Gel Manicure: Foundations and Application
A focused workshop on practical manicure techniques, designed to move you from theory to hands-on skill within structured sessions.
Gel manicure looks deceptively simple until you are three weeks in and half the nails have lifted. This course starts where most tutorials skip — nail preparation, which accounts for roughly 80% of longevity issues.
Work through cuticle management, surface dehydration, and primer selection before touching a gel brush. Each stage is demonstrated on real clients with varying nail conditions, not just textbook examples.
What the course addresses
Covers hard and soft gel systems, builder gels, and the differences that actually matter when choosing products for thin, brittle, or oily nail plates. Application pressure, cap sealing, and flash-curing timing are broken down with enough detail to stop the guesswork.
Shrinkage, heat spikes, and colour bleeding are covered as practical problems with practical fixes, not just theory. By the end you will have a reliable process rather than a collection of tips that sometimes work.
Programme
- Nail plate anatomy and common conditions
- Cuticle work: tools, technique, timing
- Dehydration and primer application
- Base coat selection for different nail types
- Colour application and cap sealing
- Top coat finishes: glossy, matte, rubber
- Curing lamp settings and heat management
- Removal without damage
- Troubleshooting: lifting, shrinkage, bleeding