How to apply gel nail polish?

Gel nail polishes are strong nail polishes that cure under a UV lamp or LED lamp according to the brand and the composition of the gel nail polish. This gel polishes apply as regular nail polish but they need a special base coat and top coat, and all the coat need to be cured.

Prepare your nail before apply a gel nail polish

Brush your nails with soap and water Push the cuticules with a cuticle pusher File your nails Apply Scrub Fresh or another deshydrator on your nail to balance the pH of the nail.

How to apply Shellac gel nail polish

Apply a thin coat of Shellac base coat and cure 10 secondes under a 36 Watt UV lamp Apply two thin coats of color gel nail polish and cure 2 minutes each coats Apply a generous coat of Shellac top coat and cure 2 minutes Wipe off sticky residues on the nails using a pad with 99% alcohol

How to apply Gelish gel nail polish

Apply the Gelish Foundation base and then cure under the LED lamp for 10 seconds or 1 minute under a UV lamp. Apply two coats of your favorite gel nail color, curing each coat for 30 seconds under an LED lamp or 2 minutes under a UV lamp. Apply the Gelish Top It Off finish and cure under the LED lamp for 30 seconds or 2 minutes under a UV lamp. Remove the sticky effect using a pad and the Nail Cleaner.

How to apply Creative Play gel polish

Apply a coat of Base Coat Creative Play UV Polish and cure under a lamp (UV – LED or universal) for 20 seconds. Apply 2 coats of your favorite Creative Play UV Polish color. Cure under a lamp (UV – LED or universal) for 1 minute at each coats. Apply a coat of Top Coat Creative Play UV Polish and cure under a lamp (UV – LED or universal) for 1 minute. Remove the sticky effect using a pad with 99% alcohol.

How to remove gel nail polish

Gel nail polishes can't be remove like a regular nail polish, they melt by soak off them in acetone. There is two way to remove soak off gel polish :

Soaking in acetone

Pour acetone into an acetone-resistant Nail Brush Jar with plastic brushes for fasten melting or a sponge jar

Nail Brush Jar with plastic brushes for fasten melting or a sponge jar Dip your fingers in the jar for about 10 minutes

Rubbing them often against the plastic brushes of the brush jar

Moisture your nails after soaking

Soaking with foil

Soaking with foil

Take 10 cotton ball and cut 10 pieces of foil

Completely dose a cotton ball in acetone

Wrap it around the nail with the piece of foil

Moisture your nails

What is the best UV or LED lamp for gel nail polish

The choice of the lamp depends on your frequency of use and the choice of gel polish.

If you are a nail technician, you will use different types of gel nail polishes and your lamp will be used a lot. We therefore recommend a hybric lamp that cure both UV gel and led gel polish.

If you use gel polishes for your personal use, a 36W UV lamp is perfect.

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