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catsaremad · 11-08-09, 01:41 PM

Phew its taken me two days to get through it all lol !!!

Right did a full set on myself last night, three were brilliant, four are ok , three are a disaster !!!

I have pictures in my album. The thumb on my right hand was a nightmare I did it and I could see that it was 'just not right' so took off the poppit scrapped everything off, filed and preped again. went onto left hand litlle fingerhas a hole on thje side ring finger sort of has craters then the next three fingers brilliant.................thought I had it sorted so went back to my thumb................. again just did not go 'right' I could see that the product was not sitting on the nail so tried to apply a bit more pressure and know have a crazy paved effect !!! Massive air bubbles that I can play with lol !!!

So will soak off the three offending nails and try again ! (mind you the girls at work love them and said that they look really natrual !!!!.................think they may be to thin..........time will tell !)

I really wish I could print this thread out lol !!!! Any comments appreciated !!!

geeg · 11-08-09, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by catsaremad

Phew its taken me two days to get through it all lol !!!

Right did a full set on myself last night, three were brilliant, four are ok , three are a disaster !!!

I have pictures in my album. The thumb on my right hand was a nightmare I did it and I could see that it was 'just not right' so took off the poppit scrapped everything off, filed and preped again. went onto left hand litlle fingerhas a hole on thje side ring finger sort of has craters then the next three fingers brilliant.................thought I had it sorted so went back to my thumb................. again just did not go 'right' I could see that the product was not sitting on the nail so tried to apply a bit more pressure and know have a crazy paved effect !!! Massive air bubbles that I can play with lol !!!

So will soak off the three offending nails and try again ! (mind you the girls at work love them and said that they look really natrual !!!!.................think they may be to thin..........time will tell !)

I really wish I could print this thread out lol !!!! Any comments appreciated !!!

You did not have enough product in the PopIts that had the big air bubbles. You should never have to press hard on the PopIt. Youonly need a very light touch if the PopIt it holding the right amount .

catsaremad · 11-08-09, 02:56 PM

Ok makes sense, I will soak off the offending nails and re do , many thanks

catsaremad · 13-08-09, 12:16 PM

Back again. Re did the three nails got one perfect, ring finger still not having it and thumb is nearly right !!!

Ok so know I'm excited. I can produce a nail that looks nice. Hurrah !

So I have a guniea pig in on Monday. She already has nice nails and would not need tipping. If I was doing an overlay in pink and white, could I put the white on the nail first then do the poppit or is it better to do the white in the poppit, do three, go back to first and add the pink ??????????????

geeg · 13-08-09, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by catsaremad

Back again. Re did the three nails got one perfect, ring finger still not having it and thumb is nearly right !!!

Ok so know I'm excited. I can produce a nail that looks nice. Hurrah !

So I have a guniea pig in on Monday. She already has nice nails and would not need tipping. If I was doing an overlay in pink and white, could I put the white on the nail first then do the poppit or is it better to do the white in the poppit, do three, go back to first and add the pink ??????????????

Better to put rhe white on the nail first (nice and thin mind) and then the overlay with the PopIt. Doing it anyother way will take a tonne of time and loose the whole point of using the PopIt. x

starr_79 · 08-11-09, 07:37 PM

Ok, so I finally got my popits a few months back, and have used nothing but these on myself since then. I have still been trying to work out the kinks, learning the proper amount to use, trying to get rid of bubbles, etc. But I had 2 major issues, and I wonder if one of those might have caused my new,big issue!
The first prob I had was I always had acrylic that would push under my cuticle. They would look great for 3 days or so, but as they started to grow out, you would see a small ledge of acrylic right at the cuticle. They would often start to lift here too, and I assume this is because the acrylic was touching the cuticle.
My next problem was the burn! It wasn't just warm, it was HOT! I do have very thin nails, and the few other people I put them on didn't think they burned, so I just figured it was due to my thin nails. But here is my big problem, I have applied these to myself about 5 times over the last couple months, getting the burn every time. Last week I realized that my natural nail was lifting from my nail bed!
I cut them all down very short, and gently thinned them out. I am afraid to soak them off, because I don't know what the acetone might do to my poor nails now. I have 3 nails that are lifted half off of the nail bed, 2 or 3 that are just lifted a small amount at the free edge, and the others seem ok. There is no pain, no discoloration, and I have never had this problem before. I am afraid that the heat from the applcation of the popits has damaged my natural nails.
What do you think? Is this possible?

geeg · 09-11-09, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by starr_79

Ok, so I finally got my popits a few months back, and have used nothing but these on myself since then. I have still been trying to work out the kinks, learning the proper amount to use, trying to get rid of bubbles, etc. But I had 2 major issues, and I wonder if one of those might have caused my new,big issue!
The first prob I had was I always had acrylic that would push under my cuticle. They would look great for 3 days or so, but as they started to grow out, you would see a small ledge of acrylic right at the cuticle. They would often start to lift here too, and I assume this is because the acrylic was touching the cuticle.
My next problem was the burn! It wasn't just warm, it was HOT! I do have very thin nails, and the few other people I put them on didn't think they burned, so I just figured it was due to my thin nails. But here is my big problem, I have applied these to myself about 5 times over the last couple months, getting the burn every time. Last week I realized that my natural nail was lifting from my nail bed!
I cut them all down very short, and gently thinned them out. I am afraid to soak them off, because I don't know what the acetone might do to my poor nails now. I have 3 nails that are lifted half off of the nail bed, 2 or 3 that are just lifted a small amount at the free edge, and the others seem ok. There is no pain, no discoloration, and I have never had this problem before. I am afraid that the heat from the applcation of the popits has damaged my natural nails.
What do you think? Is this possible?

No I think the problem is more to do with excess shrinkage of the product from working too wet with it inside the PopIt, and the fact that your nails are thin and damaged. These two things have caused your nails to derail.

Just leave them alone .. do not soak off and let them grow out naturally for as long as possible and keep short and sweet for now. Your nails will come right again with new growth and I wouldn't put them under any more pressure than you have to.

starr_79 · 10-11-09, 02:00 AM

Thanks for the input. I will for sure be keeping them short and sweet for quite a while! Maybe I will find one of my old manikin hands in the meantime, and try to teach myself to work drier!