hello babes and welcome back to my channel hopefully you guys are doing
amazing I'm trying to keep myself busy at home and one thing I've been doing is
my own nails at home so I figured I would show you guys I'm someone who is
crazy about my nails okay and a lot of you guys wanted to see how I do this
entire tutorial but I actually enjoy doing my nails so I do take my own time
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I've really been loving these short nails so I had a money long nails as you
guys know if you're not new to my channel you know that I typically like
to our long nails what I did was I chopped mine with just a nail cutter and
I left a little bit of a tip so that I can have some length Oh show you guys
with you look like right now there are a little bit of a mess and what I did
prior to this was push back my cuticles just a little bit just like I have a
tiny bit more length plus I like to shape the cuticles a little bit okay so
let's go through every single thing that we're gonna need so we have here I don't
even know how to pronounce this brand we're gonna need builder base I got this
one by Emily I guess you can call the brand from Amazon so this builder gel is
going to give you the strength to your nail the next one we're going to be
using is no white topcoat this is also UV LED to be honest with you guys I
don't use base coat but you can buy them separately or you can buy them in a pair
if you do want to do the whole step do base coat and then do your color and
then top it off with the top coat I don't have a dehydrator so basically
what the dehydrator is gonna do is basically dehydrate the nail so that all
moisture gets off of it all oils are going to be taken away because oils love
to sit at the back over here and then the oil will get underneath the gel and
that's where it can lift and basically your manicure would not last as long
just make sure you guys don't have any leg cream on your hands or anything like
that cuz there's or especially serums or oils
because that's not going to help out this manicure so they also say that nail
salon to avoid soaps because some soaps have like oils inside
of them too the next thing you're gonna be needing is a hand drill an electric
drill just like this the nail drill also comes with these little heads too and
the neck you're gonna need is literally a and
nail file and there's a bunch of them on Amazon it's a hundred and 180 grit nail
file know that you guys can use I have two different ones here my favorite part
is shaping oh my god I just want to get to that part already yeah I like to use
this one for shaping but I also use this one as well or if I have to like get a
little tiny piece of something at the back here I can also use this but
honestly you really just need this one for shaping next thing is this gel
polish I think I'm gonna use this one light kind of whitish pink so many
though from this brand that I can link down below for you guys it's so
affordable and they come in set so if it has a bunch of different colors it might
be more worth it to get this cuticle clippers these are really great
obviously to clean up the cuticles we're gonna need some cotton pads this is
gonna just be used to swipe your nail with some alcohol this is just regular
rubbing alcohol like a corner left up and I'm really trying to save it so
let's get started in front of me all I have is some paper towels so that all of
our sanding can fall on top of and I also have an extra towel white towel
underneath the first thing we're gonna do is obviously take off our color off
of here and what we're going to be using for that and the best one for that is
this guy over here just be careful when you guys are using this and what I
recommend if you guys are a beginner is to start off really slow I can also
leave a full tutorial on how to use this and kind of what people recommend down
below and to be honest I feel like everybody's going to develop their
different techniques I also don't do it the exact way if someone was doing it on
me I also like to move up like this and stuff like that so honestly just work
out your own technique and don't feel like you have to do it like everybody
else when I'm doing my left hand I like to go down and then when I'm doing the
opposite hand I like to go up and I also don't go too fast just to keep it on the
safe side honestly when it comes to the top area
over here I really like to avoid using too much of this and then we'll be using
one of these guys because these guys do not cut me but this one can really kind
of cut you so I like to do my nails this way and I like to pull down and then
when I'm doing it this way again I pull down my skin and go slowly especially if
it's your first time you guys you want to kind of get comfortable with it don't
be scared just go slowly you can't really go wrong but
is basically what it looks like when the color is removed don't worry about again
getting too close to the back over here so I'm gonna go ahead and do all the
other ones I can get all the color off and we'll move on to the next step
so this is what it looks like when you are done by the way I can tell that this
bit is starting to run out the good thing about that is it comes with so
many extras they actually gave me a bag of extras like a little mini bag we're
gonna be using this bit next over here this skinnier one this one cannot cut
your skin you guys obviously if you go like directly right over here and you're
going out like high-speed yeah you might cut it cuz it's a flat surface and it's
you know it's kind of like pointy right over there right saying like if you go
like this on your skin you will not cut yourself that's the beauty that I
learned from the tutorial I watched so this one to be honest it's just gonna
take out a little bit more extra of like the little bits and pieces that we kind
of miss it's just going to kind of make the surface a little bit more just
basically less bumpy you know showing you guys I'm putting it on my skin it's
not cutting me just to you know make you guys a little bit more comfortable so
with the other one try to avoid going like all the way to the back just
because it is like it definitely will cut you and it'll burn like if you go
right on top of your nail too much cuz that's how strong it is it's going to
sand down your actual natural nail so I'm gonna do the rest of the nails and
it will be back with the next step so that part again is just going to smooth
out your nails a little bit more when you feel them they're gonna feel a lot
more like less bumpy so the next one we're gonna be using because we still
haven't got like towards the back over here and the sides and stuff like that
you can if you're more intermediate with this but I feel like they already give
you the bits that's meant for it so why not use them so I'm gonna be using this
guy this one is more if you want to clean underneath your nail which is
really great it'll clean up any dirt again with this one you can get around
this side see how I'm getting super close and it's not cutting me whatsoever
and you're also wanting to get any of the topcoat that might have like you
know bled a little bit further than your color it's also going to help pass time
right now so I definitely recommend to try doing your own nails at home and see
if you like it so I'm gonna finish off the rest of the nails and we'll be back
with the next step forgot to bring my gel lamp so you guys
also need a UV lamp which I will show you guys once we're in the drying
process but this is what my nails look like it basically took as much as I
possibly could the main technique that you want to make sure you're doing is to
get everything off evenly because you don't want to stay on one spot too long
that's another tip I have and when you look at your nail like from the side and
kind of rotate it you can see if it's like you know kind of bumpy or if you
kind of sanded to over here too much and now there's like a little groove there
but they should be nice and smooth you really want to kind of worry about that
more after you're done applying your builder gel because you want to make
sure that the nail looks as natural as possible with this I'm just going to
quickly go over the nail with this cuz it's just gonna give it kind of a
surface to kind of stick to even though it already will I just like to kind of
go over the nail really quickly with it you guys will need one of these to dry
obviously your gel this one is my son Pro and i will leave it down below for
you guys I wanted to show you guys is what you can also do is use this guy
over here and kind of go over and do that last step or you can also use this
to get off any extra color that you guys are noticing that you didn't take off or
just have like a last look at them especially if you guys are gonna be
doing a really kind of see-through color then I love this so much you guys are
going to notice that it is very very thick and that again is because it's not
like a topcoat or base coat so you want to do a thin coat and you do want to go
to the back and then what you want to do is dry it inside of here for a minute or
two I like to do about a minute and a half on here for each layer so that it
is fully cured so I'm gonna go ahead and do the rest of the nails and we're going
to dry them inside of here okay so we have our first layer this is what it
looks like you're gonna put it inside of here it might sometimes depending on
your lab it might like give you a little tingling burning feeling yeah I just did
just remove it for a couple seconds and it also has a timer so I'm just gonna
put it on 60 seconds over there and I like to do a minute and a half
the other thing I love about this one you guys the main reason why it's like
such a good beginner is because the other ones that come
inside of like the little containers you have to use the brush and I notice I
just feel like you have to develop a little bit more of a technique whereas
this one it almost makes me feel like I'm applying gel polish so I find these
really really super easy especially if it's your first time alright guys so it
just finished drying we're gonna be doing probably two to three coats
honestly really just depends the other thing that you need to consider is that
we're gonna be sanding this off with the smoother bit so just kind of compensate
for that as well so you do want to make them a little bit more on the thicker
side than what you really want to finish off at because you aren't going to send
them off if you have short nails I feel like you can go more thin if you have
long nails you don't want to go too thin we're going to be applying on two to
three more coats I'm gonna see what it looks like and we'll be right back so I
did four coats you guys so they're done drying and then I'm gonna move on to
this hand over here you want to grab a cotton pad and you want to put some
rubbing alcohol and you want to remove the access that's on top basically the
tackiness that's on top the residue that's it now when you feel it it's not
tacky anymore and everything is completely dry so we're gonna move on to
this hand so obviously right now these look like a little bit chunky and kind
of bubbly in person you guys probably can't see it too much but we're gonna
move on to this hand do four coats on here and then we're gonna get to the
other set so both of my hands are done with the gel this is what they look like
and now we're going to be kind of smoothing out on the gel what you want
to keep in mind when you're doing this steps is gonna you know show if the nail
is even is it bumpy this way on the side so you really want to kind of overall go
evenly over the nail no matter what you do you don't want to stay too long in
one spot and then I keep looking at it you know side by side or up and down
like this and I see if there's any other area that I need to sand down and make
it go a little bit faster because you know we're not playing around just more
you know exactly let me finish this up and I'll show you guys what
looks like show you guys a close-up so this one is way more even over all words
this one has like bumps on it because it's obviously has the gel so this is
what you kind of want to do make sure it's all even from the sides and
everything and from the front and basically kind of figure out how thin
you guys want them that part takes the most time because you have to really
make sure everything is kind of similar make sure the thicknesses are kind of
similar as well or equal next is my absolute favorite favorite favorite part
I love shaping my nails I'm just going to be
doing a square with a little bit of tapered so I like to angle in a little
bit and then angle over here a little bit and you get a little bit of a coffin
kind of shape and it looks really really cute I like my corners to be nice and
sharp this one is not shaped yet and this one is nice and clean has the sharp
edges so just make sure the front is nice and straight and you have a little
angle on each side everybody's gonna be a little bit different with their
preference in this step so some of you might like round almond perfectly square
but for me I just like to angle the edges just a little tiny bit and I'm
going to continue shaping and I'll show you guys once they are done look at this
shape I love love love this part I could seriously go on and on and on forever
and we're going to remove this guy because this paper towel because it has
all the sanding we're gonna leave the towel underneath and we're gonna go wash
our hands right now make sure to not use any soap we're going to take some more
rubbing alcohol just remove any excess oils that may be on the actual nail
because you don't want that it will cause you or a gel to lift I'm actually
thinking of getting a dehydrator I just didn't order one I don't have a base
coat but if you guys want to use a base coat you guys can do that one thing I
like to do is I like to grab a buffer to get any of those imperfections in the
nail before you start painting it quickly over it with the alcohol again
I'm gonna be switching to bubble bath with the other one it seems like you
have to apply it a lot of times whereas full bath you don't have to actually
looks like it's really pink you guys but it's really
kind of see-through you want to apply thin coats of gel you don't want to go
too thick and then basically only apply however many coats you want from one to
three I honestly think with this one I'm just
gonna apply one coat I just wanted to be very very bare so we're just putting
inside of the dryer right now you guys for one minute I think I'm actually
going to do two coats so that it's a little bit more of a pop of pink instead
of just very very neutral plus one coast sometimes makes it like really streaky
so you also want to be careful with that too if you want to look really even the
more coarse coats you do the better it kind of turns out and more evenly use
this already once and it works really really good and again it's so affordable
this is our color compared to our nails it's just a very kind of like light
manicure kind of pink so we just want to apply a coat of our top coat and then
again we're gonna put it inside of our dryer for 60 seconds
we just finished painting our nails I love the color I feel like it's so nice
and neutral sometimes the gel gets on the corners and stuff so you just want
to kind of sharpen up the shape now I just like to go in with the cuticle
cutter if you want you guys can do a manicure and kind of dip your hands
inside of warm water we're gonna be using some oil I just have some rose oil
no need to put like a full drop because you can just kind of use up what you
have from one and you just want to rub it into your cuticles and that's
basically it you guys are finished manicure it looks so nice and clean and
I had so much fun showing you guys hopefully you guys can use these tips
and these products at home when you guys do your nails hopefully you guys enjoyed
and I'm so happy with my new nails I was dying to do them but I waited so that I
can do it with you guys for you guys and I've linked everything down below in the
description box as you guys can tell the Sun has come out which is great because
I think we can use a lot of Sun right now so I'm going to enjoy it a little
bit you guys are gonna have a ton of fun doing it at home but it does take a
little bit of practice and yeah just kind of enjoy it for me doing my nails
it's relaxing but I'm so in love with them don't forget to give this video a
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