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Tuesday 18 June 2013

Gel nails - 12 steps to nail art design

In the last couple of months I´ve always been asked the following questions:

"Are that your nails?" and "How does this work?"

Well, here are the answers:

Yes, they are my nails and no tips (fake plastic nails) anymore.

We thought we should show you the single steps but first SunShine wants to tell something about it too:

Hello all you lovely people :)

Since more than 1 year I do my and also Honey´s nails. Before that I always went to a nail art designer until she got pregnant and had to pause. I didn´t found a proper alternative and decided to do it on my own. I never took classes for it or a training.

You need a lot of practice and patience for it, so don´t give up when it doesn´t look perfect right from the beginning.

But please pay attention to work in a hygenic and neat way!!

And here now the instructions:

1. At the beginning, you should check whether you have all the necessary utensils, these are: UV lamp, task light, UV gel, brushes, cellulose pads, files, buffers, cleaners, nail oil and possibly nail art, eg Rhinestones, glitter powder and UV finishing gel for the optimal completion.

2. The next step is to remove the old gel with a file and removing the cuticles with a cuticle remover. It´s not that you really remove the visible cuticles, it´s the invisible ones that are on the nail!! Then gently push the cuticles with a manicure stick back, so that the nail can be easily sculptured.

3. Disinfect with nail cleaner
and degrease. Please do not touch the nail with your bare fingers. (Important!)

4. Apply dehydrant primer sparingly to the natural nail. This is applied to the whole nail, cure for 2 minutes in the device, but it's also enough to let it air dry.

5. Apply the primer/ bonding gel on the nail and then put this hand into the UV light and let it harden for 2 minutes.

6. Now apply the builder gel to the nail - it should be modeled, so apply a little thicker and pay attention that the gel does not come to the cuticle. When it does happen nevertheless, clean the edges with a wooden stick. Put your hand into the light curing unit and let harden for 2 minutes.

7. The builder gel must be cleanerd after curing and then filed into the desired shape. It should have a little bow when you look from the side. Slightly curved.

Straighten irregularities with a file. Use the buffer to smooth coarse and grinding marks and dust off the nail. Always make sure that the nail edges are free of gel, at a pinch carefully file the nail edges with a fine file.

8. Now apply the colour gel you want on the whole nail and put the hand into the UV light and cure for 2 minutes. If you´re not practiced than it´s better to make finger by finger, alternately left and then right hand.