{"id":19645,"date":"2015-04-23T03:05:02","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T10:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19645"},"modified":"2016-02-04T07:26:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T15:26:02","slug":"melody-susie-12w-led-light-product-review-and-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/melody-susie-12w-led-light-product-review-and-demo\/19645\/","title":{"rendered":"MelodySusie 12W LED Light Product Review and Demo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19631#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2015-04\/23-90653-melody-suzie-12w-led-light.jpg\" alt=\"Meoldy Susie 12w LED Light - Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #653:<\/span> The LED lamp reviews in this video were specifically for polymer clayers working with Fimo Nail Art projects and resin too.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: large;\"><strong>Topics Covered In This Video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Today we are talking about the MelodySusie Violetili 12W LED Light Gel Nail Dryer for using with Fimo Nail Art and UV resin on polymer clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In the video I show examples of Fimo Nailart canes and explain the process of layering the thinly sliced canes with uv cured gel nail polish to make nailart.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In the past I showed a demo on using a UV Nail Gel by Madam Glam which I cured with my 36W UV Lamp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">As polymer clay artists, many of us like to use a UV curable Epoxy Resin on our pieces, which also need to be cured using a UV Lamp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I wanted to test this LED Lamp to see if it would work for both the Fimo Nailart projects and the Epoxy Jewelry Ultradome UV Resin that I like to use.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In regards to UV Cured Gel Nail Polishes, there are several different types and brands. Some need to be cured with LED Lights, some UV Light and some, like the Madam Glam Polish I have, can be cured with either LED or UV.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Both LED and UV create Ultra Violet Light, but the bulbs and the type of light (the particular wavelengths maybe?), are a little different. As well, the number of watts in the lamp make a difference in how well and how quickly the light cures. PLEASE NOTE: I accidentally used the word Volt in place of the word Watt several times in this video. My brain knows the difference but apparently it didn&#8217;t tell my mouth! :-|<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The advantages of LED Lamps over UV Lamps is that the LED bulbs are unbreakable, use less power and last for years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I really like the design of the Violetili by MelodySusie. It looks nice, has a small footprint and it&#8217;s open design can cure all your nails on one hand (or foot) at once. It has timed settings for 30seconds, 60 seconds, 90 seconds and 30 minutes&#8230; and it can be easily turned on and off with a single push.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">For safety reasons, never look at the UV light directly. And do wear sunscreen on your hands to protect your skin from the UV Rays.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I did a quick demo on how to apply the nail gel and cure it with the LED Lamp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">LED and UV lamps cure the nail gel very quickly. Depending on the brand and the type of gel used they cure anywhere from 30 seconds to 2 minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I wanted to test this 12W LED Lamp with curing my UV Epoxy Resin, and although it did set to a certain extent, my sample remained sticky and didn&#8217;t fully cure even after being in the LED Lamp for over 60 minutes. SO&#8230; this machine is not suited for the Ultradome Brand of UV Resin. It could be that the 12W machine was under powered and the 24W may have worked. Or that the type of UV light that the LED bulbs provide, isn&#8217;t the right type of light to get a sufficient cure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I did find that MelodySusie does also have some lamps that would work for the Ultradome resin curing. They have a 36W UV Lamp similar to the one I have, at a good price. And what I found that was really cool, was that they carry a 24W LED &amp; 36W UV Combination Lamp. This unit would cure any of the brands of UV Nail Gel whether they needed LED\u00a0 or UV, plus it would also cure the UV Epoxy Resin. And the price was great too!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you are a polymer clayer who works with both the UV Resin and the Nailart gels, than the 2 in 1 unit would be the way to go if you are looking to purchase a new lamp at this time. Links to Melody Suzie lamps I review in today&#8217;s clip, are posted just below the video on this page.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hfd7aptHq6k?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00AXSQCGK\/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;me=&amp;tag=hubp0da1-20&amp;linkId=JDPRGEJQMQEY6DW7\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">MelodySusie 12W LED Lamp (Amazon PcT Affiliate Link)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/MelodySusie-Professional-Acrylic-Shellac-Sliding\/dp\/B00NSL0K1C\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;keywords=MelodySusie&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;qid=1429144934&amp;s=beauty&amp;sr=1-17&amp;tag=hubp0da1-20&amp;linkId=LKKKLKJ4LRPIP4QY\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">MelodySusie 24W LED 36W UV (Amazon Affiliate Link)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;field-keywords=MelodySusie&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=hubp0da1-20&amp;url=search-alias%3Dbeauty&amp;linkId=SZ4WD7BHS6NXGW5B\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Other MelodySusie Products (Amazon PcT Affiliate Link)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19284#video\">Madam Glam UV Gel Polish Polymer Clay Nail Art<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19269#video\">Applying Ultradome UV Epoxy Resin To Polymer Clay<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=115\">Polymer Clay Fimo Nail Art<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do you have any suggestions for videos on tips, techniques or products you would like to learn more about? Let me know in the comments section below!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My goal is to help you to learn quicker and easier ways to bring up the professionalism in your polymer clay art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808080;\">Oh and don&#8217;t forget to give these videos a<em> Thumbs Up<\/em> click at YouTube if you are enjoying them. The more <em>Likes<\/em> a video gets, the higher it rises in the searches. And that means even more people will be able to join in on this polymer clay journey of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Also, by subscribing to our YouTube Channel directly, you will receive notifications as soon as new videos are uploaded. To subscribe, click here&#8230; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hfd7aptHq6k\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">MelodySusie 12W LED Light Review Demo for Clayers<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> &#8230; the Subscribe Button is right near the top of that YouTube page.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Looking forward to hearing from you!<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 575px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #653: The LED lamp reviews in this video were specifically for polymer clayers working with Fimo Nail Art projects and resin too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2665],"tags":[2802,2810,2809,2673,2740],"class_list":["post-19645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-product-demos","tag-epoxyjewelryultradome","tag-madamglam","tag-melodysusie","tag-polymer-clay-hair-accessories-nailart","tag-polymer-clay-tools-supplies-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}