Shellac colours on Nail Disks & Colour Pops

[Silver Witch]

Hi, this has probably been asked before:
When you put your Shellac colours on a colour wheel or colour pop, do you do all four steps ie
Base coat
Colour coat x2
Top coat
Your advice, ladies, will be invaluable.
Thanks xx

 

[clara doon]

you don't need to use the base coat when putting the colours on the colour pops xx

 

[joingram87]

Hiya

You don't need the base coat when applying the colours to the colour wheel/pop as the base is designed for the shellac to bond to the natural nail plate. Its your choice really if you want to put top coat on them x

 

[joingram87]

you don't need to use the base coat when putting the colours on the colour pops xx

Hehe, you just beat me to it x

 

[Silver Witch]

Thanks all, have just ordered some finger pops, cant wait for them to arrive so I can have a play with layering as well. x

 

[deanosnana]

Also, you do not NEED Shellac top coat. I use one coat of Speedy and one coat of Lumos top coats. Works great!

 

[fozzyo]

Personally i would have thought that using Shellac top coat would be the best ... That way you show the colour and shine as a client would expect it.

 

[NailsByShakira]

If you don't use Shellac top coat, do you just wipe the sticky layer on the colour coat?

Sorry for hi-jacking.

 

[Silver Witch]

Would you use scrubfresh to clean the colour pops before you start putting the colour on?
Thanks for all the replies.
My colour pops have just arrived & I cant wait to get started. x

 

[Claire F]

I lightly buff the pop with an old buffer so the Shellac has something to stick to, apply 2 coats of colour (as normal) and then Lumos over the top (with out wiping). Seems to work fine and looks nice and shiny.
Hope this helps
x

 

[Silver Witch]

Thanks Claire F. And thanks to everyone else. Happy Shellacing, x

 

[unas escarlata]

hooray for the search button, was just about to settle down and paint some sticks!!

Thanks all.

 

[bbk]

Another hooray! Just marking for tomorrow thanks peeps x

 

[AmeliaR]

No need to buff the colour pop, you dont buff the nail so why that??

I also find a good trick is when your using your top coat and you think its finished and about to throw it away i keep it and use my brisa brush to get right to the bottom and use this for colour pops! Waist not want not x

Oh i also like to use Shellac top coat as when on my colour wheel if i want to show a client want a colour will look like layer eg. Iced coral over Gotcha i can just quickly paint a bit of Iced coral over the Gotcha on the wheel to show them, then wipe it of with D.sperse you could do that with out Shellac topcoat x

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[bbk]

Do you scrubfresh the colour pops first? Xx

 

[gjg1]

I paint the Shellac or polish on the reverse side then no need for top coat as it is nice and shiney. With Shellac I've been doing 3 very thin coats and I wipe over with dsperse after as it takes a little bit of colour off. The look so nice!

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[gjg1]

Should have said that's with the colour pops!

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[salonone]

I paint the Shellac or polish on the reverse side then no need for top coat as it is nice and shiney. With Shellac I've been doing 3 very thin coats and I wipe over with dsperse after as it takes a little bit of colour off. The look so nice!

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that a great idea! thanks for sharing.