Our article will tell you about one of the most popular products for nail extension - gel-jelly. It is used by both nail service professionals in beauty salons and home craftswomen who learn the basics of this beautiful art on their own. This material does not require a lot of professional tools, suitable for both a high-class specialist and a beginner.
Application spectrum
With the help of transparent jelly gel, you can make a variety of designs that require voluminous figures. Bouillons and pixies are poured with gel, making various elements for designs in jewelry technology. In some cases, they can replace plasticine in order to complete some simple details: shells, Christmas tree decorations, hearts. Also suitable for elements such as "liquid stones".
Of course, gel-jelly is used for nail extensions. It can also be used for complex techniques such as aquarium design and lay-out jacket.
Material advantages
The distinguishing feature of the material lies in its consistency. The gel really looks like jelly. The material is very plastic and obedient, it can be laid out on forms so that sawdust is not required later. This allows you to reduce the time of nail extension by an hour or more.
Other benefits include:
- Does not emit heat during polymerization, therefore does not bake in the lamp.
- Complete polymerization only takes 2 minutes (3-4 for most conventional gels). Seizes instantly, in a few seconds.
- Shows excellent wear resistance. Comfortable to wear, extended nails are strong.
- Has a light weight. Nails are light.
- Wide color palette allows you to choose the right option.
- Saw well, does not generate a lot of dust, for sawdust you can use a file with a hardness of 100/180 grit or a machine with a special cutter. Suitable for both ceramic and carbide cutters.
- No smell. The vast majority of products are claimed to be non-toxic and hypoallergenic.
- Only forms and a flat synthetic brush are needed to work.
- Suitable for both standard lower and upper molds.
Applying technology
Let's move on to a question that interests everyone who decides to purchase and test gel-jelly for nail extensions. This section will explain how to use this material.
This product is not single phase, it requires base coat and top coat. Can be usedbase gel or regular thick gel polish base.
The first stage of work is the preparation of the nail plate: removal of the pterygium, pushing back the cuticle, polishing the surface.
- Prepared nails are covered with primer or bonder. This is the same product, which different manufacturers call it differently. Apply the product carefully so that it does not get on the skin.
- When the primer dries (about 1 minute), the nails are covered with a base and cured in a lamp. The layer should be thin, the movements should be trampled, rubbed.
- Install the lower forms. If necessary, cuts are made so that the form fits as closely as possible to the nail. Gel-jelly is applied with a flat brush, forming a free edge. Before baking, smooth the surface with a brush to level it as much as possible. The master, who has got his hand on building up gel-jelly, often does not need a subsequent sawdust, because this material is quite possible to immediately lay out evenly.
- After polymerization, the mold is removed. If necessary, complete the dented areas, process the ends and edges.
- When the jelly gel is completely polymerized, you need to evaluate the result. If necessary, the nails can be filed. After that, cut and grind the cuticle.
- Design and cover nails with any finishing agent: top or gel.
Popular products, reviews
There are a large number of jelly gels from various manufacturers on the market. Prices are very different, but even budget jelly gels for nail extensions are very flattering. This producteasy to work on its own, even not too famous brands offer quite acceptable materials for work.
IBD offers a very wide range. Reviews say that this is one of the most popular products. Masters note that the gel is easy to spread and polymerizes quickly.
Nail Club is another popular mid-price product. In the reviews, the craftswomen indicate the lightness and high strength of the gel.
RuNail is a Russian-made product that many professionals and beginners have fallen in love with. In the work gel-jelly is very obedient, in the sock it shows excellent durability.
