Gel-varnish in the cabin and at home. What is a primer for?

Tired after a day to repaint your nails? Tired of chipping and peeling of varnish? This article will tell you about gel-lacquer, the technology of its application in the home and how it will help to fight your problem.

Gel-lacquer is only a few years old, and he has already firmly establishedin all beauty salons, and the coating with gel-varnish is the most popular service of manicure masters, it is unlikely you will find such a salon where it is not. In Russia today, several dozen companies offer their product lines, these are such known as CND and NSI, and "know-it" of Chinese production.

Gel-lacquer NSI

What is gel-lacquer?

The development of gel varnishes was carried out back in the 90s, but at that time, at the height of its popularity, nail extensions with gel or acrylic. In order not to create competition in the market of nail service, the development of gel-lacquer was temporarily postponed. However, manicure masters have long been trying to combine the usual varnish with gel, but more often attempts were unsuccessful.

In 2010a well-known company CND presented its innovative novelty, which was something between the nail polish and the Shellac gel.

Gel-lacquer CND

Advantages of gel-varnish consist of the advantages of conventional nail varnishes and modeling gel:

• is convenient to apply
• large variety of colors
• persistent shine
• manicure lasts up to 3 weeks and the color does not change
• does not have unpleasant chemicalodor
• hypoallergenic materials

are used. One of the biggest advantages of gel-lacquer is its simple removal, it does not require cutting, like accrued acrylic or gel nails. Thanks to this, the nail plate is not injured and does not suffer.

Today, almost every company on the nail market has its own line of gel varnishes.

How is gel-lacquer made? Technique for applying gel-varnish

If you cover the gel-varnish in the correct sequence and do not make mistakes, you will get a perfect manicure for as long as 3 weeks, with no chips or cracks and the coating will shine as soon as it is applied.

However, there are times when the gel-varnish exfoliates or crackes in the first week. To avoid this, you need to be able to correctly apply it.

Manicure with gel-varnish

So, for the correct application of gel-varnish, you need to save the following sequence:

1. Preparation of the nail to the coating: saw the edge, remove the cuticle, remove the gloss with a buff, remove the dust with a brush.
2. Degrease the nail plates.
3. Apply an acid-free primer.
4. Apply the base coat and dry in a lamp.
5. Cover the nails with gel-varnish and dry in a lamp, repeat 2-3 times.
6. Cover the nails with top and dry in a lamp.
7. Remove the adhesive layer.
8. Smear the cuticle with oil.

At first glance, everything is very simple, but each step has its own characteristics that you need to know and follow the recommendations. Masters of manicure, of course, know all the subtleties, because they pass special courses and receive certificates permitting the implementation of this type of coverage. However, you can familiarize yourself with all the nuances and, having practiced, you will be able to make the coating yourself with gel-lacquer.

Manicure gel-varnish at home

I will not say that coating gel-varnish at home is very simple. But there is nothing particularly complicated in it. It is only necessary to follow the recommendations of applying gel-varnish and not to make mistakes, which we will tell you below.

The very word gel-lacquer hints that it is still a varnish, more precisely its variety, a mixture of gel and varnish, and this product is applied exactly as a varnish. Any woman knows how to do this, so there should not be any difficulty in dealing with the problem.

Application of gel-varnish

The only drawback of coating the nails with gel-varnish at home is the lack of the necessary material and tools, without which you can not do, and which is not so little worth it. Below, we give a list of everything necessary for a homemade manicure with gel-varnish, but first let's understand the technology of application.

Step-by-step gel-lacquer at home

Follow our recommendations and advices to get a stable gel-varnish coating for up to 3 weeks.

Preparation of the nail to the coating

TIP: If you are doing a manicure yourself, all the below listed, first completely do on one hand, and then on the second.

• Saw nails to make their free edge absolutely smooth, remove dust with a brush
• If the nails are layered, trim them with a nail file

Nail preparation

• Do a normal manicure. If you used oil or cream, you need to thoroughly clean the nail plate and dry it for at least 10 minutes
• Be sure to remove the cuticle from the nail, this will prevent the detachment of the gel-varnish
• With a coarse buff( 240 or 180 grit) polish the nail, removing from it the glossycoating, otherwise the gel-varnish will not get caught as it should on the nail plate. Do not overdo it, do not press it heavily on the nail, so as not to injure it, you only need to give haziness to the

Buff

• To completely clean the nail of fat and dust, moisten a lint-free cloth in a degreaser, or it's also called a bond, and rub it nailplates

IMPORTANT: After preparing the nails for applying gel-varnish, do not touch them with your fingers! Do not allow dust or moisture to get on them!

Application of primer and base layer

If you have thin and brittle nails, or they often break down, you must use the primer in front of the base layer. The primer will help the gel-varnish to better grasp with the nail, so there will be no detachment of the coating or its chipping. Apply the primer to the entire nail plate and do not forget about the butt.

Primer

Base gel, if easier - base, performs the following functions

• binds the nail and gel-varnish so that the coating is held firmly
• protects the nail plate from the colored pigments that are in the gel-lacquer and can damage the nail

IMPORTANT:is applied by a THIN LAYER!

Drawing the base

• Take a bit of the base on the brush and, as if rubbing it, put it on the nail in the direction from its edge to the cuticle
• . Then walk the brush as you normally apply the varnish, from the cuticle to the edge.
• It is important not to touch the cuticle or skin so that the coating is airtight and does not peel
• Seal the nail end, this will prevent the chips of gel-varnish
• Dry the base layer in a special lamp, depending on the base firm and the type of lamp, it can take 10 secondsup to 2 minutes
• Your nail will be sticky, this layer is not necessary to remove, it provides better grip with the following. It can only be accurately spread over the entire nail plate with a dry brush, then the next layer - a colored gel-varnish, will not spread along the sides

Nail coating with

color gel-varnish To get a translucent effect, apply one layer of gel-varnish, for a more saturated color, you need to make two or three layers. Each layer is dried in a lamp from 30 seconds to 2 minutes.

All layers of gel-varnish should be applied, as well as the base, in a very thin layer, otherwise after drying your nails will appear waves and bubbles. Even if you see a non-uniform application of colored varnish, especially when using dark colors, it is better to make several thin layers than one thicker.

Coating with colored gel-varnish

Do not forget to stain the nail from the butt, then the varnish will last longer and do not exfoliate.

Application on the top nails - finish coat

Top fixes the manicure with gel-varnish and gives it an incredible shine that persists throughout the time of wearing manicure.

Apply top is a bit thicker than the previous ones. Again, do not forget about the butt of the nail. Dry the layer in the lamp, in time as well as the colored gel-varnish. Do not save time and dry the top well, otherwise it will lose all its brilliance.

On the surface of the finish coat, as on the rest, dispersion is left, i.e.the same layer of lipstick, which only after covering with top should be removed. This is done with the help of a special liquid, which is called "To remove the sticky layer".Still this liquid humidifies or wets a skin a little.

Removing the adhesive layer

After all this procedure, do not forget to lubricate the cuticle and the skin around the nail with moisturizing oil.

That's it, see, there's nothing complicated in this. The whole procedure takes an hour and a half on time, which depends on the manufacturer of varnishes, the number of layers applied and the type of lamp.

This coating, if properly executed, is worn on average about 2 weeks. But still it is desirable to carry out homework in gloves, so that the coating lasts longer on your nails.

Kit for gel lacquer at home

Not everyone can afford to go to a beauty salon 2 times a month, but all women want to have beautiful and well-groomed nails. Doing gel-lacquer yourself is a way out of this situation. However, to apply gel-lacquer at home, you need to collect at least a minimum set of necessary materials and tools, which includes:

1. Lamp. There is a UV-lamp, LED-lamp and hybrid. On their features, read below
2. Colored gel-varnish. There are a lot of different kinds and firms. There are gel-varnishes matte, glossy, with a shimmer, with the effect of "cat's eye", chameleons, thermo varnishes - the choice is huge.
3. Base Gel - base coat
4. Top Gel - finish coat
5. Primer, but without it you can do without. However, if the gel-lacquer will not hold properly, the reason may be in its absence
6. Buff, for grinding the nail before applying the primer or base. Abrasion is 180-240 grit( 240 is better)
7. Lint-free wipes, it is better to use them, because they will not leave villi, which can ruin your manicure
8. Degreaser. It is needed to remove the remnants of fat and dust from the nail, while preparing it for applying gel-varnish. It can be replaced with a usual cleaner for removing varnish with acetone or medical alcohol
9. Remedy "To remove sticky layer", it can also be successfully replaced with medical alcohol
10. Remover for gel-varnish or biogel, it can be replaced with a usual liquid for removing varnish,so that it was necessarily with acetone, otherwise gel-lacquer will not be removed.
11. . Wadded disks.
12. . Foil, it is necessary to remove gel-varnish( see below) or special clips-clips
13. Orange sticks

Set for gel-laka

Without some things in this list can not do, such as a lamp, base, top, color lacquer, and some you can either skip or use cheaper analogs, for example, with a nail polish remover, you can replace both the degreaser and the gel-lacquer remover.

Such a set, of course, will cost you not cheap, but it quickly pays off if you save on hikes in the beauty salon. In addition, there are many different companies that produce the products needed to cover gel-lacquer, and the prices are quite different. We only advise you not to save on the base and top, this is the basis of the manicure and on them depends its durability and quality, the rest can be selected from cheaper counterparts.

Lamps for polymerization of gel-varnish

Before buying such a lamp, you need to familiarize yourself with their types, characteristics, pluses and minuses, in order to choose the most suitable option for yourself.

UV lamp( or UV lamp) with fluorescent bulbs

Fluorescent lamps save energy and are therefore called energy-saving. These lamps work from 5 to 10 thousand hours. However, the lifetime of a lamp depends very much on how many times a day it is switched on, in what conditions it is used, and whether there are power surges in the network.

The main advantage of UV-lamp is its low price. Also, these lamps emit light in a wide range of waves, so they cover all varieties of gels and gel-varnishes, and can dry them, because each gel dries only when it comes into light with its "own" wavelength.

UV lamp

But these lamps have quite a few drawbacks, they can be attributed to the following:

• temperature reaches 50 ° C, this temperature can burn nails, in addition, the lamp
• itself heats up the lamp's light flux and gel-varnishes can dry badly, in order to dry them you will need more time
• at power surges and a deviation of more than 10% the lamp most likely will not work
• the same thing happens if the ambient temperature is less than 10 ° C
• the light flux may damageit vision, so you can not look at lamp operating
• ecologically safe( containing mercury) and require special disposal
• more often you turn on and off the device, the faster it expires operation

Gel polish in such a lamp is dried 2-3 minutes.

LED-lamp for gel-varnish

LED lamps exceed their competitors by several parameters:

• , this lamp does not heat up, does not bake the nails during operation.
• its service life reaches 100 thousand hours.
• , it dries gel varnishes for 10-30 seconds
• consumes much less power
• environmentally friendly and does not require special disposal
• does not need to frequently change light bulbs
• do not need repair service
• does not affect vision, becausethey do not emit pulsations of the light flux
• if one or more of the LEDs are burnt out, they can not be changed immediately.this does not significantly affect the operation of the lamp as a whole.

LED-lamp

But the LED-lamp still has disadvantages:

• the high price of
• does not dry up some gels, becausethe lamp has a narrow range of light waves, and gel-varnishes are not available to all manufacturers of

. To compare the wavelength range and the efficiency of the UV lamp and LED lamp, see the chart below. It shows that one gel-lacquer, red straight, does not fall into the wavelength range of the LED lamp, so it does not polymerize in it, but in the UV lamp it will dry out. But the other gel-lacquer, the green straight, will dry up in both lamps, and in the LED-lamp this will happen faster.

Graph of polymerization in UV and LED lamps

Hybrid lamps CCFL + LED

These lamps combine all the advantages of UV and LED lamps,consist of light-emitting diodes and a cold cathode lamp working simultaneously. These machines are the best option for drying nails coated with gel-varnish.

Hybrid lamps offer the following advantages:

• polymerize the gel varnishes of any company and manufacturer
• the gels freeze in 10-30 seconds if the gel-lacquer falls under the wavelength of the LED lamp and 2-3 minutes if it does not fall
• almost does not heat up when drying
• the time that the lamp will last, does not depend on how many times you turned it on and off
• saves electricity and has a long service life, up to 100 thousand hours
• can be applied gel-varnish a little thicker, they do not twist and do not go waves
• environmentally safe, notneed special utilities

Hybrid lamp CCFL + LED

The only disadvantage of the hybrid lamp is the high price, but there are quite inexpensive good models.

Tips for choosing a lamp for gel-varnish

1. When choosing a lamp, make sure that the bulbs are all over its surface, not only on top, but on the sides
2. .in less powerful gel-varnish may not dry, go waves or bubble
3. There are lamps with automatic inclusion, it works when a woman inserts inside the hand, and the timer turns off the lamp after a specified time. This is very convenient, you do not need to turn it on again and watch the time

Timer on the lappa

Biogel with gel-varnish - technology of applying

Let's first find out what the biogel is and what it is used for.

Biogel is one of the materials with which to increase nails, it easily solidifies in a special lamp, for drying gel-varnishes and biogels. This material is used to strengthen your own nail plate.

Biogel is widely used, becausequite a lot of women have weakened nails, break and break, mainly due to domestic work and constant contact with cleaning agents. And this material is designed to protect women's nails from harmful influences and, besides strengthening outside, gives them the opportunity to heal themselves, become stronger and stronger.

Advantages of biogel:

• elastic material, easy to apply with brush
• does not have unpleasant odor
• can be easily removed by means for removing gel-varnish and biogel or any liquid for removing varnish with acetone
• well aligns the layer of the nail plate
• is used alone or in combination with gel-varnish
• nails under biogel look natural, tk.it lies down a thin layer of
• on top of the biogel you can make different designs
• keeps on the nails for up to 3 weeks

The biogel is applied very simply, just like a normal varnish, as well as a gel-varnish, it needs to be dried in a special lamp.

Biogel

The procedure for applying biogel with gel-varnish is as follows:

1. Prepare nails, give them a shape, do a manicure, remove the cuticle.
2. Remove the gloss from the nail plate with a buff and remove the dust with a brush
3. Degrease the surface of the nail and allow to dry. Use a lint free wipe
4. Apply an acid-free primer
5. Cover the nail with a base layer, dry in a lamp
6. Apply a biogel brush, it evenly spreads over the nail plate. Dry in the lamp 2-4 minutes
7. The next layer can make a gel-varnish or somehow decorate the nail: sliders, stamping, painting, etc. The gel-varnish is dried in a lamp.
8. Apply the finishing layer - top, and dry in the lamp
9. Remove the sticky layer from the nails and apply moisturizing oil or cream

There is a more shortened biogel application technology. It misses items with a base and top, but there is no guarantee that the manicure will last a long time.

Application of biogel

Correctly applied biogel will last on the nails for an average of 2 weeks, and the surface of the nail will be perfectly smooth when used.

Primer for gel-varnish

Primer, although it is an optional step of applying gel-varnish, but it is very desirable to use it.it has many useful and useful functions:

• degreases
• provides much better adhesion of nail and base layer
• cleans moisture
• does not allow to reproduce harmful microorganisms that can damage nail plate
• helps fight white strips on nails

Scissors on gel-varnish

There are several types of primers, but under gel-lacquer is used is an acid-free primer. Its action resembles a double-sided adhesive tape - it couples the natural nail and gel base coat.

Gently apply the primer to the nail, preferably not to get on the skin, becauseif it is sensitive, it can cause irritation and redness.

How to remove gel-lacquer at home?

To remove the gel-varnish is not necessary to go to the beauty salon, it can be done at home.

• First, polish the gel coat with a nail file or a little bit of polish to remove the gloss
• Soak the cotton pad with gel cleaner, it can be replaced with a conventional nail polish remover, but it should be with acetone
• Put impregnated wadded disks on your nails and wrap themfoil. Foil can be used ordinary, food

Gel-lacquer softening under foil

• Also, instead of foil, you can use special clip clips, they are designed for reusable use

Clip clamps for removing gel-varnish

• You can feel the heat under the foil or a slight burning sensation -it's ok
• Wait for 15-20 minutes and remove the foil and impregnated disc
• The gel-varnish has softened and now it can easily be removed with an orange stick that does not injure the nail, unlike other instrumentsntov

Removing gel polish orange stick

• Remove any remnants of the gel, soaked in rubbing in the new facility with a cotton pad.
• Slightly polish the nails with a bass

Technology of applying sequins to

gel-lacquer When coating with gel-varnish, you can and should use sequins, because they give the manicure of individuality. Practically in any manicure the addition of sequins harmoniously fit into the overall design, so they are often used by manicure masters. However, to apply sequins to gel-lacquer you need to follow the recommendations, otherwise you can get an uneven coating, with lumps and sharp edges that will cling to everything.

Sequins in manicure

There are two ways to apply glitters to gel varnish:

1. Mix a little gel with sparkles in a separate bowl or on a piece of foil. Apply the gel on the nail after the base or colored gel-varnish, sequins spread evenly over it. The amount of sequins you want to add to the gel, you determine yourself. This gel can cover both the entire nail and its specific part. Dry this layer in the lamp. Top with another layer of clear gel, dry and apply top
2. After the base or colored gel-varnish, apply a layer of gel a little thicker than usual, but do not dry it immediately in the lamp. With a dry brush, type the sequins and dot them on the nail. If you want to make a thin line of sequins, use an orange stick. After this, dry this layer in the lamp and cover with another layer of clear gel, and dry again. Finish the work by applying the top, dry and remove the sticky layer

The technology of applying gel-lacquer cat's eye

The cat's eye gives the gel-lacquer an unusual and beautiful overflow, therefore it is often used for gel-varnish coating and is one of the favorites of many women.

Gel-lacquer Cat's-eye

Applying gel-varnish The cat's eye is slightly different from the usual gel-varnish. Cover it with a nail should also be after the base layer. The technology of nail preparation also does not change. A cat's eye is simply applied instead of a colored gel-varnish.

After coating, but before drying, you need to bring a special magnet to the nail, at a distance of 3-5 mm and hold it for a while( usually 10 seconds) until a glare appears. This magnet creates such a magical glow - this metal particles of lacquer rise on the surface of the nail and fall into the picture.

Pattern forming

If you look at the nails covered with a cat's eye, you can see a three-dimensional flare that shines in the light. If you turn your hand, the highlight disappears. This is the effect of the stone of chrysoberyl, better known as the Cat's Eye.

To create a manicure with the help of gel-lacquer Cat's eye, you can use various magnetic plates, thanks to which interesting patterns are obtained. Try to attach the plates not only vertically, but also horizontally, and diagonally.

Magnets

TIP: Use the magnet immediately after applying gel-varnish, make each nail separately.

The French gel-lacquer application technology

The French jacket is good for its versatility: the

• is perfect for work in the office and for going to the
• club, it does not need to match the color of the clothes or that it is in harmony with the
• manicure it can be made with both shortnails, and long
• is suitable for any fingers: both short, long, and full, and thin

This design can be worn for several months, just in time to update it. And the jacket gel-varnish is just a find. To all listed advantages, its aesthetic appearance is added even 3 weeks after application, becauseit is not at all noticeable that the nail has grown and its upper part is not varnished.

French with

stencils The technique of making a coat with a gel-varnish is very simple:

1. Prepare the nail, as already mentioned
2. Apply primer
3. Cover the nail with the base layer and dry it
4. Apply a translucent varnish of the chosen basic color and dry it in the lamp. This item can be skipped
5. Remove the adhesive layer
6. Paint the free edge with a white gel-varnish for a classic French jacket using stencils or a pussy. You can use other colors or varnishes with effects, such as the Cat's Eye. In this case, do not forget to use the
7. magnet. Dry this layer and if necessary repeat it again
8. Remove the sticky layer and remove the stencils with a sharp movement if you used them
9. Cover the nails with top and after drying remove the sticky layer

The French gel gel is ready!

Classic French

The French manicure with the help of stencils is an order of magnitude simpler and more interesting when coating with gel-varnish, becauseThe previous layer does not come unstuck with the stencil, as is often the case with ordinary varnishes. In addition, you can create a different colorful design.

Here are some ideas for manicure gel-varnish using the stencils Gel-varnish is very convenient because of its durability, and is useful for nails, becauseunder the gel, they break less. In this gel-varnishes do not injure the nail plate, becauseEasily removed with the help of special tools, and not filed, as in the case of nail extensions.

And making gel-lacquer at home can also save on trips to the master. Follow our recommendations above, plus a bit of experience and skill, and you will have an ideal and unique manicure that will last long on your nails without any peeling and chipping. And this can not but rejoice, especially when there is no time to repaint your nails every other day, as is the case with conventional varnishes.

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