Nails with more C-curve may benefit from flash curing with our Press Light for 10 seconds on each nail immediately after placing a gel strip on nail.Follow proper removal steps as shown in Removal tab. Resist the urge to pull it off when it begins to lift. Never pull the gel wraps off without a remover solution. Nails are fully cured once it is smooth and hard. Over curing or under curing nails can cause it to chip.Make sure the unused pieces are stored away from the UV lamp while you are curing your nails.You can use lamps with higher wattage if desired but adjust cure time accordingly using your own precautions. Gel wraps are designed to cure with 6W lamps.You can warm it up strips in between your hands, using an air dryer (with plastic bag on if it's an EdgeU set), placed above a hot cup of tea/water, or using our Gelly Warmer. All strips get harder during the winter and softer during the summer. Press firmly onto nails but not so hard that it damages your nail bed.It’s very important that the edges are firmly pressed down onto nails BEFORE curing or it will cause it to lift prematurely. Press edges of the strip firmly onto your nail using your fingers, wooden or silicone cuticle stick.If needed, you can stretch the strip to fit. Opt for a smaller strip if you are in-between sizes. Ĝhoose strip sizes closest to your nail size.Wait a few hours after application to apply cuticle oil if desired. ĝon’t use cuticle oil before or immediately after nail application.It’s best to have nails avoid water at least one hour before applying gel strips. DO NOT soak nails in water before application. It is best to store them in original UV safe packaging. Keep gellies away from direct and indirect UV light.Generous amounts of removing serum will help the nail safely separate from the gel without any damage to nails. REPEAT: If your gel sticker is still strongly bonded with your nail, apply additional serum between the gel sticker and nail and continue lifting gel nail off with wooden nail tool.For best results do this slow and steady. Start from lower part of nail and work up towards nail tip. LIFT: Use included wood nail stick to lift gel sticker off nail.SOAK: Let removing serum soak into nails for a minute before starting the gel removal process.If you capped the free edge of your nails with top gel, file off the top coat at tip before adding the remover serum at the tip. Our removing serums are packed full of nutrients and do not have the chemical odors found in acetone. If you do not have removing serum, you can make your own by mixing acetone and cuticle oil but the removing serum is highly recommended. ĝRIP: For each nail, apply two or three drops of removing serum at edge where nail meets skin and at free edge of nails.
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