Im still a bit of a newbie & last night I did a shellac on my mums nails it was fabulous experience as my mum had a stroke a few years back and is unable to control the fingers of one of her hands. This made it awkward to paint as I couldn't always hold the finger at a preferred angle, then had to be careful the fingers didn't cross over and smudge, mum held 2 fingers apart for the base coat but them when she had the good hand in the lamp we ended up putting a hoof stick between to fingers which stopped them crossing. We laughed a lot and was very relaxed about it but if course this would be different with a stranger - has anyone had any experiences like this? I've put a photo of mind finished nails I think they came out good in the end