I totally love all the new soak off gels. For variety OPI can't be beat but I detest the pots. Even so, I wish they would include the entire line of Designer Series colors in their selection. For ease of use and removal I don't think Creative's Shellac can be beat. Wishing they would expand their line up of colors! The Jessica Gelation colors are exciting and are easy to apply. Love the big bottles. I buy open stock from the local Asian Discount beauty supply. I have also tried the Nobility Perfect Match from LeChat. very clever of them to include the matching shade of polish and once again; love the big bottles. Limited selection but very nice colors that apply and wear well. Tried the Gelac from IBD. Colors are nice but a little transparent and thin. The product tends to run. The base is also very thin and loves to run into those cuticles. Not liking the base coat at all. Does not seem to cure well; appears to dilute the color. Have tried multiple lamps and increased cure time. BUT, the top coat is a winner - good consistancy and does NOT have to be filed or buffed off before removal ( a shame it has a 3 minute cure time). That is a huge time saver to me; I do not want to spend more than 10 minutes soaking off. Other than Shellac I think it is the only one that soaks off without breaking the seal first. Tried the ECO, liked the colors but hate the pots. Tried the Gelez; gotta love that Sin City red; I use it over just about everything to jazz up other colors. Tried Ocean; lots of colors but hate the pots. Love the base and top because they are in large bottles but don't like the 3 minute cure times. Best thing about them is that they work in a pinch with all products; but the top coat must be filed off. Tried the Gelish; loved the color selection and large bottles. Lousy brushes and had a tendency to be finicky.
Pam Your Nail Gal, Pam Salon Boutique Arrowhead Glendale, AZ ------------------------------------------ I've tried LeChat's Perfect Match and it wears very well. I bought "Emporer Red" and love it. My only complaint would be the limited color selection......which brings to mind a question: Is there a law or something that dictates nail companies can only debut 12 colors at a time?????? Why not start with more? Why do the majority of companies only start with 12? I wanted to try Jessica's collection of uv polishes, but they required that you buy a kit, which was more money than I wanted to put into something I hadn't tried yet. They will not sell open stock until you made your initial order of their kit. Guess I won't be trying them. -----Original Message----- From: Holly L. Schippers To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:11 pm Subject: Re: NailTech:: Re: new gel polishes I can't speak for other companies, but with Shellac each color is created chemically independent of the others. This means all 12 colors must be produced and tested as individual products. It is not a matter of testing one product and then dumping pigment in several batches of it. Each color has to be produced on its own with differing levels of photo initiators, etc. That would be my guess as to the small numbers of colors released at a time. Hope it helps! Sent via BlackBerry® Holly L. Schippers CND Education Ambassador P 641-660-4058 -----Original Message----- From: Jill in Ky Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:55:34 To: Subject: NailTech:: Re: new gel polishes I've tried LeChat's Perfect Match and it wears very well. I bought "Emporer Red" and love it. My only complaint would be the limited color selection......which brings to mind a question: Is there a law or something that dictates nail companies can only debut 12 colors at a time?????? Why not start with more? Why do the majority of companies only start with 12? I wanted to try Jessica's collection of uv polishes, but they required that you buy a kit, which was more money than I wanted to put into something I hadn't tried yet. They will not sell open stock until you made your initial order of their kit. Guess I won't be trying them. Jill Wright Bowling Green, KY On Nov 28, 12:18 pm, Lauren Dodson wrote: > I got the latest Nails magazine and noticed that everyone and there brother has > come out with gel polish. Has anyone tried the newest one's yet? -- 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. -- 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. -- 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.
