Why Your Gel Polish Brushes Go Hard or Your Gel Goes Lumpy

Recently someone in our community asked a question around their gel polish brushes going hard, and the product in the bottle going lumpy.

“Heyyy, could someone please advise me on my dilemma.
So I have used artistic bonding gel and brush on builder once and the brushes have like gone hard and unusable. Is it something I have done?
Also the white artistic colour gloss and glossing gel is like lumpy, I’ve also used this once.
Just need to know if this is because of something I have done and how I can avoid it next time haha.”

We found one response particularly interesting so we wanted to share it with you too!

This person said:

“It does sound like they have been exposed to light at some point- if you aren’t working in the sun, try waiting until night, then turn all the lights off and turn on your curing lamp. That can really help you see how far the light is actually reaching. Sometimes you just need to move your set up around a bit so you aren’t accidentally curing things in the light.

It can be easy to cure things with the light from your lamp on accident, especially if you’re working on tips or yourself, because it’s natural to face the lamp towards your work space for convenience- but the light spills out the front and can really mess up what you’re doing if there is any gel around! I face my lamp towards the wall if I’m doing tips, and on myself I just make sure all my bottles are closed and brushes capped before I hit the button to start the cure.
I cured a bottle once by trying to do nails outside, I thought the shade would be enough but any extra UV light exposure can cause this really quickly.”And

“…Also check that the lights you use for visibility aren’t curing the gel, most should be okay but it is possible to find ones that do output some UV and that can start curing gel polish”

-Written by Hannah @Themuseroom.nz

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