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HEMA Free Builder & Hard Gels

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HEMA Free Builder & Hard Gels

Builder gel in a bottle, hard sculpting gels and PolyGel formulated without HEMA. Strength and structure for overlays, BIAB and extensions, and a gentler choice for clients who react to standard gels. Cures under any LED or UV lamp.

Strength and structure without the ingredient clients react to

Builder and hard gels do the heavy lifting in a nail service. They carry the apex, hold the length and take the wear, which means they are also applied thickly and sit on the nail for weeks at a time. That is exactly why the HEMA free versions matter for a sensitive client: the more product, the more exposure.

Builder gel in a bottle is the easiest place to start. It brushes on like a thick polish, self levels, and gives you an overlay or a light extension without carving. Hard sculpting gels are stiffer and hold a longer extension, and PolyGel sits between the two, shaped with a slip solution rather than a brush.

Which one suits the service

  • Builder Gel HEMA-Free, BIAB in a Bottle at $18.75 for overlays, natural nail strengthening and short extensions.
  • Elite Sculptor LED/UV Gel at $29.95 and the Hard Gel Pro Sculpting Builder at $24.95 for longer, sculpted sets that need to hold their shape.
  • Miracle Gel In A Jar at $34.95, with refill pods at $15.95 once you have the jar, and Born Pretty's Builder Extension Gel at $14.95 for a lower cost way to try the system.
  • Poly Gel in a tube at $29.95 if you prefer shaping with a slip solution over brushing.

Shop HEMA free builder and hard gels at NSI Australia today

All of these cure in any LED or UV lamp. Keep the service HEMA free the whole way through with HEMA free prep underneath and a HEMA free top coat over the top, or start from a HEMA free kit if you are new to building. Browse the whole HEMA free range.

HEMA Free Builder & Hard Gels FAQs

Builder gel in a bottle brushes on straight from the bottle with a medium to thick viscosity, so it is quick for overlays and for building an apex on natural nails, and it adds real strength. Hard gel holds its shape while you sculpt but still self levels, which suits sculpting on forms, tip and overlay work, and stronger extensions.

Our Hard Gel Pro Sculpting Builder is made for four to eight weeks of retention. Wear depends as much on prep and on the client's nails as on the gel, so file, buff and dust properly before you start. Our HEMA Free Prep and Liquids collection covers the rest.

Yes. Apply it directly to the natural nail as a non chip overlay, sculpt with forms to create an enhancement, or use it with soft gel tips for extensions.

Our Builder Gel HEMA Free and Rubber Base are designed to soak off or be infilled, which makes them gentler at removal. The jar sculpting gels are usually rebalanced and filed rather than soaked, so check the product page for the one you are using.

Most cure in sixty seconds under LED. The jar sculpting gels, Elite Sculptor and Hard Gel Pro, are sixty seconds under LED or two minutes under UV, and the Reinforcement Gel needs one to two minutes. Always check the label, and we recommend building in thin layers and curing each one rather than one thick layer.