nail swatches

 Hellow,

so I found the time and energy to do my swatches.

But first smth else:

Here on the left you can see the gel that I use to apply my tips with.

On the right is the new product I received.

I noticed one ingredient is missing and looked it up.

So apparently the ingredient is called TPO short and a photoinitiator.

It was banned in the EU lately (September 2025)because it could influence fertility.

The problem is, if you do not replace it with another photoinitiator it means the product won't have the wished effect.

That concludes: the gel I used has to be replaced and the new product that was shipped can only be used for not important things like stones etc.

The nail itself won't stick as well as they used to.

I personally wanted to switch back to acrylic anyway but I am mad anyway.

I waited over a month (!) for these gels to arrive, only to find out now that I cannot use them.

Now back to the swatches.

The gels as I mentioned are super tiny, for personal use it's fine I guess.

I swatch only with one coat. I don't want perfect swatches, I want to see what can the product do if not manipulated.

Here are the colors I got.

6 colors for in total 2,22€ 

I should have took a picture without flash too but nvm now.

The black is actually very pigmented.

Normally blacks always give streaks when only one coat.

it has slightly glitter in it, which is now almost invisible with the flash.

The four glitters on the right have a good amount.

Since the consistency of these gels is really thick, there are more glitters sticking.

Next is a transparent reflective gel set.

6 colors for in total 3,14€

The colors on a black background, no flash.

with flash.

here is how they look like without a black background.

I mainly wanted to use the blue one for the next design and held it on top of my blue color swatch to see how the idea turns out that I intended to use next time.

It looks exactly how I wanted it.

Next 10 colors for in total 4,31€

These have a color background, which means they can be used on top of a colored nail or also alone with the intention to have a see-through/jelly-effect.

They reflect a lot better than the other transparent reflective gels.

They have really pretty colors.

In total I think it's a nice addition for personal use.

The whole order just for the nail colors was 9,67€, 22 colors each 7ml.

The consistency is very thick, so you need to be more tidy when using.

The pigmentation is just fine, with a little manipulation it can be used well.

xoxo rinmero