Nails
These Top Coats Will Give Your Nail Polish Lasting PowerNo lamp needed |
One of the no-skipping steps when it comes to at-home manicure or pedicure is a top coat. The final polish layer on lacquered nails, the purpose of the top coat is to ensure that the color underneath is sealed and, if the product is good, it will give the color and nails that lasting sheen we so often associate with salon-done nails. There is more to the top coat that the gloss, though; having sealed the color, it prevents premature chipping, fading and peeling. In other words, it allows us to wear our chosen nail polish for longer than one or two days, while keeping it looking fresh thus extending its wear.
When applying top coats, for best results, make sure that you've applied nail polish of your choosing in two thin coats (waiting for the first coat to dry before adding the next layer), and that the nails are fully dry before proceeding and finishing up with a top coat. We will introduce you to some awesome new ones and some firm, time-tested favorites, and each has something special and unique about it — whether the top coat works to mattify the nail color, to give high gloss, to dry within a minute, to multitask by strengthening weak nails, or is made from natural and clean ingredients or hemp seed oil, you can't go wrong picking either one of these — results and loves for them are in, so if you want to give your nails a break from a UV/LED lamp and not worry about your nail color chipping or scratching as quickly or easily, a quality top coat will be instrumental in providing exactly that.
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When applying top coats, for best results, make sure that you've applied nail polish of your choosing in two thin coats (waiting for the first coat to dry before adding the next layer), and that the nails are fully dry before proceeding and finishing up with a top coat. We will introduce you to some awesome new ones and some firm, time-tested favorites, and each has something special and unique about it — whether the top coat works to mattify the nail color, to give high gloss, to dry within a minute, to multitask by strengthening weak nails, or is made from natural and clean ingredients or hemp seed oil, you can't go wrong picking either one of these — results and loves for them are in, so if you want to give your nails a break from a UV/LED lamp and not worry about your nail color chipping or scratching as quickly or easily, a quality top coat will be instrumental in providing exactly that.
Image via Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty
SEE NEXT PAGE: Manucurist Green Sunshine Top Coat, $15