Modelones Nude Color Gel Nail Polish Set - 6 LED Gel Nail Polish Nail Art DIY Manicure Stations

A A1 Chameleon Galaxy...there is no green. I got a denim blue, a periwinkle, and 4 different purples. The photo below is one layer of each blue. Coverage is uneven but lasts. May need 4 coats.

I've been trying my hand at gel nail polish since acrylic has been rough on my nails and gel is easier for me to get off. I liked these colors because of the pastels and neutrals. I did some swatches and I loved the color pay-off. However, I've been using these for a few months and I'm not super impressed. I've had issues with peeling on my natural nails. They would barely last a week doing them this way. After a lot of testing, I found that using a dip powder foundation and then applying the color, plus a strong gel top coat has been the ONLY thing that has preserved the color for 3+ weeks for me. It's a shame because I've used different gel polish with great grip on my natural nails and fewer coats that do better (they just cost a ton). It seems this humid weather makes the polish lift without a literally solid base to hold it down. Lastly, the formula is weird. I'll be halfway through painting my nails and it'll start to pill on me like it's already semi-drying before I even finish one nail. I keep the lid on every time I finish so it doesn't sit open and dry out the polish but it still gets gunky randomly when I apply. Also, it varies whether it'll be opaque or sheer with each coat. I find sometimes a nail just needs two coats and looks great. Then other times I'm having to go over it 5x to try to fix how patchy it looks -- all in one session of painting my nails. Its time consuming and frustrating when I've had easier and faster applications with other brands. I've used a couple of different brands of gel polish and I've never run into this issue except this one. Overall, it's meh. It's not bad enough to throw away, but it's definitely not a kit or a brand I feel I can repurchase from. Maybe if you're more experienced with gel polish you'll have an easier time with these, but I would ask why would you want to even bother with a product that works so janky if you can find something better? Do not recommend.

This is my second time doing gel, and excuse me because I didn't clean up my cuticles, but I'm content with this product! I just got my LED light and am transferring to at-home gel, so I wanted to share my 'studies'. 1.) It saves so much time, 2.) looks cleaner, and 3.) lasts longer. I haven't tried the other shades from this pack, but this particular shade was pretty sheer. It's also a light color, which I'm comparing to a jade greenish shade from Beetles that I used for my first time. This is consistent with typical air-dry nail polish I've used. I needed to do several coats, so it was more of a challenge to prevent it from looking thick and lumpy - but I'm still a beginner, and I'm happy enough with the results. I use the Modelones' base and top gel set as well, which I Love -- although warning, I did try the matte top-coat and it is SO cool but accentuates every imperfection whereas the gloss top-coat really cleans up any texturing.

I started doing my nails at home recently and bought two Modelone kits because the colors looked nice. The first time I did my nails I used them and was immediately disappointed in how runny and lumpy the polish was (too sheer, but also each brush stroke was super obvious, it didn’t settle easily or well), and most of all, the color was completely off from the color on the bottle. Since it was my first time using them, I thought maybe that was just how gel polishes were, but I bought a set of Beetles polishes and they’re amazing—true to color, opaque and smooth with one single coat—so I knew that wasn’t the case. I decided to try again now that it’s been a while to see if maybe it was my technique that was the issue, but as you can see, the color is completely inaccurate to the bottle. It’s far too light, and the undertones on this and the first color I tried are almost sickly compared to the color they’re supposed to be. Not only that, the polish was so sheer and lumpy going on, and it cured super tacky (unlike the Beetle colors) which meant it was easy to mess up between coats. Super disappointed, won’t be buying any of these again and I highly recommend Beetle polishes for a similar price point.

Pretty colors and go on smoothly