Help! gel lifting

[clare@thestudio]

Hi can anyone hlep me?

I'm a qualified nail technician but am having trouble with my natural gel overlays? I use ibd system and on the extensions it seems fine but seems to lift within a day on the natural nail plate. Can anyone give me adivice on what i'm doing wrong?



Clare

 

[alpina]

Where is the lifting happening? Is it lifting at the free edge or the cuticle?

 

[Lil Linz]

Can you talk us through your prep and application please? :hug:

 

[Bagpuss]

When you do tip and overlay the gel is applied in the same places as a NNO except the free edge....so if you have no problems with tip and overlay...only NNO then the problem lies with the application at the free edge.

I would say its thickness and capping that you need to look into to.

 

[Doorie]

but IBD have had a lot of problems with their gels lately... could also come from that.

 

[Bagpuss]

but IBD have had a lot of problems with their gels lately... could also come from that.

if that was the case she would be having problems with tip and overlay too.

 

[Doorie]

I didn't think the post was really clear lol... could be language issue

 

[Bagpuss]

from what i can gather....doing nail extensions are fine...but doing NNO (natural nail overlays) are lifting.

 

[Doorie]

ok, my bad...

then yeah, capping, or maybe filling after curing the French?

 

[Lou-Lorena]

Could someone explain to me what problems IBD have been having as we are International Educators for IBD and haven't heard any at all, strange ........
Sounds like a capping problem to me but untill i know every step that is being prefomed a wouldn't realy like to say...... Sound like something small!!!

 

[ValencianNails]

To ensure the free edge is capped properly the best thing to do is to apply a form and bring the gel over the natural free edge by 1-2mm, just make sure you don't file it off when you're shaping/finishing :wink2:

hth's