Do you mean while painting your nails? Well, the purpose of a base coat when painting your nails is to protect your nails from your nail color. Darker nail polish tends to stain your nails without a base coat and/or turn your nails yellow. No body wants stained nails lol
It's important to take care of your nails because they take care of the ends of your fingers, if we didn't have nails there'd be soft skin and nerves would be at risk from damage! -Nikki x
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Jun 02, 2012
Mady J.
I'm curious
Jun 03, 2012
Latia C.
Do you mean while painting your nails? Well, the purpose of a base coat when painting your nails is to protect your nails from your nail color. Darker nail polish tends to stain your nails without a base coat and/or turn your nails yellow. No body wants stained nails lol
Jun 07, 2012
Nikki D.
It's important to take care of your nails because they take care of the ends of your fingers, if we didn't have nails there'd be soft skin and nerves would be at risk from damage! -Nikki x