I love a glossy natural nail! That way even though your nails are bare (meaning no color), it's still looks "put together".

I put the builder gel in a bowl of super hot water! Super easy to work with!

Your tutorials are seriously the best!!! So simplified & easy to understand 👏🏽👏🏽💖

This video was so helpful. I wanted to use builder gel but didn't know how to use it properly. You answered all my questions.

I prefer natural nails to be glossy. I love how they look when the light hits them. For color it depends on my mood. I tend to like matte more on other people.

I recently discovered builder gel and I love it! I'm sti a newbie with it also so still experimenting with different ways to apply & working on keeping it thin but I have found that I absolutely LOVE Triple D builder gel. Its so amazing & really super easy to work with.

They look so natural the way you did it 😍💅

Thanks for this! I appreciated the comparison with IBD-I use Dipalicious, but with my tiny, flat nail beds, I fight with the brush. Now I know I can try the IBD in a pot and it’ll be the same basic process. And thanks for chatting a bit about peel base. Great video, as always!

I love flossy nails. It seems that no matter what I have on them they look better with a shine.

Ooooooo thank you for this video! I’ve been waiting for these. I love all of the tips you provide help me so much. I am definitely a filler and am excited for gel fill!

Watch once for enjoyment watch a second time for note taking. Always love a Marla video!!

I think you'd find the IBD pot gel easier to use if you used a gel brush, (the bristles are shorter and has a better shape) the brush you're using is more of an acrylic brush which is softer and pointed.

Love a glossy hard gel. ibd Hard Gel is what I started with and am curious about the ones in the bottle. But it may be a thousand years by the time I use up my ibd. Thanks for a great vid. I learn something new each time.

I always do my builder gel, a gel base coat and then Unt peel base - I love it!!!! I use Orly Builder in a Bottle - no base coat required

Omg I have been binge watching your videos ever since our fast convo.

I like the natural nail to look natural. With color I've always liked glossy but...since I've been dipping I have become quite attracted to the matte finish as a stand out nail mostly. I have done full matte a couple of times when I felt like it fit the color and/or season better. I guess I just like it all lol!

I always look forward to your videos ❤️ always glossy!

Great video! So much more informative than my "just do it like gel polish" answer. 🤣 I prefer the builder in the jar, but only because I love my brush. My nails are ALWAYS shiny. Even when bare.

This video is awesome! I’ve been looking for step by step builder gel to peel to dip for days. Thanks Marla!

I was curious to know if I could fill my dip powder acrylic and gel short nails with my new builder gel in a bottle cuz I love the shape and durability of my nails but I didn’t want to fill them with dip again so I am glad you did this video now I can fill my nails with the gel and know it will work!! Thanks again!!!🤣

Thanx Marla! Have an awesome week!

Thank you Marla. I have binge watched your video's over the last 2 months. You have taught me so much and my dip nails are finally starting to look decent!

I loved this video. So helpful and informative. Still trying to find the happy medium with peel base, (think I’m getting there) and this method is so much better than soaking off every week.

My nail finish depends on my mood, whether it's natural nails or all done up nails. It's always spur of the moment with my finishes, too.

I love both matte and glossy depending on the look. Ugghhhh I really really need to try builder gel. I even bought IBD, just haven't tried it yet. I'm afraid of things I can't soak off! Lol commitment phobe!

Ur nails look AWESOME Marla! 😍

Hi Marla! thank you for this video! I am an armature but I am understanding the Builder gel process and I cannot wait to try it soon on me. I want a better understanding after all the steps of sculpting with the builder gel the second time you added the MIA (xtra bond) at what part do you add the Peel base coat and how do you follow on to your dip powder nails?? Peel base is used to peel off any color/ gel dip powder correct? Could you do a video doing gel base ALL the steps and get to dip powder too? maybe not the entire hand but a finger or two would be very helpful for noobies like me who tend to take a lot of notes lol. Thank you for the help and for sharing your experiences.

I LOVE glossy nails! But I've been recently seeing some really nice manicures with matte finish!!

Happy New Year!! This is excellent. Love the fan. I need one. I just purchased the Dipalicious Builder Polish and Gel Polish. Excited to try it.

I love everything glossy, shiny, glowy, sparkly, etc. I’m one of THOSE 😂

I've been filing down to clear because I hate soaking off. I have been doing a dip fill but it does take a while to file everything out etc. I'm totally trying the builder gel fill...And I just bought a ton more stuff. #MarlaMadeMeDoIt. I think i prefer the natural looking nails but i am mesmerized by the glossy and love looking at that. Of course i never wear my nails without color unless I didn't have time to finish my mani. :)

I so rarely have plain, natural nails, that I’ve never thought about how I like them. If my nails aren’t manicured with polish/gel/other product, I’m afraid I’ll chew them off. Thanks for this video. I’m about to do a backfill with polygel. 😬

Loves this thanks for all ur tips love bug. Love glossy nails all the way I will say tho the matte nails are certainly a new like for me😁💖💅💅

Glossy all the way ❤

Helpful or not. Your always entertaining. I havnt tried this but i always like to watch to keep up with whats out there. After dipping and my brush getting hard with top coat. Im always wondering can you clear cap with gel with polygel? Always wondering if anyone has tried these things and how they are using em. Lol! Im always late to the game lol sometimes reg polish is the easy road for me. I will keep an eye out for a good sale tho. Thats why im part of the mani fam always keeping me posted!

If I’m doing a dip mani I usually don’t topcoat for a few days and that’s if I remember to do it. I don’t really have a preference it’s more of a do I wanna be lazy or not thing

every time i put a clear dip powder on i ALWAYS buff after topcoat! same as you, i hate a glossy natural nail look! when i do designs or color, though, i prefer glossy to matte.

I preferred shiny until I saw your buffed. Now I like them both tx

Thank you Much 💜

I also love glossy nails

Prefer Matte finish✨😊 Love your Channel Marla!💗 Newbie here.

I agree with ya Marla, natural nails should be matte

I'm kind of like you in that the nail finish changes with the wind. But on a natural nail, I don't mind a glossy finish.

GLOSSY! Always!🤣🤣❤️

What order do you put your peel base on Marla? I bought some of the UNT peel base off Amazon and was just curious to see what order you do. Thanks and love yours videos!

I just apply a very thin layer of the builder base an I only cure it for 15 seconds… like as thin a layer as possible. Then I go over it with a bead. Haven’t had any problems. I do it with my fills an never have lifting or breaking. However I started using the builder base over acrylics. When I broke a nail an had to redo it I used the builder gel an it seemed to break after 2 weeks an was weaker. So now my routine is if I am doing a new nail that did happen to break… that’s always because I did something dumb or went way to long between fills… then I do a very thin layer of acrylic with my tip file it smooth an then apply the builder base. That seems to really really help. I don’t know why but I chalk it up to a strong base or something I don’t relay know. But at this point most of my fingers are all builder gel an any acrylic has grown out. Maybe it’s not linked but that’s what I’ve been doing an its working.

Wait..so can I do dip powder base done with dip liquids and fill with builder gel?? That would make my day. I have a few nails with dip powder and a few with BG. I was trying both methods out at the same time to compare. I’m driving myself crazy trying to remember which is which. Filling them all with gel would fix that. Lol

So pretty! I'm still undecided on the gel dip method. I'm still all dip for now.

Do you cure each finger, one at a time, or do you do All of them at the same time, after your done w/builder gel or builder gel in bottle?

I always top coat my BG and leave it shiny because I've learned if I leave it matte and don't dip right away, my nails will turn a purple tinge from my hair! haha

Your shape is perfection!! My nail preference depends on my mood too! Lol

loved seen the ibd my artistic brand is runner.

I swear you knew I needed this video 😂

to get a better brush application, don't put it in the alcohol between fingers. put a wet layer down, start 3/4 way on your nail, push the gel to your cuticle so no flooding. keeping gel on your brush after your mani will keep it conditioned if there is a cap for it. otherwise cleaning it with alcohol is needed to store your brush upright brush end down with the cap on. just what I have learned.

Could you skip the roughing up of the builder gel and just apply the top coat before peel off? I guess I’m asking why rough it up only to smooth it out? Is it necessary? Thx

I have a constant issue where I get lifting at my cuticle area as my mani grows out with peel base. I buff I cut my cuticles with a cuticle nipper I clean cuticle area after every dip and still it will lift at 10 days. But if I don’t use peel base and use a primer, when I go to take my mani off it doesn’t want to come off easy and I practically ripped off half my length of my real nails. It’s super frustrating!! I wish for my dip mani to stay on for 3 or more weeks and right now it’s just 10-12 days they start lifting off

I totally agree that natural nails should be matte/naturally shiny. Have you ever thought of using a matte top coat do you don't have to buff?

Have you tried Madam Glams builder gel? I can’t wait to see the Yayoge’s review!

Marla. Can you dip the bottle applicator brush into the ibd pot and apply the ibd this way?

I know you are more of a dip gal. But I tried builder gel it was great at my cuticles no lifting there but I had lifting aty free edge. Why do you think that is.

What do you recommend to help grow natural nails and for either dip or gel to last longer without lifting?

Glossy

Love this!! You did a fabulous job 😊 Thank you for sharing!

Brush definitely makes a difference. It looks like you're using a 3d art brush. Builder gel brushes usually have a straigher end. Just a thought.

I love gloss but matte looks cool for some looks

Isn’t hard builder gel in tub a file off and soft builder gel in a bottle is soak off?

I used a ceramic bit and to remove dip and it took some of the top layer of ny natural nail off to where it feels soft could builder gel be put over that till it heals or what should I do ?

Is the pink ibd builder gel in a bottle the same color as the pink lace by mani boss ?

So then you'd just do full dip straight over the builder gel?

I'm wanting to start builder gel and gel liquids with dipping. What liquids and lamp do you recommend.

I love your bubbly personality. Can you put it in a bottle and send it to me 😃. Thank you for your video. I'm a new to doing my builder gel. Still practicing. Love your video. Any advice on ppl with shakey hands please? I suffer from a nervous condition. Any advice will be helpful.

I am trying to absorbe as much information as I can. I am wanting to try builder gel, but still a little unsure as to when/how to use it! On natural nail? Or over a strengthener/growth polish. So much to learn and do!!

I use a matte gel top coat before I use peel base instead of a Glossy top coat and buff. But I'm lazy.

Okay honestly how do I stop it from lifting at the sides. It drives me nuts

Is Gelish Structure gel the same as builder gel?

Hi marla still trying to wrap my head around this builder gel product heres my question...after the builder gel has cured can you go right into gel base and gel top coat or can you just top coat the nail since builder gel already has a tacky layer on it. the builder gel i am trying out is by AIMEILI and its a 2 in 1 product base and gel built into one so it has a sticky layer on it after its cured so im thinking just apply a gel base coat right on top of that sticky layer and by pass a gel base.what are your thoughts? and have you ever used AIMEILI

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Can you do more with builder gel

hi marla do i need a no wipe gel base coat BEFORE i apply the builder gel? and... when doing a dip powder WITH NO PEEL BASE would i buff up the builder gel before applying the no dip resin base?

This seems like a lot of steps. Is it worth it? How long would this last on your nail and does it help with protecting your nail from bumps and breaks?

I tried to use builder gel. It worked pretty well for my first time. However when I tried to remove it was so hard. Any tips on how to remove without damaging my real nail?

If you dont like them glossy before applying ünt could you use a matte top coat and still have the same results without that last buff before applying ünt?

I prefer glossy nails.

Marla. Can you clean off the bottle applicator and dip it into the pot to apply the Ibd?

I like glossy more than matte! So what’s the difference between builder gel and poly gel?

I like glossy. Just hung up on glossy

So I just used Aimeila builder gel in a bottle for my 1st time. Now when I started to cure, my finger nail got real hot, like burning feeling. I ended up flash curing for 10s and then cured for 30s and it was fine. Should it have felt like that for my first time? Also the Aimeila is a base/builder gel but should I have maybe put a gel base down anyway 1st or could it have been that I just filed too much since I had on clear dip abd took that off so I can start all over with builder gel. Just not sure why my nail felt so hot at first!

Good video. Does this damage your natural nails???

I haven't tried matte nails, so I guess I like glossy. I think I'd feel as if glossy nails are undone. But I agree natural nails should not be glossy.

Hi Marla, I have a question...which offers more strength dip powder or builder gel? I like putting builder gel over clear dip powder, especially since they in so many colors now.

Mostly glossy

My nails snap off if i don't polish them so I try to keep.them polished. I prefer shiny because it last longer and I noticed Matt picks up lots of dust and stuff I can't easily wipe off. Did you say you have nail tips and you were just putting gel builder on to fill them? I have natural nails and used to gel all the time but stopped when I started having seizures again. I just started doing pour over manicures. I dont want to use peel off because I don't want to paint too often. Will just gel builder still help natural nail grow and can you recommend no peel options? Have a great day!

How can you remove dip powder without removing the builder gel?

Guess I'm buying some builder gel :)

Where can I get that cuticle oil from ?

Still listening to yas. I prefer glossy natural nails even tho it dorsnt technically make them natural anymore. Lol.

Which dips are POWERPUFF GIRLS and IM SO EXTRA...please.. I love the picture of the Mani in the header of your videos😍🤩😍

Gloopy just about covers it 🤣

I think a matte nail looks more natural.

The only reason I like glossy better is because matte shows any imperfection🤦‍♀️ it scares me lmao