r/WeGotPolishAtHome

Have you ever layered a colorful magnetic topper over a contrasting color base and thought it looked muddy or “off” ? I added a red magnetic topper to a dark blue base and noticed it was a little weird/muddy.

Then I remembered that most of my magnetic polishes that have the most colorful and extreme shifts usually have a shimmer added to it. Think of the classics you’ve seen before (and probably own!) >! Like Emily de Molly’s Sunset Over the Bay or ILNP’s Mad House !< both are magnetic, duo-chrome shimmers with a contrasting magnetic stripe. So I decided to experiment by adding a shimmer topper to see if it helps camouflage some of that muddiness, and it does!

I highly recommend adding a coat of a shimmer topper over your magnetic topper.
I like to pick a shimmer topper that matches the base of the polish I used. It helps disguise some of that muddiness, making it look more seamless. I don’t think it will work as well with lighter colors, but I’ll need to experiment some more with it!

I’m always looking for a way to utilize my toppers and jellies so I can dupe more polishes and expand my collection a bit and this tip is going to be a game changer for me, personally!

I got that compliment for the first time today. I loved following it up with, “Oh yeah, I did this myself last night!”

This is a new-to-me green magnetic on top of a one-coat black polish. It’s always a gamble to do your nails right before bed, but my current fave top coat saved the day! More like night lol. Video of the shimmer in the comments

Did I lay on the ground to get the perfect picture of my thumb in the sunlight? Absolutely 🤣

Just that I've used a berry colour this time instead of maroon.😁

Also this is officially the "best cuticle work + best polish application without clean-up brush" I've ever done so I'm praising myself shamelessly.🫣

Pics 1 and 2 : in natural light

Pic 3 : under artificial light, against light source

Pic 4 : under flashlight

The top coat scuffs and shaky application just add to the look 🥲

Two more from my untried drawer, the peachy-pink metallic (I guess I'd call it a foil?) and the red crackle. The other red creme is one I've had for a long time but haven't worn in years. I chose it for this because it matches the crackle pretty closely.

When I finish my "try all the untried" project, I'm moving on to "wear all the polishes in the collection", so this will just put that red creme on the "don't need to wear this one right away" category. Mind you, it's going to take literally years to wear everything in my collection, even if I change my manicure every other day and use multiple polishes at once, so... (I will be doing destashing, though, as I go, Marie Kondo style and if I don't love it, it's out.)

Another untried. Pictures are at dusk in natural lighting, but it has pretty dramatic color changes. I have been surprised by how much I have been enjoying the pinks.

The base coat was the rubric. A blank canvas.

Polish 1 knew the material and had everything covered. They provided so much content they could have completed the entire project and walked away with an A. But that wasn't the assignment, this was a group project.

Polish 2 (the semi-useful contributor). They genuinely wanted to help and brought some experience. While their ideas had been done before, others said their additions were well liked. Their work fit well and added to the overall project.

Top Coat couldn't contribute a single original thought on the actual material, but they could proofread and make it look pretty. By the time they were finished, the project was ready for submission.

Then, at the absolute last minute, Polish 3 and Polish 4 panicked. Having done zero effort up to this point, they realized they wouldn’t get any credit. So they forced loud, visible changes to prove they existed and that they contributed something. Top Coat obliged to proof read and make it pretty a second time.

Polish 1's original foundation is barely recognizable. Even though they did the heavy lifting creating the project foundation, the final product has become a chaotic hodgepodge of slapped-together ideas where the last minute additions somehow end up stealing the spotlight.

And everyone will get the exact same grade...

Pic 1 is the final submittal. Pic 2 is the project before the last minute contributions. This group project assignment may have left me slightly triggered. Will see how long I can stand to keep it on.

Muddy/dirty purple as the base. Pink holographic glitter on top. Then to give a nod to the gemstone Alexandrite, a coat of green holographic glitter on thumb and ring finger as well.

I'm using this multicoloured look for the 'free space' in my summer bingo, this style of nail 'art' always makes me happy! The secret is because it's abstract you can't really go wrong 😌

When I was a kid, I fantasised that crawling under the blackberry bramble bordering my grandparents' house would lead to another world. I didn't want to do literal art for this one, so instead I tried to recreate that vibe of staring deep into the briar, looking for the perfect berry to pick and hoping I would get a glimpse of something magical.

There are four polishes in this mani, two of which are DIYs, so I've officially surpassed my Project Frankenpolish goal for the month! The two DIYs are the green jelly I've named Millennial Velvet (iykyk) and the black flakie topper called Make It Spookier.

The nature bingo u/FloralTraveler put together is perfect for summer-fall transition. First two squares are seaweed🌿 and meteor showers ☄️ + my inspo pictures! Next up is probably going to be caves, mountain flora, and corvids 💅🏻

To avoid another purchase I mixed a glow powder with a sheer polish for a pink backlit set 🎆💓

Visibly homemade 😂 but I’m proud i didn’t give up when it would be easier to just cave in and buy one

Felt like something super feminine and graceful!

I'm not quite ready for fall yet, but my layering experiment this week clearly had other ideas!! Crossed a couple of untried shades off and ended up with a really pretty orangey/copper/brown shift that I can't even be mad about.