No matter the season, chrome is always an option. Watch me work as I overlay my short round nails with a structured overlay using one of my favorite tinted color shades. For today’s mani I wanted to have all the Winter feels, icy blue pastels over a light whitish background with all the snowglobe flare, […]
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After so many years of using Japanese Gel and being both a certified gel nail technician and instructor in multiple Japanese gel nail brands, I’ve always desired to simplify what Japanese Gel is to my students and you, my community members so that you can dive into and enjoy it just as much as I
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Choosing the right structure gel will ensure the longevity of your structured gel overlays. If you choose to simply go with the brand that is the most popular, then you may end up with more service breakdowns then you’d want to repair. Choosing the right structure gel starts by narrowing down what products and services
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The structured gel nail service has spread like wildfire in salons and it is here to stay because it actually has been here for over 30+ years back when light curing gel was invented in it’s original form of application, of pot and brush- our favorite method of application in this channel. Stick with me
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It’s acting up again—that index finger of mine. It is not uncommon to have a nail that perpetually lifts on you or your client. If this is happening to one of your clients or a few of them… there’s actually a big chance that it is not you; it’s them. However, after a while, the
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Chrombres (chrome + ombre) ! I’m all here for them. Today’s look is my “I’m not ready for Fall look”! I created this set using Kokoist’s Mirror Chrome which is a liquid chrome solution, that I do indeed find a little less messier than loose powders. But either will do! Remember that with chrome your
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Your Summer/ Fall nail haul is here. I think you’ll see glitters and metallics being the theme in this haul, but I also have new releases like Kokoist liner brushes and Leafgel’s clay-like molding gel, as well as new shades of their best-selling faraway metallic collection! I’m so excited to show you what our favorite
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Upgrade your clients’ nails with this look easily! And never spend on stickers again (at least if you don’t want to) with the technique you’ll learn today for these chromes! (By the way, I struggled coming up with the name for these. What would you call them? All I could think about was oil droplets
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Is Bottled Gel allowed when specializing in soft potted gel nail systems? Sure! Pots or bottles and why? That’s what we will be discussing today. I get this question quite often. Before we begin, I want to clarify a few essential points about our niche, specifically soft-potted gel nail systems. I personally prefer the ones
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Rubber base, gel polish, builder gel, structure gel, soft gel, semi-hard gel, hard gel, soak-off gel, poly gel, premium soft gels… I understand why you’re confused. I’m so glad that the world of gel nails is exploding, but with it are the gel terms themselves. And the confusion is real, even ‘I’ can’t take it
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