Air bubbles

[Alt-ernity]

Why do I keep getting little air bubbles in the acrylic?? I am definitely using the right consistency bead. It even seems to happen when I work wet!

Yet the twice I've used crystal nails it didn't happen!

Any ideas please ladies its the only thing holding me back right now.

 

[Nster999]

It sounds like to me the problem may be:
The air bubbles come from the brush. When you dip in liquid you need to put a little more pressure on the bristles to the side of your dampen dish. That pushes all the air from the brush.
I recommend a ceramic dampen dish (see pic). It is heavy and allows you to use a firmer pressure when taking liquid out of the brush and you can cork it so you are not wasting product. Much better then the tiny glass dampen dishes!