This was really cool thank you so much Emily for trying this out for ~science~! As someone who more interested in gel polish, what type of gel system would you be most interested in if Holo Taco were to ever release it? Like just the same shades in gel form? Or a "transformer"-like product to mix in with existing shades of regular nail polish? Or an all-in-one base/gel colour/gel top coat/lamp kit? (this is all hypothetical I figured I'd ask a gel pro😜)

How fitting that you used Cristine the science queen's polishes... for science. Great video! Thanks for posting :3

What an Exciting day!!! The fact that Christine is HERE and contemplating making HOLO in gel form!!! **Literally passes out from excitement**

I have read articles that say they dont reccomend using a curable gel top coat over a regular polish because regular nail polish can take hours to completly cure 100% so theres a oppourtunity for mold/bacteria to grow because its essentially trapping a potentially still wet layer. So this kit it really neat and has a lot of potential!

The speed at which I clicked on to this video could give Sonic a run for his money. I hope this worksss

Oh yay! Halo taco! I also don't have the patience for normal polish to dry so I hope this works lol

I’ve been mixing gel top coat with nail polish for awhile now. It mostly works with all polishes. Thanks for sharing this little kit though it’s cute.

I have tons of indie polishes that I've spent tons of money on that I dont use anymore. It would be awesome if I could just mix them with gel top coat!

I’ve had success with different polishes and topcoats and it always seems to work well. BUT it does dilute the polish so you ALWAYS need extra coats for full opacity. Thanks for the content, I 💖 you, Emily!

I am genuinely shook!!!! I have been begging Cris to make a Gel line!!! Now I can finally support her and buy the entire Halo stock! Thank you Emily I'm so stoked.

I've been begging Christine to do gels for years. I'd heard before that this mixture will work too. But it's great to see it in action and well-tested! ❤️

Im interested in how well it lasts/if it truely behaves like gel polish over time as well 🙏🏼🙏🏼

You just blew my mind and opened up my world 🤯😂❤️ I have so many regular polishes I’ve acquired but cannot sit for them to dry so this just made my day!

I just sandwich Holo taco 🌮 between Gel top and base. And it works! Holo Taco is my GoTo collection! But yes the polish has to completely dry. But this is how I do my nail. I also switch out my brushes for her thick brushes. I might try mixing the top coat

I think the wrinkling happens because it actually takes polish about 24 hours to fully dry. It messes with the gel that some moisture/alcohol is still in the polish when using a gel topcoat. You can usually use a gel topcoat if you just add it the day after doing the polish, but that sort of defeats the purpose of avoiding smudges and all that.

This is going to be life changing for me!! I have hundreds of dollars of holo taco on my nail polish shelf that I can't use, because my nails are so weak and things peel, the only way I've been able to help my nails grow and be strong has been gel. I've been dealing with all the problems you've described with layering gel and regular nails and it's been heartbreaking. After giving up for a fourth time, I have hope again for my nails!!! Thank you!!!!

This literally blew my mind!! I have a huge collection of regular polish that I have had for years and don’t know what to do with it since I only use gel n acrylic now!! So now I can at least use some of it!! lol!! Now I gotta buy an enormous amount of top coat!!

If Cristine ever makes holo taco a gel polish, I will have all of them

I actually love this brand! There top coat base coat and primer are definitely one of the best on the market.. there the only gel products i actually buy in the drug store

That consistency of the nail polish that you mixed with the solution would be great for when you do the glass mirror nails like the ones you did a few videos back. They came out so cute. Maybe next time when you do another glass mirror nails you can use that kit. Cant wait to see what nail ideas you do for fall/Halloween this year. Hopefully your husband can be featured in a video soon. He gives out such a good vibe like you. Your guys’ Ora is so humble. I love it. Give the doggies a huge hug from me. Hugs and kisses from California. Take care and god bless

I've been doing this for awhile now. I started out with so many regular polishes, I had to figure out how to use them once I moved over to gel. Once you go gel, you never wanna go back.😅 I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this now. It's a shame to let perfectly good polish go to waste. 🥰

Ok, I'm definitely experimenting with polish and gel tonight! I'm really curious how far you can push the working time, if it can be stored for any amount of time, how it works using base coat instead or even other gel colors, so many questions!! It definitely affects the opacity, but I kinda like that it turned into a nice smooth jelly polish. The possibilities are endless!!

omg I have Circuit Breaker, it's literally so gorgeous at full opacity. I haven't used it since I transitioned to gel! I always thought about mixing but assumed it wouldn't work, but HERE WE ARE! thank you for being the gel polish science queen! lol

I legit haven’t bought any of her nail polishes for this exact reason, if it works you bet I’m gonna be saving my coin to buy some of her polishes. I was recently watching her live stream and literally put in chat this exact thing! Excited to see how this goes Also the only shades I have were from the unicorn/cloud collection from years ago

Yoooo I've been wanting to try gels, catch me turning all my polish into gels now👀 Thank you for the video Emily!!

Awesome Emily!! I'm impressed. Thank you for experimenting and sharing the results. 🥰❤

So cool to know I can mix the two! Opened up some options for me. And loveee holo taco!

If you mix polish with hard gel it usually works as long as it's not a lot of polish your adding. I've been loving your videos MORE than usual (which is a lot of love) ❤️ of late. Your creatively is flowing. 👍 Blessings to you, David and the doggos, from across the pond, Scotland. 🙏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ✌️

I love those tips!! The shape and length is so awesome! 😍

Those kits are amazing

Been in "a mood" and just watching your vids 24 hours pretty much. Relatable.

How cool!! I didn’t expect such great results

This came out so freaking good!!!! I love ❤️ it

I love sensational products, its amazing, their gel is so good for someone who just uses it at home!

Oh my gosh that's so exciting! Thank you for your experiment, I have so many cute regular nail polishes but now I can use them like gel ones, I will have to test them all to be sure but this was super helpful

Love this kit! I have used it several times to use up some polish now that I'm hooked on gel!

I’ve been doing this with topcoat for my pedicures because I have a favorite red sparkly regular polish one. It’s super awesome!!

I’ve been doing this for a while with regular gel top coat. It’s amazing!

I'm so glad you did this video!! I love Holo Taco and am so excited to try this out :)

I’m so excited to try this!

Omggggggggggggggggggg top coat n regular polish!! I'm trying it TODAY!!!💯 Luv ur videos ur amazing Emily

This is awesome!!! I’m going to try this for sure!

OMG thank you for trying the top coat and regular polish! I've been moving more toward gel polish but still have a lot of regular polish that I love, this will be such a game changer!

This is awesome! I have some experiments to try! Off to my nail table. Thank you Emily 😍

You came out with a beautiful set as usual girrrrllll and regular polish to gel with a topcoat is just like wow 😮 cause i see a lot of regular polish that’s just beautiful but i always mess it up I’m a gel polish lover gotta try thanks for showing the outcome even if it was just for science☺️

I've mixed top coat with nail polish before and it's worked really well for me!

Iove the color!!! .I'll have to try it

I‘m living for this dark blue jelly polish😍🤩

I HAVE BEEN CHECKING ALL DAY IF YOUVE POSTED YET 💕💕💕

Thank you so much for trying this out, I've had my curiosities but no time to try it for myself. Very interesting that there's a kit, I never knew, was just always curious to see if mixing polish with top coat would work. Glad it see it works! I used to paint my nails all the time, but since I've had my baby who is 2 now, I haven't had the time to do them with regular polish. I switched to gel, but kept my polishes because I have so many since that's what I used to use. Definitely glad to see it works! Thank you again for the video! 😇💕

I have always done a second layer of regular gel top coat when I get a few wrinkles and that helps.

This is so cool! Once I started using gel, I just can't go back to regular nail polish because of the drying time. I can't wait to experiment with other gel top coats. Super fun! ❤️

This vid was so cool!!! I'm going to try this with my essie tomorrow. I havent used them since switching to gel so I'm super excited to try this! Will post an update if it works!

This made me so excited to try with top coat! I have sooo many nail polishes that I haven't used since I started with gel.

Oh….my….Gawd. *THE NAIL POLISH WORLD JUST GOT ROCKED BY THIS DISCOVERY!!!!* 😱😍🥳

Holo Taco is my favorite nail polish brand 😻😻😻

That is my all time favorite primer!!

Hey Emily! I love your videos and Your are such a nice person and you inspire me. I enjoy watching your videos every time there posted!

You can turn any regular nail polish into gel polish just by mixing equal amounts of nail polish with any clear gel base (which is what I think is in your bottle of "gel to polish"). I've done it and it really works. The only problem is that, after a few minutes, the nail polish starts drying and you get small lumps in your mixture, so you can only do one coat and then you have to discard the rest. If you need a second coat, you'll have to make another mixture. So it makes you waste a lot of product (unless you are able to calculate exactly how many drops of product you need to do each coat). Still takes a lot of time (if you need 2 coats in each hand you will need to make 4 different mixtures and if you need 3 coats, that will be 6 mixtures). Or you can mix half a bottle of your favourite polish with half a bottle of a gel base then put it in an empty polish container (it cannot be transparent because the sunlight will cure it). It's a lot of work. Better just buy regular gel polish. But it is a nice experiment.

I use base coat/top coat with regular nail polish for for YEARS! Works so good with all polishes I’ve used over the years even with older polishes.

I've never mixed gel top coat into my traditional polishes, but I've totally topped off my manicure with gel. Never had an issue. Yes, I usually wait until the next day, regardless of the brand I'm using off traditional polish, but that's only because of time constraints. Also, I absolutely LOVE Holo Taco

I love the sensationail chrome kits

This is so interesting, love Holo taco lots. Love the cute set you did 💙💙💙💿💿💿✨✨✨

Wow I would have never thought of doing this! I love Holo Taco but only do it for pedicures cuz I can't wait for it to dry ~ I'm gonna try next time I do my nails!

Yay another video.hope you husband and doggies are good love from the UK xx

@Emily - The 1st set of gel I ever bought was this brand. I used EVERYTHING in the bottle. It is a great middle ground gel polish that makes it accessible to many people that may not have a Sally's near them. Love your videos and you. Thank you for being honest with your struggles as it helps me and others cope with ours.

Emily is getting more and more beautiful every day, you are really amazing💗

I have tons of polish and after transitioning to gel polish I started mixing my gel top coats and regular polishes a lot and I’ve never really had a problem, except that if it sits out too long it can get a bit sticky because the polish is drying but that’s to be expected.

This is so cool! I loved seche vite top coat before I discovered my love gel polish and how easy it is to avoid smudged nails

There's so many polishes that I've put to the side because they dry wayyy too slowly! Now I can probably use any polish and mix it with top coat! Thanks for the video :)!

Ohh I loved this! I love you and I love Cristine so this was a pleasant "collab" hahahh I only wear regular polish but once I bought a gel top coat (can't remember why lol) and decided to try it on my nails once after a few days of having painted it and it looked amazing! And yes definitely gel is shinnier than regular polish and also much more smoother.

Ok this is crazy!! I can’t believe it worked!!

Def keen to try this at home. Thanks for the heads up

So good to see ur beautiful face 😍 can't wait to see how this works for you..I have a box of stuff exactly like this and haven't used it!

Thank you so much for this idea. Generally, I'm allergic to gel polish, but I have been wearing OPI gel topcoat over normal polish as this one doesn't cause me any issues. I've mixed OPI gel topcoat with OPI normal polish and it worked! This is going to save me so much time as I usually do my nails at night to avoid any smudges. Now I can do them earlier, and get on with the rest of day :)

Love all your videos!

That's pretty cool. I may get this in the future when I feel like using gels cuz I have over 1000 polishes and would never want to abandon them

I have so many products from that brand and I love my lamp by them as well! It’s actually the only lamp I have ever used!

Love how u test every theory lol freaking love it!! Also girl what lashes are you wearing I’m in love!! I need them 💚💚💚

I really love ur nail videos a lot! btw ur my fav nail KZfaqr stay safe luv ya

Thanks so much. I bought 5 halo taco (not realizing it wasn't gel) will def try this!

How fun! 💅🏻🥼🧪🔬 I'm here for the nail experiments! Super cute set! ♥ Jenny

Ohhhhh this is EXCELLENT news! I have so many regular polishes in gorgeous colors (HT linear holos for one!), but my body chemistry basically requires gel if I want more than 3 days with my mani. You've changed my life!

I got a sensationail gel polish starter kit in 2012 and the lamp is the same and its still working great, so I totally agree on the quality.

Doing this with my nail polish and gels RIGHT NOW!!

This video couldn’t have come at a better time. I’ve just brought that brand of nail lamp and gel to use with my normal nail polish. I can definitely see small bumps in my nails. Very useful information. Thanks 😊

This is awesome!!

a lowkey collab of royalties! i never knew i needed this until i watched this and now my life is complete! as someone who has moved on from polish to a gel phase in nail art, imagining a holo line by simply but in gel form would be amazing!

I've used gel topcoat mixed w normal nail polish and i've tried it w all the polishes i have and it works every time! i would say the kit you tried is worth purchasing if you don't have a lamp, primer, etc. but otherwise buying gel topcoat is just as reliable!

You go science girl!!! Fun stuff💜 Thanks

I JUST unboxed my holo taco birthday present and painted my nails and then opened youtube and was so excited, my two favorite nail people together!

The first gelpolish kit I bough was from sensationail, same lamp and one white + one nude gel polish, I was really happy with the kit 😊

My mind is blown, must try this right now!

waiittt im so excited to see if this works!! also ofc i always have to ask what lashes you're wearing 😭 they're always so pretty tho

The top coat + polish trick has been around for ages. It's a quick hack to get your polish on and done and was more popular in the early days when gel wasn't in every shade imaginable but polish was.

I’ve been mixing my different colored gels into new colors for a while now. Never thought to try this!

I mix regular polish with polygel... works great!

Wow. There are so many beautiful, gorgeous, fantastic handmade indie polishes you could try this with- I like🙂

I do this with regular top coat. I like adding glitter and a bit of polish for a jelly glittery look. I have a ton of glitter so it's a good use of it for me.

I always mix gel top coat mixed with polish and works, also lasts as the regular gel would do