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THIS. Painting nails is like painting anything else - prep is 90% of the work. Note: I do not use a nail buffer at all until the end. I find that the surface becomes too smooth for polish to stick to, so I use it only for a finishing touch.
Here's my process:
My usual products:
KIKO strengthening base coat
essie polish
essie top coat
Rimmel 60 second super shine top coat
My black polish is quite cute, its essie Liquorice
EDIT: I finish with essie cuticle oil after everything has completely dried and hardened.
Also, another note: As stated above, capping the nail helps prevent chipping from the tips of the nails
EDIT 2: formatting
Saving this comment, thank you so much for all your tips!!
thanks for the advice! just got expressie 'now or never' a few days ago so I'll try this out
Thanks for this. Gotta step up my game apparently. haha