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How do you stop nail polish from bubbling?
  • Left BrainLeft Brain
    Chris says...
    I'm having a problem with nail polish bubbling, but not on every nail and some nails are worse than others. I prep the nails by wiping them down with alcohol after the hand massasge and also scrubbing them with the nail brush and soapy water, then i apply a basecoat , 2 color coats (OPI), topcoat (Out the door), it seems as the nails are drying the bubbles appear???
    Can anyone help her?
  • Anne
    Are you shaking the polish? This can cause the bubbles. Instead of shaking the bottles, slowly roll them in the palm of your hand to mix the polish.
  • PurpleRulesPurpleRules
    Keep the coats as thin as possible; three thin coats is better then two thick coats. Make sure you're not sitting in a draft when you apply your polish. Don't "work" the polish too much; the fewer brush strokes the better. This might mean getting polish on your cuticles but you can clean that up after with NP remover and a cuticle stick wrapped in cotton but there's nothing you can do about bubbles. If you're only using OPI, try a different brand. The older Revlons bubble on me but the newer ones (the big three free ones) don't. You may have better luck with a different brand.  I think that the reformulated OPIs are hit or miss. You might also try a different base coat.
  • Janis
    When I used to wear it, I recall that some ones would bubble no matter what, and some wouldn't. Revlon NEVER did -- by far, that's the best nail polish I've ever used back in the day.

    I think it just goes on in nice, thin coats -- the cheaper stuff was always too gloopy and thick.

    Nail polish seemed to fall into two categories for me -- the thick, cheap ones that bubbled and peeled, and the thin, cheap ones that were brittle and chipped off.

    Revlon was the best one, and was right in the middle -- thin enough to not bubble and dry smooth, and pliable enough not to chip if you so much as looked at it.

    OPI's supposedly pretty good, though; I've used it on my mom's nails with no problems ... hm.
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