Gelish dark colours

[Welshbeauty33]

Hey geeks I'm just starting out with gelish.
I was just wounding I used the colour plum and done (on my self luckily) and it toke me like 5 thin layers to get it be opaque and not patchy.
Is this normal ? Are my layers too thin ? I don't want be putting my clients hand in my led lamp more then is needed .
Thanks

 

[Bronstar]

Are you making sure you give it a good stir before use?