Did my manicure around 10am Sunday. I prepped, removed my cuticles with cuticle softener, buffed my nails and then added a rubber base coat from orly. 3 coats of a Essie gel couture polish and finished off with a Sally Hansen top coat. I used VERY thin layers. I was watching tv and I made sure to give PLENTY of time for each layer to dry. afterwards my nails seemed fully dry and were hard. I did things like normal without babying them. this includes doing dishes, taking a shower, cooking and building an ikea dresser lol. no scuffs, chips or dents. went to sleep around 11:30 pm and woke up to sheet marks. what’s happening here!?? how are they not dry enough?
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I think u must change the top coat. I use one that dries fast and gives the gel effect.
Which SH top coat? It seems like it is interacting with the polish ingredients poorly.
I would switch to Sally Hansen insta-dri top coat (in the red bottle) and apply in between your layers while still somewhat wet. It will help cure the layers underneath and again on top.
I used to get these bedsheet marks hours after polishing but since switching to qdtc it’s been a game changer!
This is my unpopular opinion. Same. I never used to get this when I used the SH insta dri clearly quick. However that doesn”t penetrate the layers to dry as it’s a clear coat not a top coat, so had a big problem with magnetic dispersion. So I swapped to the most popular recommendation – Cuticulla limitless, that did just this and didn’t seem to be dry enough to do anything 2 hours later. So I tried Essie speed setter, that did just this. Seemed dry but crinkled over night. So I then tried SH in a red bottle, that dries everything really fast, locks in magnetic pigments, really happy. Until I go to sleep.
Honest truth is I’ve given up. I admit this is going to happen. I put a Essie gel couture top coat on the next day which gets rid of the crinkles. I used to do this before with Essie gel setter for a plump gel like look but I can’t find that anywhere any more.
Some people says it depends on your body and they swear by all the things I have tried. I’m at a loss.
This seems like a chemical reaction. Paints have solvents in them and sometimes those solvers don’t play well with other paints and basically disrupt the hardener/catalyst of one another making them soft. Something in one of the three products used is reacting with one of the others. The reaction may take time which is why they get soft later. I had this with a top coat and I don’t remember which one.
Try the same manicure without top coat and see how it goes the next day, if the same result try without the color until you eliminate which one is causing it.
Looks like a chemistry issue. I was having something similar and narrowed it down to my base coat. Changed the base coat, did the same manicure again, it was rock hard within an hour with no sheet marks the next day.
This is my own unpopular opinion, but I think it’s a good idea to have a bottle of base and top coat from each brand of polish you own for troubleshooting purposes. If nothing else is working then match formulas, since you know that those products have been tested together.
I think one of your layers needs thinner. Could be the base even.
Hmmm I never ever have this problem, been hang seche vite for over a decade. It takes a tiny bit of getting used to the correct amount to apply but overall it’s my go to!
Also try a different base coat.
I tend to only experience this with certain nail polishes, like essy, some OPI formulas, and some sally hansen formulas. It could be worth using all quick try products, or switching up the brands you use
Is your polish really old? It might need a thinner added – that often happens with mine that are a few years old.
lots of good advice so i have nothing to add but how wonderful that color looks on your nails! the shape is great also. best of luck on your next application!