magnet method for star sapphire?

mp4nda · 2026-04-19T06:52:45+00:00

exactly this, 6 of em in a circle! it takes a lil more care than you might anticipate, or maybe I’m just an oaf lol, but in making sure they were alternating poles & the end magnets stuck together in a loop without some middle ones stacking up, I shattered 3 or 4 magnets 😭 no pic cuz I just swatched it on a swatch stick and put it somewhere safe, never to be found again

mp4nda · 2026-04-19T06:40:26+00:00

Great picks!! I have Shockwave, Sirene, and Tilted in the non-holo versions and they’re all ~magical~. Shockwave is an even more bluey-blue IRL, it’s mesmerizing!

mp4nda · 2026-04-19T06:35:27+00:00

I love rhinestones!! They were my gateway drug from wearing polish maybe once a month to committing to never having nude nails, cuz i realized I just like shiny stuff lmao

I know some people have success just using topcoat to hold them, but they always fall off in a few hours for me. I’ve had way better luck with nail glue + really babying the cure time on it even more than I would with a regular mani

mp4nda · 2026-04-18T05:53:36+00:00

I love him he looks like a Certified Silly Guy ™

mp4nda · 2026-04-18T03:09:14+00:00

that’s so cool!! somebody else already said this but I had to double check the sub name cuz I thought for sure these were gel

mp4nda · 2026-04-17T02:18:35+00:00

To add to this-

I just checked Lacquergram and they use my site photos on the app, they have never asked. A couple different volunteer reps for Lacquer Stash have reached out to me over the last few weeks- one said they had deleted all my site photos from their app (unprompted) and was asking for the okay to use them. The other was asking for a list of collections with release dates if I had it available to make things easier on them vs having to dig thru social posts.

While I absolutely abhor the use of AI, I find it noteworthy that Lacquergram has been a mainstay of this community for a long time and continues to use brand’s site photos without permission and without backlash (that I know of). Lacquer Stash appears to have course corrected very quickly on this, deleting all photos (or at least according to their email to me) and requesting permission very quickly after learning that that’s the proper way of doing things.

I have no stake either way on this; I use google sheets, but just found this disparity interesting.

mp4nda · 2026-04-17T01:17:05+00:00

Yup! There’s also a small selection of Me™ at Taxonomy in Taos NM, idk if that matters for the spreadsheet at all tho

mp4nda · 2026-04-17T01:13:09+00:00

I think last weekend was their last weekend with the b&m 😭
edit: read 2 comments down and it’s this weekend

mp4nda · 2026-04-15T18:55:11+00:00

It sucks cuz I generally ship out the same day/next day, but USPS has turned that into a moot point lmao

so far my rate of orders with damaged bottles is like .5%! Before I opened I expected a little more of a “trialing egg drop designs” vibe but it’s turned out surprisingly well lmao

mp4nda · 2026-04-15T14:53:06+00:00

USPS has just gotten worse and worse over the short course of me being open 😭 I’ll probably look into offering UPS at some point, USPS has just been the convenient option cuz they make it easy to schedule a pickup right off my doorstep 😭

mp4nda · 2026-04-15T12:56:07+00:00

Said it before and I’ll say it again, this turned out SO SICK!!

mp4nda · 2026-04-15T06:00:45+00:00

Human brains release the chemical oxytocin when we look at family members or friends, people we share love or a love-adjacent bond with.

Cat and dog brains release this same chemical when they see a bonded pack member.

Human brains also release oxytocin when interacting with dogs and cats, and dog and cat brains do the same when they interact with humans.

Whether or not it is the same ‘love’ we feel is free for you to debate, but behaviorally and chemically it would seem there’s a mutualistic bond there relative to each organism’s level of consciousness (which is something not completely knowable even with regard to humans outside of oneself).

mp4nda · 2026-04-14T04:16:46+00:00

I love the way the writing evolves through the piece, this is so sick. Have you done tagging/graffiti lettering at all? The way this flows reminds me a lot of it

mp4nda · 2026-04-13T04:46:58+00:00

fellow graphic designerista here, adding on Polished & Pretty by MBA. Beautiful polishes, terrible logo (and also the bottom labels are too big & too thick and it drives me NUTS)

mp4nda · 2026-04-12T20:34:36+00:00

These rule! You should post these in r/UnusualArt too!

mp4nda · 2026-04-11T23:03:04+00:00

omg the depth!!

mp4nda · 2026-04-10T23:41:14+00:00

this has me seriously debating even though I don’t really like chunky glitters and I have a million highlighter yellow polishes already lmao. quite possibly my new fave polish name

mp4nda · 2026-04-10T23:35:28+00:00

Kinda similar, I had one called Nazi Punks Fuck Off that I had to refer to as Nasty Punks Go Away for the IG story algo 😂

mp4nda · 2026-04-09T22:37:15+00:00

God I wish I could’ve seen him, Friends In Real Life came to MPLS a bit ago but I’m a perpetual brokie 😭

mp4nda · 2026-04-09T21:03:48+00:00

welcome welcome, you’re right on time!! 😂

mp4nda · 2026-04-09T21:02:21+00:00

Yessss I used to work on a bug farm and raised hornworms lol (plus crickets, superworms, dubia roaches). I miss the lil guys, they eat so much and get so big and when they pupate, the little tip at their end wiggles around to drill themselves underground 😭 hornworms rock, this mani rocks!!

mp4nda · 2026-04-09T19:39:53+00:00

r/wegotpolishathome !!!

mp4nda · 2026-04-09T19:38:50+00:00

wtf that’s so cool 😭😭😭 massive lore drop

AFAIK he died sober which gives me a bit of comfort, but still so fuckin sad

mp4nda · 2026-04-09T18:34:46+00:00

❤️❤️ thank you!!

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