An essential final step, these can extend your freshly painted nails for days—here’s what to look when choosing one.

If you’ve ever found yourself on the fence about whether or not the extra few bucks you’ll spend to get a gel pedicure is ...

I swore off gel polish years ago after ... meaning it cures without an LED or UV nail lamp and comes off without any tedious soaking, filling, or buffing. It's a two-part system, consisting of color ...

My nails looked great after a professional manicure with Dazzle Dry polish, but I definitely think I could save money by ...

A structured gel manicure uses builder gel, a type of nail enhancement that provides strength, length, and shape to the ...

“Beyond its impressive lasting power, this top coat has a fast-drying formula that applies smoothly, leaving nails with a ...

As it turns out, she uses UV gel nail polish. It’s much more durable than standard air-dry polishes, but it requires UV light to cure. [Becky] bought a lamp to use at home, but it’s very ...

The first thing I noticed is that, unlike regular gel nail polish, this version cures using an LED lamp, rather than UV which means there ... You first paint on a base coat, followed by two ...

Streets explains that while both LED and UV nail lamps cure gel polish, they differ in speed ... but they take longer (about two to three minutes per coat) and require bulb replacements over time,” ...