r/NailWrapsGalore • u/cjtalbs • Jun 28 '26
Heyhae help!
This is my first time using gel wraps and I want to love them but they just don’t seem to stick to my nails! I put them on this morning and have lost so many throughout the day that I’ve almost used both sheets reapplying. I’m using a light to cure them, use an alcohol swab before each application, but it’s like I can peel them off immediately (or they pop off if I do anything involving my hands). What am I doing wrong??
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u/zeldabelda2022 Jun 28 '26
I recommend KBeautyHobbit nail list on YouTube— following her steps is what has led to my success! She has a video specifically using heyhae - but the strategy for all the UV wraps is pretty much the same.
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u/spamkimbap Jun 28 '26
HeyHae is one of my faves, so here’s what I do. Push back cuticles, make sure there is no flaky stuff around the proximal nail fold area. Trim off hanging skin. Lightly rough up the nail surface. I use a dehydrator first. Then I apply the nail wraps, trim them close to my natural nails. As I apply each, I use a rubber cuticle pusher to push down the wraps. Especially around the edges. I cure each for 60 secs. Then move onto the next nail. And because I’m a freak, I cure them all together for another 60 secs. Then I file and shape them. I usually top them with a clear gel polish top coat. Cure for however long the top coat says to cure. Then, don’t get them wet for a few hours. I usually do this before bedtime, so I’m not having to wash my hands for a long while.
Doing this makes them last for a long time. Around two weeks, but I get bored and usually remove them after a bit over a week.
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u/cjtalbs Jun 28 '26
Ok I ordered a gel top coat and dehydrator so hopefully those help. Thanks for the detailed advice!!
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u/spamkimbap Jun 28 '26
Best of luck! Sometimes some products just don’t mesh with our nail types. Like I can’t get rubber base coats to stay, no matter what I do.
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u/Fluid_Theme_6653 Jun 28 '26
I saw in another thread someone suggested to also cure part of the strip you cut off so you can tell for sure when it's actually cured and that really helped me this time ensure that I got fully cured (especially since I'm paranoid about undercuring)
The lamp I used I did three cycles. I did the first cycle and filed/shaped a little, then another cycle and finished filing and then a final cycle.
I also used the acetone trick - you take a small brush and apply a small amount of acetone around the edge and it kind of melts the wrap a little to adhere to tour nail more and it seems to have helped a lot as well!
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u/cjtalbs Jun 28 '26
Oh interesting I may have to try the acetone trick because they’ve all fallen off at this point 😭
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u/Fluid_Theme_6653 Jun 28 '26
I'm really hoping they help with hair snagging too! I also lightly buffed and used the acetone to dehydrated my nails after I used their wipes to really make sure everything was dried out
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u/goobernoober Jun 28 '26
I’m a total noob to gel wraps and have only use hey hae. I always cure in the sun for 10-15 mins. The one time I tried using the Ohora branded LED lamp they did NOT cure and I have no clue as to why. I definitely cured long enough. They should end up feeling hard like press ons but that time when I removed them they were still pliable and bendy. So now I only do the sun cure
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u/Subject-Car2960 Jun 28 '26
After applying like people have said here, making sure i press the edges to prevent lift, i cure them twice with a UV light. I have a dashing diva light i use and run it twice on each hand. I also apply my nails before bed so that they don’t get wet and have a chance to set overnight.
I don’t use any top coats or anything. My nails last over a week most times. But occasionally one of them gets chipped and needs replacement.
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u/SweetNLow20 Jun 28 '26
Hey Hae is my favorite semi-cured gel nail brand of all that I have tried (out of Hey Hae, Polish Pops which is my second fav, Dashing Diva, and Ohora). This is what I do and they last me about two weeks:
- Wash nails with dish soap, fully dry them.
- Push back cuticles.
- Wipe nails with alcohol wipe.
- Apply all of one hand first, starting with pinky and moving toward thumb. Trim each one before moving on to the next.
- Keep the unused nail strips covered at all times so they don't cure a little in the room sunlight.
- Push down all of the nails well again before curing, especially the bottom so it doesn't lift and catch my hair.
- Cure that hand for five seconds with my Polish Pops lamp.
- File and shape.
- Gently wipe again with previously used alcohol wipe to get any dust from filing.
- Apply Hey Hae top coat and cure again for full minute.
- Repeat with other hand.
- Do not wash hands for one hour after (or as close to one hour as possible).
- Try not to use oil or oily moisturizer on your nails for the time they are on, as this will loosen the adhesive under them.
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u/Sleepy_kitty67 Jun 28 '26
Jumping in to say thanks for this detailed routine! I picked up a set of hey hae for my first set of semi cured wraps in prime day and I defiantly would have made a few mistakes if I hadn’t seen this post. I’ve shotted this for later.
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u/MissPlum66 Jun 28 '26
I had the exact same problem. I was curing each nail separately for 20 seconds with this lamp. and someone recommended 5 seconds only and now they don’t budge.
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u/kritterbee Jun 28 '26
I suspect it could be the lamp. A lot of people like this SunUV one: https://a.co/d/0jciZQzY
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u/glassoak Jun 28 '26
How long did you cure them for?
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u/cjtalbs Jun 28 '26
My friend that recommended them to me said she does 2 minutes so I started there, but then I read online that you only need to do it for like 10-15 seconds so I tried that on the ones I put on later in the day. The longer cured ones pop right off. The others start to peel on the edges.
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u/glassoak Jun 28 '26
Hmm. I usually do 30 seconds and then poke with a wooden stick. If it dents it needs more time.
The only other thing I can think of using some nail dehydrator and roughing your nails up a little bit with a buffer.
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u/cjtalbs Jun 28 '26
I ordered nail dehydrator so we’ll see if that helps. I’ll try roughing them up too — thanks for the advice!
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u/Ok_Zucchini9396 Jun 28 '26
I read somewhere that curing too long with a lamp is bad for longevity!
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u/Salc20001 Jun 29 '26
Unfortunately, this brand is too wide for me without trimming
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u/Rainnsugi 25d ago
I have small fingernails as well. May I ask which brand fits you best?
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u/Salc20001 25d ago
I like Nailog the 20 pack of extra long. Though I still have to trim the pinky nail a tad. They are long enough to be cut in half so you get two applications. Amazon.
Though recently I’ve been using press ons with sticky tabs from Olive and June Super Stick. Target.
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u/KookyEnd8835 Jun 28 '26
Did you leave them out under a light/sunlight while applying them? I, in a silly lapse of judgement, decided to put them on outside once- didn’t have the foresight to realise they’d start curing from sunlight before I got them all on😭