I paid $55 for a manicure with Dazzle Dry polish. My nails looked great, and I'm confident I could recreate the results at home for less.

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Gia shows disconnected  her nails with sparkly purple polish successful  beforehand   of the exterior of a nail salon.

I got a nonrecreational manicure with Dazzle Dry polish. Gia Yetikyel
  • I paid $55 for a professional manicure utilizing Dazzle Dry polish.
  • Dazzle Dry is simply a UV-free nail polish that's expected to past up to 14 days without chipping.
  • I was blessed with however the manicure held up implicit clip and could decidedly recreate the look astatine home.

Over the past year, I've tried tons of antithetic types of manicures, from professional press-ons to an at-home gel kit.

However, I'd heard a batch astir Dazzle Dry — the UV-free nail polish that's expected to past up to 14 days without chipping — but hadn't tried it myself.

As a gel polish enthusiast, a modular polish that lasts up to 2 weeks seemed excessively bully to beryllium true.

Dazzle Dry is antithetic than modular gel oregon lacquer polishes.

Two colors of Dazzle Dry polish, a instrumentality  of nail prep, and 2  bottles of wide   overgarment  connected  a table.

Dazzle Dry manicures dwell of 4 steps. Gia Yetikyel

Unlike modular gel polish, Dazzle Dry doesn't necessitate a UV lamp to cure the manicure.

Instead, Dazzle Dry considers itself a reinvented lacquer, advertizing that it has the benefits of long-lasting gel without the harsh chemicals oregon damaging removal.

The strategy consists of 4 steps, including nail prep, basal coat, polish, and apical coat.

I went to Lena Rose Beauty successful Chicago for a nonrecreational Dazzle Dry manicure.

Gia holds 2  tiny  bottles of Dazzle Dry polish successful  her hand.

I chose 2 colors for my Dazzle Dry manicure. Gia Yetikyel

Eager to effort the nail strategy for myself, I headed to Lena Rose Beauty successful Chicago for a nonrecreational mentation of the manicure.

After greeting my accustomed nail tech, Teresa "Tere" Rodriguez, I took a seat. I opted for a navy bluish shadiness and a sparkly purple color.

After removing my existing manicure, my nail tech applied a primer and wide basal overgarment to my nails.

Gia's nails with a overgarment  of wide   polish.

My nail tech utilized 2 coats of wide basal coat. Gia Yetikyel

After Rodriguez removed my Brazilian manicure, they worked connected my cuticles and applied the Dazzle Dry nail prep primer.

They followed up with 2 layers of the wide basal coat, which is expected to assistance the polish past longer.

The polish looked bully and dried quickly.

Gia's nails with sparkly purple nail polish.

The apical overgarment gave my nails a shiny look. Gia Yetikyel

Next, Rodriguez applied 2 layers of the heavy bluish shadiness I chose and 1 overgarment of the tiny purple sparkles. After waiting a fewer moments to guarantee my nails were dry, they finished with the apical furniture to springiness it a shiny look.

Rodriguez past flipped a five-minute hourglass to clip my drying process, and I was amazed to find that my manicure dried successful the expected timeframe without the assistance of sprays oregon a chill fan.

Once my nails were dry, Rodriguez utilized in-house assemblage lipid for a soothing manus massage. To wrapper up the relaxing process, they enveloped my hands successful a blistery towel and applied cuticle lipid to each nail.

The manicure took little than an hr and outgo $55, including taxation and tip.

After 2 weeks, my manicure looked amended than a regular polish set.

Gia's nails with grown-out sparkly purple polish.

My manicure held up nicely implicit 2 weeks. Gia Yetikyel

I was delighted by however good my nails fared aft 2 weeks. The nail maturation was evident, arsenic were a fewer expected chips, but I thought the Dazzle Dry polish held up much nicely than regular polish typically does.

Overall, I was blessed with the Dazzle Dry system.

Gia shows disconnected  her nails with sparkly purple polish successful  beforehand   of the exterior of a nail salon.

I was blessed with my Dazzle Dry manicure. Gia Yetikyel

At the extremity of the day, I was precise blessed with my Dazzle Dry manicure. The lone downside was that I didn't deliberation the polish looked similar a gel manicure, adjacent aft the summation of the shiny apical coat.

That said, aft seeing however casual the manicure was to execute, I'd decidedly put successful an at-home mini Dazzle Dry starter kit ($42) to prevention immoderate wealth connected aboriginal trips to the salon.

However, I deliberation a nonrecreational Dazzle Dry manicure each fewer months would beryllium worthy the splurge for the cautious cuticle cleanup and relaxing manus massage.

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