How to Make Your Nail Polish Last Longer–And It’s Not Just With Base and Top Coats!

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure (Mudslide)

You go through the trouble of painting your nails with a beautiful new shade of polish.  Naturally, you want your work to last as long as possible, which means brushing on a base coat and finishing your manicure with a top coat. But what if I told you there is one tiny step more than can further extend the life of those gorgeous looking nails?

The next time you are preparing to paint your nails, I hope that you will try this little tip because it will surprise you.   After you thoroughly clean your nails, you should wet a cotton ball with some vinegar (white or apple cider) and apply to your nails.  Allow the vinegar to dry first and then go ahead with your manicure.  

What happens is the vinegar dries out the nail surface exceptionally well so that the first coat adheres better, prolonging that manicure even further! 

How to Better Protect Your Polished Nails From Chipping!

I hate going through all the trouble of painting your nails with that basecoat, topping with two coats of gorgeous polish, and then sealing your work in with a final topcoat only to still chip a short time following that manicure.  However, I have an easy trick that really helps keep the nails from chipping longer.

What I am about to share doesn’t involve buying any new product.  Instead, you continue doing your manicure in the same way as I described above. The only thing you need to change is your technique when you are applying that topcoat.

Before you are ready to lock that bottle of topcoat away, take the brush and hold it parallel to the tip of the nail and paint some topcoat just a bit under the nail.  This extra bit of reinforcement does wonders in strengthening the protection of the topcoat.  

Just try this and be amazed at what a simple change makes in keeping your manicure intact longer!