If you've done it without sticking any body parts to the trainer as well you are doing OK babe.

lol i only started practicing tonight and because it wouldnt stick earlier i decided to give some 3d acrylic nail art ago big mistake because i thought i wouldnt be able to stick the tip and i used the one wit 3d acrylic on it now im jus filing it all down lol silly me!

Hi Hun

Hope your feelng better today

The no: 13 nail dubbed the easiest is a joke, it is so flat that it is nigh on impossible to get a tip to adhere to it properly. If you look on the progress card it tells you near the 10 on step 2 any nail shape can be used on this card, although I vaguely remember that in the manual it tells you to do the Essential Techniques progress card with no: 13 nail. I would ring up EN just to make sure rather than take my word for it. I know after lots of frustration I abandoned the No: 13 andused the no: 6 nail, I trimmed the free edge and filed into shape to fit the tip well.

Regarding the glue EN glue in my opinion is not the best adheisive I have used, it didnt set fast enough for me, I got bubbles all the time and the nozzle kept getting clogged up and I would have to trim the nozzle down to create a hole and in the end up I couldnt get the glue from the bottle and ended up throwing away 3/4 full bottles and its not cheap stuff to buy. I found personally I had better luck with NSI polybond. JMHO

happy practising

anne xx

ps I'm always getting stucked up, usually to my models
so its not you, lol.

I bought some Gelbond from CND and it was awesome!!

Ouch!! I have bruised ribs and that just made me laugh and hurt me!!! It was worth it though LOL

Hi!
I got my nail trainer second hand and had the same issues as you, until someone told me that to get my tips to stick with the glue I had (not the EN tips or glue) to lightly remove the shine from the Nail Trainer nails and then tailor the tips cos the sizes on the trainer were not standard. Works a charm! (and great practice for tailoring tips as well).

And yes, we've all stuck ourselves to something or someone, sometimes more than once. Some still do it (as I raise my hand).

:-)

Nancy

well i managed to stick the tip on last night i had already pre-tailored it to fit and its looking quite good just need to do the l&p today as it was to late last night to make the house smell lol ill update with pictures if it looks any good which i hope it does!!!

thanks for all your help and everyone stay in touch!!!!

xxx

It certainly is awesome - although it is also the one most likely to have me glued to something / someone else. Not the fault of the adhesive I hasten to add, I just tend to over-squeeze and it leaks out onto my desk towel when I'm not looking.

Ahhh... the nights I've gone home and discovered a crispy piece of desk towel stuck to my wrist / jumper / boob (yes, I said it).

I second that best thing i brought after using that i never had any probs with the nails sticking!! You can use any tips on the nail trainer nails

lol your boob!!! i managed to do my 1st l&p nail but i went abit filing happy and took to much off lol so i had to fill it in which was abit of a challenge but it looks ok for my 1st attempt just started on the nai biter nail and i cant stick the tip down again so ive gave up else ill be throwing it across the room lol i quite enjoyed doing the nail was fun!!! i didnt get the tissue stuck to my finger this time though

x

:-)

Just a quick tip, using the nail trainer nails all the time can get a bit expensive. If all you want to do is concentrate on L+P application remove the shine of a tip, attach it to the end of a orange stick with blue tak, its easier to hold a tip this way. Then this way you can keep the trainer nails for when you want to practise a whole nail. I know this is an old favourite by everyone just thought I'd point it out again!

anne xx

please dont quote me on this but i think you need to use the nail trainer adhesive as well not the normal nail glue you have ..... i could be wrong

Why? the EN glue is awful and it clogs up and doesnt set quick enough. Its really expensive compared to other glues by about a fiver and I ended up throwing 2 bottles 3/4 full. If another glue works better what difference does it makes, I mean how are they going to know!!

anne xx

Hiya Just to let you know you can use any glue or tips, I would advise doing all the nails you get with the course cos if you can master them nails you can master any, if you are not sure about anything just ring or email EN up they will ring you and talk you through anything you aren't sure about Sarah is lovely and she comes on here as well so you could pm her. Good Luck