Say goodbye to chipped nail varnish with this easy hack . If you've ever tried painting your nails at home with some basic nail varnish, you'll know the pain that comes with noticing it's chipped five minutes later. What's more, you also have to contend with sitting completely still and not moving your hands for what feels like hours, or else you'll get bumps and dents in the polish because it's not completely dry.
One woman shared a genius trick online that means you never have to worry about messing up your nail varnish ever again. And all you need is a cup of cold water, as well as ice cubes, so the hack is basically free. In a video on TikTok, Kate ( @8kateee ) said she doesn't know how anyone gets "normal" nail varnish to look "halfway decent" without using the hack, which she dubbed the "ice trick".
She said: "Some of you don't know the ice trick when doing your nails and I actually have no idea how you're getting normal polish to look halfway decent. It's my favourite girl hack of all time, so let me show you." Kate explained she begins by painting her nails as normal, and then waits around "30 seconds" for the coat of varnish to start to dry.
She insisted you don't need to wait until the polish is fully dry, but it cannot be "dripping wet". Then, once she'd painted two coats on her nails, she took a cup of cold water and ice and plunged her freshly painted nails in. She said: "You just need a cup of ice water and you're going to stick your nails in there for as long a.