Gellen Professional Extension Poly Gel Soak Off UV Builder Gel Set Acrylic Nail Kit, DIY Home Gel Manicure (15ml, 4 Colors), Peach Clear Pink Lavender

Me encanta este gel. Muy buena calidad el producto, muy fácil para trabajar, haciendo que los resultados seas duraderos y hermosos

Muito bom!

=== UPDATE 2024-SEP-28 ===Now that I have been using this builder gel for the past 9 months I will say that it is a fantastic product! I still have yet to run out of any of the four jars.This builder gel does indeed soak off and I do so using the baggie method. It does take longer to remove than dip powder but I expect that, When I am removing this i use my e-file to remove the bulk then I soak using the baggie method for 10 minutes and use a wooden cuticle stick to remove. Many times I do need to a few iterations of this approach for removal so it does take longer than 10 minutes. During removal I will use a manual 180 grit nail file shortly after removing from soaking and that does help too. Sometimes I will use my e-file on 1K RPM and a 240 sanding band to help out as well. I would say that for a full set removal it typically takes me 30 minutes,I have not once had any issues with this builder gel cracking or chipping.=== ORIGINAL REVIEW ===I love the colors, they are beautiful and fantastic. Applying the product for me is a little tricky, but, I am just a DIYer and not a nail technician. It takes some time to apply and I had to use some slip solution to help me get it where I wanted as just floating the brush only worked for a very short time for me. However the builder gel is fantastic. It seems to be mostly self leveling and conducive to apex building.Despite having bought this months ago I have yet to apply this to my nails. The reason for this is because of the mixed reviews and Q&A here on the topic of soaking this product off with pure acetone.Right now my bottom line take is that this builder gel is not soak off. But to be fair, most builder gels are not. With that said I have three other brands of builder gels (a solid, one with a viscosity similar to this product and a liquid builder gel in a bottle) and all three of those do not soak off just by exposure to 100% acetone. However all three of those, which again to be fair, I have used on my natural nails, can be removed with an acetone soak and a cuticle pusher tool and some light filing. I also have to repeat that process for full removal several times.Based on my limited experience with other builder gels I do not expect this builder gel to be soak off only. I expect that it will be a similar experience as the other builder gels I do have experience with.Once I do apply and remove this product to my nails I will update this review. I do plan on keeping one of the colors in this kit on my nails for awhile and use it as a base for more frequent changes of dip and soft gel color and glitter selections. So to accomplish that I will wind up applying a gel top coat to this builder gel and then build on top of that for new color selections and combinations. Doing so will help significantly reduce the risks of frequent entire product removals in terms of natural nail and nail plate potential damage and nail structure stress.So today I got to running a little experiment which I go over next and for which the photos I have attached are relevant. The point of this trial was to try to get an idea of how easy this product may, or may not be, to remove. This is also the reason why I have no other sub-ratings on this product as say for longevity because I cannot speak to that since I have worn this on my nails yet.ApplicationOn the top of a full cover clear nail tip I applied the beautiful pink color of this builder gel. I applied a gel base coat (different brand), cured for 60 seconds, applied the first layer of this product - thinly - cured for 60 seconds and then applied a second coat of this product - thinly - cured for 60 seconds and then wiped off the inhibition layer using a cotton pad with 91% isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol to remove the stickiness. Note that I did not apply top coat and this was intentional. Next I applied the same gel base coat to the entire underside of the full cover clear nail tip and cured for 60 seconds. I followed with applying a gel top coat to the entire underside of the tip and cured for 120 seconds.RemovalI grabbed a baggie, threw in some 100% pure acetone into it, heated up a bowl of water to as hot as I can usually stand it in the microwave on my regular dip powder removals, tossed the nail tip into the baggie and sealed it. I let it the baggie sit in the bowl of hot water for over five minutes. There was a small chemical reaction that occurred that was observable to the naked eye while watching it and was evidenced by bubbles emanating from the underside of the nail tip. So I figured I might have not entirely sealed off the entire nail with any product whatsoever. I removed the nail tip from the baggie using a pair of tweezers. Upon removal of the tip I placed into another small container that I use only for acetone and water and poured in some tap water. Another five minutes later I removed it and let it air dry for a few minutes.ResultsThis product did not even blink at being soaked in pure acetone for five minutes and subjected to temperatures of over 120F (probably more like 140F but I did not measure that). No top coat, just completely unaffected from that soak (picture #1). Meanwhile the underside of the nail tip that had only a gel base and top coat was indeed affected (picture #2). Finally picture #3 is after using a 100 grit manual nail file in attempt to remove the product from the nail tip. As you can see not much progress and you cannot see the clear nail tip itself.This leads me to conclude this product cannot be soaked off purely by exposure to 100% acetone alone. Product removal will, as I mentioned earlier, most likely require several iterations of filing with a 180 grit nail file, a few minutes soak in 100% acetone (with some coconut oil), and gentle and gradual removal using a steel or plastic cuticle pusher. For the soak I will approach that the same as I do with my dip powder nails when I remove those: toss in some acetone, a little coconut oil and a cotton ball and heat the acetone up by placing the baggie - with my hand - in a bowl filled with water as hot as I can stand it and constantly rub the product with the cotton ball during this period of soaking time. This method of removal is the best and fastest method that I know of to remove dip powder and maximum natural nail and plate safety, health and structural integrity.

Este fue mi primer kit de gel de construcción y me salvó la vida, aparte hay muchos colores disponibles

Yo nunca he subido reseñas , pero ahora lo hago compre este gel, en si se mira bueno para engrosar las uñas ya que mis uñas son muy delgadas , y me hice la primera vez mis uñas con este gel , y mis dedos se me hincharon y una comezón horrible y me salieron como unas ronchas encima de los dedos , y pensé más bien que eran hongos qué me habían salido y preocupada hasta compre medicamento porque me duró bastante esa comezón y como quemada en la llema de los dedos, aunque me parecía raro que fueran hongos porqué nunca me había pegado nada por el estilo menos en las manos, bueno me toco quitarme la uñas qué me había hecho porqué no aguantaba la comezón y para tratarme más las uñas mías con el medicamento que había comprado, luego dejé pasar un buen tiempo después de eso , y volví aserme las uñas con el mismo gel y de nuevo solo me las hice y me volvió a pegar lo mismo al instante y definitivamente es este gel es el problema, porque yo llevó asiendome las uñas ase ya bastante tiempo y con ninguno otro producto de uñas me había dado esto en las manos ,espero mi comentario les ayude y se eviten este gran problema, porque es bien incomodo tener las manos así y dura mucho tiempo que se quité

I will say that the product works as described, but if your handshakes to put nail polish on and it shakes to put this on and then when I peel it off it peels off part of the polish on the nail that I’ve painted. I think it is a little self-defeating.

I was surprised at the level of hardness once the product was cured. Easy to shape. Only stays on a few days at a time. Not sure if its because I get my hands wet too much or not. Very easy to apply and cure.

I’ve used many different hard gels. This one is very thick and doesn’t cure completely all the time. I have a very powerful SUNUV lamp and have had to cure it for over three minutes per hand. I do not have this problem with my other, more expensive, hard gels. The colors are nice. However, the containers are deceiving. You don’t get the same amount of product as you would think based off the size of the jars. As far as the reviewer that said it is user error, I can assure you it is not. It shouldn’t take three minutes to cure a nail in a good lamp.