Nail trainer advice thanks

[purplelinda]

Hi

have lost my nerve a wee bit and want to get back into doing nails and to finally master tips.

Please can you tell if the nail trainer is good before I spend the best part of £100 quid on one.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Linda

 

[shedunlop]

The nail trainer is great in the respect that you can practice whenever you have the time and not have to rely on friends and family to be available. It doesn't go 'ouch' and it doesn't mind if you decide to have a break or a cuppa! It will also help you build up your speed.

Downside is that it can be a bit trickier to use with regards to your glue drying and the funny shaped nails they supply but this is also good practice. Acrylic will set more slowly than on a real live person. You may also not be able to judge if you are catching the skin when finishing off.

Overall I think they are fab to practice on before moving on to live people who will squeal if you cut them!

 

[nailsbyfran]

I loved the nail trainer at first, but that was before I worked on real people much, when I went back to use my nail trainer I just thought it wasn't realistic enough. I would use your money on the products you use to practise on people, hopefully you can find enough people

but thats just my opinion you might find it useful

 

[The Beauty Shed]

It is always best to practise on people, but the nail trainer is great if you don't have enough volunteers. I have done hundreds of sets of nails on mine, especially when trying out new things.

You can only really practise product placement and finishing though, prep would be pretty pointless as there's no cuticile to remove and you would waste your expensive scrubfresh.

One thing to note aswell is that if you get used to using big beads (which is what you need for these big fingernails) then you will find it hard to get them smaller when doing them on 'live' people.

Hope that helped.

 

[purplelinda]

Hi

Thanks for the replies. I will only be using the trainer to practice puttting on tips as have not trained in l & p, only calgel. Once i master the tips i will be able to offer my services finally lol.

Linda

 

[tinaf]

Hiya, I asked a similar question a couple of weeks ago and a good tip that i was told was to get a rubber washing up glove and fill it with uncooked rice, secure the wrist end with an elastic band, stick your nail tips onto the end of the " fingers" which now are the " clients " nails. Now you can practice applying and blending your tips and applying your gel or acrylic and help get your speed up. Also you can cure in the lamp too. I think this is a brill idea and im gonna try it out myself before buying the nail trainer. xx

 

[shedunlop]

I don't think it would be good value if you were only going to practice placing tips. I misunderstood your original post. It will not take you too long to master that so there would be no need for the nail trainer.