Floral Fiery Attraction (but make it matte)

x 1 essie Strong Start

x 1 Cracked Ridge Filler

x 2 Emily de Molly – Fiery Attraction (velvet, 30lb horseshoe)

x 1 Sally Hansen InstaDri (red bottle)

"Star glue" (air dry foil glue)

Generic lace nail foil and stickers

OPI Chrome Effects top coat (protects foil and stickers)

BKL I'm Fast, I'm Very Fast

OPI matte top coat

I finally had the mental energy to post these cuties. I was laid off at the end of September and boy howdy it's been a journey. Thankfully I start a new job next week, but for the past 5 months I've been desperate to find anything to occupy my time whenever I'm not busy with detaching myself from reality. Few things have been able to cut through the melancholy and infinite sadness of being an unemployed scientist in the fever dream that is America right now. Thankfully getting crafty with different nail polish designs and techniques (and this sub) has been a shining beacon of hope.

I've been painting my nails for years and I like to think I've been gifted with a fair amount of general creative talent. Unfortunately artistic drawing/painting abilities were not included in those gifts. This has been a whole new world so I've been relying on my ingenuity to find ways to improvise, adapt, and overcome while still using regular lacquer. So far out of all the sets I've done this is the first design execution I've been properly chuffed with. The Fiery Attraction added a really nice depth even with a matte top coat.