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For the safest results, Rich advises getting your gel manicure at a reputable, licensed salon. “In the home, it’s not as ...

Gel manicures changed the game for long-lasting, super-shiny nails, but since their rise in popularity in the mid-2000s, they've also endured their fair share of controversy, partly due to the UV ...

Before Karolina Jasko won the Miss Illinois contest in 2018, getting gel manicures had been part of her beauty routine all through high school. Not anymore. Jasko, a former Miss Illinois who competed ...

If you've ever opted for gel polish at the salon, you're probably used to drying your nails beneath a UV lamp. And perhaps you've found yourself waiting and wondering: How safe are these? Researchers ...

Shiny, durable, chip-resistant and ideal for masking nail imperfections, gel manicures have become a regular part of many people’s beauty routines. But gel nail polish needs ultraviolet light to ...

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Gel manicures have become popular in the last 15 years, but how problematic is the ultraviolet light from the nail dryers used in the cosmetic treatments? Scientists caution that gel manicures, which ...

Regular nail polish will always be a mainstay for me, but I also don’t see myself breaking up with gel manicures anytime soon. Once cured, the versatility and durability of gel polishes are second to ...

TPO stands for trimenthylbenzoyl diphenylphoshine oxide — a long name for a chemical agent that allows the nail polish to ...