Should I choose Gel Overlay or a New Full Set?

Choose Gel Overlay when you want your own nails reinforced: the technician chooses the material after assessing the nail, and the overlay can build some length, normally short through long. Book a Flawless Gel Nail Extensions — Full Set for length beyond long, or to rebuild a missing part of a nail on an upper form.

When should I book a Gel Refill instead of a New Full Set?

Book a Gel Refill while your Gel Overlay or extension set is within its refill window: up to 28 days for short or medium nails, 21 days for long and 17 days for extra-long, counted from your last refill or new set to your appointment date. Regular refills keep the set in shape, and a refill costs less than a new full set. After the window, a Gel Overlay restarts as a new Gel Overlay and extensions as a New Full Set. If we can’t confirm your last visit or nail length, the studio checks before confirming. We refill only work we built: another salon’s extensions, Gel-X or acrylic are removed as a paid Complex Removal first.

Is a BIAB-style overlay good for my natural nails?

It starts with an assessment of your nails’ thickness, flexibility and any damage. The builder gel is then chosen for your length and nail condition: we use builder gels from DARK, DNKa’ and LUNAmoon rather than the original BIAB™. The work itself is gentle on the plate: minimal filing, no pressure or overheating, and removal by material, never by tearing, leaving a safe thin layer rather than filing down to the natural nail. The honest limit: it is a coating that needs upkeep, and it does not heal or treat a nail.

How long does Gel Overlay or a gel extension set last?

Three to four weeks of wear. To keep it in shape, book your refill within 28 days for short or medium nails, 21 for long and 17 for extra-long (Gel Overlay goes up to long). If a nail chips or lifts within five days of your appointment, we fix it free, up to three nails; the exclusions are in our policies .

How much do gel extensions and refills cost?

Every service is priced with its time on our prices page and in online booking. Standard extra length, including extra-long, books at those prices; custom lengths beyond extra-long are assessed and priced at the appointment. Removing another salon’s work is a separate paid Complex Removal. Before any work starts, your estimated total and time are confirmed with you.

A hand with medium almond nails in a milky pearl-pink chrome finish.

The hardest version of a simple set. With nothing else to look at, the shape and the edges are the only things carrying it.

The story behind it

A milky pale pink under a pearl chrome, identical from nail to nail. The sheen covers the whole surface rather than collecting in a band.

Medium almond, and the surface is uninterrupted: nothing is drawn on it, nothing is set into it.

Technician's note

Flawless Russian Manicure with Gel Overlay, medium almond, finished with a pearl chrome rub across the full nail.

More chrome sets, and how the finishes are made: Chrome Nails.

Manicure

Pearl Chrome on Medium Almond Nails

Russian Manicure + Gel Overlay

Get this look

Flawless Russian ManicureDeal

Base service

C$40C$50

Gel OverlayDeal

Add-on

C$16C$20

Simple Nail Art & Design

Add-on

C$15

Medium Nails

Add-on

C$12

Total~1 h 45 m chair time

C$83

Prices & times are pulled live from the current menu — always matches checkout.
Booking from this page attaches this look to your appointment, so your technician sees it before you arrive.
Chair time is an estimate — your technician confirms it at the table.
Reschedule or cancel online up to 24 hours before your appointment.