Rebalancing (or Fill-ins) are the staple of the Nail Designers diet. A thorough understanding of good rebalancing techniques help to ensure that you can work fast, efficient, and problem free.

In this novel, I cover the backstory for Rebalancing that enriches your understanding of the Rebalacing tutorial. I put this one together years ago but sadly, have never got around to finishing it. Its kind of my unfinished symphony

Once upon a time...

... there was a boy that learned how to do nails. We will call him "Bob" to protect me, er, I mean him from embarrassment.

Anyhoo, Bob enjoyed filling his clients very much. In fact, as most teks go, it encompassed a large part of his professional time. It was his mainstay income. However, poor Sam, ER I mean Bob got tired of the many problems he found inherent with "Acrylics" (See, Bob called them Acrylics, even though the word Acrylic can be very misleading. Practically any type of nail enhancement material from wraps to gels to liquid and powder are all equally acrylic)

Lifting, cracking, breaking, curling, clients that didn't tip very well, science projects growing between the product and the plate (He even referred to that as 'mold'!! that silly Bob guy!), etc. ad infinitum.

Day after day he would slam his appointments in. Each and every hour on the hour.

Here is the transcript from some of poor Bobs many fills:

Bob: Hey Bertha have a seat...What the hell happened to your nails? Another bar fight? Did you take up Mud wrestling as a hobby in the past two weeks? What the hell is your problem, they look like poop... come to think of it, they look just like the rest of my clients nails... Damn, its a conspiracy, All you guys are out to get me.

Bertha: Sorry Sam, Er, I mean Bob, I was taking a shower the day after you did them and they just started to fall apart. Maybe they are too thick.

Bob: Excuse me? The thicker they are, the stronger they are. Lets just get started so I can finish before your next appointment in two weeks.

Bob takes out his trusty jaws of life and begins to break the product off that is no longer attached to the plate. It is like a scene from “Saving Private Ryan” with shards of product whistling and whizzing by, bouncing off lamps, clients, and other assorted goods.
Screams come hither and thither from various corners of the salon as other tormentors (Nail Designers) pry product off from their victims nail plates (product that was attached to begin with...weird huh?). What Bob and the Spanish Inquisition were not aware of is how nippers really remove product.