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: a lightweight overcoat
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Examples of topcoat in a Sentence
threw on a wool topcoat and headed out into the snow
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The rest of the manicure follows the typical process of base coat (though many Russian manicures use a specific base coat), color, and topcoat.
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 3 July 2024
This barely-there tinted topcoat is just the thing to be natural with a bit of oomph.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 24 June 2024
Ishizu started by swirling together the shades Morning Sighs, In the Navy, and Royal Stamp with a clear base for a marbled effect, then applied a gel topcoat.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 June 2024
To create the color-fading gradients, the process goes like this: airbrush a gradient, pop nail under the UV light to cure, apply stencil, airbrush different gradient, cure, peel, topcoat, and cure, voilá.
—Rosa Jisoo Pyo, Vogue, 11 June 2024
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 3 July 2024
This barely-there tinted topcoat is just the thing to be natural with a bit of oomph.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 24 June 2024
Ishizu started by swirling together the shades Morning Sighs, In the Navy, and Royal Stamp with a clear base for a marbled effect, then applied a gel topcoat.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 June 2024
To create the color-fading gradients, the process goes like this: airbrush a gradient, pop nail under the UV light to cure, apply stencil, airbrush different gradient, cure, peel, topcoat, and cure, voilá.
—Rosa Jisoo Pyo, Vogue, 11 June 2024
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topcoat
noun
top·coat
ˈtäp-ˌkōt 
: a lightweight overcoat
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