Manicure with gel polish

A beautiful, bright, and most importantly, durable manicure is what many women dream of. But often the coating peels off the nails within two or three days. But it was like that before. Now everyone has the opportunity to perform a manicure with gel polish, which will allow you to create a bright, beautiful and very resistant nail art of nails to your taste.

Nail manicure using gel polish is becoming more and more popular every day. It allows you to make a beautiful, lasting manicure even on your own at home. In addition, unlike nail extensions or acrylic coatings, gel polish is safer for the nail structure. The variety of shades, the possibility of drawing a picture or rhinestones on top of this coating make it possible to create a manicure for every taste and occasion.

Being the opposite of standard varnishes and acrylic coatings, this tool not only does not injure nails, but also helps to strengthen them and enhance growth.Therefore, this type of nail art is ideal for women with thin and brittle nails.

Also, such a coating will be the best choice for those who love a bright and beautiful manicure, but cannot or do not want to do it on their own every day. The unique formula of this tool allows it to keep the brightness of colors, their shine and safety on the nails for more than 14 days. Therefore, this nail design is perfect for those who go on vacation or on a long business trip.

The process of covering the nails with it is not difficult, but it can become completely impossible due to the lack of necessary tools. Therefore, before proceeding directly to the manicure, you should purchase all the necessary attributes in advance.

Those who decide to try to do a manicure with gel polish on their own need to stock up on the necessary equipment, and first of all, this applies to special ultraviolet lamps. There are two types of such lamps on sale - UV and LED. For beginners, it is best to give preference to the first option, as it has a lower cost and is easier to operate.

You will also need special files of various sizes and a special file for grinding the nail plate - buff. In addition to the gel polish itself of various shades, you will also need a special base and fixer. Particular attention must be paid to ensure that these two products are designed specifically for gel coating, those used for nail extensions are not suitable.After using them, the gel polish begins to crack after a few hours. In extreme cases, you can cover the gel with an ordinary colorless varnish, but in this case you should not count on the long-term durability of the manicure.

First of all, you need to undergo special training. It is the preparation for further work that plays an important role. Not only its appearance and durability, but also the opinion of you as a specialist depends on how well the manicure will be performed.

This can be done both at specialized courses and by asking a good specialist to show you a master class. It is even better to periodically take private lessons, so you can avoid many problems in your work and, if necessary, immediately get competent help. By itself, the instruction for working with gel polish is very simple, all the steps are accessible, understandable and detailed, but it’s better to see once than read or hear several times.

A simple coating of gel polish nails of one color quickly gets boring. Therefore, it is recommended to constantly improve your professionalism.The easiest way is to purchase special stickers, rhinestones and stencils to create drawings and patterns.

Experienced manicurists strongly recommend that all beginners, even those who plan to do gel polish exclusively for themselves, create a portfolio of their work. This will allow you to visually see the progress of your activities or see some errors.

But you can learn how to qualitatively, beautifully, correctly and accurately cover your nails with gel polish only by practicing regularly. Therefore, first of all, it is necessary to understand in detail how to properly paint nails with gel polish at home on your own.

There are two ways to do a manicure with your own hands, without leaving the walls of the house. They differ in the materials used and the type of lamp. In the first case, to perform a manicure, you will need a file, a buff, a base and a top coat, a UV lama, a gel polish of the desired shade, a degreaser and a disinfectant. In the second case, similar tools are used, but a primer is also added to them, and the UV lamp is replaced with an LED lamp.

The instruction of the first method contains the following steps:

1. Sawing the edge of the nail to give it the necessary even shape and removing the keratin layer from its surface using a regular file and a buff file. It is necessary to use the buff with caution, it is enough to make only a few movements with this tool to remove shine from the surface of the nails. This is necessary for better bonding of the coating with the nail.
2. Then you need to trim the cuticle, using special tweezers.
3. Degreasing of the nail bed is a mandatory step in a manicure with gel polish.
4. After that, the surface of the nail bed is covered with a special helium base. It is best to apply it on each finger and dry it in a lamp. In UV, the drying time is two minutes.
5. After that, a thin layer of the selected shade of gel polish is applied to the dried nails. Pay special attention that the first layer should be translucent. We also recommend applying it to each finger in turn, and each next one needs to be painted after the previous one has dried.
6. We apply a second layer of gel polish, which should be much thicker than the first. We also dry the tips of the fingers in a UV lamp.
7. In conclusion, a top coat must be applied to all nails, which should also cover the end of the nails. It should also dry completely under ultraviolet rays. After the time has elapsed, the sticky layer from the nail is removed with a disinfectant.

If we talk about the second way to perform a manicure at home, then the sequence of actions is similar to the above method. The difference lies in two things:

• After degreasing the nail bed, a primer is first applied to it, which is dried in a lamp, and only after that the base for gel polish is applied. Further manicure technique is also performed step by step, as in the first method.
• Unlike an ultraviolet lamp, the LED lamp allows you to dry the coating not in two minutes, but in just 15-20 seconds., which can significantly reduce the time of the procedure.

Although in the first version of the manicure, an LED lamp can also be used. It all depends on financial capabilities and personal preferences.The technology for performing a manicure with gel polish does not imply the mandatory use of a primer. But experienced craftsmen say that it is this tool that allows you to extend the life of a manicure and has a positive effect on nails.

Performing a manicure in stages, you can add some of your changes. So, for example, before applying the top coat, you can decorate your nails with colored threads, rhinestones or any pattern. At the same time, it must be remembered that additional decorations can be applied only after the gel polish has dried in the lamp.

When making a manicure with gel polish, you need to pay special attention to the accuracy of applying all types of coatings to the nails. It is worthwhile to carefully monitor that the gel polish or fixative does not get on the skin rollers around the nails and cuticles. Firstly, they can provoke the appearance of irritation or an allergic reaction, and secondly, such a manicure will look untidy and careless.

How to make a gel polish manicure at home, see the video below.

This type of nail polish cannot be removed in the same way as regular nail polish. Some masters remove it from the nails with a file, that is, they cut it off, like an acrylic coating or extended nails. But this is absolutely wrong. Firstly, it is a waste of time, and secondly, such a procedure can significantly damage the nails.

To remove gel polish from the surface of the nails, you can use a special cleaning solution, which can be purchased immediately with the gel. And you can use ordinary nail polish remover, but on condition that it contains acetone in its composition.

The discs are abundantly moistened in the selected solution and tightly applied to the fingertips, and wrapped with foil on top. In this position, the hands are on average 20 minutes. If a special agent was used, then the time of its exposure to gel polish is 15 minutes. If you used ordinary nail polish remover, then it must be left on the nails for half an hour.

Then the foil with cotton wool is removed from the fingertips. The nail covering under them should swell and rise above the surface of the nail itself. Using an orange stick, gently lift it to the end and move it to the edge of the nail, then completely remove it. Under the influence of the liquid, the varnish turns into a thin film, which is easily and simply removed from the surface of the nail without injuring it.

After removing the gel polish, you need to let your nails rest for at least a couple of days. It is best to make special herbal baths or baths with sea salt, this will help them recover faster after the procedure.

Using gel polish, you can create a manicure in any style and color. And in order not to have to rack your brains and look for the most suitable options, we have prepared 3 gel polish nail design master classes for you. Among them, you will definitely be able to choose the most suitable option for yourself.

The first master class will help you create the most elegant and popular French manicure of all time. You can choose not only the classic colors for this design, but also any other to your taste.

1. Prepare a lamp, a buff, a nail file, a primer, a primer, a base, a gel polish of two selected shades, a fixer, a disinfectant, cotton pads and special strips for a French manicure.
2. We file the edges of the nails and treat their surface with a buff.
3. We apply a primer in one layer and send the nails to the lamp for 2 minutes or 10 seconds, it all depends on its type.
4. We cover the entire surface of the nails, including the end, with a base for gel polish, and apply a primer on the tips of the nails with a thin layer. We send the nails in turn into the lamp for a similar period of time.
5. We apply gel polish of the base shade in two layers over the entire length of the nails. Do not forget that the second layer can be applied only after the first has dried.
6. We glue special stripes to the nails, with which we limit the painting area with the second shade. We paint over the tips of the nails with a second, darker color, again in two layers, each time sending our hands into the lamp.
7. In conclusion, we cover all the nails with a fixative, dry them in a lamp and remove the sticky layer with a disinfectant.

3 ways to apply French manicure with gel polish, see the video below.

Lovers of rhinestones and sequins should definitely like quilted manicure. And how to do it yourself, the following master class will tell you:

• Prepare rhinestones, special super glue, light-colored gel polish, degreaser, foundation, fixative, lamp, nail floss, file and buff.
• Prepare your nails for coating with the same tools, as in the previous master class.
• Apply a layer of base on the nails and send it to the lamp for 30 seconds or one minute.
• We remove the sticky layer and spread the manicure thread over the entire surface of the nails in the desired order.
• Apply two layers of the selected gel polish in succession to the entire surface of the nail. Drying each of them for two minutes or 30 seconds in the lamp.
• We remove the threads from the nail and apply small drops of glue to its surface where it is planned to apply rhinestones.
• We put decorations on super glue, pressing them lightly.
• In conclusion, we apply a fixer and send the nails to dry for another two minutes.

How to make a quilted manicure with gel polish, see the video below.

The so-called partial manicure is also very popular. It lies in the fact that 3-4 nails on the hand are painted with gel polish of one tone, and the rest are decorated at will - you can use stickers, you can create any pattern or borrow elements of a quilted manicure. This nail art is very easy to make.

1. Prepare a lamp, a file, a buff, a degreaser, a fixer, a base, a primer, a gel polish, stickers with patterns, a disinfector.
2. Prepare your nails for the procedure, as in the previous two cases.
3. After degreasing the nails, apply a primer on them and send them to the lamp for 2 minutes. When performing this manicure, each layer of the product should be dried for two minutes or 30 seconds in a lamp.
4. Apply the base under the gel polish on all nails and dry.
5. Next, apply gel polish to all nails, except for the ring finger on one hand, as well as the little finger and middle finger on the other hand. Dry in a lamp.
6. Glue prepared stickers to unpainted nails. They can be color, black and white, with the image of flowers and so on. It all depends on your taste. We cover all the nails with a fixative and send it to the lamp.
7. Remove the sticky layer with a disinfectant.

The technique of applying a slider sticker in a manicure with gel polish is in the video below.

A manicure using gel polish can be anything: bright and inconspicuous, classic and rebellious, but one thing cannot be taken away from it - it is durability, color brightness and ease of execution.