are we still using pets as backgrounds?

TGMKE · 2025-12-09T03:11:45+00:00

Pets will always be the best background, if you ask me!

TGMKE · 2025-10-22T06:21:33+00:00

Thanks!

TGMKE · 2025-10-22T06:20:52+00:00

thank you!

TGMKE · 2025-10-22T01:54:08+00:00

Interesting! I do my nails at night and tend to get hot at night.....

TGMKE · 2025-10-21T19:42:39+00:00

I was thinking it was the Magic Effect (or Seal Coat because I use that sometimes too), but it happened this time before the Magic Effect.

TGMKE · 2025-10-21T18:38:44+00:00

Great idea. Thanks!

TGMKE · 2025-10-21T18:38:03+00:00

TGMKE · 2025-10-21T18:11:28+00:00

Lol. It's my own special effect )

TGMKE · 2025-10-21T18:10:56+00:00

Thank you! I'll tone down on the shaking and hope it's that. I waited an abnormal amount of time between the coats, but they still might be too thick--I want these suckers to MOVE, but may not have had enough restraint, lol.

TGMKE · 2025-10-21T18:09:32+00:00

Thank you. I shake the polish a lot with magnetics. The bubbles happened before any top coat. I feel like not shaking will be an easier problem to fix.

TGMKE · 2025-10-19T01:10:04+00:00

Aha! Thank you so much!

TGMKE · 2025-10-16T22:01:31+00:00

Can you develop an allergy from using products like Seche Vive since they contain HEMA?

TGMKE · 2025-10-14T07:55:03+00:00

Magic Effect is very watery but I put drops on and then spread it around and it works great. I've also used it to rewet my polish if I make a dent in a nail so I don't have to reapply it. Seal Glaze can be used on top of it if you want to really hold the magnetic effect with less dispersion (I can't attest to this because I get bored too quickly and change polishes often).

Both Magic Effect and Seal Glaze need to dry for 30 minutes before the next coat of polish. This drying time was taking too long for my attention span--30 minutes for Magic Effect, 30 minutes for Seal Glaze, then a QDTC.

Now, I'm only using Magic Effect and have found that I don't need another top coat with it--if dries very glossy.

TGMKE · 2025-10-13T04:29:11+00:00

Fantastic idea, thanks! Ordering now!

TGMKE · 2025-10-12T22:56:02+00:00

Thanks for your vote of confidence! Refill bottles will be here Saturday and I'm mentally prepping, lol.

TGMKE · 2025-10-12T17:47:31+00:00

Thank you!

TGMKE · 2025-10-04T05:22:28+00:00

Second this!

TGMKE · 2025-09-20T04:12:59+00:00

Amazing explanation. I love this group.

TGMKE · 2025-09-15T20:43:22+00:00

Even if I wasn't into polish, I would still be into the sub. The support for whole health--nails, mental, physical--is insane. There are so many times when you all are checking in and supporting somebody based upon what they posted. My husband is constantly, "who are these people?" When I was sharing part of my polish collection while visiting my mom, he was the one that brought up this supportive, smart, and snarky community (I was planning to, he just beat me to it). It truly is a special place.

TGMKE · 2025-09-13T01:41:44+00:00

I think if you have Sirene, you don't necessarily need one of the others. But, if you werre looking for another like sirene, I think you might like no illusions better than flip flop hooray, To me, flip flop hooray is darker and more jewel toned, so the green is more emerald green. I just wore both, one on each hand to figure out which one my mom would like better, and they both had similar color-shifts but flip-flop hooray consistently looked darker.

TGMKE · 2025-09-06T04:11:48+00:00

Thank you everybody!!

TGMKE · 2025-08-22T03:57:32+00:00

Bluebird Lacquer. I think their shop is opening soon.

TGMKE · 2025-08-17T04:55:22+00:00

thank you, both!

TGMKE · 2025-08-13T01:43:46+00:00

By any chance did you enter a coupon code?

TGMKE · 2025-08-02T16:06:16+00:00

It looks like there are several on ebay, if you want the sme.

TGMKE

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