Gel Polish One Step Naked, 10 ml

Gel Polish One Step Naked, 10 ml by ReformA is a beige coffee nude with a warm undertone and no shimmer. One step means base, colour and top are gathered in a single bottle: on a healthy plate Naked goes on with no separate base and no top coat.

Naked goes on in two thin coats, each cured separately. It is the deepest of the three shimmer-free nudes in the CLEAN GIRL collection: Satin sits beside it in pink-beige, and Lips is lighter and dustier than both. A 10 ml bottle with a brush.

Specification

• Product type: one step 3-in-1 gel polish
• Colour: a beige coffee nude, warm undertone
• Effect: no shimmer, an even solid colour
• Volume: 10 ml, bottle with a brush
• Formula: TPO-free, HEMA-free and DI-HEMA-free
• SKU: 947149
• Manufacturer: ReformA

Use it for

• An everyday nude manicure on healthy nails, with no material levelling the plate.
• Express work: the scheme has no separate base and no separate top coat.
• A quiet manicure that reads as a groomed nail rather than as colour.
• Pedicure: a thin coat adds no thickness under closed shoes.
• More shades from this family in the nude gel polish section, the full 10 ml colour line here.

How to apply

1. Do the manicure with a cuticle remover: place a drop on the cuticle, push it back and take off the pterygium down to a clean, dry plate.
2. Go over the surface of the nail with a 180 grit file and remove the dust. A single-phase formula holds by mechanical adhesion, so this step is not skipped.
3. Degrease the plate with Duo Prep and stop touching the nail with your fingers from this point on.
4. Apply the first thin coat of Naked straight onto the plate, with no base. Keep the hand in the air and do not touch the underside of the free edge with the brush. Cure.
5. Apply the second coat to the final result and cure.
6. No top coat is needed: the finishing components are already in the Naked formula.
7. Apply cuticle oil no earlier than 30 seconds after the last coat is cured.

On healthy nails Naked works with no base and no top coat, that is what one step technology is. If the plate is thin or bendy and the hands tend to sweat, apply an acid-free primer before the colour, and a base coat as well if you need it: on that kind of plate the mechanical adhesion of a single-phase formula may not be enough.

Curing time: 60...120 sec in an LED lamp. The time depends on the power of the lamp and on the diodes themselves, and has to be checked separately for each product.

Frequently asked questions

What is one step gel polish?
It is a single-phase material: the jobs of base, colour and top coat are gathered in one product. Naked goes onto a prepared plate and the manicure ends there, with no separate base and no separate top in the scheme. A three-phase system gives more control over the architecture of the nail; a single-phase one cuts the product list and the number of steps.

Who is one step gel polish designed for?
For people with a healthy plate who do not need material to level or reinforce it: in that scenario Naked closes the manicure with one product. Two other real cases are pedicure, where the thinnest possible coating matters, and volume work, where every extra step costs time.

Do I cure each coat of one step gel polish separately?
Yes. Both coats of Naked go into the lamp one after the other, for the full time, with the hand flat and the fingers deep in the lamp. Applying two coats back to back and curing once is not an option: the lower coat stays raw under a hard surface and the coating starts to lift.

Is one step gel polish the right choice for a gel pedicure?
It is one of the better ones. Toenails carry far less load than fingernails, and the thin single-phase coating adds no bulk under closed shoes, which is where a thick pedicure coating usually gets damaged. The procedure is the same as on the hands.

The colour on screen may differ from the real shade of the product: monitor calibration and the display modes you have switched on both affect it. If you have any doubt about the shade, get in touch and we will show you the colour in person.