Red carpet manicure gel - my best use for it

[iloveshopping]

I have always had weak splitting snapping nails. Red carpet manicure gel has been good but it peels off or chips within 8 days and is a bit of a phaff to get off all the time.
I have been missing using my Nails Inc colours. In The last few weeks I have been applying the Red Carpet base and top coat and then painting on 2 coats of a Nails Inc colour and then a normal top coat. This has been giving me 15 days with the option to change colours during that time using a non acetone remover.
I have been so busy doing a kitchen refurb I have just left the same colour on and replaced one nail (where the gel lifted) completely and just put another top coat on after 4 days as the shine had gone due to all the cleaning and gardening. Day 6 today and more cleaning and gardening. As I am away from home and forgot the kit I may just stick on a coat of the OPI shatter if any of the layers start looking really tatty.

 

[donna255]

QVC said on their Facebook when asked when Red Carpet would be back? Its not. I know M&S now sell the brand.

 

[Tinkywinky150]

You can but Red Carpet Manicure direct from their own website - they often gave a colour of the month reduced too.
They also have a Facebook page where they advertise their offers.
I expect QVC can't compete on prices when you take into account the postage !

 

[grannygarden]

I have always had weak splitting snapping nails. Red carpet manicure gel has been good but it peels off or chips within 8 days and is a bit of a phaff to get off all the time.
I have been missing using my Nails Inc colours. In The last few weeks I have been applying the Red Carpet base and top coat and then painting on 2 coats of a Nails Inc colour and then a normal top coat. This has been giving me 15 days with the option to change colours during that time using a non acetone remover.
I have been so busy doing a kitchen refurb I have just left the same colour on and replaced one nail (where the gel lifted) completely and just put another top coat on after 4 days as the shine had gone due to all the cleaning and gardening. Day 6 today and more cleaning and gardening. As I am away from home and forgot the kit I may just stick on a coat of the OPI shatter if any of the layers start looking really tatty.

15 days? I have terrible nails and tried everything known to man. I'm lucky if I get two days varnish wear, or even a day on a bad day - and that includes gel with a lamp, they just fall off as well

 

[Breeze]

I have always had weak splitting snapping nails. Red carpet manicure gel has been good but it peels off or chips within 8 days and is a bit of a phaff to get off all the time.
I have been missing using my Nails Inc colours. In The last few weeks I have been applying the Red Carpet base and top coat and then painting on 2 coats of a Nails Inc colour and then a normal top coat. This has been giving me 15 days with the option to change colours during that time using a non acetone remover.
I have been so busy doing a kitchen refurb I have just left the same colour on and replaced one nail (where the gel lifted) completely and just put another top coat on after 4 days as the shine had gone due to all the cleaning and gardening. Day 6 today and more cleaning and gardening. As I am away from home and forgot the kit I may just stick on a coat of the OPI shatter if any of the layers start looking really tatty.

I do something similar.I apply the Red Carpet as a French manicure from the original TSV kit ( the one that had all the problems with people receiving the wrong colours) using all the bits & setting it with the lamp. That lasts about a fortnight on me. In between I use my regular nail polishes, that I have far too many of! removing the colour when it chips with non acetone remover so the Red Carpet French manicure remains undusturbed underneath.

 

[Nicky-j]

I've continued to use RCM for periods when I particularly need several days of perfect wear (holidays, trips away and special occasions etc). It's also more resilient to sun block and so on. But I can only really get 10 days' wear because my nails grow really very quickly. That is, however about 6 days longer than standard polish. And I do love the finish. I have also been trialling Sensational - an alternative range that is quite interchangeable. And there are a lot of ranges available (including Gelish made by the same company as RCM), so anyone disappointed that QVC are not stocking it anymore have a lot of options out there.

 

[rosey]

I use RCM on my toes myself and have my finger nails done at a salon.

What they do is apply a pale colour the first time and then every 2/3 weeks after buff off the top coat and some of the colour and then reapply a new base, colour and top coat. Going darker each time till you have run out of dark colours to move up to (they need to be a bit darker to cover the old one). Then remove all the lot and start again. I can go 3/4 months without removing. So it is easier and much less damaging as you do not have acetone on your nails very often. I also like the fact that they get quite thick so are therefore almost unbreakable.

They use a OPI gel colours and Jessica base and top coat but you can do this with any of them.

 

[Marina]

QVC said on their Facebook when asked when Red Carpet would be back? Its not. I know M&S now sell the brand.

I'm glad I had the chance to buy it on QVC with the 30 DMBG otherwise I wouldn't had done.

 

[iloveshopping]

I use RCM on my toes myself and have my finger nails done at a salon.

What they do is apply a pale colour the first time and then every 2/3 weeks after buff off the top coat and some of the colour and then reapply a new base, colour and top coat. Going darker each time till you have run out of dark colours to move up to (they need to be a bit darker to cover the old one). Then remove all the lot and start again. I can go 3/4 months without removing. So it is easier and much less damaging as you do not have acetone on your nails very often. I also like the fact that they get quite thick so are therefore almost unbreakable.

They use a OPI gel colours and Jessica base and top coat but you can do this with any of them.

Thanks for the above. I have done a variation on this now. I applied the Red Carpet Manicure base and top coat, then 2 costs of Nails Inc and a top coat. When there was regrowth, I removed the top coat and nails inc with non acetone polish remover. I used an emery board to rough up the gel coats and then applied a base cost and top coat of the Red Carpet gel, then 2 costs of a nails inc and a normal top coat. Looks pretty good. Like yo this saves me having to use harsh acetone remover on my nails every 10 - 14 days. Am still painting and decorating and am amazed at how hard wearing both the Nails Inc and the red carpet manicure are!

 

[iloveshopping]

Free top and base cost with free p@p if you order 2 gel polishes from the Redcarpetmanicure.co.uk website. Use code 'topandbase'
Offer ends at mignight tomorrow 21 November