Rebalance taking ages..............

[Perls Beauty]

Hey Geeks

I am really struggling to make good time on rebalances and feel embarrassed by it!

I did the EN maintenance home course and actually got a distinction pass, but obviously this is on nail trainer nails where you just file to smooth down the ledge - easy.

No matter how may times I do rebalances, I just seem to end up chasing the line back along real nails and it is taking me a good hour (sometimes more) to just complete the filing !! I had one that took me almost 3 hours in total - I would have been quicker to take them all off & start again! :cry:

I am trying to file from behind the edge (and always keep the product wafer thin here in initial application anyway), but still it chases on up and up and up..............

Am I putting too much pressure on the file?
Am I doing it all the wrong way round - sidewalls, free edge, thin tip, debulk, and then onto the dreaded fill line?
Is it because I have a little lifting still?
Am I using the wrong file? (generally a 180/240!)

Any comments, and/or suggestions are more than welcome........ PLEASE.....!!

Thanks in advance
L x

 

[TinaHUN]

Are theese nails have lifting problems? We use different filing methods on a problem-free nail, or a nail with lifting problems.

 

[geeg]

Could be the product you are using is letting you down?
Clients going too long between appointments?
Excess Length causing lifting?
Could be just lack of experience.

Rebalances always take ages when you are starting our and then as you learn to solve your problems they get quicker and quicker to do.

It sounds like you are tackling the lifting in the right way but it is the dealing with the lifting that is causing you to loose time. Solve your lifting problem and you will solve your time problem.

So many times, the products that new ones use also can add to the lifting problem; this is why so many new ones move on to better products that adhere better to the natural nail.

 

[Perls Beauty]

Are theese nails have lifting problems? We use different filing methods on a problem-free nail, or a nail with lifting problems.

I do still have a few lifters - some very little but others quite a bit.

I am practicing pressing the product more on my nail trainer still and making sure I don't touch the cuticle/skin etc. but when they're not real nails it's really hard to know if they would lift or not.

Gigi, thanks for your comments too, I am seriously considering a change of brand so watch this space and hopefully I will be reporting less or no lifting with more experience and better product :hug:

 

[TinaHUN]

Try to sculpt at the cuticle area thin, and be sure to leave a tiny margin around the skin, and if you work like this, you dont need too much filing at the zone3.

That could be the problem if you have to file a lot. That could also be lifiting after agressive fileing.Kristina Rudnay
CND Educator Europe

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[RedAdmiral]

If the product has lifted away due to reasons above then unfortunetly you will have to remove it in entirely before re-applying. If you are ALWAYS chasing the lifting then look at your products and application.
Ask a trusted friend or family member to wear a set and report to you every couple of days. If lifting starts after a few days then this is where your problem is beginning so after 2 weeks that product has seperated completely. In this case soak the nails off.

What are your own nails like?