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My very first go at nailgraphix
Published by Tiger Jay
07-02-07
My very first go at nailgraphix

Other than doing P&W or clear I've never done L&P with glitters or encapsulating before. Due to do a custom blending course soon so that should put me in the picture better!

So I've been having a little play with some Nailgraphix. Not sure if I've done it right, your comments are welcome!

Applied nailgraphix mixed with pink powder over tips then encapsulated with clear over the whole nail.

Got a bit of a problem with the glitter escaping left right and centre. May be I can get some pointers on this.

Cheers all!x
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Length
84%84%84%
4.2
Shape
64%64%64%
3.2
Smile Line
68%68%68%
3.4
Use of colour
92%92%92%
4.6
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07-02-07, 02:39 AM

Love the glitter....can't comment on technical side of things
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07-02-07, 08:06 AM

I promised the other day i would stop being lazy and critique to back up the scores ,so here goes hun xxxx

4 for length,i think you have a nice ratio of pink to glitter in this case.

3 for shape,i like the soft square,but the shape is inconsistent,there is a drag on left hand side of the Fe on the nails,Gigi did a tutorial which help prevents this hth's .

3 for smile line,these are nice,smiley enough to elongate and narrow the nail bed,yet not too smiley lol,the ring finger is lovely however the others are a wee inconsistent,it's hard chasing glitter isn't it ? lol

Because use of colour doesn't really apply i rated 5 so as not to affect your overall score.

I also noticed zone 3 could have done with being a touch more flush,and there are also some surface scratches visible.

All of the above can be correct easily with your abrasive and over all they look really quite nice.

Well done x
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07-02-07, 09:17 AM

They're lovely.

Regarding the glitter "escaping", I used to have exactly the same problem, but I've found that if you tap the brush lightly after loading it with glitter, most if not all of the excess glitter falls away from the brush.
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07-02-07, 09:23 AM

Well I think they are lovely. I think your application looks smooth, just need to tweak zone 3 and some visible scratches that can easily be sorted.
I have put in the link below as it looks like when shaping your nails you are dragging your abrasive to one side , which is what I used to do all the time, without realizing...easily corrected though!

http://www.salongeek.com/finishing-m...finishing.html

above is one part of Gigi s tutorial on file control that I thought might help. xx
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07-02-07, 09:25 AM

That's the tutorial i meant ,thanks Kelly,it helped me immensley too xx
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07-02-07, 09:45 AM

Thanks for your comments so far. Just like to mention that I usually tend to get a better shape on the nails. But I've actually done these on myself as I don't really experiment on clients as such.

I am taking on board all comments though!
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07-02-07, 11:20 AM

Nice job, they look very nice! Personaly i think that the third finger Is the "idol" of four, the first finger - the right side of the free edge need to be more square, the second finger is more square from all and the fourth finger same need to be more square the right side of the free edge. The smile lines are nice. Well done
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07-02-07, 05:01 PM

they look fab
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08-02-07, 11:53 AM

Where do you get the glitter from?
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08-02-07, 11:59 AM

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Where do you get the glitter from?

You can get nail graphix glitters from Fiona Naturalnails here on site...I think there is a link to her website somewhere and you can see all the colours available...and she even gives geeks a discount!!HTH


I can't add anything to the critiques already given so just added my ratings......but well done.
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08-02-07, 12:02 PM

i think they look lovely

well done
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08-02-07, 02:52 PM

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Where do you get the glitter from?
Try here!
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