Thank you for your note Elaine. It was very helpful. I have been doing the things you just recommended and was wondering if I was taking too much time. I do not have any gel moving doing it this way. It is always nice to hear any and all information when you are using a product type that you are not truly familiar with. I am an acrylic girl, but would love to say I am both. :>) Again, thank you for your noticeably caring email to those who are having trouble with gel. Della Diver Kemp Indy
My heart is breaking reading this thread on Gels and the trouble many of you are having. I had to just speak up. What I am about to share definitely works with Star Nail Gel, I can't say it will work for any other brand. Here's a few tricks. First, if you feel like the gel is a little too runny and moves into the skin before you get the nail in the light, try keeping your gel in your refrigerator. Colder gel has the feeling of a thicker viscosity while warmer gel has the feeling of a thinner viscosity. Next, use a brush that is nylon and rounded (not square across the top). A good soft Nylon brush with a rounded shape will make life so much easier around the skin. Then, work THIN. What have you got to lose in doing more thin coats instead of one or two thick coats? Applying thick only means you'll have to chase your gel and do lots of filing in the end. Apply a very thin coat (like polishing a nail) and do three or four instead of one big goopy mess. Another trick...(this is where it def works for Star Nail and may not for another brand)....if you are just using clear gel as an overlay you do not REALLY need to cure three minutes each layer. One minute is enough to crisp that gel up so that your next layer won't damage the first layer as it is going on. Do a minute cure (in a 9 watt lamp) for each layer. On the LAST layer do your three minute cure. The UV rays are still penetrating the previous layers and giving them the long final cure. In fact, look at it this way... if you did three layers... layer one got the initial minute. Layer two got a minute and layer one got it's second minute. Layer three is cured for three minutes which means layer one actually got five minutes and layer two got four minutes. See where I am going with this? Taking your time and thinking of gel like POLISH and doing the thin coats may take a little longer on your application, but I guarantee you will hardly have to file. Maybe a little buffer block over the surface to smooth any imperfections at the most. Vito, don't be so hard on yourself. Good exposure to good education will give you the confidence you need to pull off a slamming set. Keep practicing on tips to get your application down. One day you will say, "Oh my god, gels are so easy! I can't believe I was so hard on myself!". Elaine Watson aka Elaine (was) from Maine haha -- Elaine T. Watson Star Nail International **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
