GAOY Red Gel Nail Polish Set, 8 Colors Burgundy Scarlet Carmine Dark Glitter Red Soak Off Gel Polish Kit for Salon and Nail Art DIY at Home

Shiny and Long-Lasting Nail Polish
High-quality nail polish with a shiny, long-lasting finish. Applies easily, dries quickly, and delivers vibrant, even color.

Stunning – Love GAOY
Sorry this is long lol. In case it’s helpful for anyone, I captured a lot of details.I used one coat of the shade 1954 (which looks super peach against white card stock but is more natural on the nail; perfectly sheer and suits my skin tone) and paired it with 1880 for elegant French tips.I used GAOY products for everything pictured: base coat, clear poly gel, gel polishes, top coatExcept I used 98% isopropyl alcohol instead of slip solution.My nails were short and ugly before, now I feel classy and feminine again. I highly recommend all of their products. In case anyone else struggled to find a good process, I have outlined my own little ‘guide’ below:Prep cuticles, push, trim, and sanitize. Buff out the nail beds and file into general shape.Apply alcohol to dehydrate entire nail bed.Apply a super thin layer of base coat and cure 30 seconds – if applied or spilled outside of the nail bed, clean edges with alcohol before curing. It is important to “stay inside the lines” otherwise there can be peeling or lifting. Note: the base coat will still feel “tacky” after curing for 30 seconds – no need to cure more or touch it, this is what you want for adhesion to the poly gel.Next, add a small amount of Polygel to the base of the nail bed (I got a dual ended brush and one side has a metal spatula for scraping gel out of the tube) and smooth out with an isopropyl alcohol saturated brush into the generally desired shape (stay inside the lines as best you can, and use a nail guide or guide sticker for extending the nail, which is not pictured here but can be found for cheap on the orange T app) then cure 60 seconds.File and buff the cured polygel into the nail shape desired, being meticulous to have clean, beveled edges, so that there is no ‘fill’ or spillage on skin that would eventually lift. Roughing the poly gel will be perfect for the next step, and it may be slightly tacky which is fine.Clean any nail debris from filing with alcohol. Let dry (takes seconds, but if polish is applied too soon, it will separate from the alcohol).Apply desired gel polish and cure 60 seconds. Apply any other layers, tips, or stickers and cure 60 seconds each layer.Finally, apply the top coat and cure 90 seconds. Rinse with alcohol to make sure there are no tacky layers, then wash hands with warm water. (Apply cuticle oil.)Things I’ve learned doing my own nails: every step of the way is slightly tacky until the final polish layer, which is good! It means all the layers are adhering to the next layer, so there won’t be lifting and the results will last.Polygel application is where I try to spend the least time, but then poly gel filing and reshaping is where I spend the most – an electric nail file tool will help with speed! ($3 on the Orange T app)Cuticle prep and staying inside the ‘lines’ (nail bed) is super important because it prevents lifting or peeling, which will help with longevity. Filing the poly gel down to the closest and most similar shape to the natural nail helps – the more of a beveled edge the better, so there is a decrease chance of lifting. It’s also a great opportunity to reduce the “thickness” of the nail so it looks more natural, as well as file out anything from underneath the nail (which is almost inevitable).In the case something cures over the edge onto the skin, you can file it away or sometimes, very carefully, peel it off.If you tire of your polish color, you can just file it down (and back fill the poly gel if needed from new growth) and apply a new polish and cure. Super easy!I use the Sun UV light and it works perfectly, also found here on Amazon.I am extremely meticulous with filing, and a beginner, so this process takes me about 3 hours per hand (this is my third time doing my own nails, the first was a backfill from gel x extension, then I did another backfill after that, then removed everything and gave my nails a break and started relatively fresh (but this is why there are ridges in my natural nail bed picture, from the gel x).With growth and not picking at edges or cuticles these should last me about 3 weeks.Hopefully this helps somebody! I love these polishes, I have two different sets from them, in addition to the Sakura 1880, and I also have two poly gels and their base/top coat duo set, all of which I highly recommend! It’s definitely an investment but everything pays for itself after one or two applications!

Beautiful!! Beginner friendly! (Added update)
I recently got engaged and wanted to find a long lasting polish that was shimmery and similar to ruby color to match my ring. I purchased this set because it was affordable and had good reviews. This is BY FAR the best gel polish I’ve tried!! I used GAOY base and top coat just to ensure compatibility. The color I used here is 1981 and it’s even more beautiful in person. It reminds me of a darker ruby red slipper from wizard of oz. The other colors are gorgeous too! I used the SUN C4 lamp from Amazon and cured each layer for 60 seconds but cured again if it was still tacky. The top coat dried amazingly and was not tacky after d curing. I’m more of a beginner at nails (I think) and this was incredibly easy to use. I got a tiny amount of polish on my skin and it didn’t burn under the lamp. I’m definitely going to get some more colors from this brand. I highly recommend!**UPDATE: around the one week mark, some peeling and chipping occurred. I ended up removing it and will try another color and see if doing an extra top coat helps! I probably could have touched up and re-cured, but felt like re-doing them was better

Great color
This product was exactly as described and the colors where great it stayed on for a very long time and did not clump at all the bottle sizes where a decent size and it was the perfect thickness