does not work as well as i would hope [SEP] left little areas on the side of the nail that were raised when i painted on top of the moo mess rather than pulling of the excess nail polish i would not recommend this except if you are doing the dabbing ombre nail art i think it would work okay for that but if you are trying to avoid getting a bunch of nail polish on your fingers because you are not good at painting your nails i would look to other products