Guess what! I forgot my forms todays & used kitchen foil!!!!

[Bev Rose]

I went to one of my old established clients this morning. She had broken the end of her nail off on her garden pond pump and I decided to sculpt the missing free edge back on. No problem you would of thought.........................................

But then.......................I forgot my tub with my collection of sculpting forms in!!!!!! :irked:

Bit of a pain really, i'd prepped all the nails & felt a bit of a prat. So..... I asked her if she had any kitchen foil & off she went & got me some.
I made a 'Heath Robinson' style form from a doubled up piece of foil and held it in place whilst i sculpted the free edge back on and held it (and my breath!!!!) in place whilst it set.:Scared:

She was saying how talented she thought i was etc etc and i was thinking - jeeezze i hope this works!!!! (I live 15 miles away so it was a bit of a journey to go back for one form!)

Has anything like this happened to any of you????

I have to say, it worked a treat, no seepage or over-exposure problems & the foil came off really easily! Thought it would of stuck a bit more!!!!!! The nail shape & structure was good too.

I have to say, I was so pleased with myself!!!! It was a bit nerve wracking tho incase it didn't work!!!!

 

[jac extreme]

Nice one bev, thinking on your feet, allsorts of things were used for sculptng purposes before the forms as we know it were introduced.

 

[oey]

I went to one of my old established clients this morning. She had broken the end of her nail off on her garden pond pump and I decided to sculpt the missing free edge back on. No problem you would of thought.........................................

But then.......................I forgot my tub with my collection of sculpting forms in!!!!!! :irked:

Bit of a pain really, i'd prepped all the nails & felt a bit of a prat. So..... I asked her if she had any kitchen foil & off she went & got me some.
I made a 'Heath Robinson' style form from a doubled up peice of foil and held it in place whilst i sculpted the free edge back on and held it (and my breath!!!!) in place whilst it set.:Scared:

She was saying how talented she thought i was etc etc and i was thinking - jeeezze i hope this works!!!! (I live 15 miles away so it was a bit of a journey to go back for one form!)

Has anything like this happened to any of you????

I have to say, it worked a treat, no seepage or over-exposure problems & the foil came off really easily! Thought it would of stuck a bit more!!!!!! The nail shape & structure was good too.

I have to say, I was so pleased with myself!!!! It was a bit nerve wracking tho incase it didn't work!!!!

OMG Bev how did you think of that one?

 

[Bev Rose]

Well, about 20 years ago i had my nails sculpted for the first time at my local beauty salon & i never forgot that the - what i now know to be forms - looked like horsehoe shaped tin foil!!!! They lasted about 3 days & all broke off in different shapes & cracks!!!!

Thank god my memory isn't faling me!!!!!!!:lol:

 

[oey]

I am amazed you managed to keep the shape while it was drying - even the proper forms move sometimes!

 

[Bev Rose]

I am amazed you managed to keep the shape while it was drying - even the proper forms move sometimes!

I have to tell you I dropped everything and just held it in place!!!!

It was like watching a kettle boil - it seemed to take ages!!!!!!!

 

[VHunter]

Way to go!!

Quick thinking girlie. Just goes to show what you can do in a fix and it's a good tip to remember if any of the rest of us is in a pickle:wink2:

 

[Debs]

So you was a girl guide then, lol
It brings to mind a problem I had a while ago. I went to do just 1 repair and I`d forgotten my brush, how stupid was that? I didn`t realise until I`d got the nail ready either and the client didn`t want to be left without it. The only brush I had in my box was a really old one I kept for tidying up smile lines with and its had allsorts of products on it in its time. I managed to do it, the brush didn`t even appear to be contaminated which was a complete shock too. Even more of a shock was that I had no problems with that nail at all afterwards, I thought it would at least discolour or something, I just hope I never do anything like that again!

 

[Bev Rose]

So you was a girl guide then, lol
It brings to mind a problem I had a while ago. I went to do just 1 repair and I`d forgotten my brush, how stupid was that? I didn`t realise until I`d got the nail ready either and the client didn`t want to be left without it. The only brush I had in my box was a really old one I kept for tidying up smile lines with and its had allsorts of products on it in its time. I managed to do it, the brush didn`t even appear to be contaminated which was a complete shock too. Even more of a shock was that I had no problems with that nail at all afterwards, I thought it would at least discolour or something, I just hope I never do anything like that again!

I did this too about 6 months ago.

The client was about 16 miles from me and I was totally gutted. I apologised profusely & said i'b be back in an hour! She said no way I'll find you a brush - she came back with her make up brush roll & i chose a brush that looked the most sablely!!! Did a full set of infills with it. When i cleaned it i wiped the bristles on a tissue and they all fell out in the tissue!!!! I was mortified! I felt so stupid to of forgotten my brush in the first place and ruin her brush too - she's a friend so she's very understanding, infact she was laughing for the rest of the appointment!
The infills were also no problem when i returned.
She's still a client now too!! But i carry spare brushes in my case - what a lesson to learn!!!!

 

[MINKUS]

well done ! what a brilliant idea:green:


amb xxx

 

[angel fingers]

i had to do it with some sticky backed plastic once. good job i watched blue peter as a child.

 

[~Emmsybabes~]

god ive done things like this too,
i went to do my one of my dearest friends the a few weeks ago for a birthday prezzie,
she is a severe nail biter her cuticles are unbelivable,and oh yes i had forgotten my cuticle pusher!!
but.....in my case i had an orange stick with squared ends so i said "no problemo" and got to work with my file and made myself a wooden cuticle pusher !!!
its amazing what you can think of when in a situation like this isnt it !
well done hunnie for the quick thinking xxxx

 

[lovenails1]

I love it!!

Just shows us women can think outside the box, I will remember that trick, thanks.

x

 

[ValencianNails]

excellent quick thinking Bev... you ought to add this to the thread 'Tricks of the Trade'

 

[Sassy Hassy]

Spoken like a true Shming Shmonger!!

 

[geeg]

My motto ...............WHATEVER IT TAKES!!

Yes I've used the foil method and the stickyback plastic too! Great minds think alike. Not ideal, but when in a bind you do .. whatever it takes. We women are great at that!

 

[VHunter]

My motto ...............WHATEVER IT TAKES!!

Yes I've used the foil method and the stickyback plastic too! Great minds think alike. Not ideal, but when in a bind you do .. whatever it takes. We women are great at that!

That's why we women folk are mom's and men are not
:lol:

sorry, OT and sexist, but I couldn't resist.:wink2:

 

[nail-chick]

i've used foil too! whatever it takes!
i had this happen a few times between me and my mother, she thought i was nuts at first, but it worked!
...heavy duty foil works best!

kathleen
www.mynailsrock.com

 

[EllaX]

nice one bev - id never have thought of that!! id have prob ended up filing doen and re-tipping if i didnt have my forms xx

 

[becki x]

Good for you Bev,i would have just cried lol x