GEL POLISH SHRINKING? I HAVE A SOLUTION!

[@TheSalonLife]

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[@Hillarygirl21]

This was really helpful :-) What natural pink colour did you have on your nails?

[@muavead]

I came into this lil trick when i started to have cstmers coming back with chipping gelpolish issues. Since the OPI ( brand we work ) some of their colors have that issue, when it pulls back... It was so frustrating

[@donnamahoney8589]

Hi again! This is so helpful! I know you don’t recommend amateurs do their own gels but I’m sooo busy as a doc in the GTA and don’t have time to go and I discovered that this is a great source of relaxation. I’m sticking to CND Shellac Ann Vinylux for quality and ease of removal. Your videos are so detailed and helpful! I wish I could be notified when you’re streaming. Thank you again! I hope I can be as neat as you the next time I try capping! 🤗

[@TheSalonLife]

Hello Donna! Thank you for your comment :) Yes, I can totally understand your predicament. Good salons are difficult to find, and many salons don't use products properly, they don't cure the gels correctly. It's a sad mess. The reason why I don't recommend gel polish is because people don't take the whole thing seriously and these products do contain sensitising ingredients so they have to be applied and cured correctly. Once someone is sensitised it's for life so that's why... Shellac is one of the safest products out there but it still has to be used right. PS. I think you can be notified when we go live... we do the lives every Monday at 2pm EST. This Monday it might be different because we change our clocks here this weekend. Hopefully you can join us one day :))

[@roopalineeraj5235]

I never knew so much about polish and I've been enthusiastically messing around with it for years now.

[@tb3174]

OMG this color is beyond beautiful!!

[@tinasmith770]

Thanks Anna!!..going to try that for sure!!!!

[@BajaRosie]

i am NOT a free edge capper, when i was first starting i watched ppl like amy becker from nail masters and lori holloway from the meticulous manicurist. They didn't cap their nails had good explanations as to why and being they were so fast with appointment times and that it worked for them for 20 years it would work for too.!!!! BUT that being said, i encountered a polish that pulled backed i have never had this happen before but thankfully i watch YOUR videos and i followed your "capping" trick. HOWEVER it does not always work so great for me i find now as some polishes i have if i do a flash cure they will wrinkle!!! ITS so FRUSTRATING "experimenting" every time i find a "shrinking" polish!!! But most often this trick is AWESOME!!!!

[@TheSalonLife]

I normally don’t see the need to cap regular nail polish because it doesn’t shrink. If you find that the gel polish wrinkle after you flash cure it, then full cure it and then add the edge piece. Although I never have a wrinkling issue and you know how many brands I have. Unless I apply it too thick maybe? Which gel wrinkled on you and were you curing in the recommended/matching lamp?

[@TheSalonLife]

Ps. Capping like I do is not time consuming. It adds maybe 1 minute to an appointment?

[@BajaRosie]

The Salon Life I don’t cap regular or gel. I cap my base coat only. But when I do have to cap with a shrinking gel polish I use your method and your right it doesn’t add much time at all. Thank goodness for KZbin university by THE SALON LIFE!!! lol

[@BajaRosie]

The Salon Life The Salon Life I use the sun 3. It was en vogue lac it. I’ll do a full cure next time

[@ewabydgoska8544]

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[@thenailtherapist519]

This is AWESOME. Thank you for addressing this!

[@asboukcomfortable1670]

I was using Essie Here Stay basecoat and Essie No Chips topcoat and they did shrink, along with Fast dry topcoats, Elegant Touch nail Drying spray 125ml and a hairdryer! Wet n Wild Black & white creme nail polish, Essie nail 5ml mini polishes and MTSSII gel polishes are used! Budget only! I adore Sally Hansen Insta dry clear Topcoat and Seche Vite fast dry topcoat and Essense Nail polish Dry drops, nails drying instantly and no smudged or hairy nails! Need a non shrink, non stain resistant nail polish topcoat! With Essie basecoat, polish shrink from sidewalls and soaks off like a Peel off basecoat! Is that the idea?? After a non shrink adhesive basecoat! Orly Bonder or CND STICKEY BASECOATs are expensive £16/$19 for 9-70ml. Has enough, switching to nail wraps! Any recommendations for a non shrink, non staining basecoat and topcoat? Uk 🇬🇧 26.4.24

[@TheSalonLife]

The info in this video is about UV cured gel polish :))

[@nmazaheri]

Hi Anna. Great video as always. Which setting do you flash cure on? Number 1? Thank you in advance.

[@TheSalonLife]

Hi N M! for flash curing it doesn't matter :)

[@nmazaheri]

@@TheSalonLife thank you for always taking time to reply 😃

[@asboukcomfortable1670]

Got bundle of CND VINYLUX nail polishes, the quality of these CND polishes is amazing! Compared to Essie No Chips topcoat, Sally Hansen insta dry clear Topcoat and Seche vite quick dry topcoat! I like budget nail polish brands like Solar and KINND QUICK DRY SHINY TOPCOAT, do your research! UK 28.5.24 🇬🇧

[@asboukcomfortable1670]

Essie polish shrinking badly and Sally Hansen insta dry clear Topcoat and Seche vite quick dry topcoat! Strange. CND VINYLUX nail polishes don't shrink! Strange. UK 🇬🇧

[@angelsheavenlynailsboutiqu5868]

I love your style! I rarely find a tech that works like I do.... Here you are :) I am a huge CND shellac lover, but I don't know anything about Creative Play. Whats the difference as far as results, please?

[@TheSalonLife]

Awesome! Thank you! I like Shellac much better. Way easier soak off, better color selection, feels more like polish, and the wear is the same. I don't mind paying double ;)

[@glitterhappens8595]

Just came across this really useful video and want to ask would you do each nail individually - polish, flash cure, cap or could you polish all five nails, flash cure them together and then cap.

[@eBellykinz]

yes I was wondering the same thing! I am a working esthetician and run into this problem frequently as a lot of OPI shades tend to do this. Anna, at what point do you flash cure?

[@lauralight1615]

@@eBellykinz darn, she never answered and I'd like to start implementing flash curing......

[@thereneemh]

A couple of questions, I'd love to know! 1. I use Shellac and have a problem with it also shrinking with certain colors. I cap the edges for base, color and top coats. I have never "flash" cured before. Can we do this with the Shellac color as you are with the gel? My CND lamp does 5 seconds? 2. Where can we buy that special tool of yours? I want one! Thanks!

[@TheSalonLife]

Yes you can do this with Shellac. Shellac is a gel polish. You don’t need a special tool. The angled sticks I’ve been using recently work very well. Ps. Make sure you shake your gel polish very well (preferably in a shaker)

[@TheSalonLife]

Please check out my recent video, I talk about it CND Shellac Summer City Chic Collection 2021 [LIVE SWATCH ON REAL NAILS] kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGGqfGOZm7uXhc0 Also I have many Watch Me Work videos on Patreon and you can see how I do this on a client www.Patreon.com/thesalonlife

[@judygrayson7896]

I once learned a trick that if you dry brush the base coat to get the shine off some that helps with shrinking. Have you ever heard of it or tried that? And does it work?

[@TheSalonLife]

Hi Judy! Yes, dry brushing helps but this would be an additional step

[@dmurphy9341]

The Polish Clean Up Brush link doesn't link to anything. If it was the one you used in video. I'd love to get one. Any other links/suggestions as to where one could find it? Was it a brush with hairs/bristles or some other material, hard to tell.

[@eileencarey5285]

what do have on your own manicure in this? it's beautiful!

[@TheSalonLife]

I think I was testing few different milky acrylics or gels back then :) Thank you

[@BABYGIRL4U1]

Why would the gel come off the nail in one piece. I’m thinking maybe I did remove the shine well Xx great video

[@TheSalonLife]

It could be several different reasons. If you are ever interested in 1-on-1 coaching please email me at [e-mail] :)

[@delrose5381]

When I cap the edge I feel like that’s the first thing that chips and it chips fast. Do you have any tips for that??

[@TheSalonLife]

Are you capping it exactly how I show it? With flash curing it in between?

[@anillalunde6358]

great tip! do you know why they are discontinuing the cpgp collection?

[@TheSalonLife]

I didn’t know they were discontinuing it! I guess maybe the sales were not so good? I found the colors to be so so. I prefer Shellac too. Application wise and removal wise.

[@asboukcomfortable1670]

Fast dry topcoats Seche Vite Quick Dry topcoat, Sally Hansen insta dry clear Topcoat and Essie No Chips topcoat! UK 🇬🇧

[@TheSalonLife]

This video reffers to UV cured gel polish

[@jencarter6187]

What is the tool you use called for the touchup?

[@lisbetperezreina8464]

Ana, wich one do you prefer between cnd shellac and cnd creative play gel color?

[@TheSalonLife]

Hi Lisbet! Shellac for sure :))

[@lisbetperezreina8464]

Thank you so much. I falow you from Spain, I work with OPI and I want to try with Shellac. I love your videos. You are amazing :)

[@TheSalonLife]

Hola Lisbet! Gracias!! Oh wow! I absolutely love Spain! Lived there for a while. Near Barcelona. Looking forward to being there again hopefully soon!

[@janettesevarino9286]

I’ve discovered how to help the ends but it shrinks by cuticle also..😵‍💫.. That’s when the good old polish is better than gel on natural nails

[@napalew574]

Hi! Can i mix the brand ? For example Cnd base coat Opi gel polish And cnd top coat?

[@TheSalonLife]

I say follow the manufacturer recommendations. Mixing brands is not recommended as is not curing in appropriate lamps. Just google "allergic reaction to gel polish" and you will see why ;(

[@joongyan1706]

is there a need to cap the free edge with the topcoat and base coat too?

[@TheSalonLife]

Yes, but I just wipe it, I don't flash cure it like with the color

[@asboukcomfortable1670]

I can't fast forward this video why? Uk 🇬🇧

[@Littlefrogintheocean]

Do you have full DND Gel Manicure ?

[@TheSalonLife]

I don't use DND, so sorry.

[@ShellyStephen]

The same thing happens with essie speed setter regular nail polish topcoat, it’s so annoying!!!!! I don’t use gel nails polish, don’t trust the led lamps!!!!!

[@erikcavelasquez3557]

Si eso me pasa seguido🙁🙁🙁🙁😭😭😭por eso ago una Por una 😊😊😊😊😊

[@selyemperzsa1]

What do you have on your own nails? They are really nice! :-)

[@TheSalonLife]

I think I was testing few different milky acrylics or gels back then :) Thank you