Last month, the European Union banned a popular gel manicure ingredient, trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide (TPO), labeling it as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction. If you get gel ...

As someone who has been getting gel manicures every two weeks for the past 10 years, it's been an interesting month. In case ...

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

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I get my nails done every month and have tried everything from Gel-X to Russian manicures. I've never done my own gel manicure at home, though, so I was excited to try it. Le Mini Macaron's ...

Walking into a nail salon is no different, especially if I've been wearing gels that have, by the time I get around to removing them, been peeled and pulled and just generally left on way too long.

An overlooked element of whether gel manicures are bad for your nails are the effect they can have on your hands. According ...

When people at home wanted a pop of color on their nails, the solution used to be simple: They would pull out a bin filled with nail polish and get to work. They would meticulously paint each ...

Sitting at a table splayed with UV lights, and a rainbow of polishes and brushes, University of Iowa first-year student Charlie DeGroot had meticulously arranged her station. As I sat down for our ...

Whatever You Do, Don't Peel: "The biggest and worst mistake is peeling and scraping gel off incorrectly—this can be extremely harmful," said the pros at Enamel Diction. Think of it like this: the ...