DOs & DON'Ts: gel nail polish | how to do gel nails at home

today I have the do's and don'ts of gel nail polish! I'll be sharing with you everything you need to know to do gel nails right at home!

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[HappiSabi]

Tip; Use a regular nail polish peel off base coat under you gels if you wanna change manis more often or don't wanna soak - but still want the strength of gel polish <3

[justaname]

Thanks for these tips and for sharing them. My nails are too short (bitten) so I cannot do a gel overlay. But the do's and dont's still help with soft gel tips because you basically prep your natural nail the same way, apply the soft gel tips and then buff the tip before applying the gel nail polish. Thanks again. Much Respect 🌹♥️‼️

[DeyaniraMoralesNailArt]

Wow Gabi your dos and don’ts are always so helpful

[latvian_homestead]

Mine tends to pop off. Don’t know what I do wrong but they come of in day or few hours as whole nail 🤦🏻‍♀️ layers are thin, haven’t anything on my skin. Before painting use nail polish remover to clean any oils and of-course do my cuticles. Only thing what can I imagine is that I use standard nail polish remover to clean sticky layer off and curing each layer for 60 sec except small nail art .

[martinadorchak]

I’d love to see a video using gel nail polish and cute designs. I’ve tried striping tape and it was a hot mess!

[jamielindsay]

Am I the only one thinking, wish I'd have known these tricks before. Thank you for your help

[sofie]

okay my base coat sometimes separates like it did in this video! glad i now know why

[kimpike]

What is an OK frequency to change out nail colors? I’m brand-brand new to DIY gel nails and I have thin nails anyway, I just don’t want to end up wrecking my nails by doing things too often or inadvertently thinning them out more

[LebenmChemie]

Hey Gabby, do you remove the sticky layer in between cures/coats?
Thank you so much for the video, I love it!

[barbarawhite]

Very good demonstration A++ wish I'd seen this month's ago.. still having a hard time removing.

[EveHyland-injbtiy]

I'm binge watching your videos that YouTube 🙄 hasn't given me notifications for. 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌺

[Siygrah]

Thank you so much! You had a few tips here that I have not encountered elsewhere. 💜

[jacquelinedimattia]

Thanks Gabby for sharing your awesome tips & tricks 🤩✨

[grandmimm]

I do follow these steps but for some odd reason I have a problem with flooding my cuticles, how can I avoid that

[courtneys]

How long should you let your nails breathe before doing another set?

[band-aid-enthusiast]

I do have polish but it says gel-like and hardens without the UV lamp is it actually regular polish?

[kishahoward]

I'm have to try this 💗 thank you Queen! 🙏👍👍

[cecileho]

Actually, Doug Schoon looked at nails being filed under the microscope and said it made no difference whether you file in one direction or go back and forth. For those who don't know, Doug is THE nail scientist.

[ElizabethCxo]

Great video as always !👍💥💞🎶 Thank you !

[bjanice]

Hi Gabby, great videos, thanks.

So my question is, are we to cure the gel under the light after EACH coat? I thought it was only after the top activating coat?