February 2010

How Much to Charge For Gel Nails?

If you are new to the nail industry and you have decided you want to go it alone as an independent contractor rather than an employee of a nail salon, i must commend you because you have a very different journey ahead of you than most take, but the rewards that you can experience are [...]

8 Tips for Working with Nail Gels

Working with Gel nails can be fun, challenging, and rewarding all at once, here are 8 basic tips (in no particular order) to help you on your way to mastering the art of Gels.
1)  Warm, and Cozy. When removing Gel nails and acrylics, warming the solvent (which makes the cross links expand till they break) [...]

How to Do Gel Nail Art

There are many different forms of nail art that a talented nail technician can create.  If you are new to nail school, or just haven’t been exposed to nail art and how to do it before, this will be a great introduction for your.  Nail art can be done with regular polish, acrylic powder, gel [...]

Soak Off UV Gel Nail Kits

False nails in general can be very difficult to remove.  the appeal of the new on the market Soak off UV Gel Nail Kits is that they have an easier removal process then most other gel nail kits.
Gel Nails: Beautiful and Difficult
The beauty of Gel nails is that they have a very natural look while [...]

How to Remove UV Gel Nails and Acrylics

Removing your false nail enhancements should be done by a trained professional to avoid injuring your nails.  Most of the common methods used to remove acrylics or gel nails, are generally risky to the nail, so be careful and make sure to consult your nail technician before performing any of these procedures.
Removing Acrylics
Acrylic nails have [...]

Gel Nails

Gel nails are a new type of false nail that has a very high gloss and natural shine.  Gel nails are also referred to as uv gel nails, gels, and gel tips among other things.  Gel nails are a very natural looking enhancement because they are thin, clear, flexible and they are non porous which [...]

UV Gel Lamps

Uv gel lamps come in quite a few different shapes, sizes, and prices and they all have different features.  When you are first looking at what type of lamp to get you may think “well i saw one uv gel lamp on ebay for $12 is that good enough?”  or you may think that the [...]

UV Nail Gel

Uv nail gel is a polymer resin which is composed of a monomer component and a polymeric component blended together in a gel.  These monomers and polymers are similar to those found in acrylic nails, but instead of being activated by their combination, uv nail gel gets activated and begins to bond and harden under [...]

Get a UV Gel Set

If you are a nail technician who hasn’t picked up on the growing trend of uv gel nails, then i am here to tell you it is your turn to get with the times!   if you’re a new or soon to be nail tech, then you need to look into extending your education [...]

Uv Gel Nails Are Easy

With all of Europe demanding natural looking nail beauty combined with low maintenance and greater nail strength, I think its time you learned a little bit about how fun and easy uv gel nails can be. 
Uv Gel Nails = Variety
With uv gel nails, you have the option of using nail tips, nail forms, [...]