Tips Tips and Tips!

[Miss Sylk]

I use Millennium nails natural, full well tips, just because i bought loads, and they are fine.

But its the white tips i need advice on. I have used star nails and thought they weren't flexible enough, lovely fit though.

Can anyone recommend a white tip that has a short well, good fit, flexable and durable one?

x

 

[Beau-T]

I'm wearing 'the edge' french tips at the moment, because they were a sample with a kit i bought recently. They look great, were easy to apply and file etc, only critisism is that the well could be smaller.

I normally use cuccio, white tips though, and i'm not a lover of them and when they are gone, i'm not sure i'll be purchasing any more. They are very 'stiff' and can take me some time to file and shape (could be me or the files though!)

 

[Miss Sylk]

I'm wearing 'the edge' french tips at the moment, because they were a sample with a kit i bought recently. They look great, were easy to apply and file etc, only critisism is that the well could be smaller.

I normally use cuccio, white tips though, and i'm not a lover of them and when they are gone, i'm not sure i'll be purchasing any more. They are very 'stiff' and can take me some time to file and shape (could be me or the files though!)

Yea, Ive used the edge and the well is too big for me, nice shape though. Thanks . x

 

[yellow]

velocity from cnd are good. they have a well.

 

[Cathie!]

Why do you specifically need a white tip with a well?

If I were to use white tips, well less would be preferable as you can place them closer to the free edge for a more natural look. x

 

[Beau-T]

I agree Cathie, well less allow a much longer nail bed (appearance), and would look less stumpy, which is how i think they normally look with white tips..... i'm not a huge fan. But i know loads of clients like them.

 

[Miss Sylk]

Yes, well less means i wont end up with that horrible look of too much white, thats why i want a small well, and i know i can get them, as i have used them, but the ones i have dont really have the rest i need.

Im a bit scared to use well-less ones, i can deal with not having the guide of a well-ed tip but i feel well-less are less secure, am i wrong?

 

[Cathie!]

Makes no difference when applied correctly. The overlay gives the strength, not the tip. x

 

[champagne]

Apply the well less tip as near to the end of the free edge as you can....

I very rarely use welled tips...

As per said....the strength is in the overlay not the tip...Buy some really decent ones though, some of the cheapos are very thick HTH's x

 

[Chloe D]

I'm with sweets - the best well less tips are velocity. In terms of french white tips I have only used Calgel and they were okay - they need little blending and have no well making it easier to get a more natural look as you can apply them where you like. After shelling out for white tips I have to say that I am not a fan - they are not to everyone's taste as they can look a bit 'fake', but that said there are loads of women that love this look so I always keep them in stock.

 

[Cathie!]

Velocity tips have a well, I think you must be thinking of CND Performance and I would never blend a white tip, why would you do that it would mess up the smile line and that's why techs who use white tips as the norm, use them!

 

[Miss Sylk]

Apply the well less tip as near to the end of the free edge as you can....

I very rarely use welled tips...

As per said....the strength is in the overlay not the tip...Buy some really decent ones though, some of the cheapos are very thick HTH's x

whats HTH short for lol

Well i trued star nails and the edge and thought they were a bit too thick.

I will try some well-less ones, thanks. x

 

[Chloe D]

You're right I meant Performance. The Calgel french white tips need a bit of blending - that is the advice I got from them over the phone when I bought them.

 

[Miss Sylk]

I'm with sweets - the best well less tips are velocity. In terms of french white tips I have only used Calgel and they were okay - they need little blending and have no well making it easier to get a more natural look as you can apply them where you like. After shelling out for white tips I have to say that I am not a fan - they are not to everyone's taste as they can look a bit 'fake', but that said there are loads of women that love this look so I always keep them in stock.

Yes, more so than natural in my experience.

Do you think the full well are more secure than half well or well less?

 

[Chloe D]

I don't think it matters - it is the overlay that you do that creates the strength. I do think that the white tips look better on clients that do not bite their nails due to where you can realistically place the tips. I think that if you try and position the tips too far up the nail bed they will feel less secure and so in this instance a well less tip would be far more suitable.

 

[Cathie!]

Seriously Miss Sylk when applied correctly it makes absolutely no difference to either security of the tip or strength of the enhancement after the overlay is also applied correctly.

HTH means hope that helps.

 

[Cathie!]

I don't think it matters - it is the overlay that you do that creates the strength. I do think that the white tips look better on clients that do not bite their nails due to where you can realistically place the tips. I think that if you try and position the tips too far up the nail bed they will feel less secure and so in this instance a well less tip would be far more suitable.

At the end of the day, if you can master pink and white application, white tips can be thrown out of the window (unless you want speed and have a client with a long nail bed), I can't remember the last time I used a white tip!

 

[champagne]

I use them for quickness occasionally if the client really wants them lol

I cant stand rebalancing them though...

I would say 80% of my work is P&W nno now.....

 

[ValencianNails]

Do you think the full well are more secure than half well or well less?

When you tailor the tip and reduce the well you allow more room for the product, which is what gives the enhanced nail the strength.

Do you not remove the majority of the well before you apply it to the client's nail?

 

[Cathie!]

When you tailor the tip and reduce the well you allow more room for the product, which is what gives the enhanced nail the strength.

Do you not remove the majority of the well before you apply it to the client's nail?

But what would be the point of that if you have a thin well less white tip at your disposal? And pre-tayloring would mess up the smile line unless one is a genious with the curved scissors!