We’ve been asking for gel stamping polish for years and brands are finally starting to deliver. There’s an endless list of regular stamping nail polish options but these brand new gel products make stamping on gel nails easier so our manicures can last longer. Stamping gels also create interesting nail art looks in blooming gel.
There aren’t many stamping brands with a gel option out right now but I’ll be adding more as more brands get on board.
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I love Born Pretty’s regular stamping polish so I’m excited about their gel option. Their gel stamping polish comes in a squeeze tube to help wrangle the thick consistency.
They’re richly pigmented and stand up well in opacity tests. Their white is crisp over black without dulling. They handle intricate line work well but because they’re so thick, they do have more trouble with larger patches of solid color. If you start seeing patchiness just make sure you’re using enough product and that you’re scraping both vertically and horizontally to fully coat the plate.
This set comes with 14 colors in a wide range including yellow, green, teal, baby pink, purple, blue, magenta, gray, bright pink, red, black, white, metallic silver, and metallic gold.
You can also buy each color individually, but when you buy them in a set you get a serious discount.
Find more Born Pretty Stamping Gel Set information and reviews here.
Brand new onto the market, Moyra has come out with a nail stamping gel that has the consistency of normal stamping polish. I’m not sure how they managed it, but they did. I love that there isn’t as much of a learning curve moving from stamping with regular polish to stamping with gel polish because it behaves just like the stamping polish you’re used to.
It applies with a nail polish brush so there are no brushes that need cleaning. They have a range of colors but not as many as other brands yet. I’m hoping they’ll come out with more colors as time goes on. Right now you can get colors like black, white, grey, green, and red.
They have nice opacity and their white is crisp over black. It doesn’t have the same pigmentation and opacity as thicker ones but it will absolutely do the job.
Find more Moyra Nail Stamping Gel information and reviews here.
If you’re new to stamping and want to get an everything-included set, check out this kit from Ur Sugar.
It comes with everything you need except for your normal gel nail polish and a nail lamp. You get five stamping polishes, stamper, scraper, liquid latex for nails, and eight reusable stamping plates. For colors, they’ve included the standard essentials: white, black, red, metallic gold, and metallic silver.
Find more Ur Sugar All-in-One Gel Stamping Kit information and reviews here.
These nail stamping gels are about as thick as they get. They’re almost the consistency of a play-slime. You definitely need a tool to apply these like a brush or, even better, an orange stick or dotting tool because the consistency makes it slightly hard to get off of brushes.
The set comes with 12 colors including red, pink, purple, blue, teal, black, white, brown, metallic gold, and metallic silver. Their thickness gives them impressive opacity that you cannot complain about. They do perform best if you remove the tacky layer of your gel polish before trying to stamp onto your nails for some reason so just try to remember to do that and you’ll be set.
Find more Biutee 12 Color Gel Stamping Set information and reviews here.
For a kit with extras try this Gel Polish Stamping Set from Mobray.
It comes with six tubes of stamping gel in the colors black, white, red, yellow, metallic gold, and metallic silver. You also get a clear stamper, firm plastic scraper, and two stamping plates.
Most folks tend to find learning to stamp on a flexible scraper is easier than a firm one, though a firm scraper can give crisper lines so if you’re brand new to stamping, keep that in mind.
Find more Mobray Stamping Gel Kit information and reviews here.
Before now, when you wanted to use the gorgeous images from your nail stamping plates on your gel nails you had to stamp regular stamping polish onto a gel base color and then seal it with a gel top coat.
It worked but it wasn't as durable since the non-UV layer weakened before the gel.
Just like stamping with regular nail polish, they just don't hold up to what stamping demands on a polish. Normal gel is too sheer to show up when stamped. If you stamp white gel over black, it's going to show up a dirty grey--if you're lucky.
Because gel doesn't air-dry it tends to pool together. This is great for self-leveling but bad for intricate lines that end up warping and sliding into each other as the gel settles.
This new gel stamping polish is specially formulated to hold up to stamping. It's super opaque, heavily pigmented, and thick--like really thick. This isn't for painting your nails.
For starters, when you get your stamping image on, you have to cure it, just like regular gel.
You also don't have to work as quickly as you would with regular polish because it won't air dry. You can scrape and re-scrape your plate all you want. There's no rush.
It's so thick that you're going to want to apply it to your plate with a nail brush. It's got more of a consistency like builder gel or acrylic.
As always, if you are able, use hand protection as recommended by the FDA to less UV exposure.
If you're stamping with gel, it's even more important to use a liquid latex for nails product because the gel will get on your skin and you want to make sure all of the stamping gel is off of your skin before you cure it.
Also, if you're having issues picking up, try a sticky or marshmallow stamper.
Don't use your favorite stamper for gel because it can be harder to remove from your stamper and you may need to clean it with acetone.
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