Apex building
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When you have applied your builder layer to 1 nail...put under the lamp for 10 secs (the Brisa lamp does have a setting for this) this will hold the shape...do the same for each nail and then a full cure at the end.
Brisa is a great gel and i find does hold its shape well...the more you use it the quicker you become so freeze curing although helpful at first isn't something thats needed once you have picked your speed up.
Brisa is a great gel and i find does hold its shape well...the more you use it the quicker you become so freeze curing although helpful at first isn't something thats needed once you have picked your speed up.
Violet Star
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What i usually do is apply the 1st layer very thin and then the second layer a little more thicker i always apply less in zone 3 more in zone 2 and average in zone 1.I then look from a side point of view and see where i need more or less. When i need less from one zone and more in another zone i do something called the drag and drop motion.
Using your brush dab it onto the thicker zone and drag it over to the zone where you need more gel. Keep doing this in little bits until you can see your apex is good!
Hope this helps.
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Using your brush dab it onto the thicker zone and drag it over to the zone where you need more gel. Keep doing this in little bits until you can see your apex is good!
Hope this helps.
xx
Jolicatellas
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Try turning the nails upside down for a bit to let the apex settle into a nice round shape before curing.
geeg
Judge Gigi-Honorary Geek
Getting the right apex is not just about building thicker layers. It is about bead placement and leaving the product thicker in the centre down the entire length of the nail, instead of placing a bead say in the centre of zone two and then working it out ...
Do it like this. There will be no need to hold any fingers upside down (at least not with a gel likeCND Brisa that stays where you put it instead of running around the nail on curing.)
Place a thicker line of your gel down the centre of the nail and then drag small amounts from this centre line out to each side leaving the bulk of the product in the centre. Using your gel in this way builds a very strong and long lasting nail just as it does with L&P. Same structure same principal.
Do it like this. There will be no need to hold any fingers upside down (at least not with a gel likeCND Brisa that stays where you put it instead of running around the nail on curing.)
Place a thicker line of your gel down the centre of the nail and then drag small amounts from this centre line out to each side leaving the bulk of the product in the centre. Using your gel in this way builds a very strong and long lasting nail just as it does with L&P. Same structure same principal.
Thank you, I am going to practise this in a bit on some tips, This sounds a better way of doing it less fidly. Thank you I will let you all know how I get on.
Drag and drop, or ribbon technique...is the way to go. I to noticed that I was having a problem at first with the gel taking shape and having little dips and whatnot that resembled the clients nail. When I did the ribbon technique, it worked beautifully. It helped to keep areas more even and gave the nail a nice arch/ apex, and that great finished shape at the end. For me personally it is much easier building apex's with gel than L&P and really takes a lot of time off when using that method. However, not sure if this is the same with you, but since my time is still a little slow with gel, I have found it beneficial to flash cure the ring an pinky finger for 20-30 seconds before moving on to avoid gel from running. Not much gel seems to run, but of course any on the skin causes lifting. When I get faster I know I probably won't need to do this anymore, but for now, it's necessary lol. Good luck!
Thanks think i was getting it on the skin causing lifting but ti think i have fixed this now, Ill let you know how it goes later today thanks
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