Can You Put Acrylic Over Nail Polish

Yes you can use a gel polish on top of another gel polish.

Can you put acrylic over nail polish. I do it on a lot of my clients and use a uv top coat on top. You can use any Normal polish over acrylics the polish will last until the next app. Today we are going to explore whether you should use acrylic paint or nail polish for nail art.

Joined Nov 16 2011 Messages 782 Reaction score 0 Location ingatestone. As an example a French. This type of polish provides you with a nice sheen that looks just like your natural nail did but it is a little bit thicker and does not feel as hard as natural acrylics.

When applying acrylic nails it is important that the natural nail is clean and dry with polish removed first. Apply 3-4 strokes of basecoat. Its finally time to put on nail polish.

You can mix various colors of nail polish to create a custom color You can mix water based acrylic paints to create a custom color and then apply it on top of a nail polish base coat and top it with a good top coat to seal it in But you cannot mix. I love this idea because you get those fine lines and very tiny dots some designs have with no problems. An acrylic overlay creates a thin protective coating on the natural nails that make them stronger and help nail polish stay up to two weeks.

As Joy mentioned I believe that the strip will not stay on a broken nail. Gel nails can be applied right over the nail bed or applied to the nail tip to extend it. A good acetone-free nail polish remover is OPI Acetone-Free Nail Polish Remover which you can find on lookfantastic.

You can use this over your regular nail polish and base or simply with the acrylic paint you used as the color. So lets chat about that and answer all of your questions. For best application look you might find that your nail polish can be applied more evenly if you start applying them from the nailbed areas and drag it to the tip in one smooth stroke.