Tips cracking under acrylic

[mdskora]

I have CND clear tips on.. I did a new set on Monday ( almost a week ago)... I have noticed that the tips have cracks from the free edge down verticle thru the nail.. not the acrylic just the tips.. I have to turn my hand over to see them...

What causes this please????
thanks
Mel

 

[Bagpuss]

This happened to me a few years ago....i did a client and within 2 days there where cracks in the tips that where just how you explained.....she had very flat nails and the tips i used didn't accommodate for this so they cracked.

Do you have flat nails....??

Scrubfresh on the tip can also cause cracking....

 

[simones]

Sounds like you have put Scrubfresh on the natural nails before you applied your tips. Next time, apply tips first then apply your Scrubfresh to the natural nails only.

 

[mdskora]

Oh YES and YES..... my nails are fairly flat and yes i went to town with the Scrubfresh!!!!!.....

Oh Man.... do i need to take these suckers off and start again?... I did them super long so that when i am at the sydney expo i might be able to get a geek to do some art work on them.....grrrrrr....
Thanks girls.. once again you are gem's

 

[HeatherDavis]

As long as you thinned the tip out when you were blending it, then your strength will be in your product and not in your tips. So TECHNICALLY they should be fine, but I would keep an eye on them. I have done this every once in a while when I am having an "off" day, and sometimes they chip, sometimes they don't do anything at all.

 

[mdskora]

Obviously i did not thin the tips out enough... I smashed one this afternoon...ouch... came off clean at the smile line????.... grrrrr.
I thought i might get away with out a reblance before expo but looks like another is on the cards...

I may expose the fact that all i learnt from my college was utter crap but here goes...

Scrubfresh is new to me... as is the cuticle remover... how on earth do i "scrub " the nail plate with out getting the tip?... what do i use?...

 

['chelle]

If your tip is cracking vertically, it is likely that the problem is either due to the tip being under-sized and therefore there is stress in the central area, the wrong tips used (as the girls have already said, flat nails + tips with a dramatic curve = cracked tips), or as you have said, over-use of scrubfresh.

 

[HeatherDavis]

Obviously i did not thin the tips out enough... I smashed one this afternoon...ouch... came off clean at the smile line????.... grrrrr.
I thought i might get away with out a reblance before expo but looks like another is on the cards...

I may expose the fact that all i learnt from my college was utter crap but here goes...

Scrubfresh is new to me... as is the cuticle remover... how on earth do i "scrub " the nail plate with out getting the tip?... what do i use?...

I like to use Q-Tips

 

[~Emmsybabes~]

Sounds like you have put Scrubfresh on the natural nails before you applied your tips. Next time, apply tips first then apply your Scrubfresh to the natural nails only.

Sorry, How would this cause the tip to crack ?
I mean you apply your scrubfresh to the nail plate, and then wait for it to dry (which is like super quick anyway) Before applying tips, so How could this cause it to crack.
And don't you have to scrubfresh the entire nail plate ?
so surely this would need to be done prior to application of the tip.

Personally It does sound to me like
your tip hasn't been blended enough, so possibly not enough flexibility in the tip, causing the underside to crack..
I have a client who repeatedly had cracks on the tip under the l+p,
She works on computers, (these were white tips by the way which require no blending) and she has them too long imo (although she now lasts 5 weeks without breakages I have to admit, she's doing well lol)
I switched her to sculptured and she is fine now,
I think it was just the constant pressure from the underside of the nail.

 

[mdskora]

Emmababes,
The cracks are only on my right hand.... I am right handed.....

They are verticle cracks.. but i made sure the tips fitted sidewall to sidewall...

X Mel

 

[sian1979]

I have a question that may or may not be related...hope you dont mind. But i have had a few problems with pocket lifting and have been researching the problem. I have read alot by sam about shrinkage of product if working too wet...... I just wanted to know if this would crack the tips??
thanks xx

 

[mdskora]

good question Sian....
Sometimes i think i work to wet... hard to get it right when i sit near a door and the hairdresers are opening and closing it all day and the heat of their hair dryers....grrr..

I am sure someone will answer this..