Gershion Poly Nail Gel Kit 30ml Nail Builder Gel Extension Nail Gel Kit Trendy Nail Art French Professional Technician Nail Salon Easy DIY for Beginner at Home All-in-One Kit Gift Set S-01

I have never done anything but 'press-on' nails until now. I did some homework after seeing a polygel nail product advertised on Facebook. I watched a few YouTube videos (shoutout to Long Hair Pretty Nails) and was sold specifically on trying the Gershion kit. I ordered a UV nail dryer and the kit which both arrived on the same day, thank you Amazon. The instruction sheet included in the kit could be a lot more informative than it is - seriously, watch videos on YouTube. It took me hours to put on my first set. That being said, I Love Love Love the finished look, and honestly, it was a lot of fun doing it (some might disagree). The colors are a lot of fun. The first I did were the Natural Pink and I still think that is my favorite color. Then I used the Red Bean color. These were super-cool, and the translucent salmon red color was amazing. Then I experimented with doing a "French manicure" look using Cover Pink on the nail base and the White on the tips. This went better than expected, but required me to purchase some disposable foil nail forms (which I recommend getting once you burnout on the fun that is the included nail forms and you are ready for using multiple colors of polygel on the same nail). FYI - you can use good old fashioned nail polish in these nails AnD you can use a gel topcoat over the regular nailpolish! (Who knew?) The only things I find "wrong" (annoying, mildly problematic) is that if you do a lot of cleaning you really need to wear gloves to prevent &/or delay the gel from lifting off the base of the nail (also, if you are a fisherperson, Powerbait is hella hard on polygel and after a few days of fishing you will see lifting, but hell, if you can still tie fishing knots with long nails you rock!). The hardest thing is removal. Honestly, save yourself loads of stress - buy a nail "drill's" (aka. E-file) now. I am perfectly happy with the one I got for well under $20 here on Amazon by Melodysusie. When using these, stay on low speed. And buy some pure acetone. (When you go to remove the excess polygel, After clipping (buy a pair of tip clippers this will save you a lot of filing time) and filing as much of the polygel as possible, put a couple of ounces of acetone in a quart ziploc bag, fill a saucepan about 3/4s full of hot tap water, put your hand in the ziploc and put the bag and your hand in the water for 5 minutes then gently scrape the polygel off with a metal cuticle pusher or a similar tool - again, this will save you a lot of time and stress. Always be gentle on your natural nails, these processes will make them thin and weak, so be careful.All that said, this is a fantastic product. If you want nice long manicured nails and cannot afford to go to a salon twice a month, this is definitely a good option, economically. I have a job wherein people are watching my hands constantly, so having nice hands and nails is important to me. Overall, expect some work to be involved, but if you love the look of long pretty nails, and are willing to take the time, this is a fantastic product.

I have been to I-don't-even-know how many nail salons over the years to get gel manicures, acrylics, and most recently dip power nails. I like them long, and I like them with art and bling. For some reason, long and bling isn't a thing where I live, and all the salons here are starting to move away from doing acrylic extensions. Everyone is on the dip powder bandwagon (so they can charge more and work less, but that's another rant for another day). I started doing my own gel nail polish about 2-3 years ago after a nail tech I went to ground my natural nail down so thin it was almost to the skin, then another tech jammed an orangewood stick under another nail - this was at literally the highest 5 star bougie salon we have. Anyway, I started doing my own gel polish nails and got fairly good at bling and basic decal nail art, but they were always on the short side - no extensions. I've tried doing my own acrylics and it was a mess. I recently went to a brand new salon for extensions and after 3 visits, they AGAIN drilled my natural nails down to paper thin painful nubs even after I told the tech NOT to use the drill on my natural nails. She insisted and I'm not going back.This kit popped up on my Amazon feed for a black Friday thing and I was like, what the heck is poly gel? So I went to You Tube, watched 1 video (Long Hair Pretty Nails Show shout out!) and bought this kit.I. Am. In. LOVE. I already have a UV light ($40, Amazon) and have an e-drill ($18, Amazon), plus I also already have PH Bond ($8, Amazon), none of which comes in this particular kit (but there are more complete kits from this same seller), so I already had a leg up, but all you really need that this doesn't have is a light, PH bond, and some rubbing alcohol ($2, Walgreens). I highly recommend you watch some videos on You Tube (I really like Long Hair Pretty Nails Show and Naio Nails - both have lots of tutorials and ideas), and you too can have extension nails! My 1st picture has lots of bling and was seriously my 1st time using poly gel, and I used sculpting forms! I initially made them as long as the forms went in a stiletto shape just to see if I could do it and it was SO easy! Any globs can easily be fixed with a hand file. So yeah, when I first cured them, they don't look great, but they file super easy and buff smooth. They also are super strong. I had 3" long nails for like 30 minutes then filed them down to a more reasonable but long shape.I started to do a fill but decided on a completely different look using white tips instead of all pink so I snipped the tips, filed down the pink gel, put on forms and sculpted out a new set. I am hooked. Great product, has almost everything you need, and I love the results.I also really love the top coat, it's no-wipe and cures like glass.

Polygel is good quality and easy to work with. It spreads nicely. I used alcohol for slip solution and it works great. Bottles are big so you get a ton of sets out of one bottle