Cutting nail tips

[Vanilla Pod]

hi whenever i buy nail tips to put on my nails all of the curves are too deep ( if you know what i mean- too dramatic) and i like a fairly straight smile on myself, could i cut the ears / edges off and would it still look ok ?

 

[geeg]

hi whenever i buy nail tips to put on my nails all of the curves are too deep ( if you know what i mean- too dramatic) and i like a fairly straight smile on myself, could i cut the ears / edges off and would it still look ok ?

Of course. It's called pretailoring the tip for individual fit and design.

 

[femmefan]

Of course. It's called pretailoring the tip for individual fit and design.

What type of scissors would you recommend for this, as I have tried to pretailor smile lines but have trouble getting a nice smooth line.

Cheers,

Hazel

 

[TIPTOP]

Ive used curved nail scissors in the past which has helped me cut out the smile line or use your file in a downwards action to pre tailor the tip

Sue x

 

[marioned]

I've hot a lovely set of black tips on, with an extended nail bed. The tips were very straight for my liking, so I cut in a more dramatic curve. I just used a pair of curved nails scissors, and cut in from each edge to the middle. It worked fine for me. HTH xx

 

[femmefan]

I've hot a lovely set of black tips on, with an extended nail bed. The tips were very straight for my liking, so I cut in a more dramatic curve. I just used a pair of curved nails scissors, and cut in from each edge to the middle. It worked fine for me. HTH xx

When I've tried this I always get a slight splintering in the centre. Perhaps it's just poor quality scissors.

Cheers,
Hazel

 

[Vanilla Pod]

yeah mine splintered a bit too, must get better scissors perhaps x

 

[ValencianNails]

If you do 'short snips' you shouldn't get any splitting, it's when you snip too much in one go that there's a tendency for the tip to have too much pressure applied to it and split.

 

[Vanilla Pod]

thanks, i will try that tomorrow x

 

[geeg]

The best curved bladed scissors I have ever used are in stock at Sweet Squared. I begged them to buy 250 pairs at a special price, and they did.

Why they are cool is that firstly the blades are very sharp and very thin so they don't put any pressure on the tip to split it or force up a ridge of plastic.

The second cool thing is that they have a secatur action.- No holes in the handle to make your thumb sore when working with them. You squeeze the handles in the palm of your hand in little squeezes and they just zip along till you done. Very fast and very comfortable.

I use these to trim the overhang off PopIts and to tailor tips ... they are very accurate too and can smoothly remove even the tiniest sliver of plastic. Most everyone who sees me use them wants a pair.

They are called white handled curved scissors.