Sculpted acrylic nails with glitter edge

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Scupted nails with glitter

The benefits of sculpting on a form:
- reduce working time
- less failure
- less breakdowns
With the technique sculpting on a form, we can sculpt nails, which are totally the extend of the natural nail, follow the shape, the natural curve, and the wideness. There are no glues and plastic tips to use. Only fresh product, a lot of creativity, and master application technique to build a whole nail. There are a variety of facility: forever french, french with glitters, or make the nail bed longer, and slight. There are no nail problems what you cannot solve with sculpting, including bitten- or unshaped nails. Easy to soak off, and no damage the natural nail. Aviable with gels and acrylic also.

It’s an easy step by step to sculpt on a form, but you can use your immagination to create beautyful, long lasting, individual nail designs.

PREP

Push back cuticles, and gently file the natural nail surface with a 240 grit file. Check the nailplate near the skin – if necessary, use a fine grit of your drill, where you can’t work with your handfile. Clean the nails’ surface, if necessary, apply primer.
NOTE: all skin remain on the nail plate will cause lifting!

Form application

Apply the form under the natural nails’ frre edge. Be sure, there is no holes between the form and the natural nail, and that the form is totally extend the natural nail’s line. Check out the angle, in a side-wiew. Don’t pinch the form too mutch, and try to work fast, and easy.

Zone 1 sculpting

Be sure, your mix ratio is perfect. If you once make a well mixed bead, you will see, that sculpting nails are easier than the ABC. The secret is in the touch. Use gentle motions as you push the bead the perfect position, and to smooth the surface.

Working on the smile line

Before it dries, go back to the smile line with your clean brush, and draw out the line. Again: work with tiny, gentle motions, and take your brush under controll.

Sculpt Zone2

Mix ratio again. Take a medium wet bead to the center of the nail, and gently push down, and to the sides. With a gently touch, smooth out the surface. Hold your brush a 45º angle, to create the best curves. NOTE: Be sure, you are not shadowing the free edge zone with your pink, especcially if you are working with an opaque powder. Use a very light touch when smoothing out.

Sculpt Zone3

Place a smaller bead to zone3, but not up to the skin. Gently push gown, and to the sides. Be sure, you don’t touch the skin. Smooth out the entire nail.

Pinching

Pinch the nail, about halfway of setting (3-4 minutes after application). Be sure, you pinch on the right place (ON the sidewalls, where the free edge zone, and the nail bed meet). Take under controll how strong you press the nail.

Perfect finishing

File the nail to a nice shape. Start with the shape and length of the free edge. Than work on the entire nail surface. Be sure, you can’t see the meeting of the enhancement and the natural nail. Check out if the apex is on the right place (the centre of the nail).

Buff to a high shine

Buffing oil to the nail. It’s good for the nail structure, ease better setting, and give a long lasting, incredible shine.

Use your creativity, and make different sculpted nails with the variety of colored powders, or sculpt with gels. Once you get the right technique, you will love to sculpt nails!

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Krisztina Rudnay
CND Educator, Europe