Shellie said:
I recommend that you cure one nail at a time when doing french white UV gel. All gels tend to shrink back on themselves, so try curing one nail on one hand while applying gel to another nail on the other hand and keep swapping hands in and out of the UV lamp. It sounds complicated but I do this all the time. Once the whites are finished and you are doing the finishing layer the whole hand can be cured at the same time. I use Professionails UV Gels.
I use the Brisa system and found it easy and great to use..............
Brisa has a Technique a bit different from other gels..........
When I do the white with the sculpting gel or the paint on gel, I apply the White gel and freeze set for 10 seconds and move on to the next finger,when I get to the last finger I cure all 4 fingers for 2 minutes........
The 10 second freeze sets the gel enough, so it doesn't move in either shape or form........... So instead of doing one finger and set for 2 minutes, which would take to long for me, never been a patient bunny, I do four fingers in about 8 minutes.........
The white gel either sculpting or the painted one, when you get used to it works with you, just tickle and trickle it into place rather then pushing or painting it............ hard to explain without visuals, sort of guide it from the top, because if you try to paint or push it you get merengue and that takes ages to sort out................
The smile lines are easy if you make allowances for this gels working technique..
Always make sure that the nail prior to the Gel coating is the length and shape the clients wants........... because you need to cap the free edge, this makes allowance for any shrinkage from the free edge, and if you file after the gel coating, you cut the capping and it can peel or chip.......
On removeal the natural nail should be in the same condition as it was prior to any product application.......
over buffing to remove the shine is usualy a common error.................
Using a 240 grit in direction of nail growth, ones over the natural nail removes shine, go over it twice and it removes nailplate
HTH