So much information in 25 minutes it's so AWESOME! I love learning about the chemistry behind doing nails 😍 thanks Liz and Jim!!

I like Jim's breakdown of what happens when you soak your nails--how the oil is the actual chemical barrier. I'm totally saving this video so that I'll have the explanation to share later.

@teresamckeown5594

4 жыл бұрын

tmcdgreen me too!! I HATE the way my fingers feel even just removing nail polish. Soaking!?! Yuck

Fourth! 😄 Thanks for taking the time to come up here and shoot the video. It was such a pleasure!

@manfredfails7485

4 жыл бұрын

Light Elegance Nail Products will you please create products that the public can purchase.

@frankiemann8107

4 жыл бұрын

Manfred Fails you can buy light elegance on the nail hub website

@dizzyrizzi6246

4 жыл бұрын

Frankie Mann it’s for pros only, not diyers

@manfredfails7485

4 жыл бұрын

I’m aware

@frankiemann8107

4 жыл бұрын

Manfred Fails you’re welcome 😊

That is why I switched my whole gel line to Light Elegance. They are THE best to work with. Great customer service, great education and great products.

Thank you Liz and Jim💕 Jim is also a real professional and he has the sense of humor🙂

@wendyramosrivera874

3 жыл бұрын

Z

I love how Jim tried to show some good humor throughout the video but got shut down with her seriousness lol But on another note, this video was very informative. Cleared up some doubts for me.

@TheNailHub

4 жыл бұрын

I suffer from RBF: resting bitch face. 🤣

@mszoomy

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheNailHub I'm cursed as well, it doesn't reflect our true selves

I love doing nails as much as Jim loves chemistry ❤️ no wonder Light Elegance is a kick butt product, he knows his stuff and obviously has great passion for that side of it. I really need to try LE now ❤️

@13:00 I never got the hype of dry manicures until I soaked off with acetone. I realized this the hard way, my nails are fine but I had to baby my hands + replenish oil + moisture for 3 weeks for my surrounding skin to recover. Really appreciate this channel for all the info and explanation ❤

Jim always explain so deeply in easy and interesting way which always stay in mind while working with products, being light elegance educator feel lucky to keep update the knowledge with this type of informative videos . Thank you for sharing it😍🤗

Love this. Very informative for the DIY in me who is just learning gels.

I'm wondering why us DIYers gave a really tough time buying true gels. Your site is the only place I've found them, without being licensed. I don't like the hybrids or regular polish. They seem to be more dangerous than the "real deal". Love your videos. Thank you!

@littlewifethatcould

4 жыл бұрын

valerie022848 Exactly. As a DIYer myself, I want gels I can rely on and it’s so hard getting your hands on true gels because we aren’t licensed. Some gels accessible to all, like Gelish and even some brands on Amazon, can be good but you have issues with inconsistencies. So you can have a bunch that work great and a bunch that don’t. I’ve been wanting to get my hands on Light Elegance for awhile because you hear so many good things about it. But it’s almost impossible to get your hands on. I’m thankful TheNailHub offers them to everyone because I might finally be able to get my hands on some quality products.

@jafk3177

4 жыл бұрын

Veronica Anderson were you able to purchase some without being licensed? I’m a DIYer and I would love to get my hands on some of those professional products but it’s so hard getting any good legit products for gel

I honestly love your channel so much. Every single burning question I have you are about the only person who I can find who can clearly and thoroughly explain everything in detail and scientifically. I honestly love your channel so much and it has helped me greatly in making purchasing and product decisions. I even bought the Light Elegance Lamp from your website. Thank you so much for all your wonderful videos, your hard work and your great education that you give us all. We are very grateful to you and thank you for spending so much time to spread your knowledge.

I’m a Gelish girl but I do use other gel polishes sometimes. I’ve noticed by swatching on paper just to get a quick look at the colors before I do my regular swatches that they do dry over time but just not completely. This was a very in depth look at gels and I loved it! Thank you 💜

You are absolutely changing the scene of using gels! I have learned so much from all your videos and I am so impressed by your commitment to education. I also hope that learning from you mean I can be safe and responsible with doing my own nails as a little DIYer. I hope to one day become accredited just for my own sake, but until then your content is helping me so much. If you ever need a UK based learning technologist/instructional designer for a nail course, let me know ;)

Excellent information, I love when everyone shares information and knowledge they know

Love the chemical talk! Thank you for showing us how to tell the difference between hybrid and true gels! Definitely seeing the difference in some of my products now!

Awesome video! Thanks Liz and Jim. ❤❤

Laying down some awesome info as usual! Thanks for the video! Can’t wait for more nail science!

I am so very grateful for the education you provide... Its amazing. I had my suspicions on these gels and hybrids but it's so important to understand the chemistry to understand the products.

You guys are awesome Thank You for all the highly recommended education for nail techs some of this is not mention even in the nail schools I been doing nails 26 years and here to say there's always more to learn about those chemicals and all the new things that come out it pays to know the basics it allows you to figure it out thumbs up love luv❤❤

I love that he talks about not soaking the nail in acetone.

Awesome, thank you Liz & Jim for this very important information about Hybrid Gels and True Gels.

This is fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing all this information in such a way that people who don’t have a background in chemistry can understand. This is all very helpful.

Could listen to you two talk together about the science of gel products all day. Excellent video! I'm a true gel girl. 😀👍

This is an amazing information video!!! thank you so much. I agree with you, overlay will protect more the nail plate.

Yesss!! Chemistry talk is my Favorite!! 🥰🥰🥰

so interesting and informative, thanks Liz and Jim! Looking forward to the HEMA episode :)

Awesome love this video. Great information and it definitely will have me reading more labels when purchasing gels. Thank you.

Such a great informative video!! Always coming through with the amazing content!!!🥰

I was LITERALLY just last night trying to look this up on the internet and could find and indefinitely answer on how I can tell the difference between hybrid and true gel polish

As a self taught artist who's seen videos through KZread nail techs like yourself, I'm into using polygel with a gel polish overlay or nail polish. For me this is handy to learn about the chemistry in gels ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Loving this channel. Still so much to learn even after twenty years

Thank you for all information you presented on here it really is very informative i use true gels all the time as a nail tech and i find that the more i know about the different gels and the products used to prep the nails and the bonders and primers and the gel products themselves the more easier it is for me to determine the best gel system for each client

Thank you soooo much for this video!! Now I know my “gel” nail polish is not true gel but a hybrid.

I love learning new things about all the products! Currently taking notes 🤓 📝 👩‍🔬 Thanks for always teaching us new things! ☺️💖

Thank you both for sharing all this info blew me away x

Oouuuu... brings me back to my organic chemistry days. Although I was not fan in college, I appreciate Jim giving us a basic understanding of true gel vs hybrid gel chemistry. I did not know about CABs and CAPs. Thank you!

This is so informative! I'm still learning about all this so thank you, love your vids!

This was really interesting! Nicely done!!😍

This is a great video! Thank you!

This is such a cool collab !! ❤️

This was very interesting!! Answers many of my questions! Thanks for the info! 💕💅🥰🇿🇦

Learned so much, very helpful, thank you!! Looking forward to the HEMA video!

Such great info! I was just looking for gel vs. polygel because I love painting my own nails but have wanted to get into something next level. True gel sounds pretty beneficial, even if it has more learning curve to it.

I have a habit of testing my gels in a dark place thank you so much for the chemistry class.

YESSS LOVING THE JIM COLLAB this is such a good pairing

Thanks Liz & Jim that was a really interesting & informative video. I loved all the info you gave us, it was so fascinating. I've been a nail tech for over 30yrs, with another large USA nail company using & teaching with their brand. However I'd heard rave reviews about Light Elegance products, a nail tech friend gave me a couple of their LE gels to try & I was instantly hooked. I stopped with the other company at Christmas & have been using LE ever since & wow I love this brand as do my clients. Some of the topics covered in this video was a great, so thank you very much. Sending warm regards from across the pond Xv

Very informative and interesting 🧐 loved it!!!! 💕

Very informative👍 would love to see a similar video "dip powders vs. acrylic (polymer)" 😉

@purpl3lina

4 жыл бұрын

Same thing. Dip powder is just very fine acrylic powder.

@TheNailHub

4 жыл бұрын

Dip powder is just nail glue (cyanoacrylate like crazy or super glue) and fine milled acrylic powder. But I plan to cover that as well.

@naq57

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheNailHub that would be awesome, thank you, really enjoyed the chemistry talk! ;)

Good to know, thank you again! 😍

This is awesome education! Thank you!! 🤙🏼🌺💕

Thanks for the information. Really helpful

Third! Another great video, so informative! I love nerd talk 🤓

Thank you for a great and very informative video ❤️

Great video and I LOOOOOOVE LE products!!!!

What a fantastic video. Wow!

I loved this video, it was very informative. I took notes 📝.

@LightEleganceHQ

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Delia. There will be more videos coming soon!

Thank you!! Great information 😊👍

VERY cool video! I learned a lot!

Love your videos

Thanks so much for sharing!

Very informative! thank you so much! xoxo

Thank you for this video.

HA! Thought it was confusing choosing a nail salon before! Now gotta research what products they use, the product ingredients, make sure no bait & switch(putting cheaper products in expensive containers) schooling of techs(not just the owner 'trained them'), Hygiene of salon, 😳.etc.🤦‍♀️🥰

Great video!

Hi Liz, thank you so much for all these videos, they’re so useful! Do you know which brands (available in the uk) are soft gels? I’m really struggling to find the information online. I’m a DIYer so need something that can be soaked off x

Has anyone compiled a list of true gel vs hybrid gels? :) I have a few in mind that I think I know which place they stand but after watching video I’ll have to go and check the ingredients and see

@blablatructruc

Ай бұрын

That would be amazing

Wow so educational! Tfs 😊💕💜💅

This is so informative!! Thank you!! Also this is kind of besides the topic, but I a matte gel top coat that's yellowing in the bottle- do you happen to know why that's the case?

This video is so informative! Can I use a gel overlay under a nail extension like gel x nails/polygel/builder gel or can it only be used gel color services/natural nail services?

Thank you for this video

Thank you for this video, it is very informative @thenailhub and #lightelegance

Thank you!

Does anyone know what the Madam Glam products are considered? I see so many KZreadrs recommending them. Thank you!!

Great informative video. Tfs

Are brush on gels like orly in a bottle a true gel. Can you back fill ibd hard gell with orly builder in a bottle?

Thanks sooo much, I finaly understood the difference lol

Hi,I love so much your videos,I've learned so much from them. I have a question that is maybe stupid but I can't find any real information about this and anyone I asked said different things.So my question is,how many times is recommended to infill a gel nail and after how much time is recommended to build a new set?

@sofiagarcia8292

4 жыл бұрын

Reni Petras she answered this is one of her Q&A videos! She said that when doing fill you add new product near the cuticle and usually file off some product at the free edge so really after a couple of fills you have all new product. She also said she usually doesn’t remove it all completely unless it’s a special situation and she gives some examples of those. I recommend you watch her Q&A’s for her actual word by word answer but that is kind of the idea she was saying about that. Hope that helps!

@renipetras7388

4 жыл бұрын

@@sofiagarcia8292 Thanks so much,I will watch them,I've only seen the first two yet.

Wow nice

Liz thank you for this video!! So much information 💕

Wonderful video. I learned a lot. Liz, I was wondering. Can I glue a faux nail tip over a gel over lay on my natural nail and then add a couple more layers of gel over the nail and tip to make it stronger. Or will I have to completely remove the gel overlay to use a nail tip?

@TheNailHub

4 жыл бұрын

Yes as long as it's really thin you can glue on top. Just make sure the glue is rock solid before adding additional layers .

@christiangyrl3

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheNailHub thank you

Great video. So my understanding is that I shouldn't use a hybrid gel on my gel overlay? Is there a time when I can? I was thinking of using the ones I have as a layer of color on the overlay but under the top coat. Would taking that off still be a sticky mess with a e-file? If I didn't use a top coat could I just soak off the color? Or maybe just know that the color will get sticky with a e-file and use a sanding band? With more information always comes more questions. Thank you for being here to answer them. You both rock!

@dizzyrizzi6246

4 жыл бұрын

moodie tool I’m pretty sure they just meant that you can’t create an overlay with a hybrid gel. You can absolutely use hybrid gel on an overlay. Only use sanding bands to file it off though because you can toss those out. It’s not a sticky mess but it does tend to gunk up efile bits. Hope this helps

@moodietool150

4 жыл бұрын

@@dizzyrizzi6246 yes that helps a lot.

Very helpful! Next time you're talking to this nice man could you ask him if there's a specific component that's more likely to cause contact dermatitis? I do my own nails and I've been having a mild issue with this, trying to narrow down the cause. Is it the polygel I'm creating the nails with or the gel polish? I try real hard not to get it on my skin but I still have dryness all around the nail, even underneath which really confuses me because the only thing on the underside is my natural nail

@patriciagallacher6741

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes it could be what your filing off . especially if those tiny little particles have bits of uncured gel, l always cure slightly longer now just to be safe,you could also try wearing gloves when possible.

So the true gels They have more molecules shorter in length meaning they have a very large surface area are we working with polymer chains? Do hybrids have more solvent and less molecules ,. Does this affect the bondage to the nail plate as opposed to one that has larger molecules and less of them?I ask this because Some people have extremely thin nail plates , are more likely to become moist and could possibly cause lifting, do lLight Elegance products level all this out? I am a DIYer with a very extensive background in chemisty from my Old career, due to changes in my life Ive had to reevaluate my income as well as my physical activity. This is exciting stuff.

I soaked off my nails so frequently that now I developed a sensitivity to acetone. I break out and blister so bad when I try to soak off my nails.

Great video! I am using polygel which is a soak off. So is that a hybrid or true gel? I think it is a true gel. At least I hope it is because I would like to have an overlay with it. Or do I need a thin layer of hard gel and then the poly over it?

@TheNailHub

3 жыл бұрын

Polygel is actually a mix between acrylic powder and gel. Depending on the formula it could be a hybrid but realistically polygel is not really a gel and is in its own category. You can apply polygel directly to the nail plate and it is a builder product all on its own.

@tarapreston4143

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNailHub I went to the salon and got hard gel nails. Then when I decided to do my own I filed those down (with a hand file, really going to need to practice efiling LOL) and left some for an overlay and then put poly gel over it. But I was planning on just continually doing that with the poly gel I have so I didn't have to soak or file everything off and start fresh every time. Sounds like from your reply that poly gel can be used that way. Is that correct? Just to clarify for others who may be reading this. Thanks Liz! You have no idea how much I have learned from you and I really appreciate all the videos you post. You are awesome :)

@i.8885

3 жыл бұрын

@@tarapreston4143 There's three main products that you can build with; builder gel, acrylic and polygel which is a new invention and it combines the two first. Gel polish and semi permanent nail polish are a different topicm

Now I have a question, so if I have a base coat and I use it sparingly. The base coat over time becomes thick and gunky? Is the base coat a hybrid at this point? Do true base gels are suppose to expire like that?

@TheNailHub

4 жыл бұрын

Your base coat is most likely drying out as air is introduced to the bottle over time. This means there is a high solvent level in the formula so your base is probably a hybrid gel or some kind of bonder. True gels don't get noticeably thicker over time.

Is it possible to soak of true gel with acetone?😊

Hi Liz, i have a question - not about this topic, and i hope you will answer it...if there is a fungus on the nail, and theoretically you polished those nails, do you need to throw away the > PH Balance , Bonder, Base gel, color gel and the top ? thanks. love you Xx

@TheNailHub

4 жыл бұрын

The industry standard approach is that since bottled products and their brushes are in oxygen free environments they are said to not harbor bacteria or fungi. I personally do not work on nails with visible infections and instead refer them to a podiatrist or other doctor so they can get it resolved.

@galbitton10

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheNailHub Thank you for the answer, i dont work on infections nails too, i was just wondering beacuse sometimes you cant really notice visible when its at the really early fungus/ other infections. So Thank you

Is kenzico true gel or hybrid?

Is there a soak off true gel that consumers (DIYers) can purchase?

@TheNailHub

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Check out Estemio on our site. Or view the full unrestricted section via thenailhub.com/collections/unrestricted

@ZannaTheGreat

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheNailHub I totally missed that on the site! Thanks so much!

I have another question can I use a true gel top and base coat and a hybrid color coat?

@TheNailHub

4 жыл бұрын

You can pretty much use whatever you want as long as things are curing properly and they are compatible brands. Please watch my videos on top 5 gel polish issues as well as lamps.

I have a love for encapsulating glitters etc. So i end up having to redo them about once a month. Im trying to get better wirh gel but i cant seem to get a decent blob on my brush. Ill use gel and acrylic. Ill also use polygel and gel. I love capping with gel but when i try to do a full nail of gel, it gets in my cuticle and i bail

From now on, I will file off product rather than soak it off with acetone! 🙂

@TheNailHub

4 жыл бұрын

Overlay method saved my clients' nails

@tinac.2671

4 жыл бұрын

The Nail Hub About two thirds of my natural nails are damaged right now. I shortened them down and applied a hard gel overlay. Part of my right thumbnail is recovering from onycholysis. Everything looks SO much better.

Hi. I have a question. I use products from The Gel Bottle Inc. Color gels and Builder gels as well as the rubber base coat and top coats. They say they are %100 pure gel but they do have a smell to them. I did the test with drop and it did not dry up. But I’m wondering why there is a smell to it.

@TheNailHub

4 жыл бұрын

You should check their SDS and see what ingredients they use. They are one of the brands I have seen that do not always list ingredients on the bottles or packaging...

@pattygonzalez498

4 жыл бұрын

I did and it doesn’t specify CAB or CAP. It does have HEMA

@lillianlack7245

4 жыл бұрын

TheGelbottle has the data sheets on their website. I like their formulas.

What brand gel polish would you recommend?

@TheNailHub

4 жыл бұрын

That's for you to decide. I have my own favorites (basically everything on our site thenailhub.com) but there are tons of great brands out there and it is a decision that every individual must make for themselves. :)

Are all the products sold on the nail hub true gels?

@TheNailHub

4 жыл бұрын

Yes!

So is builder gel the same thing as soak off ?

@TheNailHub

4 жыл бұрын

Builder refers to the consistency as its thick and meant for building the nail up or extending. Builder gels can be either hard gel or soak off gel.

So Liz, is luminary a hybrid?

@TheNailHub

4 жыл бұрын

It's a true gel.

And just one question please what are the best gels

@TheNailHub

4 жыл бұрын

It really depends on what you're doing with them. It's like anything. There are great brands to choose from with high quality products but you have to decide what works for you.

@tinalynch9283

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheNailHub ok luv thanks for reply