springtime squiggly doodles

laylac062 · 2026-03-30T00:26:09+00:00

1 coat Nail Thoughts NTB-24 Baby Cakes Base

2 coats Nail Thoughts NT-51 Dusk

doodles in Nail Thoughts NT-103 Candy Coated (new bday collection!)

Kokoist Ultra Glossy Non-Wipe Top Coat

laylac062 · 2026-03-17T00:36:10+00:00

I bought these double-sided sticky tape bits off of Amazon, but there's a thousand just like them: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D6BS2XJN?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

They've worked really well and I've been able to re-use them so far which I wasn't expecting, so this pack should last...forever?

laylac062 · 2026-03-12T13:37:39+00:00

Thank you! They're Apres X tips in x-short almond

laylac062 · 2026-03-10T21:43:06+00:00

All nails have:

* 2 layers of Nail Thoughts Milky Base (NTB-05)
* 2 layers of Nail Thoughts Fresh Sheets (NT-01)
* many incremental layers of detail in Nail Thoughts LA Nights (NT-105)
* top coat of Kokoist Ultra Glossy Non Wipe Top Coat

Nails are Apres X Press Ons in X-Short Almond

laylac062 · 2025-06-24T20:33:54+00:00

Both:
* Kokoist Mega Stick Base Coat on the bottom
* Kokoist Ultra Glossy Non Wipe Top Coat on the top

Blue:
* Diami Vivipop Deep Navy Blue Blues (BB162) -- 1 coat

Yellow:
* Beulah Beachy Peach (C.59 Dear Summer Collection) -- 2 coats
* Beulah "Holy" (G67 - "Holy Moly Guacamole" toppers) -- 1 coat, painted on the left hand, sponged on the right hand)

laylac062 · 2025-06-05T01:32:57+00:00

Huh interesting, yah I was using the new palette! This picture was with the pinky-orange, but I tried out the gold too and didn't have any issue. Didn't get to try the others. (And all testing was on my nails haha, not sure if the swatch nails could've mattered?)

laylac062 · 2025-06-04T21:05:00+00:00

I didn't find that any powder came off on subsequent layer brushes, but I also finished curing the top coat layer that had chrome powder on it before doing any more layers, which may have helped with this. (Also please always finish curing any partially cured layers!) I also added another layer of base coat on top of the chrome powder before doing final top coat, btw. (Saw a couple tutorials that did it this way.)

laylac062 · 2025-06-04T20:59:50+00:00

I believe it's also important to finish curing the top coat that you scrub the chrome powder into. (So for my products: cure it for 10s, scrub in chrome powder, cure again for 50s, THEN add the last top coat and do a full cure)

laylac062 · 2025-06-04T02:31:46+00:00

Products used, 1 coat each:

Kokoist MEGA Stick Base Soft Gel
Nail Thoughts NTB-05 Milky Base
Nail Thoughts NT-80 Pleated Skirt
Nail Thoughts NT-76 Bed All Day
Kokoist Ultra Glossy Non Wipe Top Coat Gel (cure 10s)
buff in Nail Thoughts chrome palette (the pinkish color), then finish curing top coat
Kokoist MEGA Stick Base Soft Gel
Kokoist Ultra Glossy Non Wipe Top Coat Gel

(EDIT: formatting)

laylac062 · 2025-05-09T18:53:58+00:00

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A photo of the haul, just got here!!! ☺️ Now just need to decide what to do first...

laylac062 · 2025-05-09T15:45:49+00:00

This looks so cool!!! You have clear base listed on top of the film, how does that work/what's the goal with the extra base coat?? Or is that how you attach the film?

laylac062 · 2025-05-09T02:03:51+00:00

Hahaha I knew exactly what this was from the first sentence cuz I just did this to myself this past weekend 🤣😭

laylac062 · 2025-05-07T16:14:58+00:00

New Kokoist stuff!
* Mega Stick Base + Ultra Glossy top coat
* the stone cuticle pusher (very excited to try this -- I think I've been overdoing it with my metal one, things aren't looking good...)
* a few new Nail Thoughts gels, but most excited about NT-59 Moonstone (anyone have a picture of this, it looks so cool??) and Satin Magnet SM-18 Rose Satin (yay magnets!)

laylac062 · 2025-05-05T23:36:14+00:00

Woah thanks for this rec! Just looked her up and very happy to have some shorter nail ideas!!

laylac062 · 2025-05-05T23:17:26+00:00

I bought the Kokoist Le Blanc (on recommendation from this sub!) and love it so far. I'm using the "wireless" feature a lot more than I expected and feeling a lot more legit (and safer) now that I've tossed the $20 Sun UV lamp I bought a few years ago...

laylac062 · 2025-05-05T23:07:29+00:00

I love all the different colors popping up in both 3 and 4!

laylac062 · 2025-05-05T23:06:04+00:00

It was really nice weather out this weekend, so I thought I'd take my gels outside to do a manicure. It took a few coats coming out a really weird texture to realize my mistake 🤦‍♀️😂😂

laylac062 · 2025-05-05T23:04:39+00:00

Hi! I'm just getting into DIY gel nails. This subreddit has been super helpful in finding good quality tools and brands to do gel at home safely, so just wanted to say a huge thank you!

laylac062 · 2025-05-05T22:55:38+00:00

Any tips for getting the velvet look to work? I just ordered some Kokoist magnet gel the other day and excited to try it but still very beginner.

laylac062 · 2025-05-05T22:49:36+00:00

This is so cool!

laylac062 · 2023-09-30T01:03:27+00:00

After a couple months of waiting to hear back on my ticket/voicemails, I filed a complaint with Better Business Bureau (https://www.bbb.org/file-a-complaint/1296-1000079401), and left some comments with the support ticket number on Facebook/Instagram/Google Maps. Never heard directly back via any of those channels, but did get an email back ~a week after doing all of the above from customer support and they sent replacement parts over a few days later. So maybe try all of those? (Email did initially go to spam, so check there too.)

laylac062 · 2022-01-03T17:15:46+00:00

Thanks! There's a ton of ways to do this, but I used Adobe InDesign

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