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Here's my hybrid Red Carpet experiment... used The Night is Young for the stripes (prepping for tomorrow's night 80's concert - B-52's & Berlin @ the Hollywood Bowl!)

This is over a previous mani that I did w/ Gelish & Reg. Nail polish - (Vegas Nights is the shimmer).

Yes you can use the TIO of Gelish over Red Carpet and also used my LED light. Cured it longer than usual though - due to the dark color (did 90 sec).
 

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#122
SoCalJJ said:
Here's my hybrid Red Carpet experiment... used The Night is Young for the stripes (prepping for tomorrow's night 80's concert - B-52's & Berlin @ the Hollywood Bowl!)

This is over a previous mani that I did w/ Gelish & Reg. Nail polish - (Vegas Nights is the shimmer).

Yes you can use the TIO of Gelish over Red Carpet and also used my LED light. Cured it longer than usual though - due to the dark color (did 90 sec).
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I love them, super cute
 
#124
SoCalJJ said:
Here's my hybrid Red Carpet experiment... used The Night is Young for the stripes (prepping for tomorrow's night 80's concert - B-52's & Berlin @ the Hollywood Bowl!)

This is over a previous mani that I did w/ Gelish & Reg. Nail polish - (Vegas Nights is the shimmer).

Yes you can use the TIO of Gelish over Red Carpet and also used my LED light. Cured it longer than usual though - due to the dark color (did 90 sec).
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I love it. So you did each step for 90 secs? Did you use the Red Carpet light?
 
#125
SoCalJJ said:
Here's my hybrid Red Carpet experiment... used The Night is Young for the stripes (prepping for tomorrow's night 80's concert - B-52's & Berlin @ the Hollywood Bowl!)

This is over a previous mani that I did w/ Gelish & Reg. Nail polish - (Vegas Nights is the shimmer).

Yes you can use the TIO of Gelish over Red Carpet and also used my LED light. Cured it longer than usual though - due to the dark color (did 90 sec).
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That is awesome! Have a great time!

I am heading to Ulta today, so we will see if there is anything I have to have!
 
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SoCalJJ said:
Here's my hybrid Red Carpet experiment... used The Night is Young for the stripes (prepping for tomorrow's night 80's concert - B-52's & Berlin @ the Hollywood Bowl!)

This is over a previous mani that I did w/ Gelish & Reg. Nail polish - (Vegas Nights is the shimmer).

Yes you can use the TIO of Gelish over Red Carpet and also used my LED light. Cured it longer than usual though - due to the dark color (did 90 sec).
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Is the base princess tiara and vegas nights?
 
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littleballerina said:
I love them, super cute
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Thanks!!!!

littleballerina said:
Is the base princess tiara and vegas nights?
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Its actually regular polish -Sally Hansen hard as nails - Vibrant Violet Frost. Had it in my stash of nail polishes.

Its a "Gelly Sandwich" - where you use the gel base & gel top coat but normal polish in between -you just need to make sure you let the regular nail polish COMPLETELY dry - otherwise it will wrinkle after you cure.

merekat703 said:
I love it. So you did each step for 90 secs? Did you use the Red Carpet light?
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Thanks - I had the purple polish mani on from last week (Taylor Swift's concert!) :D I just did another layer of Vegas Night's - to make it more sparkly, cured for 60 sec - then I added the Red Carpet - silver/black stripes using a toothpick - cured that for 90 sec (I read that darker colors should be cured longer) then I added the Nail Harmony Top Coat - cured for 60 seconds. I do it a little longer cure than what's recommended for LED times - just to make sure its cured!

I used the Better Light LED (got it shipped from China). It was about $100. With a true LED light - it cures quicker. I think the light that Red Carpet sells @ Ulta is more like a UV light and that's why the cure time is 2 or 3 minutes.
 
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merekat703 said:
My set should arrive Wednesday so I will give it a go! I have never done this so I hope they will have instructions with the light lol
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I'm excited for you! I remember when I put my first order in and was waiting! If you have a Sally's near you - I noticed in the Nail Harmony (Gelish) display they had instructional DVDs. You can also find how to do this stuff on YouTube (that's how I learned - plus reading through the bizzillion posts on this site!) LOL! Good luck and know that you'll get better each time you do it.
 
#130
SoCalJJ said:
Thanks!!!!



Its actually regular polish -Sally Hansen hard as nails - Vibrant Violet Frost. Had it in my stash of nail polishes.

Its a "Gelly Sandwich" - where you use the gel base & gel top coat but normal polish in between -you just need to make sure you let the regular nail polish COMPLETELY dry - otherwise it will wrinkle after you cure.



Thanks - I had the purple polish mani on from last week (Taylor Swift's concert!) :D I just did another layer of Vegas Night's - to make it more sparkly, cured for 60 sec - then I added the Red Carpet - silver/black stripes using a toothpick - cured that for 90 sec (I read that darker colors should be cured longer) then I added the Nail Harmony Top Coat - cured for 60 seconds. I do it a little longer cure than what's recommended for LED times - just to make sure its cured!

I used the Better Light LED (got it shipped from China). It was about $100. With a true LED light - it cures quicker. I think the light that Red Carpet sells @ Ulta is more like a UV light and that's why the cure time is 2 or 3 minutes.
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Thanks for the info I was wondering how to do the regular polish with the gelish
 
#131
SoCalJJ said:
Here's my hybrid Red Carpet experiment... used The Night is Young for the stripes (prepping for tomorrow's night 80's concert - B-52's & Berlin @ the Hollywood Bowl!)

This is over a previous mani that I did w/ Gelish & Reg. Nail polish - (Vegas Nights is the shimmer).

Yes you can use the TIO of Gelish over Red Carpet and also used my LED light. Cured it longer than usual though - due to the dark color (did 90 sec).
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looooove this it looks so cute!
 
#132
My first ever swatches so they aren't perfect!

3 coats - 158 Drop Dead Gorgeous (Very pretty blue with a sheer undertone.)

2 coats - 154 And The Winner Is (This has more of a teal tone to it that my pic isn't showing! Gonna have to try different lighting.)
 

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SoCalJJ said:
Its a "Gelly Sandwich" - where you use the gel base & gel top coat but normal polish in between -you just need to make sure you let the regular nail polish COMPLETELY dry - otherwise it will wrinkle after you cure.
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How long do you get out of a Gelly sandwich, if you don't mind sharing? I've got tons of nail polish colors that I miss wearing.
 
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