Worried about infills

[Violet Star]

Hi Geeks, Wondering if you could help me out here.

I qualified as a gel nail technician last week, i have been advertising my services as a low price for practice. I have a client that has booked in for her gel infills tommorow.

I did get shown how to do infills but not shown properly as i had just applied the set of nails on my model so wouldnt be able to in fill them straight away.

I do have my manual here but not feeling confident still i was wondering i dont know how much to file down? and dont know when to stop fileing down?

thanks

 

[Urban Geek]

It sounds to me like you certainly need more training. I looked at your profile and you state that you are doing a CND conversion in April but I don't know if that is April 2007 or 2009. Have you done your conversion yet?

Anyway, in the meantime, take the length of the nails down to the desired length and thin out the product starting from the free-edge (Zone 1), through Zone 2 and any lift that there may be in Zone 3. Prep the cuticles as normal and apply product as necessary to give a nice new balanced nail and refine with your file.

Also, have a look at the fab tutorials on this site. They will really help as will Gigi's book "NailClass".

Good luck x

 

[geeg]

As Chris says, there are all the tutorials you could wish for right here on the site. Go to forums and scroll down until you see articles and tutorials. They will really help you.

You don't need to really file down anything to do a rebalance if there are no problems. Just reduce the length, clean up the surface and make sure all the edges are tight and away you go. People tend to do way more than they need to do when rebalancing .. especially new technicians.

 

[Nene]

You don't need to really file down anything to do a rebalance if there are no problems. Just reduce the length, clean up the surface and make sure all the edges are tight and away you go. People tend to do way more than they need to do when rebalancing .. especially new technicians.

That would be me for instance! :o
I had my first training ages ago (or so it feels) and have had a loooong break from nails. So now that I´m back in business, my gel rebalances tend to take just as long as it would take to create fresh new ones...:irked:
Annoying and time consuming - for both me and my client, but I guess as time goes by, routines step back in and the extra work will exist no more. :green:

 

[Violet Star]

Thanks so much for all your help It has helped allot and i shall go and look at the articles and tutorialss

thanks again x

 

[bellabeautie]

Oh I know how you feel Nene!! I am training at the mo, and it takes me up to an hour and a half to do infills, and up to 2 hours to do a re-balance, when it takes me 2 hours to do a full set!!! :irked: But Im guessing thats because I am still pretty crappy at applying product, and I am sure that when I get better at that I wont have as much work to do! xx

 

[mollylolly]

I was really nervous when I carried out my first infill, but my advise would be to read your instructional manual and take your time when carrying out the service. Sometimes infills/re-balances can be time consuming (depending on the condition when clients return). Most training centres offer a free back up services, so give them a call if you are unsure. A client will appreciate a slower but more thorough service. Good luck, I am sure you will be fine:smack: