Having problems with Acrylic Infills :-(

[bellabeautie]

Hi everyone, I am currently doing my NVQ 2 at college. We are starting assessments now, and had the first two which I passed last week (full set of acrylics and full set of gels) which I am confident at (almost!lol) However, I am struggling with infills. I dont seem to get anywhere by asking my tutors at college :irked: At first, I was blending right next to where the lifted line was, but by doing this, the whole lot just seemed to move closer and closer to the free edge, and I thought, If I keepo doing this, the whole lot will just file off. So, asking my tutor, she said I shouldnt file next to the lifted area, but start at the free edge and slowly file away and it will gradually come away. So, I tried this in the shop, but it didnt work!! Well, it did work a very little bit, but then the white started going patchy and shadowy where I was filing (even though i was trying hard not to hit the white area too much). I hope this makes sense, its hard to write it into words!I just wondered if anybody has some advice which will help me through the infills?
Many thanks

 

[Miss Pink23]

Grab yourself a copy of Gigis' book Nailclass everything is explained in plain english with pictures.

The trick when it comes to lifting on infills is to file just above where the lifting is-on the acrylic that is well and truely still attached to the nail bed. This way the lifted area will simply 'pop' off, filing on the lifted area will simply cause the the lift to rise up the nail bed and ull be filing forever.
hth
x

 

[loubylou]

If you click on the navigation link at the top of this page and look at the drop down it has a section on there called tutorials,
go into the tutorials and you will find one for re balances that will help you loads,
Nailclass by Gigi is a fab book and you can get that from Sweet Squared by calling 0845 210 6060, hth :hug:

 

[bellabeautie]

Thats a great help, thank you both. I am registered with Sweet Squared already, so ill order one from them straight away.
Thanks again

 

[bellapops]

hi

i passed my ezflow course last year and was very scared about doing my first set of infills so i decided to go to a local nail bar and watched what they did, i found this helped me lots and within a couple of sets i was very help with.

i find that if i us a new file that helps.:green:

ka

 

[*Ang*]

I had the same problem when it came to maintenance too...I seemed to be filing forever. Nailclass truly is a godsend!! A good scout through the tutorials on here will give you loads of great info too :hug: