Gel topcoat over regular nail polish

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Essie's chubby cheeks with RCM base and top!!! I'm looking for this dupe in sog!!

Girls, I am so ready for warmer weather even if its still in the 30s outside!!! At least my feet are summery indoors lol!!
 

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Ok trying this out: around noon today I did layer of seche vite base coat , 1 layer of orly liquid vinyl black, 1 layer of baby it's coal outside, 1 layer of seche vite top coat. Now at 9pm (so should be rock dry) I am going to put gelish top coat. I cured for 6mins lol in cnd light uv. Prob did not need that long but want to be safe as I am not repainting black ! It's so messy to take off. I did big toe and wiped off sticky layer with gelish cleanser and so far so good. Nice and shiny !
 
Caninoce said:
Ok trying this out: around noon today I did layer of seche vite base coat , 1 layer of orly liquid vinyl black, 1 layer of baby it's coal outside, 1 layer of seche vite top coat. Now at 9pm (so should be rock dry) I am going to put gelish top coat. I cured for 6mins lol in cnd light uv. Prob did not need that long but want to be safe as I am not repainting black ! It's so messy to take off. I did big toe and wiped off sticky layer with gelish cleanser and so far so good. Nice and shiny !

You don't need to cure any longer than usual. Your just going to risk over curing.

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I have done this twice now, I did it first last saturday when I applied 2 coats of Die another day followed by 2 coats of The man with the golden gun and put a coat of Orly gel over the top, I cured it with the LED lamp that came with the Orly kit, I am on a keyboard all day and this lasted beautifully until I took it off last night, today I did 3 coats of Living daylights with the Orly top coat. this is great for me as I can still use all my normal polishes but they last MUCH longer!:D
 
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