Hey laqueristas,
I love the shade Aim to Breeze by KBShimmer. The only thing is is that it is a VERY slow drying jelly polish. Jelly polish is best in layered coats, so I'm just trying to find a good technique to be able to use this beauty successfully.
I wanted to know if anyone has any experience using this specific shade and how to avoid dents in supposed to already be cured nail polish.
I used ILNP lockup base coat, 4 thin coats of Aim to Breeze, about 25 min in between each coat. Topped off with KBShimmer fast drying polish Clearly on Top.
by thesmidkidofficial
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You might be using too many coats. What does it look like after three coats?
Edit: I don’t bother drying in between layers. The quick dry top coat re-wets all the layers anyway, so all I was doing is adding time to my mani.
I have this shade (mine is almost two years old and i’ve never added thinner). I also use ilnp lockup and then do two medium-thick coats of Aim To Breeze with less than one minute of dry time between them, and then use glisten and glow top coat with zero denting after an hour. I think using two coats instead of 4 might help even if they are a bit thicker! good luck 🙂
In case you would prefer a cream formulation for the opacity, Emily de Molly have a polish that is VERY similar, but full coverage 💜
I know you didn’t ask for a cream dupe but I thought I would mention it just in case you are finding a jelly too sheer. You could always use the opaque as a base and the jelly on top, so you’ll have the closest mani possible to this level of opacity without needing so many layers?
Anyway, I hope this might help, I think this colour looks beautiful on you!
Pic is from the EmD website.
https://preview.redd.it/xuvgg4bc9hjg1.jpeg?width=1439&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f405abf455eefe3deb30e6dbfa2f4ef179d27085