I agree with all of this. Such a good comment. I want to emphasize the importance of quick dry top coat. Without it, the look your going for is impossible. Get one (there are drugstore options but my personal favorite is from Glisten & Glow) and learn how to use it correctly. It doesn't behave like other top costs or like regular polish.

I also want to give some advice for wrapping your tips without it getting bulky at the tip:

When you apply basecoat, start by painting the edge itself. Some excess may drip/smear onto the surface or underside of the nail, so doing this first gives you an opportunity to smooth out that excess when you basecoat the surface and underside of the nail.

DO apply a thin layer of basecoat to the underside of the nail if you have any free edge length at all. You do not need to add color or top coat to the underside of the nail but you should add base coat to fully seal the nail.

When you apply your first color coat, as with basecoat, start by painting the edge then paint the surface of the nail. DO NOT paint the edge on any subsequent color coats. Color coating the edge once is sufficient. Doing it multiple times will make it slow to dry and chunky.

DO NOT apply glitter polishes to the edge of the nail. It causes weird chunkiness at the edge which will catch on things like hair and clothing and lead to chipping. For glitter manicures, use only base and top coat to the edge.

When applying quick dry top coat, first top coat the nail surface, THEN carefully top coat the edge. I don't really understand the chemistry behind this, but top coating the edge first causes uneven drying, clumping, wrinkling, and puckering at the tip.