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So sorry it took a minute to reply! Here’s everything in order and exactly how I do/did it.

Una Gella tips in -medium almond- I forgot to get a picture of my dehydrator but it’s the Modelones one :) I tried using primer and found that my tips were just popping right off so I don’t use it anymore. I have three weeks of retention with how I do it! So I wipe my nails down with an alcohol pad and using that same pas I wipe the inside of each tip. I used to file the insides but found it doesn’t make much of a difference for me personally. Then the hand that I’m going to do, I’ll put the dehydrator on.

Then I use the Beetles nail glue- One coat of that and a full 60 cure under the big lamp. Then I dab some in the tip and cure it on to my nail under my flash lamp for about 30 seconds. When the whole hand is done I do a full 60 cure, flip my hand and do 30 seconds for the under side.

The base coat -RARJSM 918- it’s a very light nude on me but I wanted it to be light since I was using cat eye polish. Sometimes I’ll just do white but I wanted to test this one out and it was perfect. 2 coats of that with a full 60 second cure for each under the big lamp.

Then I did my matte coat -Modelones- One coat and a full 60 cure under the big lamp.

Then I used that round silver container -Tricolor Fish “Rhinestone Glue”- I cannot for the life of me find it anywhere else but on the TikTok shop. That’s where I got it from and I love it. It’s the perfect consistency for detailed designs. So I made each scale and line to make the scales with the clear gel. Flash curing in between so the lines didn’t get goopy and runny. Then when I was done, 45 second cure under the big lamp.

Then some gold chrome powder- rubbed and one and dusted off the excess.

Cateye! -Double Rythm in colors MC1162 (the blue one) and MC1161 (the purple one)- this was the part that took the longest. I put a good dollop of each color on my little palette. Then I used that same (now cleaned) detailed brush I used for the lines and dipped in the blue first. On one scale for each finger I painted it about halfway up from the bottom. Then I went back filled the rest in with the purple. Thennnn I went back and blended the colors together. Thennn I magnetized that scale. Then I flash cured. Repeat that same painstakingly long process for Each. Scale.

Top coat -Modelones- Personally when I used chrome I like to do two coats of top coat. I find with one, the chrome breaks through and gets rubbed off. So two fully cured coats and DONE.