The OMG! Pro LED is an indispensable part to apply UV gel polish. In a set, this lamp is offered at a great price with our other products for perfectly groomed nails. For example, choose a Gel Polish Starter Pack with 3 colours of your choice!
The gel polish lamp: the indispensable part of every manicure
The main difference between regular nail polish and gel nail polish is that you harden the latter under a special gel polish lamp. This is also the most essential tool for your gel polish manicure. The light ensures that the gel polish hardens properly. If you do not use such a nail polish lamp and the right gel polish, your polish would dry, but with a much less beautiful and durable effect. Without a UV gel polish lamp, gel polish has no added value.
The curing of each layer
A gel polish lamp, also known as a nail lamp, ensures that you can harden each layer properly. The combination of molecules that make up gel nail polish is converted into polymers by a gel polish lamp. It does this by means of a chemical reaction activated by light that you do not feel at all. That is also the reason why it is important to avoid exposing your nail polish pots to sunlight. Because your nails harden quickly thanks to the use of a gel polish lamp and are therefore also dry, you can almost immediately continue with your other activities.
Which Gel Polish Lamp to Buy? UV or LED
A gel polish lamp or nail polish lamp works on the basis of UV light. The only difference between a so-called UV gel polish lamp and an LED version is the wavelength of the light. LED lamps have a more limited wavelength, but do emit a higher concentration of UV light. This also means that these lamps can dry your gel nail polish even faster. In addition, an LED gel polish lamp lasts longer. This means that you will benefit from the results of this ultimate home manicure many times more often.
How to cure gel with a gel polish lamp?
Drying your polish using a UV gel polish lamp is a piece of cake. You turn on the device and then slide your nails into the opening. The light that shines ensures that the polish hardens. A good gel polish lamp does not get hot and will therefore never feel painful. You place your nails in the gel polish lamp after applying each layer of nail polish. Also after the base coat and the top coat . Make sure that you do not touch the device with your nails, to prevent damage.
Step-by-step plan for using the nail polish lamp
The best UV LED gel polish lamp can be found at OMG! Nails. With our gel polish lamp, you get a lamp that ensures a result that is indistinguishable from a professional salon manicure. If you want to do your own manicure at home, start by cleaning your nail surface so that the Base Coat adheres well (read our blog " Applying UV Gel Polish "). After applying the base coat, place your nails in the device for a minute. Each layer of colored gel polish and the Top Coat should also be cured for a minute.
Professional salon results, right in your home
You will achieve the best results with a gel polish lamp, no matter which colour of gel polish you use. In addition, you will enjoy a luxurious pampering moment during your manicure, right in your own home. You don't have to leave the house, but you still get the feeling that you have visited a professional salon. The gel polish lamp that you can buy at OMG! Nails is just as powerful as the ones used in the salons.
