-sophisticutz-
Well-Known Member
Hi all.
I have ventured over from the hair forum, treat me gently
I trained in nails and beauty, many moons ago, but have never worked in that field, just hair.
Due to having my own salon, I thought it would be a good idea to retrain in some aspects and to really expand my skills repertoire.
So, I have retrained in manicure and I have just completed and acrylic nail course.
I have yet to do humans(!), as I want to make sure I am doing it correctly. My salon has a good reputation for nails and I do not want to give a sub-standard service. I have been practicing on my nail trainer arm and have now progressed onto my own hands.
I am mainly sculpting, although I am also giving tips a bash, and feel ready now to put a full set on another human.
After all this long windedness, the question I would like to ask is about rebalance/infills.
I am struggling to know how much I should file. Please bear in mind I have only being doing my own nails! I have been using a UV gel top coat, so I first file this off, file down the length of the nail and back bevel so it is not thick on the free edge (please forgive me if I am using the wrong terminology!).
The problem I have is filing off any lifting or where I need to infill. I am very concious of over filing and damaging the natural nail but I don't think I am filing enough. It looks ok but once I infill the bottom to the cuticle, file and buff, I seem to have a shadow underneath the newly applied acrylic of where the old acrylic was.
How do I blend that old line away beforehand without filing on the natural nail? I am using a 150/150 file.
I hope I have made some sort of sense! I would like to get this right before I do this on a human!
Thanks.
I have ventured over from the hair forum, treat me gently
I trained in nails and beauty, many moons ago, but have never worked in that field, just hair.
Due to having my own salon, I thought it would be a good idea to retrain in some aspects and to really expand my skills repertoire.
So, I have retrained in manicure and I have just completed and acrylic nail course.
I have yet to do humans(!), as I want to make sure I am doing it correctly. My salon has a good reputation for nails and I do not want to give a sub-standard service. I have been practicing on my nail trainer arm and have now progressed onto my own hands.
I am mainly sculpting, although I am also giving tips a bash, and feel ready now to put a full set on another human.
After all this long windedness, the question I would like to ask is about rebalance/infills.
I am struggling to know how much I should file. Please bear in mind I have only being doing my own nails! I have been using a UV gel top coat, so I first file this off, file down the length of the nail and back bevel so it is not thick on the free edge (please forgive me if I am using the wrong terminology!).
The problem I have is filing off any lifting or where I need to infill. I am very concious of over filing and damaging the natural nail but I don't think I am filing enough. It looks ok but once I infill the bottom to the cuticle, file and buff, I seem to have a shadow underneath the newly applied acrylic of where the old acrylic was.
How do I blend that old line away beforehand without filing on the natural nail? I am using a 150/150 file.
I hope I have made some sort of sense! I would like to get this right before I do this on a human!
Thanks.