spakitten
Well-Known Member
Hi!
I love having my nails done but cannot wear soak off gels as I am constantly handling acetone (as I do soak off nails on my clients). So I've been experimenting with gel lately. I build structured gel nails, then paint them with regular nail polish (OPI), then apply a gel sealer over the polish and cure it (IBD). They are OKAY but look far from perfect. I find the gel top coat isn't very shiny when applied over regular nail polish, and the top coat also feels a tad "mushy" just not strong like it would be of it were applied over the gel on its own. Can you just not use sealers over regular nail polish or am I doing something wrong?
*please do not recommend colored gel as I change my color too frequently and it would be too expensive. I also like hand painting nail art which you can't do with colore gel.
Any tips would be appreciated! I mean they don't look aweful but I would like them to be perfect thanks!
I love having my nails done but cannot wear soak off gels as I am constantly handling acetone (as I do soak off nails on my clients). So I've been experimenting with gel lately. I build structured gel nails, then paint them with regular nail polish (OPI), then apply a gel sealer over the polish and cure it (IBD). They are OKAY but look far from perfect. I find the gel top coat isn't very shiny when applied over regular nail polish, and the top coat also feels a tad "mushy" just not strong like it would be of it were applied over the gel on its own. Can you just not use sealers over regular nail polish or am I doing something wrong?
*please do not recommend colored gel as I change my color too frequently and it would be too expensive. I also like hand painting nail art which you can't do with colore gel.
Any tips would be appreciated! I mean they don't look aweful but I would like them to be perfect thanks!