Lifting Nails

[GlitterNails2]

Hi, I'm looking for some advice. I've been training with ezflow and have recently started charging people to have their nails done.

My first paying client was 2 and a half weeks ago, she came back yesterday to have her infills done and the lifting was pretty bad. She works in a chinese takeaway and there was curry stuck underneath the lifting, it was a nightmare.

I'm sure it was my fault that the nails lifted as it was my first client but I was there for ages trying to get rid of the lifting! I was filing behind the lifting as I was taught but it was taking me forever to get the lifting to budge!

I am using a 180 grit file and holding it at a 45 degree angle I don't know if this is the wrong angle but I have another set of infills to do today and I am extremely worried that hers will have all lifted too and I won't be able to remove it! In which case I would rather give her a new set, but I will be losing money.

If anyone could give me any advice that would be great because I've had a real confidence knock!

 

[Bagpuss]

Hiya ... lifting can be caused by improper prep...working too wet/dry and touching the sides/skin.... do you think any of these could have happened...??

Don't give up....we ALL suffered problems like this when we started out....

I am sure there are some Ez Flow geeks that can help...

 

[VillageNails]

don't be so hard on yourself - those nails were still on 2 1/2 weeks later - you done good for your first paying client!!!:hug:

 

[Ashiya]

i'm having that same problem to but as everyone says just practice practice practice

 

[geeg]

Hi, I'm looking for some advice. I've been training with ezflow and have recently started charging people to have their nails done.

My first paying client was 2 and a half weeks ago, she came back yesterday to have her infills done and the lifting was pretty bad. She works in a chinese takeaway and there was curry stuck underneath the lifting, it was a nightmare.

I'm sure it was my fault that the nails lifted as it was my first client but I was there for ages trying to get rid of the lifting! I was filing behind the lifting as I was taught but it was taking me forever to get the lifting to budge!

I am using a 180 grit file and holding it at a 45 degree angle I don't know if this is the wrong angle but I have another set of infills to do today and I am extremely worried that hers will have all lifted too and I won't be able to remove it! In which case I would rather give her a new set, but I will be losing money.

If anyone could give me any advice that would be great because I've had a real confidence knock!

I'm sure that this is an inexperience problem and not an EZF problem and anyone here with experience can help you.

If you start thinning from the free edge as in the tutorial here on rebalancing, instead of going straight for the lifted area, then half the work will be done by the time you get to the edge of where the lifting starts. Easy.

45º is not the correct angle .. it is too sharp .. you need to keep your abrasive flat onto the nail for the most part until the product is sufficiently thin to just crack away.

You must stop the reason for the lifting in the first place. Yes .. you will loose money .. often in the beginning ... but that is a powerful incentive to get things right so that you don't.


Are you charging full price for your service or a reduced price because of your inexperience?

 

[izzidoll]

I agree that this is an experience problem, and no matter what system we use we all had a bit of lifting at the beginning our our careers :o:

I see this thread was started back in August, so hopefully Glitternails2 has progressed since then. Normally we would go over prep procedures when their is lifting, but I always think that most tech's in training or recently trained with a reputable company (we know them all by now, surely?) have their prep just perfect.
Therefore I would think it could be an application problem causing the lifting, like flooding the sidewalls or cuticle area with product.
Sometimes it takes a few infills from hell, to get our application spot on, but most tech's get there. We all make mistakes, and as long as we learn from them ,and improve our work then their should be no problem.
HTH