Lifting with a certain type of nail

[kel's25]

Hi guys, i have two clients with the same shape nails and ive tried everything and they lift at the sidewalls.

There nails are small rounded at the cuticle egde and then fan out like an eygptian hat to the end of the nail. They are deep c in profile and deep down the sides of the sidewalls, i have done dry prep and wet prep even both ive made sure ive pinched the finger so i can scrub fresh right in the corner. when applying the acrylic im taking special attention not to touch the skin pat the acrylic and change the angle of the brush to seal it.

one client has normal nails (hairdresser) and the other has thinner nails (works with computers).

any advice would be greatly recieved


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[geeg]

Hi guys, i have two clients with the same shape nails and ive tried everything and they lift at the sidewalls.

There nails are small rounded at the cuticle egde and then fan out like an eygptian hat to the end of the nail. They are deep c in profile and deep down the sides of the sidewalls, i have done dry prep and wet prep even both ive made sure ive pinched the finger so i can scrub fresh right in the corner. when applying the acrylic im taking special attention not to touch the skin pat the acrylic and change the angle of the brush to seal it.

one client has normal nails (hairdresser) and the other has thinner nails (works with computers).

any advice would be greatly recieved


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This type of nail shape known as 'Filbert' nails are difficult not only to do but especially to maintain .. as difficult as 'ski-jump' nails.

Whenever you come across weird shapes, it goes along with it that the stresses and strains on the nails themselves cause problems you don't see in 'normal' shaped nails. The pressure on the free edge of this type of nail is downward at the free edge and upward with a ski-jump nail ... both types put strain on the sidewall area near the corners where the smile would be.

You may have to work a little drier down the sides to add more strength in that area, and you will definitely have to renew the sets more often to keep the natural free edge really short (almost non existent) so that the downward strain is less at the free edge.