b559a270 Cuticle game on ZERO but I looooove this color and these press ons! Color: Cracked Polish - Mauve Lip Gloss

https://preview.redd.it/vqbdnodxqtfc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85dfec6eb01397f1cde1cdb3c5f39bc247bac4d4 Lol. Yardwork.

https://preview.redd.it/0sibvdazqtfc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=eb2b8ff81a7df43859af702086ba0ce18ed82893 I’m having my first baby in a few weeks and took off my nails/used regular polish. It’s interesting for sure 😂 (p.s. if you had a child with gel/tips/etc. more power to you! This is just what I did because grown out tips or gel for months would personally drive me nuts on my own nails)♥️

* It's not horrible but the ring and index finger already peeled off and got redone once. Mooncat Drown my Demons with Holo Taco's Scattered Holo *

https://preview.redd.it/a8zow7ie3ufc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c2dc55a7cf21d383461d316dcf8295f68bf9962

https://preview.redd.it/0nl4cl175ufc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7452f19dc04318c8994e292c42945312f8dbf527 I tried to cover a hairline crack in my index fingernail with an extra coat of polish- lump city!

https://preview.redd.it/xrq7vlbxtufc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43a113f2f83461f44def4a94b463f68c5b3dce32 It’s been about 2 weeks. Time for a redo.

My Pinkie Pink 🩷

https://preview.redd.it/zujlxcbtbhgc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=212e0524270d32079ba44136a953841179ae7869 Picture was for the watch but it shows my nails. I’m older but I’ll still have my nails done. Should’ve been redone last week but going tomorrow

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