Not my nails, obvs.

Some (beginner-focused) tips for painting your nails:

Lighter colors and solid colors are easier to work with. Pick a good color or few, you don’t need to start too fancy.

Don’t shake nail polish, that can mess it up. Roll it slowly if you ever need to mix.

Don’t just do the coloration and call it a day, put clear nail polish on first, and put it over the color. That will protect your nails.

Consider getting nail polish remover when you get your nail polish, mistakes are easy.

Put your nails down on a flat surface, clean your nails (maybe with that nail polish remover?), and apply the clear base coat (doesn’t need to be perfect). Stroke from the base of the nail to the top, until the nail is covered. It might get on your skin, that’s normal, anything on your skin can be dealt with at the end. Let it dry, like you would any other kind of base coat.

Now that it’s dry, do like what you did with your clear polish for colors. Base to tip, going from the center outwards. If you can still see through after it’s covered, wait for it to dry a little, then do another layer.

Then apply your top coat to make smooth, shiny, and somewhat protected painted nails. Wait for it all to dry (very important), which could as long as normal working hours + commute. Don’t mess it up. If you do, you might have to restart on some nails.

Now that it’s dry the polish on your skin should act sorta like glue, where you can just peel it off, but if it’s stubborn you could use a cotton swab with nail polish remover to carefully remove it (don’t let it touch your nails!).

Now you should have nice smooth nails.

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  • gayspacemarxist [comrade/them, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5·
    7 days ago

    I’m stuck inside the future and life is chaotic

    The government is psychotically racist and robotic

    The matrix of entrapment is socio-economic

    Erotic conspiracy theory becomes reality

    Life is war, and every day’s a battle to me

    I’m on the brink of insanity, between extreme intelligence and split personalities

    But I elevate to the point of reversing gravity

    Revolutionary conceptuality spitting out of me

    Even the dead people in my family tell me they proud of me

    Stupidity’s not allowed by me

    Cause I don’t got time to play

    I’m the black whole lyricist that’ll take your shine away

    Darkness at any time of day

    I’m the Technique and your nobody so what you trying to say

    Stellar density becomes your physical alignment

    1.8 billion tons per square inch confinement

    yt

    this song often comes to mind, but I usually just play along. ig it could be kind of alienating to some people, but idgaf so its fine. plus they should be impressed at my delivery. i may not be able to freestyle well, but i can spit decently.

    if they seem open to actually talking spirituality i’ll bring up santa muerte, but it can be equally uncomfortable.

    • lilypad [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      7 days ago

      If youre trying to make a comment about astrology or how i interface with it through social structures it was not communicated; I dont undersrand what your comment means.

      Edit: oh i just saw your edit, its a song. Ill give it a listen but tbh im still a little confused… Could you elaborate?

      • gayspacemarxist [comrade/them, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        5·
        7 days ago

        I mean basically, just be yourself. if there’s spiritual stuff that you’re interested get into it and share that or just play along with astrology if you aren’t interested in pushing against hegemonic monotheism. I like to challenge people and push a polytheistic worldview, but I’m also comfortable with not being accepted so it isn’t for everyone.

        • lilypad [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netEnglish
          4·
          7 days ago

          I mean, i avoid “being myself” quite a bit, cause it makes other people uncomfortable and they shouldnt be made uncomfortable… I express interest in astrology sometimes but mostly just stay quiet about it. I guess thats all i can do? Im not about to go off about my worldview, like you say thats not conducive to an aligned social interaction, and tbh im just now finally making some true friends and i dont want to alienate them.

          • gayspacemarxist [comrade/them, she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
            5·
            7 days ago

            I’ve had to rebuild my social circles a bunch of times in my life (my family moved around a lot and I’ve kept up the tradition as an adult) so I’d rather just put it all out there so I can find people I click with sooner. To each their own tho.