whether you produce a smile line with white powder or a white tip the exact same principles apply - balance. One of the biggest problems is that so many people are still using white tips with stop well and only one smile line depth, and both casue white tips to have a bad press. I dont use a well less tip..i simply cut out a portion of the well..this way i can customize the depth of my smile to suit the client.
Do you mean from your experience techs dont bother to do any pre tailoring with the well..kinda whack it straight on mentality?
If you apply a sculpted pink and white without aesthetic balance it will look terrible just as if you use a white tipin the same way. However if you use well-less white tips you loose no length of the nail plate so just like a white powder tip. And if you use different smile depths you can custom to each client again just as you would with a white powder tip.
But not on nail biters, as that white tip..well less or not still has to be adhered to the free edge..which would still give a stumpy look..so a clear or natural tip..or sculpt would outperform any white tip in this situation?
As for rebalances, yes you should be able to produce a perfect smile so you do not need to keep removing and applying new sets, but this should not stop anyone from using white tips if they so wish - just use the well-less ones