In my experience adding pigments to gels makes them act weird and "crawly"
<---technical term! Lol

 

Here are some things I'd like to offer on this thread:

 

-For colored gels..no matter the color (even white tips).it's recommended
that you put a FULLY CURED clear base down first. Then do your color
layer(s) next.

 

-Always err to the side of caution by building color intensity with multiple
FULLY CURED thin layers rather than thicker layers.  The color pigments are
occlusive..the UV light simply cannot fully pass through colored gels to
fully cure the lower portion of a layer, let alone other layers that may lie
beneath. This leads to my next thing:

 

-When you are going to put any gel other than a completely clear coat over
another coat, be sure you FULLY CURE the lower layer before proceeding. 

 

-Adding regular polish/lacquer to gels is something I've experimented
with.you can get very lovely sheer colors, but adding enough polish to make
them opaque changes the chemistry of the gels so much that the resulting
nail enhancements simply don't hold up as well. I'd stick with sheers.or
buying manufacturer's colors.

 

Hope this helps!!!

 

Best wishes from "Paradise"   

 

Karen in Key West, who, instead of fuming about the crazy traffic on our
little island just now.is grateful for those cold fronts up north!!! 

 

 

 

 



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