Техника нанесения гель-лакового покрытия с эффектом кошачий глаз

Галина Тищенко

Международный тренер-инструктор KODI PROFESSIONAL

Benefits of Cat's Eye Gel Lacquer

Depending on the type of gel lacquer "cat's eye" leaves a huge scope for imagination and allows you to achieve all kinds of visual effects, even if you do not have artistic ability. 

So-called magnetic gel varnish of different brands may contain a different concentration of metal particles of different colors, sizes and shapes. It is these parameters and affect the way the finished gel-lacquer coating will turn out and the nature of the formed moon glare:

• The shade of the pearlescent glare can fully match the main color of the gel-lacquer coating, creating additional depth or volume of the design at different lighting angles.
• Pearl gel-lacquers, which contain a lot of pearlescent particles in the composition, are usually applied without a black backing and have not clearly defined glare neon shade.
• One of the most contrasting and spectacular are gel-lacquers from the series of "cat's eye" with a golden shimmery glare, which harmonizes with a rich base shade of gel-lacquer and is indispensable in creating evening epathetic nail art.

Gel-lacquer "cat's eye": how to apply it correctly

This article describes in detail how to apply gel lacquer "cat's eye" so that the coating is worn for a long time and looked neat and stylish. The main thing, before applying gel-lacquer "cat's eye" carefully mix the contents of the bottle, so that the metal particles settled at the bottom, evenly distributed on the base gel-lacquer composition.

1. On a standard prepared nail (degreased and polished) apply an acid-free primer and a base gel coat.
2. Depending on the chosen gel-lacquer, you can apply a black undercoat or immediately start covering with cat-eye gel-lacquer.
3. After the gel-lacquer "cat's eye" is applied to the nail plate bring a special magnet to the surface of the coating at a distance of 3-5 mm.
4. Under the influence of the magnet metal particles form a moon glare of a certain shape and intensity. 5 seconds is enough to create a glare. The effect can be seen immediately, so you do not need to keep longer.
5. Gel-lacquers "cat's eye" have a very dense texture, so it is possible to apply them on the substrate only in one layer, which can be quickly polymerized in a UV lamp 2 minutes or in LED lamp - 30 seconds.
6. After polymerization, the adhesive layer is removed with a lint-free cloth and a special liquid for removing adhesion.

Cat's eye gel polish magnet

You can use any strong enough magnet to work with magnetic gel-lacquer, but it is better to give preference to special magnets designed specifically for cat-eye gel-lacquer. Each manufacturer offers its own model of magnet for cat-eye gel polish, ranging from standard straight magnetic plates to special magnetic pens, which are convenient for creating glare lines and more complex patterns.

• Properly designed magnet for gel-lacquer has a comfortable handle and allows you to control and maintain the optimal distance of the magnetic plate to the surface of the gel-lacquer coating, as well as the correct inclination and direction of the formed pearlescent glare.
• The shape and contrast of the glare depends on the inclination, direction and shape of the magnet for gel-lacquer, so for a more predictable result it is better to use a professional perfectly flat magnet.
• The intensity of the glare depends on the level of concentration of metal particles in the gel-lacquer, as well as on the duration of exposure to the magnet.

What visual effects are possible with a cat-eye gel polish magnet