I need some help.. My acrylics suck.. They take forever and honestly i am not happy with the outcome.. My pink and whites look kinda bad and it takes me 2- 2 1/2 hours for a full set.. Plus.. They tend to lift.. I do alot of prep.. Dehydrate twice.. Prime twice and yet they still lift..
On my pink and whites i am struggling with the white and when i am done the white looks uneven.. I cant ever get the white on with 1 ball. It ussually takes anywhere from 4-6 balls to get the white on perfect. What am i doing wrong?
Any advice to help with acrylics would be helpful. Right now i try to avoid doing them and stress when i do have to do them. I know i need lots of practice but hoping for some advice
I hear you!!! I have been there! Yes, you must practice, which is the ONLY way you are really going to improve. Just like doing anything new, you have to get your muscles and your mind to work together and the only way to do that is to practice. BUT, I also believe in watching other people do their sets. We are very visual learners, all of us, and it helps to see different people doing what you're trying to do, and watch it be done, over and over and over. You're learning by watching. Try to watch those who are good at what they are doing so you are learning good habits and learning tricks that you don't know yet. Videos on YouTube are great for this. Tammy Taylor has a lot of videos, Young Nails, etc. Watch what they do, then practice doing some sets, then watch more videos, practice some more, etc. With each set you do you'll get better and better and it will become easier and your sets will look better.
Mainly I work on product consistency...your acrylic pearls need to be good every time you place them on the nail, reject any bad ones. Only try and work with good pearls.
I liked the nail sheets (practice making pink and white acrylic nails on laminated paper with outlines of nails on it) we had in school. They force you to work on your product consistency. Tammy Taylor has a good video for that, you can find it on YouTube
â¡ Tammy Taylor: Increase Your Speed 30 Minutes with Product Consistency! - YouTube.
Make sure you have gone through your steps and improve on your efficiency. Again, Tammy Taylor is great for this, she has a system that helps with timing and makes you more efficient
1 - Tammy Taylor Nails - Tammy Taylor Nail Party Episodes 14.
Stay positive. Instead of looking at how you're failing, look at how you're improving. If you don't feel like you're improving, watch more videos and really analyze what you may be doing that's not working. Stop putting yourself down and look at what you're doing objectively. You're learning all the time, give yourself a break. You'll enjoy the process better and it will be easier to learn if you keep your chin up and stay positive. :Love: HTH
. If nails lift it's normally to do with prep or your l&p isn't on the nail, maybe your not pressing your bead firmly enought and just gently moving it.
