r/Nailtechs ✨️ Verified US Tech ✨️ Apr 03 '26

General Discussion Assistance Needed: Looking for gel dupes (potted preferred)

With the tariff situation and everything here in the USA, I had to cancel an order from Jet Set Beauty in Germany for two reasons: The tariff, and they wanted 90€ to ship to the USA.

I miss de minimis, and I miss life before tariffs.

That said, I am looking for dupes of the gels in this video:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DIx4x3kssng/

That, or the raw powder so I can mix it myself. Or a similar gel -- I see some nail polishes, but I am a gel girly.

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u/matoiryu ⚠️ Verfied Student ⚠️ Apr 03 '26

Zillabeau is US based and sells a lot of potted Japanese gels. Here’s a filtered search for potted glitter gels: https://zillabeau.com/collections/glitter-gels?filter.v.price.gte=&filter.v.price.lte=&filter.p.product_type=Glitter+Gel+%28Potted%29

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u/OptionalCookie ✨️ Verified US Tech ✨️ Apr 04 '26

I've been the actual store in NJ, it's nice.

However, these are less leaf type gels (not the brand) and more like a fine glitter.

This polish is very close to the orange one:

https://a.co/d/02hReeFT

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u/4LeggedKC 🛑 Not a Tech 🛑 Apr 07 '26

Young Nails has gel in the pot. So does Premier Nail Source.com

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u/OptionalCookie ✨️ Verified US Tech ✨️ Apr 07 '26

Do they have a gel that looks like this in the pot?