Plastic tips work great with this method but I was always concerned using gel tips since gel adheres to gel. Glad I never tried and thanks for taking one for the team!
She was lucky(?) that it stuck without etching the tip or anything. First time i tried sticking them on with polygel the tip peeled off after a couple days
Addd cuticle oil before applying the poly gel to the soft gel tip. I’ve seen others do this and it helps removing the tip from the poly gel. I did this using the AB plastic full tips and the only thing I didn’t do was etch the tip and it came off with no issues.
Wow !! I love that u still showed us the problems it really helps alot. I think i wouldve given up midway but seeing u have patience trying to fix it really helps as well
I found this hack to be super helpful! I do things a bit differently with it. I use a clear form underneath so the gel will fully cure since I usually do a cover peach color. Then when taking the tips off, I use my pinching tool to release the sides as if I was pinching the nail as normal. Makes an air pocket so it pops off with ease. Also I use young nails cover peach gel. It is very viscous but is not a poly gel. Love this hack! Is a great game changer! Speeds up my application on myself with all of the structure. If any apex needs to be added, I do so.
Oh no, your poor nails! I could almost feel your pain just watching this. I think the problem was what a lot of other comments have said - the soft gel tips themselves were the problem. I'm thinking plastic tips would work fine for this. But like you said at the end, actual dual forms are so widely available these days for pretty much every budget and in pretty much any shape - I have some gorgeous Russian Almond ones myself. It's better to use the dual forms that are made for this purpose. Curious to see if you'll try this again using plastic tips. Hugs from Kentucky! 😘😘
I've never even bothered trying this method with soft gel tips because i knew it would just stick to it. However, i've used this method with plastic full cover tips plenty of times and it works wonders, just like dual forms or even better
I was always thinking why nail techs use nail dual forms instead of fake nails. Now I now the answer 😯 I'm just a person whose hobby is manicure with regular nail polish, so I don't have an experience with creating gel manicure. Oh dear, I'm sorry you had to go through all the worrying that taking off the tip would damage tour natural nails. ❤️
Gel tips are meant to stay put! No matter what product is being used to adhere them to the nail. I imagine regular plastic tips could do the trick though! Never tried it, never will after watching your video! 😂 Thanks for sharing! 😊
You probably know this now but I think when using a full cover tip you need to use an abs plastic tip instead of a gel tip because the hard gel/polygel whatever "gel" product you want to use will adhere to gel tips ... Love your video's Edit: I really hate duel forms so I never use them, however I do use full cover tips on some clients that really love them but for most of my clients I use a tip or a form.
Thanks for sharing this hack 😀 I won’t do this on my nails!! Dualforms are so easy to use and theirs a huge variety of them! So with polygel I use dualforms! I’m a big fan of you and your videos 😘
I was holding my breath when you were struggling with the removal of the gelly tips... I do prefer dual forms for this method. Also I have seen recently using the classic tips , the one we put glue , and used them with rubber base to put them on nails. Have you ever tested this method? You're super cool teacher ☺️
Tx for this video. Didn't try it yet because of like you said - the gel tip is designed to stay on your nail. It didn't make logic sense to use it as a dual form. So glad I waited. My nails are extremely soft and my nailbed very sensitive and with my luck I would damage them very bad. Always enjoy your videos and testing of hacks 🤗
I have, obviously, huge thumb nails and I can hardly find full cover tips in the shape I like(almond) in my size. I'm going insane... Regarding dual forms- there's absolutely NO way I can find the right size and shape for that darn thumbs!😭 Great video, love! They somehow really look good!!!
I did the same thing a few months ago… I couldn’t take any of the tips off, i just filed them a bit and soak them off. It took me a loooot of time (like a good couple of hours) to remove them. Live and learn and never again!
A testament to how good your nail prep is that those lasted 5 weeks! if you had known just how many rounds of filing it took for you to be (mostly) satisfied with the end result, would you have kept them on still or immediately removed and started over? Hope you're doing as well as you can, all things considered
It was great for you to show this. Personally I’ve never understood why people don’t use dual forms anyway. Use the products in the way they are designed. You did an amazing job sorting them out afterwards though. Xx
The gel forms are made to adhere to the gel tips whereas dual forms are designed to separate from the product once it is cured. That’s why you had trouble removing the gel tips.
I LOVE your videos… I don’t see the point of this “hack” like you said, since there is so many dual forms out there. Either you’re doing pop off polygel or leaving the soft gel tips. Also you can leave the polygel and soft gel tip on and it you won’t need to shape and file. Your nails looked gorgeous at the end either way. You’re such a perfectionist 💞
This definitely happened to me! I was using the e-nail gel tips, for me I'm sure that my method was the issue. Nice to know I'm not the only one who has encountered this.
My gel tip broke as well. It was hard to get it off. I prefer dual tips...that's what they are made for. I'm all for hacks, but not if it cost my nails health. But you managed to make them look great again.
Seems like my nails would have not survived such a challenge. Anastasia, you were pretty brave, I would chopped them and soak them off out of frustration and fear of how it could damage my nail bed, since my nails are paper thin and very sensitive. Thanks for trying so we don't have to.
I recently tried using my builder base to apply my full cover gel tip (I ran out of my usual) and all of the tips popped right off within a day! We're having the opposite problem, haha!!
I have done this but applied a layer of peel off basecoat such as UNT to the underside of the softgel tip, allowing it to dry fully and then proceeding with the same process as you used in the video. I think that even without etching the underside of the softgel tips, the bonding between the polygel or any other gel product and the softgel tips still happens, whereas with a dual form, the plastic is a different chemical structure which will not bond to your structure product. This does work much easier with basic ABS tips and can be done without a peel off basecoat with the removal of the form being much easier but still not as easy as with a dual form. TFS and risking your nails for us!
Anastasia, would you please make a tutorial on how to do gel nails on fan shaped nails? I have fan shaped nails and I don't know how to get them to look good.
I have used the full cover tips as a dual form however it only worked with hard gel. Maybe try that? I would love to see the results you have! I know some other people have done it with acrylic and with soft gel but I do believe they had to put oil like cuticle oil on the inside of the nails so that it wouldn’t stick to the plastic whenever you are done
I have the same thumb as you lol! I am using polygel mostly with regular full cover tips because I am allergic to HEMA, and for some reason these are less messy and easier for me to use. I do not react to them, tried 3 so far. I use my hand tool to get off pretty easily: it is a nail pick (comes from amazon with a small nail scoop and a spatula thing very tiny the icepick one--I call it--just works great). I know there's HEMA in it but it may not be the type that is worse for my allergy...I can't recall the info, but when I put it on they feel like my nails, no itching or feeling bulky or even painful. I do not get blisters or open sores on my nails or I wouldn't use it at all...just keep product off skin! Nice video. Thanks
Ok so after numerous times i found the way to remove the tip easily, i spread a little cuticle oil on the tip before putting the polygel, and it works like magic, please try it and if it works for you i would love to know 🥰 ty so much for your videos you are amazing 😊❤️🙏
I had a fail with this as well. I didn't realize the kit used gel tips. You could revisit this adding a thin layer of cuticle oil as a barrier between the tip and the hybrid gel. My builder gel stuck to the nail at the tip and broke off at the natural nail. I have stiletto shaped tips and hybrid gel (polygel which is technically a brand name) coming today and today and tomorrow. This method requires normal hard plastic clear full cover nail tips they are made from the same kind of plastic the actual dual forms.
Nail Career Education (Suzie) has a video where she does this but leaves the soft gel tip on. She used the polygel or acrylic as the adhesive to the natural nail instead of glue. Yours did look pretty in the end but I'm sure it would have been easier to build from scratch without gel tips.
I think... you deserve better. I felt so bad for you when you started to remove the forms, I felt the pain because I've had to have a one day fresh set removed and it was painful.
I have tried this "hack" with both ABS plastic full cover tips and soft gel full cover tips. The ABS plastic tips are much like a dual form where they almost 'pop' off leaving a nail however I had much the same experience doing this with soft gel tips as you did. I figured the gel just adheres to the gel tip. 🤷♀️
I can’t believe how good you were able to get them to look & I almost spat my coffee out on the screen when u showed us that you had them on for 5 whole weeks 😮 5 weeks 😮 that’s crazy 😂 I won’t be trying this hack though 😂
I like this hack much better than dual forms because the shape is perfect, literally no filing once it’s removed! A perfectly sculpted gel nail. But you just can’t use soft gel, plastic nails pops right off like dual forms.
when using gel tips you have to do them one by one and take me off right away dont wait till you move on to the next one and take em all off at the same time the more you leave it on the more it will stick to the tips but if you want to just apply and remove em all at the end you can add abit of oil not too much just a small amount on your finger rub your fingers together then run your finger inside the tips before applying the gel works like a charm I been doing this hack for a while and haven't had any trouble hope this helps gl ❤
This hack is too time consuming. It's easier to use dual forms. Thanks for sharing this experiment! The outcome was still beautiful b4 and after 5 weeks.
Did you get a heat spike when you did the nails with the polygel? I'm not feeling hard gel/builder gel, because it's just slightly too goopy for me, and I feel like poly gel would be for me because you just squeeze out however much you need.(plus not smelly like acrylic)
The shaping (minus the thumb) was actually very nice, like you, my free edge must come out straight from my sidewall, as bad as this sounds that's how I judge good shaping. People do not realize you can do any shape with the free edge coming straight out of the sidewall and not going upwards Btw why do you mention in a few videos you don't have all your products, did you move ?
I've learned that you have to use ABS tips not gel tips because gel cures to gel and it hurts to remove it. You actually did the femi beauty method using the gel tip which looked so nice but they say you shouldn't have had to file so much. But this was interesting to watch up to the point I could tell you were hurting. So happy you did not hurt yourself more. I have such issues with techniques like this as I have large nail beds. My left thumb is 14mm+ most 0 size is 13mm so I have no choice but to practice the standard method.
Thank you for sharing this hack. I am very curious as to how long this set will last you. I felt your pain while you were trying to remove the gel tip. I wonder if the gel tip need some type of prep before using them however the person who did the original hack did not include that step in the video you watched. How long did it take you to complete this hack.
I saw this technique on another channel so I tried it. I found that the tip can be removed if you cure it for only 10 - 15 seconds. Then finish curing after removing the tip.
I tried this method using Beetles brand full coverage nails and hard gel. I had the same issue in the video with trying “pop off” the full coverage tips. I was trying to make a short active length so I did not use the entire full coverage nail. I believe if you like this method invest in a set of dual forms. My next attempt will be with them ❤️ wish me luck!
Love your videos💗 Try watching Nail Career Education. She has a video on this technique and she calls it a poppit😁 From what I've seen, only the plastic tips work for this and come off smoother. I learned that the gel tips actually shrink and tighten once cured and actually adheres to tight to the poly gel. A smooth non abraised plastic tip works. I think some people actually put a little oil inside the tip to help it come off easier too. But I've never seen a soft gel tip work well at all. Hope this helps.💗💐
I've tried this same hack. Some nails came off super easy and others stick like yours. Not sure if it depends on the type of tip. The ones i have are "abs plastic" not sure if that is the same as "soft gel"
I would not have used gel tips, I would have used plastic. Also Femi beauty invented the "lazy girl method " which involves leaving on the gel tips over polygel or acrylic check it out!! Thanks for sharing x
I have 3 or 4 different dual form styles and clear coffin gelly tips by 123 enail by Max and I was thinking about using the IBD gel as the glue then do a design underneath and seal it with the same gel … still in the planning stages.
I do this all the time, but by the comments i just realised, that I'm actually using plastic ABS tips (though im pretty sure they are sold as soft gel tips but what do you expect from aliexpress). I dont own polygel so I use hard gel with it. Cure for only 15-30 seconds, remove the tip then fully cure. Saves me a lot of time sculpting and filing as I'm not a pro who can flawlessly apply gel overlay.
Yess I learned this the hard way too, but I realized how dumb I was cuz polygel is sometimes used to adhere soft gel tips. Great alternative to the people who accidentally cure their soft gel tips on crooked, just a tiny amount of polygel and you can move it around to see if it fits right, without holding it, because polygel is soo sticky
Question: When doing polygel nails (am I understanding this right), are you supposed to completely remove everything at four weeks? Or do you do fills? The more I learn about this stuff the more afraid I am to even attempt using that polygel kit I got....
This happened because they are soft gel tips vs plastic tips. Gel sticks to gel so even with not etching the underside it’s still going to cling to the tip. Ugh I’m sorry you were in so much pain trying to get the tip off 😩
I've seen other use them but they usually dont go the full length of the nail form. They wiggle them and they pop off just like the dual forms. They should if they're made of the same material.
I tried this as well. It went about the same way. I did one nail at a time. The first one came off fine, the next I struggled with so I just with my dual forms with no issues ❤️
I do this all the time but with reinforcement gel. The tips pop straight off. It gives me a thinner coating of gel over a natural long nail than if I use dual forms.
I'm reading the comments discussing plastic tips VS gel tips and thinking about how Young Nail's said they were the same thing.... but they still plastic tips and gel tips/ the "Apres gel X"method was creating a ton of buzz due to covid closing many salons 🤔 I ended mostly investing in gel tips, Apres to be exact because the lengths/refils etc, but I think if I were to try this is listen to the people and buy plastic tips. There may be a difference after all 🙃
You should try to use full cover tips to use like soft gel tips. I've seen videos where the girls are getting 3 weeks out of them. Its called the lazy girl method. I'd love to see you do it.
If you want to take it off you need to use the efile and rough up the inside of the nail gel tip. To me it’s not worth it. I started with this hack and kept the tips on but after about 2 weeks the tips would just pop off and I didn’t like that. I ended up using your video’s to learn how to use the poly gel forms properly. Now they last 3-4 weeks. Ty!!!
I do this all of the time, but i dont pop off the nail tip. The top is super smooth and i can decorate them before i put them on. (NOTE: The polygel wont dry through dark polish though)
For short nail beds, twice smaller product would be good, because you don't need as big of an Apex. With Ana, you had a hard time finding dual forms that would work for her short length. Seems this could work if they aren't etched.
Plastic tips work great with this method but I was always concerned using gel tips since gel adheres to gel. Glad I never tried and thanks for taking one for the team!
these arent gel lol they are plastic. you should watch youngnails video on these, they went to a lab to test popular "soft gel" enhancements
@@sararuastravels try "the truth about gel tips, young nails"
I think that's what it was
She was lucky(?) that it stuck without etching the tip or anything. First time i tried sticking them on with polygel the tip peeled off after a couple days
I just tried this yesterday with builder gel and some ABS plastic full-cover tips that were not pre-etched and it worked perfectly.
@@cassandra6315 Yes, I did see that video a long time ago but they aren't ABS. There's definitely something different about them.
When you're trying to make it easier and it takes even more time. Happens way too often for me. Thanks for sharing!
This happens to me in life in general too
Addd cuticle oil before applying the poly gel to the soft gel tip. I’ve seen others do this and it helps removing the tip from the poly gel. I did this using the AB plastic full tips and the only thing I didn’t do was etch the tip and it came off with no issues.
Thanks for the tip, Jenn!
You beat me to it
Thanks for this tip!
I love how willing you are to experiment with the many nail systems and hacks. Your videos are always full of helpful info. Great job, as usual.
Wow !! I love that u still showed us the problems it really helps alot. I think i wouldve given up midway but seeing u have patience trying to fix it really helps as well
I found this hack to be super helpful! I do things a bit differently with it. I use a clear form underneath so the gel will fully cure since I usually do a cover peach color. Then when taking the tips off, I use my pinching tool to release the sides as if I was pinching the nail as normal. Makes an air pocket so it pops off with ease. Also I use young nails cover peach gel. It is very viscous but is not a poly gel. Love this hack! Is a great game changer! Speeds up my application on myself with all of the structure. If any apex needs to be added, I do so.
I recommend using ABS plastic tips rather than soft gel tips for this technique. Overall I think it’s easier to sculpt nails
Oh no, your poor nails! I could almost feel your pain just watching this. I think the problem was what a lot of other comments have said - the soft gel tips themselves were the problem. I'm thinking plastic tips would work fine for this. But like you said at the end, actual dual forms are so widely available these days for pretty much every budget and in pretty much any shape - I have some gorgeous Russian Almond ones myself. It's better to use the dual forms that are made for this purpose. Curious to see if you'll try this again using plastic tips. Hugs from Kentucky! 😘😘
I've never even bothered trying this method with soft gel tips because i knew it would just stick to it. However, i've used this method with plastic full cover tips plenty of times and it works wonders, just like dual forms or even better
I was always thinking why nail techs use nail dual forms instead of fake nails. Now I now the answer 😯 I'm just a person whose hobby is manicure with regular nail polish, so I don't have an experience with creating gel manicure. Oh dear, I'm sorry you had to go through all the worrying that taking off the tip would damage tour natural nails. ❤️
Gel tips are meant to stay put! No matter what product is being used to adhere them to the nail. I imagine regular plastic tips could do the trick though! Never tried it, never will after watching your video! 😂 Thanks for sharing! 😊
I was in pain FOR you! 🥺You are such an amazing influencer to stick with it and see it through
Does anyone else but the like button before ever watching the video? I already know I'll love your video! Luv your work!
Aw, Thank you ! 😘
Yeah me! Lol 😂 xx
Yes is do to, i like before i watch cause its always good and i like so it helps me keep track of what Video's i already seen
Of course, so I don't forget 😊
You probably know this now but I think when using a full cover tip you need to use an abs plastic tip instead of a gel tip because the hard gel/polygel whatever "gel" product you want to use will adhere to gel tips ... Love your video's
Edit: I really hate duel forms so I never use them, however I do use full cover tips on some clients that really love them but for most of my clients I use a tip or a form.
I had just come here to say this as well lol
Thanks for sharing this hack 😀 I won’t do this on my nails!! Dualforms are so easy to use and theirs a huge variety of them! So with polygel I use dualforms! I’m a big fan of you and your videos 😘
I was holding my breath when you were struggling with the removal of the gelly tips... I do prefer dual forms for this method. Also I have seen recently using the classic tips , the one we put glue , and used them with rubber base to put them on nails. Have you ever tested this method? You're super cool teacher ☺️
Tx for this video. Didn't try it yet because of like you said - the gel tip is designed to stay on your nail. It didn't make logic sense to use it as a dual form. So glad I waited. My nails are extremely soft and my nailbed very sensitive and with my luck I would damage them very bad. Always enjoy your videos and testing of hacks 🤗
I have, obviously, huge thumb nails and I can hardly find full cover tips in the shape I like(almond) in my size. I'm going insane...
Regarding dual forms- there's absolutely NO way I can find the right size and shape for that darn thumbs!😭
Great video, love! They somehow really look good!!!
I’m SO glad you made this video! I tried this and had the same problems. I’m glad it wasn’t just me 🎉
SAME 😂😂😅😆😩😩😩😩I WAS LIKE WHATS WRING WITH MEEEE HAHAHA NOW IK IR WASNT ME 😂😅
Me too!
Nail career education has a vid
I had the same problem. Couldn't remove tips i left them like that
I was going to try this hack, but not now. Thank you for saving my nails
I love how thise turned out, they looked great on you
I did the same thing a few months ago… I couldn’t take any of the tips off, i just filed them a bit and soak them off. It took me a loooot of time (like a good couple of hours) to remove them.
Live and learn and never again!
A testament to how good your nail prep is that those lasted 5 weeks! if you had known just how many rounds of filing it took for you to be (mostly) satisfied with the end result, would you have kept them on still or immediately removed and started over? Hope you're doing as well as you can, all things considered
It was great for you to show this. Personally I’ve never understood why people don’t use dual forms anyway. Use the products in the way they are designed. You did an amazing job sorting them out afterwards though. Xx
You’re such a sweetheart! Thanks for trying this. I tried this method once. I got as far as one nail and nope not for me!!
Bless your heart. Thank you for enduring that pain so I don't have to. I love your videos.
Love that you changed your photo in the right bottom corner, it definitely looks more like you look now. Lol. Great video !!!
The gel forms are made to adhere to the gel tips whereas dual forms are designed to separate from the product once it is cured. That’s why you had trouble removing the gel tips.
Were they gel tips that you used?
Bless you Anastasia, this looked like it hurt 🙁😓😖
Great content as always
💜💜💜💜💜
U made them look flawless! 😮❤
Thank you for explaining everything at the end 🥰 thank you for the video 🥰
I LOVE your videos… I don’t see the point of this “hack” like you said, since there is so many dual forms out there. Either you’re doing pop off polygel or leaving the soft gel tips. Also you can leave the polygel and soft gel tip on and it you won’t need to shape and file. Your nails looked gorgeous at the end either way. You’re such a perfectionist 💞
You are so great. I hope your nails are ok. Warm wishes from Minnesota! ❤️❤️❤️
I tried it a couple of months ago and didn’t work for me either until I added cuticle oil on the inside of the tip. Thanks for another great video.
This definitely happened to me! I was using the e-nail gel tips, for me I'm sure that my method was the issue. Nice to know I'm not the only one who has encountered this.
Aaaaw i held my breath with the tips you took off it looked painful but it looks great in the end beautiful
I did my last set the same way!! 🧐I had the same issues with removing the tip!! Took a lot of filing!! Thanks for sharing.
With those tips they are to leave they are not the regular dual.
@@sonialafo I’m aware of how to use them!! I simply told her I had used as a dual form as she did. 🤨
Yikes! Thanks for sharing the real situation as you faced it. 😱
My gel tip broke as well. It was hard to get it off.
I prefer dual tips...that's what they are made for.
I'm all for hacks, but not if it cost my nails health.
But you managed to make them look great again.
Seems like my nails would have not survived such a challenge. Anastasia, you were pretty brave, I would chopped them and soak them off out of frustration and fear of how it could damage my nail bed, since my nails are paper thin and very sensitive.
Thanks for trying so we don't have to.
I recently tried using my builder base to apply my full cover gel tip (I ran out of my usual) and all of the tips popped right off within a day! We're having the opposite problem, haha!!
I have done this but applied a layer of peel off basecoat such as UNT to the underside of the softgel tip, allowing it to dry fully and then proceeding with the same process as you used in the video. I think that even without etching the underside of the softgel tips, the bonding between the polygel or any other gel product and the softgel tips still happens, whereas with a dual form, the plastic is a different chemical structure which will not bond to your structure product.
This does work much easier with basic ABS tips and can be done without a peel off basecoat with the removal of the form being much easier but still not as easy as with a dual form.
TFS and risking your nails for us!
Anastasia, would you please make a tutorial on how to do gel nails on fan shaped nails? I have fan shaped nails and I don't know how to get them to look good.
I have used the full cover tips as a dual form however it only worked with hard gel. Maybe try that? I would love to see the results you have! I know some other people have done it with acrylic and with soft gel but I do believe they had to put oil like cuticle oil on the inside of the nails so that it wouldn’t stick to the plastic whenever you are done
The finished product turned out nice but OMG, to get there! No, I don't think this hack is necessary. TFS 😻 Britt
I have the same thumb as you lol! I am using polygel mostly with regular full cover tips because I am allergic to HEMA, and for some reason these are less messy and easier for me to use. I do not react to them, tried 3 so far. I use my hand tool to get off pretty easily: it is a nail pick (comes from amazon with a small nail scoop and a spatula thing very tiny the icepick one--I call it--just works great). I know there's HEMA in it but it may not be the type that is worse for my allergy...I can't recall the info, but when I put it on they feel like my nails, no itching or feeling bulky or even painful. I do not get blisters or open sores on my nails or I wouldn't use it at all...just keep product off skin! Nice video. Thanks
Ok so after numerous times i found the way to remove the tip easily, i spread a little cuticle oil on the tip before putting the polygel, and it works like magic, please try it and if it works for you i would love to know 🥰 ty so much for your videos you are amazing 😊❤️🙏
I had a fail with this as well. I didn't realize the kit used gel tips. You could revisit this adding a thin layer of cuticle oil as a barrier between the tip and the hybrid gel. My builder gel stuck to the nail at the tip and broke off at the natural nail. I have stiletto shaped tips and hybrid gel (polygel which is technically a brand name) coming today and today and tomorrow.
This method requires normal hard plastic clear full cover nail tips they are made from the same kind of plastic the actual dual forms.
Anastasia you always look flawless! 👀
Have you ever used non sticky builder gel with dual forms? Also, love your channel! ❤❤❤
Nail Career Education (Suzie) has
a video where she does this but leaves the soft gel tip on. She used the polygel or acrylic as the adhesive to the natural nail instead of glue.
Yours did look pretty in the end but I'm sure it would have been easier to build from scratch without gel tips.
Yes Jenny , you are meant to leave them on 👍🏻
There's another video where she tries this hack as well
I think... you deserve better.
I felt so bad for you when you started to remove the forms, I felt the pain because I've had to have a one day fresh set removed and it was painful.
I have tried this "hack" with both ABS plastic full cover tips and soft gel full cover tips. The ABS plastic tips are much like a dual form where they almost 'pop' off leaving a nail however I had much the same experience doing this with soft gel tips as you did. I figured the gel just adheres to the gel tip. 🤷♀️
Ana, I would have given up and tried to e-file those them off. Obviously you won't use them again, so why not?
I can’t believe how good you were able to get them to look & I almost spat my coffee out on the screen when u showed us that you had them on for 5 whole weeks 😮 5 weeks 😮 that’s crazy 😂 I won’t be trying this hack though 😂
I like this hack much better than dual forms because the shape is perfect, literally no filing once it’s removed! A perfectly sculpted gel nail. But you just can’t use soft gel, plastic nails pops right off like dual forms.
Try using hard gel, or builder gel. I've done it and it works so well.
Pretty. What a job!
when using gel tips you have to do them one by one and take me off right away dont wait till you move on to the next one and take em all off at the same time the more you leave it on the more it will stick to the tips but if you want to just apply and remove em all at the end you can add abit of oil not too much just a small amount on your finger rub your fingers together then run your finger inside the tips before applying the gel works like a charm I been doing this hack for a while and haven't had any trouble hope this helps gl ❤
I absolutely love dual nails forms, use them all the time with acrylic
This hack is too time consuming. It's easier to use dual forms. Thanks for sharing this experiment! The outcome was still beautiful b4 and after 5 weeks.
Did you get a heat spike when you did the nails with the polygel? I'm not feeling hard gel/builder gel, because it's just slightly too goopy for me, and I feel like poly gel would be for me because you just squeeze out however much you need.(plus not smelly like acrylic)
You like full cover tips for the nails ? As nail tech for your selph?
The shaping (minus the thumb) was actually very nice, like you, my free edge must come out straight from my sidewall, as bad as this sounds that's how I judge good shaping. People do not realize you can do any shape with the free edge coming straight out of the sidewall and not going upwards
Btw why do you mention in a few videos you don't have all your products, did you move ?
I've learned that you have to use ABS tips not gel tips because gel cures to gel and it hurts to remove it. You actually did the femi beauty method using the gel tip which looked so nice but they say you shouldn't have had to file so much. But this was interesting to watch up to the point I could tell you were hurting. So happy you did not hurt yourself more. I have such issues with techniques like this as I have large nail beds. My left thumb is 14mm+ most 0 size is 13mm so I have no choice but to practice the standard method.
Thank you for sharing this hack. I am very curious as to how long this set will last you. I felt your pain while you were trying to remove the gel tip. I wonder if the gel tip need some type of prep before using them however the person who did the original hack did not include that step in the video you watched. How long did it take you to complete this hack.
I saw this technique on another channel so I tried it. I found that the tip can be removed if you cure it for only 10 - 15 seconds. Then finish curing after removing the tip.
Thank you for sharing ! 😘 will try
I tried this method using Beetles brand full coverage nails and hard gel. I had the same issue in the video with trying “pop off” the full coverage tips. I was trying to make a short active length so I did not use the entire full coverage nail. I believe if you like this method invest in a set of dual forms. My next attempt will be with them ❤️ wish me luck!
Love your videos💗 Try watching Nail Career Education. She has a video on this technique and she calls it a poppit😁 From what I've seen, only the plastic tips work for this and come off smoother. I learned that the gel tips actually shrink and tighten once cured and actually adheres to tight to the poly gel. A smooth non abraised plastic tip works. I think some people actually put a little oil inside the tip to help it come off easier too. But I've never seen a soft gel tip work well at all. Hope this helps.💗💐
What about putting the peely base(idk the name) in-between tips and polygel?
I've tried this same hack. Some nails came off super easy and others stick like yours. Not sure if it depends on the type of tip. The ones i have are "abs plastic" not sure if that is the same as "soft gel"
I would not have used gel tips, I would have used plastic. Also Femi beauty invented the "lazy girl method " which involves leaving on the gel tips over polygel or acrylic check it out!! Thanks for sharing x
Nice save!😅 I have issues every time I try a hack
I have seen this done but they said not to use gel tips... 'gel sticks to gel'... thanks for sharing
Suzie from NCE suggests applying top coat beforehand I think
I have 3 or 4 different dual form styles and clear coffin gelly tips by 123 enail by Max and I was thinking about using the IBD gel as the glue then do a design underneath and seal it with the same gel … still in the planning stages.
You have so much more patience than me. I’d have sacked that off after the first nail 😆
Thank you for your videos!!!
I do this all the time, but by the comments i just realised, that I'm actually using plastic ABS tips (though im pretty sure they are sold as soft gel tips but what do you expect from aliexpress).
I dont own polygel so I use hard gel with it. Cure for only 15-30 seconds, remove the tip then fully cure. Saves me a lot of time sculpting and filing as I'm not a pro who can flawlessly apply gel overlay.
Yess I learned this the hard way too, but I realized how dumb I was cuz polygel is sometimes used to adhere soft gel tips. Great alternative to the people who accidentally cure their soft gel tips on crooked, just a tiny amount of polygel and you can move it around to see if it fits right, without holding it, because polygel is soo sticky
Yikes! That looks terribly uncomfortable to remove! I’ve never seen this done with polygel. Only with a builder gel.
Can you link that brush? I can only find short flat. Not long flat. Pls and ty
thank you! you channel is the best!!!
Question: When doing polygel nails (am I understanding this right), are you supposed to completely remove everything at four weeks? Or do you do fills? The more I learn about this stuff the more afraid I am to even attempt using that polygel kit I got....
Keep the fills to a minimum and do new sets because it can get infected easily after awhile
This happened because they are soft gel tips vs plastic tips. Gel sticks to gel so even with not etching the underside it’s still going to cling to the tip. Ugh I’m sorry you were in so much pain trying to get the tip off 😩
I've seen other use them but they usually dont go the full length of the nail form. They wiggle them and they pop off just like the dual forms. They should if they're made of the same material.
I tried this as well. It went about the same way. I did one nail at a time. The first one came off fine, the next I struggled with so I just with my dual forms with no issues ❤️
I do this all the time but with reinforcement gel. The tips pop straight off. It gives me a thinner coating of gel over a natural long nail than if I use dual forms.
Yikes! I’ve never had this issue when using high quality full cover tips. I use this method a lot
I'm reading the comments discussing plastic tips VS gel tips and thinking about how Young Nail's said they were the same thing.... but they still plastic tips and gel tips/ the "Apres gel X"method was creating a ton of buzz due to covid closing many salons 🤔
I ended mostly investing in gel tips, Apres to be exact because the lengths/refils etc, but I think if I were to try this is listen to the people and buy plastic tips. There may be a difference after all 🙃
If you use builder gel instead of polygel, it will work so much better. I do it all the time
Hi thank you for answering a question I had in my head
I’m glad it was helpful! 💖
@Nailcou i also love your dry manicures they are so much nicer then the ones done normally here
You should try to use full cover tips to use like soft gel tips.
I've seen videos where the girls are getting 3 weeks out of them.
Its called the lazy girl method. I'd love to see you do it.
Wow...😴😴🤕🤕🤕too mutch work with these dual smart forms.I have another type but it works perfectly....
Thanks for your video 👍🏼
Oh, my God. I won't be doing this hack. I don't wanna go through that much pain. 🤦🏻♀️
If you want to take it off you need to use the efile and rough up the inside of the nail gel tip. To me it’s not worth it. I started with this hack and kept the tips on but after about 2 weeks the tips would just pop off and I didn’t like that.
I ended up using your video’s to learn how to use the poly gel forms properly. Now they last 3-4 weeks. Ty!!!
I do this all of the time, but i dont pop off the nail tip. The top is super smooth and i can decorate them before i put them on. (NOTE: The polygel wont dry through dark polish though)
Lesson learned, only use products for their intended purpose. Love these hack-busting videos!
For short nail beds, twice smaller product would be good, because you don't need as big of an Apex. With Ana, you had a hard time finding dual forms that would work for her short length. Seems this could work if they aren't etched.