For nail technicians and manicurists, and confident at-home users, who already have or plan to use a UV/LED gel lamp — gel polish only cures and bonds correctly under lamp light, not air. It suits anyone wanting longer-wearing, higher-shine color than regular polish gives, but it requires an ASP soak-off base coat underneath and a top coat over it to work as intended, plus an acetone soak for removal rather than ordinary polish remover.

It fits people who find regular nail polish chips within days — the soak-off gel resin cures hard under lamp light instead of air-drying, which is the mechanical reason it holds color and shine for close to two weeks instead of a few days.

Clean the nails, push back cuticles, and lightly buff the nail surface to remove shine. Apply ASP's soak-off base coat and cure it (about 30 seconds under LED or 2 minutes under UV), then apply the gel polish itself in thin coats, capping the free edge of the nail with each stroke and curing between coats. Finish with a top coat, cured the same way, then wipe the nails with a cleansing wipe to remove the tacky surface residue left after curing. To remove, soak nails in acetone until the gel softens enough to gently push or wipe off rather than peeling or filing it off dry.

Pros: the methacrylate resin system is what gives it multi-week wear and a high-shine finish that ordinary lacquer can't match, and thin, capped coats cure quickly under an LED lamp. Cons: it can't be used without access to a UV or LED lamp, so it isn't a grab-and-go polish; proper removal needs an acetone soak rather than a quick remover wipe, and the formula contains HEMA, an ingredient a subset of people develop a contact sensitivity or allergy to with repeated gel use.