Contents
- Expert selection
- Top 7 best nail strengthening gels according to KP
- How to choose a gel for strengthening nails
- Popular questions and answers
Gel strengthening improves the condition of the nail plate and has a beneficial effect on the cuticle. Due to the gel, the nail becomes more even, thicker. It should be noted that the material does not have medicinal properties, but only creates a protective shell and minimizes the negative effects on the nail.
You can strengthen your nails with gel at home or at the master. Store shelves are overflowing with various brands of gels, and it is not known which one to choose. Yes, so as not to spend a lot of money. We publish the top 7 best nail strengthening gels on the market in 2022.
Expert selection
Gel for strengthening nails IBX
Expert Anna Ruben chooses IBX nail strengthening gel. This is a complex restorative system for thinned, brittle and damaged nails, usually used in salons by professional masters.
The manufacturer notes that his gel provides not a cosmetic, but a therapeutic effect, restoring the nail tissue, merging with it and becoming its integral part.
– The best gel for strengthening the nail plate is IBX gel. The procedure performed by this gel guarantees the restoration of nails. Another plus is that for recovery there is no need to wait for the nail plate to grow back. When using IBX, gel polish can be applied. It turns out that IBX is the easiest option, although not cheap, – commented Anna Ruben, manicure and pedicure master, studio founder and manicure instructor.
Advantages and disadvantages
Top 7 best nail strengthening gels according to KP
Runail – classic biogel
This is a multifunctional transparent biogel of thick viscosity. It is suitable for strengthening natural nails and modeling on forms. Masters note that the biogel is very elastic, easy to apply, it has good adhesion to the nail and a soft sheen. It can be applied both under colored gel polish and as an independent coating. The method of application is the same as for any gel – apply and hold the nails for two minutes in a 36 W UV lamp.
Advantages and disadvantages
2. Gel jelly camouflage PNB
Gel-jelly is suitable for correction and strengthening of the nail plate. The material is of medium viscosity, does not spread, has the density of a thick cream with a slight self-leveling effect. Suitable for creating a nail bed extension bead.
The craftsmen note that the material is quite docile, it is not difficult to work with it – the jelly gel remains motionless until they start working with it. It has a dense pigment and covers the nail plate without sharp color transitions at the cuticle.
Advantages and disadvantages
3. Acrygel Irisk Professional PolyGel modeling
PolyGel is a modern symbiosis of the best qualities of acrylic and gel. It allows you to strengthen the nail plate, model on tips and forms. Masters note that it does not spread, it polymerizes in an LED or UV lamp. It is used with a special fluid for working with PolyGel M130-50.
The gel combines the best qualities of hard gel and acrylic, thanks to which it is light, strong, elastic. The gel does not have a pungent odor, it does not burn during polymerization.
Advantages and disadvantages
4. Camouflage TNL Professional Acryl Gel
Acrygel or in other words acrylic-gel is very plastic due to the gel and solid due to the acrylic in its composition. It adheres well to natural nails. The master can work with it on the nail for a long time – the product does not spread, does not dry out and does not deteriorate, it freezes only in a UV lamp.
Masters also note that it causes a minimum of burning. Thanks to its dense and viscous texture, you can perfectly smooth the surface of the nails and model the perfect shape.
Advantages and disadvantages
5. Acrygel WULA Hybrid
This product is popular on the market due to the fact that it embodies the advantages of classic acrylic and gel systems.
The gel has a very high viscosity, it does not spread and allows you to model the shape as much as you like. Thanks to him, masters can achieve the perfect result. Acrygel does not have a strong smell. In addition to being used as a strengthening of the nail plate before applying gel polish, it can be used for building on tips and modeling on forms. The material is very light in sawdust and practically does not form flying dust.
Masters note that a manicure using this acrygel will please with durability and strength.
Advantages and disadvantages
6. E. Mi Composite Gel Single Phase
This is a special gel for sealing the free edge while strengthening natural nails. Those who have already used it noticed that it is super strong and hard, does not allow the nails to delaminate within 3-4 weeks. Also, the gel has a high viscosity, easily seals the butt, restores knocked-down corners, chips during correction without the use of forms.
Advantages and disadvantages
7. Acrygel Runail Professional Elastone gel modeling
This is also a hybrid of acrylic and gel, which is perfect for strengthening natural nails and modeling on forms. It has a dense and elastic texture, no smell and no flying dust when removed.
The gel must be evenly distributed over the nail plate and polymerized in a 36 W UV lamp for 3 minutes, in an LED lamp for one.
Advantages and disadvantages
How to choose a gel for strengthening nails
It depends on where you will strengthen your nails, at what time and what effect you need to get.
If you decide to strengthen your nails at home, then choose a single-phase gel. Three-phase give, of course, an excellent result, but you need to be able to work with them – even training will be required. And single-phase they are unpretentious, and you can handle it even at home. In a professional cosmetics store, you will definitely be consulted. If you are strengthening your nails for the first time, do not spend a lot of money – do not choose an expensive gel. You may not succeed, or you will realize that it is easier for you to strengthen your nails at the master, and not at home, and the product will remain lying. They have a very short shelf life.
If you strengthen your nails in the salon, then you don’t really have to choose – the master will strengthen your nails with the tool that he trusts and has been using for a long time. If he has a choice of gels for strengthening, then he himself will select the one you need according to the type of your nails.
Popular questions and answers
Who needs gel to strengthen nails and why, how to strengthen nails without gel – answers these and other questions manicure masterу Anna Reuben.
How to strengthen the nail plate without gel?
Who and why might need a gel to strengthen nails?
Is it true that a manicure will last for a long time if you strengthen your nails with gel?
Of course, an experienced master, looking at the condition of the client’s nails, can select the material with an accuracy of 99% and provide the service so that the client’s coating will hold, but in most cases this does not depend on the gel. These are already the “secrets” of the masters regarding the condition of the client’s nail plate and the client’s hormonal background.
Therefore, the opinion that the quality of the coating depends on the strengthening of the gel is incorrect.