Wrapping Tips

Wrapping the tips of your nails helps prevent shrinkage, can lengthen wear-time, and delays tip-wear. Wrapping the tips involves using the tip of the polish brush (holding a minimal amount of nail polish) to swipe the free-edge of the nail, so that the tip of the nail is covered. This should be done with base coat, nail color, and topcoat. Wrapping tips can leave a small raised edge at the tip of the nail with nail color (not base coat, which is thin or topcoat, which is self-leveling), so it is typical to do one coat of nail color, wrap the tips, and then follow with another coat of nail color to even everything out.

Links

 * Visual Demonstration of Wrapping Tips Technique (All Lacquered Up)