toe-nail enhancements!

[liza smith]

hiya all
last week, i applied a full set of forever french to a clients toenails :shock:

it took me a lot longer than i anticipated(1hr 30)even though the nails were tiny, there was a LOT more prep than with fingernails.

i sculpted them so that they were all the same shape, not so they were 2 inches long :shock: , which is what most people thought when i told them!

just an another bit of info, she happens 2 b a page 3 girl, & if anyone happened to stumble across top of the pops last fri. she was the girl holding a chainsaw in the benni benassi song "satisfaction" :shock: :shock:

when asked why she wanted her toenails done, she said that all her model friends were having it done eversince victoria beckham was reported to have had it done 8)

i also used glimmer powder instead of pink(very bling bling 8) )

so b warned, this may be the next big thing in designer accessories 8)

lol liza xx

 

[Sparklepink]

hi
i have got 2 clients who have coloured acrylic on their toes......i am yet to do french
well done they sound fab!

Jess

 

[Debs]

bit concerned about this, I don`t touch feet until they have been washed, yuk. How do you do your prep, and how do you manage to get forms on those tiny toes?????

 

[Nailsinlondon1]

Well guys and gals,
This sounds fab
So gonna try this tomorrow on Faye .............
I got the performance Forms and they should do the trick..........

If it's good enough for Victoria then it's evenbetter for my Faye.........
As for feet, I don't mind them at all......
Cool blue them and the they are as fresh as a daisy..........

So watch this post for some great toes lol
Well maybe just good ones, great ones come after a lot of practice......
lots of love Ruth xxxx

 

[liza smith]

hiya debs
with regard to prep for toes, i used cool blue 1st
then cuticle remover to remove any untidiness around cuticle area. :?
used nippers & curette probe to get any stubborn bits :shock:
then removed surface shine(not easy on little piggies) :?
srubfresh as usual.

as for the forms, i needed to cut out the oval a LOT for the big toe!

i discovered that it was easier to alternate the application i.e trying to fit the forms around the toes is particularly fidly, & if youre not carefull you will disturb the previous form which will not yet be set.

i was especially carefull in zone 3, lets face it, there isnt much zone 3!

i will let you know how she has got on when she comes back in

lol liza xx

 

[geeg]

I like my toes to look as good as my hands.

I have had my big toe nails overlaid for YEARS and years.

If I break any of the others, they have to have a sculpted nail on immediately ... I can't stand toes that don't look as perfect as can be.

 

[Saffirez]

I've got quite a few clients with gel overlays on their toes - coloured and french. It looks great, especially with a couple of gems on them. Only prob is infil, it's really tricky buffing down the gel on little toes!

 

[Belle De Jour]

hi ya girls i was wondering what do you charge for toe nail enhancements? and i presum if the pinky was too small you wouldnt apply as there would be no getting away from those side walls :shock:
nickki jonesx

 

[geeg]

It is impressive how the acrylic stays on the toenails - just shows how great enhancements would be for the clients on fingernails if they weren't always 'playing' with them - people don't 'play' with their toes so much!!

A toe enhancement can stick on to even the smallest amount of toenail. I have done this time and again. I use Retention+

For myself, I just have the smaller toes sculpted if I have broken one - I never rebalance mine, but just buff occasionally until the enhancement grows off and the nail is restored again.

My big toenails I overlay all the time. I go barefoot a lot here in Spain and I would always be bashing them and knocking the corners off If they were not reinforced.

So don't worry Nickki about the toenails being small - you will be surprised at the results. I never even use a form to sculpt the smaller toes unless I wanted French ... But here I always wear bright coloured enamel on my toes.

 

[Tracysnails]

Hi!

This quote got me thinking:

If I break any of the others, they have to have a sculpted nail on immediately ... I can't stand toes that don't look as perfect as can be.

Now for the embarrassing bit I have almost no nail on both my little toes. I always paint my toe nails and at the minute I'm supporting purple (to hide the nice black nail I have from trapping it in the garage door :evil: )and from a distance it only looks like I've got 4 toes!

The nails are what some people call a 'birds beak', it grows upwards instead of along the nail bed and there is only about 0.5 cm of it, it has been this way since birth :? Is it possible to sculpt some kind of nail and how would I fit the form?

Many thanks for any help
The weird toe nailed freak

 

[groovynails]

hi tracysnails
u must be my werid toe freak twin. cause my little toes are like yours they are well freaky.lol im thinking of trying to sculpt them tomorrow will let u know how i get on .

 

[geeg]

Don't even bother to use or to try to fit a form on these little toe nails..

Much easier to just use a small bead and press it out and into shape. You will find it works a treat.