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[jeanettes]

Hi, I have a young girl coming in this week and she wants white tips (not sculpts). Her nail beds are a bit short in my mind, but I wondered if it is possible to lengthen past the nail bed using a pink opaque and then stick a tip on the very end of the opaque -:idea: and then finish with a clear to get the shape and strength? Has anybody done it this way please, and have they lasted the usual time a tip would please?
Hope to hear back,
Jeanette

 

[deanosnana]

I've read on here somewhere (and I apoligize as I don't know who posted but it was a great idea!) that you can glue your tips on the client's nail at the corners only, leaving a gap between the white tip and the actual nail's free edge. Then you can use your pink opaque powder to create a longer nailbed.

I have not tried this but would if I had a client like yours.

HTH and best of luck!

 

[jeanettes]

Thanks for that - it may be an option, but I guess it would have to be using deep smile line tips?

Anyone else help please?

 

[nails2nails]

why don't you just use a clear or natural tip blend it in, then extend the nail bed with the opaque on the tip, then place your white.

Or visa vers..white then pink opaque

xx

 

[jeanettes]

Hi there - thanks for replying. Do you mean put the white plastic tip on top of the blended natural one? I hadn't thought of that - would it work? Or did you mean white powder - for some reason she wants the plastic look.
Jeanette

 

[Nickie]

if your just going to 'glue' on the corners of the white tip, be very careful u dont get product on the skin in the gap between the tip and nail in the center as you can cause over exposure, allergic reaction. I wouldnt sick a tip on a tip at all. I think the poster probably ment use a natural tip, then create the white the good old fashioned way with white L+P, extend the nail with an opaque powder.

 

[jeanettes]

Cheers Nickie x

 

[tracey louise]

i have used this method with great success.
i applied deep smile white tips to my clients nails by just sticking the "ears" down and therefore making a little gap between the tips and the clients nails.remove the shine from the white tips then i applied an opaque powder in zones 2 and 3 and then applied clear over the tip and back in zone 2 if needed.
they lasted just like a normal set would.
just make sure you dont etxend the nail beds further than the end of the clients finger as you will have a hole and the product will just fall through if that makes sense.
here are some pics http://www.salongeek.com/members/tr...gap-between-white-tip-her-nails-22-10-08.html
http://www.salongeek.com/members/tr...-picture12567-jades-nails-before-17-4-09.html
http://www.salongeek.com/members/tr...end-clients-natural-nails-white-nail-tip.html