Base is a fundamental element in every nail styling. Thanks to it, you can even out the surface of the nail plate, extend it, strengthen it, and improve the durability of the manicure. However, choosing the right base can be difficult, especially for beginners. In this article, we present different types of bases and advise on how to choose the right product for nail needs.
Nails in need: how to choose the best base for manicure
The choice of base depends on many factors, including the condition of the nails or the effect you want to achieve. If your nails are brittle, opt for a dense product that contains silk proteins in its composition. However, if you want to smooth out unevenness during styling, it's worth choosing a self-leveling base. This, in turn, fills in gaps and shapes the plate.
To choose the right base, also pay attention to the condition of your nails. For dry and damaged nails, it's worth choosing a moisturizing base that provides essential nutrients. It's also important to choose products that do not contain harmful substances, such as formaldehyde, DBP, or toluene, which can cause allergies and skin irritation. In addition to this, an important issue is the effect on the nails that you intend to achieve. In addition to strengthening, nourishing, or levelling bases, you will also find those for extension in our offer.
The basic base for UV gel varnishes is Semilac Base. It increases the adhesion of the varnish to the natural nail plate, and it is very efficient — applying thin layers of the product is sufficient. Classic base is an excellent product for those who are just starting their adventure with UV gel nails.
Care is essential! Check which UV gel base from Semilac will meet this task
If nourishment and regeneration of weakened nails are a priority for you, reach for a base from Semilac with care properties.
The first proposition is Semilac Care Base – a base that supports the regeneration of weakened, thin, and brittle nails. It contains keratin, biotin, and vitamin E, which will strengthen your nails. Special nylon fibres wrap around and fill the plate, creating a protective layer that protects against mechanical damage, splitting, and breaking. The appropriately developed consistency ensures easy application and nail plate building. Moreover, the transparent shade of pudding pink allows its use as a top coat, achieving an aesthetic effect on the nails. You can also apply the No Wipe Matte Peach Galaxy top coat on it, which has been enriched with decorative flakes of irregular shapes. Depending on the sunlight, they surprise with a rich series of colours. The product gives the styling an interesting matte finish, and the flakes submerged in it enrich it with shades of pink and red.
The second proposition is Dream Long Base – with a high concentration of fibrous fibres and vitamin E, which acts on many levels. The consistency allows you to extend the nails and makes them stronger, harder, and resistant to damage. Furthermore, its semi-transparent pink shade acts as a makeup base, hiding imperfections of the plate.
Choose a base for UV nail polish that will solve the problem of nail brittleness
Dreaming of a long-lasting and beautiful manicure, but your nails are fragile, brittle, and splitting? A good choice would be Semilac Protect & Care Base for people with thin, brittle, and fragile nails. The dense base makes nails strong and hard, making them difficult to break. The transparent consistency allows for lengthening and building up the plate, as well as the application of any colour of UV gel nail polish or top coat.
Another proposition is Mineral Strong Base, which is a strengthening UV gel base for nails with minerals. People who need more intense protection and strengthening can successfully use it. The density level ensures that it precisely covers the entire plate without flooding the cuticles.
Choose a base for UV gel nail polish for sensitive individuals
For people with sensitive skin and nails, we have prepared a special offer of products. Among them are UV gel bases that are free from harmful ingredients for sensitive skin, such as HEMA and Di-HEMA. The Hema Free UV gel manicure base is the ideal solution for people allergic to these ingredients. This base allows nail extension and also protects the plate from cracking. Its moderately dense consistency is pleasant to work with, and its structure ensures manicure durability.
Semilac Sensitive Care Base, like the Hema Free Base, is a proposal for people with sensitive skin. It contains panthenol and vitamin E in its composition, which protect nails from mechanical damage. The thinner consistency and high elasticity of the product make it work great on short nails.
Both products have been dermatologically tested and do not contain ingredients of animal origin, making them fully vegan.
Special product for special tasks, i.e., a hard UV gel base suitable for nail extension
Do you need a good base for special tasks? Check out Fiber Base, a strong UV gel base with nylon fibres. This product has many uses; you can apply it directly to the plate as a nail polish base, as well as a building and extending layer. It works perfectly for lovers of stylizations in vivid colours because its milky shade deepens the colours applied to it. The fibres, on the other hand, ensure durability and resistance and allow building up the plate even up to 1 cm.
Another interesting product is Semilac Extend Base – an elongating, transparent base for those performing both UV gel nails and extension UV gel nails manicures. This self-levelling product allows easy building up, levelling, modelling, and strengthening, as well as extending nails. Additionally, Extend has a strong structure with high elasticity — so it doesn't pose any problems if nails require filing after application.
When to reach for a smoothing base for UV gel nails?
A smoothing UV gel base is a product designed for people with thin and uneven nail plates. The product is characterized by a moderately dense consistency and an elastic formula, which perfectly evens out its structure. The base is transparent, allowing easy application under any colour of UV gel nails or hard UV gel nail. Additionally, the self-levelling formula of the base allows for delicate building up and modelling of flat nails, ensuring a durable and aesthetic effect.
What does a rubber base give?
If you are looking for a suitable base for polish that is resistant to damage and hides discolorations and imperfections of the plate, reach for Be Beautiful Base Rose. It is a beautifying rubber base that will allow you to have a quick and beautiful manicure. Thanks to its delicate pink shade, you can use it instead of nail polish. Just apply 2-3 layers of the product. It is also available in nude version.
In Semilac's offer, you will also find other products, such as a base created for painting toenails, which contains many vitamins, and a brush and formula that facilitate application, or a 2-in-1 base (e.g., a combination of base and top coat) for those who appreciate practical solutions.
