MIRROR POWDER NAILS Step by Step - Nails 21 

+Lps Crybaby leave it to the professional then.

+Lps Crybaby I didn't.

Yea but in this vid they only did one nail for the vid, in reality, u would bro ably get all the nails done at the same time

I know my mom's friend did her nails and they start it at 7pm and finish until 12pm...

Same😫

1. Paint nail (probably a color similar to the powder) and cure; clean the nail. 2. Buff the nail with a white block, clean again. 3. Apply top coat, cure. DO NOT CLEAN. Using a silicone tipped tool of some sort, pick up some of the powder and push and buff it into the inhibition layer. Once covered, smooth it all out. (They use some kind of correcting pen to clean up the skin and edges). 4. If you've ever worked with mirror effect nail products, you know they are hard to keep on. Use 2 layers of hard gel to help the effect last as long as it can. 5. Clean the hard gel, buff, and then top coat for shine. I'm assuming the top coat sticks better to buffed surfaces rather than inhibition layers. Hopefully this helped, please reply if you have other questions :P

+☽ аиаѕтаsіо ☾ do you have to use black polish as a base?

Amy Kathleen Good question, though I'm not completely sure. I'm assuming it's so the nail isn't see-through. If there was no black gel under it, one could probably see through the tip of the nail easily since there would only be a thin layer of powder, though I don't think using any other kind of colour would be visible. We'd have to try this product to find out :~)

+Amy Kathleen the black polish they are using is an easy color. all of the easy colors can be base coats as well :)

Do you happen to know how to clean the rubber pen?

Its only so perfectly shiny in the first seconds bc thats before they sealed it. If you watch closely in the end after they put on the topcoat its all glittery and not as shiny as the pre intro one 💁🏻‍♀️🤫

Just order the ones you glue on... nailhur.com/collections/all-nails/products/metallic-maven

Glued on get at aliexpress for 2 bucks, for this, i learned a trick myself, looks almost as good as this but i used gold glitter: paint black, mistakenly let fall golden glitter on your bed and put them all back on the pot, there will be tinier glitter bits, mistakenly rest your nail tip on them, do it often, an even shiny coat will appear, apply coat fast dry and youre done! i dont know where to purchase thinner dust glitter, maybe i should do tutorial, its super cheap and takes as long as this video XD

If you know how to do this with regular polish and glitter, you should post a video. Its hard to follow what to do from just your comment. Please let me know if you post a video!

Alright, will do :)

❤👍👍👍👍

We will soon have a very 'holosexual' mirror powder collection to make the Holo Queen proud ;)

YAAAAASSSSS #holosexual

YAS OMISHDSJDHSCDHC

YESSS HOLOSEXUALS UNITE! !

Holosexuals unite! We shall take over the strange part of RU-vid soon.

it's just to make sure there aren't any bumps and to make the topcoat stick better because sometimes if you put gloss on gloss, the layers peel off

+ronnet sonnet oh ok I understand that now the video was just confusing for me

Maybe I'm just better at applying a smooth coat of polish, but I don't get all the buffing either. Also, why was the tech going over and over and over brushing on the top coat? Maybe that's why this person has to buff so much. And what about the tiny, one nail only, lamp? I'm guessing that gets really tedious. All in all, the whole application was strange.

ronnet sonnet Seems like I Lane had this same problem before with the top coat peeling off like strips of nylon So Ronnet, what you are saying is if I want to avoid that, I should buff the nails before putting on topcoat??? Please reply . Also I need to ask (since you seem to know what's up lol) does chrome powder set well on the nails when you are using the silicone brush to apply it versus using the makeup applicator , the finger or that triangular makeup sponge ? Which application method is the best for getting the best out of your chrome powders ? what was that stuff that look like topcoat that he used the brush to apply twice ? Thought it was the topcoat initially till I saw him apply top -coat at the end . Thanks for the comment and pls reply, could use your expertise.

Lyn Blair The reason why she kept buffing was because gel is a little trick to deal with. You have to mak sure the surfac area is matt and not shiny, and free of any kind of oils or else the gel top coat won't stick. This is why you have to use a primer and a dehydrator when preping your nails for gel because any oil even from the cuticles will cause lifting. And the reason why she put alot of topcoat is to make sure the chrome powder sticks everywhere and doesn't miss any spots

it was a big deal to them :(

Amanda Alarva It wouldn't have been if they used simply peel. Those cuticles wouldn't have been flooded.

Holo it's me

and where's the holo ?

+Румена Димитрова is on simplynailogical's RU-vid channel that is what this reference is.

Magical like unicorns :)

Exactly! That is some super chromie magical unicorn amazing right there.

+D Thomas 🦄

RIGHT

D Thomas Wonder if that would work on plastic? Polystyrene to be exact.That would be cool to use on scale models for a realistic chrome finish!

i have no idea?????

me neither

+Ichu same here 😂😂😂😂😂

Lmao

I LAUGHED SO HARD LMFAO

I don't what kind of gels your nail tech is using, but gel is supposed to last for 8 weeks at the very least!

Do you use those cheap drugstore uv lights and gel polish? Mine doesn't even last two days. I think you should definitely have it professionally done or try to find more professional polish

+Nails 21 "Nail tech" She explicitly said "SELF DONE"

+Not A Peasant Right? I feel they just wanted that chance to push the longevity of their product there! Smh

+Not A Peasant or should I say "supposed" longevity

Unless you do nails for a living, then yes you do and make lots of $$$ from it.

TheBeanHome True

XD

I know I wish I had time fo dat

true

And add a holo taco

+Cute Unicorn shutup already

+Shirorin shun the nonbeliever

There's no Simply Peel in Portugal and it would cost a ridiculous amount of money to import it - mainly because of customs. I like Cristine's videos a lot, but you fans seem idiot children with all these comments. When you don't see the products, just deal with that, because this attitude only makes you look like you're seeking attention and spamming.

+sittinginacornflake we're joking, chill. Not everything has to be so serious. Pull that stick out of your ass and move on

yep, shove them powder between your skin and nail.

Right!!

She wouldn't be able to keep it on lol. She doesn't use gel polishes because she paints her nails so often

+Loretta Valvano she's made a video using gel polish before, she tested them with her peel off base coat

+Aeris Wolny My point exactly, she used the peel off base coat to be able to take it off easily so she can paint her nails again

Yesss

her name is Cristine... you should know how to spell her name by now

YES!! Its built all up in the cuticle!

it was painful to watch

I've never seen powder with gel. They are beautiful.

That looks so cool!! Why can't normal Nail Polish be like that?

+Brooke Katz why the capital letter on nail polish :P

Kittenz Catz Oh, ha ha!!! Very funny

+Brooke Katz Thank you! And you need to use grammar correctly before you comment on things. Let me ask, how old are you? :)

SAME

All hail the Holo Queen, simplynailogical :))

#holosexual

#queenoftheholosandtheirholosexuals

Omg me too

after curing the gel top coat, there's a sticky layer left behind that you usually remove with alcohol. they didn't remove that layer here, they used it as the "glue" to hold the powder in place

usually the pigment is applied on top of a top coat without the sticky layer..... at least the brands I know.

Emily Corcoran No the sticky layer makes the powder dull and not shiny. They used a no wipe top coat where you could buff/rub the powder on.

Excuse me, whats the difference? Can't you just remove the sticky layer from the wipe top coat and then aplly the powder?

tiramisulove if you use a regular wipe top coat then after curing it, it leaves behind a sticky layer which can be problematic using chromes and holos if you don't wipe off the layer, typically with rubbing alcohol, leaving the powder dull with minimal shine/reflection. If you use a no wipe top coat then there is no sticky layer that you would have to wipe off. In my personal opinion no wipe tops coats are better since they save a little time. Hope I helped.

Its not hard to follow if you simply look at the product icons on the right bottom of the screen as she works.

or just use google translate. not everyone speaks english well enough to write a whole description, nor do they have to.

mouthwater Google translate a whole sentence that pops up on a screen? Yeah, I'm good. I'm just saying that if they weren't going to make the whole video English, they shouldn't have made the title and description English. English is one of the most spoken languages and whereas not everyone needs to know it, I'm not going to go out of my way to do something when I expected the video to be in English. If the title was in the same language as the video is, then I would've looked up another video. By the way, I do know three other languages, just not this one.

...three languages? Sure you do...

zahnpastacremetube I speak English, French and a little bit of Arabic. I'm not perfect on my Arabic, though. Pretty sure that's three languages.

I was asking the same thing 😯

it makes the gel "stick" better or at least thats what my mother says she does gel nails soooo... i trust what she says

+Dreamy Muse for base so it sticks to nail better. after that you dont need to buff between each layer

Not necessarily - the top coat just might be finnicky and sticks only to buffed surfaces and not inhibition layers, or the inhibition layers of these gels might not be "sticky" enough for other layers of gel to stick too Especially with some color gel polishes I've worked with, topcoats or whatever really work best on their buffed surfaces as opposed to their inhibition layers

Awesome profile pic!😄

yeah but you have your HOlOsexualyity

+Румена Димитрова lol

omg i watch her videos too, they're best

me too

That's the reason I started watching nail videos. Now I'm addicted

It really is!!

simply peel like no big deal

her name is Cristine... you should know how to spell it by now

Honey, this is not the beach. You don't need to be so salty.

Electro Kate if you are going to spam her name in videos not related to her at least get her name right lmao half of her "fans" cant even spell her name

You're a sensitive little bitch, aren't you? Poor little lamb. :(

The picture was taken by us, as you can see it has our watermarks :) The finished nails are showed tight in the beginning! :) Thanks!

Well heck, you're right! I totally got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning or something. Sorry about the snark!!!

I dont know why i smiled reading this, that's so sweet of you to own up to your mistake and apologize! ^_^

We need more people like you lol

+Josh Martin This makes me so happy and I don't know why.

YAASS!!

HOLOSEXUALS FAMILY UNITE !!!!!!

+crystal derp Cantrell YES IM HERE!

Yvonne Clark ц

Ana Karina ive read somewhere that you need gelpolish

You don’t, I have done it with just a regular nail polish. The trick is to make sure that it’s not completely dry. (Dry enough to not dent the polish when lightly rubbing in the powder but still wet enough to get the powder to stick) The gel does work better though. I use a base coat that peels off when I’m ready to remove it, it’s perfect for easy removal.

...holosexual?

+Isabelle Scheer YASSSS

+Ashley Nicole holo... it's me !

and here we find a problem with SimplyNailogical fans: the majority of them only know how regular nail polish works :P For gels, they can't be too opaque or too thick or else the pigments will stop the light from penetrating the gel and it won't cure. Thus, the only time you find gels that are opaque in one coat have to be painted as thin as possible or else they harden on the outside but stay liquid or gelly on the inside.

It is not milk, it is a very 'black black' gel polish, but with gel polishes, you need to apply very streched layer, as opposed to normal polishes, but as you can see, it didn't need a second coat of black, because it doesn't leave any transparent openings ;) (Nails 21 EASY Gel Polish line is awesome and very 'easy' to work with eheh) Thanks!

Right? That product was hiking up those cuticles like no tomorrow. Less is definitely more. No need to slather so much on there. >_>

Don't worry guys, this is a rubber pen, so no cuticles were hurt in while filming this video :) but to get a full mirror effect, you need to get to every corner of the nail, and the excess is removed with the other tip of the pen, and a corrective pen ;) Thanks!

Yeah, I like the method better where they rub it on. I've only seen it a couple times, but in snap chat videos when friends were getting their nails done. They weren't using all those unnecessary tools, and instead of having to use a pen to remove the excess, they used a nail product that was like school glue and then peeled it off so there was no pushing around, or using up something else. This video was ok.

Definitely didn't seem too rough to me.

+Dena Payne did they use simply peel like no big deal?

After you done the 5 fingers....Still 3 minutes!! And it'll become a bonus time!

It's longer than that because you have to put them under that lamp thing...more like 5 minutes a nail :(

+luciferDGIFU I do mean to get the bigger UV lamp so you can put all your hand on it! Sorry not been clear!

Well it does take time unless u want the nails too look good (:

it takes longer with nail polish lol

Parece que é de Portugal, mas eu também fiquei surpresa também hahaha

sugardot :D oh, tendi

Parece não, é mesmo de Portugal. E a Nails 21 são os melhores aqui, mas não usam acrílico, só gel!

O meu não está português quer dizer Portugal

I didnt notice haha but it is portugues :3

Hahahah NÉ?

Hello Cassidy, this is the best way to protect and keep a long lasting mirror effect.

Maybe they wanted their mani to last a long time.

If they are paying for it I'm sure they would want it to last long and not come right off...

+Baked Potato Hood where did you see it

Nails 21 Instagram on posts I might like

i diddddddd

Sí!

No, it's portuguese

...but it’s Portuguese.

how do you know there don't chip ! ? ice you watched simply nailogical? never use your good hand ! haha 😂😅

hello fellow holosexual

I'm just going by the assumption that it works like regular gel nails, because the silver is between the two gel layers.

Rana Shaalan umm you mean holo, not hello 😂

usually in chrome they use a no wipe top coat ....now i dont know why they didnt clarify it here.... because i didnt see them using a base coat either they used the black first...which is kinda weird to me...🤷🏼‍♀🤷🏼‍♀🤷🏼‍♀