I'm getting my tattoo finished next week and I'm super motivated to impress the cool girls at the studio.

Bet you can guess my dominant hand lol

First solo mani and I can’t stop staring! Really need to practice my texture painting but overall very pleased with this first effort. I think I might be addicted…

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I've had a reel saved as inspo (last slide) for months so finally decided to give it a go!

The idea is to first go in with a silver cat eye and top it with translucent jelly shades to give the look of multi-coloured/rainbow cat eye. I tried using a similar jelly palette to the one in the video, but it was taking too long as they weren't very pigmented so I switched to using the Jel and Gel Nudy Ade season 4 collection, which worked much better and had more shades for blending. Put on some random stickers and topped with Dvok Bubbles which I can't stop using in every set, it's such a unique kind of glitter!

I love how they turned out! Will probably do it again in the future with different colour combinations, although it took ages applying the jellies it was so simple to do!

Inspo video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZHmHB9zCCf/?stkn=MmJhODl1NWlzdzJi

Hello new here. This is 3rd time I did my own nails at home and only 5th time I had gel nails... and I love it! Normal polish always chipped quite quickly and my nails broke tooo as I do a lot of manual stuff with my kids. But now I am so happy those are my nails no extentions. I am still learning gel/efile and all but I love it (doing it during night when kids sleep so not the best time). Hope to share more intricate and sucefull stuff with you in the future and hope I will avoid allergies on my journey ✨️🤣❤️.

Used:

DNK'a - Dehydrator, Ultrabond, Rubber base and fast gel as a base.

Then black polish from Kinetics.

Green cat eye from You are cute and last DNK'q non vipe top coat.

Not perfect it is quite wonky... but hopefully sometimes it become better. ✨️🌼

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video in comments [kokoist galaxy magnet ultraviolet, kokoist velvet magnet bengala red, kokoist velvet magnet mushroom stone]

Press-ons painted by me! My poor cuticles are so dry, but I'm working on it ☺️

Products used:

• Beetles Medium Stiletto Nail Tips

• Beauty Secrets Brush-On Nail Glue

• KISS New York Gel Pro - Soft Teddy - 1 coat

• KISS New York Gel Pro - Pearl-fect - 2 coats (accent nail)

• ASP Gel Polish - Surprise - 1 coat (all nails)

• ASP No Wipe Top Coat

During the Labor Day weekend I ordered the last DIY supplies that I was missing before being able to try my first manicure. Please excuse the grown-out and chipped left thumb polish and the natural dark blemish on my right thumb free edge. I didn’t quite mean to do a product placement either but the photos in this lighting were much better. And I do love this hair mask!
Although this first photo isn’t the best, I love seeing the ring that my fiancé and I chose together.

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(pls don’t mind the beat up cuticles lol my efile skills are still in progress)

Been wanting to try this retro 70s design even since before doing my own gel nails and I’m thrilled with how it came out!

And it wasn’t nearly as difficult as I had built it up in my head to be.

Used:
DVOK base coat, DS38, DM72, top coat

Was really trying to give yall angles here to catch all the different colors but dayum kokoist just have my job pay you at this point.

Also I keep trying to teach myself how to have pretty cuticles with my drill from online videos and it just always seems jacked. If anyone learned how to use a drill on yourself howwwwwww

ETA: also I promise that’s not gel on my skin I got overly excited to take photos and was less than precious with my chrome wash off 🙏

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Had to commemorate my first Epic Universe visit with some nail art.

Kokoist Nail Thoughts Builder Base (clear)

DND 740 Dazzle

DND 756 Bonfire

DND 248 Crocodile Tales (mixed with white to lighten the color for the Luigi nail)

DND 074 Cream Puff

DND 888 Master Black

DND 506 Summer Sun

DND 271 Western Cedar Diva

Kokoist Nail Thoughts top coat

A little early for Halloween I know but I was excited to do a witchy set! Also I’m obsessed with this deep purple color that I’ve had for a while but never got around to using til now👀