Took a GelMoment today!

OK I Dove Right In and got some self care pampering time in this afternoon with new fingers and matching toes! 

I’ve given myself a Lovee Dovee accent nail - thinking I want to eventually add some nail art to it! Just need to narrow down a choice cause there are so many choices in my head! 

I could do an ombré of blue polka dots, a flowery or mandala stamping plate with Dove Right In tinted gel, the rainfall technique with blues/silver, a silver Cullinan shimmer or SSpectrum Chrome … how’s a girl to choose?

Be as Bold as your Polish!

Margaret 

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Are all Whites the Same?

The biggest difference is definitely the size of the brush - Meet Me at the Chapel is perfect for French manicures and nail art while Lovee Dovee is for that full coverage manicure! 

However if you have the Creativity Set you can use the brushes within to make either one work for both by wither swapping for a larger flat brush for full coverage with Meet Me At the Chapel or the fine tip to do a French or nail art with Lovee Dovee OR you can be like me and just buy it all cause you have OCD issues with complete collections of things 🤣🤣🤣

Margaret 
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Whatcha Wearing Wednesday?

Wednesday ... I am still over here wondering and worry about what colour polish to wear for my next manicure!

 

 

 

Sometimes when you have anxiety it’s just easier when someone else makes the decision for you … when I had the home childcare running I would get the little ones to help choose my next manicure colour by majority vote wins and they’d be all excited to see it the next day … somehow Paul is not quite as excited to help nor invested in the outcome as the crew was. Men, eh?

 

I am lucky that thanks to my GelMoment Fortify treatment my natural nails look fairly stunning even when they are naked!  

So help me choose - what is your favorite Spring colour?

Be as Bold as your GelMoment polish!

 

Margaret!

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Do you have a Saturday ritual??

Sharing is caring - drop us your must haves to help you recharge in the comments.

 

 

 

We spent some time out in the backyard cleaning up the deck to enjoy sitting out by the fire and discussing plans to have an overgrown pine tree removed, got creative digitally making fun content, Love my Aloette Muddy Up detoxification mask, added some DoTERRA lavender to my Epsom salts to help with the relaxing, currently working my way the through an Audible book Cognitive Behaviour therapy in 7 weeks by Seth Gillian PhD., Aloette has an amazing Hand polish and cream that helps turn back time on the hands & GelMoment cuticle oils are a must for healthy nails, we are currently working our way through the Mandilorian for Saturday night family movie night, I love using wool dryer balls with a couple drops of doTERRA Serenity make for amazing fresh linens and Sundays are the perfect day to plan for a sleep in - hopefully my brain cooperates!

 

Be well and if you are looking for more clean living, eating and self care tips and tricks come join our Totallyawake4-life & Nailin' It Together community!

 

Margaret

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Tasty Tuesday Teas!

Good morning - this quote is SO true! 

Hands up if you’re a tea lover? 

Did you know that GelMoment also carry’s an amazing tea lovers line??

Not only are the ingredients that make up our amazing teas sourced from women-owned farms, they are also really delicious loose leaf teas that also contain biotin to help nourish healthier nails and hair. 

Seriously I came for the polish but I stayed for the TEA! I love that we have black, herbal and caffeinated and caffeine free choices depending on the time of day I am relaxing with a cup! Plus with the weather warming they make GREAT iced tea flavours too! 

Margaret 

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Are you a nail polish smudger?

Do you tend to SMUDGE your polish when you try to do them yourself?

The quick cure results of the GelMoment at home nail care line is definitely what drew me to give it a try when I attended a virtual party of a friend. Bring a klutz I love that with the quick cure time I can choose to do one finger at a time and still have quick results for a complete manicure! 

It’s THIS easy!

And well I am FRUGAL so being able to get amazing results at a FRACTION of the cost sealed the deal 🤣

If you want to make your life easier too grab an essentials kit - link to my GelMoment shop is here.

Be As Bold as your GelMoment polish! 

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life 

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Self care Sunday!

 What’s your Sunday Self Care routine? 

Sundays are the days I typically remove my manicure to prepare for a new one! 

I also love to do a masking / extra deep exfoliation treatment  on my skin! Today I enjoyed my Aloette Muddy Up mask! It really helps make my face feel soft and smooth! 

Come join us in my Awaken to Aloette group for more awesome exfoliating options! 

Be well

Margaret 
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Be Totallyawake4-life

Winter Wonderland

LOVE this GelMoment Winter Wonderland mani inspiration from fellow Gel sister Darla!

And check out this a tutorial showing how easy it is to add some snowflakes to your nails!! 

Plus cause the photo doesn’t do it Justice a video to show just how sparkly this gorgeous combo is!

Products needed to recreate this beautiful inspiration:

• Maliblu (base)
• Siberian Shimmer (ombre starting at cuticle)
• Lovee Dovee and white stamping gel mixed, placed with the dotting tool brush from the Creativity Set
• -Guilty Soirée for gold detail 

Be as Bold As Your GelMoment!

Margaret

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life 

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How cute is this little Santa manicure?

Is it this the cutest little Santa that you ever did see! 

Let’s recreate this look!! It’s as easy as 1,2,3….4!

I would recreate using:

• In the Mood is a nice nude for skin tone
•  Lovee Dovee 
•  Ravens Kiss
• Gilty Soirée or Chandelier for your buckle
• Choose whichever Christmas Red you want for Santa’s

Be as Bold As your Gelmoment Nail Polish 

Margaret 

Live, Laugh,Love

Be Totallyawake4-life 

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November Nail Art winners

 Congratulations to all of our November 'Nails of the Month' Distributor Contest Winners! 🏅

📸: Ebony Wylie, Jamie Leigh, Kimberley Klassen, Shauna Dewar-Siwik, Sheralyn Guilleminot, Stephanie Thiessen.

GelMoment is great for recognizing its distributors and offering lots of chances to win prizes and awards! So many wonderful Lee Asian to join the team!   

Be as Bold As your GelMoment nail polish! 

Margaret 

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Be a Totallyawake4-life

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Are your nails ready for Valentines?

Getting ready for Valentine's with my new manicure! I will likely do myself another one for the special day itself but this one is getting my spirits humming - I love February! Not for the commercialism of Valentines but I just love LOVE and pink and red and purple and glitter and bling and well do not say no to a little bit of CHOCOLATE!

 

Love the Champagne Toast color - it is a soft delicate pink perfect for French manicure or the natural delicate full colour.

Pairs perfectly with the Southern Lights Chrome .... the Chromes are so easy to use and are a must have for anyone who loves a little glitter and glam in their life!

 The natural sunlight just makes them POP and who can't use a little pink of spring on these cold winter days?

Be As Bold as your GelMoment Polish!

Margaret

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Be Totallyawake4-life

 

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Give the gift of healthy nails this Valentines!

Looking for something besides flowers and chocolate this year? GelMoment makes an amazing gift for yourself, your partner, your mother, daughter, granddaughter or even your sons who are into having bling on their fingers cause it is 2021 and nail care is not just for female gender anymore!

Valentine’s Day Bundle OPTION #1

Includes:

• FREE Beauty Bag Set with:
• 2 X Gel Polishes
• 1 NailSpa Nail & Cuticle Oil
• 2 X NailArt Decals
• 1 NailArt Dotting Tools
• 1 Flake Off Remover
• 1 Mini LED Lamp

Pricing: USD $118.75, CAD $128.95, AUD $157.35

Value of FREE Beauty Bag Set is USD $25, CAD $30, AUD $40

 Valentine’s Day Bundle OPTION #2

Includes:

• FREE Beauty Bag Set with:
• 1 BodySpa Body Scrub
• 1 BodySpa Coffee Scrub
• 1 Optimum Foot File and Buffer
• 1 Nail Brush
• 1 NailSpa Nail & Cuticle Oil
• 1 HairSpa Shampoo
• 1 HairSpa Conditioner
• 1 HairSpa Hair Towel

Pricing: USD $111.75, CAD $135.45, AUD $151.95

 

 Valentine’s Day Bundle OPTION #3

Includes:

• FREE Beauty Bag Set with:
• 1 NailSpa Fortify
• 1 BodySpa Eclipse
• 1 Gel Polish
• 1 Glitz & Glam Gel Effects Top Coat
• 1 NailArt Decal
• 1 Chrome Powder (excludes Wavelength and Spectrum Holographic Chrome Powders)

Pricing: USD $103.75, CAD $114.75, AUD $133.30

 

Seriously though how adorable is this Beauty Bag set though? Keep all your products organized and able to grab and go cause that is the great thing about GelMoment - it travels with you and we ARE gonna be able to travel again one day I promise! You will want this bag to bring your collection so you can swap out your polish to match your outfits! 

 

Beauty Bag Set Dimensions:

2 small zippered cosmetics pouches: 5.5" W X 4" L X 3.5" H

1 medium zippered case with handle: 7.5" W X 6" L X 3" H

1 large clear vinyl zippered bag that holds them all! 9" W X 6.5" L X 6" H

 For the visual size - the smallest bag compared to a polish.

 

The largest bag - perfect for not only polishes but all your tools too!

Be As Bold as your GelMoment Nail Polish!

Margaret

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Be Totallyawake4-life

 

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Anyone else a Geode lover?

 

 I LOVE geodes .... naturals beauties!

So was very excited when I say this geode inspired nail art from a fellow nail artist - so totally adding it to my list of nail art to try to recreate!

 

 

Nail artist Amanda used #RavensKissGM as a base with 4 shades of blue #CrazyForBlueGM, #ShadowSurferGM, #AmaliaGM, and #SeacrestGM (in that order) and sealed it off with #ClearlyFriskyGM

 

Be As Bold as Your GelMoment Polish

 

Margaret

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Be Totallyawake4-life

 

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Nail Art Stamping Kit review

 Ok - first I practiced my patience to wait to open my GelMoment Stamping Kit until Christmas which was HARD and than I finally got to open it and my energy had been zapped by an auto immune flare up so had not been able to play with it - but finally today I decided I would play instead of doing chores since I seem to have to choose what I want to spend what little energy I have on. Reality is no one is going to be seeing my house anytime soon thanks to lock down so choosing to let my chores slide today and play with my new toys from Christmas LOL! 

 Here is my process video showing just how EASY it is to get cool designs with a few tips and tricks to ensure you get the results you want!

 

The stamping kit is SO much fun - I might not get any chores done in the foreseeable future now that I have finally played with it!

Be as Bold as your GelMoment Nail Polish!

Margaret

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Thank you to fellow GM sister Palmira for such an awesome showcase or the different plates in the stamping kit!

With the Nail Art Stamping Kit you get 3 plates with 12 designs for a total of 36 nail art options shown below! Than you can add your own choice of nail base colours from our selection of over 100 colour choices, stamp your chosen design with the included black, white or gold gels OR get really fancy and stamp with the white gel and than top with one of our dozen Chrome colours.

 

The possiblities are endless which makes this kit a great investment! 

Playing with my kit has been on my to do list and this showcase makes me really want to carve out playtime for myself to play!

Be As Bold as your GelMoment Nail Polish!

Margaret

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Any Among Us Fans?

 Who has an Among Us fan in the house? 

This fan art inspired manicure from fellow distributor Brooke shows just how easy it is to create adorable nail art for your little's or adult fans alike and with the 5 free non toxic ingredients,  quick cure time and over 100 colour options the possibilities are endless! 

 

 Brooke used the following to create this adorable design for her little one:

Lacey Night on all Nails.

Blue: Lily of the Nile/Amalia - colour mixing is SO much fun!

Pink: Influencer

Yellow: Lemon Merengue

Green: Sublime

Red: Ladybug Roug

Shop from the safety and comfort of your own home via my GelMoment website

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Be As Bold as Your GelMoment

 

Margaret

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Tips, Tricks and Tutorial Tuesday!

The Nail Art styling strips are awesome for adding to your manicure both as is OR to create a stencil or mask for creating art designs!

 

Check out this cool tutorial on how to combine them with Chrome application to get that perfect 'straight line' in your nail art design!

Be As Bold as your GelMoment Nail polish!

Margaret

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Van Gogh’s Almond Blossoms

 

Fellow distributor Jamie Lee found Inspiration to use this months color or the month on her manicure from Van Gogh’s Almond Blossoms ... I am in awe of some of the nail talent out there!

 

 

GelMoment Colors used:

• Eye to my Soul
• Just Cruise
• In the Mood
• Lovee Dovee
• Raven’s Kiss
• Feeling Ferny
• Chrome #11
• Matte R Effect
• Creativity brushes

Want even more inspiration, tips tricks and giveways? Come join my Customer VIP group on Facebook in the Totallyawake4-life & Nailin' It! 

 

 

Be As Bold As Your GelMoment Polish!

 

Margaret

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Nail Art Stampin Kit trouble shooting tips

 

The new Nail Art Stamping Kit is all the rage right now - so popular it keeps going out of stock so if you want one grab it again soon before its gone again!

 

Kit instructions:

Kit Contents:

 Trouble shooting tips

 

1. Make sure to remove the blue protective film from the plates - despite the instructions on the card that comes with the kit many customers aren’t catching that instructions to remove that film so they start playing but the gels not giving a good print cause their not getting full coverage or impressions with the film still on.

 

2. There are two ends of the dual ended stamping applicator a large and small end depending on how much coverage you want and your nail bed size. Remove the CAP from the end of the applicator that you want to use for your size nails in order - some customers have not realized there was a cap that came off and have instead been applying the “replacement” silicone pads provided in the kit to the cap top and this doesn’t stick properly and slides around or it falls off mid application causing frustration - the applicator ends has a firm edged hole to insert your silicone replacements in when needed to replace so they are secure and don’t move or slide around when you apply. 

 

3.Less is more - you only need a tiny bit of gel. Too much and it smears everywhere and you have waste of your lovely gel!

 

4. Angle is everything ... place gel at the edge of the design you want and scrap the gel down plate slowly and firmly at a 45 angle to evenly push the gel into the design while keeping plate clean from gel. Too much gel or moving to quickly and some stays on the plate giving blotchy impression. 

 

5. GENTLY ROLL the silicone applicator over the plate to pick up the gel. Pushing straight down or too hard can cause smearing or uneven transfer.

 

6. PRACTICE YOUR PRESSURE - too much pressure and it will slide/smear your image and not enough and you will miss transfer of gel to silicone or your nail. You want to transfer the gel to nail with same gentle side to side roll you picked it up with - this roll allows you to get the sides of your curve in your nail and an even application - clean up the excess transfer on your finger with a cleanser wipe, pointed qtip and rubbing alcohol or you can use a 3rd party latex masking product or School glue DIY and peel it off (hoping GM comes out with its own but until then) 

 

7. Cure ONLY when excess is all cleaned from skin and you’re happy with your design. You can wipe off the design from nail and skin before it's cured with ease and try again but if you cure it you have to remove your whole polish to start over. 

 

8. Want a colour other than the 3 provided in the kit? You can mix a wee bit Polish into white gel on a silicone mat before applying to design. You can also do a coloured chrome application to the freshly cured stamped design to add pop!

 

9. When design is finished top your work with Clearly Frisky and cure! 

 

Already a pro? Do you have any tips for new users I haven’t covered? Drop me a comment below.

 

Be As Bold as Your GelMoment Nail Polish

 

Margaret

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