I used to be a licensed nail tech, and the secret to not flood the nail is to place the blob of nail polish about 3 mm from the cuticle, wiggle the brush in place to slightly spread the bristles and then push the polish back to about 1 mm from the cuticle, and then pull forward to the tip. Your brush should be on a 45degree angle or less to your nail bed. Place your brush back up near the cuticle and swipe to the right to fill in the side and repeat on the left. 2nd coat will cover and streaks.

Me: has been doing my own nails for like six years, regularly gets compliments for them
Simply: uploads beginner tutorial for painting your nails
Me: ah yes, finally the video for me

My favorite cleanup technique is to paint them while being messy AF then when it is dry letting the polish on the skin flake off in the shower.

She really made slideshows, we love a good nail professor 😭

Cristine....can you PLEASEEEE ask your Holo Taco Website Wizards to implement the ability to build wish lists? Maybe I'm just an organizational freak, but having a digital list where I can see everything I still have to get would be super helpful (and probably make me spend more--just saying lol).

seeing Christine fix a smudged nail by licking her finger to smooth out the smudge made me feel like such a professional 😂 i randomly figured out years ago that doing that always fixes the problem 💅 🙌🏼

Just bough some stuff from holo taco and its the first time I have ever painted my own nails so this is very helpful! Thank you Cristine

Cristine, I have been an aggressive nail biter since I was about 6 years old (I’m now 30). I love your channel and recently bought some Holo Taco to support you, my partner promised that I could paint his toe nails (mine suck from years of a, now cured, fungal infection - yuck!). After I made my order, I realised that I had actually stopped biting most of my nails for long enough to have a small amount of length. I had tried to quit in the past with little long term success. Once I realised that I had stopped without trying, I was more motivated to keep some lengthy my order arrived a few weeks ago and I’m loving my new glass nail file and nail tool kit, and I’ve been painting my nails on my days off (I’m a nurse so can’t wear nail polish at work). I guess I just wanted to thank you, my nails have never looked so good.

And yes, my partner now has holo toe nails.

when i was in HS i was so insecure of my yellow nails so i would refuse to go without nail polish.. even if i didn’t have time to redo them. i would literally keep a bottle in my car in case i had to cover up any big chips 😂😂 so trash. cristine truly made me embrace the yellow back then! i really had no clue my signature red nail polish was staining my nails 😂 i just thought my nails weren’t breathing or something. fuckin idiot

and i must say after switching to holotaco base coats (not peely) the yellowing has significantly decreased over the past year!

Seriously, Cristine introduced me to ✨the cleanup brush✨ and it changed. My. Life. I don't know why I'd never thought of using a little brush and acetone to cleanup around my nails (probably cuz I hadn't really painted my nails before watching Simply😅) but it was an absolute game changer! Also the necessity of quick dry top coat

Needed this. I really thought that after years of watching simply, I am confident enough to apply my own polish.. LOL. It's harder than I though!!! 🤣

I honestly love seeing how much you enjoy these streams, even if there not convenient for my time but I like the highlights. Do what makes you happy!

I watched this video when it was first released as someone who hadn't painted my nails in many years. These tips made nail polish seem so accessible to me, so I gave it a try! Fast forward 7 months and now I'm a Holo Taco addict and I paint my nails twice a week 😆 I truly love this new hobby and it brings me a lot of joy. Thank you.

I stopped getting bedsheet imprints once I switched to Holo Taco. The difference in formula and dry time is like night and day when you compare it with drugstore brands

The downside of wrapping the tips I feel is that I can't scratch the way I could with a naked nail. So if I'm itchy, I would need to grab something to scratch instead of using my bare claws 😅

A good way to know when your top coat is all the way dry is by gently touching your nails to each other after the surface is dry to the touch. If they feel the slightest bit grabby with each other, you're not dry yet, and have the potential to dent or imprint your polish.

watching you from a young age has permanently altered my brain chemistry because now i’m obsessed with doing my own nails and now give myself lit gel manicures. thank you !!

im a man trying to learn how to paint my nails and this has been super helpful in figuring that out, thank you so much!

Was just about to struggle through another nail painting session 😭 now maybe I can SUCCEED

i like how she starts counting to make sure she does indeed have 10 fingers 😂 5:56