Nail Art Tips: Mixing Gel Polish Colors

If you’re frustrated that your nail polish doesn’t have enough color when you tap it, then follow along with this simple tap-mixing color-adjusting tutorial.

First, prepare five colors of glue: red, yellow, blue, black, and white, plus one gray glue. With these basic colors, you can mix countless different shades.

The fundamental color mixing formula is crucial:

Mix yellow and blue to get green;

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Create Your Own Magnetic Gel Effect

Magnetic powder lets you vary the reflective effect yourself. Mix it with a compatible solid color, base gel, or top gel, shape the uncured layer with a magnet, then cure it under a UV/LED nail lamp.

1. Choose one of the 15 ES-C magnetic powders.
2. Mix a small amount into solid color, base gel, or top gel and adjust until the reflection looks right to you.
3. Shape the uncured gel with a magnet, cure under a UV/LED nail lamp, and finish the service as required.

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15-Color Magnetic Powder SetAll 15 ES-C powders plus a magnet for testing different custom effects.ES-C02 Lilac Verdant GlowA lilac-to-green shift that changes with your chosen mix amount.Triple Effect Nail Art MagnetShapes the reflection before the mixed gel is cured.

Combining red and yellow produces orange.

When red and blue blend together, they form purple.

With these base colors established,you can further alter their saturation and brightness by adding other colors.

Adding white reduces the color’s saturation while increasing its brightness, making the color lighter and brighter.

Adding black reduces both the saturation and brightness, making the color darker.

Adding gray reduces the color’s purity, making it appear darker, but it won’t turn as black and dark as adding black does.

Adding a large amount of white will yield macaron colors; other colors can be adjusted to macaron shades using the same method.

Once you master this technique, you’ll never have to worry about finding the right color of photo-developing gel again—plus, you’ll save a lot of money on buying new gel. Go give it a try!

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