How long does gel polish last on nails

A well-groomed appearance is the “calling card” of a modern business woman. Perfect nails are a part of this image, but there is not enough time for daily care of them. A busy work schedule leaves no time for careful nail design; on the other hand, a woman of our time is a universal specialist who is needed both at work and at home. Love for cleanliness leads to the fact that ordinary varnish loses its attractiveness after 2-3 days. You have to do a new manicure, but it again takes precious time to dry each layer, and nail polish removers dry out the nail plate with frequent use.

A revolution in the field of decorative cosmetology was the appearance of gel polish, the unique composition of which guarantees ease of use, durability and a great look. This tool combines all the advantages of conventional varnish (shine, wide color palette, ease of use) and gel, which ensures the durability of the varnish and the absence of a strong odor.

The revolutionary gel polish formula includes a composition of polymers that is present in the modeling gel. They provide reliable adhesion of the varnish layer to the surface of the nail plate.Once applying gel polish on your nails, you get a perfect coating for a long time that does not lose its shine, does not form chips and has shades for any, even the most demanding, taste. How often you have to update your manicure will depend largely on you.

Subject to all the rules, the manufacturers of this product guarantee its perfect appearance within 14 days after application. Some companies, such as CND, OPI and Gelish, claim that the formulas they have developed do not lose their attractiveness within 3 weeks. Lovers of a beautiful manicure, having tried to do it with an experienced master in the salon, are happy to confirm that such a coating can remain flawless even longer. There are factors that determine the degree of durability of gel polish. Some of them are related to the professionalism of the manicurist and the use of special equipment that allows the varnish to dry faster.

Reviews of women who used high-quality gel polish indicate that a particularly resistant coating can be preserved without deformation for longer than 2 weeks, but here a problem arises: the nails grow during this time and a strip of the nail plate without varnish becomes visible, which creates the impression of sloppiness . You can contrive and extend the life of the nail design by painting over the white crescent with matching varnish. But you can give your nails a rest for 1-2 weeks, after which you can please yourself with a new, not yet boring shade.

Women are often interested in whether there is a difference in the durability of a manicure on the hands and feet.In fact, gel polish on the legs lasts longer than 2-3 weeks, because it is less exposed to aggressive substances (for example, cleaning agents and solvents), less mechanically injured. However, you should ask yourself if you really need to keep nail polish on your nails for a whole month.

Many reasons affect the durability of a manicure, a third of which is related to the individual characteristics of the nails, a third to the quality of the procedure performed, and the last third to how you treat your hands.

No matter how good a professionally selected gel polish is, you need to understand that it contains many chemical compounds that are unfriendly to the nail plate. On depleted, damaged or diseased nails, such a manicure will not hold. Therefore, you should not worry about this, but take all measures to strengthen the nails.

Supporters of the natural healing of the body in their diet should include more healthy foods that are sources of calcium, vitamins A and E, polyunsaturated acids. These are our old friends - dairy products (especially cottage cheese), linseed and olive oils, seeds, nuts, oatmeal, millet, chickpeas, beans, seafood.

Sometimes women, saving money or time, keep gel polish longer than the recommended 14 days, after which the polish has to be removed “by force”, and this injures the nail plate. The longer the gel polish remains on the nails, the stronger it fuses with them, and standard nail polish removal procedures will be powerless. Many clients are dissatisfied with the fact that the master literally rips off the coating from the nail plates, but it is not his fault, but the one who overexposed the gel polish.

If the gel polish is applied incorrectly, then it will not last long. When carrying out this cosmetic procedure, a number of mistakes should be avoided. So, the coating will be deformed if:

• the nail plate was poorly cleaned;
• a wet manicure was done;
• the gloss was not removed from the nail plate, and she herself was not treated with a dehydrator;
• foundation was applied too thin;
• the coating layers were not sufficiently exposed to the lamp;
• instead of three thin layers, the master applied one thick one;
• the materials used (primer, base, gel polish) turned out to be incompatible, since they were produced by different manufacturers;
• an old product was used, approaching the end of its expiration date; in this case, the varnish is applied too thickly, and a microscopic cavity forms between it and the nail, which leads to peeling of the coating;
• the master forgot to treat the ends of the nail plates with a transparent coating, which will make them smooth and complete, saving them from bumps and chips.

You should try to save a professionally made manicure, so cleaning and washing dishes should be done only with durable rubber gloves. You should not acquaint freshly painted nails with solvents, cleaners and other aggressive liquids.No one wants to see chips, cracks and stains appear on a beautiful expensive manicure, so that it loses its luster and fails its owner in a business or festive situation.

Within 24 hours after applying the gel polish, the polymerization process, which is responsible for the adhesion strength of the coating to the surface of the nail, should be completed. Since the nail plate is a living matter, it is able to absorb and retain moisture, which changes the size of the nail. Dried gel polish is not flexible enough to stretch or shrink with the base.

When all the processes in the gel polish are completed, it will painlessly endure external influences, as was laid down in the technology of its production.

Since we already know that gel polish can lead to depletion of the nail plate, let's take care of our nails and hands after beauty. A daily hand massage with a nourishing cream will benefit both the skin and nails, helping to nourish them and improve blood circulation in the hands. Nails will love the cuticle cream with lanolin, which must be rubbed daily into the base of the nail plate.

Now there are many materials on the market that have proven themselves both among professionals and among clients. A high-quality gel polish should have all the advantages expected from professional nail services. The choice of a particular brand depends both on the taste and needs of the consumer, and on the financial component. Among the popular brands are the products of Lacomchir and LAQ.

lacomchir produces high-quality professional materials that are characterized by rich color, durability up to 2-3 weeks, uniform application and easy removal. The products of this company are gaining popularity due to a pleasant price-quality ratio, a wide range of colors (more than 160 bright shades), and convenience for home use. The proposed materials do not harm the nail plate and do not cause allergic reactions.

British company products LAQ is positioned as a unique combination of durability, saturation of shades, economy and the absence of harmful components (for example, toluene) in the composition of the varnish. At the same time, the company guarantees instant drying of the coating on natural nails, which makes their products in demand primarily by home manicure masters.

First stage preparation for the procedure is quite traditional. Need gently push back cuticles, remove excess skin, clean the surface of the nail plate from traces of dirt and grease. If the nail is exfoliated, it must be carefully trimmed with a nail file. In this case, it is necessary to avoid wet manicure, since the absorbed moisture will later lead to the appearance of blisters on the surface of the varnish coating.

At the second stage, a special primer is applied, which serves as a more reliable adhesion of the varnish to the surface of the nail. The primer is safe for the nail plate and acts as a kind of primer that strengthens weak nails. It is also used to treat the end of the nail plate.

The third step requires a lot of patience, since now you need to apply several layers and give each one time to dry.. First, the master thinly applies a base gel that provides a strong bond between the keratin that makes up the nails and the synthetic gel.It also prevents the coloring pigment from penetrating into the deeper layers of the nail plate. Gel polish is applied over the base in two or three thin layers, very carefully, bypassing the side ridges and cuticles. The last layer applied is a special finishing gel. When it dries completely, the upper dispersion layer is removed with a special tool, which gives the manicure a salon-like shine and moisturizes the nail plate.

After application, each layer must dry completely. For this procedure, ultraviolet or LED lamps are used. Under the influence of light rays, the gel polish adheres firmly to the previous layer due to the polymerization process.

Professionals use special equipment that must match the brand of decorative coating. Most often used:

• UV lamps with a power of 36 W, which dry the coating in 40 seconds, however, due to their dimensions, such equipment is more suitable for beauty salons;
• nine-watt UV lamps, which are slower, 1.5 to 3 minutes, but less bulky and good for home use;
• LED lamps - more economical than ultraviolet, but no less effective.

The first 2 layers of gel polish should be dried for at least 2-3 minutes under nine-watt UV lamps (40 seconds under LED or UV lamps at 36 W), the last, third layer - one and a half minutes (under a UV lamp at 9 W) or 40 sec. under LED or powerful UV lamps.

Professional lamps significantly speed up the drying process, and if all deadlines are met, your fresh varnish will not be afraid of contact with any objects.

The secret to caring for gel polished nails is to respect yourself and the work done by the master. To keep the beauty of nails, you need to follow a few extremely simple rules:

• fresh manicure can not be wetted after applying gel polish 2-3 hours; at this time, molecular bonds continue to form between the keratin of the nails and the components of the gel coating;
• even the most durable nail coating does not withstand mechanical damage and exposure to solvents, so cleaning and repairs are done only with rubber gloves;
• nails, especially after gel polish treatment and drying, require moisturizing and nourishment, therefore, every day we delight them with a cream with lanolin;
• don't forget about ourselves take complex vitamins with minerals, we lean on foods rich in calcium, silicon, biotin.

It is important to understand not only how to properly handle a glitter gel coat, but also how it should be removed. High-quality gel polishes are distinguished, among other things, by their ease of removal, but you need to know when to stop and not overdo the polish. After 3 weeks, it will be more difficult to remove it than a week earlier. Proper removal of the gel coating is important precisely because nails are easy to ruin, and the next visit to the salon will be postponed until better times, until the nail plate is strengthened.

So, we take 5 lumps of cotton wool, moisten them abundantly with gel polish remover, put the lump on the nail plate, wrap each finger with foil and leave everything in this position for 15 minutes. It is also important here not to overexpose the liquid for longer than the recommended time. We remove the foil, remove the cotton wool, and the remnants of the varnish, without any extra effort, clean off with an orange stick. After this procedure, hands should be thoroughly washed in warm water, washing off the remaining product.

The final touch is the use of a nourishing cream, preferably with lanolin. It should be carefully rubbed into the base of the nail plate, and then spread over the skin of the hands. It's not a bad idea to use a special cuticle oil, which is equally good for nails.

To maintain the health of nails, they need to be allowed to rest after a manicure, especially with the use of gel polish, which often adversely affects the condition of the nail plate. For a while, you can abandon the nail design or use regular varnish. During these "holidays" it is useful for hands to do restorative baths with sea salt, not forgetting about nourishing and moisturizing creams and protecting nails from household cleaners.

The process of removing gel polish is described in the video below.

It happens that with all the efforts, the designer coating of the nails gives slack and chips appear, the varnish begins to wear off at the tips. Nail service in the salon is an expensive procedure, and doing a manicure again is really a shame. Inventive fashionistas know how to deal with this disaster.If the gel coating is a little peeled off, you can stick glitter on the tips, which will be both economical and original. An attempt to independently paint over the deformed places with a varnish of a suitable tone is not always justified, since it does not improve either the appearance or the condition of the nails in the end.

Positive reviews are evenly distributed among the representatives of the top ten manufacturers of products for the nail service. The winners of the palm are such companies as CND, OPI, Gelish, Kodi, RuNail, PNB, Bluesky, Canni, Lacomchir, LAQ. The products of these companies meet all the requirements that apply to premium quality products:

• at least 3 weeks of guaranteed durability of the coating;
• dense non-spreading varnish consistency;
• comfortable brush;
• easy removal of the gel coating in 15 minutes;
• popular colors;
• color density;
• absence of harmful components and unpleasant odor;
• acceptable price;
• optimum vial size.

At the same time, if European and American brands (such as Gelish, CND, Kodi, PNB, LAQ) set the tone in this market sector, then Russian and Chinese manufacturers RuNail, Bluesky, Lacomchir, being budget options, are almost more popular.

The quality of their products is not inferior to their Western counterparts, and the availability and the widest range allow us to consider them as quite friendly brands to consumers.