Review (5/5): Great, versatile builder’s gel!
I was concerned this builder gel would be difficult to work with based only on how runny it looks in the product pix. In real life it looks runny and sticky, but is surprisingly easy to work with. After applying a long bead of the gel with the included brush, I pushed the gel to my desired shape, and then let it self level to smooth itself out. On both thick and thin layers very little effort was required on my part. In fact, if I tried to get the shape perfect with the brush, the gel got stickier and messier, so I quickly learned to let the gel smooth itself out. Tip: once you get your shape all smoothed out, turn your nail upside down and let gravity create a natural apex before popping it under the lamp. So far I’ve only used the clear gel. I created on extension (not shown), attached rhinestones to several pride nails, and fully encapsulated a fully covered rhinestone nail. 1 thick layer of this hard gel and a have encased rhinestones that fully cured in just over 2 minutes! I also plan to use this for simple overlays when my nail need additional support. The sticker nail forms work well, the slip solution is good for clean up work (not shaping the gel), and the brush/spatula tool work as expected. The tiny buffer and file are silly...why include tools that won’t last a day? Best off all, the gel containers are pretty big... these will last me awhile!