Review (5/5): I love this stuff.
I personally use this with the nail dipping powder and it works great. Yes, the led light is needed. My nails have been done for 2 weeks and they can go another week. My nails are natural but in the pictures I also did apply a tip on a broken nail. I do maybe 4 or 5 dips and sometimes I use the DND,dip then Led and brush off the excess or sometimes I DND,led, then dip and brush off the excess. I find that when you dip before the led you get a thicker layer. Your nails are less likely to break when you have 4or5 layers verses 3 layers. Hope this makes sense to you Diy nail techs like myself.