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I'm not sure I'm up for sharing at this point ... But thanks for the offer! :lol:Gigi I will happily help you hold Dexter hostage in exchange for Brisa Lite!!
I'm not sure I'm up for sharing at this point ... But thanks for the offer! :lol:Gigi I will happily help you hold Dexter hostage in exchange for Brisa Lite!!
If you get it before I do, Tammie, I warn you ... I am going to be seriously jealous!
There is nothing to stop you from doing a short extension using a tip and ONLY Shellac ... I do it to mine if I break a nail so there would be nothing stopping you trying a short extension and a tip using the smoothing gel ... your risk as to whether or not it will be enough strength for your individual client.
Hi Anna! I apply the tip and fill the seam with a little bit of adhesive and activate with some resin activator. Then I blend the tip well area and smooth the tip and nail together ( but obviously I do not blend or thin out too much; just meld the tip and nail together with a 240 grit file). Then Shellac as normal.Whoa! I have never tried doing a tip extension under Shellac!
I do fix and patch corners or little cracks sometimes with L&P though.
So would you just apply the tip and blend as usual (or blend little less?) and go straight to the shellac base?
Ps. I'm delighted to read about Brisa Lite
Brisa Lite Sculpting gel general one color step by step:
PEP the nails
Apply form or tip
Apply a thin coat of Brisa Lite base coat, cure 10 seconds
Apply a thin layer of clear Brisa Lite sculpting gel (optional), cure 2 minutes
Sculpt a layer of pink creating an arch, cure 2 min
Remove top film with 99% Isopropyl Alcohol (Dsperse in the UK)
Finish file with a 180 grit
Apply Brisa Lite top coat, cure 2 minutes
Remove top film with 99% Isopropyl Alcohol (Dsperse in the UK)
lol... i thought I was being inpatient! gigi you are making me chuckle so much thinking about some kind of tense hostage situation with you handing over a baby in exchange for some brisa lite!!
Lol, except he is hardly a baby - in fact, fast-approaching a teenager, I'd say!
Our babies are always babies :wink2: mine will still be my baby even when he's 40 :lol:
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Agreed Planky! Looking forward to meeting you at The Event!
Just had a look at Holly's FB page and it says 30 minutes soak off time for the sculpting gel! Surely that's not right? Wouldn't like to soak for that long , would be an hour a fortnight!!!
iI don't think you will need to ... We're getting away from all that. :lol:I wonder if you would file them down a bit first?
iI don't think you will need to ... We're getting away from all that. :lol:
Which is so good!
iI don't think you will need to ... We're getting away from all that. :lol:
Hiya, I know we are moving away from filing(thank god/ boring/RSI in shoulder ha ha) but would partial filing not touching the natural nail do any harm? Or is it just the principle of not using a file at all x
When filing here is always a potential for harm, but in good hands, no, it would not do any harm .. but it is how clients perceive having their nails filed on the surface; if you are going to cut someone or do damage to the nail plate you are going to do it as this stage with your file. PLUS it is messy, time consuming and not necessary! Why do it if it is not necessary?
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