Advice needed on acrylics

[Chrisole]

Hello All!
I am in need of advice from my fellow geeks once again.:o

I have a client booked for Monday that wants me to do a sideway french using l&p, l&p is not very popular here so i do not use it very often so i do not have much experience in it. I have done french with l&p before but never a sideway french, so i was practicing for it in my fake finger and i just cant quite do it as well as i would want to, the smile line is giving so much trouble and i take more time then i should to do it, in the end it just looks messy to me, i have found that when trying with the reverse method i do get better results.

Is there a trick to this? I have tried searching of a tutorial or anything of someone doing this but could not find anything. Any advice will be very welcomed, I just really want to do a good job on Monday, something i can be proud of and leave my client happy.

 

[Christine Mary]

I must really be showing my ignorance here, but what the heck is a sideway french?

 

[Chrisole]

I must really be showing my ignorance here, but what the heck is a sideway french?

I am sorry maybe i am not describing it correctly, English isn't my native language, what i mean is this http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u303/queenbee7999/Photo0530.jpg

That is just a picture i found online, not mine, just to show the type of french i am talking about.

 

[x Fee x]

We would call that a diagonal french

I would finish my nail in one colour with L&P first, and then paint on my white tip, rather than create the white with L&P x

 

[Lysa.G]

I start off on one side and toy l&p going down in the direction that is wanted. And keep checking to make sure the white line is straight.dint take too long on it as the l&p drys quick!it is practice, good luck.x

 

[Chrisole]

We would call that a diagonal french

I would finish my nail in one color with L&P first, and then paint on my white tip, rather than create the white with L&P x

That is a really good idea that i did consider but i don't know if my client will be ok with that, i was thinking doing pink structure with acrylic and paint the white with gel, i will need to do this on a fake nail first to see how the result is, but the reason i am doing this in l&p is because my client doesn't want to have gel on.

And thank for the name info, i finally know how to describe that correctly

 

[Chrisole]

I start off on one side and toy l&p going down in the direction that is wanted. And keep checking to make sure the white line is straight.dint take too long on it as the l&p drys quick!it is practice, good luck.x

I am sorry but i can not exactly visualize what you are describing, so if i get this right you put your white bead to the the side where you want the high end to be and kind of drag it down to the low side?

 

[Christine Mary]

Oh I see! Took a long time for the penny to drop I'm afraid.

As was said, one colour L + P overlay, then how about a paint on white gel as in Brisa for the white?

 

[Chrisole]

Oh I see! Took a long time for the penny to drop I'm afraid.

As was said, one colour L + P overlay, then how about a paint on white gel as in Brisa for the white?

Thank you Christine Mary for your input, as i said i have considered that and to be honest it will save me so much time, i just do not how my client will feel about it because she said she wants l&p nails and really hates the filling that needs to be done to take the gel off.

Speaking on the subject if i tried to sandwich the white gel between 2 layers of acrylic will that last? I will top coat the whole thing in gel.

 

[Christine Mary]

Don't understand why you would sandwich the white gel in between two layers of acrylic, especially if she hates filing!

Brisa white is just a paint on white, so one coat painted on top of one colour acrylic, then sealed with top gloss.

Jobs a goodun!!!

 

[Chrisole]

Don't understand why you would sandwich the white gel in between two layers of acrylic, especially if she hates filing!

Brisa white is just a paint on white, so one coat painted on top of one colour acrylic, then sealed with top gloss.

Jobs a goodun!!!

The sandwich thing is just for my own curiosity :o
Thanks again for your advice.