So you want to give someone a gift and you know she likes to do her own gel manicure. What would you give? Here are some gel nail polish gift ideas to help you finding great and useful gifts for her beside gel nail polish.

Under $20

1. CND Holiday Lotions

Price $8.99

Restore essential moisture and captivated your senses this holiday season with a charming collection of limited-edition CND Scentsations Hand & Body Lotions. The set includes 3 bottles of lotion with holiday scents such as Veiled Plum, Cranberry, and Wicked Ivy. Size is 2 oz/59 ml each.

Packed in beautiful red retail box, the set is ready to go.

2. UV/LED Lamp Gloves

Price $5.95

Anti UV Fingerless Gloves protect hands while curing under UV or LED lamp. Very useful for avid gel polish user. Put them on before having a manicure with uv gel polish. One size fits most. Great for stocking stuffer.

3. Cuticle Oil

Price $6.50-8.50

Keeping your nails and cuticles moisturized is very important especially during this cold, dry season. Have some bottles and scattered them in your handbag, cars etc, will help you to oil your cuticle. Also it’s recommended to use cuticle oil periodically after gel manicure to strengthen your nails. CND SolarOil is one of the most popular cuticle oil out there. Grab some for gifts.

4.  Gelos Gel Soak Off Polish Thinner

Price $10.99

This product is a must for avid gel soak of polish users. Gel polish will get thicker over time. So keep it handy in case your gel polish is getting too thick. Gel polish that is too thick can lead to wrinkling problem. Thin it with Gelos Gel Thinner out for longer shelf life.

 5. Christmas Nail Stickers

Price $2.50

Beautiful Christmas Nail Stickers with various designs such as snowman, christmas trees, presents, snowflake, etc. Make beautiful Christmas nail art design in no time. Just peel and stick to your prepared nails. Choose from glitters red and green or gold and silver designs. Great stocking stuffers especially for nail art lovers and kids.

Under 100

1. Gelibility Fix Stick It Set

Price $37.95

With Gelibility, you can turn any regular nail polish into your own custom gel colors. You no longer need to purchase many gel polish colors. Gelibility gel polish nails have a beautiful shine, no dry time, and can last 2–3 weeks. Cured under UV, LED or CCFL light. The set includes 1 Gelibility Fix It, 1 Gelibility Stick It and 1 mixing palette.

2. CND Shellac Starter Kit

Price $86.95.

CND Shellac Starter Trial Kit has all the essential products to start your Shellac manicure or pedicure with great saving. So you don’t need to worry about what you should buy individually. However, this pack doesn’t include a UV lamp, which is sold separately. Packed nicely in a retail box. Perfect for a gift.

3. Gelish Complete Starter Kit with LED Lamp

Price 88.99

Gelish Complete Starter Kit includes all you need to make your at-home gelish manicure successful. The starter kit contains Gelish gel polish, base and top coats and a mini personal LED lamp as well. With this kit you’re ready to go. (Read our blog post about the lamp in this kit)

Over and Beyond

1. OPI Starter Kit and Professional LED Lamp

This OPI Complete Starter Kit includes 1 unit of OPI LED Lamp and 1 New OPI Starter Kit. All you need for gel manicure. The starter kit has a base, top coat and 6 gel colors and other accessories. The lamp is a big professional LED lamp. A high quality, versatile LED lamp.

2. Gift Certificate

The best gift ever….a Gift Certificate. No need to worry if she will likes the gift or not, and easy to give. Purchase online and gift certificate will be emailed to the recipient. Very easy and no hassle.

I hope this guide is helpful. Have a nice and safe holiday season!

Update 7/2/14——–

Nail Harmony has released some Gelish Nail Kits that are packed in a manufacturer’s retail box plus an LED lamp. CND also just released a new Shellac Nail Kit, known as CND Shellac Trial Pack, to replace its discontinued Intro Pack.

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Approaching the gift-giving season, I think it’s best to let you know some gift ideas offered at Esther’s Nail Center. This time I’d like to talk about Gelish and CND Shellac Starter Kit.

These kits are wonderful gift ideas to people who love to have professional-salon-looks nails and like to do their own nails. The Gelish and CND Shellac Starter kit have everything needed to start doing manicure or pedicure at home, except for CND Shellac, you need to purchase the lamp separately.

Purchasing a starter kit will save you money and time compare to buying the products separately.

Gelish Pro Kit

What’s In It

• 1 Gelish LED 5-45 Lamp that cures 5 fingers at a time
• 1 Nail Harmony PH Bond 0.5 oz
• 1 Gelish Foundation Base 0.5 oz
• 1 Gelish Top It Off 0.5 oz
• 2 Gelish Soak Off Polish 0.5 oz (Hot Rod Red and Light Elegant)
• 1 Gelish Mini Nail Cleanser 2oz
• 1 Gelish Mini Soak-Off Remover 2oz
• 1 Fine grit nail buffer and 1 nail file 180 grit.

It’s available at Esther’s Nail Center. The price is $159.99 at this time and includes free US standard shipping. Sometimes they offer sale and discount to lower the price.

Ikonna 36-watt Tunnel UV Lamp, which is included in the kit,  has 1 year limited warranty from the manufacturer. If something goes wrong with the lamp within 1 year of purchase, simply contact the store to have it repaired.

Helpful link:

• How To Apply Gel Nail Polish at Home

CND Shellac Starter Kit

What’s In It

• CND Shellac Base .25 oz
• CND Shellac Top Coat .25 oz
• 4 CND Shellac Color Coats .25 oz: Cream Puff, Negligee, Wildfire, Fedora
• CND SolarOil .5 oz.
• ScrubFresh 2 oz.
• Pure Acetone 2 oz.
• Pure Alcohol 2 oz.
• Shellac Remover Wraps 250-pk.
• 240/240 grit Kanga Files 20-pk.
• Orangewood Sticks 20-pk.
• Shellac Brochure
• Salon Registry Card

The kit is packed nicely inside a box. You will also need a CND Shellac UV Lamp, which is sold separately.

Helpful links:

• How To Apply CND Shellac at Home
• How To Remove CND Shellac

I hope this would help you in choosing what gifts to give for your loved ones. Gelish and CND Shellac nail products are available at Esther’s Nail Center.