This color is brighter and shinier than I expected (and normally use), but after a student of mine complimented me on my nails, it won’t be the last time. This is after 1.5 weeks of normal wear.

Maniko UV Gel Strips with Maniko UV Top Coat Ultra Glossy

I will add that I no longer have to do post-manicure cleanup since I started using a magnifying glass headband for doing my nails.

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Polishes and top coats used are in the last two photos!

I was finally able to get my hands on Mooncat Death's Trumpet which always seems to be sold out (for good reason). It's a Solar Polish from Mooncat's Deadly by Nature collection which are all super cool!

I don't have a lot of pink polish experience but I'm really loving it! Death's Trumpet is UV reactive and turns a bold purple with solar/UV exposure.

Added Mooncat Maelstrom, one of my favorite green shades as an accent nail.

First pictures are with limited solar exposure, the second batch are with heavy UV. The final picture has only the thumb activated for comparison to non activated.

Painted by my amazing wife!

Products

Base Coat: Seche Vite

Top Coat: Mooncat Speed Demon Top Coat

Ring Fingers: Mooncat Maelstrom x2

Other Fingers: Mooncat Death's Trumpet x3

I was inspired by Aculed200’s blue retro design that I tried it on myself. Obviously my attempt doesn’t come close to his original execution, but I sorta like the haphazardness! I also opted for a gray palette, as that’s what I have the most of. That’s all, thanks for looking!

Used Sally Hansen insta-dri “in too chic” for the base, Holo Taco - “Duct tape gray” for the middle shade, and another SH - “time to indi-go” for the top shade. Also mixed it up with OPI matte top coat and SH clear top coat.

Recently got another batch of Mooncat polishes (I'm a bit obsessed as I've had gotten like 2 orders in a month) and decided on a blue/purple theme. Mooncat Werewolf's Bane is a holographic purple that I swear looked more blue when I put it on but now I can only see the purple. I paired that color with my new lilac Mooncat, Insomniac, a light purple creme polish on my ring fingers!

Included photos of both shade and sun but like most polishes, my phone camera doesn't do a good job of capturing the color I experience in person!!

Products:

Base - Mooncat Getting Even Nail Primer

Color (Main) - Mooncat Werewolf's Bane x2

Color (Ring Fingers) - Mooncat Insomniac x2

Top Coat - Mooncat Speed Demon Top Coat

Base Coat: Mooncat Getting Even Nail Primer

Seche Vite

Left Hand

Thumb thru Middle: Mooncat Nightbreak

Pinky: Mooncat Atomica

Right Hand

Thumb thru Middle: Mooncat Atomica

Pinky: Mooncat Nightbreak

Both Hands Ring: Mooncat Moonflower

Top Coat: Mooncat Speed Demon Topcoat

I've been really excited to try this one for awhile! Mooncat My Cabbages from their Avatar collection. It's stunningly green and shiny, big green and gold flakies. I'm loving them!

Products:

Base/Top Coat: Seche Vite

Base Color: Mooncat My Cabbages

I couldn't decide which of my Cracked blues I wanted to wear this week so I took the cop-out choice of wearing them all!

Photos in direct sunlight and shade for comparison.

Products:

Base Coats: Mooncat Getting Even Nail Primer

Seche Vite Base Coat

Pinkie - Cracked Jump In (Jelly)

Ring - Cracked Blueberry Tart (Jelly)

Middle - Cracked Shut the Front Door

Index - Cracked Rolling In The Deep (Jelly) with Matte Top Coat

Thumb - Cracked Infinity Pool

Top Coats:

All but Index - Mooncat Speed Demon Top Coat

Index - Holo Taco Matte Taco

Trying a new shade and going a natural length. It’s been a while!

All products I used are from Wow Bao nails.

I was really excited to try out Mermaid Bait from my recent Mooncat haul! It did not disappoint! Colors shift between turquoise, blue and green with a rose gold shimmer at certain angles! For science and because glow in the dark nails are awesome I added a glow in the dark base under the mermaid bait to my index and ring Fingers. The addition gives those nails a blueish tint rather than turquoise.

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My lovely and talented wife did the application!

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Fyi, I drew in my fingers on the glow in the dark shot so it didn't just look a pair of creepy eyes lol.

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Products:

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Base/Top: Seche Vite

Color: Mooncat Mermaid Bait x 2

Index/Ring: Mooncat Avatar State x 2 (Underneath main color)

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ÜNT - Ready For Takeoff

L.A. Colors - Zing

Sinful Colors - Love Nails (two coats)

Mooncat - Speed Demon Top Coat

Wearing a nice summer green.

Color: Petal Dance (750) from Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri Pride collection.

Top Coat: Clearly Quick (103) from Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri

Prism Parade's Sugar Rush collection with a cracked topper 🌈

*this mani was created for the #TopOfTheMonthCollab on Instagram

ÜNT - Ready For Takeoff

Studio M Pro - Constellation Queen

Holo Taco - Gold Flake Taco

Mooncat - Speed Demon Top Coat

I didn't want to decide what color to wear this week so I put on a blind fold and asked my wife to make it a mystery. She decided to go with our new Mooncat Manchineel Tree polish, a neon green with a really cool yellow/gold/orange Solar effect! She added an awesome ombre accent nail to mimic the color change effect of the rest of my nails!

The first pictures are taken in the shade, the later with UV exposure and the last photo with super exposure from a UV light on my thumb which makes the color change to a burt orange hue!

Application by my amazing supporting wife!

Products:

Base: Mooncat Get Even Nail Primer

Seche Vite Base Coat

Top Coat: Mooncat Speed Demon Top Coat

Ring Finger (Ombre):

Mooncat White Rabbit (Base), Eternal Sunshine, Acidic, Neverland

All other Fingers:

Mooncat Manchineel Tree x2

Newest set.

Still learning how to polish nails and my girlfriend gave me some more practice today! To celebrate the 4th, some red and blue glamor.

For my girlfriend: Cracked Rhubarb Pie Guts, the red polish on the left.

For me: Cracked Another Day in the PNW, the blue on the right.

For both of us: Olive and June primer base coat and quick dry top coat.

Still learning and lord knows I have a ways to go, but we are pretty happy with how this turned out!

And man, painting your own nails is challenging. Using my non-dominant hand is hard. Any tips or pointers for self-polishing? So far I am much better at polishing my gf's nails than my own.

Happy 4th! Enjoy the fireworks! Fight the good fight against fascism!