sparklyglittergeek
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Hey Geeks!
Long time lurker, first time poster hoping to pick your brain for possible solutions for my gel polish issues.
I‘ve got two brands of gel polish I‘ve tried so far, Cuccio and Magpie, unfortunately I‘ve had issues with both, lifting, chipping, peeling off entirely and I‘m at a loss od what to do.
My prep and application for magpie:
Wash hands with oilfree soap - disinfect - push back the eponychium and thoroughly remove all cuticle tissue from the nail plate -file the free edge into shape with a 180 grit file - remove the shine from the nail plate with a 180 grit buffer - cleanse and scrub the top of the nail plate, free edge and underside of the nail with their prep+dehydrate cleanser they recommend and a lint free wipe, making sure I don‘t transfer oil from the skin onto the nail and that the nails are not being touched - scrub base coat into the nails thinly and capping the free edge (and side walls if need be) -cure for 30 secs - apply 2 rather thin coats of colour (I emailed them regarding my issues and they told me it should be applied rather thinly), making sure no gel runs into the cuticle area and capping the free edge- cure each layer for 1 minute - top coat (again capping very thoroughly) cure for 1 minute- remove inhibition layer and apply cuticle oil and lotion.
Could you please review my process and let me know if you notice any mistakes in application?
I was thinking of trying to use a dehydrator and bonding primer from another brand to help with the chipping/lifting? I don‘t know if that would help. Full disclosure I use the gelish 180 g led lamp, I know perfect curing requires the lamp the manufacturer recommends but I don’t want to throw more money on it if I‘m not sure that that‘s going to be the brand I stick with.
I would very much appreciate any advice!
Thank you x
Long time lurker, first time poster hoping to pick your brain for possible solutions for my gel polish issues.
I‘ve got two brands of gel polish I‘ve tried so far, Cuccio and Magpie, unfortunately I‘ve had issues with both, lifting, chipping, peeling off entirely and I‘m at a loss od what to do.
My prep and application for magpie:
Wash hands with oilfree soap - disinfect - push back the eponychium and thoroughly remove all cuticle tissue from the nail plate -file the free edge into shape with a 180 grit file - remove the shine from the nail plate with a 180 grit buffer - cleanse and scrub the top of the nail plate, free edge and underside of the nail with their prep+dehydrate cleanser they recommend and a lint free wipe, making sure I don‘t transfer oil from the skin onto the nail and that the nails are not being touched - scrub base coat into the nails thinly and capping the free edge (and side walls if need be) -cure for 30 secs - apply 2 rather thin coats of colour (I emailed them regarding my issues and they told me it should be applied rather thinly), making sure no gel runs into the cuticle area and capping the free edge- cure each layer for 1 minute - top coat (again capping very thoroughly) cure for 1 minute- remove inhibition layer and apply cuticle oil and lotion.
Could you please review my process and let me know if you notice any mistakes in application?
I was thinking of trying to use a dehydrator and bonding primer from another brand to help with the chipping/lifting? I don‘t know if that would help. Full disclosure I use the gelish 180 g led lamp, I know perfect curing requires the lamp the manufacturer recommends but I don’t want to throw more money on it if I‘m not sure that that‘s going to be the brand I stick with.
I would very much appreciate any advice!
Thank you x