Can anyone tell me which type of tips they would use on bitten nails? As usual things like this weren't covered at college and i have someone coming 2m who has bitten nails but wants them done as she is bridesmaid at a wedding (no pressure there!!) Is it best to use well-less ones or would these not be as secure? Hope someone can help - thanks x
Tips for bitten nails
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Dinkydot
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Hi Sassy,
IMHO I would use a full well tip, as I find with half well tips if the nail is badly bitten there is no nail plate to attach the half well tip too.
If the full well tip comes to near the cuticle I just file it down.
I hope this helps!
Angie
xx
IMHO I would use a full well tip, as I find with half well tips if the nail is badly bitten there is no nail plate to attach the half well tip too.
If the full well tip comes to near the cuticle I just file it down.
I hope this helps!
Angie
xx
Hi, I have only done 1 nail biter and I used well-less tips, her nails were really bad as was the skin around them, she chewed that as well as most of them do. She has had the nails on 3 weeks now and had 1 infill, and they look really good, so does the skin, plenty of solor oil. hth x
Hi Sassy,
I use Creative Nail Design performance tips with a full well straight on to the nail and then blend with a 100 grit file. Next I do the white tip bringing the smile line to a natural level as if she did not bite her nails, as a nail biters natural smile line is a stub! When a get to the pink I use "flawless pink" which gives full coverage so you cant see the blended tip and bitten nail underneath. So all in all you have a lenghtened nail plate with a natural looking tip.
Remember she will need to come back to you in one week or 10 days approx, as her nails with take a growth spurt as she cant get a nibble on them!
I hope this has been of some use to you hon:lol:
Tray x
I use Creative Nail Design performance tips with a full well straight on to the nail and then blend with a 100 grit file. Next I do the white tip bringing the smile line to a natural level as if she did not bite her nails, as a nail biters natural smile line is a stub! When a get to the pink I use "flawless pink" which gives full coverage so you cant see the blended tip and bitten nail underneath. So all in all you have a lenghtened nail plate with a natural looking tip.
Remember she will need to come back to you in one week or 10 days approx, as her nails with take a growth spurt as she cant get a nibble on them!
I hope this has been of some use to you hon:lol:
Tray x
Vetty
Lost and happy geek!
I hate to appear picky but I have to correct some inaccuracies here. CND Performance Tips are well-less (CND's Formation Tips are full well). Tips should never be blended with a 100 grit file - a 180/240 is the maximum grit needed for tip blending.
CND now have the Skin Tones Collection of powders for extending nail beds which are so much better than Flawless Pink (which was never meant to be used on its own). Cool Pink, Neutral Pink or Warm Pink give a pink to match all skin tones!
You can use Performance Tips on a nail biter, just makes sure the tip meets the sidewalls and doesn't 'spring' up in the middle.....
hth's
Being an ex (ish) nail biter myself i have quite short nail beds. I have used the cnd welless performance tips on myself and they are great...they do clear as well as white and natural now too. They are pretty much universal i think....but i have used eclipse and formation before depending on the nails and what fits them.
I also did a nail biter last week actually with the natural ones. I kept them short though....not even to the tip of her fingers as she had such short nail beds (sooo tiny you wouldnt believe) and just overlayed them with the twilight. I did thin/blend them slightly even though i probably didnt have too. I used the twilight with the glitter to try and take the eye away from the nail bed length.....they should be alot better when she comes back in next.
I am not confident yet in extending the nail bed as i think if it isnt done right it looks awful.....and so do unbalanced pink and whites.
I really wish i had taken a photo now, lol.
I also did a nail biter last week actually with the natural ones. I kept them short though....not even to the tip of her fingers as she had such short nail beds (sooo tiny you wouldnt believe) and just overlayed them with the twilight. I did thin/blend them slightly even though i probably didnt have too. I used the twilight with the glitter to try and take the eye away from the nail bed length.....they should be alot better when she comes back in next.
I am not confident yet in extending the nail bed as i think if it isnt done right it looks awful.....and so do unbalanced pink and whites.
I really wish i had taken a photo now, lol.
Vetty
Lost and happy geek!
Sounds like you did a great job, Twilight is so beautiful and would look so much better than an unbalanced P+W like you say - great idea...... Next time take that photo, before and after of course!!!
Nail Perfection
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Hi there, just a question about flawless pink.
I have a nailbiter coming tomorrow (new client). I normally sculpt these types of nails with pink and white and keep them very short. I have got flawless pink and would like to try this to extend the nail bed. Question is, when you do the white first and pull the flawless pink over, it the smile line ruined. i.e. it will be very cloudy. I have did this on toes before but wondered if it would look ok on the hands.
Someone mentioned earlier that flawless pink should not be used on it's own. Does this mean it should be mixed with another pink. At the moment I only have perfect pink, intense pink, natural and clear. I have yet to use the natural also, does anyone use this at all?
Sorry for all the questions!
I have a nailbiter coming tomorrow (new client). I normally sculpt these types of nails with pink and white and keep them very short. I have got flawless pink and would like to try this to extend the nail bed. Question is, when you do the white first and pull the flawless pink over, it the smile line ruined. i.e. it will be very cloudy. I have did this on toes before but wondered if it would look ok on the hands.
Someone mentioned earlier that flawless pink should not be used on it's own. Does this mean it should be mixed with another pink. At the moment I only have perfect pink, intense pink, natural and clear. I have yet to use the natural also, does anyone use this at all?
Sorry for all the questions!
Vetty
Lost and happy geek!
hth's
Nail Perfection
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Thanks Yvette, that's just the info I needed! :hug:
NailsByAgnes
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:green:i sculp them using coverin entity nudite acrylics....
before:
and same nails after:
i NEVER use tips for that kind of nails its pointless...
before:
and same nails after:
i NEVER use tips for that kind of nails its pointless...
Hiya, just my view but I would use clear well less tips, then apply a thin layer of cover pink over zone 2 to cover the tip application area - kind of reverse application - create a smile line with the cover pink, feathering towards zone 3. Then apply the white to the free edge - then use a clear pink on zone 2 and 3 and pull over zone 1.
If the nail beds are really tiny, sell your client a tube of gelbond to put down the back of the new enhancements to help hold the tip to the fingertip - in place of her hyponichium if you know what i mean. I find clients find it more secure feeling too, if they have got uber tiny nail plates.
xx
If the nail beds are really tiny, sell your client a tube of gelbond to put down the back of the new enhancements to help hold the tip to the fingertip - in place of her hyponichium if you know what i mean. I find clients find it more secure feeling too, if they have got uber tiny nail plates.
xx
