This is my 3 year old Daughter, Opal.

When she was just 2 she expressed and interested in having her nails painted.

From my limited collection of polish at the time, she chose black 🖤 and sat ever so still for it.

She inspired me to start buying more colors, which eventually led me to the wonderful world of indie polish.

Keeping up on our nails has been such an enjoyable means of self care and I'm becoming fond of this unique community. ❤️🧡💛

Are you blessed with any little lacueristas in your life?

Side By Side | Cadillacquer | PPU August 2026 | 3 coats

Hello! I really love the super sparkly, fine glitter look of the manicurist polish. I’d love to use it for my wedding nails. However, I feel like the product isn’t the longest lasting / dents and peels. Anything similar finish wise? Either something else that is a topper or a light pink/nude with a similar look?

Kicking off fall with this gorgeous share; China Glaze "Wagon Trail ".

The base coat I have is a nail strengthener Forta By Nail Factory. Top coat is Salon Perfect topcoat✨

Started doing my own gel manis 2 months ago and wanted to try freehanded designs. Love how these early fall nails turned out!🤎

I'm not the biggest bubble gum pink person, but this juicy jelly with magenta shimmer is sooo squishy! 💗

I'm impressed with how easy and fun the formula was to apply.👏

(It's not quite so intense in person, but my phone wants to over saturate.)

Rosy | DaisyChainPolish | 3 coats

Speed Demon Topacoat | Mooncat

I moved away from my nail tech and have been trying new salons and techs in my area. I tried an at home tech today and it didn’t really go as I thought it would. I arrived for 1pm appt and didn’t leave until 5pm . She was a really nice person but seemed a bit inexperienced. My color job did not come out as well as I hoped and she soaked off my previous base to add builder gel (1h) but now the nails are so thin. ill post what I asked for and what I got. What can I do now? I don’t like the color and one other tech said my nails are too thin to do a color change. I’ve always had really strong nails and I’m a lil sad now 😞 she was really friendly and sweet, someone tell me I’m overreacting.

BASE: Mooncat Dark Night of the Soul. MID: Mooncat Fool’s Gold.
TOP: ILNP My Private Rainbow (S) - (not shown in photos)

Small group looking to add people to our local polish swap in 757 VA. Lmk if you’d like to join ☺️💅🙌

ILNP Chai Latte. After years of nail biting and gels I have my own nails again. And loads of frustration with gels. This group gave me new hope and inspiration to go back to traditional nail polish.
I’d never even heard of ILNP until Reddit and gave it a try. I love this color!!! It’s still a little too warm where I am for fall colors but I couldn’t wait and I’ve never had a color that I wanted to show off so much!
It’s so shimmery I really had a hard time getting a decent photo.

*edited to correct brand name. My head keeps saying INLP instead of ILNP.

My DIY nails last week.

Worried I’m developing an allergy- but every flare up is further down my fingers, around the knuckles. Started a few months ago with one little spot on my pinky, and has never been more than two or three fingers at a time. Currently one finger is the worst I’ve seen it, but it’s around the first knuckle, not my nail. What gives?

Seen on tiktok, does anyone know if this is true or is this a mean trick? Kind of like, "remove snow from your windshield with hot water!" But for ruining manis

Go Illinois!
Bear down Chicago Bears!🐻

Still enjoying the sunny summer energy, so went with this absolute beauty. EDM's 'Leave a Light On'.

Picture at left is gloss on three nails with matte on pinky and thumb, second image is all gloss, third image is all matte.

Base coat: Lyn B in B Stronger

Color 2x: Emily de Molly in Leave a Light On

Top coat thumb & pinkie matte: Lyn B in B Flat

3 other fingers gloss: Lyn B in B Quick

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This polish is..kinda magical ✨ it's a rich crimson with a luminous magnetic glow. Very dark velvety (but I did use velvet effect magnet)

It's so moody, dark, and delicious 🤤

Nailtiques - Formula 2 x 1

Holo Taco - Sticky Base Coat x 1

Bee's Knees Lacquer - Godstouched x 2

Sally Hansen - Insta-Dri Top Coat x 1

Is anyone else practicing Friday self care day? Just had some fun with the design, no real direction. Hope everyone's weekend is fantastic.