Millennium Nails LED UV Gel Kit

I (finally) purchased the groupon deal for the Millennium Nails UV Gel Nail Kit - I'm glad I waited a while as the lamp has been upgraded to an LED lamp, whereas other times that the offer has been on it has been supplied with a UV lamp which takes longer to cure the gel. Also LED lamps have other advantages, including less power consumption, and increased bulb life.

While making the decision to purchase this product, I had a lot of trouble as there doesn't seem to be much information about it online, and when it comes to nails, I love to spend hours researching new things before I buy them. I am writing this post (and following posts) with the aim to give some information to anyone else trying to research this product, and hope that some people find my experiences helpful!

The deal that I purchased was for a kit including 8 gel polishes of my choice. The choosing was very difficult, as I had a lot of trouble finding any swatches of the available colours - and as such I will be posting pictures of each of the colours that I purchased, in order to help anyone else choose their colours slightly more informed than me! I ended up pretty much just picking random ones in the end, but I did spend hours trawling the web for any photos, and here are the lists I made whilst trying to decide -

The only slightly negative part of my experience was that the kits went on sale on a monday morning, and as I don't finish work until 5pm on weekdays, by the time I got home, all but 3 of the 8 polishes that I had chosen had already sold out. I quickly placed my order, pretty much just choosing random colours before any more sold out, and whilst I did not get the colours that I wanted the most, I am very happy with the colours that I did receive - and now I have a good excuse to buy some more gel polishes soon!

The kit arrived very quickly, I placed my order on monday evening and wasn't expecting my kit to arrive until the following wednesday. I was pleased when my kit arrived on the friday afternoon, as I have had all weekend to experiment with it! I did read a few negative reviews saying that the kit took too long to arrive, or that the colours that were received were not the ones that were ordered - they have definitely upped their game since then as my kit arrived very quickly, and contained all the correct colours. I will be ordering from them again in the future.

This is what I received on friday afternoon - I would have done proper unboxing photos, but I was too eager to open it up and have a look. In fact, I opened it all up, did my nails, and then packed it away again!

The Box!

Best bubble wrap ever! Not the point, but fun to pop :)

The contents of the box - clear instructions were provided

Accessory kit, including a pink duet file, a white block and a manicure stick.

250ml bottles of both gel remover and gel cleanser. The cleanser is for removing the sticky layer after curing.

250 lint free wipes, for removing the sticky layer.

The lamp.

The lamp is smaller than I expected, which is perfect as I have limited space.

The most exciting part - the gel polishes!

8 polishes, nail prep and a base/top coat, all 15ml

The Nail Prep and Base/Top Coat bottles.

The colours that I selected were -

• 1347 - Gold Glitter
• 1349 - Dark Blue Glitter
• 1400 - Gold/Silver Glitter Mix
• 1472 - Bright Blue
• 1420 - Dusky Purple
• D235 - Chocolate Brown
• C174 - Grey Shimmer
• C135 - Bronze Shimmer

These are not the actual names of the colours, just my description - the bottles only show the number or the colour. As I use each colour, I will post photos - although as each one is supposed to last 2 weeks+ it may take me a while to get through them all! The first colour I used is 1420, which can be seen on my nails in a few of the photos above - my next post will show you this colour, as well as step by step photos of how I applied it.

I really hope this post has been helpful, and thank you for reading!

Steph X