Getting back in the game!

I’m going to start dipping my nails again and looking for advice on some questions…

• What are the best liquids I can buy from Amazon if I want to do a gel top coat? I was using Revel forever but the top coat always messed up my mani so I’m going to try a gel top coat this time around. The liquids I have currently are beetles and they’re not my favorite. • Do I need to do two rounds of activator if I’m using a gel top coat? Or just one layer activator, buff, then one layer of gel top coat? • How often are you wiping your brushes? I tried doing a mani using a dark color (Passion by Revel) and it got all over my Step 1 and 2 brushes. I wiped off the powder after each dip but it still saturated my brush so now it seems like I can’t use these liquids for a lighter powder color. And it’s chipping already hence why I don’t like these beetles liquids.

Thank you! ☺️