the results are just as terrible as I expected, so I won't take any pictures

I applied a second coat and now it's EVEN WORSE

@lizardsquid Did you say you haven't really painted your nails before?

@Fenreliania I've never done anything like this before

@lizardsquid You'll almost certainly get some "outside the lines" so don't worry too much, you can kinda peel the excess bits off when it dries. Excited to see how it looks :3

@Fenreliania the problem isn't really the outside bits, it's the insides:

@lizardsquid It takes a few coats, though you've gotta let them dry in between. Also I dunno if you know this method or not but it's what I do. I don't really do the undercoat thing, but I should probably start.

@Fenreliania that is, in fact, exactly what I did, except my shakey hands made it very difficult

@Fenreliania I'll go try with a second coat, though

@lizardsquid It definitely looks exactly how the first coat usually looks for me. Only real thick and powerful nail polish takes one coat really (usually stuff that's a bit TOO unwieldy)