How To Do Soap Nails!
As much as I love a maximalist manicure, sometimes I crave a simple, sheer perfectly manicured look and I love it even more! There are many names to this type of manicure, but I like to call them soap nails, because they look like shiny little soap bubbles on your nails. It’s really just a new trendy name for sheer, super shiny, neutral nails, and they are sooo gorgeous.
What Makes Soap Nails Look SO Good?
This look is really made by perfecting two things: nail prep & builder gel application. The nail prep needs to be thorough and flawless so that the builder gel can be applied with no obstacles, and it also needs to be balanced and not bulky to keep the nails looking natural. This is truly one of my favorite looks because although it’s simple, it’s a beautiful display of nail care and precision with products and tools!
Become Certified In This Type Of Manicure:
I’m teaching two certification classes throughout this year: my NEW Nail Thoughts + Erica’a ATA E-Filing Certification, Kokoist Double Certification and Nail Thoughts Certification! These are ONLINE classes! There are many other amazing Kokoist educators who only teach in person classes, so this is a unique opportunity to take these classes no matter where you live, in the comfort of your own home or studio or office or wherever, on your own time!
Quick facts on each class:
Kokoist Online Double Certification Class:
You can get two certifications in one class: Kokoist Premier Level & Kokoist Excel Level!! Which means you will be a certified expert in all Kokoist products & the processes to use everything! Two lessons that I’m particularly excited about are doing overlays with Mega Stick Base and performing free form extensions that can either add length/strength or fix broken nails!!
Nail Thoughts + Erica’s ATA Online Certification Class:
Become a certified expert with two in demand brands in one class. Learn the advantages of using an e-file, gain confidence in performing rebalances, nail prep and cuticle work with high quality bits. Plus you will learn how to properly perform overlay manicures using builder gel while understanding how to combat lifting and choose products to fit the needs of your client’s nails. You can also take this class without the e-file portion in my Nail Thoughts Online Certification Class.
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Want to learn more? Read this blog post which features more information on each class plus frequently asked questions!
How To Get The Perfect Soap Nails:
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Pick a sheer, neutral color. My favorite product to use for this is a tinted builder gel base (like Nail Thoughts!) because you don’t need to do a bunch of different layers, you can just apply the gel with an overlay and do a top coat and be done! These also have a really unique, jelly-like, sheer, but also not too sheer finish.
Here some of my favorite polishes that I think would work perfectly for this look:
Nail Thoughts Rose Water Base (what I used above!)
Nail Thoughts Honey Tea Base (essentially what Rose Water is, but syrupy brown/tan)
Nail Thoughts Plumeria Syrup Base (a sheer milky white)
Nail Thoughts Dahlia Syrup Base (a sheer peachy syrup)
Nail Thoughts Hydrangea Syrup Base (not too pink, not too brown. A perfect syrupy neutral)
Nail Thoughts Taro Milk Tea Base (a milky lavender sheer. a fun fresh take on this look!!)
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Prep your nails really thoroughly & remove cuticle and hangnails. A really thorough manicure will help this look extra “clean”! And it also helps for the next step! If you want to master this process, my Nail Thoughts & Erica’s ATA certification is your answer!
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Tuck in your polish!!! This is a painting technique where you use a liner brush to get the polish super super close to your skin (without touching) so that your manicure looks newer/fresher for longer! Basically you’re ensuring there isn’t a “grown out” look after just a few days. And this is where #2 helps A LOT because if there isn’t any cuticle and/or hangnails, it’s so much easier to get your polish close to your skin and keep everything clean!
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Use a SHINY top coat! You already know my favorite is the Kokoist Ultra Glossy Non Wipe Top Coat! It just keeps your nails sooo shiny and scratch free and really makes your nails look soapy and reflective which is perfect for this mani.
I could do these types of manicures every single time and be happy because they are just so beautiful!!
If you want to become certified in Nail Thoughts and Erica’s ATA and/or Kokoist, make sure to sign up asap! And if you have any questions at all, you can send me an email at karanaileditbusiness@gmail.com or just reply to this email!
I need to redo my nails this week and I am so tempted to do my nails like this now so stay tuned for photos on my ig!!
Hope you have a great week!
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