GelMoment is pleased to clarify the differences between traditional gel manicures and the GelMoment experience.

 

All light gives off a certain amount of UV light, including the sun and every other body of light. It is important to limit that exposure. With this in mind it is important to know that traditional UV lights are considered to be absolutely safe. A 2013 independent study found “UV nail lamps exceeded safety expectations. These lamps were found to be significantly less hazardous than expected based on the initial concerns raised by others. The researchers found that UV exposure is so low that a person could put her hands under a nail lamp for 25 minutes a day without exceeding the internationally accepted safe limits for daily workplace UVexposure. The data showed that UV nail lamps were safer than both natural sunlight and sunlamps.

Regardless, a traditional gel manicure, goes through a three step process, which necessitates going through the traditional UV lamp three times, this can be up to ten minutes per nail. The beauty of the GelMoment experience is that there is only one coat for 60 seconds or 30 seconds with our new lamp which will be released shortly; so this absolutely limits any exposure to any UV rays.

 

LED lamps also emit a certain amount of UV light. The greatest advantage they have over the traditional UV light is that the amount of time exposed to the light is cut down to a third. In addition the LED light has over 50 000 hours of use; enough for a lifetime.

 

Both our 30 and 60 second curing time does not damage your nail and our products strengthen your natural nail.

 

Since GelMoment only requires one coat of product, and does not need any base or top coat, it becomes far easier to remove, and in fact anecdotally we have heard from many of our customers already that they have felt their nails becoming stronger and less brittle after trying the GelMoment experience. This too is the reason why it is far easier to remove and actually leaves no damage to the nail. Even when using the GelMoment nail pusher, it is just the polish that is removed and the nail is left intact.