OPI Axxium Soak Off Gel Lacquer with Tip Overlay

Hey Guys,

Hope you have all had a great week?! Mine has been crazy busy - which I like, but looking forward to a chilled weekend :)

This blog update is using OPI's Axxium Soak Off Gel Lacquers and Soak Off Overlay Gel.  I have also used white tips.  I thought I should give them a full test run and as I have a wedding to go to on Sunday I thought I would do them in advance to see how the wear as I will not have time to soak them off before! I have used tips as Axxium SOG is not strong enough to sculpt, I broke my thumb nail, and it also made it easier for the French finish, as I was in a bit of a rush and didn't want to have to deal with smile lines!!

I am also using the new Silver Glitter that was brought out a few months back.  It also comes in gold, and does have some lovely holographic pieces. I have not done it justice with applying it to the tip alone, it really is very lovely!!

The only trouble I had was building an arch with the overlay gel, this could partly be because I was doing them on myself and can never get my brush angles right!  The nail shape is not as good as if I were doing on a client, but I hope this gives you a good idea of how the system works - this follows on from my encasing post a few months back!

I will keep you posted with how they wear!

Have you tried Axxium SOG yet?!

Claire xxx

For these nails I used: Base, Overlay Gel, White Well-less tips, Princesses Rule, Silver Glitter and Top Sealer.

I prepped and dehydrated my nails

I sized and prepped tips

 Applied tip with adhesive

 Cut and shaped tips

 Applied base gel

 I love my performance tips - so thin!!!

 Applied overlay gel

 Refined shape and sanitised ready for the colour

 Applied first coat of Princesses Rule - a cute shimmery pink

 Applied Silver Glitter to the white free edge

 I applied another layer of Princesses Rule because I like it and then sealed the nails with top sealer

 All finished!