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[Joannesnails]

Originally Posted by Bagpuss

Step by Step using Gel and PopIts

Thanks Angie, So normally with Gels i do the white gel on the tip then one base of gel and then another with popits you only do one layer?xx

[Lellipop]

I have played for ages with mine now and also trim mine with small clippers thanks Carl lol I have done l&p p&w sculpts with them, Glitter tips and even though I used to do more gel nails I am finding l&p to be much easier to use with them imo

[nailzoo]

Originally Posted by ~Emmsybabes~

Sorry If this has been asked already and I have missed it,
But when doing an NNO with popits, Would you recommend taking the product a little further than the free edge, then clipping down, (to make it thicker at the free edge)
As I did my own last night, and measured where to stop the acrylic in the popit,
But I have found It to be just a little bit too thin and I have chipped one boooohooooo LOL.
So next time, would I extend the product, then leave say...a millimeter ?to protect the free edge....

I have started using nail clippers since watching Carl do it, and have personally found them much easier than using my curved scissors ( thankyou carl)
When I used my curved scissors I tended to get white marks on the popit where I trimmed, Im presuming my scissors ar just a tad blunt,
Also As I wear my nails quite long most of the time...I was fiddling a bit getting them in the little handles of the scissors , then getting them out again lol....
So its nail clippers for me !

I am LOVING the trimmed popits now...
I tried them out on another client the other day, she already had enhancements on, but as she had DIY coming up she had come back for me to "thicken" them a bit...I Just overlayed what she already had on...
Her face was a bit like this.......
I think I have a convert peeps !

So far I have only had 1 client not like them. and that was only because she didnt like the shine can you believe that lol...
She wears natural tips and likes them matte...

I did my first sculpts in popits last night...Only glitter fades, No smiles lol..
And they are fab,
I thought I would struggle with the back bit..But I never I just flipped over and added another bead to smooth out ( my product was a little set by then to smooth it out on its own)
They are in my nails album (purple ones)

When I do NNO with Popits I place my first application where the end of the free edge will be, then wait .... then do the rest of the acrylic, then go back and put a little more where I did my first application, I also don't press to hard toward the free edge (this tends to make them thinner on the ends)

[geeg]

Each to their own, but I could not use anything else BUT my curved scissors. They are very cool. They have handles like secateurs (no holes) and you just squeeze them together and they cut like a dream in lovely little snippets. They also have thin blades. They leave the edge perfect and are(for me) MUCH QUICKER than using clippers ... my clippers are as dull as 'old Nellie' anyway.

[pinktnb]

I just got my popits yesterday,last night I had a go on myself!! OMG, am so glad I read the tips on here first or I wouldnt have had a clue!
Still, I got the burn! OWWW! Air bubbles & a line at the bottom!
Damn it, i feel like a beginner again hehe.
This method is the same as them all though i guess, practice practice practice!

So the burn is because my mix ratio is to wet?
The air bubbles is because not enough product? or playing to much?
Line because i didnt apply it cuticle to free edge carefully enough?

I want to love these, the shine is great when they are finished and sooo smooth!
Please help!?

P.S Will there be any demos at the Edinburgh Beauty Show & is any one going?
Emma xxxx

[geeg]

Originally Posted by pinktnb

I just got my popits yesterday,last night I had a go on myself!! OMG, am so glad I read the tips on here first or I wouldnt have had a clue!
Still, I got the burn! OWWW! Air bubbles & a line at the bottom!
Damn it, i feel like a beginner again hehe.
This method is the same as them all though i guess, practice practice practice!

So the burn is because my mix ratio is to wet?
The air bubbles is because not enough product? or playing to much?
Line because i didnt apply it cuticle to free edge carefully enough?

I want to love these, the shine is great when they are finished and sooo smooth!
Please help!?

P.S Will there be any demos at the Edinburgh Beauty Show & is any one going?
Emma xxxx

Firstly did you know that the new CND distributor for Edinburgh is hosting breakfast at the new premises on the day of the show?? They will be showing PopIts at that time as well as other demos. You should really take the time to go along and see. They are located very near to where the show is being held. Contact Fiona Wallace (a geek here on the site) for all the details. Now to your questions!!

So the burn is because my mix ratio is to wet?
I think it is more likely to be because the application is in one large amount of product instead of 3 or more beads. I really should not burn or feel OWWW -- warm maybe but not burning. Or are your nails really thin? I have only ever felt a slight warmth. there is always heat from liquid and powder when it polymerises we just don't normally feel it because we work with smaller beads in 3 zones.

The air bubbles is because not enough product? or playing to much?
If you see many tiny bubbles, it is because you are not letting the bead rest and flow out before playing with it. Place the bead and let is rest and flow ... then if you need to, even out the product in the form with your brush.

Line because i didn't apply it cuticle to free edge carefully enough?
Not sure what you mean here by the line.

[chaseyboi]

Hey Geeklings,

Did my 1st set of popits on my mate and I must say WOW. Was gonna put a pic on to show you all but forgot to take the camera to her house. They are so easy to use and the results are STUNNING. Cant wait to do some more sets with these little beauties lol.

[IdealBradal]

sorry my last post was delete due to advertising .

back to my mums big thumbs do you think they will be made in extra large??
as the ones we do , dont fit ?

[geeg]

Originally Posted by IdealBradal

back to my mums big thumbs do you think they will be made in extra large??
as the ones we do , dont fit ?

No I do not think they will be. You can always sculpt anything that is extra large.

[geeg]

Originally Posted by nailzoo

Popits are a great solution to some nails, but a bit of basic knowledge and refill ability wouldn't go astray.

They are not the answer to everything.

TBH, I can do a fill and buff in the time it would take to do an infill using Popits.

Me too ... I rebalance my nails by hand ( 20-30 minutes) until I think I need a new set and then I do a new set when I need it with the PopIts.

Just out of interest to others, I rebalanced my nails yesterday.

It took me 20 minutes to complete them and there was only a tiny touch of lift, on one nail, to remove when I was prepping (took about 20 seconds). I hadn't even noticed anything until I was doing the prep. It would have taken me longer to prep and everything If I had used PopIts for the whole thing.

[Pinkies101]

When I first go poppits, i did them as i thought i should. I did nothing to the poppit itself, just stuck on a white tip, poppit done. I HATED them! thought i would never get on with them no way doing on a client bla bla.

The other night however i thought they are just staring at me in thier box!there has to be some way!so i read Gigi's tutorial and got started.

Firstly i chucked the idea of white tips, i made my own in the poppit. I tailored the poppit so it fit better, used a drier ration and WOW

they look AMAZING!!i love them, no bubbling or crystalising, no lifting, i think this is due to me tailoring them.

The balance is perfect, and the feel so strong, think this is due to making my own white tip.

So if anyone else like me tries them then i would hugely reccomend readin Gigi's tutorial and try again, this difference is fantastic xxx

[oey]

I agree that trimming them also makes a massive difference to the overall look of the finished Popit enhancement.

Going to try and do a glitter tip this week with the glitter applied to the tip before I apply it to my nail (thins Susie H has done her this way - thanks for the idea Susie) so will let you all know how it goes.

x x x

[TIPTOP]

Hi

I love popits I think???.... but I am still having trouble with air bubbles its doing my head in, I've tried different methods and product ratios, I've searched this site for help and I am still banging my head against a brick wall, I have however contacted Sweet Squared for a conversion training course, as Creative isnt my main L&P, I trained years ago with Star Nails but I bought a Creative try me kit had a play on my own nails using popits and I love it.. apart from the bubbles lol

If anyone can offer me any advice I would really appreciate it.


Sue

[oey]

Originally Posted by TIPTOP

Hi

I love popits I think???.... but I am still having trouble with air bubbles its doing my head in, I've tried different methods and product ratios, I've searched this site for help and I am still banging my head against a brick wall, I have however contacted Sweet Squared for a conversion training course, as Creative isnt my main L&P, I trained years ago with Star Nails but I bought a Creative try me kit had a play on my own nails using popits and I love it.. apart from the bubbles lol

If anyone can offer me any advice I would really appreciate it.


Sue

I had this problem to start off with. I wasnt placing the product more or less where it should be and was leaving it to squash in the right place, which was causing the bubbles. Now I use the brush to slightly place it better it so it doesnt need to move to much when it is placed on the nail if that makes sense. Watch the video clips again that are on here and that might help.

[geeg]

Originally Posted by Clairekay

I am a qualified Nail Tech and have decided to buy some 2nd hand poppets off a friend who cant find the instructions and didnt manage to get them to work ! ! !
I have a basic idea of creating the nail in the form then popit onto the natural nail to set but mine are setting before I have popped it on to the natural nail!
Does anyone have a set of instructions that they could email to me (claire@bellezza-homespa.co.uk) or let me know how to use them properly???

Thank you x x x

Instructions are right here on the site in the tutorial section.

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