Acra-c forms, do you use yours.

[pips]

oh damn, thx anyway jac :hug:

 

[The Beauty Zoo]

OOOOOH, thanks for reminding me Jac!!!!! Mine are at work....somewhere!!! I must get them out and have a go with them because I am now getting to the stage that I would like to 'do away' with tips!!!

Yes, I think you are right.....we bought the last of them from Creative last year!!!!

 

[Bagpuss]

just found mine too.....and i have just gone sculpting mad thanks to Amber giving me some tips and letting me have a go on her.....so will give them another go. xxxx

 

[jac extreme]

your not letting her have them then Angie

 

[Tricky]

Hi all,
remember a while back we all went mad buying up the Acra-c forms, well I just wondered how many of us are still using them.

Mine are gathering dust in the cupboard, not because they dont work, just because I found it much easier to tear a form off a roll than fiddle with them, then clean them and squidge them back into their box:lol:

nice to hear you have dusted off them forms jac

 

[nailsbydesign]

What exactly are these forms like and how do they differ from the performance forms other than being reusable????

 

[jac extreme]

They are clear ovals of plastic with oval holes in them, the holes are numbered 1 to 10 like tips sizes.

you put this on your nail that is ready to be sculpted and then you put a little plastic clamp on which hold the form in place while you apply your sculpt.

When done remove, clean and its ready to use again,
uploaded a pic.

 

[EllaX]

blimey, maralyn, how to describe them, they are clear ovals of plastic with oval holes in them, the holes are numbered 1 to 10 like tips sizes.

you put this on your nail that is ready to be sculpted and then you put a little plastic clamp on which hold the form in place while you apply your sculpt.

When done remove, clean and its ready to use again,
uploaded a pic.

ooh they look interesting!!! ivve nevber seen them before! xx

 

[PLAOH]

Are there any nail shapes/type that are not suitable to use these on?

 

[Bagpuss]

your not letting her have them then Angie

rofl......:lol: :lol: :lol: errrrrrrrrrr....that'll be ..... NO !!

 

[geeg]

blimey, maralyn, how to describe them, they are clear ovals of plastic with oval holes in them, the holes are numbered 1 to 10 like tips sizes.

you put this on your nail that is ready to be sculpted and then you put a little plastic clamp on which hold the form in place while you apply your sculpt.

When done remove, clean and its ready to use again,
uploaded a pic.

The REAL difference to these forms, is the 'belly' in the form.

There is not a paper form or other type in the world that will follow the side curve (profile) of the natural nail because paper is FLAT and straight and nails are curvy. These forms CURVE from the side view and it is easy to get a perfect fit to the C-curve also, of the natural nail, no matter how long or short the free edge is .. the curve of the form will match it. They are not a bit difficult to fit either. They cost a fortune to create the templates for them but where they are now I do not know. Hyperion used to sell stacks of them and we had an exclusive on them, but then the company got dishonest and greedy and broke their agreement and started to sell them to other distributors so we pulled out ... now they don't sell any to my knowledge in the UK .. not sure they do in the USA either.

 

[angel fingers]

someone gave a link a while back when i was enquiring about them to a us company that sold them and also a company that sold very similar ones. i dont know if that helps.

 

[DEBSY]

Just seen some on a website called Idonails.com, may invest in some myself as my sculpting is pants i can never seem to get a nice flush fit to underside!:cry:

Presume instructions will be included :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[nailsbydesign]

Just seen some on a website called Idonails.com, may invest in some myself as my sculpting is pants i can never seem to get a nice flush fit to underside!:cry:

Presume instructions will be included :lol: :lol: :lol:

They are on their home page but if you click on them nothing comes up even when you click on their products these forms are not listed

 

[DEBSY]

mmmmmmm,, You are right,,,how odd! :irked:

 

[jac extreme]

Its probably because there's none left - I will sell mine for say £500.00 any takers??

 

[angel fingers]

jac, have you made any progress with your high hyponichium problem yet ?

i used mine last night [i dont do many full sets]

i noticed that they have a more curved cut out if you were to turn the form the other way around. you would only have room to sculpt a short free edge, but it might work. i cant try it out because i have a full set on, but it might be worth a try.

 

[jac extreme]

Hi thanks, i am actually not putting anything on mine at the moment so will have a try at a later date thanks for that one.