Brush-On Builder Gel - Gel Nail Polish, Professional Nail Colors, Long-Lasting Soak Off Essentials, Salon Quality Manicure at Home, UV/LED Cure For Gel Nails

Highly Recommend! I really like this builder base, when used in combination with the other gelish nail products (pH nail bond, foundation and top it off) it lasted a solid two plus weeks. I'm not gentle with my nails either! I used a UV light I bought off of here. I found I needed to increase the cure time. Self levels pretty well, so you've gotta work for your apex. I was able to use this over a tip and it felt sturdy and well secure (short length while growing out natural nail). Good adhesion to the nail, no lifting. Shiny professional finish and long lasting. I've had much better luck with the gelish products in general compared to beetles, modelones or the FZANEST builder gels (and colors) in my humble amateur/hobbyist experience. I would recommend to a friend, don't bother saving a few dollars for the cheaper brands. The pink sands color is not fully opaque, I'm planning to use it as a base for a French tip look. It's not too pink either, the color isn't super saturated so it will show some of the natural color of your nail underneath. So far, I've layered a color over the top and it came out nice.

This color is beautiful, it’s easy to work with but I did have to work with 1 finger at a time and cure, I can’t let them self level because it will go over my cuticle very fast.

Updated to remove another star: 3 days later and my builder gel is already lifting and chipping on multiple nails. This has not happened with any of the 3 other brands I’ve tried, which have all lasted a full 3 weeks without lifting or chipping. I would have kept this product if it was long lasting despite the other issues, but given that it doesn’t even last on properly prepped nails, it’s time for a return. I have successfully used a few other brands of builder gel, but this one was so thick and sticky that it was very hard to work with. It is “brush on” but it was so sticky that it was hard to get excess product off of the brush before applying on the nail, then when on the nail it was difficult to spread, and slow to level out. Additionally, like another review said, no matter how many times you cure it, it remains not just tacky, but sticky. This can be solved by adding a top coat, or with other products I’ve used, a quick swipe of acetone/rubbing alcohol to remove the tackiness after curing. This was so sticky even after double curing that a hair got stuck on the nail and wouldn’t come off. So then I did a quick swipe of acetone which would normally remove the hair and the tackiness, but that visibly took the shine off the gel completely and looked like it started removing product even though I only did a quick swipe (a fully cured gel should not be affected by a quick wipe of acetone aside from removing tackiness). This is the first product from Gelish I’ve bought, so I’m not sure if this brand is normally like this, but I won’t be repurchasing and I probably won’t use this builder gel again. Others I have used are easier to work with for half the price, and I haven’t had any issues with chipping or lifting with those ones.

I am so glad I purchased this when it first came out. I already want a backup bottle, as this shade is the most popular; it's sold out everywhere! If you have never used a gel builder polish before, definitely watch a few online tutorials first, as there is a bit of a learning curve since it's not super thin like regular gel polish. The advantage is that it lasts 2-3 weeks, looks so shiny and pretty for weeks. This is a pale pinky white shade. And if you apply it the way they do in their videos, it doesn't streak. That's an important tip for those of us who use clear Gel-X tips.

Great builder gel. Love the brush on effect. Easy application.

Not the strongest builder I’ve worked with, which is disappointing from this brand. Cures well under standard UV lamp for 60 seconds. However had two nails come off within 24 hours. Typically my nails last a few weeks so I don’t believe there was a problem with nail prep. The builder is thick but in my experience that’s pretty normal.

It helps add strength to my weak nails without being too thick if you apply a thin layer. I use it every time I change my polish, which is usually once a week or every other week.

This polish was old and super thick. Couldn't even brush it on the nails!!

Amazing, will buy another one. I use it mainly to strengthen my natural nails and especially the edges. By preventing breaking my own nails are already so long! I do use it with a base and top coat from the same brand and am really pleased with the results.

Parfait ce gel de construction !