This set has been living on the site since September and every time I look at it I think the same thing: it needed a video. 🍯🐝
Day 11 of the 365 Challenge is The Beez Neez. If you’ve already read the original Beez Neez post, you know the story behind this set, the honey drip details, the Winnie the Pooh character art, and the fall inspiration. This post is the process video companion to that. Now you get to actually watch it happen.
Honeycomb. Chrome. 3D honey drips. A hand-painted Pooh. All on long press-on tips and all absolutely worth your attention. 💅
The Set Breakdown
The honeycomb nails. Dark amber and gold base with a honeycomb texture painted across the surface, hand-painted bees, and chrome shimmer that makes the whole thing read like actual honey in sunlight. The chrome here is doing a lot of work, it shifts the look from craft to couture.
The Winnie the Pooh portrait nail. Full-body Pooh, freehand painted, on a soft neutral base with a 3D honey drip cascading from the tip. He is smiling. He is iconic. He earned the center nail spot and I will not be taking questions.
The Honey Pot nail. The classic Winnie the Pooh pot with a honey drip running down from the top. The contrast between the blue and the warm golden drip is everything. Opposites attract in the best way.
Total look: warm, golden, dimensional, and unmistakably fall. A set I was proud enough of to make it my Fall 2025 cover. Day 11 just gave it the video it always deserved.
On working with chrome and 3D together
Chrome and 3D in the same set sounds like a lot and it is, but the key is knowing which nails get this treatment. On this set the chrome and 3D lives on both the honeycomb nails to give them that liquid gold reflective quality and the accent and character nails so the dimension reads against a cleaner background. Having the two techniques across different nails keeps the set cohesive instead of chaotic.
For the chrome application, I used a black liner gel, cured tacky, then rubbed chrome powder with the eyeshadow sticks. For the 3D drips, I used builder gel to sculpt the drip shape and cured it in position. Getting a drip to look natural requires working quickly and letting gravity do some of the shaping before you cure.
Products Used
- Black Liner Gel from Amazon: Beetles Gel Liner Nail Art Polish Set
- Clear Builder Gel from Amazon: Ibd Hard Gel, Led/UV Builder Gel
- Detail Gel Paint From Amazon: Miss Pink Nail Gel Palette
