Gel nails, new style...well kind of ;)

I don´t know how time went by but finally I found some time to show you some nails again. 

Somehow I never really liked the russian almond shaped nails. I thought they are much too long, too acuate and not natural looking. 

But the more I saw them the more I lstarted to like them. they look quite feminine and inteseting. But would I be able to do them on myself? 

Well, at least I wnated tot try the new style nails, which can be sculptured very thin and the nails will be pinched.   

I didn´t have the right equipment for it but somehow I found a qoutube video where it was done with a clothes-peg. ;) 

So I tried that too.. and here you can see the result: 

Products;

-Primer NailExpert 

 - Bonding gel Super Bonder Golden Nails

-Fiberglasgel Cool Reaction Tailored Nails

-Colour gel"Heartbreaker" Tailored Nails

-Finish  High Gloss Finish -Nail Expert

-Cleaner  Nail Expert 

To pinch the nail, you need to cure the fibreglass gel for around 15 seconds (depending on the gel) and then pinch it together.. but smooth and easy. Not too much pressure and make sure only to pinch the extended gel, not your own nail as that could damage your nail. 

Of course you can also do a square nail now but as I mentioned I wanted to try russian almonds, though that didn´t work out too well as the length wasn´t enough. But still they turned out ok for my taste. 

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Gel nails- Pink is always the right choice...

at least that´s what I think.

As usual I couldn´t decide for a colour and a design. More so as I ordered some new colour from
Touché International. They had a little dicsount and of course I had to take that oportunity.

First I thought that this light pink magic would be a bit too bright for spings... but then.. what the heck,... I love it, so I chose it for the current design.

Products:

-Primer Soft -Nail Expert

-Super Bond - Golden Nails 

-Colour gel "Light pink metallic" - Touché International

- Fiberglass gel Milky Pink - Tailored Nails
-Stamping polish black - Nail Expert
-Stamping pattern - MoYou

-Builder Gel - Nail Epert 

-Cleaner - Nail Expert

-High Gloss Magic - Touché International

I had some problems to apply that colour as a full cover, so I applied it in two thin layers. But still I had some streaky parts. I´m sure that´s because of my brush and I need to get a new and better one. 

The black stamping was a first for me.. I thought it would be a nice contrast to the bright pink.
Don´t you think? 

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Bling-bling for spring! Gel nails

I haven´t posted much the last weeks, so you get everything now. :)

Here we go with my present nails.
Yes, I need to do more french but that´s not so easy to do on myself. That´s why I often go for full cover.
But maybe next time. We will see. :)
I hope that you will like this style anyways..

Products:

-Primer Soft -Nail Expert

-Bonding gel - Nail Expert

-Colour gel "Angela" - Golden Nails 

-Multiglitter - Jet Set Beauty

-Builder Gel - Nail Epert 

-Cleaner- Nail Expert

-High Gloss Finish Gel -Nail Expert

It´s high time for spring to come, for more colours, glitter and sun.. 
With this nails I could welcome it, don´t you think? 

 Yours SunShine 

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Metallic look with foil on gel nails

Hey everybody,

here you can see another design with foil.
This was my first attempt on my friends nails and so far everything went quite good. Unfortunately after a week or so, the sealing gel went off.
As I mentioned in my previous post it´s very important to seal the nails properly with the gel. Seems like I didn´t do it well enough.
But here you can see the result when everything was still fine. 

 

Products: 

-Primer Soft -Nail Expert

-Bonding gel -  Super Bonder Golden nails 

-Fiberglass gel cool reaction - Tailored Nails
-Builder Gel clear - Nail Expert
-Colour gel black - Maxi Nails/ Only 4 nails

-Transfer foil - Only 4 nails

-High Gloss sealing gel - Tailored Nails

-Cleaner - Nail Expert

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Step by step - foil design on gel nails

Hello my der ones,

are you ready for something new?
So was I after I´ve seen so many foil designs on gel nails. So I ordered some foils and tried it out myself.

You will need a colour gel with a very sticky surface after curing in UV light. That´s why black gel is working very well but there are also special foil glue available. But I prefer the gel itself and it works pretty good.

So here we go....

As usual you need to prepare your nails. Remove the old gel design with a file and also the invisible cuticle on the nails with a file or pro pusher. Gently push the cuticles with a manicure stick back and buffer the nail a little so that there is no grease or anything on it.  Apply primer or dehydrater. Whatever you prefer.

I´m using a bonding gel. Just a little bit of it which will be rubbed into the nail. Let it cure for 2 minutes. 

Next step was to build up the nail since I decided fot a fullcover design. I used fiberglassgel milky pink from Tailored nails. Cure again for 2 minutes in UV light. 

Remove the inhibition layer with cleaner and file into shape. Apply colour gel on the nails you want without foil. I decided for cherry metallic on thumb, index and little finger. 

If you're afraid that the gel will get into the side areas then cure immediately after applying.

Now prepare your foil already, cut it into the size you need.

Apply black gel and cure for 3 to 4 minutes. 

Immediately after taking the hand off the device put the foil on the nails, the shiny side up!

Depending on how much and where you put it, the foil will stick on the inhibition layer. 

Pull off the foil fitfully. If you just want small spots if foil then you need to das the foil onto the nail. 

As you can see, I almost put the foil on the whole nail. Last step is to seal (all) the nails with a finish gloss gel.  Make sure to seal it properly as the gel doesn't hold on the foil, so it needs to be on gel. That's why it's better to spare the edges of the nails. 

I used high shining gel from Tailored nails 

That's the finished look.  

The color of the foil goes well with the gel colour, unfortunately you can't see that properly because of flash.  

I really get into that foil design. You can create so many different looks with it. It's something I will use more often now for sure. 

How do you like it? 

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