Polar Bear Style Yellow Neon Sunflower Nails
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The Trick to Neon Nail Polish

August 18, 2018

Neon nail polish is almost a summer staple (although it’s fun to wear in the winter as well). Unfortunately, applying neon nail polish often requires a very large number of coats. While I do own a few colors that are good to go in 2, most of them require 5 coats or more. This is not as terrible as it sounds since neon nail polish does dry quickly, but if you want to cut down this time and make the polish pop more, there is a shortcut. It’s as easy as painting a white base underneath your neon color. Following this, you’re usually done in 1-2 coats.

 

Polar Bear Style Yellow Neon Sunflower Nails

 

Polar Bear Style Yellow Neon Sunflower Nails

 

I don’t always use this trick because I sometimes like my neon manicure to be somewhat transparent, but it’s good to have options. And now you know and don’t have to curse the polish if you don’t want the transparent look.

 

Polar Bear Style Yellow Neon Sunflower Nails

 

Polar Bear Style Yellow Neon Sunflower Nails

 

Thank you for reading. Be kind. Be you.

 

If it speaks to you, I used:

China Glaze Strong Adhesion base coat, here

China Glaze Fast Forward top coat, here

Color Club ‘Volt of Light’ nail polish, similar here

Sunflower full nail decals, as part of a set here or similar here

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