Lamp for drying nails at home

Prefer to do a manicure yourself, but do not like to wait until the nail polish dries completely? In this case, a lamp for drying nails at home will become an indispensable tool. Decide on the choice and understand what the differences between the main types of lamps will help our article.

Lamps for drying nails at home: the main types

Today, nail drying lamps are popular not only in beauty salons, but also in home use. The choice of such tools is so wide and varied that it is difficult for an ordinary user to understand all the nuances on their own.

Thus, manufacturers offer portable and table lamps, with power from the network and batteries, allowing to dry one and at the same time two hands. In addition, all the lamps differ in power, special settings and the presence of a timer, which further complicates the selection process.

If you omit all the small parts, the lamps for drying nails can be divided into just 2 types:

• ultraviolet;
• LED.

Visually understand the main differences between the two options will help brief characteristics of the lamps presented in the table.

It should immediately make a reservation that any lamp is not designed for drying ordinary nail polish. Of course, theoretically this procedure can be done, but this will require additional costs for a special UV coating.

How to choose a UV lamp for drying nails?

The first thing you should pay attention to when choosing a lamp for drying nails is whether the device meets your requirements. It is not necessary to run to the store and buy a very expensive device just because there is higher power or there is a timer. By choosing a lamp should be approached more thoroughly and rely simultaneously on several factors. Let's consider them.

What is your budget?

Decide how much money you are willing to spend on the nail dryer, because the price policy of each lamp is different. Basically, the cost of lamps varies from 20 to 150 dollars. But if you consider that every woman makes a manicure with gel polish about 2 times a month, then the cost of even the most expensive lamp can pay off within 1-2 years.

What kind of nail polishes are you going to use?

The main factor that must be considered when choosing a dryer for nails - what kind of varnish can dry the lamp. UV lamps work with all coatings, including shellac. But LED devices are designed for drying special varnish, most often Polish-made.

In addition, many manufacturers produce lacquers for nail design, the active components of which work best at a certain power and under the influence of point ultraviolet radiation. Therefore, sometimes it makes sense to buy a lamp for drying nails of the same brand as the lacquer coating.

Gel Coating Drying Time

Each lamp has its own characteristics, and one of them is power. You, probably, have already managed to pay attention that devices for drying varnish are 9, 18, 36 and 54 watts. It is power that influences how long your fingers will be inside the device. As a rule, for lamps with high power, just 30 seconds is enough.

Dimensions

Thinking about how to choose a gel polish lamp, think about its size. All devices are divided into the following categories:

• for 4 nails, where the thumb will need to be dried separately;
• for one hand;
• for manicure and pedicure, when the lamp has a removable bottom;
• simultaneously for both arms and legs.

Large lamps are much more convenient in that they can significantly reduce the time of painting nails.

Additional features

Many lamps are also equipped with nice extra features. These include:

• timer;
• sound signal of the end of drying;
• fan;
• mirror surface;
• Motion Sensor;
• presence of finger dispenser.

However, additional features should not be decisive when choosing a lamp.

Consumer reviews

When buying a lamp, it will be useful to read a few reviews of those people who have already used a certain brand, because even the high price of a product cannot guarantee 100% quality. If we talk about each type of lamps separately, their disadvantages and advantages can be divided as follows.

Lamps ultraviolet:

• have a very democratic price and will be affordable for even the simplest buyer;
• do an excellent job with the task and dry any gel surface;
• incandescent lamps have a limited service life: most often they have to be changed after 100 hours of operation;
• contain harmful substances and mercury vapor, so after the lamp fails, it must be disposed of;
• have a rather long drying time compared to LED lamps.

LED bulbs:

• Many gel polishes dry quickly and with high quality; after the procedure the nails are more shiny and polished;
• are an environmentally friendly product and do not harm health and the environment even after failure;
• have a longer life of the heating lamps - up to about 50,000 hours;
• a significant disadvantage of the LED lamp is its high cost, although manufacturers soon promise to do it;
• unable to dry many hard gel lacquers, not adapted for LED devices.

Lamps for drying gel nails and coatings are extremely useful in everyday life and help women save a decent amount on trips to beauty salons. Anyone can buy such a device today, because a wide range of devices provides such an opportunity.

By choosing a lamp must be approached thoroughly. Sit down and think carefully about all the points: what you want to get from the device, how much you can spend, how much you are willing to wait until the gel coating dries. Only by carefully considering everything, you can make the right and informed choice.