How to FLOAT Nail Polish for a Streak-Free Mani! 

I love the way you get to the point fast. No useless chatting.

You have no idea how glad l am that l found you! Thank you for teaching me how to float! I only ever use pale, sheer pinks - Essie Fairy Tailor & Opi Bubble Bath are two of my favourites but the Opi is incredibly streaky, so this method has saved me a lot of disappointment! Thank you ❤

Gorgeous Any suggestions for extremely dry winter hands?

Nice job

How long do I have to wait for the nails to dry after the floated coat? And after the final top coat?

The missing link- floating the polish🙃🙌🏾♥️

This works wonders when I have short nails..But when I try on long nails it goes streaky again...Any hacks for that Plss pin!

I just tried this method and it works! No more layering a million coats of polish and no more streaky nails for me! Thank you 😊

8:30 pm What was your drying time for the float coat? Mine stays soft for so long (hours). It’s hard to not scuff them. Any recommendations?

I've been doing nails for a long time and have been struggling with this forever. I never understood what people meant when they say to "float" the polish but you've explained it. Whenever I paint the second coat, I always get a dimple in the middle because I think my brush is pushing into the first layer of paint. Hopefully you can make more vids to break this down even more. I still don't get how you can fan the brush out without touch the nail.

Huh, I've never heard of this technique before!

I don’t understand how anyone has the patience for normal nail polish now that gel polish exist 😂 I can’t. Gel is cheap and fast!

Really would like to know, how to cap my nails, when my nails are short. Love watching your videos. Another question I would like to know, How do I get soft skin around my nails? They are very calloused around my nails, on both sides.

Okay this makes sense! Thanks for the tips! I tried doing my nails with pastel colours for spring but couldn't avoid streaks.

Thank you! I love wearing light colors but it's the most frustrating to paint bc of the streaking!! I'm going to attempt the floating!😁

Thanks SO MUCH...I'm so glad I found your channel. I didn't understand why the deep colors I loved so much were so horribly streaky!!!

Thank you so much Amanda!! This is so helpful! Thank you again for making this video because it rlly helped me. When I would apply my light polishes it would always come out streaky like you said but this method is very promising and I’m so thankful you posted this!! Thank you so much it was so helpful ❤❤ have a great new years everyone and love you Amanda!!

I’ve been trying to combat this for years! I gave up a long time ago and gave into salon, manicures or silicone nails with polish. I can’t afford to do that right now so I’m gonna try to do it myself using your suggestions. I will let you know how it goes!

I just had to float today lol, I'm now waiting for the increased drying time to be over. Darn neon colors, they can also get very streaky, and I made the mistake of not applying a white base, I do think that helps the coverage with certain colors. I still would have had to float the color anyway though, unless it streaked less on top of the white polish. Floated polish does look beautiful, no doubt, but it's definitely longer drying time, and for me anyway, a bit more nerve-wracking because it's so easy to smudge it. It can absolutely be worth the wait, I occasionally get asked if my polish is gel, and it's usually with a floated polish.

So helpful! I've not heard of this before. I'm excited to give it a try!

Huh, I just was doing it completely wrong. I’m a swimmer, is there any way to stop chipping and peeling in the water? Having my lilac nails look nice is pretty euphoric gender wise :)

How long do you usually let your coats dry, especially the thicker one? I feel like I never wait long enough but idk how long to wait!

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Sure but part of buying a sheer color is for it to look sheer not opaque

As for request I would love to see more of nail care routine including hands. Also more nail supplies recommendations I absolutely love your walmart and dollar tree videos. Also it would be good something for people starting to take care of their nails like nail bitters or people with damaged nails from acrylic. Like all the simple steps and basic nails supplies to start Also more about filing different shapes on natural nails and how to get them even. I always struggle with this because I want them even but some nails are just smaller like in the pinky. Also would love to see all your nails tools and stuff and how you organize all of that. And when spring comes cute pedicure designs I mean like something simple but beautiful. I like to see more tips for growing and maintening long nails and also it would be cool if you documented your nails as they grow every week and then see like 1, 2 etc month growth Also I would like to see more simples designs maybe a video trying a stamper I mean simple stuff I know you don't really do that much of nail art. But like french with a twist, using glitter, dots, stuff like that. Love your videos thanks so much and happy new year Amanda💜

Happy New Year Amanda! Great video yes this used to happen to me, my mistake was doing something like the floating but in the first coat.. always ended in a disaster. Most recently started doing the base coat, first layer, second layer then the top coat all thin layers, I leave it like that even if it is streaky or traslucent then the next day I apply a no that thin layer but also not exactly what you did here, only focusing on the top of my nail not edges not behind I try to make it quick then once is dry I apply top coat. It has work for me but I know is just more work but personally I don't mind also the third day I like to add another layer of top coat only to make it last more and then I'm set for wearing that manicure for as long as I want. Since I use regular polish this works wonders for me. But also I would definetely try this technique thanks for sharing.

WOW! I have been looking for a tutorial on this! I love how you edited your video and got right to it. It's easy to follow and your descriptives are perfect! Going to try this tonight!

I am gonna try this. I have so many pretty light colors that just dont work with even two coats.

No base coat?

Do you know a way to do this with only 1 very thin layer? Going for a 1 coat french manicure look with a very powder pink. It looks great except for minor streaking. Considering attempting to mix with a small amt of remover in a separate cup.

I have been doing my own nails for decades and have recently came across this streaking issue with a water-based polish. A beautiful color from a great brand I have been using for four years so I want to make this work. I will be trying this float technique and hopefully it works. Thank you!

Def gonna try this I got the new sheer summer collection from apres and I must b doing something wrong because I get streaks so I know I’m doing something wrong !

I'm a guy so I have no idea what I'm talking about but I want my nails to be some kind of sparkly black. Do you think I could do it just like this with one of the sparkly coatings? Or is there something very important that I'm missing?

Tried doing this after the video, I've had to remove and redo 3 times cause it wasn't drying properly after such a thick appliance! Even after being super careful, not touching anything for 5 hrs, it still isn't dry, catched my fingerprint when I checked for dryness :( I just want to sport a simple white nail! 🥺

That unmarked top coat bottle makes me wonder 💭 I hope it’s yours. 😍

Looks great!!!! Wishing you a Happy New year!!!!! God bless!!! 🎉🎊✨

It works... On thing I'd like to learn how to do is: On the sides of my nails the nail goes deep into the skin. This makes getting polish on each side is not easy to do.. I try to press the skin on the sides away from the nail so I can get polish way down on the sides... I googled this type of nail. It is called the C-Curve. The curve of your fingernail is determined by the shape of your matrix.

Thanks for sharing. You have the cutest nails..❤❤

i will definitely try this

Ma’am!!! What’s that top coat 😏😏😏!!! 😍

Unfortunately this didn’t work for sheer polish

i thought this video was actually gonna teach me how to float

But when i do thick layers i get bubbles 😩

Thank you that was very helpful ♥️!

I love this! Do you use a fan to dry polish?

This method works real well.Thank you

The thing is when i applied on bigger nail like on the thumb finger, i always run out of polish mid layer, like it’s not enough to finish a whole layer. Idk what to do anymore, t’s so hard to get even layer 😭

How long to wait between two coats?

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It worked omg 😭😭

1:30-1:37: Top tip!

How long after the floating coat should you allow for drying though 😭

Thank you so much for this ❤

Someone with nice normal nails.

Good job trying this now!

Very good video! Nothing bugs me more than streaks. I will try this, thanks!