All your PopIts questions answered here!! The OFFICIAL thread for PopIts Q & A's

[Peter Pan]

Originally Posted by Nailsinlondon1

I would say pressure too babe, when we do conventional L&P we press the bead in zone 2 for great adhesion, so press babe for sucess xxxx

i do use pressure ruthy - thats why i cant understand it

[Nailsinlondon1]

What about the timing of placing the pop it???? Maybe if it is to set it wont adhere correctly???? Or Ratio????I am just stabbing in the dark here as I know you are a perfectionist when it comes to your nails babe xxx

[Peter Pan]

Originally Posted by Nailsinlondon1

What about the timing of placing the pop it???? Maybe if it is to set it wont adhere correctly???? Or Ratio????I am just stabbing in the dark here as I know you are a perfectionist when it comes to your nails babe xxx

dont know flower about that - but i AM doing them like geeg showed me, i dont use poppits often (only on myself, and this is only the second time) just cos i couldnt be bothered to do my nails the traditional way........... but i had the prep right and believe i had the ratio right - im stumped - i could understand it if ratio, prep etc was crap, but its not - im gutted too cos it now means i have to do my own nails AGAIN - which i hate - when i done these poppits ones, i took my time and was really "into" it

[kellyyork]

can anyone tell me how to stop my popits looking fat at the end?? im really struggling, i tried not using as much products but surely you still need to fill the popit?? from the top the nails look great and ive had no problem with lifting or air bubbles, its just the fat free edge. sorry if this has already been covered, have tried reading all the posts but my brain got fried there are so many, if anyone could answer for me or send me a link it would be really appreciated. thankyou!!!

[geeg]

Originally Posted by kellyyork

can anyone tell me how to stop my popits looking fat at the end?? im really struggling, i tried not using as much products but surely you still need to fill the popit?? from the top the nails look great and ive had no problem with lifting or air bubbles, its just the fat free edge. sorry if this has already been covered, have tried reading all the posts but my brain got fried there are so many, if anyone could answer for me or send me a link it would be really appreciated. thankyou!!!

Well it is the simplest thing in the world to do.

Place the PopIt however you are doing it (sounds like you have that bit right) and while you keep the pressure on the eponychium end of the PopIt with your left thumb, take your right hand and holding the end of the PopIt with your thumb and index finger, guide/pull the end down to thin out the product at the end. Do you get it??

[kellyyork]

thankyou for the quick reply. it sounds easy when your told how (although i'm sure i wont get it right first time!!!), thankyou thankyou, its the fat free edge thats been putting me off using the popits, i knew there must be a solution. i'll give it a try tonight and let you know how i get on!

[geeg]

Originally Posted by kellyyork

thankyou for the quick reply. it sounds easy when your told how (although i'm sure i wont get it right first time!!!), thankyou thankyou, its the fat free edge thats been putting me off using the popits, i knew there must be a solution. i'll give it a try tonight and let you know how i get on!

Easier to do on others than on yourself but the point is to push the PopIt right down at the free edge making sure that you have a firm hold of it at the eponychium. If you do not the PopIt will pop up at the eponychium and you will get a cloudy bad result there. So hold firmly whilst doing it.

[kellyyork]

oh they look so much better now, need to practice at it but they look a lot better than they did! thankyou again

[Nailcat]

Well fellow geeks, I am happy to report that I did my first set of Popits yesterday and I lived to tell about it. (hehehe it really wasn't so bad) I think they came out pretty decent for my first time. I used CND pink over some CND white tips (Velocity) and the color (of the powder) was quite nice. I did learn that it is all in the application of the acrylic to the form. Some I had too much and some I didn't have enough. But all in all it was a positive experience and I look forward to more practice. I'm going to be brave and post a photo. Please be kind as it is my first set of popits and the first time I have picked up an acrylic brush in 3 years (where I work now is mani and pedi only) Also, I am thinking of switching white tips as I wasn't happy with the way these look. I felt like they were too shadowy and I want something a little more solid. I've heard Young Nails makes a nice white tip with a little deeper smile line. When I used to do pink and whites, I would use clear tips from Star Nails and free form the smile line. Lol, but now that I'm older I'm getting lazy.

[oey]

Originally Posted by Nailcat

Well fellow geeks, I am happy to report that I did my first set of Popits yesterday and I lived to tell about it. (hehehe it really wasn't so bad) I think they came out pretty decent for my first time. I used CND pink over some CND white tips and the color was quite nice. I did learn that it is all in the application of the acrylic to the form. Some I had too much and some I didn't have enough. But all in all it was a positive experience and I look forward to more practice. I'm going to be brave and post a photo. Please be kind as it is my first set of popits and the first time I have picked up an acrylic brush in 3 years (where I work now is mani and pedi only) Also, I am thinking of switching white tips as I wasn't happy with the way these look. I felt like they were too shadowy and I want something a little more solid. I've heard Young Nails makes a nice white tip with a little deeper smile line. When I used to do pink and whites, I would use clear tips from Star Nails and free form the smile line. Lol, but now that I'm older I'm getting lazy.

They look great - have you tried the CND performance tips? - they are great!

[liza2009]

I think they look FAB ! i have just put my first Popit on no bubbles and nice thin free edge !! i cant wait to get my friend round tomorrow to do a full set :-) ( she is my guinea pig ) well done you x

[karentriff]

I did one popit on myself. It came out beaut. The only thing was that I used clear powder over a white well less tip and the finished nail looked boring. I would love to use perfect pink just to give the nat nail a bit of depth but what will this do to my white free edge. Will it discolour it.
Cheers
Karen

[geeg]

Originally Posted by karentriff

I did one popit on myself. It came out beaut. The only thing was that I used clear powder over a white well less tip and the finished nail looked boring. I would love to use perfect pink just to give the nat nail a bit of depth but what will this do to my white free edge. Will it discolour it.
Cheers
Karen

CND Perfect Pink powder looks beautiful over a Performance white tip ... It does not make the white not white but gives it a very classy look.

[Bhiffy]

Originally Posted by karentriff

I did one popit on myself. It came out beaut. The only thing was that I used clear powder over a white well less tip and the finished nail looked boring. I would love to use perfect pink just to give the nat nail a bit of depth but what will this do to my white free edge. Will it discolour it.
Cheers
Karen

Karen, i used perfect pink over white and it looks lovely. Less of that startling white glare, more natural looking

[nailzoo]

Originally Posted by Bhiffy

Karen, i used perfect pink over white and it looks lovely. Less of that startling white glare, more natural looking

Why not use a natural tip for an even more uuuuuum "Natural" looking nail?