hi zoe isn't it?
your nails look lovely.
your little fingers smile is slightly deeper than the others.
the reason that smiles should smile is to make the nail look slimmer.
your models nails are medium width.
the problem with these nails plus tip & overlay is that they can look wider than u want them to.
if the smiles were slightly deeper then it would've "slimmed down" the look of the nail beds.
compitition is also about extrereme skill. most talented techs can produce a good averagely deep smile line. so to seperate skill levels, smiles have become deeper.
the deeper the smile, the harder it is to b consistant, so it is a risk.
i'm not a fan of "tube-like" nails that are an inch+ long, but there can b a balance between a beautiful natural looking nail & the extreme skill that it takes to do all the disciplines of a compitition nail consistently.
i hope that helps!
go for it at olympia, & the best bit of advice i can give u if u r tipping, is to find a model with very slim, curvy nails!
liza x
