I literally let my toes dry through my entire full set, plus another 15 min to let me nails dry. So that's about an hour of drying, well somehow my nail polish was compeletly ruined when I took my shoes off. Then about an hour later, my nails should be dried, I'm trying a shirt on at the mall, and literally ALL of my nails were ruined! I was so upset. This review is solely on how much nail polish they apply. Other than that, my actual pedicure was great and relaxing and I like how the man did my nails. Maybe you should ask for gel if you go...