At 11:00 PM 7/15/2010, you wrote:
Ladies - What is the difference between an SOG and a gel polish?
Does the polish on come in colors, ie could you do a french with it
on a natural nail? Do you need to soak off the gel polish and
re-apply? OR is the gel polish something you use as a gel overlay?
(I know very little about gel and am in the midst of broadening my
knowledge, so go easy on me)
~debi~
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Hi Debi!
In my mind there are now 3 - maybe 4 types of gels. "Gel Polish" can
be interchanged with any gel that has color.
Traditional HARD gel
Must be filed off, impervious to acetone
Lots of color and viscosity choices
Enhancement type prep required
Target client - enhancements, longer nails
Overlay, tips, sculpts
HARD - but flexible, an alternative to acrylics
Maintenance requires fills 2-3 weeks
Soak Off Gels (what I call the first generation of soak offs)
Can be soaked off but takes 20+ minutes
Lots of color and several viscosity choices
Enhancement type prep required
Porous so it can stain from hair color, tanning, smoking etc
Target client - enhancements, longer nails
Overlay, tips, sculpts
Not as hard as traditional gels, but not as soft as the new
lines of gels varies depending on line and viscosity used (builder
type for instance will result in a less soft/flexible finished nail)
Maintenance requires fills 2-3 weeks
Soak Off Gels (what I call the second generation of soak offs)
Can be soaked off takes 5-10 minutes depending on brand and
how many layers
Lots of color choices, almost no viscosity choices
Minimal prep required (basic mani plus white block to remove shine)
Porous so it can stain from hair color, tanning, smoking etc
Target client - manicure polish replacement, natural nails,
short-active length
OVERLAY or short length tips
It is extremely difficult, if not impossible to sculpt with
these types of gels
SOFT and flexible allowing clients to maintain longer
natural nails, but not extreme length
Allows polish to stay fresh looking with no chips and nice
shine for 2+ weeks with little to no breakage.
Can be used over acrylics and all gels - but should be filed
off not soaked off
Maintenance 2+ weeks, by fill or soak off and re-apply
There are some differences between the new soak off gel polish lines:
Gelish & Shellac are in polish bottles (thinner viscosity)
eco So Quick is in pots (thicker more gel like consistency)
Shellac is truly gel mixed with nail polish (Hybrid is their term of
choice) and has an odor of polish
Gelish & eco So Quick is gel with color pigments and has no odor
Shellac & Gelish have a matching top coat - UV cured
eco So Quick was designed (for time saving purposes) to use a
traditional quick dry topcoat - Polish Sealer but you can use the eco
Clear as the top and forgo the Polish Sealer
Shellac & Gelish because of polish consistency you can not sculpt or
"pull out" a corner
eco So Quick is thicker and can be used to "pull out" a corner,
sculpting even the shortest of length can be done but takes practice.
These new generation polish replacement gels do take some getting
used to on our side and the customers side! The increased flex takes
a little bit to get used to. Application for all should be thin or
you will see some lifting and peeling. When transitioning a client
from acrylic or enhancement gels, they should expect some breakage,
splitting issues for several weeks, not every client will have this
problem, but a good number will as they adjust their nail and hand
use to not having the protection and length of enhancements.
All of these gel types can be done as French, either regular pink &
white or any combination you want because they all have a wide range
of color choices. You can even layer the colors (from the same brand
is recommended of course!) to create all kinds of effects and colors!
I think I covered it all! I hope that gives you an overview to help
you understand gels better!
Lorraine, webgirl
www.ManicuresThatLast.com
eco So Quick Soak Off
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