Thanks to everyone who answered my post. I have had the same experiences with gel over polish and adding polish to gel, but the owner of the Nail Spa I am working at was told that these two ideas could be done successfully.
Elena Desmonie Long Island, NY -----Original Message----- From: Angela R Wingerter <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 3:14 pm Subject: NailTech:: Re: Gel polish freakout! Karen, When you say to apply colored gel over a cured clear gel, are you just talking about on natural nails? Are you including over ac. too? Angie Wingerter From: KeyzKaren <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 2, 2009 2:04:12 PM Subject: NailTech:: Re: Gel polish freakout! In my experience adding pigments to gels makes them act weird and “crawly” ß-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 m y 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!!! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
