Review (5/5): Nice kit with all you need!
You get everything you need in this kit!
There’s 8 tubes of poly gel. They each are individually sealed in plastic wrapping. They state that the colors you get are - “White,” “transparent,” “apricot,” “orange,” “gray,” “transparent pink,” “pink,” and “sequined glitter.” These are basically the colors you get, but I would describe a couple of the colors differently. To me, there is a peach and a peachy pink color. I’m not sure which one they’re calling apricot and which one they’re calling orange. It really doesn’t matter. What they call “gray” I would call more of a brown nude color. They also call one a transparent pink and one a pink. Again, not sure which one they refer to as which, but that doesn’t matter. I would call one a kind of purplish-pink (like a lilac pink mix) and the other a pink.
There’s a bottle of slip solution. I like that one is included. A lot of kits like these don’t include a slip solution. But, I also use isopropyl alcohol as a slip solution, so it’s not a big deal to me when one isn’t included.
You get a dual sided tool - brush on one end, spatula on the other. You also get a pair of tweezers and a nail file.
There’s 2 bottles of top coat and a bottle of base coat.
You get nail forms assorted in sizes. They are separated in a plastic packaging that has a clear plastic cover. It’s just thin packaging. I would have liked them to be in something sturdier, but it works.
You get some nail art items - a little circular plastic piece that has sections divided with small different colored rhinestones in them, 5 different rolls of stripping tape, and 6 small jars of different glitters.
Finally, you get a mini UV/LED nail lamp that comes with a USB cable. Mini lamps are never very powerful. For gel polish? I find that they get the job done but I usually have to do it a couple times. Even if my polish says cure for 30 seconds with an LED lamp and 30 seconds is usually long enough with my regular UV/LED lamp, with mini lamps like this I’ll usually have to hit again for another 30 seconds. If I do VERY thin layers and hold the lamp as close to my nails as possible, I can usually get away with doing one 30 second cycle. But, for poly gels these mini lamps aren’t the greatest. They take a while to cure it. Again, it will get the job done, but you’ll need to be patient. Personally, I’ll usually just use my regular full sized lamp. But, anyone who is new to using nail products that require curing with an LED/UV lamp and doesn’t own a regular full sized one, this would get the job done.
Overall, I think this is a great set. It has everything you need including a lamp and a slip solution. There’s a good assortment of colors. The poly gels work well. I think this would work great for anyone who loves doing poly gels or for someone just starting off!