So I got my March issues of Nails and Nailpro and that was the first time I'd seen ads for China Glaze's new gel line. WOOHOO! I've been waiting for a long time to see if they'd join the polish revolution or not.
So I made a mental note to check out the local Sally's-- seeing as how Sally's is where we buy China Glaze around these parts. And then I got word that the March specials for Sally's include a BOGO deal on China Glaze-- including the new Gelaze. AND the professional price for Gelaze is an entirely reasonable $8.70 per bottle. So buy one get one free brings it down almost to the realm of regular polish prices.... I bought one of everything for a total of 29 colors and a top coat. Then I posted my pic on Facebook and everyone wants to know what I think of it. First of all-- I think they want me to pronounce it "Jeh-- lahze" or maybe "Jel-laze" but I'm just calling it "jel-lazy" because it's more fun that way: I'm pretty over EVERY SINGLE line of gel polish on the market (almost-- with props to Young Nails and NSI) feeling the need to include some form of the word "gel" in the name of their gel polish. So "gelaze" just makes me roll my eyes. I am not sure how I feel about it yet. I like that it is thin and polish-like. It's easy for me to get a thin coat with it. I LIKE that it is a 1/3 oz bottle (which should be taken into account when factoring the lower price, btw) because I've had SO much trouble with my gel polishes curing in the bottle. Smaller bottles means getting more use of each one before I lose them to poor powder coating. (OH! If only I had control of choosing bottles for this application, I could fix this!) But coverage is mediocore. I do a lot of gel polish over acrylic and I can still see much of the file marks in the acrylic through the polish. I can graduate my grit for a smoother finish on the acrylic before polishing, but that seems like it should be an unnecessary step for a product that's supposed to eliminate the need to buff. BUT so far, I think the China Glaze gelaze top coat might be my favorite gel polish top coat. It's not the shiniest I've used, but it's thick. Which means that when I put it over glitter, it actually gives me a mostly smooth finish. Most gel polish topcoats sort of sink into the glitter and leave a very textured finish. If I want a smooth gloss finish I have to use my builder gel-- which doesn't soak off. So I'm digging the Gelaze topcoat so far. Mind you. I haven't seen how it wears and I haven't soaked it off of anyone yet. So we'll see. But China Glaze is opting to match their regular polish palette with the gelaze, which is making my clients do happy dances that get them scolded for wiggling while I'm working on them! FINALLY! Flip Flop Fantasy and For Audrey in a GEL FORMULA! You'd think it was Christmas! LOL. Ok. Those are my thoughts thus far. Maggie Franklin: Owner & Artist, The Art of Nailz, Visalia CA "Visionary rebel dreamer; obviously way ahead of my time." Maggie Rants [and Raves]@Nails Magazine Facebook -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
