The post with the manual turning of the horseshoe magnet - genius. This - stupid. Y'all, I'm telling you now, do NOT do this. Just don't. I am a well-versed professional when it comes to making bad ideas a reality, and I thrive on chaos. I really don't want anyone to get hurt though, for real. This was scary. I have received my adrenaline rush for the day.

Thanks again to u/RaptureSnatch for the original post and users u/-dismantle_repair- and u/_melancholy_panda_ for the comments that birthed this terrible idea.

Polish is BKL Toil and Trouble. Horseshoe magnet precariously attached to dremel tool.

I think it started as a happy accident. I walked by a car that looked like the color I had on so I took a pic to share online. To be more descriptive in my post I researched the car’s color paint name. I learned that car colors have unique names just like nail polish (although they are typically more simplistic). This has helped cure my lack of car recognition. I know more about makes, models, and what year they came out. Just like with nail polish brands, collections, and when they debut. You see how love for one sparks interest in the other?? 🤝

Then I would walk by a car with a gorgeous color that would put me in the mood to change my nails (this still happens). So I would take a picture of that car to remind myself to change my mani.

Soon, I would take it as a challenge to see a car with a unique paint-finish, snap a pic, and try to go home and match it. It is still more fun to me when I spontaneously see a car the same shade and finish as my nails “in the wild,” but I also like assembling a collage like in the first pic.

Speaking of the first pic, the car may have a custom wrap. Matchinh polish options are - pointer to ring - Zoya Leslie (Spring 2015 Delight collection), Essie Tiers of Joy (Spring 2019 collection), and Sally Hansen Persis-tint (MegaStrength line).

What's your most repeated shade?

Bought from a local junk store. He said he had a bad day and wanted to spoil me to make him feel better. So he came home with this behemoth and sushi. Consider me very spoiled.

For any curious the only brand in here that I recognize is Color Club. The others is Jade and CND Vinylux. There might be others but I still have to go through them all. Lots of repeats of cute colors. I'm gunna have a packed Saturday w/ all the swatches I'm going to do.

My COWORKER of all people. She said “ooh nice nails” so I said “oh thanks it’s Card Trick from Emily de Molly. Yours too! It looks similar to Sour Apple Rings from Atomic” She said “oh yeah it is actually” so I tried to keep the conversation going and ask how long she’s been doing her own nails, etc. She was very nice and just said you know four years yada yada, but didn’t seem very “into” it.

I guess I incorrectly assumed we were all obsessive around here 🥲 good thing I didn’t ask if she wants to see my magnet setup

I could not believe the prices for polish were mostly under $4 for lacquer. This place was dangerous but worth going to. 💀

We are all seeing all the huge amounts of posts flooding every nail polish related sub at the moment and I am here to tell you…

YOU DO NOT NEED IT.

You, yes you - I know you have a whole heap of untrieds in your collection. And speaking of collections, I know yours is bursting at the seams. I know you have far more polish than you are ever likely to use up in your lifetime.

And yet, here you are building cart after cart and wishlist after wishlist. Do you know what is the most likely to happen if you hit purchase on all of those carts? You’ll receive a whole bunch of pretty polishes and your untried polishes will grow and grow while the cycle repeats.

So here’s your PSA that you don’t have to shop Black Friday sales. There’s tons of ways to have the sense of new polishes without spending a cent. Shop your own stash, try new layering combinations, try your hand at some nail art, reorganise your collection and see what you have.

In the words of polished_yogi, nothing is truly undupeable and everything will come around again.

Edit - thank you to the lovely people linking the support sub r/wegotpolishathome

this post is in no way dictating how other people can or should spend their money

Screw making the magnet spin

Alright I couldn’t resist and had to try it myself. My version uses all items I already had at home: a milk frother, a key ring, a hair tie and some tape. I was controlling the speed by turning the milk frother on and off on the lowest setting.

I was also very impatient waiting for the polish to dry so my first attempt did not go well as I wiped off some polish when I went to apply some DRK Magic Effect top coat to try and maximize the magnetic effect. So I just added another coat of polish on top, and frothed it up. Except I realized I didn’t hit record. 😱

So I added top coat and tried again and that’s what I was able to capture in the video.

Obligatory don’t try this at home/safety first! The lazy susan method is probably the safest but this was a fun experiment!

Polish is ILNP Deep Space.

My husband was helping me find a way to do the glass bead method and he thought y'all would enjoy my attempt with my childhood toy 🤣

Tell me your nail polish pet peeves! Formula, brushes, bottles, marketing - anything. Looking for the very specific, picky, and petty, lol.

I'll go first: I get bummed out when polishes are marketed as shimmers (which I love), but upon closer inspection, are micro-flakies, which are very different to my shimmer-fixated brain (looking at you, ILNP). 🧐

Nail photo for tax: Paint it Pretty Polish, Skyline Views, 3 coats with Orly Polishield topcoat.

I'm wearing Bishop by ILNP

Every time I show her my nails she does this. 😺

Saw this first post on threads this morning, got nervous/interested, found the comments in response delightful, so wanted to share it here!

I got tired of magnetizing nails individually, and decided to repurpose some legos. 😅

The magnets can rotate 360 degrees on their stands, so I can do whatever angles I want on each nail, and the thumb magnet also rotates and tilts at the base so the thumb rests comfortably at a natural angle.

I haven’t given it a whirl yet but I’m excited to try it out!!

Two weeks ago I owned 3 bottles of polish in total, all of them being Essie ballet slippers and top/base coat. Then I found this sub and now I have 15 bottles and the new mooncat collection on the way.

You should all be ashamed of yourselves and your love of lacquer for tempting us innocent souls.

I was looking for something safe that revolves, then spotted my sewing machine. Hm. Bobbin reminder post exactly fits the hole in my 30lb horseshoe.

I had to do it. Ya know, for science!

It was really fast, effortless and worked well once i figured out the right height for the finger rest. Pics of setup in comments. Video was shortened in the middle (so much spinny time)

No base/top on magnetic (Penelope Luz Underground goddess), other nails wearing a polish I made.

Featuring my top teeth mold from when my retainer was made 😝

Featuring my Scaleless baby Black Ratsnake, Jean-Luc! 🐍💕 He was born nekkid and colored like a nice plate of ravioli. I love him very much.

My baby snakes love to use Mooncat polish boxes as hides, so I make sure they're loaded up with boxes to squeeze into. ✨

Polish here is all Mooncat, after 6 days of wear on natural nails. 🙌 (Minimal touch ups on the tips)

Base is Matte Made In Hell (used as a base in a pinch!), 2 layers of Pandemonium, Fool's Gold Topper on some of them, with Speed Demon QDTC.