While only an led lamp can cure your polish as quickly and effectively as a uv light using a non uv gel polish applying a drying agent or soaking your nails in ice water could work as well.
Can you cure normal nail polish with uv lamp.
Unlike hard gel polygel is not self leveling but stays where you place it.
No regular nail polish requires air drying whereas gel polish contains a polymer that must be cured by a uv or led lamp for it to become hard.
Cure time is about 30 seconds in an led lamp or two minutes in a uv lamp.
There is no tacky layer after curing.
They re always long and beautifully painted without any chips dings or dents.
And in terms of removal yes it will be easier to take off and less damaging to your nails because it s just regular nail polish on top of the natural nail and you won t need to soak them in pure.
It takes up to a couple minutes per coat to harden the gel.
For this reason most types of gel nail polish require curing to dry set and harden.
Regular nail polishes can t be used with uv or led lamps and it won t dry any quicker from being put under the lamp.
This can only be done with a nail polish curing lamp that has an led or uv light that activates the polish to begin the process.
You see regular nail polishes dry due to the evaporation of the liquid part of the polish which comprises mainly of volatile solvents such as ethyl acetate butyl acetate and alcohol.
Unlike regular nail polish gel polish is made with a polymer formula.
Only gel polish can be cured under a uv lamp.
It s much more durable than standard air dry polishes but it requires.
As it turns out she uses uv gel nail polish.
Regular polish dries on its own while gel polish requires a lamp and won t cure unless it s sat under the lamp.
Thankfully there are alternative ways to cure gel polish with less uv exposure.
Use a gel base coat cure it apply regular polish and wait for it to dry completely then use a gel top coat and cure it.
What s the difference between led and uv nail drying lamps.
Can you use a uv or led lamp to dry regular nail polish a uv or led lamp won t help to significantly speed up the rate at which your normal nail polish dries.