Very cool technique for Brisa users wanting colored gel....

[mely-bely]

What a great idea! I use color on almost all of my clients. For gel clients (as I am mostly an l&p girl) I mix my acrylic powder with my clear gel and create colors that way. I often encourage them to get a colored "french" as in two-three weeks, when they decide they want a change, I don't have to take off the whole nail, I can just e-file the free edge off and add a new color!

I am going to try it your way though, sounds a bit easier than mixing acrylic colors!

Thanks for the tip!

 

[lilly]

I want to state RIGHT OFF THE BAT:

The techniques I am about to share are NOT Creative supported techniques, they are techniques shared with me through trial and error through another master technician that I learned over the weekend while in a Brisa Gel class. Use em, or don't use them, it's all up to you. I am well aware of chemical structure and compound, and am not looking to argue as to why this does or does NOT work- cause it WORKS, and BEAUTIFULLY.:green:


So for all of you geeks that have been talking about colored gels, we want colored gels why doesn't Brisa use colored gels wah wah wah.... Well I have a solution for you until that fateful day when Brisa Color Gels exist.

All you need is a bottle of high quality enamel, and Brisa clear sculpting gel.

Get a good load of clear gel either into a pot, or just on the back of a plastic pad ( I used the plastic backing of my hands down towel), then add a few drops of your enamel, and then mix. It's really that simple.
There are 2 very important things to remember here though:

1. Make sure your UV Gel brush is already thinly coated with clear sculpting gel, so the color won't stick to your brush hairs.
2. (AND THE MOST IMPORTANT) The viscosity of your gel when you are mixing must remain the SAME. The gels thickness should NOT change whatsoever with the addition of enamel, or it will NOT CURE. If the viscosity has gone from sculpting gel to finish gloss, add more sculpting gel.

Thin layers should be applied to make sure the UV cures the gel thoroughly, since there are extra pigments getting in the way, to get to the color you want. AND you must STILL apply a BASE layer of gel, buff the final layer of sculpting gel, and apply finish gloss. I believe this is all very similar to color gels out on the market currently.

Just a quick tip: I applied my base layer of gel in soft white, it gave me better coverage when I applied color.

This is totally a trial and error technique for you to play with if you choose to, just play with it until you figure it out. I am taking pictures and working up a short tutorial if you guys are interested...

Have fun!!

I've been doing this for years with Calgel. its great if the client has a fav polish colour !

 

[mely-bely]

I've gotten to thinking (yes, dangerous thing)

Distributors - be it L&P or UV Gel - they KNOW we do custom blends with all sorts of things: glitters, colours, cracked ice, crushed shells, etc. They KNOW that we would need little storage pots for these blends/mixes.

So WHY do they not SELL little pots for us?
With their logo on it? It looks far more professional if our custom blends are in matching containers along with our other products.
Even if they don't have the logo.... a plain pot will do just fine.

Otherwise, we're scrambling, coming up with our own ideas. Which is ok.
BUT there's CLEARLY a need for these little pots.

WHY aren't they selling them??????

Any distributors around to answer this question?

Hi V- INM sells little 1/8 oz jars - they are dirt cheap too! I think I sent you the info on your nearest distributor before?!

 

[magda57]

Lilly, Do you mixing nail polish with Calgel? How do you do this?

 

[RedAdmiral]

I personally dont get the whole coloured gel thing and I used to work for a crowd who's main product was coloured gel for nail art. I feel they're a gimmick and take up too much time and space. I regulary apply polish over my enhancements and 2 wks later its still perfect. Most clients do not want the same colour on for weeks n weeks (always a few that do) and as for gel nail art.................. er no thanks.
I have over 60 coloured gels + at least 50 glitters - only a handful ever get used. Just paint and go - far easier as Gina has pointed out above

 

[mely-bely]

This is bloody fantastic! Thank you very, very much for the tip!

 

[VHunter]

I have added: polish, glitter, food colouring, pure mineral colour, and coloured/glitter acrylic powder to uv gel to make a coloured gel.
I only ever use them for art, or for sculpting a funky french. (Never used it on the nail plate area).

To date, no problems. The only one that goes funky over time is if coloured acrylic powder is added. It doesn't "keep". I use little strips of paint pots for my mixes (like found in paint by number kits...) and it makes it easy to store them, and prevents me from making too much.

I have done it with Nailite gel and EZ Flow.

hth's

(ps: I don't buy into the rainbow collection of coloured gels either.... too pricey and if you choose a colour that no one likes, that's a tonne of waste sitting there, unlike my method OR using polish instead)

 

[Bagpuss]

I personally dont get the whole coloured gel thing and I used to work for a crowd who's main product was coloured gel for nail art. I feel they're a gimmick and take up too much time and space. I regulary apply polish over my enhancements and 2 wks later its still perfect. Most clients do not want the same colour on for weeks n weeks (always a few that do) and as for gel nail art.................. er no thanks.
I have over 60 coloured gels + at least 50 glitters - only a handful ever get used. Just paint and go - far easier as Gina has pointed out above

Have to say that i agree with you to a certain degree....i have quite a few clients now who are having colour and for ages i only used enamel....it still looked good after 3 weeks....enamel lasts ages over enhancements...its cheaper than colour gel...its quicker and easier to remove....it has all the + signs....unfortuanely the only thing that didn't work was the drying time...clients are often busy...they are having their nails done in the lunch breaks or while kids are at nursery...often rushing off to do something...not having the time to allow the nails to fully dry. Thats why i offer colour gels now...purely due to the instant drying time.