Clean nails with rubbing alcohol to remove any lotions or soaps

Use a file to buff nails a bit.

Apply base coat and cure each hand under the LED for 30 seconds. I use the bare minimum of light to be on the safer side, and it seems to work fine.

Apply color and cure for 30 seconds. If you're using a saturated color you probably want to do two coats, but to save polish, time, and money I just do one coat of my sparkly polish.

Apply top coat and cure for 30 seconds.