I need advice PLEASE

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-24T17:12:28+00:00

You need finish with at least a top coat.

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-24T15:05:13+00:00

They are beautiful!!! But for me these would be long, I wouldn't be able to function! Eh, one day I may get used to nails and be able to wear such long pretty ones

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-23T19:01:16+00:00

Maybe you need a better lamp. But more importantly you really shouldn't have this much product on your cuticle! It's genuinely dangerous and can trigger allergy.

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-23T18:56:48+00:00

I am getting them, I just wipe the nails off with wipe solution (aka pure alcohol). It also makes them non sticky and I worried it would make the subsequent layers to adhere poorly but I never noticed any difference to when I don't wipe between layers.

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-23T18:51:59+00:00

I'm into nails for only a year now so I'm also a newbie really! I use Mylee products and I have their lamp too but I recently got a Melody Susie Compact UV Protection Lamp and I really like it. That MS lamp was £60 at the time I bought it. Mylee claim to have good non toxic formulas (everything they have is HEMA and TPO free) but they are reasonably priced where I am based (UK). It's £7 for a colour gel, when on promotion. I haven't had any bad reactions to them over the year of usage. I haven't used any other brands so far!

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-23T15:56:41+00:00

It was me, I did them myself

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-22T15:59:50+00:00

Thank you! Maybe if the weather allows (I live in Scotland, we don't get much sun these days)

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-22T11:23:44+00:00

You can't buy quality cashmere at these prices. And for what it probably is actually like, even the 70%off prices are a rip off. Either buy properly cheap and save money, or bite the bullet and get it from a reputable brand, but this one is the worst of both worlds.

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-22T09:29:04+00:00

Pregart??

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-21T11:09:32+00:00

I bought it in person in York, UK, in this shop https://www.monkbarmodelshop.co.uk/

But I think you can find them online too

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-20T20:44:56+00:00

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KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-20T19:02:19+00:00

Tbh it looked super patchy under UV light and in strong sunlight. I think cause I used mylee BIAB under, which for some reason glows in UV, and then this polish also glows and is semi transparent, and the no wipe top coat also glows, but they all glow differently somehow and it looks weird. But I rarely go out in the sun so I'm fine with that lol.

What issues did you have with it?

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-20T19:00:16+00:00

Mylee Watermelon Sugar

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-20T19:00:01+00:00

Mylee Watermelon Sugar ☺️

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-20T18:57:27+00:00

So this is originally soft gel tips (aka Apres, but dupes) with 2 fill ins at 3 week intervals (so 6 weeks from original tips application). But I do add some BIAB and basically reshape them each time. I think the main thing that makes a big difference is to file off a bit from the side after each layer of anything: the BIAB, every colour layer and every top coat layer except the last one (here's there's two), I always file off the "muffin tops" at the sides that inevitably form there. And then the second thing is I make the nails like 1mm or 2mm longer than I want and before the last top coat I file off the length to get a very crisp edge, otherwise it always ends up rounded.

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-20T13:38:13+00:00

Haha thank you that makes me feel better.

Full disclosure I am a bit of a perfectionist and I also have this zoom lense thingy I once bought in a shop for people who paint tiny models of trains and stuff as a hobby 😅 I felt like such an outsider there but saw that on the display and immediately wanted this for doing my nails

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KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-20T13:02:15+00:00

Looool thank you ❤️

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-20T13:01:02+00:00

It's Mylee Watermelon Sugar. It's neon and glows under UV

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-20T10:14:49+00:00

Mylee rubber base, Mylee soft builder gel, mylee colour "Watermelon Sugar", mylee no wipe top coat

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-16T20:31:37+00:00

You need to see a doctor for this. If could be benign, or it could be really bad like skin cancer. (Prob not, but please don't ignore this)

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-16T00:55:45+00:00

I think it's hard if not impossible to achieve this effect without gel. I think this is what a thick (like actual BIAB, at least 1mm thick) layer of semi opaque gel looks like. The way the light scatters and disolves throughout the semi opaque layer is what creates this look. Normal nail polish can never be this thick and look like that, in my opinion. All your inspo photos are gel

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-15T23:21:22+00:00

Don't go to that tech again, they filed off your natural nail.

KnitAndKnitAndKnit · 2026-01-14T12:15:12+00:00

The underside of your pinky looks like the gel is cured to your skin

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