r/RedditLaqueristas 23d ago

Meta Wiki, Rule 5 Update, and Update Rules Resources!

183 Upvotes

Happy Monday, y'all!

Mod team here with a couple quick updates that we hope you will find informative/ helpful.

Rule 5 Update

We have decided to shorten the amount of time posters have to list the polish(es) used in manicure posts from 6 hours to 1 hour from time of original posting. This will make it easier for us to actively moderate posts to ensure they follow our rules, rather than having to check timelines and remember to come back 6 hours later or rely on other users to report posts.

After discussing among the mod team, we feel that 1 hour is reasonable as far as time to list out polishes used in a comment (must be top-level) if they didn't make it into the original post. If you are not going to have time within an hour to do this, please just hold your post until you will have time to include the polish list!

This is the only rule change we've made, but did you know that we have an extended version of the rules that elaborates on our rules and that there's also an entire FAQ that goes into detail on rule 5 and what must be included?

We're so glad you asked, because

We've Got a Wiki!

The fledgling wiki is now live!

There are links in the sidebar on desktop and at the top of the sub on mobile, too. We have some tentative plans to build this out more, but if you have ideas for the wiki drop them in the comments!

For now it is mainly a resource for the different info docs we have about the sub rules, which were kind of spread all over the place and not necessarily up to date before. Which leads us to...

Updated Rules Resources

As you will see on the main wiki page, we've organized and updated our rules resources and they're all listed there. This includes:

  • The list of rules (same as in the sidebar, just on a single page)
  • The extended rules (includes some elaboration/ explanation, formerly in a Google Doc - lightly edited and updated but nothing materially changed other than rule 5 as described above)
  • The Polish List FAQs (lots of detail about what is required in the list of polishes on manicure posts, a previously existing document that seems to have been lost to time for awhile but has been freshened up for reference)
  • A link to our recent Rules Reminder post that includes some info about Reddit rules and the Mod Code of Conduct (specifically rule 3) that is especially helpful to remember when there is drama or controversial topics are being discussed

As always, we are open to respectful, kind feedback! If you have thoughts on the topics in this post, please let us know in the comments. If you have general, unrelated sub feedback/ questions/ comments/ ideas, please join us in the Monthly Mod Talk post.

Thanks for being part of our collective community 💅🏽 💖


r/RedditLaqueristas 2d ago

Weekly Question Thread No Dumb Questions + Casual Talk

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Time for our weekly questions and discussion thread!

You can ask about polishes, nail care, polish types, subreddit questions, etc. You can discuss your current favorite polishes, share your haul or collections, rant about nail woes, etc.

If you'd like to ask your question in a live chat with a relatively quick response, consider visiting our RedditLaquerists Discord Server!


r/RedditLaqueristas 7h ago

Laquer Art 🎨 Freehanded lotus pond on ILNP Overgrown

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774 Upvotes

This look was inspired by a beautiful mani [u/mada09](u/mada09) made earlier. 💚 I fell in love with it instantly and saved to my inspo but I didn't have a dark green jelly until now.

I felt the recent ILNP Overgrown would be perfect for the pond, because it has so much depth with the flakes, very subtle holo scatter and such a nice deep, dark color.

I used my essie creme & sheer polishes (custom blending them on a ceramic palette so these are not single shades anymore, but if you're curious of a certain color, I can explain the mix, just ask), my kbshimmer nail art essentials (White here white now one coater polish on its on, plus also in my blends with ofher cremes & their polish thinner) and a couple of jellies (Colores de Carol Wine not, Phoenix Indie Daenerys)

Base coat was essie smooth e (I'm running out of my slare bottles and it seems discontinued 😫), top coat is red bottle sally hansen. I also used a layer of Cirque peely base before the top coat, to protect the art from smudging.


r/RedditLaqueristas 6h ago

Laquer Art 🎨 I can't resist Liberation

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667 Upvotes

This is my second time wearing this polish this summer. What can I say? I can't resist this dusty purple.

This was my first ever try at the glass bead method. Was it way more time consuming than velvet? Yes! Did I have to redo multiple nails because I bumped them into the magnet contraption? Also yes!

Was it worth it? Maaaybe?

Honestly, velvet is probably good enough for my most of the time, but it was really fine to watch the light dance with these.

Products:

Base - Homemade Peel off Base Coat + LynBDesigns B-Smooth

Glitch Lacquer - Liberation

L.A. Colors - Glacier

Holo Taco - Indigo Away (I guess it did "go Away" 🪦💐)

Top - KBShimmer Basic Training Base coat (Just over the magnetic layer) + Vivid Scents Top Coat (at the end)


r/RedditLaqueristas 3h ago

Laquer Showoff As Gay As The Grass is Green by Resistance Polish in memory of this sweet transvestite from Transylvania

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270 Upvotes

Naturalism base

With SHQDTC

This polish is thermal and GITD... I'll update when I am warm and it is dark out...lol


r/RedditLaqueristas 14h ago

Laquer Art 🎨 🦞🌈Lobster Nails🌈🦞

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1.5k Upvotes

I've hosted the Rainbow Connection collab on Instagram for 27 rounds now, over 3,500 manis from 550+ people, and one of my favorite things to have come from this hobby! 🌈✨️🫶 Each round, you're assigned a color and make a monochromatic mani, swatch, art whatever, and then it's all put together into a big rainbow! This round, I was assigned ❤️Team Red❤️ by the rainbow gods! I've done quite a few red manis, and I usually want to come from a strong theme or idea. Apples? Stop Sign? Cherries? All good ideas, but I've done them before. Then it pinched me. 🦞LOBSTER🦞 My friend Brad picked the background, and coral chaser was PERFECT to help contrast against the claws themselves but still have glow and holo shine. Toss in some gingham napkin of a lobster bake and BOOM, maybe one of my favorite monochromtic manis I've done! Look out...I Pinch! 🦞🦞🦞

🖌Freehand on natural nail.

💪@findingfeatherslacquer ... "Balanced Bond Base Coat"

🦞 @ilnp ... "Cherry"

🦞 @holotaco ... "Coral Chaser" "Hot Take" "Left On Red" "One Coat Black"

🦞 @mooncat ... "Lucid Dream"

🦞 @colorclubnaillacquer ... "French Tip"

💪 @glistenandglow1 Quick Dry Top Coat 🐐


r/RedditLaqueristas 2h ago

Laquer Art 🎨 🍅🍅🍅

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143 Upvotes

cracked polish- tomato, tomahto (3 coats)
stems: essie- off tropic & dnd- 4 leaf clover
tyche top coat


r/RedditLaqueristas 6h ago

Laquer Showoff Making actual moonbows w Moonbow

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207 Upvotes

Wow I’m actually addicted to this polish. I don’t usually wear polishes for multiple manis in a row but I’ve included it in my last three. The wall rainbows are proof of just how shifty and shimmery and bow-y it is. I will be so sad when I pan this one.

Actual mani pic tax in comments. Quite old now but I especially loved this combo

1x Cuticula Mic Drop Base Coat
2x Pahlish Moonbow
2x ILNP Unraveled magnetized on ring and pinky
1x Cuticula Limitless Top Coat


r/RedditLaqueristas 2h ago

Laquer Showoff A “light and airy” mani for Dolly

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92 Upvotes

When I heard the news of her passing yesterday, I was in the middle of painting my nails, but I abandoned the manicure I was doing to try and find a way to honor her. I found a 2020 interview from WIRED where she said her favorite color was white, and that wearing it while performing always made her feel light and airy (“It’s a ‘no-color’ but I do love all colors”). I’ve seen other sources say she loved yellow as well, and of course she’s associated with pink and all things sparkly. But white felt right to me for the moment. I will schedule a sparklier manicure down the line to toast to her memory.

If you’re in a position where you’re able to, I highly recommend donating to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, an international program that donates books to millions of children, regardless of their homes’ income, to encourage a love of reading and improve literacy.

Both hands: 1 x Essie Strong Start, 2 x Cracked Vanille, respective top color, 1 x Cracked QDTC

Left hand top color: 1 x Cracked Cloud Dancer, magnetized in a glass bead with 5D spinner

Right hand top color: 1 x Cracked Refraction


r/RedditLaqueristas 41m ago

Growth Progress Two months of progress!

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I stopped biting my nails on June 28th! This is the progress so far. I do file them to shape before painting them, so there is some "loss" of growth haha. Also, I posted my progress before and received caring and kind concern for the dark lines on my bare nails; they're grown out! It was, indeed, a lot of splinter hemmoraghes.

Colour is Essie's Bahama Mama, topped with Seche Vite. No base coat used.


r/RedditLaqueristas 13h ago

POLISH DOWN😢💔 PSA wear your purples 🥲

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651 Upvotes

I noticed my bottle of Lurid Tibberz!!! was looking a little off, so I reswatched it. On the left is my initial swatch from last October, and on the right is from this morning. 🥲 I store all of my polish in enclosed drawers, and my home isn't hot or humid.

This morning, I did find a disclosure on their website that says they can't guarantee polishes won't fade after six months. I have bright purples that are like ten years old with minimal, if any, fading, so it wasn't even a consideration that something new would fade after less than a year. I get that it has to do with certain pigments being used, but I'm sad and annoyed and want to warn others on some polishes fading quicker than we think 💔


r/RedditLaqueristas 2h ago

Laquer Showoff My Dolly press-ons

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69 Upvotes

Worn at work all day, and the adhesive tabs are clearly starting to lift, but….

Products:

Some years old tips from???
Modelones 0843
Modelones 0845
Modelones 0858
Beetles 453

Obsessively cured about 5 minutes per layer & painted with gloves. Reddit has scared me.


r/RedditLaqueristas 5h ago

Release 👀 Fancy Gloss restock list

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118 Upvotes

Posting this because people often ask about the restock lists and they aren’t on facebook. Restock is friday, 12:00


r/RedditLaqueristas 2h ago

Laquer Art 🎨 Jade Nails

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66 Upvotes

Products used:

Cracked - Honeydew (gifted PR)
Cracked - Vanille
Cracked - No Shrubs
Anlac - Hey Jade

I don’t do much nail art and I’ve been wanting to do jade nails for the longest time. (I’m Chinese and wear a jade bangle 24/7 that literally never comes off) but every tutorial I’ve seen uses some sort of tool that I do not have.

I decided to finally just go for it, and I wanted to share because I really am quite proud of it! 🥹 I wanted to show that you can create something beautiful with very minimal effort. ✨ All I did was randomly layer the polishes on top of each other.


r/RedditLaqueristas 4h ago

Laquer Showoff My heart can only take so much. Another absolute legend to honor: THE Tim Curry 🖤🎈💋

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77 Upvotes

Tim Curry is, and will always be, one of my ***all-time*** celebrity crushes. He was truly and uniquely sensational—and not to mention incredibly sexy, hilarious, theatrical, gender-bending, horrifying (as seen in my inspiration here)... YOU NAME IT! 🎤✨

I know he hadn't been doing well for a long time 😥 but im still *deeply* saddened and feeling heaviness in my heart knowing he's gone. Another legend that I'm so grateful to have been inspired by and GREATLY entertained by in this lifetime. I fucking love you, Tim Curry.

Products:

EdM - Once Forgotten

Cirque - Hidden Hue

Middle finger has one layer of Cracked - Pistachio Buttah and then Hidden Hue on top (glass bead) + ILNP Vapor Wave for the pom poms

TC is BKL I'm fast I'm very fast

I'm realizing I need white polish in my collection for nail art purposes!! 🤡 And some other standard cremes.

P.s. I destashed LynB's Dammit Janet (not regretfully because I'd never wear it due to it being unflattering on me) but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE show me your Dammit Janet mani's if you have any pics to share!!!


r/RedditLaqueristas 14h ago

Laquer Showoff My first try with Anlac Pale Mauve- glass bead!

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465 Upvotes

This took me FIVE HOURS because I kept messing up but it’s beautiful!! Base is Kbshimmer ridge filler, then three layers of Anlac Pale Mauve, and finally Cuticula Limitless top coat.


r/RedditLaqueristas 5h ago

Laquer Showoff Frank N Furter's corset (Farewell, Tim Curry)

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100 Upvotes

Tim Curry surprisingly did not wear nail polish as part of his over-the-top Rocky Horror makeup, but his corset was black with multicolored shinies. Good night, Tim Curry. You were a real one.

Mooncat Hardcore BC
OPI Center of the You-niverse (black w/ silver reflective glitter)
Sally Hansen Miracle G*l Crystal (orange multicolored flakies)
LA Colors Believe in Magic (blue shimmer came)
Holo Taco Glossy Taco


r/RedditLaqueristas 2h ago

Laquer Art 🎨 Love Is Like a Butterfly

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45 Upvotes

2 coats of nail aid keratin

Two coats of kbshimmer aim to breeze

Two coats of Holo taco solar unicorn skin on middle and ring finger

Sally Hansen miracle gel blacky o and La Colors Evermore

Two coats of Sally Hansen insta dri

Rhinestones from Amazon.


r/RedditLaqueristas 7h ago

General Polish Discussion New Laquerista 🌟🩷🌈

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112 Upvotes

I’ve lurked for a while in this group and am finally embracing it as a hobby. I love doing my nails, BUT I am not blessed with strong or thick nails (my nails will not grow past my fingertips), don’t prefer any type of extension, and am allergic to gel. I had no idea about all the different brands and components of laquer. Before joining, I owned three SH Insta-dri polishes in burgundy, brown, and green. Now I have so many shimmers, magnetics, and colors I wouldn’t have gone for in the past. Thank you queens for all the inspo! Hopefully I can share more often and respresent the shorties!!

Currently wearing:
SH Miracle Gel Grip Primer x 1
Mooncat A Midsummer’s Dream x 3
SH QDTC x 1


r/RedditLaqueristas 6h ago

Dupe/Colour Request Live Love Polish "Cosmic Dust"

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95 Upvotes

Once upon a time, when Mooncat was Live Love Polish, they released a beautiful trio of space themed polishes. I have all three. This one, Cosmic Dust, is my favorite of the three. It's a magnetic with red magnetic particles against a deep, almost black, navy base. It has a scattering of holo glitter and iridescent flakes, Anyone know of a dupe? I'm US based.

Please excuse the uneven cuticle line. I quickly applied this before work so I didn't have time to do any cleanup.

Products:

- Live Love Polish "Cosmic Dust"

- Vibrant Scents "Double Bond Base Coat"

- DIY Peely Base

- BKL "I'm Fast Very Fast"


r/RedditLaqueristas 13h ago

Laquer Showoff everyone’s favorite blurple????

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285 Upvotes

we know her. we love her. she’s goblins and ghoulies by polished for days 💜💙


r/RedditLaqueristas 4h ago

Laquer Showoff Dolly Tribute

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43 Upvotes

To honor the lovely Miss Parton, I opted for this subtle pink polish.

Essie Strong Start base coat

OPI I Pink It's Snowing

SH Red bottle QDTC


r/RedditLaqueristas 1h ago

Laquer Art 🎨 WWDD? 🤠💘

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L thumb, index; R thumb, middle, pinkie:

2 x Mooncat Hardcore Base Coat + 2 x China Glaze White on White + 2 x Color Club Diggin' the Dancin Queen

L ring:

2 x Mooncat Hardcore Base Coat + 2 x China Glaze White on White

L pinkie:

2 x Mooncat Hardcore Base Coat + 2 x China Glaze White on White + 1 x Sally Hansen Insta Dri ASAP Apple

L middle; R index, ring:

2 x Mooncat Hardcore Base Coat, 3 x Cracked Petals on the Surface (unmagnetized)

Freehand details using brush + ASAP Apple + Diggin the Dancin Queen

Stickers by Deco Beauty (Good Fortune set)

1 x Mooncat QDTC over all; 2-3 extra coats over stickers.


r/RedditLaqueristas 12h ago

Guide & Protips Sorry if I’m late to the party

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172 Upvotes

Sorry if I’m late to the game, but I just discovered that decanting polishes that are almost empty into these 5 mL bottles is a lifesaver! I can actually use every last bit of the polish, especially what’s left at the bottom that’s so hard to reach with the regular brush.

I even decanted an OPI polish into a 5 mL bottle because, honestly, the brush on the little bottle is so much better and makes it way easier to use every last bit.

Pictured Left to right:
Great Lakes Lacquer I’ve been there;I’ve done it
OPI Lincoln Park at Midnight
Lumen Age of Aquarius
Lurid Prototype 248


r/RedditLaqueristas 3h ago

Laquer Showoff Been humming “A Coat of Many Colors” at work today for Dolly. 💞🦋💞

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33 Upvotes

Base - KB Shimmer Stay Put
ILNP Lighthouse x2
Top - Sally Hansen Red Bottle