About

Hello there! I'm Rachael, the owner and artist behind Saved By My Gel. I'm just a nail lover who hated nail salons and became dedicated to making salon quality nails more accessible for all nail lovers by handmaking luxury, custom, reusable, durable, 100% gel press-ons and delivering them to your home.

I have been a nail lover since I was a child watching my mom paint her nails. I started by painting my own nails with nail polish, then when I was old enough went to nail salons. What a stressful experience, especially for an introvert! Holding hands with a stranger for over an hour, being nicked repeatedly with cuticle nippers, rings of fire from the e-file and charged a pretty penny plus tip for crooked extensions and damaged nail beds.

I ended up alternating between going to the salon, hating it, and going back to painting them myself with nail polish. I started experimenting with basic nail art like French tips and my skill improved to the point I got compliments and had friends and co-workers asking me to do their nails. I never saw it as a money-making opportunity, just a hobby.

Fast-forward a decade and I have mastered gel polish application, structured gel manicures, sculpted hard gel extensions, and the infamous Russian e-file manicure on myself. Then I stumbled onto custom press-on nail tutorials on YouTube and fell down the rabbit hole. Realizing I already possessed most of the skills for creating press-ons, I finally had a realistic way to turn this hobby into a business. The rest is history.