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a nail blog ✨🪬
just a gal documenting nails 💅🏼
on herself & others
structured gel • nail care
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A little chrome, a little drama, and a whole lot of main character energy. 💅🏼🔮🪬✨🧬

Giving expensive, mysterious, and just a little extra. 💿

Emerald, teal, violet, and pink these magnetic beauties shift with every angle! And yes, 100% my natural nails! No tips, just builder gel.

✨ The Nail Recipe:

1. MOROVAN Nail Prep Dehydrator
2. MOROVAN Acid-Free Primer
3. Builder Gel
4. DND Daisy Base Gel 500
5. GAOY UV Gel Polish 3269
6. Iridescent Holographic Chrome Powder
7. OPI Chrome Effects No-Cleanse Top Coat
8. DND Daisy No-Cleanse Top Gel 600

🪄 The Technique:
Three coats of GAOY 3269. First coat cured without the magnet; second and third coats magnetized and cured individually. Removed the inhibition layer with alcohol, rubbed in the chrome powder, and sealed with both top coats.

✨ Almond-shaped, multidimensional, and unapologetically extra!

🎶 Nicole Kidman — ADÉLA

#ChromeNails #CatEyeNails #nicolekidman #adela #boston taken in Top of the World by @thegallab

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DON’T BE RIDICULOUS. EVERYONE WANTS THIS. 💅🏽✨

I went for a smoky cat-eye moment and somehow ended up with this tortoiseshell-esque, moody little masterpiece 🤎🖤 The way the light hits these is actually hypnotic.

Layered with:
• MOROVAN Dehydrator + Acid-Free Primer
• Builder Gel
• DND 500 Base Gel
• Double Rhythm MC1375 — 1 coat, no magnet
• Double Rhythm MC1232 — 2 coats, magnetized ✨
• DND 600 Top Gel

Basically: dark, dimensional, glossy, and very much giving autumn after dark. 🍂🖤

#FallNails #AutumnNails #CatEyeNails #NailInspo #TheDevilWearsPrada taken in Boston, Massachusetts by @thegallab

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20 days ago

A little color for fall, but make it moody 💙🍂

I wanted to step outside of my usual neutrals without going too bright, and this dusty blue felt like the perfect September shade.

And yes !! these are my natural nails underneath! No builder gel, no overlay, just regular gel polish on the natural nail 💅🏽

Products used:
✨ MOROVAN Nail Prep Dehydrator
✨ MOROVAN Acid-Free Primer
✨ DND 500 Base Gel
✨ DND DC32 “Goodie Bag”
✨ DND 600 Top Gel — No Cleanser Needed

Sometimes the natural nails just need a little fall wardrobe change. 💙🍁

#NaturalNails #GelManicure #DNDGel #lanadelrey #fallnails by @thegallab

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25 days ago

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2 months ago

💅🏼 DIY Gel Mani featuring OPI GelColor in Miami Beet 🫜❤️‍🔥 🫜

The recipe:
✨ Morovan Nail Prep Dehydrator
✨ Morovan Acid-Free Primer
✨ Cuccio Universal Soak-Off Base
✨ Cuccio LED/UV Brush-On Builder Gel with Calcium (for extra strength 💪)
✨ DND #500 Base Gel
✨ Two coats of OPI GelColor in Miami Beet ❤️
✨ Sealed with DND #600 No-Cleanse Top Gel

Worth every minute. Now let’s see if I can go a week without staring at my own nails. 🤭🍓🫜💅🏼 taken in South End by @thegallab

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3 months ago

🪐✨ baby, imma star.. ✨🩶

Serving silver velvet cat-eye realness and catching light from every angle. The kind of nails that make you stop mid-scroll just to stare. 💫 🌠

Products used:
✨ Morovan Nail Prep Dehydrator
✨ Morovan Acid-Free Primer
✨ Cuccio Universal Soak-Off Base Gel
✨ Cuccio Builder Soak-Off Gel with Calcium
✨ DND Base Gel #500
✨ Double Rhythm Cat Eye Gel MC1019 (2 coats + magnet effect)
✨ DND Top Gel #600 (No Cleanser Needed)

Which angle is your favorite? 🌟

#TheGalLab #Star #TaioCruz CatEyeNails SilverNails VelvetNails StructuredGel BuilderGel Cuccio Morovan DNDGel DoubleRhythm NailGrowthJourney NailInspo GelNails AlmondNails by @thegallab

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5 months ago

You’re not seeing things… that shift is real 🖤👽🩶

A deep, midnight blue that moves with you—magnetic, liquid, almost unreal. One angle it’s black. The next, it catches the light and pulls you in.

And the best part?
These are her REAL nails.
No tips. No extensions. No shortcuts.

Just meticulous prep, structure, and controlled placement of cat-eye pigment—finished with subtle evil eye accents for protection + energy. 🪬🧿🪬

This is soft luxury with intention.

Products used:
• Morovan Nail Prep (Dehydrate + Acid-Free Primer)
• DND Base Gel – 500
• Double Rhythm Cat Eye Gel – MC1044 (dark blue)
• DND Top Gel – 600 (no cleanse)

#cateyenails #magneticnails #nailtech #gelnails #naturalnails taken in OUTER SPACE by @thegallab

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6 months ago

Serving protection and precision 🧿✨
Evil eye, but make it luxury.

Hand-painted details + magnetic depth = nails that don’t just look good… they block energy too.

Not your average set. This is intention, artistry, and a little bit of “don’t play with me.”

🧿💙 #EvilEyeNails #NailArt #GelManicure #CatEyeNails #ProtectYourEnergy by @thegallab

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7 months ago

Products used: DND Gel Polish in “Cloud Castle” + Aurora Chrome Powder + OPI Chrome Effects Top Coat. Finished with DND Base & Top Coat on natural nails (no tips/no builder gel) 🤍💅🏼 by @thegallab

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7 months ago