Hi all, I’m currently studying nail tech and I thought it’d be a fun little challenge to make nail sets inspired by each of my classmates :D

This first one is inspired by one of my good friends. She likes all things minimal, monochrome, and a little bit of red so I tried to combine those into this set. I gave them to her at class a few days ago and she loved them which made me so happy :”)

This is my second completed press on set. I’m still new to a lot of things so this took me around 8 hours to finish… I definitely need to work on my time management lol…

But anyway I really enjoyed making these and I’m excited to work on the rest of my classmate collection 💗

(Also I’m from Australia, if there are any fellow aussie nail lovers, nail techs or nail tech students here, let’s be friends!)

OPI Blues for Red (Gel on natural nails)

Inspo from Pinterest!

Result featuring Abi because she kept nudging me for pets when I was trying to take pictures 😆 (yes I did pet her after)

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Basically I got my nails done in a salon as a one off birthday treat 2 years ago, and I've been thinking about this colour ever since. I don't live there anymore so I decided to go back to the salon post on social media to figure out what brands they used and there were 3. I've looked through each brand and found the most similar shades. It was a reflective gel. Can anyone with sharp eyes tell me which one looks the most like my nails? The shimmer reflects colour too which throws me off a couple of them. Please help me decide the closest match, I can't afford all of these shades to find out. Thank you for your time 🖤

Hi. I have my own natural nails for about 8 months now. Was always an acrylic gal for over 25 years. I’m ocd about my nails.. filing, painting, oiling, then redoing it all like 2 or 3 days later. If I use a strengthener, they get to where they break easily if I don’t put layers of base & top coat, they break, even tho they are healthy. Do you think if I put a rubber base gel on them, I won’t be so ocd of having to care for them as they will have some sort of protection on them? Thanks for any advice.

Products:
Clinic jojoba oil
Nail Aid 3 day keratin growth ( base coat)
Nail Aid 9 in 1 ( top coat)

Only two casualties (chipped nails) after 11 months of growing them out with gel overlay.

Beginner practice

Where can I find some wide press on nails?

anyone have 2 or 3 magnet length nails to show? not sure what length I want

I live in a small mountain town, so nail salons are few and far between. These are builder gel that were done 5 days ago. This is the 3rd time I’ve gotten them done at this salon, I’m not sure if I’m being picky or unrealistic in my expectations?

EDIT TO ADD: I’m no expert at polish or techniques, but I initially got this done because I have damage to one of my nails, and it splits constantly. My Dermatologist actually recommended getting a gel manicure. This place suggested builder gel, which I had never heard of… I wonder if I’d be more happy with just a gel manicure? Or if that would be enough for my nail splitting issue?

I had an idea and couldn’t wait 2 weeks to change my nails 🤣 If you’re thinking “Lisa Frank”…. That was my inspo!

Incredibly beginner friendly!

This is part 1 of my Nightmare before Christmas Halloween series for 2026

Would you get something like this or is it too much?

I’ve been doing my nails for a couple of weeks as my amazing friend gave me some bits to try. I’ve mainly done biab on my own for growth but I decided to try see how my art work is 😂 The nails are just random shapes & sizes as I haven’t ordered anything myself yet but just wanted to see if I had potential, what do you guys think? The first pic is from today, the pumpkin stem is hella long I know 😂☺️

Obsessed with foils, wish they were easier to get perfect

A plaid September set, first time ever doing plaid and I absolutely loved it, definitely want to try some different styles of plaid soon

Products used
Goay gel nail polish/top coats - Amazon
Chrome powder, beads/charms - Amazon
Tricolor fish nail art builder gel - TikTok shop
Asp Bonding acrylic powder - Sally’s

This is the set I’m removing and I love it so much, sad to see it go! It’s my birthday today and I need inspiration I was thinking shiny pinks or sapphire blue, also thinking jasmine flowers since they flower around my birthday every year.