TPO-Free Gel Polish & Builder Gel
Seventy-plus Stellar Gel products formulated without TPO: gel polish colours, self-leveling builder gel, bases and top coat, all 10-Free as standard.
TPO (trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide) is a photoinitiator, the ingredient that makes gel cure under a lamp. The EU banned it in cosmetics from September 2025, and the UK is expected to follow. The US has not banned it, but plenty of techs are reformulating their kit ahead of the change, and clients are asking.
What's in the collection
- Colour: crèmes, shimmers, cat-eyes and glass gels, super-pigmented and full coverage in one or two coats.
- Builder gel: the 3-Free line, including Structure Gel 2.0 (BIAB in a bottle), Hard Structure Gel and Hard Structure Fiber Gel, all self-leveling with no heat spike.
- Bases and top: Rubber Base 3-Free, Stellar Bond Base 3-Free and Stellar Shine Top 3-Free.
How this fits our other formulas
Everything here is TPO-free. Products in our 3-Free range go further and remove HEMA and HPMA as well, and are made in the USA. If you are filtering by sensitivity rather than by TPO alone, start with HEMA-Free & 3-Free.
Full background: the TPO ban in the EU and what it means for nail pros in the US, Canada and worldwide, and whether TPO-L is safer than TPO.
