Good Morning, I use Akzentz Options gel colors. I use Nailite Tackless Sealer for everything and use Nailite soft gel for Gel Toes. I would love to have all of the Akzents Gel colors but must add one at a time. HTH Have a great day!!
--- On Sun, 11/9/08, athena elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: athena elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: NailTech:: Re: Kim-what gel do you use? To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 9:35 AM Mornin Kim What single colored gels do you use? I have been looking for a semi transparent gels that mimick the array of french pinks/peaches. everytime I think I have found one it turns out streaky or muddled. I have been doing gels since creation...but can't find one that goes on perfect and stays perfect! Can you advise? On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Kim Tobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ok, as of this morning, my 14 year old daughter Addison's nails look great. After reading Paul Bryson's reply, I got a little worried. I did a fill on myself yesterday, polish (letting dry really well) then topped with a gel clear coat. By last night, all of them have some type of chipping. I was really hoping mixing the polish and gel would work. Like Shannon said, could save a lot of money!! I do have to admit though, there is nothing that looks as good and shiney and tough as gel colors! I get more compliments when I have single color gels on! Must be my area! Have a great weekend!! Kim Tobin --- On Sat, 11/8/08, shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: NailTech:: Re: Zoya/gel To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 5:17 PM Yes and what an array of color possibilities out there, I have over 200 different polishes, I cannot afford to buy that array of gel polishes, if this can work and save me money, ( even better, to make me money), then it is well worth a try. Shannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Lisa, I've tried the method with polishing the natural nails and then overlaying it w/gel, it has not worked. It chips, pits and the gel shrinks on the polish... That's my experience. I haven't tried the method where you mix the polish into the gel+then apply it on the natural nails-but it seems to be working for our networking friends, can't wait to try it! It would be an ideal gel method, even though there are lots of color gels in the industry; however, this way, you can use the clients favorite color. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: Lisa Cianciotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 14:37:00 -0800 (PST) To: <[email protected]> Subject: NailTech:: Re: Zoya/gel Are you guys talking about using this polish/gel mixture over natural nails or acrylics? And I don't want to sound stupid here, I am a new nail tech, but why do you have to mix it? Can't you just polish the nail and then apply the gel over top, then cure? Please be gentle with you remarks. Lisa Cianciotti - PA From: shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2008 4:49:49 PM Subject: NailTech:: Re: Zoya/gel I finally did mine this afternoon. Turned out great so far. Will see how they do through the torture I put them through. I used Zoya- Tess and clear T-3 fibergel. Very pretty!!! Shannon Kim Tobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't file them. After the last coat has cured, I seal them with a tackless sealer I got from Nailite (I love that stuff!!!) do cuticle oil and go. --- On Fri, 11/7/08, Jacki sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Jacki sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: NailTech:: Re: Zoya/gel To: "nail googlegroups" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 11:46 AM when you do this do you just apply like a polish and cure 2 min. between coats then do you have to file then seal or just apply and go after all curing is complete? Jacki Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 09:35:31 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NailTech:: Re: Zoya/gel To: [email protected] It wasn't scientific at all. I just kept mixing in the polish until I thought it was dark enough. Sorry. --- On Fri, 11/7/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: NailTech:: Re: Zoya/gel To: [email protected] Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 8:12 AM So Kim, what was the ratio you used for the polish/gel and how much quantity did you end up with to get adequate coverage? Debbie W. -----Original Message----- From: Kim Tobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: NailTech:: Re: Zoya/gel Date: Fri Nov 7, 2008 5:42 am Size: 1K To: [email protected] Yep, that's how I did it. Transparent - that's the word I wanted! It was transparent!! --- On Fri, 11/7/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: NailTech:: Re: Zoya/gel To: [email protected] Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 7:38 AM Hi Kim, Did you mix the polish in the gel+then put 4 coats of gel on nails? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: Kim Tobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 05:28:12 -0800 (PST) To: <[email protected]> Subject: NailTech:: Re: Zoya/gel I tried this last night with regular polish I got from Naillite and it worked great! It was pretty see through (can't think of the word I want here) but after abiut 4 coats is was great. We'll see how it works! I will try it next with soakable gels! Thanks for the idea!!! Kim T --- On Thu, 11/6/08, Michelle Phoenix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- message truncated --- </table -- Athena Elliott MNT CMP Houston Texas www.SPAthena.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. 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