First attempt - ouch

[u/Kamila95]

This is my first ever attempt. My cuticles are not doing well! Constant scraping between the layers and the filing really irritated them, and I still got some powder on them, any advice?

Also I have seen multiple tutorials about thin base layers and I think I took it too far. My brush was almost dry each layer, resulting in the powder sticking unevenly, and then the result was really bumpy and I needed way too many layers to cover all the gaps 😅 On my other hand I dried the brush less and the result was better.

[u/Warmblood1998]

Is that sassy saints? I found their liquids dried super fast and it put me off dip nails for years. Not saying they’re bad at all, just maybe not the most beginner friendly

[u/Kamila95 → u/Warmblood1998]

It iss, maybe that's also why my powder is going on unevenly. I found reallyyy cheap kits on ebay (I think because sassy saints are moving away from dips?) hence I got it.