Crisp smile lines and deep C curves

[rebeccabeeley]

Im looking into doing my first competition and after looking into the hints on the professional beauty website I have a few questions

One of the hints it to put clear acrylic behind the smile to avoid cloudyness (a major down point to my nails) how would I go about this would I first put a thin layer of pink or just go ahead and use clear in zone 2 then pink near th cuticle and drag over. Or do you guys know any other way to avoid cloudyness

Iv seen on a number of videos techs using a tool to create a deep c curve what is the best tool to use and where can i buy one?

Thankyou in advance x

ps im looking into entering tip and overlay acrylic

 

[hannajadem]

I may not be much help as I've only competed once as a novice.
To get the crisp smile, I would try the reverse method where you apply the pink first, file in the smile line when cured, then butt the white up to the pink. A crisp smile is revealed during finishing.
A pinching tool- mine is from Young nails and is very good as you do not have to hold it in place for ages, it's hands free! Think it's called the Magic Wand. I'm pretty sure you can get generic copies of this tool now from Pro Impressions. Hth and good luck!

 

[Exquisite Touch]

if you doing it reverse to get your c curve you really need to be able to pinch before the pink is fully set, so i wouldn' wait until your pink is fully set to apply your white perfect your smile with your brush then butt the white up and pinch when matt. hth

 

[rebeccabeeley]

do most people do reverse method in competitions then? Iv done this a couple of times but normally I would do the traditional way. Does anyone have any tips for crisp smile lines when doing whites first

 

[geeg]

do most people do reverse method in competitions then? Iv done this a couple of times but normally I would do the traditional way. Does anyone have any tips for crisp smile lines when doing whites first

I wouldn't be trying any new techniques in a competition. You want to be in your comfort zone in a comp.

Use your traditional method for making your white smiles and make sure you create the sharp edge by using the point of your brush to tuck the white under the smile making a little concave area ... and then the trick is to use a teeny tiny bead of clear to just tuck into this cave area not to do the whole of zone 2 with it. Then complete the nail with your pink in the normal way.

 

[Exquisite Touch]

Def do it your traditional way like geeg said if it's not broke dont try and fix it, I wrongly assumed that you did it reverse all the time.

 

[Ela Loszczyk]

I do my pink&whites the traditional way. I don't use clear acrylic next to the smile line, only pink one. In my opinion the tip is to create quite high smile line wall - I hope it makes sensand then gently push the lower side of your smile line in, so the upper line will be nice and smooth and crispy. put the pink acrylic in zone 2, but not to close to the smile line. let it flow and then gently stroke to the smile line avoiding contact pink acrylic with white one.

 

[rebeccabeeley]

Thankyou im definately gonna try this technique, ive never used a small bead of clear powder before but it does make sense. I hope I have a full set or rebalance booked in tomorrow Thankyou

 

[CarrieL]

to avoid cloudyness use a separate liquid for your clear and pink powder and make sure your brush is free of white acrylic before you pick up your clear, do this by cleaning brush in monomer and wiping your tissue. Also a good tip for getting crisp smile lines on a comp set is to buff where the smile line will be to a high shine. Not reccommended for normal salon sets of course.

 

[rebeccabeeley]

to avoid cloudyness use a separate liquid for your clear and pink powder and make sure your brush is free of white acrylic before you pick up your clear, do this by cleaning brush in monomer and wiping your tissue. Also a good tip for getting crisp smile lines on a comp set is to buff where the smile line will be to a high shine. Not reccommended for normal salon sets of course.

So buff the natural nail where the smileline will be (so its shiny).

I tried the clear bead next to the white and absolutey love it (Thanks Geeg) been using on my clients ever since

 

[Deena]

I've just tried the tiny bead of clear behind the smile line on myself and it's so much better than the little pool of pink that used to lurk there, like a second semi smile. Will stick with it in future now, I think.