BeetlesGel Nail Polish Builder Nail Gel for Nails 5 in 1 Translucent White Color, Easy Gel Tips Nail Extension Kit, 2 In 1 Nail Glue Gel Base Coat with Pre-shaped Medium Square Nails. $31.99 $ 31. 99 $34.98 $34.98. This bundle contains 2 items. Usethumb to press Gel-X tip onto fingernail gradually from the base until the gel flows to the free-edge of nails. 9. Keep thumb pressed down on Gel-X tip and nail. Cure with X-Lite for 10 seconds. Rotate thumb and X-Lite around Gel-X tip to ensure all sides cure. 10. Cure entire hand in LED lamp for 30 seconds or two minutes for a UV lamp. Nailtechnicians helped shape our ultimate guide to different nail shapes, defining styles like oval, round, square, coffin, stiletto, flare, almond, squoval, edge Accordingto celebrity manicurist and Smith & Cult ambassador Jessica Tong, gel nail extensions are more of a category than a single technique. "Gel nail extensions can mean many forms of extensions," she says. " It can be a tip glued to the nail with gel over it, a sculpted gel extension on a form, or an LED poly gel press-on extension." Gelextensions, quite simply, are used to lengthen the nails. What makes them different from acrylics is how they are applied, using what's called a builder gel. "It's an oligomer, meaning the Theextension itself is a clear overlay made from soft gel that's already in a nail form, which is attached over the entirety of your natural nail. They're cured with UV light in the same way as a Step3: Apply Extend Gel and Cure With an LED Lamp. Once you've applied your primer, it's time to go in with the Extend Gel, "the soft gel lynchpin that adheres the Gel-X Tip onto the natural nail," says Park. Be sure to use just a thin layer of the Extend Gel at this step. Then, cure your nails for 30 seconds in an LED lamp. Silk wraps were originally developed in the 1980s and became hugely popular in the '90s and '00s," says London-based nail artist Ami Streets. "A thin woven strip of natural silk or artificial Ngaq5.