This is like my fourth(?) manicure with dippowder! Getting the hang of it I think, hopefully these will last longer than a week 🤪
I tried to make a little flower (the petals are thermal) but dang that’s hard haha, no clue if it looks okay or just ugly but oh well.
Any advice is appreciated!
Are we allowed to post personal collections for sale here? I think my time doing dip powder has come to an end, and I have many quality dips barely touched that I’d like to sell.
Found a new favourite colour 😍 Golden Mint Sparkle by glowdip, liquids by glowdip as well. It’s hard to catch the sparkle in a picture but it’s green in lite lighting, gold in indoor lighting and reddish in sunlight.
I’m going to try a matte top coat on this too and see if it will go sea glass since it’s not opaque.
Hi,
So I have tried a few different nail dipping products, first was a do it at home SNS product, I cannot remember the name as it was many years ago, it was back when SNS was still pretty new and everyone raved about it. I found it not as easy to apply as it looked and was advertised and it was all round frustrating, all the liquids got gummed up pretty quick and it was so hard to remove, so I gave that up and just got it salon done.
I hate going to the salon so next I tried SistaCo, the colours and powders were so pretty and it promised to be less messy and much easier than SNS, also not as thick, as that was the other thing I hated about SNS. This was better but, I always got it in the crease between my nail and the skin so it would peel off pretty quick and I really don't enjoy the curing lamp, it never feels like all my nails fit under there and I end up with a sticky thumb or little finger.
I have just gotten myself a GlamorDip starter kit. I was drawn to this one because there is no curing so fingers crossed, literally, that I like this one.
Anyway, sorry for rambling on, I was looking at the colours I ordered and I suddenly wondered, can I use the powders that I have left from the other systems with this system? Mostly the SistaCo powders, because they are so pretty and I really want to use them. Would they be ok with the liquids that GlamorDip uses or is it all really different and I might like melt my nails off or something? Would it be safe to try? What do I need to look at to find out? I am pretty sure I can find out the ingredients on the SistaCo powders and see if they have the same kind of stuff in them. SistaCo is sold as a mineral powder so I am not sure if its the same thing, although the process of applying it is almost the same and I am pretty sure the curing was just to set the gloss coat.
TL:DR Can I use SistaCo powder with the GlamorDip liquids? I want to use the colours I own but I'm not crazy about the SistaCo system because I dislike UV Curing.
CNDD Pretty Pearl thermal - It is so pretty & fun!
My 3rd set. Not perfect, but better than the last one! Colors are cheap from Amazon 🤣
Over the Moon & Ruby Slippers by CN Designer Dips and Someone like Blue by Kiara Sky
this is scary berry by CNDD!
still in my short nails era and tbh I like how they look with this color! foil flakes are so much easier to work with than glitter but still give off a very nice shine ✨
using new liquids so I’m not used to how much gets on the brush, so some cuticle mess here. overall pretty happy!
I want to feel like Barbie this week so thank you Royal Mail for not mucking me about with my nail mail!
Thumb and middle finger are “Mall Rat” by Confidips 💅
Pointer and little finger are base layer of “Mall Rat” and “sugar cube” by sensations of the eye 👁️
Ring finger is “Bite Me Cupid” by Confidips 💅
I tried using Erica and Hottie (both Revel dip powders), but Erica turned out more white than pale pink!
Def better than previous but not perfect lol! my cuticles are kinda crusty/bad? 😅 but no flooding this time. Now I just need them to not chip or pop off in two day lol. Sip n dip videos did help, so thanks for the advice guys! 🫡💗
More doodley than i would have liked but still a fun set!
These colors tho! Literally every single color from the Springtime in Bloom collection is so beautifully bright and happy! Couldn’t help myself and had to ombré a few together 😂🤩
Colors:
▫️Fresh Thyme
▫️Thistle
▫️Blue Bell
Liquids:
▫️Gel Base & Top Coat
Cuticle Care:
▫️Bellinis at Sunset cuticle oil
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Back when I only had a handful of colors, I started a Word doc to capture the details about what colors I have. Basic stuff—name, brand, photo, description of color. As I did manis, I also captured the date, colors used, and notes about it. My Word doc is now out of control and I want to move to a spreadsheet.
If you keep you nail products logged in a spreadsheet, what columns are in it? What fields/info do you track? What did you try to track but stop when you realized it wasn’t helpful? If I’m going to make this move, I want to capture everything at once and need your ideas to make sure I’m not missing anything.
Long-time reader/admirer, first time caller.
I googled and searched before posting, still lost and need a ELI5. I want to use builder gel under my dips but feel like I am doing it wrong.
Is the process this:
gel base coat -> builder gel -> gel top coat -> dip process
Or do I skip the gel top coat? Or do I add another layer of gel base maybe? It seems like my builder gel is doing great but the dip cracks and pops off.
AAND THEN I just read here about the dip method using gel liquids, which I am definitely doing this week! But still, do I put the gel topcoat on the builder gel before going further, or no? Every site and page says something different and I was hoping you good people would be able to tell me what works in real life.
So I’ve been doing dip for two months at home but I was barely getting 48 hours out of the West Coast Dips sensitive liquids. Like it just wasn’t adhering to my nail plate. So I did some sleuthing and found out the salon I’ve gone to a few times where I get a month + out of my dip manis uses Nugenesis liquids. So that’s what we’re trying here!
Colour is Nugenesis 194- Pixie Dust
(And yes my ring finger had an incident and I don’t have any tips on hand so it’s just gonna have to grow back out and look a bit wonky till then.)
I just recently started getting my nails done, and this has never happened to me before so I’m not sure what’s the healthiest route for my nail. There was no bleeding but it is kind of sore. I work with my hands a lot so a simple bandaid would come flying right off. Do I go back to the salon and have everything removed from this nail? Or let it grow out like this? was planning to take a break after these grow out anyway. TIA :)
Is there a link to this besides the “dip flu” like more frequent headaches not directly after An appt but in general
Loving this beige and brown tonal set 🤎 There’s a cat eye topcoat that pictures don’t quite do justice ✨