How To Do Gel x Nails Like A PRO 💅🏻 | Advanced Nail Art Tutorial

Hi guys, welcome back to my channel or welcome if you're new here. I'm back with another watch me do a full gel-x set. We're going to be recreating this set here. So as usual, all the products that I use in this video will be linked down in the description or on my Amazon storefront. Before we get started, I do want to mention in this video, I'm going to be focusing a little bit more on the nail art instead of like the nail prep, the nail application. Of course, I'm going to show you guys the full process. I also want to mention, if you guys follow me on my Instagram, you have a chance to vote what kind of nail design tutorials you want to see next. So don't forget to follow my account. Okay, without further ado, let's get started with the tutorial. I already did a removal on my client's natural nails, so we already buffed her natural nails with the 240 grit sanding band. but now i'm going in with my diamond flame bit at a speed of around 6000 rpms and i'm just lifting up that pocket of her cuticle i always mention this but make sure that you are not digging into the natural nail but going at a motion like you're pushing back her cuticle there should be no added pressure on the nail plate or you could end up causing the nails to be damaged so be careful of that. Now I'm going in with my stainless steel nipper and nipping off just that kind of flaky white skin that is around the cuticle area. After the prep is done I'm going in with some sanitizing alcohol and scrubbing off all the dust and dirt so we can get into the gelix application. I'm going in with the stiletto medium natural from Appraise. These are one of my favorites to use and I already buffed and etched the inside of the extensions as you can see. My key trick to a seamless application is just leaving a little bit of a gap between the cuticle and where you're applying the extension so later on you can have a smooth process of sealing the cuticle. You just want to have a little bit of space so you can go around that area with a nail drill. Once my client has cured it fully for 60 seconds, I'm going in with my 240 grit sanding band and buffing the whole nail. This is going to add texture and grip to the nail so that whatever gel you apply on top is not going to peel off or lift. Now I'm going in with my Erica's ATA smooth top barrel bit and this is one of my favorite bits to use around the cuticle area because it's super gentle. I'm going at around a speed of 15,000 rpms and I'm just sealing the cuticle, blending the extension into the natural nail so that when the nails do grow out within a couple weeks, there won't be an obvious bump and also this will help prevent any liftings from happening around the cuticle area. Before we finish sealing the cuticle, I'm grabbing my nail file to make sure that it's in the shape that my client wants we're going for like a skinny almond slash stiletto i think it's more of a stiletto than an almond today and then the finishing step is to apply some acetone around that cuticle area i'm using my cuticle brush from the pro nail brush collection if you're interested the website is in the link down below now it's finally time to get into the gel application. I'm going in with a very thin layer of base coat and I'm going all around the cuticle area as well making sure that I don't flood or touch the skin. This is going to be the foundation for the rest of the gels that are going to be applied on top so make sure that you're being a perfectionist with this. If you guys have been following my channel for a while, you know that I always do a builder gel nude application but recently I've been really liking this new method where I use padding gel to just cover up that division between the natural nail and the extension and just kind of fog it up with a sponge. I'm using the paint and pat palette from Amy's Clients by the way and then I use the Rarism nude gel color. These are not builder gel they're just regular gel polishes and i just apply one or two coats depending on how pigmented i want the nude to be and i'm just trying out a new method i feel like this method works as well as the builder gel method but for medium extensions like these you don't need necessarily the thickness of the builder gel so it's really up to your preference but for the ring finger we're doing a different base color so I went in with a milky white padding gel and then I'm also adding some highly pigmented like burgundy color on the top and bottom. It's almost like a purple but we're going for this pomegranate design look so I'm just doing a aura nail design on the ring finger. By the way I'm using my eight millimeter short liner brush to apply the padding gel and then i'm also going in with my cuticle brush to clean up every step of the way this is a really good way to get that crisp look at the end that you want to achieve as you can see there are some like bumpiness and fuzz on the nail i was super annoyed when this happened and it just sometimes happens when there's too much dust on the sponge and once i cure it it's a little bit too late but once i put the matte top coat everything was seamless and smooth so that was okay. Now I'm going in with this olive green color for the index and then we're also doing a vanilla french on the middle finger. I'm going in with my 16 millimeter french liner to achieve this look. I'm applying that same shade of patting gel that I did on the ring finger to the middle finger and then I'm creating this ombre effect. I'm just applying a little bit on the tip and then blending it out with the sponge i'm doing around two coats or three coats of this then i'm going in with some blooming gel on the index finger and i grabbed a really similar color to the patting gel and then i'm creating this blooming flower effect on that nail letting it bloom and working on the pinky while it's blooming so it's a lot of multitasking going on but it's really easy for me to do this zebra leopard design with my french liner it's just the perfect brush to use for intricate thin lines and yeah i'm just creating some animal prints on the pinky once my client has cured the whole hand for 60 seconds i'm moving on to the ring finger we're using some non-wipe hard gel here this is from born pretty the rhinestone glue and the reason why I'm using non-wipe is because I don't want to have to top coat it at the end. I like the matte texture on the bottom and then the glossy hard gel on top and it's just going to be the perfect finish. So I'm using my same 16 millimeter and applying these swirls. Now it's time to do the pomegranate design. Now it's time to do the pomegranate 3D design. I'm using some solid gel and balling it up into the shape of a pomegranate. I really wish this was in frame correctly for you guys but I was so focused on the design that I didn't see that her ring finger was covering up the whole nail but basically I am applying some red jelly color. What I did was first apply a base coat on top of the solid gel so that all of the gel that I apply on top will be like slippery and jelly and just have this clearness to it but I am basically mixing a bunch of colors like the burgundy and also the milky white on the bottom and it's kind of hard to explain verbally but there are tons of tutorials on TikTok for the pomegranate design so I just followed a couple of those. Since it was easier to show you on this other index finger, since it was easier to show you with the other hand's ring finger. I did a similar design on her thumb and I just basically did two layers of blooming gel and then did the same thing with two different colors. I first did it with the olive green and then I used the burgundy to do a blooming gel design and it kind of looks like a flower so it's really cute. Now it's time to gem it up. So I would say this design was fairly easy because most of the techniques required was like the patting gel like the aura and the ombres and then there wasn't too much 3d to do except for the hard gel on the pomegranate so we're going in with some 3d bubbles and also some charms but we decided to keep it minimal because this pomegranate nail design is supposed to be more like natural and less bling blinged out and like gemmed out so once we applied some gold beads and diamonds. We're just top coating it with the Cocoist ultra glossy non-wipe top coat. So this is the finished look. I hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial. It was short and sweet but I hope it was easy to understand. Let me know what you guys want to see next and don't forget to follow my Instagram so you guys can vote for the next design.