Hi everyone!I have problems with gelish.I've tried everything and I've read a lot of posts about it and I'm following every step properly( or at least I think so,hehe).But every time I try something different I would say the result is even worst.The problem is the free edge. I seal it but when the gelish is cured after 2 min. I see like a little part in the free edge without product.Am I using too much gelish to seal the free edge?And sometimes I see like a little pots or bubbles, I don't know how describe it.Could someone help me,please?This is driving me crazy!Thank you in advance.(I know there's a lot of posts about this but I've tried everything and the free edge without colour is there)
Problems with gelish and free edge
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ABDiva
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maybe your applying the gel to thick and its shrinking during curing?
Karen Minx
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Im having the same problem and trying to work this out myself. My gelish on the free edges are shrinking before i put it in the lamp, by the time i have finished the 5th nail, the rest have started shrinking back. I get little pot holes apear in my uncured gelish too and im persuming that it is because i have left little bits of shine on the nail plate so it seperates like wet gloss paint on a unprimed glossy surface.
I've started concentrating on removing the shine well on the free edge and the dry brushing the free edge, i also dry brush the seal by feathering my brush in an upward motion over the seal of the free edge and it seems to help. I have learned that gelish REALLY doesn't like ANY shine and won't adhear well, even colour on the base coat if its not been dry brushed well! So i now dry brush one hand at a time, before i was doing all 10 nails.
Im new to gelish and i have sat a gelish course.
MzFinks
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Saw this issue on another board. Here is the fix they swore by: dry wipe the BASE coat after the cure. ALSO, the base needs to be so thin, you practically scrub it onto the nail plate. It should have a "grainy" finish, NOT shiny finish before the cure. The reason is that a too thick base coat gives off too much dispersion layer and causes the color on top to slide/shrink. Does this make sense?? 
Dry brush base. Then when applying colour I flash freeze each nail. I for example do the little finger then place in the lamp whilst I do the little finger on opposite hand then swop and carry on with index finger on the first hand, when all ten fingers have been done that way I properly cure. Hope that makes sense
Karen Minx
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Yes this does make sense. I knew we had to do the base really thin and scrub it in but the 'grainy' finish i never paid attention too. I think my base still has a shiney surface before curing so will pay more attention to this thanks. I did notice a colour i did today was sliding over the base even thou i paid attention to dry brushing. Thanks for the tip xxxSaw this issue on another board. Here is the fix they swore by: dry wipe the BASE coat after the cure. ALSO, the base needs to be so thin, you practically scrub it onto the nail plate. It should have a "grainy" finish, NOT shiny finish before the cure. The reason is that a too thick base coat gives off too much dispersion layer and causes the color on top to slide/shrink. Does this make sense??
~Emmsybabes~
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Hi
You really don't need to freeze cure Gelish to get a perfect finish,
Please feel free to PM me, and take me through the steps you are using with your Gelish, exactly as you are doing it,
And I will do my very best to help you out.
For the foundation layer, I personally would describe it as needing to be rather matte looking than grainy, I hope that makes sense.
Emms x
You really don't need to freeze cure Gelish to get a perfect finish,
Please feel free to PM me, and take me through the steps you are using with your Gelish, exactly as you are doing it,
And I will do my very best to help you out.
For the foundation layer, I personally would describe it as needing to be rather matte looking than grainy, I hope that makes sense.
Emms x
gr8nailz
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Agreed. As long as my base/foundation layer has a matte finish, my Gelish color layers go on perfectly fine. When I didn't lightly dry brush my base/foundation layer, I had shrinkage.
Pooh8bear
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~Emmsybabes~
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I don't so much pat along the free edge as to just lightly sweep over as I am brushing my colour on.
By patting it on you can create a little too much product that may create a little ledge and lead to chipping.
Plus you couldn't really do that with shorter nails too,
I do know what you mean though x
Some techs I know cap their edge first by lightly sweeping over the free edge then applying as normal.
It really does need to be a thin amount of product when we cap.
By patting it on you can create a little too much product that may create a little ledge and lead to chipping.
Plus you couldn't really do that with shorter nails too,
I do know what you mean though x
Some techs I know cap their edge first by lightly sweeping over the free edge then applying as normal.
It really does need to be a thin amount of product when we cap.
Pooh8bear
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Sorry I didn't explain myself properly....I meant to pat the "edge" of the free edge with the dry brush to make the colour adhere better & not pull back. If only the top surface is dry brushed, the "edge" of the free edge is still shiny & not sticky which may cause the colour to not adhere to the edge.
