UV gel polish or gel manicures is a new phenomenon with people all over the world trying out his new technique. Most salons and nail studios offer professionally done shellac and gel manicures for a fraction of the price of acrylic nail extensions with far less damage to your natural nails. The advent of at home UV gel kits has also risen with brands like CND Shellac and Nail Harmony creating easy to apply manicures for at home users – called Shellac and Gelish.

The first thing that anyone needs to do before they apply UV gel polish at home is to find a kit that contains all the tools required to get the job done. The first thing you need even before polish is an adequate curing light. Since these manicures depend on UV light to set you have to have a curing lamp, no bones about it. The quality and brand of light are up to you but without a light the most your manicure can hope to achieve is a tacky texture that never fully cures or hardens. There are a range of UV and LED nail curing lamps available to buy online at Amazon.

Another basic that you will need even before color is a primer. These help the gel manicure to stay in place without causing damage to your natural nail bed. Without a primer the surface of your mail may be too slick to hold the polish resulting in a splotchy and uneven manicure that will not last long. You need to make sure that your primer is approved for use with UV gel polish and that it will help your manicure rather than hinder it. Gel polish manufacturers often sell their own primers and it is advisable to buy one when you\’re buying your gel polish.

The next basic that you need is a way to protect your skin from contact with the polish. This can be a remover that is specially formulated for gel polish so that you can remove spills quickly or alternatively acetone can be use. It can be used to mop up any spills or wipe any excess polish off your skin. A soothing nail or cuticle oil should also be purchased to be applied once the manicure is complete to help hydrate the skin around your nails and condition your cuticles. After you have assembled the items mentioned above you can focus on nail colors. These go on like traditional nail polish but require a base and top coat of UV gel polish.

The gel polish remover or acetone is also needed to remove the gel polish when you\’re ready to change colors. The process to remove UV gel polish at home is a bit easier than you may expect. You can buy UV gel polish remover online even if you do not buy the application kit. The remover is specially formulated to dissolve the hardened gel polish from your nail and can be an irritant just like ordinary nail polish remover. You want to make sure that when you are removing your gel manicure, you protect the rest of your hands and allow the remover to work. Only apply the remover or acetone to your nails. Do not pick at the manicure or pull at fragments of left over gel in an effort to remove them as this can damage your natural nail. Allowing the remover to do its job is the safest way to remove a gel manicure at home.

This is an article by Sue Robertson who writes more about applying gel polish at home.

This is an article by Sue Robertson who writes more about how to apply UV gel polish at http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-use-uv-gel-nail-polish-at-home

Author Bio: This is an article by Sue Robertson who writes more about applying gel polish at home.

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