Shellac & BIAB
The original hybrid polish. Shellac is applied to your natural nails and lasts up to 2 weeks. Shellac can be applied to hands or feet.
BIAB is short for ‘Builder in a Bottle’ which is a gel polish which is applied alone onto the natural nail bed to enhance the natural nails ability to grow or increase strength in anyone with particularly brittle, soft or peeling nails. If you are a nail biter BIAB will protect the nail so biting cannot be carried out and also encourage nail growth. Just like the popular OPI Nail Envy BIAB They can also be used as a treatment on natural nails that “just WON’T grow”. BIAB comes in a range of super popular nude colours which can be used alone or underneath any one of The Gel Bottle or Shellac colours
Shellac & BIAB
The original hybrid polish. Shellac is applied to your natural nails and lasts up to 2 weeks. Shellac can be applied to hands or feet.
BIAB is short for ‘Builder in a Bottle’ which is a gel polish which is applied alone onto the natural nail bed to enhance the natural nails ability to grow or increase strength in anyone with particularly brittle, soft or peeling nails. If you are a nail biter BIAB will protect the nail so biting cannot be carried out and also encourage nail growth. Just like the popular OPI Nail Envy BIAB They can also be used as a treatment on natural nails that “just WON’T grow”. BIAB comes in a range of super popular nude colours which can be used alone or underneath any one of The Gel Bottle or Shellac colours
What to Expect
The Procedure
Base
Next your manicurist will apply the base (a thin layer of the BIAB polish over the natural nail, or the brand’s rubber base if you want to use the clear or white shade), which is cured like a normal gel base on a low heat mode.
BIAB
Here’s where things start looking a bit different. Rather than a thin coat of your nail colour of choice applied over the nail, your manicurist will apply a thick bead of BIAB that looks more gel or rubber-like, spreading it side to side and dragging the soft gel away from the cuticle. You can choose a natural colour and use BIAB as your base before following with a gel colour on top. Or you can choose from BIABs wide range of colours and make this step your colour coat. Your manicurist will work to avoid creating a thick build-up around the free edge and cuticle, then seal the free edge. You can do this step twice if you want a more opaque finish, building and curing one nail at a time.
Refine and buff
Next your manicurist will wipe each nail with alcohol to remove any stickiness, then they’ll refine the finish of the polish by filing it (which makes it more glossy), then removing any dust with a duster brush.
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