Ginanail - Online Course Vintage Embossed Rose Bouquet Nail Art Design

I’ve been a huge fan of Gina’s work long before her products were available here or even before she had her own brand, so this was a top priority buy for me during the last Sweetie sale. I bought the full kit because I’ve wanted to try her products and I’m generally glad I did. I don’t regret buying this class but I do wish there was more to it. There are 4 videos that add up to about 16 min and I had trouble following even at half speed. I wish it was a video of someone new to the process being guided by her so we could see corrections and guidance, rather than a pro doing it perfectly one time. The swatch pictured is after my first attempt so I definitely need to watch the videos back and try a couple more times before attempting this on a client. The top coat in this kit arrived completely busted and spilled all over the other products, but I didn’t mind it too much because it was just a top coat and not one of the specialty products. I don’t regret buying the kit at all because now I’m obsessed with this Ruyiya cat eye that I wouldn’t have been able to try otherwise (I don’t see any other place shipping Ruyiya to the US 😭). It is the clearest and brightest cat eye I’ve ever seen!! I was a little disappointed with the art gels because they were not as opaque as they seemed in the tutorials and the pots were very shallowly filled (which is a concern since I need to practice a lot before using it on a real set). I would totally buy again if I had to start over but I think going forward I’ll probably just tune in to her Instagram lives and make do with similarly colored gels. But I need more of this Ruyiya and wanna try Hua Xiao Zhang cat eyes too!! My Chinese nail bestie told me HXZ has comparable cat eyes! Pleeeease Sweetie, do your magic!!!

I bought the whole kit, for $240+ it was a steep price for what you receive. The products were nice! The thickness of the gel mimics oil paint for more of a 'painted' look. For the kit up charge, each pot is filled like halfway but the brushes and cat eye are nice. Unfortunately, I wouldn't recommend the online course either. It consists of short 4 videos, the longest being around 5 minutes and the shortest around 30 seconds. Half of the videos consist on how to draw it with pencil on paper that doesn't involve painting on a fake nail. The videos sounded dubbed with Text To Speech or an AI. I remember the accent changed from video to video. Which in itself is not a deal breaker! I understand wanting to interpret your content for your audience, but I feel for the price it could've been presented more uniformly.

The artists is definitely skilled in her craft! But the teaching aspect it not there. I would've liked a significantly more amount of content. For a course, I would expect a slower step by step instructions with multiple example from the lens of a beginner, not an expert. I think 14~ minutes of content isn't enough to teach the style.

I understand that practice does indeed help, but with how little product you get and how expensive they are, you are hesitant to use them. I feel like if I only had the tutorial to go by and the products, I would have used up most of it by just practicing. Don't get me wrong Gina's work is AMAZING buying the kit made me realize I do love her painting-like products! But next time I would skip the course and just buy her products.