Originally Posted by bellaboarder
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I have both of those and yes mine are both a bit thick. It's just their nature because they're super dense glitter sogs, but I absolutely love them :)
To avoid having to use 3 coats and getting super thick i'll put a layer of color on first, then 2 coats of the glitter polishes.
Here's a pic of an old mani I did. It's one coat Gelish Sheek White, 2 coats Hologram Diamond.
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My Gia holo silver is like that too - VERY thick. It's very similar to holgram diamond (which is the only reason I didn't buy that one too, LOL).
I've used those gel off clips. They are OK. Not sure how well they'd hold up over time - the two halves are just held together by a little o-ring. I've only used mine 2-3 times. I find I have to use more cotton ball (I break my cotton balls up for the finger protectors) and thus more acetone because they are bigger and don't fit tightly. . However, no acetone drips, so I use them on my mom for her soak offs when I have regular polish over my gel and don't wan to mess it up. I did a review of them somewhere - maybe in the rubber thimble thread? I can't find it at the moment. Forum search isn't working for me (we are having internet issues).
Oh finally! It only took 3 full mins of thinking for the search to come up! LOL
rubber thimbles for soaking off SOG (soak off gel)
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Originally Posted by mittens414
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Thanks so much for the info ladies! Glad to hear that all of those brands are the same. I also love that LeChat does come with the matching np so I'll also look into the new LED versions of those. It's funny, I'm at Ulta probably once a week and I never knew they carried the ProGel, I'll have to look for it the next time I'm there. Is it with the np section or in the regular makeup section like RCM?
I can see the addiction growing in the very near future, lol!
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The addiction takes over fast too! LOL. Most of us admit it pretty readily though - there's not much of a denial stage. LOL
Ulta just started carrying the Progel like last week, so you weren't just missing it! :) For my ulta it was on an endcap facing the middle of the store, but about 3-4 aisles in from the entrance, more with makeup stuff than nail polish.
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Originally Posted by Blumblee
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I just soaked off the MU mani and put on progel Aloha punch. It took 3 coats and was a bit harsh for me. The first is a pic before the top coat. so I added a coat of gelish Taffeta to tone it down a bit. I like it much better. The second pic is with the taffeta.
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I REALLY like it with the taffeta over it!
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Originally Posted by thrbuddhas
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When you mixing queens mix colors, do you use an eyedropper? Or just drop polish from the brush?
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I let it drip off the brush. I pull the brush out of the bottle fully loaded, not wiping it on the side of the bottle neck and then just let it drip off. after 1-2 drops I reload, so the drops stay about the same size. HTH.
