Custom Blends

[LayStar]

I did these on one of my nail-munching regulars. She usually has them shorter but wanted them longer for a night out, I think I should have extended the pink slightly more to balance out the white though.

I used a mix of flawless, white, brown, red and orange with normal white, t&o.

Tell me where I should be improving :lol: , I rarely do normal clear p&w's anymore, so some advice on where I could improve on my prefered system would be mucho appreciated; colour, shape, smiles etc, give it to me straight!!

xx

 

[grafxgal]

Hi Laystar,
I am unable to rate it (for some reason there are no choices available).
As to the custom blending try eliminating the brown and orange as to me these look a little too dark or use a little less brown but I would not use the orange, Also one of the advantages of custom blending is that you can create a different smileline, I would have made the smilelines just that little bit deeper to elongate the nailplate. :hug:

 

[LayStar]

Okay thankyou Yea I deff should have deepened the smiles, I'm going to have to start practising deeper smiles

Thanks for your advice

 

[Northern Nails]

Same here, they look a bit dark. Try to be consistant with the length of the nail beds, the ring finger looks to be quite a bit longer than the others. Lower your smiles and make them deeper.

 

[Bagpuss]

i like these nails alot....but do agree that the nail beds look a tad suntanned....but the nails themselves are lovely. xx

 

[nailzoo]

smilelines look great, smile lines depend on degree of "fakeness" you want to achieve and how "fake" you like to make nails look.

A very wise "man" once said the best smile line is to imitate the natural smileline (I wonder who this man was) and no, it's not me.

They look good, a funny colour, waaaaay too long and if she wants them for a night out, gets pissed and falls over in the gutter, she will prob rip her nails out by the roots.

A great job of covering up those nailplates though.

 

[grafxgal]

A very wise "man" once said the best smile line is to imitate the natural smileline (I wonder who this man was) and no, it's not me.

True, but it is a bit hard to follow the natural smileline if it's been gnawed away.:Grope:

 

[1999judy]

I think the smiles look good tbh. I'm not too keen on the colour but I assume you've had to hide many sins! Perhaps a bit long but if it's only for a night out you could take the length down asap?
Well done for posting your pics x

 

[easynails]

make ur smile lines more deeper it will enhance the nail bed to make it look longer

 

[* Nail Freak *]

I think its a excellent transformation, i am no where near starting to cb!! i do agree about the colour a tad dark but they look brill and if i was your client i'd be well over the moon with them! xxxxx

 

[LayStar]

Thanks for all the comments and advice.

Yea they are too long, she's an ex nail tech so will file them down herself, she usually has them a lot shorter than these.

Need to tone down that colour!!

 

[Tracie T]

I personally thought they were a bit thick, especially at the cuticle area and slightly above..pretty set for a nail eater though!

 

[LBR]

Nice set but I did think they looked a bit thick or rounded around zone 3. Same comments about the colour too. Well done for posting though.