Which is Easier to Learn: Gel or Acrylic?

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2 жыл бұрын

If you're a beginner tech, you may be wondering which nail system is better to get your career started. Today Habib and Tracey talk about the differences between the two systems and why one might be easier than the other for some people.
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@jennifermoralespantoja2669 2 жыл бұрын

I kind of learned both at the same time. I practiced gel on myself first, then I went to school and learned acrylics and little bit of gel. My clients in general prefer gel, but I still do some acrylics.

@Dani_sister4peace 2 жыл бұрын

My dad was a chemical engineer and he always had new things even he had to go learn. I believe you never stop learning. It's what keeps you fresh and what makes your mind stay fresh.

@jmrgunners 2 жыл бұрын

I find gel to be easier to build because you can literally just blob it on there in a shape resembling a nail. But then you have to be really good at filing to turn that blob into something. I find acrylic to be easier to file because you can control the shaping on the front end. So the filing on acrylic isn’t as difficult. In my area (suburb of Atlanta) it’s all short nails and dip. I see very, very few people with any sort of extensions.

@FJolly86 3 ай бұрын

I taught myself how to do my own nails with dip. I absolutely despise it. Lol. I immediately went online and bought everything I needed to start going acrylic/hard gel. Love watching you guys talk about the biz!

@youngnailsinc 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@thearb2003 2 жыл бұрын

And with a company like Young Nails making products that make either easy... Simply the best. !

@jocelynisom2500 2 жыл бұрын

Started in 1999 with acrylic. Gel wasn't really around here in san diego until about 2015 and now lots of salons cater to gel as people are not wanting to smell the acrylic. I would suggest learning both but I still prefer acrylic cuz I'm an old dog 🐕 😅

@eleannetholguin8594 2 жыл бұрын

I started with acrylic, but now i fell i love with gel!

@FaerieDust 2 жыл бұрын

I've started playing with enhancements all at once recently, and as a complete beginner for acrylic, gel, and hybrid gel, I find acrylic the hardest. Not because it's inherently more difficult, but because it has a layer of pressure to it that other materials don't. When I mess up with gel or hybrid gel, I can keep fiddling with it or even just wipe it off. When I mess up with acrylic, it'll set before I can deal with it an suddenly I have an absolute mess on my nails. I'm sure it'll get much easier once my practice hand arrives and the consequences of messing up an acrylic nail are easier to deal with - it'll be easier to practice when I can just throw away a messed up practice nail rather than having to soak, scrape, and file the disaster off my own fingers 😅

@kathytarman2302 2 жыл бұрын

Great topic. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

@twinbrw24 2 жыл бұрын

I started out with dip powders. Then I started experimenting with acrylic unfortunately the smell of monomer was overwhelming due to me having asthma. Polygels & builder gels have been a game changer for me 🥰🥰

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

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@thenailauthority 2 жыл бұрын

I learned both! Why because I saw so many encapsulated nails that used hard gel over acrylic. Now the folks who sit in my chair just know I can encapsulate anything. I learned just so I could encapsulate glitter!!

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

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@KimSmith-hq5fq 2 жыл бұрын

I started with Gel and moved on to acrylic. I find Gel application more difficult as far as technique goes, but I still find gel easier than acrylic because started with it 🙃

@tinab7791 2 жыл бұрын

As you all know I'm just DIY but the market around here is definitely acrylic. I would use my own nails to sell gel to people. I always get so many compliments on them and I know people just assume they're acrylic. I would use that to sell my gel nails. I could not have done that in the beginning though.

@thenailauthority 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Tina!!!

@MagicalTrevyn 2 жыл бұрын

I’m a beginner but I’m also not doing “nail school” or anything. I just do nails for fun on myself and a couple friends, I never want to make it a business. I started with polygel because it seemed simple and has less tools. I then tried acrylic because my best friend always has acrylics. I use polygel more because I find it easier on myself but through your videos I find I’m getting better at acrylic so thank you!

@manda7610 2 жыл бұрын

So I learned acyrlic first and gel second. I am heavy-handed...both was equally challenging to learn, however I felt gel was easier of the two. I am now better at gel, as I practiced it more

@nikkisworld4664 2 жыл бұрын

Right now, I'm learning gel first, but I'm also trying to learn acrylic, but it seems to me that gel is easier because you can fix it more accessible than acrylic because fixing it is more challenging, but I still want to learn the sculpting part which I'm getting better as I continue to practice the art of it

@Ezster69 2 жыл бұрын

I learned gel polish, then acrylic. Now I'm learning and specializing in hybrid gel and builder gel. I noticed I am becoming severely allergic to acrylic, so I am forcing myself to master gel and hybrid gel because my days with acrylic is over.

@niacf5018 2 жыл бұрын

gel just gives a nice glassy look, i love it 😻

@DZenitram23 2 жыл бұрын

I find it easier acrylic because that's where I started but I take longer with acrylic and faster with gel but harder for me is gel for what ever reason I just can't tell if I have enough product and then I hear trace in the back ground saying that's a nice 2x4

@sissyatwell861 2 жыл бұрын

Haven't got to acrylic due to the fear of not being able to fix issues b4 it sets up but it's on my to do list because I like the hardness of acrylic

@outpostnails 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been a nail tech since ‘96, got out of it after 10 years due to a move from CA to AZ, just got back in last year and taught myself how to do gel TODAY (on myself first)! 😍

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

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@alyssarosengard6674 2 жыл бұрын

I taught myself over the pandemic. I tried both and I landed on gel. I think it adds a layer of difficulty that you have to use your non dominant hand. I feel the shaping, filing and balancing is easier.

@hanngo5423 2 жыл бұрын

I started with polygel, but I sculpting it on top of a full coverage extension. I'm planning on starting acrylic soon. The monomer is very strong. It gives me a head ache. Will probably have to open all my windows and wear a mask.

@bubbatimko3466 10 ай бұрын

I admire Tracy so much! I’ll never be one to turn down acrylic

@samanthanicholson9015 Жыл бұрын

I am starting with acrylic. I will be learning gel. I had an avulsion so I have to figure out a way to fix my first nail... I was thinking gel is good to learn as well. This is so8 I wanted to do for 30 or so years, what kind of credentials do I need? One thing that bugs me the most is the monomer smell, it is headache and sinus pain city... Love your videos and teachings!

@Dani_sister4peace 2 жыл бұрын

I'm self training for the moment. I'm beginning to wish I had an acrylic set. But for now I can't afford one. So I'm learning all I can about gel and watching acrylic videos to get the concept in my mind.

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

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@Baldhead_DivaNailz 2 жыл бұрын

I’m still learning. I started off with gel and now I’m learning to do acrylic. I would have to agree that what ever you learned first is the easiest

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

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@sparksnlaquer2818 2 жыл бұрын

I learned soft/hard gel first. Pretty much perfected it with forms. Self taught, so I struggled for a looooooong time. Then I just….got it. I do gel, polygel, and dip services. I’ve been learning acrylic for a solid year almost daily and STILL suck at it. I just find it difficult. I find it difficult to file/shape, etc. I’m super light handed, and those small strokes, and am great at that flowy technique. I just do better with concerning gel. And am more time efficient. I lay damn near 20 beads with acrylic lol. My clients like all kinds of nails. Acrylic, gel, poly, long, short, coffin, almond, etc. So I usually am okay letting them know I’m mostly specialized In gel, but my die hard acrylic clients don’t mind getting dip. I caaaaaan do acrylic just takes me the longest to do. Like 2 hours or so. And that’s JUST laying the product and shaping. Absolutely not time efficient considering my gel sets are just at an hour or an hour and a half.

@CherryBlossomNailArt 2 жыл бұрын

I started with dip powder since it was easier to do but wanted to learn gel and i did learn gel, now i only do gel and polygel and not dip because of the fumes it has from the glue.

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

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@JOYaL3ooo 2 жыл бұрын

Both are hard but if you love your work u will learn both no matter how hard is.💯💚💜🤗

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

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@shellsnailss7193 2 жыл бұрын

I love the gel in the tube but I find I have more air bubbles with the tube, and they are farting bubbles from the tube lol, but they are still my favorites

@yessicagoodwin9133 2 жыл бұрын

I like gel and dip !! Acrylic it’s to hard for me .

@mandylynnswarts 2 жыл бұрын

I started with polygel, went to gel, then uv monomer and acrylic. I haven't gotten to regular monomer yet. But I'm growing and trying to learn everything. I need proper ventilation for regular monomer. But I love the different types of nail products and the science behind the entire nail service industry. I love creative art but I'm definitely scared to do the tick tock thing

@validwithoutphoto1389 2 жыл бұрын

Uv monomer? I’ve never seen nor heard about this but it sound super interesting. Can you tell me more ?

@tamarasnailology8245 2 жыл бұрын

Same for me. I have a home studio and I can't use monomer so I pretty much learned everything possible about all of the types of gel. Now my clients wouldn't go back to acrylic, despite having to be in UV light. I also love the self leveling properties and half the time I don't need to do any finish filing at all. So, it winds up being faster in the long run.

@rankins93704 2 жыл бұрын

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤this question. U answered for me ty

@theshabbyrose 2 жыл бұрын

I wanted to try acrylics, so Ingot the powders and monomer, a huge mistake! I couldn't breathe because of the odor of the liquid Monomer. Hats off to those amazing people who can work with monomer, because that stuff is probably what Maleficent put on that spinning wheel to off Aurora.

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

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@nailzbyshae9289 2 жыл бұрын

Acrylic for me but I want to learn gel as well

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

We have great videos on hard gel application available here and our pro gel kit is on sale right now!

@evelynramirez3260 2 жыл бұрын

I learned gel ploish and I learned dip but I have not learned acrylic

@nakeasimone13 2 жыл бұрын

Duelforms using hard gel is easier for a newbie😝 Just brush gel on the duelform place on the nail (not too close to the cuticle of course) cure pop off and add more hard gel like nail polish to reinforce strength starting close to the cuticle and cure again then boom extension created🤷🏽‍♀️

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

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@jaquelin1887 2 жыл бұрын

Gel!

@sarahfuller3356 2 жыл бұрын

I learned both in school and gel was easier for me. Acrylic is my nemesis, but I need to practice I more, that's what everybody wants in my area. Gel isn't that well known in my area.

@annabflores1984 2 жыл бұрын

Gel💯

@TeeSOVAIN 2 жыл бұрын

I haven’t played with the gel from my mystery box yet, but acrylic is definitely a struggle. I think I might as well try it to say that I tried both. Lol

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

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@robinwood6036 2 жыл бұрын

One problem I've had researching the market is the clients most times don't know what they have on their nails. Example: I asked a couple of 20 yr olds if they had gel or acrylic...they both said gel. Fact is they had gel polish over acrylic.

@izzychavez8381 2 жыл бұрын

I stated with acrylic. I want to try gel but even after watching videos I'm not to confident to try it... but I'm no nail tech

@kelleywood4498 2 жыл бұрын

I have told so many people that if they can master gel, they can master acrylic easily. Maybe I’m FOS? But you have all that play time with the gel to get your application right. With acrylic, you have a few seconds and then it’s concrete!

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

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@OmarionGarcia 2 жыл бұрын

Acrylic for me

@charlenewalker4852 2 жыл бұрын

I have done gel for 20 years but found I was missing business that called into the salon. So I started doing acrylic 4 months ago. I really resisted it because when I was in school 20 years ago, acrylic was HARD and we didn’t have the drill. YN’s acrylic is the BEST!!! Plus the training YN provides is amazing. Thank you for making this step soooo much easier. My clientele has doubled and I am blessed!

@stephaniemichael5176 2 жыл бұрын

I have been practicing with acrylic as a self DIYer and did what you have suggested to do. What I'm seeing is solar nails. Now is the question; What is the difference between solar and acrylic and gel? Thank you for your info

@tns6 2 жыл бұрын

Solar nails is branding. Not a particular type of acrylic

@stephaniemichael5176 2 жыл бұрын

The salon’s here are doing solar nails and acrylic nails and I haven’t found any that do gel. So I was just wondering if they were using solar as gel. Thank you 🙏

@Msrussianbeauty20 2 жыл бұрын

Gel hands down

@aliciaguerrero7591 Жыл бұрын

Aside from a technicians point of what’s easier to do. When a client asks what is better? I’m struggling with the answer. Which is “better “ or stronger gel or acyrlic?

@youngnailsinc Жыл бұрын

They are both strong. If the nails are thin or damaged I typically do acrylic.. if they have healthy nails and or work in chemicals or water all day.. gel typically does better on them.

@bernadettegrant6326 2 жыл бұрын

I thought u meant which of the 2 is the easiest to apply , to learn , to do ....

@CherryBlossomNailArt 2 жыл бұрын

Please make a video on Acrygel :)

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

Here is a video we have done in the past. If you are referring to some type of poly gel, we can't speak on it as we so not use it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pbCJp8mT3Z2Vc40.html

@CherryBlossomNailArt 2 жыл бұрын

@@youngnailsinc Yes actually I am talking about polygel. No worries I understand. Just wanted your thoughts on polygel.

@salc7915 2 жыл бұрын

Please post more tutorials/nail design videos!! This channel is mostly podcasts and recycled content now....

@mtp715 2 жыл бұрын

Stop being so demanding

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the feedback.

@poltotinco4eva 2 жыл бұрын

you CAN teach an old dog new tricks as long as the dog WANTS to learn new tricks :-)

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

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@StephanieElayne 2 жыл бұрын

I think gel is absolutely easier

@Smooveandpretty 2 жыл бұрын

Both are annoying. The monomer small is too much for me but clients that aren’t used to gel make it so complicated.

@skinsperation166 2 жыл бұрын

do you’s think that anybody is ever to old to start learning how to do acrylic or gel nails?

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

Never!😊❤️ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h7qfdpR4tL3SiJs.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbVpq66ls76wcas.html

@katdelossantos2354 2 жыл бұрын

I started out doing acrylic just because that’s what my town knew it was popular here. But I transition most of my clients into hard gel after establishing my clientele..

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

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@Nennatho93 2 жыл бұрын

What if you don't do acrylic because you're allergic to it

@youngnailsinc 2 жыл бұрын

Our Synergy Gel system is a true hard gel, not a polygel, so it does not have acrylic in it. However, if you have allergies, you should consult with a doctor or allergist to figure out what you are having a reaction to. A lot of nail products have similar chemistry, so there may be something in both acrylic and gel that could cause a reaction.

@Dani_sister4peace 2 жыл бұрын

Basically don't get so stuck into your ways that you can't be flexible.