Red Carpet Manicure/Gelish Review-torial

This was a long one, sorry folks! I hope it was helpful! Several people have asked me about at-home gel polish systems and this is what I've been using. All the products can be found at Ulta or Sally Beauty Supply- either in stores or online. UV lights are also available both places, but I bought mine on Amazon (link below).

Gelish: http://tinyurl.com/6p6dstl

Red Carpet Manicure: http://tinyurl.com/78t7ypj

UV light from Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/7qcj49j

The polish colors I used were "The Night is Young" from Red Carpet Manicure & "The Great Googly Moogly" from Gelish's Aurora FX collection. (available online)

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Thanks so much for watching and have a wonderful day!!

Smile & Be Beautiful
~Sara

Category:

Howto & Style

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• Red
• Carpet
• Manicure
• Gelish
• UV
• gel
• polish
• nails
• Review
• Tutorial
• tips
• Ulta
• Sally
• Beauty
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• The Night is Young
• The Great Googly Moogly

[neecee401100]

I'm definitely buying one of their kits when the income tax comes in! Lol Thanks for putting me onto this! Me and my mom have been getting acrylic nails, and we can't always afford to get them done all the time. My mom loves the idea of Gel, but the cheapest I've seen a Gel manicure is $30. This doesn't seem to hard to do at home, and would be cheaper in the long run. Can I do this as a pedicure too? Is the Professional light big enough to cure for a pedicure?

[FibercrazedBeauty]

@neecee401100 I'm so glad this helped you! My mom and I have been having a blast with it! I haven't tried a pedi with mine, but my foot fits easily in the light (I just tried it! lol!) I have average size feet - size 8. My mom wears a 9/9.5 and I feel like hers would fit fine too. It's advertised as being large enough and it seems to be true. I've had a gel pedi done at the salon and it lasted MONTHS. Have fun!

[Pecanrican26]

loved the tutorial!! very very informative! thanks!

[FibercrazedBeauty]

@Pecanrican26 Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it and found it helpful! Thanks so much for watching!

[MrsWarcup]

I just wanted to let you know that your thorough review helped me make smart purchases and LOVE my new nails!!! :) I watched your tutorial as I did my own nails! :) They turned out GREAT!!!!  Thank you!!!

[FibercrazedBeauty]

@MrsWarcup I am SOOOO thrilled to hear that! Watching YT videos has helped me do the same thing and I wanted to me a part of it and help others. It means the world to me to know that I have! Thanks so much for watching/commenting!

[FibercrazedBeauty]

@Kholmos Did you wrap the free edge with the topcoat as well? I do make my topcoat slightly thicker than the color layers and make sure to wrap the free edge as well. You could maybe try keeping it under the light for an extra minute when curing the top coat and see how that works.If that still doesn't work maybe your light isn't reflecting the UV rays quite enough. Maybe you could try curing then flipping your hands palms up and cure another minute to really get the tips exposed. HTH!

[Kholmos]

I redid it making sure to wrap the ends but it seems like they didn't cure. The same thing happened again. Color on the free edge came off on last step alcohol wipe :( Now its wearing and chipping already after just 4 days. Any advice? I'm using extremely thin coats and buffing the nail first.

[Kholmos]

Thank you! Perfectly informative. I just did my first red carpet manicure. Only I forgot to wrap the ends with the top coat and a lot of color came off on the alcohol wipe :( Hope it still lasts. I wonder if I can go back and add a little bit?

[FibercrazedBeauty]

@ttcalittleangel2007 Cool! I hope you have them by now and are having fun with them!! I find the same thing for mine and my mom's nails. Not only does the color last forever, but it gives our nails just enough protection that they can grow! LOVE that! Thanks for watching and commenting!! :D