Spider gel hits all the right notes for a nail art trend: it’s fun, versatile, long-lasting, and easy to use. This thick gel allows you to create perfectly straight lines for your nail art without stencils or specialized brushes. You can use this gel to create a variety of looks. Keep in mind that spider gel does need to be cured under an LED or UV lamp.
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1. EDITOR’S CHOICE: Full Beauty Metallic Gel Set
Pros:- Metallic jewel tones
- Can buy colors individually
- Six different colors
- Six milliliter jars
- Good stretch
Cons:- Pricier than others
- No standard colors
- One color is not pictured
If you live for that metallic look, go for this all-metallic line gel set. This would be a great set to experiment with blooming gel to create geode and agate effect nail art.
It comes with six six-milliliter jars of gel in metallic gold, silver, blue, purple, red, and green. The jar of green isn’t pictured in the product images for some reason but you can see the metallic green on the first nail swatch on the left.
The consistency is thick but easy to work with and has a nice stretch for making straight, thin lines. There’s definitely an attention-getting quality to metallic gels like this that can bump your designs up to the next level without needing to add more to them. I like that the colors can be sold separately as well.
Find more Full Beauty Metallic Gel Set information and reviews here.
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2. Saviland Matrix Gel Sets
Pros:- Different sets to choose from
- Six milliliter jars
- Includes metallic gold and silver
- Good value
- Glow in the dark option
Cons:- No tools included
- Quite thick so won't double as paint
- Simple to use
If you want a thick gel with lots of color options, Saviland is a good choice.
Saviland offers a Six-Color Set (white, black, red, blue, metallic silver, metallic gold), a Six-Color Bright Set (pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple), and a Six-Color Glow in the Dark Set (green, neon green, orange, dark orange, dark coral, red).
All of these sets are great value for the money.
Find more Saviland Wire Drawing Gel Sets information and reviews here.
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3. BlinkinGel Spider Web Gel 12-Piece Set
Pros:- Wide range of colors in 12-piece set
- Pastel, dark, metallic, and primary colors
- Includes dotting tool
- Cute decorative lids
Cons:- Needs a good stir before using
- Bottles are smaller
- Not for painting
If you want a wide range of colors and effects, go with this 12-Piece BlinkinGel Set.
We’ve seen some range of colors but you can’t beat this brand with their selection. You get 12 five-milliliter jars of drawing gel in the colors black, white, red, dark pink, light pink, purple, blue, aqua, dark green, brown, metallic gold, and metallic silver. Each jar has a decorative lid with a cute little rhinestone.
The spider web gel is quite thick and sticky. You’ll want to give it a good stir before using and so it doesn’t end up feeling gloopy.
Find more BlinkinGel Spider Web Gel information and reviews here.
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4. Vtrem Elastic Line Gel & Rhinestone Set
Pros:- Comes with six different shades
- Good stretch for lines and drawing
- Easy to use
- Includes two metallic colors
Cons:- No description of size of jar
- Lesser known brand
- Colors are fairly dark
I love that this Vtrem Six-Color Spider Web Gel Set includes five nail art tools and an organizer full of nail art rhinestones.
The gel comes in black, white, red, dark blue, metallic gold, and metallic silver. These are eight-milliliter jars which is larger than the average pot you tend to see in sets.
The five nail tools are double-side with dotting tools and brushes in a range of sizes. The rhinestones are clear iridescent crystals and come in 12 different sizes.
Find more Vtrem Elastic Line Gel & Rhinestone Set information and reviews here.
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5. Rosalind Pulling Nail Silk
Pros:- Up to 12 colors in a set
- Several sets to choose from
- Includes several metallic shades
- Some sets come with a nail art tool
- Can buy individually
- Good value for money
Cons:- A couple of the metallic shades are very similar
- Nail brush isn't as useful as dotting tool
- Smaller five-milliliter jars
For those who are obsessed with metallic finishes, this is the set for you.
Their 12 color set includes five different metallic shades that can also be bought individually: gold, silver, coffee, milky white, and light yellow. These are not great names. If it were up to me, I would call “coffee” copper, “milky white” opal, and “light yellow” champagne.
That 12-piece set also comes with black, white, purple, blue, yellow, green, and red. If you don’t need that many colors, they also have a six color set.
I love that each color can be bought separately and that the sets include a brush tool.
Find more Rosalind Pulling Nail Silk information and reviews here.
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6. 15-Color Standard & Glowing Spider Web Gel
Pros:- 15 colors
- Metallic, glowing, and primary color options
- Includes three brushes
- Good stretch for lines
- Can build your own set
Cons:- Lesser known brand
- Smaller five-milliliter jars
- Needs to be warmed up before use
This 15-Color Spider Web Gel Set has the most colors of any set on the list. I like that this one has a combination of finishes so you don’t have to pick just one. It includes eight glow-in-the-dark shades, three metallic shades, and four basic colors.
For basic colors, you get black, white, yellow, and blue. For metallics, it comes with metallic silver, metallic gold, and metallic champagne. Glow in the dark colors include orange, red, dark red, pink, purple, green, royal blue, and fluorescent green. Each set also comes with three nail art brushes with different length bristles.
This brand is extra thick and if you find it difficult to work with, try warming it up first with your body heat or even a blowdryer.
Find more 15-Color Standard & Glowing Spider Web Gel information and reviews here.
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7. Meet Across Drawing Gel
Pros:- Six different colors in five milliliter jars
- Comes with nail art tool
- Includes metallic silver and gold
- Good for painting and striping
Cons:- Not as stretchy as some gel
- No cute pastel colors
- Dotting tool would be better than brush
These gels from Meet Across are a good middle ground for drawing with gel and using it to create straight lines–plus it includes a nail art tool.
It has a nice, sticky consistency that easy to work with either drawing with the dotting side of the nail art tool or using it as paint with the brush side. The gel doesn’t have the longest stretch on the list but that can be a benefit for drawing designs instead of the cotton-candy style wrapping of stripes.
You get black, white, red, blue, metallic silver, and metallic gold to worth with which is a nice palette for some a variety of nail art looks. They also offer a Brighter Colors Set that comes with red, orange, pink, blue, green, and yellow. The nail art brush is a nice touch and is filled with pink rhinestones.
Find more Meet Across Drawing Gel information and reviews here.
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8. Mia Secret Spider Gel Base
Pros:- Can create any color you want
- Good stretch
- Easy to work with
- Trusted brand
Cons:- Only one jar
- Pricier than others for amount you get
- You have to mix in your own pigment
I know this isn’t exactly a “set” but I had to include it because this is a gel base that you can tint yourself so you can have drawing gel of any color you can imagine.
You can color this base gel by adding gel nail polish, raw pigment powders, or even acrylic paint. The possibilities are endless. (I do recommend moving small portions of the gel into a small container to tint it separately from the entire jar.)
It’s very stretchy and provides great lines.
Find more Mia Secret Spider Gel Base information and reviews here.
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9. Buitee Matrix Gel Set
Pros:- Double-sided tool
- You can get very fine lines with this
- Easy to work with
- Eight milliliters compared to the normal five
- Eight colors with three metallic
Cons:- Need a good stir before using
- No cheery pastels
- Harder to keep in stock
This Buitee Gel Set pulls well to get long thin lines that can manage several passes over the nail before you have to dip back into the pot. Plus, those pots are eight milliliters compared to the average five milliliters so you’re getting more product for the money.
The set comes with eight colors: black, white, red, metallic silver, metallic gold, metallic pink, blue, and green. They work for drawing just fine but shine when wrapping with lots of thin straight lines.
Find more Buitee Matrix Gel Set information and reviews here.
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10. Vonrui Spider Silk Gel
Pros:- Slightly larger six-milliliter jars
- Set comes with four colors
- Includes metallic gold and silver
Cons:- Slow shipping
- Not many colors for the money
- Not good to double as paint
For those who want those fine, thin as a spider web lines, check out Vonrui.
The nice stickiness of this one allows you to really stretch a line out until it is super thin. This consistency makes it great for drawing and lines but not ideal for using as paint for nail art.
Fun fact: Spiders actually spin two types of web silk–one that is sticky for catching prey and one that isn’t which makes up the spokes of the web and that’s the one they use to get around.
Find more Vonrui Spider Silk Gel information and reviews here.
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11. SmoBea 10-Piece Luminous Spider Silk Gel
Pros:- 10 colors in set
- Black light reactive
- Three nail tools
- Bright colors
- 12-piece set available
Cons:- Not everyone wants glowing gel
- Better for drawing than striping
- Doesn't include black and white
This SmoBea 10-Piece Set comes with 10 jars of spider web gel and three nail art brushes. It includes fuchsia, light green, yellow, blue, dark grey, purple, dark blue, light grey, and dark orange.
The colors themselves need a UV light to cure, like all gel, but these are also UV-reactive, meaning that after you’ve cured your polish they will light up under UV lights. So if you’re out at a club using black lighting, your nails will glow. If that much UV has you nervous, check out the FDA’s page on safe nail practices as they say it’s pretty much nothing to worry about.
If you’re missing the standard black, white, and metallic, SmoBea also has a 12-piece set available.
Find more SmoBea 10-Piece Luminous Spider Silk Gel information and reviews here.
How Do You Use Spider Silk Gel?
There are several different ways to get the unique looks of this type of gel nail art. The consistency is thick, sticky, and it stretches.
How Do I Get Those Perfectly Straight Lines?
Managing lines on your nail art that aren't crooked and sloppy isn't an easy process. You can mess with stencils and striping tape or long-bristled striping brushes, but even those can easily slide off the mark.
With this gel, you can stretch a thread of it over your nail and the tension keeps the line as straight as possible.
To create a straight light dip your dotting tool into the gel to pull up a strand and then drape that over your nail. They'll be some extra gel on your skin so just be sure to remove all of that before curing.
You can keep wrapping as long as that one strand will stretch.
Even quicker: put on gloves and pick up a small bit of gel between your thumb and forefinger. When you stretch your fingers apart, you'll create several threads at once to place on your nails and this can be repeated several times rapidly before you have to go back for more gel.
How Can I Get Constellation Effects?
You can make interesting shapes by using your dotting tool to mark off corners. You could draw a square with perfectly straight sides by making four dots on your nail to mark the corners.
How Do You Do a Marble Effect?
For a softer, marbled effect, apply a clear top coat over your uncured spider silk stripes and let that sit. The lines will between will blur and bloom. Cure when they've hit the look you want but you may need to leave your nails in a little longer than normal to get a full cure.
For an even more intense marble look, go with watercolor nail polish or blooming gel.