We take the temperature of the gel nail community about the pervasiveness of painful curing experiences, and also offer science-backed advice for how to ensure your clients don’t experience a gel nail heat spike.
You probably know the essential differences between the products and nails terms you use in the salon every day — like soft gel versus hard or LED light versus UV. But could you provide a clear explanation to a curious client? And what about those fuzzy terms that can mean different things to different people? Here's a terminology "cheat sheet" we hope will help keep us all on the same page.
Paola Ponce shows how to use soft gel to create a tip overlay.
This cover features LeChat’s translucent gel-polish line, Perception, giving the nails a stained glass appearance after curing.
Orly’s new GelFX Builder In A Bottle is a soak-off sculpting gel for nail extensions that comes in a bottle.
Christrio’s Diamond Gloss Gel Polish is made of natural resin, and requires no base coat, top coat, or cleansing.
Get imaginative with techniques used by the artists in the Thrill Seeker challenge (Week 7).
Learn about this “soak-offable" gel polish.
Every year for the past 14 years, nail professionals have cast their ballots to choose the best products the industry has to offer.
Acetone isn't the only ingredient to soak off products.
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