Mercia acrylic

[Ginamarie]

Help Mercia acrylic nails

Posted Today at 01:03 PM by Ginamarie
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Hi everyone

I am in desperate need of some advice. I completed a mercia acrylic course. We covered sculpting, tips and overlays. But I have a big problem. I have just been practicing on friends but every time the acrylic has lifted after a few days. I am so confused. I am very sure I am doing everything correctly, from the prep, to the consistency of the product and thickness. My friends have had acrylic nails before in salons and they have said they are the best nails they have had and they look really good. But after few days to a week they are lifting from the base of the cuticle. I have been doing sculpting mostly just because the girls like how natural it looks. I am getting so fed up now and feel like I want to give up. Is it me or is the mercia range not very good. Help!! xx

 

[ValencianNails]

Hi and welcome to the site :green:
If you're getting lifting after only a few days then that suggests that the L+P wasn't adhered to the nail plate properly in the first place. I would say your problem is prep and/or soft tissue contact. IMO Mercia is a lower end product range.

How long have you been trained for?
Talk us through your prep routine so we can help you more.

 

[Ginamarie]

Hi Sandi, thankyou for replying.

I did the course at the begining of October.

I sanitise the hands apply cuticle remover. Tidy up the free edge, remove cuticle from nail plate and remove cuticle remover. I then remove the layer of nail. Wipe of all the dust with the sanitiser then prime. Then I would start to sculpt the white.

I have been making sure that I am leaving the gap from the cuticle and the sidewalls.

x

 

[ValencianNails]

Are you sure you're removing all of the cuticle remover?
How are you removing it?

Re removing a layer of nail... you don't have to do that, just remove the shine with a 240 grit soft abrasive, or whichever grit abrasive Mercia recommend.

Are you working thin enough in zone 3?
If not then that can cause lifting too, as well as your mix ratio being too wet.

 

[Ginamarie]

Sorry, removing shine is what I meant. I couldnt think of the word.

I have really tried to keep it thinner in zone 3, in fact the last nails I did I thought they were too thin.

I remove the cuticle remover with the sanitising spray and wipe with cotton pad.

I dont think the product is too wet. Its not runny at all and I always dab off the excess.

xx

 

[Deena]

Hi and welcome to the site. Apart from the above, are you finish filing correctly ie sealing the product around the cuticle and sidewall areas with your file?

 

[Ginamarie]

Hi Deena

I think so. Well I am buffing to tidy up and smooth down and I have been paying extra attention to the cuticle and sidewalls. I am also buffing up for a shine and I have been applying a top coat. Not after every set tho. Neither have lasted any longer than others.

Just a thought a couple of days after I did the training I used another one of my friends to do an overlay on her toes. I used a colour which I mixed. Its was a different product called ANP I think. They are still on now, im going to remove them soon. I suppose its different witht the toes as your naot actually using them all the time as you would with your hands.

xx

 

[Ginamarie]

Just another thing that I have read on someone else's forum.

When I got the mercia kit the primer is in the form of a pen. She was advised to use the actual liquid.

Does anyone think this will actually make any difference? Im just trying to think of everything.

xx

 

[Deena]

To be honest, I doubt it. The problem has to lie elsewhere, I would think. :hug:

 

[shedunlop]

Quite frankly change from Mercia. I have used this, once! The nails were rubbery and l would like to say they lifted but truth be known they never really adhered to begin with. I did a mobile job for 2 regulars but forgot my liquid so nipped to Sally's. Big mistake, what a waste of money. I had been doing nails for 8 years by that time so quite experienced.

I would suggest trying Young Nails products, they are easy to use and there is lots of educational stuff on their website. You will find it a dream compared to what you are using. Have a look online and see what you think. Don't give up though, you just need a good product. IMO

 

[nailzoo]

If you did your course in October (it's now only November) can't you contact your educator in regard to these problems .....?

That's what happens when you do a course that runs just a few weeks (you never get the opportunity to see how your nails come back), never get to understand longevity of product and never get to see how to fix many of the problems that can walk through the door.

Our bread and butter is infills, in a course that runs over such a short period of time, you never get the opportunity to deal with enough infills and the problems associated with them.

 

[Ginamarie]

Thank you all for the advice. I very much appreciate it.
Nailzoo I totally agree with the length of time the course was held for. My only problem is that I live on an Island which costs an absolute fortune to get off, plus hotels and time off work which I could not get off. Thats why I chose the Sally course, then I would have liked to do a conversion course to another product. But I dont even feel confident to carry out infills. We were given a step by step guide on how to but that really doesnt help, it would have been better to actually do infills.

I am going to contact my trainer, I just wanted other opinions.

Thanks everyone
xx