u/boghobbit

Didn’t join this community expecting there to be so many wonderful humans committed to reppin such impeccable values. Proud to be part of this creative space. Yall are the best!

My swamp day mani features

2 coats Cracked Pistachio Buttah (this formula self leveled so beautifully it was downright sensual) -

1 coat Fancy Gloss Gold light reflective glitter topper

1 coat Cracked Beginners Luck magnetized glass bead with a 5 spinner medium

Topcoat Bees Knees I’m Fast
Base coat kbshimmer stay put

1 & 2- I’m a Swarm of Bees- Garden Path Lacquer

3- Wolves Have Better Manners Than You- Bees Knees Lacquer

4 & 5- Meet Me at the Fairy Door- Beaux Reves

6 & 7- Where is the Nirnroot? Bees Knees Lacquer (May HHC)

8- Chokeberry - Cracked

9- Mother Bog Witch- Bees Knees Lacquer

10 & 11- Foraged- Arcana Lacquer

12 & 13- What’s a Little Blackmail Between Friends? Bees Knees Lacquer

All -
Base- Kbshimmer Stay Put
Topcoat- BKL I’m fast very fast
2 coats of each polish except Blackmail which has 3

All of them absolute bangers, no notes. Also yes this is a fall palette but life is short and there aren’t enough Octobers. Spooky season forever.

This is What’s a lil Blackmail Between Friends by Bees Knees Lacquer. 3 coats over kbshimmer stay put and topped with BKL’s I’m fast very fast top coat.

This is exactly how I imagine the boggy swamp of primordial soup looked as it awakened with the magic of all life. Here’s to that magic, everlasting.

I hate this holiday. Explosions literally scare wild animals to death. May all beings be free of violence and tyranny.

This is 2 coats of Where is the Nirnroot? From Bees Knees Lacquer’s HHC contribution last month.

This shade is super hard to capture. My camera wants to turn it blue but it’s really more of an emerald leaning teal. It could’ve used a glitter grabber but mine hasn’t arrived yet so I just did two layers of topcoat.

Topcoat- BKL I’m fast, very Fast
Base: kbshimmer stay put

My very first Beaux Rêves lacquer! I’m so impressed! It’s the first one of these “kitchen sink” formulas with holo AND flakies AND multichrome shifts that doesn’t look too busy to my eye. It applied a lot more smoothly than I expected for all those elements.This is my flakiest polish yet and I’m growing to love this finish!

This is two coats over kbshimmer stay put and topped with Bees Knees Lacquer I’m fast, very fast top coat. It’s almost completely smooth with this TC but I didn’t have any glitter grabber on hand so I used my thickest QDTC and it came out pretty alright!

I was lucky enough to have some volunteer extras in my nail shoot.. improving some audio.. my bb boy Toad (purring n head butting) and the Raven fledging squad learning how to fly and yelling excitedly about it, as they do. Cutest bbs !

1 & 2 -Garden Path Lacquer ‘I no longer try to be good’ Apr ‘26 PPU- 2 coats Sally Hansen red bottle topcoat

3- Cracked, I Love You So Matcha 2 coats Essie gel couture topcoat

4&5- Bee’s Knees Lacquer, Feral Witch Spring 2 coats BKL I’m fast, very fast topcoat

6&7- Cracked, Past Present Future LBOH Feb 26 2 coats with 2 coats BKL TC

8&9- Royla Lee, Bringer of Sunsets 2 coats Essie gel couture TC

10- Colores de Carol, The Flame Keeper 2 coats Nov? ‘25 HHC

11- Bees Knees Lacquer, Touch Moss 2 coats BKL TC

This month was an absolute top tier, banger after banger, kind of month.

I think Matcha was my least favorite because I used 3 coats on my other hand and it had less of that squishy depth in 3 and went more creme looking. Love the color and formula though, exactly the perfect spring leaf green.

Overall you are looking at my top 3 brands, BKL, GPL, Cracked I will stan all day for these polishes.

Royla Lee is looking like she might break into my top rated stanhood- Bringer is truly unbelievable in any lighting. I’ve never encountered a linear holo that was such a blinding showstopper. I straight up thought I didn’t even like linear holos. I shall now acquire all her linear holo formulas in my colors. Like I skipped the cracked sale so I could go ham next month on RL, that’s how serious I am.

Touch Moss by Bee’s Knees Lacquer
2 coats
Base: kbshimmer stay put
Topcoat: BKL I’m fast very fast
Magnetized glass bead with the 5d print spinner
Also pictured, all natural Marshmallow Peets™️ great for touching moss, horrible traction

Colores de Carol - The Flame Keeper HHC (sept? ‘25) 2 coats, TC- Essie Gel couture, Base- Kbshimmer Stay Put

I cannot believe how much I love this polish! This is my first time wearing a flakier jelly on my fingers. I was afraid the visual texture would be too much chaos for me to look at on my hands all day long but I actually love the dimension the depth! I get it now y’all! (Idk if I’m ready for a flaky bomb but we’ll see)

I’ve been saving this one for the right mood, sassy, sexy and feeling adventurous.. (side note: Do any of you put on the wrong polish for the mood and then hold a grudge against it for being decidedly NOT IT for the moment?)

This particular shade of red orange?! Yes please! Look at her straight up smoldering on my nails!!! Ugh I love her!!! I told myself I had too many untried orange polishes so no more until I wear and love them and of course now I’m obsessed and need them all.

Hit me with your favorite oranges!

I’ve been saving this one for a perfect sunny day off and finally it’s here! (Ft all my cutie babies in order of appearance Mab, Squimchi, Ivan, Toad, and Mim)

This is 2 coats of Royla Lee’s Bringer of Sunsets. This polish is so shifty and has so much depth even out of direct light and then the sun comes out and BAM the strongest linear holo I’ve ever seen hits. It’s truly the most delicious color and formula.

Base Kbshimmer Stay Put
TC Essie gel couture

I put this on and was like damn top 10 Polish easily.. but I’ve been saying that a lot lately. I wanna know do any of yall keep a ranking of your faves? Can you do it in Lacquergram or another app?

I wanna add to my collection more intentionally and take it a step beyond no dupes… I wanna comp my new purchases to the Best of list cus tbf I’m not gonna wear some beta polish when I’ve got stuff like this hanging out in my magic polish cabinet.

Obvi these are 3D gels but wow gimmie all the Dutch still life painting nails!!! One of my favorite looks overall for the night!

Repost with better lighting cus this polish deserves the best…

So I already knew Garden Path Lacquer was in my top 3 brands…. but, excuse me, what!?

This is GPL’s contribution to April’s PPU and somehow I didn’t know it could be so good….?!

2 coats here of ‘I No Longer Try to Be Good’ over kbshimmer stay put and topped with Sally Hansen insta-dri red bottle magnetized glass bead style with the 5-d spinner tool.

Don’t sleep on GPL, the microglitter, the magnetics! Everything Karen touches is solid gold, immaculate taste and even better formulations.