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Dr. Michelle Wong
Cosmetic Chemist

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Dry Fast Top Coat
$7.75

I like this top coat because it dries very quickly. It takes about 5 minutes to set reasonably solidly. If you bump your nails while they’re not quite dry, you can use this to smooth them back out. Also, if you didn’t apply the nail polish very well, it evens it out and makes it look very professional afterwards.

You should apply it before your underneath layer is completely dry; otherwise, it doesn’t work quite as well. Also, you need to apply it to the very edge of your fingernails as well. If your polish does chip, then it tends to chip very badly and peel off very quickly. But for me, the fact that it looks so nice kind of counteracts that.

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