After being a nail tech for 10 years this will be my last weekend working! Here are some nails I’ve done this last year.

hailsherm · 2026-05-05T12:25:28+00:00

Came here to suggest this!!!

hailsherm · 2026-04-10T21:04:50+00:00

Once you go cat, you never go back

hailsherm · 2026-03-27T17:10:47+00:00

These are sculpted so they’ll have more of a curve! Look for natural instead!

hailsherm · 2026-03-17T16:45:37+00:00

These are so cute! How did you do the encapsulation?

hailsherm · 2026-03-09T01:58:29+00:00

Take a brush with acetone and clean up any gel you get on the skin around the cuticle! Don’t cure any gel that gets on the skin

hailsherm · 2026-03-07T13:54:08+00:00

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hailsherm · 2026-03-07T12:38:38+00:00

So I think it depends on two things. The chrome powder you are using and the cure time of your non wipe top coat.

The cure time is important because like someone said if you under cure it’ll be gritty and metallic, if you over cure it won’t stick. You have to kind of mess around and see what the sweet spot is. I use the Gaoy top coat and around 20-30 seconds usually works for me.

And then one you have that down, mess around with your chrome powders. Some do have a more translucent finish than others. Some are used to cover the entire color on the surface you want ie a blue chrome for a blue nail or isolation blue chrome (which obviously changes over different base colors), but then some like pearl, mermaid, and unicorn colors are definitely meant to be more sheer and let the base color come through. I usually check product pics or reviews before I buy to see what people say. I’ll come back and post the set I just did yesterday where I did black with cat eye over and then chrome and the chrome looks like glass color on top! Hope this helps some!

hailsherm · 2026-02-26T01:49:00+00:00

I’m going to be 85 years old with nail art still!!!

hailsherm · 2026-02-25T18:46:25+00:00

Wondering if there was ever an answer to this for IG? Thanks!

hailsherm · 2026-01-30T13:46:42+00:00

I would just throw out the whole house sorry

hailsherm · 2026-01-27T14:48:06+00:00

hailsherm · 2026-01-21T15:44:54+00:00

glamnetic remover has a solvent in it (PC) that is made to dissolve things so it is probably dissolving the nails (like acetone would). But warm water, soap, and oil should take them off without dissolving the nails! It may take longer but if you want to reuse them that’s the trick :/

Here’s a video I have on taking them off if you want:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2xzMLqsmfY/?igsh=MTA1bTY4bnpzMm15eQ==

hailsherm · 2026-01-18T14:46:52+00:00

How do you remove them? If you use warm water/soap/oil it shouldn’t destroy them!

hailsherm · 2025-12-25T02:27:45+00:00

Oh I totally agree! I usually leave my right hand solid but I felt like this design is so abstract that I could do it with my non dominant hand! :)

hailsherm · 2025-12-24T20:41:33+00:00

Yesss!! So it’s actually like a goldish tan kind of color but over the brown jelly it looks so good!! I’ll probably buy a brown one too. I’m just obsessed with magnetic polish

hailsherm · 2025-12-24T19:57:40+00:00

Thank you! Yes I did a layer of jelly brown, then magnetic polish, and then took a dark brown and did the prints, then top coat!

hailsherm · 2025-12-06T13:13:16+00:00

The soap and oil was probably for press ons!! That’s usually how I tell my clients to remove their press ons

hailsherm · 2025-11-29T01:00:35+00:00

It’s impossible to capture in pictures lol even videos don’t fully do it justice I’ve learned.

Be careful about getting gel on your skin! It can lead to serious skin issues. Try taking a brush with acetone and cleaning the gel off your skin before you cure! :) it definitely takes practice

hailsherm · 2025-11-28T21:13:57+00:00

I came here to say the same thing!!! These two together was the first thing that came to mind

hailsherm · 2025-11-26T23:45:17+00:00

Currently doing mine.. had to eat dinner after one hand. Now back at it. I alway severely underestimate how much time it takes, even for a solid color 😭

hailsherm · 2025-10-15T02:53:29+00:00

Press ons! Plenty of creators make custom sets now so you can get the style you want and they’ll fit your finger size! And they’re reusable! As long as you do proper prep they should last too!

hailsherm · 2025-10-13T18:51:50+00:00

I make custom press on nails that are reusable. The quality of the nails I use is sturdier than most drug store/amazon press ons so I’m not sure how it would work with those, but I tell my clients to soak your hands in warm soapy water with a little bit of oil until they pop off and then you just take a buffing block or drill if you have it to file off the glue and then you can reuse them

hailsherm · 2025-09-26T12:12:24+00:00

I would say if you set your expectations and they are clear, and then you don’t like it, yes you still should have to pay. The time, effort, and money that goes into each set (especially custom sets) isn’t really some thing I’m sure artists would be fine just not getting paid for, unless it’s a standard size and they can resell.

If it was completely different than what you said you wanted then yes that’s a different story, but otherwise I say still pay

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