u/Zorgsmom

I've always been a 100% acetone person. I do add additive when cleaning up, but soak-offs were straight acetone. I needed to do a soak off today & used the Cracked remover I bought during my last order.

These are my nails directly after using it. I haven't rinsed them or anything. Seriously, look how nice they look! My cuticles & side walls don't look all dry & gross! My nails even look nice, like conditioned & they don't reek like acetone, in fact they don't smell like anything at all! I am so impressed.

10/10 would recommend.

ETA: my nails are a little stained towards the tips due to a brief mani involving a dark green polish a couple weeks ago.

My oh my. Those flakes throw a whole rainbow! The shimmer compliments the flakes, but doesn't obscure them or the base. Overall just a perfect combination. I had good opacity in two thin coats and everything laid down smoothly without having to fuss with the flakes. I did use a glitter smoothing top coat, but a thicker coat of regular QDTC may suffice.

Base: Homemade peel-off + kbshimmer Fillin'Groovy

Polish: Daisy Chain Aurelia (x2)

Top: kbshimmer Smooth Moves + NOL Patience Not Required

Popped a coat of Beginner's Luck over BCB Only in Dreams & used a magnet spinner to create the glass bead effect. I can't wait to see how it looks in the sun tomorrow!

Base: Homemade peel-off + kbshimmer Fillin' Groovy

Polish: BCB Only in Dreams, Cracked Beginner's Luck

Top: LynBDesigns B Quick

Finally getting around to trying out Make It Pretty. I use With Sugar on Top all the time, but had yet to use this one. I think it looks great with Taro Milk Tea & I'm now on a mission to see what else it looks good with!

Base: Homemade peel-off + kbshimmer Fillin'Groovy

Polish: Taro Milk Tea (x2) + Make It Pretty (x1)

Top: Night Owl Lacquer Patience Not Required

What better polish for late spring than a Robin's egg blue?

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Base: Peel-off + kbshimmer Fillin'Groovy

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Polish: Atomic Zirconium (x2)

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Top: LynBDesigns B Quick

This polish was part of my very first GLL order last year. Does It Sound Like I'm Ordering a Pizza?! was part of the " Favorite Christmas Movies" release. That particular line comes from a favorite of mine; Die Hard. My family often debates whether or not it's truly a "Christmas Movie", but we always end up watching it that time of year.

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I can understand why this brand has a bit of a cult following. This one could have been a one-coater, but I did add a second thin coats, just to make sure everything was even.

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Base: Homemade peel-off + kbshimmer Fillin'Groovy

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Polish: Great Lakes Lacquer Does It Sound Like I'm Ordering a Pizza?! (x2)

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Top: Night Owl Lacquer Patience Not Required

Holy macaroni. This polish is just spectacular. I have a few polishes from Lacquistry and I have loved them all, but there is something about this one in particular that is especially pleasing to my crow brain. The pink & gold flakes & glitter compliment each other perfectly. I still haven't decided whether this really works with my skin tone, but tbh I don't really care. I love it.

Base: Homemade peel-off + kbshimmer Fillin'Groovy

Polish: MC Euphoric (1x) + Lacquistry What Doesn't Kill Me Better Start Fucking Running (x2)

Top: kbshimmer Smooth Moves + NOL Patience Not Required

I had my eyes on this polish for a long, long while. I had unfortunately come back to polish after many years of absence and learned one of my favorite brands had changed names. I wasn't too sure about the change, but I figured I would give it a shot. The prices were eye-wateringly expensive, but everyone seemed to love them anyway.

Fast forward about a year and I now have around 100 bottles of MC. Many from destashes, including Supervillain. The woman who sold it to me saw me mention in a post long ago how much I wanted this polish and how I kept missing it when it would come up. I saw a similar comment today and it pushed me to pull it out and finally wear it.

It is everything I hoped for. Dark and shifty with a touch of holographic sparkle. It makes my heart sing.

Base: Homemade peel-off + kbshimmer Fillin' Groovy

Polish: HT One Coat Black (x1) + MC Supervillain (x2)

Top: kbshimmer Smooth Moves + NOL Patience Not Required

It's not perfect, but I think it turned out pretty well. I layered one coat of Maelstrom over River Stix & one coat of My Cabbages over Plankton. I also applied a single coat of LynBDesigns B Quick. There is a hint of texture, so I may apply another layer of top coat. We'll see how I feel after a bit.

A pastel neon rainbow for Pride. All polishes are from from Dreamland, which is a newer brand to me. Previously I only had Seawinkle, which I adore. These are just as good. Such a great, lush formula that self-leveled perfectly with fantastic opacity.

Base: Homemade peel-off + kbshimmer Fillin' Groovy

Polishes: 2x of Flamingo Fantasy (pink), Coral Cabana (orange), Lime Lagoon (green), Blue Hawaiian (blue), & Seawinkle (purple)

Top: Night Owl Patience Not Required

She is perfection. 10/10, no notes.

Base: Homemade peel-off + Beaux Reves Dream Smooth

Polish: Great Lakes Lacquer Ka Like a Wind x2

Top: Beaux Reves Dream Dry

All polishes either BNNU or swatched on a cabechon unless otherwise noted. They are stored in drawers in a smoke-free, pet friendly home. Additional photos upon request.

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Bee's Knees: $12 unless otherwise noted

• SOLD To Teach Us About Our Past
• Thank You for 2025 (brown w/blue shimmer) $14
• SOLD Tree Sentinel
• SOLD Firedancer
• Cuz
• Thank You for 2025 (blue w/silver magnetic)  $14
• SOLD Let's See the Stars
• SOLD Prettiest Girl in the World 12/24 PPU $15
• Your Pain is My Pain
• SOLD He's Relentless in Love
• Thank You for 2025 (blueish/silver w/green metallic flakes) $14
• Winter Queen
• SOLD You're Not Unlovable

Cracked: $14 unless otherwise noted

• SOLD Romance is Dead HHC
• SOLD Jewel of the Ball  PPU
• SOLD Refraction PPU $18

Daveen: $14 unless otherwise noted

• SOLD Pop Up Mystery #7
• SOLD Cinderelly Cinderelly* $15
• SOLD Pardon My French
• Proto #2024  $15
• SOLD Siren Song

Holo Taco $12 unless otherwise noted

• Bonus Life
• The Price is Alexandrite* $10
• Featured Guest

Lurid: $14 unless otherwise noted

• SOLD Proto 697 $15
• SOLD on Canvas PPU $18
• SOLD Cucumber Melon PPU $18
• SOLD Diaphanous Dreams PPU
• SOLD Proto 685 $15

Live Love Polish/Moonc@t

• SOLD Anomaly  $20
• Continuum  $20
• SOLD House of Hades $12
• SOLD Venus Fly Trap $20

Misc. indies

• Apocalypse - Octopus Games $5
• Baroness X - Limelight HHC $10
• Broken Pixel - Afterlight $5
• Clionadh - Goblin Shark HHC  $14
• Crystal Knockout - Rainbow Flakie Glitz $5
• Dark & Twisted - Cozy & Caffeinated* $5
• ILNP - Ski Lodge $8
• Lilypad - Wonderland LBOH $10
• LynB - Nudity is Entirely Optional $5
• SOLD Sassy Sauce - Cock-A-Doodle-Doom $10
• SOLD Royla Lee - Pop Princess* PPU $10
• Virgo Moon - The Walkin' Dude LBOH $10

*One mani on shorties.

Photo from @deepika5 Instagram.

A Little Too Ironic by Sweet & Sour Lacquer. Polish was offered during the album covers Polish Pickup & is inspired by the cover art from Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill.

Base: Homemade peel-off + kbshimmer Fillin' Groovy

Polish: Sweet & Sour Lacquer - A Little Too Ironic x2

Top: Night Owl Lacquer Patience Not Required