Okay I indulged myself a whole photoshoot here lol, so sue me. But I cannot believe these are my hands?? Praise be to cuticle oil! And time!
I made a post a couple weeks back about where to start with rebuilding a nail polish collection now that I've sworn off biting. Y'all were SO helpful. First I ran out to buy cuticle oil. Then I made spreadsheets. Multiple tabs. Listed pros. Listed cons. Browsed insta and youtube and reddit. Compared so many swatches and manicures. Ordered myself way too many polishes to start lol. But keeping my nails pretty is key to ending this habit so 🤷♀
In the "before" photo, you are seeing 2 coats of Sally Hansen Miracle Gel in Pink Sand, along with the Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Shiny Brilliant Top Coat. Specifically picked a color that obscures chipping while I healed up, except it barely chipped even after week. Great polishes tbh.
BUT in the "after" photo are some of my newfound prized polishes thanks to you all. This is KBShimmer Basic Training Base Coat, 2 coats of ILNP Evermore, and finally the KBShimmer Clearly on Top Top Coat. Oh my WORD are these amazing.
KBS Basic Training has PVB which I didn't notice until after ordering 🙃 We'll see how it goes.
ILNP Evermore is gorgeous. Gentle, soft, nude-purpley-pink shimmer in the shade. Explosion of rainbows in the sunlight. This is my first holographic polish and I'm blown away. I always suspected photos of these were manipulated, but nope. They are truly that beautiful to the naked eye. If anything, my poor cell phone camera was struggling.
And the KBS Top Coat is… perfect?? Really? The brush is almost too wide for my nails, and we'll see how it wears. But it applied so easy, no bubbling, looks plush and glassy. Best of all, it dried insanely fast with no shrinkage. If this polish is also resistant to chipping, then I don't see why I'd ever need to try another top coat. Thank you to those who suggested this one!! So good 🙌
Oh, and I'm also wearing KBS Blushed Orchid cuticle oil pen here. The scent is too intense for me if I'm honest, louder than my perfume. But the oil itself and the format is so nice and I'd still recommend to anyone who loves strong scents.
Anyway this is both a brag post and a gratitude post. My hands look awesome, and this subreddit helped a lot. ❤️ Thank you!!
by giltwrench
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Maybe should mention- if you look *really* closely you’ll notice a dent in my index finger. That is from a tragic vegetable peeler accident, please pay no mind.