Lifting question!

[sax'd_out]

Sorry guys am sure that this must have been covered on here somewhere but I can't find it for the life of me!

I'm in the process of doing CND foundation and am almost at day 5, I did my sisters nails on Monday, all went well she was v happy which was good, but she came to me on sat to repair a nail she smashed being heavy handed at kung fu (ouch!) and I spotted that both her index fingers had lifted quite badly, there was a tiny amount of what I would describe as typical newbie lifting on a few fingers etc ( which I am sure is down to inconsistant mix ratio, and I'm obviously working on that) but about 3/4 of the pink on these fingers (both hands) had lifted, I questioned her about it and she told me that she'd been using mostly only those fingers to type at work, now am going to ask her more (because at the time I didn't think of it :irked but I think she meant she was typing with her nails (not her fingers!) would that cause this extent of lifting in such a short time?

Thanks for your help!

 

[user 35377]

Yes, constant overuse of the fingernails on those prominent fingers is a big cause of lifting. I had one client that only had the middle finger of her right hand lift consistently. After much investigation, it is the finger that she uses to release her seat belt. Since she started using her knuckle the lifting has stopped!

 

[sax'd_out]

Ah brilliant - thank you! I'm happy to take the blame for lifting if it's my own fault but will have a word about using the pads of her fingers to type from now on!

Thanks Again!

 

[geeg]

Well I beg to disagree here .... If the nails had properly bonded to the nail surface, then typing would not de-bond them.

Major pressure with some systems may cause nails to lift but if CND is bonded to the nail correctly then only something VERY extreme would de-bond it and it would not be typing on a modern keyboard. Typing these days is a pretty gentle affair compared to the old fashioned typewriters where you banged at the keys.

 

[sax'd_out]

oh pants that makes it my fault again!!!

(Oh well I did suspect as much which is why I posted this!)

Thank you Geeg
Luckily I haven't spoken to my sister yet! I have been practising my Mix ratio lots (your tutorials on here are AMAZING - helped me loads!) since I did those nails and so far (touch wood) have had no lifting so hopefully am improving!

 

[geeg]

It takes time and we all go through it, so you are in good company.

You have to look at the over all picture with problems like lifting. Ask yourself these questions:

Are all the nails lifting? (look at what YOU are doing to determine)

Are only some of the nails lifting? (Look at what you and the client are doing)

Do you see lifting on every client? (look at what you are doing)

Do you only see lifting on a few clients? (look at what you and the client are doing)

Do you see lifting on the same client time after time? (look at what the client is doing)

 

[chocolatepickle]

I type with my nails mostly and am afraid I don't get lifting most of the time.

 

[sax'd_out]

Thanks geeg, will keep an eye on all these factors and keep practising! Am 90% sure previous lifting is down to my mix ratio, which has improved a lot over the last week and so far the people I've practised on this week haven't had any lifting (granted it's only tuesday lol) but am keeping a close eye on my models and will see how things go!

 

[deeirishgal]

Well I beg to disagree here .... If the nails had properly bonded to the nail surface, then typing would not de-bond them.

Major pressure with some systems may cause nails to lift but if CND is bonded to the nail correctly then only something VERY extreme would de-bond it and it would not be typing on a modern keyboard. Typing these days is a pretty gentle affair compared to the old fashioned typewriters where you banged at the keys.

I totally agree...typing will aggravate the lifting but there is a reason they were lifting in the first place.