I have a question. Can these nail tapes be used with Shellac gel or LED nail? Can they be cured with UV lamp at all?
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I just watched a nail tutorial on Youtube where a gal uses nail tape and cures her nails with it, so I think it would be fine.
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I really don't know. I have just used them to create stripes and designs on my nails by painting over them then taking them off which they work great for! I'm happy with them.
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The most I can offer is this. I've cured loose glitter with an LED lamp gel set before and it slightly "burned" the glitter (or seemed to), but it still worked well enough. For a few cents you could give it a try, but I think it should work fine. If the tape DOES have a reaction with the lamp you can just do a full gel manicure, design something with the tape and cover in regular top coat.If you'd like I can try tomorrow since I have some of these tapes and a gel set.
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I haven't used them on the Shellac or LED nails. What I usually do is use regular nail polish on top of my no chip with the nail tape to create a design because I don't think once you cure it that the nail tape will come off unless you are leaving the nail tape on for a design then it will work. But I just use seche vite top coat an regular polish to create a design on top of LED polishes. Feel free to ask any more questions I am happy to answer and I hope this helps!
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Are you using LED or UV lamp? I used LED and it never peeled or chipped (except a broken nail while camping). On the LED lamp, I wiped nails with alcohol after filing, put on PH bond (left over from my Gelish kit), cured base coat for 45 seconds, cured first coat of color 45 seconds, cured second coat of color 45 seconds, then cured top coat for 1.5 minutes. I have not tried UV lamp because I stopped using once I got the LED one.
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Hi, I have only used Gelish polishes with the lamp, I don't know if a "shellac" polish is a gel polish. So I can't help you out there. They also say base coat should only cure for 5 seconds under lamp, but if I do under 40 seconds, they pop off after a few days.
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YES, UV lights are better to dry nails. LED lights are only bright incandescent light. UV lights are ultra violet light.
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Gel manicures need to be cured under a uv or led lamp. Nails need to be soaked off in acetone. Top coat, color and base coat. All cured.
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Uv light. But there are a lot of brands of nail UV light. And I'm sure you notice a huge price difference. The cheaper ones will not cure as quickly or well. I have bought a couple and learned lessons the hard way.
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The nail polish has to contain the photo receptors for LED lights. I use Gelish polish and it contains both UV and LED photo receptors. Not all gel polishes contain both receptors, so you'll have to check with the manufacturer.
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NO!! I own a nail salon. There are a couple of brands that require a UV light. Just make sure the polishes that you buy are specifically for use with LED.
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Not sure what you mean by hard gel. I use my lamp with any brand of gel nail polish requiring the UV led light. Works great! Would not work to harden regular nail polish.
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Yes, works great with an LED light! I'm pretty sure all Gelish products can cure with LED or UV.
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UV or LED lamp will cure most gel polishes. LED will get the job done faster but will cost you more initially. I got my UV lamp from here on Amazon when it was about 50% off and it works great for me. I love Gelish!
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I am not sure what "UV" polish is exactly, but it works with any gel nail polish that requires UV light for curing (drying)
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Hi..what I use is 36W UV lamp because its cheaper :)..I RECOMMEND U TO CHECK ON WWW.GELISH.COM because they have 1-2 different types of lamps...what I learned from the nails school was that the led lamp harden the nail quicker dan the UV lamp about 30 sec.Good luck x
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UV light is for nail drying. LED light is for the timer. I thought you misread the description. You need to do two times to get nail dried. I got headache from the UV light, therefore, I am not using it very much. It is quite big and heavy. It has excessive room for one hand but is tight for both hands in.
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I am a nail technician who specializes in artificial nails and have been using this product for about 10 years. 2 min is the recommended cure time for this product. First off I have a couple of questions regarding use for troubleshooting purposes. What type of nail are you applying to? This product is for artificial nails (ie. acrylics and permanent uv gel nails) only as a acetone proof finish coating and not for use as a coating for natural nails or for use for gel manicure products. There are other products out there that are for natural nail use that are better for sealing nail polish and are made to be compatible with traditional nail polish that stay for almost 3 weeks! What type of uv lamp and bulb wattage are you using? And more important how old are the bulbs. Best uv bulb wattage is the 4- 9 watt uv lamps. Also note this isn't a product that is compatable with " at home uv lamps or LED lamps. Hope to help you. Sounds from your post you are applying to something that the product isn't made for. Cracking comes from improper use and normally comes from placing it on top of nail polish and or as a nail strengthener which it isn't made for and doesn't have the flexibility that natural nails have. Other products on the market for application as a nail polish sealer have a little more flexibility and won't crack.
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You should only put one coat of base clear,then pour under UV lite for two mins. Then for another two mins after each gel color coat n followed by top gel coat and last two mins under lite! You are putting you're nails under the lights too long and it's melting your polish instead of hardening it!!!
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Yep! Any led lamp should work with any gel polish, though there might be a slight difference in timing.