about us

Lights Lacquer is a 12-free, Vegan & Cruelty-free nail polish company founded in November of 2019 by beauty Youtuber and Influencer, Kathleenlights. Designed by a women-led team of creatives based in Miami Fl, Lights Lacquer is an ethical, performance-focused product, that embodies its pillars of Artistry, Nostalgia, Heritage, and Unique Color curation.Each unique shade is carefully curated by Kathleen drawing inspiration from her vast knowledge of makeup and color theory, the world around her, nostalgic references, and color stories she shares with her loyal followers, artists, and polish fanatics. Lights Lacquer shade selections are made to be as unique as you are.What makes Lights Lacquer polishes unique is its 12-free formula, meaning free of toxins like formaldehyde, toluene, DBP, camphor, formaldehyde resin, and xylene. Light lacquer polishes are also free of parabens, fragrances, phthalates, animal ingredients, ethyl tosylamide, and triphenyl phosphate. Lights Lacquer’s formula makes for a polish that is both safe and beautiful.Lights Lacquer: Creating your color story.

ABOUT THE FOUNDER / Kathleen Fuentes, better known as KathleenLights, is a popular beauty YouTube vlogger and influencer. Born to Cuban immigrant parents, Kathleen is a Miami native whose pride for her Cuban culture & roots runs deep. A proud Latina, Kathleen launched her YouTube channel on January 26, 2013, and today, she has over 4.1M subscribers.
Kathleen has catapulted herself into a brand in and of itself, with world-renown collaborations that include Friends the TV show, Briogeo, Morphe Brushes and more. In addition to being a successful vlogger and influencer, Kathleen is an incredibly creative businesswoman, launching several successful ventures including “Lights Lacquer”, a vegan and cruelty-free nail lacquer and “Lights the Label” a fun and unique variety of accessories, home and lifestyle items as well as a trendy apparel line, that draws inspiration from Kathleen’s Cuban culture and eclectic Miami roots.
Kathleen’s strong influence goes beyond her YouTube channel@KathleenLightsand extends to Instagram as well, where she has 2.1 Million followers. Kathleen has a combined reach of over 7.5M collectively, throughout her owned channels which include:@Kathleenlightson Instagram, @Lightslacquer, on Twitter, and@kathleenlightson TikTok.