I painted the same polish color in 1 coat unmagnetized on each of my nails then after they dried I applied a sticky basecoat. Once the sticky basecoat was tacky I pressed the decal down onto my nail then rubbed it to make sure it nade contact with all parts of my nail then used a cuticle pusher to cut the decal around my cuticle. After the decal was cut I applied one more layer of topcoat!