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ABOUT ME: I have always loved polishing my nails and now I found a non-toxic solution that stays on for up to 2 weeks or more with no base or top coat! Needless to say, I fell in love and my nails have never been healthier!
@@ellieellie856 I can't really speak to their product as I haven't used it. Saying that, when you rub the chrome in, what you see will be the final result as the clear gel polish will only seal the chrome that you see on the nail (prevent it from rubbing off). It could be the type of chrome that you are using. In my video here, you see me rub a few in and the finished look doesn't change much when I put the clear polish on top.
I love this song! I could use it for every reel LOL. These solar powders are pretty cool! I have one or 2 more shorts that I posted a while back if you want to check out different colours!
Yes there is! If you go to my main feed on my RU-vid channel - I have a full length video on how to do this. I can put a link here but I don’t think it will work but you can copy and paste it!
@@debbiebakker8853sorry I didn’t see this comment! I was in Las Vegas for a pool tournament when you commented! I do have a video for this! I’m working on making a short of it too (abbreviated)
@@SylviaSimplySassyNails No worries! I hope you do good in your tournament. Is there some where I can see the video? I would love to see how to do this>
I think so! You will loose a bit of the frost colour with the solar on it though as there is a milky (but a bit sheer) look to it but saying that, you can try some nail art on top with the Solar powder!
Hi Sorry for the late reply - life has been very unpredictable this past month. To answer your question, I did not apply a top before I did the ombré but I did apply a coat of clear polish at the end, when the ombré was complete :)
Hi this my first too video thats i want too learn i never do chrome do first put the clear top coat good idea with finger just case if i lose eye appler
Most of our chromes does not need a clear coat first applied. Some of our holographic chromes do. You can apply and cure your colour and then use the Clearly Frisky clear gel polish and cure that, then apply the chrome to make it easy so that you don’t have to keep track which of our chromes need it or not. I was just trying to eliminate a step for those that have some of these chromes colours
@@SylviaSimplySassyNailsHi! Do we really nead to use a no cleaner topcoat? Why can't it be a normal one? Just trying to know everything about this type of application before starting. 😊
@@Lii__ This is a great question! I guess it really depends on the brand of polish that you use and the chrome? My experience with wiping the polish off with a cleaner, which is essentially alcohol, is that the chrome doesn’t stick to the nail afterwards very well.
Great questions! Because the ombre coats are extremely thin, I cured it for about 10-15 seconds each time and when I was happy with the results I did a full cure of the ombre. As for cleaning the sponge, you want to stay away from using any chemicals. You can't really clean the sponge but I dabbed the excess off on a lint free wipe until no more polish was coming off on the wipe. This way you can use the sponge again with similar colours for your next ombre!
I always just sacrifice all nails by filing down. I mostly have nail splitting issues, or breakage so I file them all. Right now I just have one shorter than the rest because I refuse to file them all the same length this time around. I want to try builder get though.
I hear your stuggles! I have 2 nails in particular that peel all the time...it's just their physical makeup. I put the builder gel (Clear Gel Extend) as a base on them before I play around with nail art and it keeps my nails nails strong and peel free! It's also common for me to have nails that tear (especially now because they are longer) and having Gel Extend as a base really helps prevent those too! I'm with you! I don't want to sacrifice the rest of my nails just because one of them breaks. You should try it! If you have any questions, please reach out! I'd love to help!
I’ve used Gel Extend under my manicure for the first time and love it. I naturally have soft peeling nails. But I find it difficult getting my polish off …I’m using Flake Off. Any tips?
Yup! There are a couple of things you can do. One - use the coarse side of your file to remove as much polish as you can without hitting your natural nail bed. Try using the flake off then and remove what you can and reapply. I personally love using our Gentle Care Remover pads for removing Gel Extend. I find they work so much better than Flake Off when removing Gel Extend
All you would have to do is shorten your stroke for nail art and adjust accordingly for the space you do have :). It’s the technique that I’m sharing so it should work for all nail lengths. Sorry I didn’t respond earlier! I didn’t this this comment!
Were you a nail artist before you started with GelMoment? Your tutorials are always so informative. What I especially like about your tutorials is you do this on your own nails and not on nail sticks. This gives us a much better idea of how easy or hard this is to do.
Hey Carol! I actually was not a nail artist before I started with GelMoment. Before I would literally polish solid colour manicures on my nails! Being with GelMoment has really opened up my eyes to the potential of what you can do with nail art! Back in the day I did draw a bit, but that was just on paper so maybe some of those talents have come over onto my nails? I can’t really say lol😅 I know that doing nail art on a nail stick and on your own nails can be quite different, so I really do try to create videos with me doing nail art on my own nails. You will see an occasional video here and there on nail stick because the polish lasts so long so I want to get more videos out there more frequently so I use a nail stick , but I will always do my best to get it on natural nails first.😊
Great question! I have read that if you use rubbing alcohol to clean it, that it will affect the composition of the sponge. So I don’t clean it with any kind of chemicals, but what I do do is tap it onto a lint free wipe to get the excess polish off and I just keep dabbing it until the majority of the polish is out of the sponge.
@@JD-ll6dfI would not use it unless it’s dry. It’s is a lint free wipe but let the pad dry first and then you can dab the sponge onto it. The wet alcohol can affect the sponge
I love that you actually demonstrate doing this on your own nails and not nail sticks. I just think tutorials using nail sticks don’t really illustrate how easy or hard it is to do.
Oh no! It shouldn’t have taken that long! Are you ensuring that when you are doing the fade you are doing the same steps on all the fingers of the hand that you are working on? For example, if you are working on your left hand and applying the first coat of the fade with the sponge, do all 4 fingers. When I was making this video and doing only one finger at a time is does take much much longer ;)
It’s a game changer! And yes…this one hurt a bit! Would you believe that I still have this build on my nail! It’s been weeks and it’s still holding strong allowing my nail to grow underneath
