Where can I get a Nail Fresh brush from for French Manicure

[Lavander Rose]

HI everyone.

I am having a nightmare trying to perfect my French manicure. I've not done a French in a long time and while I was at college I had a riding accident and fractured 3 fingers. I've been practising like mad but just can't seem to get it right.

Just can't seem to get the perfect French polish; either sweep is to big or smudges everywhere.

I've heard about a brush from nail fresh can anyone tell me how and where I can get one from? I've been to Alan Howard this morning and they do not sell it.

Any tips or suggestions would be fab peeps asap as I've got a French manicure to do next week lol

 

[tonilee]

I use a smallish brush I dip into nail fresh chuck, cant think what its called but its a wooden handled one I got from Creative??

HTH

 

[geeg]

There is no special Nail Fresh brush for doing this job of correcting your smile line. You just use Nail Fresh and any old brush with a nice point -- dip it into the Nail Fresh and sweep slowly and gently along the smile line.

The 'key' is the Nail Fresh, not the brush. Nail Fresh is available from all Distributors of Creative products.

 

[Deena]

I despaired of ever doing a French polish, until I read about the nail fresh method. I use an old stiff gel brush that I keep for the purpose and it works a treat.

 

[geeg]

I still think it is best to learn the skill of doing a good French Manicure polish but it is nice to have the old Nail Fresh standing by for touch ups if needed.

 

[smiler13334]

there are french polishes out that have have the ideal size brush... long and thin. Makes french a doddle. Plush you can make it 'smile' I dont like french that goes straight across, not very flattering to the nail. If you want to know the makes I can pm you.
I have gradually been going round 21 students at college and with a good product and CONFIDENCE (and positioning) anyone can do a french too many people worry about it and thats when nerves set in, If thats the case dont hold the bottle the heat of your hand does odd things to the polish lol

Hope your fingers mend soon
xx

 

[tess walters]

Hi, When doing a french and using the nail fresh method do you put white on the free edge first, than fix the smile. Then put on your pink, and nail strenghtheneretc.? {I'm speaking of nat. nails}
Thanks Tess

 

[geeg]

I love the colour Beaux for French

1 x coat Stickey base -coat
1 x coat of beaux
1 x Cream Puff for the French (tidy up of necessary with Nail Fresh)
1 x coat of Beaux
1 X coat of Air Dry or Super Shiney top coat

Even if you have tidied up and removed a bit of colour it all comes together at the end with the top coats.

 

[sian1979]

I love the colour Beaux for French

1 x coat Stickey base -coat
1 x coat of beaux
1 x Cream Puff for the French (tidy up of necessary with Nail Fresh)
1 x coat of Beaux
1 X coat of Air Dry or Super Shiney top coat

Even if you have tidied up and removed a bit of colour it all comes together at the end with the top coats.

How do you apply your cream puff.....do you do one sweep from side to side or apply it vertically if you know what i mean......been told so many ways if doing it. So far i have only tried sweeping side to side.....i did give the other way a try but could not get a decent smile.
thanks

 

[geeg]

How do you apply your cream puff.....do you do one sweep from side to side or apply it vertically if you know what i mean......been told so many ways if doing it. So far i have only tried sweeping side to side.....i did give the other way a try but could not get a decent smile.
thanks

I start up in one corner and sweep down and up to the other corner in one FAST movement. I actually roll the finger more than I move the brush and let the rolling movement do the work for me. You cannot do this without getting some on the skin so Nail Fresh comes in very handy to clean that up. I only add vertical strokes if the free edge is quite long.

 

[magsham]

So if you had a client that wanted really white tips, would you do base, 2 x colour, white, then top? or just one coat of colour, white, top?

I totally screwed up the other week when i tidied up the smile and had to abandon the service cos i had to take it off again and she didn't have time for me to do it again. I was devastated cos i've used this method loads of times but that was when i was putting colour over the white.