I Swapped Salon Appointments for At-Home Gel Mani Kits—and I’m Never Going Back

Olive & June’s Gel Mani System Set has the power to turn any location into a salon. The 15-piece set includes everything you could ever need to create a salon-quality manicure—from a five-finger lamp and high-quality gel polish to acetone and a clean-up brush.

Includes: Full-size file, buffer, clippers, polish bottle holder, acetone, peel-off base coat, gel base coat, gel top coat, LED lamp, cuticle pusher, cuticle serum, clean-up brush

Amazon rating: 3.6/5

An ELLE editor says: “This gel kit completely changed the at-home manicure game. I can’t stand spending hours in a nail salon, and this hefty 15-piece set has everything I could possibly need to do my own gel mani at home. I especially love the full-size products and pro-quality lamp. With this kit, prep is precise and effortless, and after a few coats, there’s zero drying time. My gel manicure lasted a full week and a half without a single chip!”—Emma Aerin Becker, associate beauty e-commerce writer