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Poly gel, often written polygel, is the strongest of the three. Sculpted onto your nail rather than stuck on, so it holds real length without snapping. From $80.
280 Alhambra Cir, Suite 23, Coral Gables · Around 2h · Refills from $50
Poly gel sits between acrylic and gel: it has the strength of one and the working time and smell of the other. It comes as a putty, I sculpt it into shape on your nail, and only then cure it. Nothing sets until I say so — which is exactly why the shape comes out right.
If you want long — coffin, stiletto, a dramatic almond — this is the one that survives a handbag zip and a car door.
There's no pre-made tip deciding the shape for you. I build the apex and the curve by hand, which is why two sets never come out identical.
Same strength, less weight, and no fumes filling the room. If acrylic put you off, this usually doesn't.
Including when poly gel is more than you need.
A starting point. Length and design move it, and you hear the real number before I start.
Around two hours for a first set. It's sculpted, not stuck.
A solid colour is already included.
This is the part nobody explains. What ends a set isn't the product giving up — poly gel is the strongest thing I use. It's the millimetre of your own nail that appears at the cuticle. Once that gap opens, the apex sits too far forward and the whole balance of the nail changes. That's when long sets lift and snap.
Two hours of work, cured before you stand up. At this point the apex is exactly where it should be.
I file back the regrowth and rebuild the apex where it belongs. Same set, same length, carries on. That's a refill, from $50.
With the balance that far forward, nails lift and break. Then it's a removal and two hours of sculpting again, from $80.
One set at $80, then sixteen refills at $50. A whole year of long nails that never let you down.
A brand new sculpted set every three weeks. Same year, same nails, $480 more — and a lot more hours in the chair.
With poly gel the refill matters even more, because the longer the nail, the more the balance punishes you for waiting. The easiest fix is to book the refill before you leave the chair — I'll offer, and it takes ten seconds. Otherwise Booksy shows my live availability.
“The best Nail technician you'll ever met, not only she does an excellent job but very efficient too. Dagmara is sweet, professional and takes good care of you.”
“Always professional, detail oriented, and her work is consistently flawless.”
“Best nail tech in Coral Gables! She always puts the health of your nails first.”
No. They're similar in strength, but poly gel is lighter, has no strong smell, and doesn't set until it goes under the lamp — so I can take my time getting the shape right instead of racing the product.
The product itself outlasts your own nail growth. You'll come back for a refill from $50 every two to three weeks, when regrowth shows at the cuticle. Left too long, the balance shifts forward and that's when sets lift or break.
Not by itself. What hurts nails is aggressive removal and people pulling sets off at home. Poly gel needs filing down to remove, so please let me do it rather than doing it yourself.
Around two hours for a first set, because sculpting ten nails by hand takes what it takes. Refills are shorter. Whichever it is, you'll know the time before we start and I'll hold exactly that — I don't run late into anyone's afternoon.
Yes. At every refill we can bring the length down. A lot of clients start long, then settle at a medium they can actually type with.
Lighter, more natural, soaks off clean. From $70.
On your own nail, no extensions. Around an hour. From $40.
French, chrome and hand-painted design, on top of any set. From $10.
Booksy shows my live availability. The phone gets you me — no receptionist in between.