
Svetlana shares expert gel polish techniques to achieve a thick, full, and even coating with minimal spill, teaching nail shaping, preparation, and classic manicure skills for healthy, shiny nails.
Assemble essential tools for a flawless gel polish manicure, including files, buffers, cuticle pushers, nippers, oils, Ultrabond primer, led lamp, base and top coats, cuticle remover, color gel, alcohol wipes.
Develop fine motor skills for nail care by practicing a series of brush control exercises—duck footprints, rectangle, circle, heart, and lines (50 reps each)—to improve precision near the cuticle.
Master nail filing for gel polish by filing the tip in one direction, perpendicular to the nail toward the free edge, then shaping into a squoval or oval.
Push the cuticle slightly with a disposable wooden stick, in small steps and no pressure, cleaning the nail surface and creating a tiny gap between the nail and cuticle skin.
Learn to prep nails for gel polish by soaking cuticles, removing non-living tissue with a nipper, then buffing and applying Ultrabond before the base coat.
Apply a thin base coat with a dry base gel brush at 45 degrees toward cuticle, coating nail and sides, then cure under led uv for 30 seconds and repeat.
Learn to apply gel color with precise brush technique, placing color 45 degrees to the nail plate, filling the cuticle gap, and layering two coats before drying under a lamp.
Apply a no cleanse top coat in a thin first layer, add a second coat, coat both sides of the nail plate, cure under LED UV for 30 seconds.
After my course, you will have a firm understanding of the essentials: how to provide a sparkling clean manicure, how to apply for the fullest, deepest and thickest gel polish coverage, and most importantly, how to keep your nails healthy and shining!
The course consists of several sections:
What you'll need to get started
Sterilization and its importance
Shaping nails: correct techniques for shaping and filing without damaging
Classic manicure techniques: all the artforms from A to Z
Preparing the nail for the gel coverage
The technique for deep application of gel polish