Cat eye nails in lavender! So pretty. My nail prep on the day I do my nails: 1. Don't get hands wet for at least 1 hour before doing them. 2. Do them before bed so I'm less likely to get them wet. 3. Push back cuticles. I cut unruly areas and use a file to buff the nail bed/buff out cuticles on nail. 4. Rubbing alcohol on nails. 5. Have 2 boxes of DT nails with wide nails. Choose the right sizes for both hands beforehand. 6. Thin, even layer on nail bed and on press on. 7. Hold for 60 seconds and slowly work possible bubbles out. I think where I'm going wrong is that I *was not* concentrating on how thin the layer of glue and I *was not* doing 60 seconds, instead only 30. If those changes don't help, I'll try different nail glue. I'm on day 4 with these nails and I've had 3 pop offs so far.

Nora Lea Calla posted on 03/22/2026 3:00 PM

Cat eye nails in lavender! So pretty. My nail prep on the day I do my nails: 1. Don't get hands wet for at least 1 hour before doing them. 2. Do them before bed so I'm less likely to get them wet. 3. Push back cuticles. I cut unruly areas and use a file to buff the nail bed/buff out cuticles on nail. 4. Rubbing alcohol on nails. 5. Have 2 boxes of DT nails with wide nails. Choose the right sizes for both hands beforehand. 6. Thin, even layer on nail bed and on press on. 7. Hold for 60 seconds and slowly work possible bubbles out. I think where I'm going wrong is that I *was not* concentrating on how thin the layer of glue and I *was not* doing 60 seconds, instead only 30. If those changes don't help, I'll try different nail glue. I'm on day 4 with these nails and I've had 3 pop offs so far.

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