How to Apply Gelish Step by Step on Natural Nails

 How to Apply Gelish Step by Step on Natural Nails

Welcome to this article, here I am going to explain how to apply gelish step by step.

It is worth mentioning that when we talk about gelish, we are talking about gel polishes, or semi-permanent polishes, since gelish is just a brand.

For example reasons, in this tutorial, I am going to address semi-permanent nail polishes as «gelish», being the way our clients usually request this service.

- How to Apply Gelish Step by Step on Natural Nails and Nail Art Accessories

Before starting, I am going to give you the list of the material to apply semi-permanent enamel.
This will help you to know what you need to buy, therefore it is essential that you have it written down.

Material to apply Gelish
As a general rule, you should already have your basic material for applying acrylic nails, such as sanitizer, files, cuticle pusher etc, etc.
Assuming you already have it, I'm going to focus on the materials needed to apply gelish.

• Protein bond or True Bond
• PH Balancer / PH Leveler.
• 100% pure acetone.
• Gel base or Base Coat.
• Gel enamels of colors of your preference, you can buy ranges of colors and it is cheaper.
• UV / LED lamp, I recommend that it be 30 to 48 watts of power.
• Finish Top Gel.
• Orange sticks.
• Cuticle oil.
• Nail decoration (optional)
• If you are applying gel polish for the first time, I suggest you practice it on your nails.
• With this you will realize as the days go by, how well you did your gelish application and how long it lasts.
• As well as recognizing failures and learning from them.

How to apply Gel Polish step by step
We are going to prepare our hands, just as we would for an acrylic nail application: spraying them with sanitizer or alcohol and disinfecting our cuticle pusher, and nail application files.

With your cuticle pusher, you remove excess dead cell on the sides and around each of your nails.
You must do it gently taking care not to damage.

Clean your nails with gauze and rubbing alcohol.

With the 180 grit file, you will do a light filing on each of the nails.
You must do it vertically or enveloping, this is in order to remove excess fat on the nail, and give it a little porosity.

With an acetone gauze clean each one of your nails.
Acetone in addition to dehydrating, helps remove impurities that may have remained.

On the nails, apply a layer of PH leveling and then a layer of True Bond.

Now you are going to apply a thin layer of Base Coat or Gel Base.
It should be a thin layer, to allow it to dry perfectly on the lamp and not make the gel application too thick.
If you touch skin, help yourself with an orange stick to remove the excesses, always before putting it to cure in the lamp.

You put a lamp to cure for 60 seconds.

Leaving the lamp and without cleaning, we are going to give the first layer of gel polish on our nails, with the color of your preference.

Again I remind you that the gel layers must be thin, so that they dry well in the lamp, and avoid bubbles from forming, or our gelish application from wrinkling.

After polishing the nails, they are cured under a lamp for 60 seconds.

You can repeat this step up to 3 times, depending on the intensity of the color you chose.
The most common thing when polishing your nails is that you touch skin, again you can lean on an orange stick and remove excess color, before putting it to cure in a lamp.

Once this process is finished, you apply your Finish Top Gel on each nail, and again you go to cure the lamp.

Leaving the lamp, you apply cuticle oil and you're done.

Acrylic Nail Swatches, Practice Fingers for Nails

 Acrylic Nail Swatches, Practice Fingers for Nails

The acrylic nail samples are perfect when you are learning how to make your nail applications.
In this article we are going to know this essential tool that you should not miss in your practices.

• You can find them in different styles according to your needs.
• If you want to learn nail designs, fan-shaped or individual nail swatches are your best option.
• Although there are also many variants of them on the market, this will depend on each specific use that you want to give them.
• Currently you find them in different prices, colors and styles.
• And if you have a little time, you can also do them yourself, using the tips for applying acrylic nails.

- Acrylic Nail Swatches, Practice Fingers for Nails and Nail Art Accessories

As you can see the possibilities of giving your clients a sample of your designs and works, they are very easy and fun.

If you are a beginner, it will help you to lean on nail samples, or nail practice fingers, with this you will have more security in practicing some nail designs before applying them to your clients, as well as helping you to know the result of each effect or pigment that is fashionable in each season.
In the same way they are of great help when you need to learn to have better control in handling acrylic beads.

Different Nail Samples for Different Uses

According to your needs is how you will acquire different nail samples.
Here I list a list of its different uses, so that you can adapt them to your nail salon.

• Gel polish color chart samples.
• Nail design samples.
• Samples of 3d designs.
• Swatches of effects / pigments.
• Glass placement sample.
• As you will have read at the beginning of the article, there are many ideas of nail mockups that you can create, adding your particular touch and to your liking.

Now let's look at other similar resources, which you can take advantage of, whether you are just starting out or already have experience in the area of ​​applying acrylic nails.

Nail Practice Fingers

When you buy a nail practice hand or buy practice fingers, the possibilities are endless, since you have the opportunity to practice your nail applications, with more confidence and as many times as necessary.
They are excellent for learning how to apply acrylic nails step by step, from nail preparation to how to glue tips and practice sculptural nails.

* Nail practice fingers are solid plastic and come with and without a nail.
* When they come with a nail, they help you practice applying acrylic nails with a tip.
* The practice fingers without a nail, are used to create the sculptural nail from scratch, here you must support yourself with sculptural forms.


Different Hands of Practice for Acrylic Nails
The practice hands for acrylic nails come in different styles, prices and designs.
You find rigid or manageable plastic, they are cheaper and are recommended when you start your courses and are acquiring your nail material.

On the other hand, we have more professional practice hands that come fully articulated, simulating the movement of the fingers and the hand, in addition to bringing your nail parts, they help you practice sculptural nails, acrylic nails with tip, and nail designs. nail.
The most popular on the market is Organic's Prohand Nail Practice Hand.
Although they also already sell their general brand derivatives.


And we come to a more sophisticated silicone practice hand, with the same characteristics as the Prohand hand, only to the latter we must add its impressive resemblance to a real hand.
You will be amazed.

The price is much higher than the previous ones, it is used when you need to take photos of your nail set and you do not have a model.
If you dedicate yourself to recording video tutorials for online courses, or if you have a YouTube channel.
I would tell you that it is not so necessary to acquire it, unless you want to indulge yourself and your finances allow it.


As you can see, there are different practice hands so you can make your first applications, apart from the hands of your friends and family.
As well as nail samples and practice fingers are your best allies to show your work and designs.