I Went To The Biggest Indie Nail Polish Convention - Polish and Beauty Expo 2025 🤠💅 Recap & Vlog

Hello my children!

Today I’m sharing my experience at Polish & Beauty Expo 2025! This was my first year attending and I had a ton of fun getting to meet and chat with so many different people ☺️ This is an annual convention held in the Chicagoland area where indie polish makers, beauty brands, and polish lovers come together for workshops and shopping.

Beyond the shopping this was an amazing time, as I got to make new friends, connect with folks that I’ve only known through social media, as well as meet some of y’all! Thank you so much to everyone who stopped me to say hello, or take a picture, it truly meant the world to me 🤠🖤

Now since I knew that I would end up spending a whole lot of money on polishes, Nail Husband and I stuck to free or inexpensive activities during the rest of our trip to Chicago, that vlog is coming soon, along with content on all the polishes that I got at PBE.

This is obviously a very different style of video than I typically make, but I wanted to give this a try for our Chicago/PBE trip, and was heavily influenced by how @safiya makes videos.

Also apologies for the inconsistent audio levels throughout this video, this is my first time working with so many different audio sources, so I spent a bunch of time trying to equalize things as much as possible, but I know I need more practice on that 😅

So, let me know what y'all think of this kind of video!

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00:00 Intro + What Is PBE?
01:30 Arriving at PBE
03:33 Entering the Convention Space
04:43 What A Foul Woman (collab with Mediocre Manis)
06:40 Scoping Out Polishes
08:32 Interview with Nikki from Glitter Unique
12:05 Press Hour Wrap-Up
12:56 Convention Floor Opened for VIP Ticket Holders
14:48 Interview with Tyler from Tyler’s Trinkets
19:01 Convention Floor Opened for General Admission
20:55 Taking a Break To Admire My Bounty So Far
23:08 Chatting and Trading with Julie The Polish Pirate
26:30 Going Back to The Floor For More Polish
28:33 Interview with Jill from Prism Parade
34:33 Back at the Hotel with My Haul
36:27 How Much I Spent at PBE
38:19 A Vulnerable Moment with NailDadddy + Reflecting on the Day
40:55 Reunited With Our Son (Blooper)

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