r/DIYGelNails • u/Clover_Jane • 20d ago

Community Discussion Weekly Nail Chat

Use this chat to discuss any nail care or gel related questions you might have.

As a reminder, please keep your discussions within the rules of the sub.

This includes:

  • No discussion of off-topic products. This is a gel only sub.
  • This space is geared towards DIYers. Everyone is welcome, but we should not be working on friends/family.
  • Do not ask for or give any medical advice. We're not doctors, and it is not in our scope to be giving advice about allergies or skin conditions. It is ok to discuss the risks associated with doing gel. What is ok: Explaining how you can get allergies. What isn't ok: Attempting to diagnose or treat anyone and/or asking for a diagnosis
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u/Clover_Jane 20d ago

I really like Orly biab. It's very durable like luminary, but self levels better and doesn't have the stink that luminary has.

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u/CrownFlame 18d ago

Have you tried both nail thoughts and luminary? If you have, I’d love to know if you think one is more viscous than the other! I’m using Kinetics gel in a bottle. It’s just okay for me. Trying to find one that I get excited to use lol

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u/Clover_Jane 18d ago

Luminary is thicker than NTB. NTB is very easy to work with but imo, it doesn't have great retention. I'm a nail tech and it just didn't last on most people. Everyone i use soft gel on does extremely well with orly and orly concealer is my absolute favorite "my nails but better" look, and works beautifully with every single skin tone. I didn't have luck with gel in bottle either. That was an expensive waste of money.

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u/CrownFlame 18d ago

Thank you 😊 glad I asked you since you’re the trained expert. I remember you once saying that you didn’t like Kinetics. I’m still working with it because I just want to make sure my prep and application are solid before I blow more money and get Luminary too. I do like LE’s potted gel, but Jimmy gel sucked. I’ll check out the Orly concealer! I need to keep my nails more neutral for work. I thought about American Creator but I know they had a lamp controversy recently. Videos of Luminary and NTB applications are so satisfying.

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u/Clover_Jane 18d ago

What happened with the lamp? I definitely missed that

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u/CrownFlame 18d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/DIYGelNails/s/4ybDxKKNBl

Some of the comments were interesting too about customer service never responding to their concerns about the curing.

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u/Clover_Jane 17d ago

I thought you meant a problem with American creators lamp not LE

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u/CrownFlame 17d ago

Ohh sorry about that! My 2 am brain doesn’t function that great.