Do you want to start doing your own nails at home? Here are my fav products to help you get started with gel-x!
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Nail Prep
Tips and Glue
Polish and Art
Nail Prep
A good nail dehydrated will dry the nail plate and make sure everything is clean
Nail Primer Professional Natural Nail Prep Dehydrator
Primer helps prep the nail to be ready for application
A dust collector can be helpful during prep and when removing old sets! It collects all of the gel dust when using the drill, so it doesn’t get into your lungs.
Professional Nail Dust Collector
You’ll need nail files to shape your nails and buffers to buff the natural surface or your nail so the gel/glue has something to stick to!
Professional Nail Files & Buffers
Nail drills are useful for prepping the cuticle and buffing the nail plate as well as removing old nail sets!
Nail Drills
Tips and Glue
Gel-x tips come in all different shapes and sizes! I love the ones from Apres!
Gel-X® Tips
Nail glue so you can adhere the tips to your natural nail!
beetles Gel Polish 2 Pcs 15ml Nail Glue Kit for Acrylic Nails, 5 in 1 Super Strong Brush ...
Gel polish and glue is dried using uv light. You need a lamp so that the polish and glue can properly cure.
Beetles Gel Polish UV LED Nail Lamp, Fast Drying Nail Dryer Compact ...
I also recommend getting a small spot cure lamp. This allows the glue to be cured enough to stop it from moving until you can cure your full hand.
Beetles Mini Uv Light for Gel Nails Flash Curing Innovative with Smart Sensor ...
If you want to do gel on your natural nails, builder gel is the way to go! My tried and true brand is luminary! Instead of using nail glue and tips, builder gel goes on your natural nail, and it can help grow it out.
Luminary Nail Systems
Polish and Art
There is a wide variety of gel polish you can use, beetles is my go to, just make sure you cure it properly!
Beetles Gel Polish® - Cruelty-Free Mani That You Can Do at Home
For nail art, I love these liner brushes!
Beetles Gel Polish Nail Art Liner Brushes 5Pcs Painting Art Design Pen Set ...
Chrome leaves a metallic finish on the nail that I love!
Chrome Powder
Cat eye polishes are so pretty!
Beetles Gel Nail Polish Cat's Gaze Nail Art Glitter Cat Eyes Magnet
