In short, no you should NOTs apply a Gel Polish topcoat to regular nail polish. Regular polish has a different drying time and is made out of slightly different materials. When Gel polish dries it’s in 30-60 seconds and dries like plastic. This leaves any moisture under your gel top coat to get trapped. Even with regular nail polish The liquid builder gels can be painted onto the nail like a regular gel polish but are still a lot more thick than a regular gel polish. 14. When should I use builder gel? Builder gel can be used for many applications. You can use it to repair cracks, glue on rhinestones and for building up the length and thickness of a nail or nail tip. LED light An LED lamp is essential (Haile recommends the 18G LED light) because polygel won't harden until it cures under the lamp, which means more time for the nail tech to get the shape just right. Yes and no. Regular nail polish won’t cure under these lights. But, if you have regular nail polish on, you can apply a top coat of Shellac or Gel and cure it under the lamp to make your manicure last longer. Can you use regular nail polish under UV light? Only gel polish can be cured under a UV lamp. Regular polish dries on its own, while Even though you can put regular nail polish over shellac, don’t ever put shellac over regular nail polish – It won’t cure right. Although, I have heard about some people successfully experimenting with the “shellac sandwich,” which entails shellac UV top and base coats with a regular nail polish of choice in between. You paint the gel on like regular nail polish. You then put your nails under an ultraviolet (UV) light to harden the gel. UV light can cause skin damage, including wrinkles and age spots. After that, you can choose the gel polish of your choice. And apply the polish over the layer of the base coat. And finally, finish it off with a layer of glossy or matte topcoat. When all three layers of the nails are done, put them under the UV lamp. It takes around 2 minutes to dry completely. UV light works on gel nail polish, but it doesn’t work on regular nail polish. Regular nail polish needs air exposure to dry, so if you’re using a normal (non gel) polish, you could try blowing cool air onto your nails using a hairdryer from a distance of around 12 inches to dry them faster. If you are using gel polish, you can use UV light VdSP.

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