DIY dip powder nails using GEL liquids!

hey guys so in today's video I'm going to be showing you how I created this dip powder manicure using gel liquids instead of diplomats get right into the video so for this manicure I'm going to be using this rebel dip powder shade and it is the 2019 at Black Friday freebie color so it is no longer available but I will do my best to it link below a dupe in case you are interested in finding a color just like this one so now getting into the actual products that I used I'm going to be using it gel acquits instead of duplicates like I mentioned before and the main reason for this is because I've gotten a few requests to show you guys my method and I have a video posted a while back on my channel doing this method but I thought I would show an updated version just in case you don't want to scroll all the way back on my channel and also because I have changed up the method a little bit so for this particular manicure I'm going to be using my model ones gel products and the method I use for this is I apply a thin layer of the gel polish base to my nail then I take a metal cuticle pusher and sprinkle the powder over top now you don't necessarily have to sprinkle the powder over the nail I just preferred to do so because I find that when you dip your finger into the deep water it can sometimes squish down the gel base since it doesn't dry unless you cure it so I just find that this is the best method to get an even application and after I do each nail individually I cure the nail for about five seconds in an LED lamp and that just makes sure it is a little bit cured so it doesn't run or spread on the nail while I move on to my other nails so I'm going to finish up that process for the first coat of dip powder and some of the pros that I like about this method is that the dip powder dries immediately once you cure it so you don't have to worry about activating or anything like that and also this method allows you to work with the dip powder as long as you need to and then cure it so when you're working with the duplicates you have an allotted amount of time that you can work with the product before it dries and this is totally different with this method you have as much time as you need and then once you are happy you just cure and you know they're all dried and I honestly don't really have a negative for this method I would maybe say that these are slightly less durable however they are very strong and sturdy maybe just a little bit more flexible but overall I think both methods are really great and one of the main reasons that you might use this method is because you either have the dip blue which is sort of an allergy or a sensitivity to the dip like winds or you just want a little bit more time to work personally I prefer the duplicates just because that is why I've been accustomed to but this method does work really great and I thought I would show you guys in case you are interested so I'm just going to be finishing up the first coat of dip powder and in total I did three layers of color and then one coat of clear [Music] and after I have all five nails done I'm going to cure for a full minute just to make sure that the gel is completely dry and you do want to cure for a little bit longer when doing this method just because the dip powder can change up the formula of the gel polish a little bit so you want to make sure that it is fully dried up before going in with the next layer and here I'm doing my second coat so I'm going to let you guys sit back and watch me do the second and third coats of color dip powder and then I will be back for the clear encapsulation [Music] [Music] [Music] all right so after the second coat I went ahead and cured and I quickly wanted to engine that I sped up the third coat just because it did take me a little bit longer to do this method because I was working more with the gel polish but one thing that I wanted to say is that you definitely don't have to do it three coats of color and one coat of clear that is personally what I did because first of all I wanted the color to be completely opaque but also I found that when working with Fiat gel liquids the nails came out a little bit thinner than I'm used to with the tip liquids and I prefer my dip nails to be a certain thickness to protect my nails and be durable so that is one thing that I quickly wanted to say so in case you are new to dip nails then you want to do this you can totally work with how you prefer your thickness and change up this method based on how you prefer your nails and once I have done the third and final coat of dip powder I'm going to cure one more time brush off any excess powder and Here I am showing you the thickness of the nails so they aren't super thick but they are thick enough to be durable and protect my natural nails underneath so now I'm going to be taking my zou Beauty transparent powder and I'm going to clean off my metal cuticle pusher just so I don't contaminate the clear and I'm going to do a layer of clear encapsulation and if you watch my videos you know that I always clear and capsulate my dip Potter nails and this is because I want to protect the color underneath from filing and make sure I don't file away any of the beautiful color so this is going to act as a barrier layer when filing so that we don't take off any of the pigment we only smooth down the clear layer that we added on top so this is the same method that I did for the three layers of color and I'm going to let you guys watch me finish up the clear encapsulation and then I will come back [Music] and once all of the nails are coated and clear I'm going to go ahead and cure for another full minute and here is the thickness of the nails with the clear so you can see that there isn't really much of a difference since clear is very fine and now I'm going to shape and file my nails to make sure that they are nice and smooth and perfect so I'm going to buff over the surface and the dip powder with gel buffs just like it would with the dye powder liquids and it was super easy to file in shape here you can see the beautiful structure of the dye powder application so once the nails are all filed I'm going to go ahead and apply my model wands gel topcoat and this is going to add a beautiful shine to all of the nails and really bring out the color underneath so I'm going to apply a thin layer of this to all of my nails cap the free edge to make sure that my nails last as long as possible and then I'm going to cure for 30 seconds in my LED lamp [Music] and here are the nails after curing I want to note that these dip nails last about as long as they would with the duplicates so if that is something you are concerned about you definitely don't need to be I hope you guys found this video helpful if you did be sure to give it a like and subscribe down below and I will see you in the next one [Music]

Channel: katesnails

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Keywords: nail, nails, mani, manicure, dip, dip nails, dip powder, dip powder nails, dip nails with gel liquids, gel liquids, gel, gel polish, dip with gel, revel nail, revel dip powder, dip powder manicure, nails of instagram, nails 2020, 2020, diy dip powder nails, diy dip nails with gel, gel nails

Id: 0UGFeL5TwsY

Length: 9min 14sec (554 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 04 2020