Excited for my new purple Halloween set! And just had to share since I’ve loved seeing everyone else’s 💜👻🦇🕸️

These are Gel X, done by a private nail artist near me 😊

It’s my first time getting Gel X and so far they feel very solid!! This Halloween set turned out so cute!

gonna be so sad when it’s time to take this set off. my nail tech ATE!!!

This is my third attempt at acrylic French and ombré. I feel like my ombré is getting worse and my French is getting better. Excuse the random shapes, I’m in nail school and my tutor suggested I play around with doing different shapes that I haven’t tried yet.

Halloween nails colors/Products used: mooncat the avatar state, klean colors metallic white, mooncat molten lava, kaleidoscope by wet and wild, SAVILAND Metallic Gold and Essie licorice

In the last year, I have had 8 patients that developed allergies to tooth colored (composite) fillings due to gel nails. This means that cannot get tooth colored fillings or tolerate most of the most efficient ‘cements’ for veneers or crowns. The only solution is changing out tooth colored fillings for metal. That means silver fillings. (I am oversimplifying terms so those unfamiliar with dentistry understand).

So how does this happen?
If gel polish touches your skin enough times or for long enough, your body flags it as invasive. Our bodies then elicit an immune response against the foreign invader. Think of an army of immune cells fighting that gel polish. Here’s the thing: immune cells have memory. So the first time they attack the gel, they send a small army in and you may not notice. But they tell their buddies back home. After the third, fourth, 100th time, they have a full army that now attacks anything in the body that looks similar. This is a heavily simplified analogy but I don’t think it’s something that is explained to people well enough.

So consider this, when you get gel polish. You may never be able to get tooth colored fillings or veneers again.

So what do you do if you still want gel nails?
Find someone who is talented enough to not get it on your skin.
Dont push back or cut your cuticles the same day
If there is any bleeding, dont do gel
These are recommendations from the American dental Associationb.

My Halloween nails! what do u think?

My birthday was yesterday but I wanted to show off the nails i did!!

First three photos are gel polish over top apres nail tips (gel x application), and the last one is using btartbox nail pre designed tips (also gel x application). I don’t use any beetles products I prefer gaoy polishes

All Gelous products except the gold and glitter. In honor of the absolutely SMASHING Tim Curry. Sorry they're not the best pics, my lighting hates me.

I’m proud of myself:p i’m obsessed!

Kiss Press Ons 🖤🩶

*sigh.

How many of you Asian curry loving people are tired of this daily problem?