Lifting acrylic

[Kasey1405]

Hi all
I have just qualified in nails and I've purchased Nail Mate acrylic... im having an issue with lifting after about 5 days...
Push back cuticle
I prep the nail file over the top
Acetone
Add tip
File and prep tip
Acetone
Dehydrate
Primer
Then add acrylic
.. polish/ top coat

I don't know what I'm doing wrong!?
Am I too close to the cuticle or ??
Please help

 

[NailsbyHayley]

I would say its a mix of your preparation of the natural nail plate & being too close to the sidewalls.
Spend more time getting all of the non living tissue off the nail plate. You want it to look bare and clean, with no trace of any cuticle/NLT.

Then I would concentrate more on your acrylic bead set down - place your bead down onto the nail and tip the nail down - so the acrylic runs down the nail and not across to the sides. xx