Most of we girls take it for granted that we know how to polish nails … after all, we have been doing it since we were about 12 years old, right?

Why is it then that you can tell a professional polish job a mile away from the home done...

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oh this is brilliant thanks geeg

As always, brilliant. It is blaringly obvious that my training is way below standard. Very appreciative of Nail Geek. This site has saved my proverbial, and can go and get some 'proper' training before i go and fall flat on my face. Thankyou.

excellent Geeg, as per, the only thing i do different is when you mention first touching the polish to the surface of the nail, i drag forward to the free edge, then follow as per your post, this kinda gives me a "reservoir" near the tip (free edge), so i never run out of polish , it's very interesting to read a post and instructions like this actually written, rather than explained, i think after reading something, it often penetrates a little better.
These kind of descriptive posts are invaluable.
For cleaning up around the edges i use my thumbnail, it's a natural nail, quite thin and i've found very accurate, but that brush idea has to be better than anything wrapped in cotton or a corrector pen.
I dont even let my clients use a hand towel after washing for fear of lint and stray strands (they all use a hand dryer), ....fluff & lint....., when polishing is my pet hate.

I love all these tutorials - this one is great. Thanx.

Thanks Geeg another brilliant tutorial, I didn't know about nailfresh, hopefully I will give it a go very soon then I can throw away my orange sticks tipped in cotton wool

Joan

Thanks for the great howto Geeg!!! I am feeling really confident that all will work out for me. Gorgeous nails, here I come!!

Thanks. Great tutorial!!!It has helped me a lot!!!

I have been practising this method for the last 6 months and am still getting tiny little bubbles as the polish begins to dry, I have tried different polish removers, polishes, base coats top coats, you name it I have tried it and I still get the bubbles surfacing as the polish begind to dry and no one can give me an answer. Any one out there had the same problem?

this can be acaused by shaking too vigourously before polishing .... or too much heat in the immediate area

Thanks but I have tried rolling the polish bottle and it has been happenning to me for the last 6 months in different surrounding areas, I have spent hours trying different solutions, my confidence has gone and cannot continue painting clients nails.

Hi i just wanted to say thankyou for this tutorial as i found it very useful and its true that client's have very high expectations of a professional job when polishing their nails. I always found painting toes alot easier than fingernails, also its quite a personal treatment to as once you finish polishing one hand, client's like to look and inspect what you've done when you havent completely finished and therefore i understand that sometimes people want to give up because it can be intimidating but like they say practise makes perfect.

I just wanted to ask as regard to the Nail Fresh i think its a great idea much better than cotton buds which is what my salon uses & i hate it because it canruin a good job if not careful.
Can Nail Fresh be used with any Nail Brand or Only Creative Nail Design?

Also when the turtorial mentioned about when drawing the brush from the bottle do it so its away from you and then, the other side is ready to use. But when working on client's nails i tend to wipe both sides of the brush as i do not need lots of polish on the nail plate and apply 2 thin coats of appilication so that the polish can dry quicker to. What did you mean by this- im always open to new ideas and suggestions for improvement.
I agree with you about Rolling the bottle is better than shaking it although i only found this out recently as previously the two salons i worked at didnt do it that way, but what i tend to do is turn the bottle upside down then roll it, is this still allright? or will turning it upside down still create surface bubbles i usually do that if poilish is below half-way stage??

Thankyou for reading this & i hope you get back to me soon
LaylaX

Thanks! This was very helpful. I just took the written part of my exam for my license. I passed greatly! I am very excited!!

it will make the lids stick to the bottles, make the polish dry in the lid, then when you turn it the right way up and open it, the crisp bits fall back into the bottle and create lumps in the polish.

yes i have had that problem before thankyou nail zoo ill stop doing that then so you think its ok to shake bottles before use this wont create surface bubbles?