update: i have made an addendum to this post, which you can view here.
hi guys! so on a recent cvs trip, i ended up walking in with like $5.50 in extra bucks, then made a purchase and got an additional $5. so i decided to spend it on a fuse gelnamel kit, which retails for $25. BUT cvs has it on sale for $20 until mid-april-ish (i think it said). so i got it for ~$11! granted, they only had 3 kits to choose from and had almost every color as singles (which are also on sale for $7ish instead of $10 until mid april-ish)..and they had a larger bottle of the fuse cleanser (i didn't pay attention if it's on sale as well or not), but they had the blue kit so what the heck!
this kit includes a usb-outlet plug, a usb mini cable, the "lamp" unit (which the top can be removed and be turned around to do your toes!), a mini cuticle pusher/orange stick, mini emory board/buffer, some lint-free wipes, and their cleanser (which smells like rubbing alcohol to me..but whatever..), and you pick up whichever box contains the polish color you want.
instructions (see instructions on fuse website): push cuticles back and buff nails. apply cleanser to a lint-free wipe and wipe down nails. do one thin coat of polish on each nail, one at a time. place your finger into the lamp and press the button. the lamp will turn off after 30 seconds. do not cleanse between coats, and cleanse your nail before moving to the next.
overall, the process took me about an hour to do both hands, with two coats on each nail. one coat looked almost like those gelly polishes..if you know what i mean. and i want it opaque. the instruction booklet is pretty good, it gives you the short and sweet version of how to and why you must follow the directions. it also includes some tips and tricks.
the polish itself doesn't apply too bad. but in the bottle, it's kinda gloopy. as you pull the brush out and wipe it along the side, it creates bubbles in the bottle's neck easily. which is kinda annoying because you're trying to remove excess polish from the brush..not add to it.
compared to the coture gel nail kit i received, this process was much easier and nicer since you're not using a full-sized lamp. with the "salon-size" lamp, since you do your whole hand at once and stick it in there, you have to have your hand flat in the lamp. but your thumbs don't sit flat like the rest of your fingers. because of this, polish tends to pool on the edges of your thumb nails while it's taking 90 seconds to cure. with the fuse kit, since only one finger can fit under the lamp at a time, there's no pooling issues--assuming you applied a thin coat and removed the excess polish before using the lamp.
i approve. i'll have to update this post later to let you know if/when it starts chipping. ~Lin-chan ^.~
also used: dappen dish with acetone, mua F3 brush -- both for clean-up before using the lamp
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