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Base and Top Coats for Flawless Manis💅🏻
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items All the base and top coats I currently have in my collection. I love combining base coats for a good foundation. Quick dry top coats followed by thicker gel finished ones are the best!
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Base Coats
Top Coats
Base Coats
Base coats are essential for a strong start to every manicure. Even if it’s just a plain clear polish! Here are some base coats I love!
This is my holy grail nail strengthener. My nails grow so fast while wearing this! They feel so rock strong after applying!
Hard To Resist Advanced Nail Strengthener - Essie
This is seriously a hydrating product. Such a good day to day base coat without being a treatment of sorts. I can actually see my nails become more hydrated after this dries!
Probelle Hydrating Base Coat
I switch between this and my Essie base coat. This is a super affordable option if I’m swatching a lot of polishes or will be switching my polish quickly. I believe it was only $5!
Nail-Aid 3 Day Growth Keratin Amino Acids Formula, 0.55 Fl Oz
Works to keep me from biting my nails when I’m really desperate to. IYKYK. The taste of this is so bad and lingers. However it will also transfer to other things so use utensils for everything!!
Ellie Chase Stop Nail Biting Polish 0.5oz
This will have your polish lasting DAYS without chips! It dries tacky so your color will GRIP and not chip!
Miracle Gel Color Grip Primer - Sally Hansen
Top Coats
All the top coats I have or have used and loved! Top coats are essential to a shiny, smudge free finish!
My HOLY GRAIL top coat. Gives a gel shine without being gel!! It has such a cool thickness that reminds me of gel and the shine is unreal!
Nail-Aid No Light Gel Nail Top Coat, 0.55 Fl. Oz.
My favorite quick dry top coat! Dries in legit minutes so I can go about my day and let it fully dry underneath!
Insta-Dri Anti-Chip Top Coat - Sally Hansen
Such a great gel effect top coat! Applies so smoothly and dries fairly quickly! The shine it gives is blinding!
Vive Instant Gel Effect Top Coat - Seche
This was the first gel-like top coat I ever used. It’s still amazing but I prefer the “no light gel top coat”. However I’d still give this one a try!! It’s not as thick but still have amazing shine!!
Nail-Aid Gel Xtreme Shine Top Coat, 0.55 fl oz