![]() ![]() Manucurist’s “Green Flash” should last up to 10 days. My self-experiment: base coat… …and varnish in Khaki How resilient is the semi-permanent gel? Less than 20 minutes for two immaculately painted hands. He needs another minute under the lamp, I found out, but after that the manicure is perfect. That’s it! To check whether the varnish is dry, I gently press it to my lips. No risk of producing stripes! Finally, the top coat is cured under the lamp for two minutes. The brush size is just right, so that you can pull the color well over the nail without having to apply too often. ![]() The color I have choses is a very nice khaki, not too muddy, not too green. It has to be spread very thinly in two layers and dried under the lamp for one minute in between. Now that both hands have been “primed”, it’s time to paint. Then I place my hand under the lamp so that all my fingers – including my thumb, very important! – be captured by the light. ![]() As a right-handed woman, I start with my left hand and apply a thin layer of base coat. The device can be programmed to 99, 60, 30 seconds and shows the countdown on its display. I have already connected the bridge-shaped lamp with the enclosed power cable. If necessary, file the nails into shape beforehand. For this system you only have to degrease the nail surface beforehand with an acetone-free varnish remover. No filing, no maltreatment of the natural nail as it used to be necessary for my gel nails, which I had done by a professional for years. The complete Pro-Set contains everything you need for DIY gel nails: a 36 watt LED lamp with 21 small lamps in the inner arch, an acetone-free nail polish remover, a base coat, a top coat and a colored varnish, which I could choose from a wide range of over 30 colors. In addition to the three substances with the greatest health risk – formaldehyde, methylbenzene, dibutyl phthalate – these are toluene, formaldehyde resin, camphor, xylenes, parabens, triphenyl phosphate and animal by-products. This means that they do without nine ingredients that can have a harmful effect on the body. They consist of 84 percent organic raw materials such as sugar cane, cassava and cotton. The “ Green Flash” nail polishes are clean. Ultimately, I was won over by a DIY method for gel nails from France. In the meantime, I’ve tried a few things at home on nail varnish – more or less durable – on foils – better than I thought. With the long lockdown, you have almost forgotten what it was like when you could still keep your manicure appointment regularly and get your nails painted by a professional. ![]()
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