Carefully paint on the white gel only on the smile line like you are doing the white part on a French manicure.
Once the clear base coat is cured, apply the second coat of gel using the white gel.
OVERLAY NAILS TRIAL
(Curing Times vary to which brand of lamp you use and also which gel you use so you should always go with what the manufacturer recommends – or a bit of trial and error – you can over cure and under cure nails) It is best to buy a lamp with a timer so you don’t over cure the nail and end up with lumps or air bubbles. Once you have perfected the nail with the clear gel be careful not to smudge and place hands underneath the Gel Lamp and cure for 180 seconds. The trickiest part is around the cuticle area. Practise makes perfect with this –you are aiming to get no air bubbles when you have cured the nails and wanting to create a smooth even finish.
OVERLAY NAILS SKIN
At this stage if you have dropped some gel onto your skin or made a mistake you can wipe off with the gel wipe and start again. If you flood the cuticle area, this will just create a lift once the nail has cured. Carefully apply the Gel to the nail starting at the cuticle, you want to get as close as possible to the cuticle but leave a tiny gap in-between the cuticle and where you’re applying the gel. Start with the Clear gel, and apply a small amount onto the Gel Brush, wiping off the excess. It is important to look after them well as they can be expensive to buy and any contact with sunlight can cause your brushes and gel to become solid and damaged. I wrap my brush in tin foil when not in use – as it is important to store your UV Gel and brushes in a cool dark place and not to let your brushes or gel get in contact with direct sunlight or your Gel Lamp. You should wipe your Gel Brush using the Gel Wipe solution and a lint free wipe to remove any dust and to clean your brush. Your nails are now prepared for applying UV Gel onto them. After buffing you can then rough grit around the cuticle area using the nail file.īrush on some PH balanced nail dehydration solution onto each nail. Once the cuticles have been pushed back you can then buff the nail using the nail buffer to remove moisture in the nail and prepare it for the Gel to adhere to. If necessary you can cut away the excess cuticle you have pushed back with either cuticle nippers or a cuticle knife. Then take an orange stick and gently push back the cuticle. Take a cotton bud and apply a small amount of cuticle remover and wipe with a rolling action around the cuticle area of each nail. I always wipe the nails with nail varnish remover before starting as this acts as a good base to dry the nails out of any moisture. Remove any nail varnish using the non-acetone nail varnish remover with cotton wool pads. I like to place a place mat underneath the Gel Lamp just to protect my table.
Lay out your towel, with couch roll over the top and get all your products and tools set out ready.
OVERLAY NAILS HOW TO
I shall be uploading a blog on how to remove your UV Gel without damaging your natural nails. You can of course use acrylic but Gel looks the best as creates a smoother, thinner and shiny end result. I thought we would start with the easiest U.V Gel Nails to start with and these are U.V Gel Overlays on top of your natural nails which are like having permanent nail varnish applied to your nails that wont chip! I have created a French Manicure look here, but you can also use coloured gel (which i shall do another blog post about), nail art or simply clear over the top of your natural nails. UV Gel Nails can cost anything from £25-60 in salons so im going to show you how to do them much cheaper at home! I’m going to show you how to create your own UV Gel nails at home.
OVERLAY NAILS SERIES
I have been getting alot of requests on how to create UV Gel and Acrylic Nail extensions at home, so i thought i would do a series of blogs and step by step guides with photographs to help you create your own Nail extensions.
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