Wear your armor proudly with Armor builder and strengthening gel. This semi-hard gel formula provides strength and resilience to your natural nail gel manicure. It can also be used to encapsulate and protect your designs. Ways we love to use Armor Builder Gel: 1. Use over your favorite gel base coat to build structure (the technical term is apex) and strengthen your natural nail mani. This method is best for brittle, thin, or naturally harder nails. 2. Use in a thin layer over Flex Base Gel to reinforce your structured soft gel mani. This method is best for soft or bendy natural nails. 3. Use in a thin layer to protect all over chrome looks for extended wear. 4. Use in a thicker layer to encapsulate sequins, stickers, or chunkier glitters. Armor Builder Gel is not a base gel and does not adhere to the bare natural nail. Colored gel can be applied directly over Armor Gel once cured. If using Armor Gel as a reinforcement over the natural nail, top coat is not necessary. Apply Armor Gel over a cured base coat, cure for 60 seconds, then wipe off the tacky layer with at least 70% isopropyl alcohol or gel cleanser. Your ultra-shiny, structured mani is ready to wear! Cure in UV/LED lamp with a power rating of at least 72W for 30-60 seconds depending on thickness of application. Minimal heat spikes should occur. In the occurrence of heat spikes, remove hand from lamp for 3-5 seconds before continuing with curing cycle. Weight: 15mL/0.5oz per bottle