Thank you, Titterbug!
I have been using gelish but where possible I would like to go cruelty free. Am I right in thinking Gelicure is the gel equivalent and the nubar is the conventional lacquer?? I have the led 5-45 lamp would I need to change this to uv? Sorry for all the questions
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Yes Gelicure is the gel polish, it is both UV and LED curable. I use Nubar's mani pedi range, it's ok, smells a bit synthetic tbh, it's nice but doesn't feel massively luxurious imo- I have really high standards though and it's decent for the price. The polish is really nice! Lovely shade range and Palms has lots of multipacks on offer. It's also not for sale in boots etc, which is a bonus! Gelicure though I've not gotten on that well with. Most colours needs 3 coats for full coverage and removal can be tricky. It does last really well though! Also a lot of the colours don't have a good inhibition layer so it doesn't work that well with glitters- annoying because I asked if it did before I bought it! The black is good and sticky and I usually use that if I want to use glitter. You can work around all this though and it is a good quality long lasting product. Palms have absolutely fantastic customer service! Honestly the best I've ever dealt with, any issues and they'll bend over backwards to help! They also have 3 for 2 weekends and vat free days. Nubar don't sell their own lamp, Palms recommend the pro med UV, which works great but the thing is a huge monster! Ring them because I'm sure they'll say the Gelish lamp is fine. I have a few different ranges and brands I use and it is good to have Nubar for vegan clients, they proudly display the bunny logo on their bottles and they're on PETA's good list.
If you wanna go all out, sparitual is gorgeous! I don't think they do a gel range though. They are pricey, but lovely high end spa quality. You can buy sample packets of their mani pedi range to test from NSI, obv not the polishes. The polish range is very pretty, beautiful colours.
I also want to say Biosculpture is vegan and cruelty free? Not 100% certain though.
I buy a few bits from Rainbow Connection, mainly for myself though. I consider some of them to be boutique brands. It's not a trade site though so it's not cheap! They also don't sell gel or mani pedi ranges etc.
As always, my reply was really long lol! I hope it was helpful! X