Review (4/5): Calming Blue
Hello friends, I received a white and pink, sturdy plastic Miropure UV LED Nail lamp (22x15.5x5.9 cm) with UV shielding gloves and two nail emery boards. This lamp also comes with a 12 month warranty, and 24/7 live chat support. It is a made in China product. It has an input voltage of DC 24V and output voltage of 54W (max). The lamp’s upper mouth contains 30 LEDs. The wavelength is 365nmt 405nm. The unit has a LED display screen with 3 buttons. The buttons are available to set the lamp on 30 seconds, 60 seconds and 99 seconds. This lamp comes in low heat mode, it is recyclable, environmentally safe, non-harmful and non-tanning. The UV LED lamp is only meant for drying or curing the nails. It will not tan the skin or be harmful to the skin. The gloves are an added protection for those who think it may be harmful. Some people also wear sunscreen before placing their hands under a UV lamp. Not only does it do a great job with curing the nails, but it is also fun to look at. Once you plug this lamp up, it illuminates in a cool and relaxing blue. The color blue is captured in the outskirts of the lamp, so please don’t look directly at the light. Long-term exposure can cause damage to your eyes and skin. The light under the lamp does put off a mild heat that may be uncomfortable for some people. The gloves will help to shield the hands from that. It runs off a DC adapter, however, I wish it also ran off of batteries so as to use it anywhere, even while traveling. The emery boards are an added bonus that comes in a cute pink. The gloves are a white PES (polyester) fabric. It’s very thoughtful of Miropure to give these gloves away as a gift. The brand of gel that you use and the number of coats you apply to the nail before placing them under the lamp will determine how long it will take for the gel nail polish to cure (bake/dry) on the nail. The opening of the lamp is big enough for me to place both hands (excluding my thumbs) under the UV light to cure. One full hand (including the thumb) will fit in the mouth of the lamp comfortably. Equally so, I am able to place both of my feet under the lamp at the same time. These lamps are used to cure gel nail polish, but you can absolutely use this lamp to fast dry regular nail polish. Once you plug in the unit, it will be in standby mode. The infrared sensors on this lamp come on automatically when you place your nails under the lamp. If you don’t press a timer button the default timer is automatically set at 120 seconds. Also the 30s/60s settings have a memory settings and the lamp will use the last used time settings as the default time. So, say I pressed 30s and cured my nails for that time. Once I take my hands out and place it under the lamp again, it will automatically set for 30s (as the new default) until I fully use the lamp set at another time or it will also reset back to 120 if I place my hand under the lamp but don’t use it for the full time set. The 99 second button activates the low heat mode. Once you select a timer button on the unit the time will count up to that selected time all while curing the nails. I applied gel polish to my nails and it cured for 60s for the first coat, 60s for the second coat and 60s for the top coat. The nails were completely cured with no streaks and no finger nail print to the touch. Regular nail polish cured for 30s for the first coat, 30s for the second coat and 30s for the top coat with no streaks, clean and smooth to the touch. Both polishes can be purchased at Wal-Mart (please see pictures). Both polishes were also applied to natural nails and not artificial nails. The curing time for artificial nails may be longer. Also memorize the curing time of the gel and regular polish that you are using because you don’t want to max out the lamp’s life as the LEDs can’t be replaced and you will just have to purchase another unit. I would gift this item to anyone practicing to become a nail technician or anyone that likes to paint nails.