Help with glitter tips (again!)

[millygirlyay]

Hey all,
I use young nails products. The problem Im having is when I press the glitter onto the tip either over white or a colour, I cant help it sticking the the 'body' of the nail. I only want it on the tip area, but because the 'body' is still sticky, it sticks to it aswell!

Have I explained this properly? Any tips?

Also, for those who use young nails, out of the huge huge selection of glitters etc, which ones would be best to use to mix with flex to just do a plain glitter tip...?

TIA xo

 

[Doorie]

what about... cleaning the body to take away the sticky layer?

 

[minetta]

hey there milly,
Did you try holding your brush at 90 degrees from the body and only aim for the tip
Take Care minetta
P.S hope this is some help

 

[karentriff]

On the advice of another geek on this site I dip my dotting tool into my gel and then dip in the glitter. This seems to give you the correct ratio. I am then able to apply the glitter very accurately to the nail with the dotting tool. For me it is much easier than using a brush and the glitter only goes where you want it to. I'm sure if you pm traceylousie on this site she would help you. Her method works and she does awesome nails
hth
Karen

 

[RedAdmiral]

I think the dotting tool idea is a good one for picking up a sml amount of glitter.

I use young gel in the salon and I swipe aft base when doing glitter tips, I have a seperate pot and brush for glitter n pink n whites so not to get ANY speckles of glitter in my p&w's.

Las vegas n Los Angeles are the best with gel as Illum 1&2 dont allow the light to pass thru and give a good cure unless you are using clear tips or sculpting. The gel can peel off the nail as the colours are too dark/dense. You can mix all the colours togther to make new ones and the boxes come with a little measuring spoon.
Funkadelic is better than crystal and you'll use loads of it, Rock star has bigger pieces of glitter, shimmering sand, western blue and meon-a-sky are the most popular ones tho we nearly have them all!