Such good tips! After watching you do nails over the last few years I’ve learned a ton and it really got me passionate about gels. By the time I (finally) went to nail school last year I was leaps and bounds ahead in gels and structured manis. ❤️
So glad I watched this!! I do my nails myself and the NT peach base is my go to BOO and I love her so much but after a week my hard work always lifts 😭 ditched my beetle lamp and just ordered the lamp you recommended and some buffers! Thanks Katie girl! You da bessss 🤎
Katie, I purchased your peach base , top coat, have not used yet my favorite red! Everything you mentioned on mistakes is me lol. Today I redid my nails exactly how you did it on your last video. Thank you, thank you my nails look better than before. Please post more youtube videos!
@@nailthoughts I said pooped. 💩!!! Hahahaha. Popped!!! Lol. I was at work (as a nurse so way too much hand washing for improper prep) and I just glued it down to try and make it through the day but then the rest came shortly after. I don’t know what I was thinking. 😅😅
After buffing your nail, should you wipe it with alcohol or anything to clean the dust off? Or what should you do after you buff it, pre-ph bond/base coat?
Awesome video! Love it! Super helpful!!! Question... I'm super hard on my nails and they are very strong... But I get tip wear with gel polish... What could be causing that?
Another question I have!: Doesn’t a base coat cover up all that hard “Velcro” adhesion you just made? I found with base coats they promote my gel coming off
you can't do regular gel color without a base coat! it will come right off. it's not like nail polish in that way. So if you apply your gel base coat, you'll notice that after it cures it stays sticky, that helps with adhesion of the color on top! but yes you 100000% need a base coat for gel! hope that makes sense. we are doing that prep work to get the base coat to stick perfectly to the nail, the rest is great because gel loooooves other gel.
I would definitely avoid yes!!dry manicures are the best prep work for gel. And cuticle removers can also leave a little residue/oil on the nail that might mess with adhesion as well
If you want to become licensed, you must go to school. In the school that I teach at, I teach acrylic, gel, and GelX. But that's my school. You should be learning gel at school no matter where they are located.
So what about holding up manicures after washing your hands a bunch?! (Cause of a little pandemic) or do those oil applications through the day prevent that damage?
hand washing is totally fine! gel is actually not porous so having a gel manicure covering the majority of the surface of your nail actually protects your nails more from water! Definitely still use the oil under the nails and at cuticles though to keep things nice and hydrated!
also it's not really about avoiding water altogether, because of course impossible. more of just don't give your nails exposure to water at least 30 mins before gel mani to help application last longer!
My mind is B L O W N.
I make literally all of these mistakes and never realized that they were contributing to my shitty maniures!
THANK YOU
Omg!!!! Yes isn’t crazy??? I’m sooooo glad it helped ! Truly
Such good tips! After watching you do nails over the last few years I’ve learned a ton and it really got me passionate about gels. By the time I (finally) went to nail school last year I was leaps and bounds ahead in gels and structured manis. ❤️
OMG BEST NEWS EVER!!! that's soooo amazing!!!!!
So glad I watched this!! I do my nails myself and the NT peach base is my go to BOO and I love her so much but after a week my hard work always lifts 😭 ditched my beetle lamp and just ordered the lamp you recommended and some buffers! Thanks Katie girl! You da bessss 🤎
Omg I’m sooooo glad!!!!!! Yes no more beetle lamp!! Too small :)
I’m so happy you made a video about this! 😭
Katie, I purchased your peach base , top coat, have not used yet my favorite red! Everything you mentioned on mistakes is me lol. Today I redid my nails exactly how you did it on your last video. Thank you, thank you my nails look better than before. Please post more youtube videos!
Omg yay!!! I’m so glad it helped!! I think I’m going to be leaning more into TH-cam 😌
That first tip! I've never heard someone mention that as a factor before omg -thank you so much!!
I love your work. You always give us positive energy and useful information.🧡✨ You inspire me so damn much!
omggggg thank you SO much I am soooo glad this was helpful!! that was the goal!
I was also lazy once and was like, they’ll be fine. Didn’t buff the nail. All of them pooped off the next day
Ugh Been there. But luckily noticed after just one nail. My friend on the other hand ... perfect manicure gone in a few days just pop pop pop!
@@nailthoughts I said pooped. 💩!!! Hahahaha. Popped!!! Lol. I was at work (as a nurse so way too much hand washing for improper prep) and I just glued it down to try and make it through the day but then the rest came shortly after. I don’t know what I was thinking. 😅😅
This was so helpful and packed with good information!
Yay!! Sometimes i rewatch the video so many times that I’m like wow this is dumb and not helpful at all, so this comment made the vid worth it!
Good timing!! Just did my friends nails using Kokoist Gelips and two Days later they are lifting 😳
Yes!!! My best guess is you gotta buff more! Too smooth of a surface!
I'm gonna start using "texturizing the nail", it sounds "nicer" 😆
Like your texturizing your hair of something like that. Great video!
Also that guitar note with the picture of your gel collection is *chef's kiss*
Texturizing!!!!!!! Yes . And the guitar note thank you thank you. ‘Twas a last minute important addition and I’m glad to know it was appreciated
After buffing your nail, should you wipe it with alcohol or anything to clean the dust off? Or what should you do after you buff it, pre-ph bond/base coat?
Ur so silly! I love u!!
Awesome video! Love it! Super helpful!!!
Question... I'm super hard on my nails and they are very strong... But I get tip wear with gel polish... What could be causing that?
I realize it's two years later but I thought Kokoist products didn't require nail buffing or a base coat. Nail Toughts line does???
Love your videos!! 💗
thank you so much!
Great tips, learned so much, thank you!
Another question I have!: Doesn’t a base coat cover up all that hard “Velcro” adhesion you just made? I found with base coats they promote my gel coming off
you can't do regular gel color without a base coat! it will come right off. it's not like nail polish in that way. So if you apply your gel base coat, you'll notice that after it cures it stays sticky, that helps with adhesion of the color on top! but yes you 100000% need a base coat for gel! hope that makes sense. we are doing that prep work to get the base coat to stick perfectly to the nail, the rest is great because gel loooooves other gel.
AMAZING!!! Thank you so much for your time and response! We all appreciate your hard work and thanks for always giving us nail inspirations!
Since water makes your nails expand should you avoid using cuticle remover?
I would definitely avoid yes!!dry manicures are the best prep work for gel. And cuticle removers can also leave a little residue/oil on the nail that might mess with adhesion as well
is there any way to become licensed with gel or gelx? I see schools mostly do acrylic
If you want to become licensed, you must go to school. In the school that I teach at, I teach acrylic, gel, and GelX. But that's my school. You should be learning gel at school no matter where they are located.
What grit of sponge buffer do you recommend ?
I linked a couple of my blog posts with a lot of those products linked and more info! Check the list under the nail supplies for DIYers
So what about holding up manicures after washing your hands a bunch?! (Cause of a little pandemic) or do those oil applications through the day prevent that damage?
hand washing is totally fine! gel is actually not porous so having a gel manicure covering the majority of the surface of your nail actually protects your nails more from water! Definitely still use the oil under the nails and at cuticles though to keep things nice and hydrated!
also it's not really about avoiding water altogether, because of course impossible. more of just don't give your nails exposure to water at least 30 mins before gel mani to help application last longer!