Melissa, the president of Couture Gel Nail Polish contacted me to see if I wanted to do a review of her at home gel nail polish kit and of course being nail polish obsessed I said yes! I was definitely intrigued to try it out.
Chic
Cranberry Cosmo
I’ve done a manicure about 3 times with this kit and I love it every time. The steps are super simple. Basically, base coat – cure under lamp for 2 mins. Paint your color and then cure for 2 mins. Top coat and then cure for 2 mins. That’s it! Of course you need to prep your nails before hand like with filing and getting your cuticles nice and clean but I do that with any manicure. I love how fast the process is AND it’s instantly drying so you never have to worry about smudging. Oh and one last step after you’re done is to just run a cotton pad with rubbing alcohol on it over the tops of the nails and it removes the stickiness and creates an extra shiny coat for your nails.
Pros:
- Super fast painting to drying time
- No smudges
- Last up to 3 weeks without chips
- 75 colors to choose from
- Not having to paint and repaint your nails every week if you don’t feel like it.
- Auto timer on the lamp so you don’t have to sit there and watch the clock, just push a button to start and the light will turn off when it’s done.
Cons:
- You have to be really good at cleaning up your polish mistakes before you cure it, otherwise you are stuck with polish on your cuticles and it’s not so pretty and not as easy to make clean lines like with regular polish.
- Peel off – I think this comes with practice too but I think I overpainted my base or top coat onto my fingers so one of the edges started curling up and then got caught on a shirt and then the whole gel polish ripped off my finger nail like a press on nail (don’t worry it didn’t hurt)
- Storage – I already have so much nail polish and little room to store it so to have to store the lamp is not helping but it’s totally worth it for the chip free nails.
- The kit is pricey but if you get enough salon manicures it may be worth the savings.
Caroline
April 16, 2013 at 4:54 pmYour nails are so pretty! The manicure look so clean and simple! 🙂
Kayla
April 16, 2013 at 5:58 pmI've thought about getting a gel manicure set. With a new little one I need my nails to last as long as possible! Gonna have to look into this one.
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Holly
April 16, 2013 at 7:31 pmWait wait, it ripped your ENTIRE nail off?!
tiffanystylish
April 16, 2013 at 7:45 pmNO! 🙂 The gel polish ripped off my finger so it looked like a press on nail. So just the nail polish came off but it came off clean so didn't even leave any chips or colors on my nail.
zzangf ashion
April 16, 2013 at 9:00 pmthat's awesome that the president contact you. I always fail drying it quick and always leave my finger print mark on my nail ..
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April 17, 2013 at 1:59 pmThis looks great!
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Jane Sanders
May 3, 2013 at 5:25 amAwesome looking your nails! which gel polish remover are you use?
– Jane
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