I finally purchased my own at home LED gel kit. The Red Carpet Manicure Pro 45 Train Case is the one I chose, and within it, came the Red Carpet Manicure Red Carpet Reddy. On its own, the polish retails for $9.99 and can be found at Ulta, ulta.com, and redcarpetmanicure.com.
Red Carpet Reddy is a gorgeous cherry red creme color. It leans more towards blue red, which I find to be my "perfect" red. The first coat was somewhat sheer, the second coat still wasn't fully opaque, so I added a third coat. Finally, I topped it off with the Red Carpet Ready Brilliance Seal and Shine Top Coat. As you can tell, there is so much shine! That is one thing I love about gel polish.
So far I have had it on for a week and have not experienced any chipping whatsoever. However, I do want to take the polish off as I can't stand having red on my nails for too long! I would much prefer a pink or a dark color, so I will experiment then.
Since this is my first at home gel mani, it was a little messy as I was not use to the formula and the process. But I think that after a few more times, I will get the hang of it and have a perfect manicure.
Update: I've had this manicure for two weeks now and they have still held up! I've been in the pool, used my hands quite often, and all I see is nail growth and thats about it. They could probably stay on for much longer, but I don't want to see nail growth on top of my nails! I definitely think these gel polishes are high quality.
Looks lovely x
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Oooh, what a perfect ladybug red!
ReplyDeleteIt does look like a ladybug red!
DeleteThat is such a pretty colour!
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Yes it is! Too bad I can't stand red nails for too long! lol
DeleteWhat a beautiful, glossy red! Fantastic that the formula is so long-wearing! xo
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Yes! I can't wait to try out the other colors!
DeleteThat looks so pretty! Alex
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Yes it does!
DeleteI love the top coat that you used in addition to your red nail polish, it's giving me so much life (or should that be shine?) right now. There's something very chic and glam about red nails.
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The top coat is fantastic. And yes, red nails are very chic!
Deletelove this fresh and elegant color!
ReplyDeletethank you for sharing this
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Thanks! and no problemo!
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