Bitten nails reconstruction

[bebe]

Hi

I'd like to ask you what treatment do you recommend for bitten nails with really short nail plate. What treatment would be the best? Sculptured, silk wrap or maybe usually acrylic or gel enhancement with tips? I'm not sure if it is safe of lots of glue touching the skin:| while I'm trying to set tips on these short nails

 

[Deena]

Hi, whenever I've done really bitten nails I tip them and apply l&p. I don't feel confident enough with sculpts at the moment on that type of nail and I figure that I've automatically got a sound surface to work on with tips. It seems to work quite well and I've rarely had any 'Drop off.'

Anyway, that's just one suggestion and I'm sure you'll get more.

 

[bebe]

what do you mean by l&p?:o I don't know this abbreviation

 

[tracey louise]

what do you mean by l&p?:o I don't know this abbreviation

l&p means liquid and powder (acrylic).x

 

[deanosnana]

Hi

I'd like to ask you what treatment do you recommend for bitten nails with really short nail plate. What treatment would be the best? Sculptured, silk wrap or maybe usually acrylic or gel enhancement with tips? I'm not sure if it is safe of lots of glue touching the skin:| while I'm trying to set tips on these short nails

I've had better luck sculpting on a bitten nail rather than applying tips, then L&P. Good luck!

 

[Lou-Lorena]

Sculpting would be the easiest way from personal experience you would have to butt the form up with the end of the bitten nail , but with tips you most probably will get air bubbles.
make sure you do a short nail to start with!:|

 

[yeahyeah]

I recommend tips, I dont think it works any better or worse then sculpting, but fitting those forms on bitten nails is just too much time and work for me in fact, bitten nails are the ONLY time I ever use tips, I always sculpt. but for the biters I use a clear tip and then extend the nail bed with a masque pink. hth!
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[geeg]

I recommend tips, I dont think it works any better or worse then sculpting, but fitting those forms on bitten nails is just too much time and work for me in fact, bitten nails are the ONLY time I ever use tips, I always sculpt. but for the biters I use a clear tip and then extend the nail bed with a masque pink. hth!
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I agree with yeahyeah. Unless you are a really beautiful sculptor with experience then you will get the best result using:

Tips (if you use an adhesive like CND Gel Bond you will never get bubbles on a bitten nail ... Gel Bond was formulated specifically with bitten nails in mind) and then a make over with an Opaque powder to elongate the pink portion of the nail plate and a natural, soft white or white tip powder.

A good job done using tips is every bit as strong as a good sculpted nail and will last just as long too.

No need to blend much if you use an opaque powder and they do add nice strong straight side walls instantly to a bitten nail.

I would not worry about getting any adhesive onto the skin when you apply the tips to a bitten nail ... it is inevitable and if the adhesive is a quality brand there should be no issues with it.

 

[Nail Perfection]

When using the above method mentioned by Geeg, would you do the white powder first and just butt the pink up against it? I wondered if the opaque pink would cover the white and you end up with pale pink tips, by using the traditional method of application?

I have still to get my head round reverse application. After applying the pink with this method how do you shape it before you are ready to apply the white? Is this easily done with your brush?

Sorry for all the questions!

 

[Jessica Rabbit]

I find the reverse method better on bitten nails. you can see vidoes on you tube to give you an idea on how its done.. hth x

 

[Susie H]

I've always used the traditional method :|
Clear tip with sides cut out if needed to take account of the skin bulge
There is a fab tutorial on here of how to do that:lol:
Then I apply my white, placing the smile where I think it will look best
Then the opaque pink in zone 2 and 3 and yes I do lightly bring the pink over the white to ensure I have no gaps.
Note I said lightly because then when I file to shape I take away that light layer of pink that has come over the white and that leaves a nice crisp smile with no gaps.
By the way its the same when you do a reverse application, you apply zone 3 and 2, shape your smile or oval and then when you place your white you don't worry if it over laps zone 2 because you remove the extra when you file and expose the smile.
I've tried both but I find I'm quicker with the way cnd taught me and I feel more in control of how deep my smile line is.
But thats just me

 

[geeg]

I've always used the traditional method :|
Clear tip with sides cut out if needed to take account of the skin bulge
There is a fab tutorial on here of how to do that:lol:
Then I apply my white, placing the smile where I think it will look best
Then the opaque pink in zone 2 and 3 and yes I do lightly bring the pink over the white to ensure I have no gaps.
Note I said lightly because then when I file to shape I take away that light layer of pink that has come over the white and that leaves a nice crisp smile with no gaps.
By the way its the same when you do a reverse application, you apply zone 3 and 2, shape your smile or oval and then when you place your white you don't worry if it over laps zone 2 because you remove the extra when you file and expose the smile.
I've tried both but I find I'm quicker with the way cnd taught me and I feel more in control of how deep my smile line is.
But thats just me

With the right amount of product, there is no need to pull excess pink over the white. For those who know the right amount to use, the traditional method works just great .. for those who use the reverse application method, then that is fine too. There is more than one way of doing things and if they both work, then they are both right. Use what works best for you.

 

[sian1979]

With the right amount of product, there is no need to pull excess pink over the white. For those who know the right amount to use, the traditional method works just great .. for those who use the reverse application method, then that is fine too. There is more than one way of doing things and if they both work, then they are both right. Use what works best for you.

Its funny that you say this as i do currently do use the reverse method quite alot. But in my head i still feel that i still have to master doing it the 'proper' way, i dont know why..... but because the 1,2,3 zone way my smiles are rubbish so think the end result is better doing reverse and have just ended up sticking to doing it this way.
I think that its because i cant do it i just want to be able to, lol!!
but i know......practice practice practice!!!

 

[geeg]

Its funny that you say this as i do currently do use the reverse method quite alot. But in my head i still feel that i still have to master doing it the 'proper' way, i dont know why..... but because the 1,2,3 zone way my smiles are rubbish so think the end result is better doing reverse and have just ended up sticking to doing it this way.
I think that its because i cant do it i just want to be able to, lol!!
but i know......practice practice practice!!!

There isn't, in my opinion just one proper way!! If it works and it is SAFE then any way is the proper way. You mustn't think that because one way works better for you than another that you have failed to work the proper way. You have choices and one choice is not better than another. I like to be a master of them all, but it is not always necessary.

I, for instance, am not a Master of 3D nail art ... it has no place in my business or my life, so I don't bother with it. If it was necessary to me I would master it because I love art ... but it has never been a large enough part of my business for me to give my focus and attention to it. If clients were asking me for it and would pay for it then I would focus on it for sure lol. They don't so neither do I.

As a teacher, I teach one way (to start with) .. for to teach two or three ways would just confuse ... that doesn't mean that there is only one way which is why education should be life long and continually on going.

 

[Nail Perfection]

Thanks Suzie for that explanation. A light bulb has just gone on in my head, it all makes sense now, phew!