Beetles Dip Powder Nail Starter Kit - 7 Colors (Nude, Pink, Brown, White & Translucent) with Complete Accessories for DIY Manicure | Perfect for Home Nail Art, Salon Professionals & Gift Giving

Please see my picture. For being new to this I think they turned out pretty darn good. I just can’t afford the salon anymore. I’m 60 and I’m learning to do it for myself. So far i think this is a nice kit for the money.Please know for those new to this It’s not that hard but more time consuming and gets easier with practice. I wanted a French look and doing a dip at home alone in general to me takes a long time but French takes twice as long and a lot of patience. Just fyi to get my French look I put a thin layer of of base coat and then dipped in clear/translucent on the entire nail then painted the base coat only on the tip of my nail where I wanted the white to be (be careful to brush the base coat brush several times on the opening of the bottle to get excess off until you hardly have any left on the brush before you use on the tip of your nail make sure you don’t get any of the base coat underneath your nail tip.After putting thin layer only on the tip of my nail I dipped just the tip of my nail in white I did this 2 times (you can do it as many times you want to get the desired white you want but be aware it will make tip thicker the more times you do it but you can file down later to make them thinner and blend well with the rest of the nail). After I finished the tips I went back and did the entire nail again with the clear 2 times very thin coats. It’s only been 2 days so I can’t say how long it last without lifting. But all in all I really like my nails. I just which they would sell just clear and white dip kits not all the colors I’ll never use. I also used my own files I first used corse to file edges and top of nail if there where any part uneven per say or if the tip white was to thick I filed it down to meet the rest of my nail then I used a fine file to do the entire nail and sides and tip smoothing it out and then I buffed all my nails and then put the clear top coat. For some reason they don’t tell you to file the entire nail top, tip and sides to get desired shape and smoothness. But don’t be afraid to do this and when I was done filing and shaping I put another layer of the activator again and let dry for a few minutes then put clear top coat. Another hint is to make sure after you put the activator on your nails when you’re finish dipping make sure your nails are completely dry before you start to file. Hope this helps those who are new to this like me. Wishing beautiful nails to everyone!