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Hello! I'm in need of full cover tips that are like the shortest possible, I bought Una Gella x-short round, and I bought btartbox x-short almond, and they are both still quite long for me. I suppose I have short nailbeds.
Can any of you recommend full cover nails that are truly extra extra short? The shape doesn't matter so much, almond, square, round, squoval, doesn't matter, just need the shortiest possible for hopefully the most minimal filing possible. This is like life or death for me at this point, as dramatic as that sounds over nails, haha.
A polished nail feels differently in my mouth, which is enough to make me realize I'm doing it and then to stop myself. Here's my current mani vs one of my first
It is very funny imo that according to my nail polish diary, my first manicure of 2023 was cirque colors pony up, and in the brand new year of 2024 I open the festivities by wearing dark horse by mooncat -- another brown, horse themed polish. What can I say? they're both great!! Although the formula here finally lived up to mooncat's infamy. Very gloopy, needed so much thinner right out of the gate, and I don't think it was enough. Alt text: a posed hand showcases a very dark brown nail polish that has a strong light brown shimmer
I started to polish my nails about 6 weeks ago. When changing polish I've noticed my nails getting yellower at the tips. I've read that the offending ingredient is nitrocellulose, which my base coat has (OPI natural nail) and probably the other coats as well (Essie, Seche Vite). My color polish is typically a light/natural pink.
So my question is, what if anything un-yellows the nails? Should I leave off the polish for N days? Filing (which I don't really want to do as my nails are pretty thin already)?
OK so it's almost NYE, we're doing sparkles. I couldn't quite decide what to put on my nails so I went for an assortment -- cirque disco ball, which I thought would be more of a topper so almost never wear, topped with holo taco disco dust which is more what I expected out of disco ball tbh; then Essie gel couture caviar bar on it's own, topped with disco dust and topped with holo taco freezer burn. Alt text: a picture taken with flash of a hand showing off nail polish: thumb and ring look cartoonishly bright, index is a dark blue with blue shimmer, pointer is dark blue by itself and pinky is dark blue covered in some of those cartoonishly bright spots
Had a few candidates due to how much I splurged on black friday (which actually prompted me to go on a new buy next year!), and ended up going for another cirque "shimmergraphic", radiant realm. Alt text: a hand showcasing a pale gold polish with soft holographic sparkle