ILNP Lightwave – the lifespan on this stuff!

1x Sally Hansen Color Grip primer

2x ILNP Lightwave

1x Sally Hansen Insta-Dri TC (the red bottle!)

…aaaand 5 days later: 1x Zoya Naked Manicure Ultra Glossy Seal

I work in healthcare and wash/sanitize my hands frequently, plus I can't have chips, so manicures usually last a couple days for me, at most.

Somehow on day 5 this was still holding, totally perfect – I added that Zoya last night just because I really want it to last through tonight.

For reference, before this I had on ILNP Park Avenue, with the same base and top coat (minus the Zoya as we didn't make it far enough) and it was lifting and chipping like not even 24h later.

Magnet effect dispersed quite a bit, but I still love the look. Here's my magnet method for this, fwiw:

1) 1st coat, keep in horseshoe for 30sec, do all 10 nails this way.

2) 2nd coat, keep in horseshoe for 90sec, do one nail.

3) TC, keep in horseshoe for 60sec, do one nail.

4) repeat steps 2 and 3 for other nails, one at a time.