- Hema-Free Soak Off Builder Gel - Light Beige - UV LED Color 0.5oz / 15ml - Increases Nail Flexibility, Prevents Nail Breaking - Super Long Lasting

As someone who has tried many different brands and has done nails on and off for 4 years or so, I highly recommend madam glam based on the ingredients. I’ve used the peel off base, works wonders! .. many of the builder bottles and their base and top coats. I also believe their gel polishes are highly pigmented too. Builder gels aren’t meant to be highly pigmented so they cure properly! Otherwise you’d have to layer them with thin layers. Builder gels are NOT meant to be opaque in one layer. If you cannot see down to the last cured layer, you’re doing way too thick! Use multiple layers when using more pigmented builders and you won’t have curing issues. Anyways I almost always try to use HEMA free on myself since it’s harder to avoid instances of getting gel onto the skin. I recommend using hema free if you’re doing your own nails, but as the cost is more expensive for better ingredients… I could see why a nail tech would charge more for hema free services or choose not to offer them. HEMA free tends to be 5X more expensive at least for salon quality. And as someone who doesn’t often get gel onto clients, risk of having a client get an allergic reaction is pretty low. It’s repeated exposure so it’s much more likely to develop allergies as a nail tech. Hope that makes sense! As far as consistency and curing time, I’ve NEVER had an issue even with non-salon brands. Add gel polish thinner to old gels and they’re easier to work with again. Using acetone or rubbing alcohol as a thinner can destroy the integrity of the gel; use a proper thinner. I’ve had a set of builder gel last on my nails for two months when I got lazy. This stuff will stay on FOREVER if applied correctly. If you get lifting, you’re not using base gel, not removing cuticles, getting gel on the skin, leaving it too thick where it should be thin, or you/client is picking at it too often… which is easier when it’s not applied nicely to begin with. I hate to see a wonderful product get abnormally low reviews when it’s most likely a user issue and not the product itself. I hope this review is helpful coming from a nail tech!

A piece of crap . I tried to get dried on the dryer mashin 1:2 and it did not dry. Is extremely bad and I want my Money back.

Last almost two weeks and good quality for the money

Muy bueno me gustó aunque un poco espeso pero me sirve para lo que necesito lo recomiendo

La verdad es súper fácil de usar y me deja súper bonitas mi manicura

Personally I didn’t care for the consistency of this product. Too thick.

Good

I thought the product sucked and returned it but it’s for the best anyway. This brand is notoriously shady and refuses to release their SDS sheets. Learned this both from my own interactions with customer service and what I’ve heard from others with the same experience. Ingredients lists mean nothing if they refuse to prove their claims.