Base coat and top coat: why they are essential to our manicures!

Published on 12/26/2024 16:12

We are told and we are told again: no manicure without protection! The base coat and the top coat play the bodyguards for our nails and protect the varnish from external aggressions. Decryption of these products which one must not do without!

The base coat or base of varnish: the first necessary step!

Apply directly a coat of your favorite varnish, just before going out, it's tempting. Yet it is the risk of ending up with unsightly and indelible tasks on the nails, even irritations! A simple base layer coat helps prevent these small inconveniences. Especially since the new generations of nail polish bases contain smoothing, moisturizing and hardening agents: a real rejuvenation for our nails!

The top coat: to protect and boost the nail polish!

The top coat is the final step of any applied manicure. A layer of clear varnish that will both prolong the holding of the nail polish, but also bring it a little extra touch: ultra glossy with top coats glossy, touch velvet with the top coats matte!

The darling of the redac: the top coat "dries quickly" which allows us to finalize our manicures in seconds!

Top coat, base coat: Can I trade them?

Unless you use a 2 in 1 product, you should not use a top coat instead of a base coat, and vice versa. Indeed today, these transparent varnishes have their own virtues. It would be a shame to use a top coat "dry quickly" on a naked nail and a moisturizing base on a varnish!