Infills with akzenz gel

[nixnewcastle]

im a little stuck on how to do infills with akzentz soal off gel. I use base and gloss as my basecoat and top coat but if your doing an infill do you put base and gloss over the entire nail and then the normal 2 coats of colour followed by base and gloss again as top coat? and do you file over the entire nail. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

 

[oey]

Personally I wouldnt do an infill with the options gel - especially if it is colour. I would so off and re-do. A soak off should be really quick and probably as quick as doing an infill anyway.

If you have to do an infill then I would buff any shine off, base n gloss on re-growth area only and drag the brush over the existing product. Use colour as much as possible on the re-growth too and drag the brush over the previous enhancement. Than base n gloss over the whole.

Softer gels like options are very difficult to buff down so you have to be careful that your enhancement doesnt look too thick after a full set then an infill on top if that makes sense.

 

[nixnewcastle]

Thanks for that. I only use them as a natural nail overlay and have told clients that they need soaked off and a new colour applied but i've got one insisting on having them infilled grr. Also what is best to soak off with? I soaked my sister's off yesterday using acetone and one hand came off fine and the other wouldn't budge!

 

[oey]

Make sure you buff the gel down before doing the soak off which makes a big difference.

Your usual acetone based remover should work just fine.

What soak off method do you use?