{"id":5831,"date":"2014-06-14T16:22:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T14:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/?p=5831"},"modified":"2016-05-05T22:16:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T18:16:23","slug":"how-to-do-an-at-home-nail-manicure-that-lasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonniegarner.com\/en\/2014\/06\/14\/how-to-do-an-at-home-nail-manicure-that-lasts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to do an at-home nail manicure that lasts?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If, like me, you are tired of redoing your manicure every 2 days, the following post will probably interest you…<\/span><\/h2>\n

Over the past few years, I’ve been\u00a0wearing\u00a0nail polish a lot and I love changing\u00a0colours.\u00a0The one thing I’d like to change, is\u00a0that my\u00a0manicures and the lovely varnish\u00a0I spend a long time putting on my nails, can\u00a0last<\/strong>\u00a0for more than 2 days…<\/p>\n

I see a lot of girls with chipped varnish on their nails, and\u00a0I’m a bit of a\u00a0maniac and obsessive, so\u00a0I just hate it! When I have a nail that\u00a0begins to chip, I don’t see anything else, it obsesses me. You know\u00a0that crazy chick lugging her nail-varnish bottle in her bag for touch-ups during the day just in case, well hello, that’s me<\/strong>!
\nIn Paris, my friends and\u00a0colleagues were very amused by this crazy tendency, but I confess, I find chipped nail polish very ugly, just saying!<\/p>\n

So I’ve been looking for the perfect top coat for a long time, but it is only recently that I realized some important things:<\/p>\n

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  1. The fast drying top coats are not supposed to improve the resistance of the nail varnish underneath. They speed up\u00a0 the drying process, that’s about all.<\/li>\n
  2. The ultra shiny top coats have a good formula to improve the shining effect and the resistance of the nail varnish, but they are terribly long to dry.<\/li>\n
  3. The top coats that are supposed to improve the resistance of the varnish, same thing, they\u00a0take forever to dry but they\u00a0are efficient. Some formulas are definitely better than others.<\/li>\n
  4. The drying drops are fantastic, they\u00a0resolve\u00a0the 2 types of problems mentioned above (2 & 3) and do not reduce how long\u00a0your\u00a0nail varnish lasts.<\/li>\n
  5. Applying very thin coats of a product definitely helps to obtain\u00a0a long-lasting manicure.<\/li>\n
  6. Some base coats can also improve the adhesion of the nail varnish.<\/li>\n
  7. If your nails are soft and\/or split, pretty much whatever you do, your\u00a0nail varnish won’t last very long anyway. Sad but true…<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So, what are the tricks for an\u00a0at-home nail manicure that\u00a0lasts, at least 2 or 3 days<\/span>?<\/h3>\n