ZoeCatherall
Member
Hi all I apologise in advance how long this is but:
I’ve never been the most confident with my nail paints (even just normal lacquer) I’ve never had any complaints but I know that they’ve never been 100% and compared to the other people that I work with mine don’t compare. I can’t seem to get a close enough to the cuticle without flooding it or it not looking clean and uniform.
But anyway, where I work they’ve shown me how to use their gel system (OPI) but I’ve not been properly trained if that makes sense so I try to avoid doing gel polish as much as I can. Anyway I’ve done a couple of sets that have been okay but some of the polishes seem to have separated and cause bumps of colour on the nails and I’ve noticed that one of the lamps isn’t curing the nails properly. ( As in when you wipe the tacky layer it removes half of the polish that hasn’t been cured). That and the fact that one lamp is a very old OPI lamp and the other isn’t even a branded lamp. I have seen the thread on here about matching the lamp with the brand and have tried to encourage them to get new lamps to no avail. So with that and the fact I’ve never been a confident nail painter I was wondering if you had any tips on being more confident with nails? I try and practise as much as I can but maybe nails just aren’t for me?
I’ve never been the most confident with my nail paints (even just normal lacquer) I’ve never had any complaints but I know that they’ve never been 100% and compared to the other people that I work with mine don’t compare. I can’t seem to get a close enough to the cuticle without flooding it or it not looking clean and uniform.
But anyway, where I work they’ve shown me how to use their gel system (OPI) but I’ve not been properly trained if that makes sense so I try to avoid doing gel polish as much as I can. Anyway I’ve done a couple of sets that have been okay but some of the polishes seem to have separated and cause bumps of colour on the nails and I’ve noticed that one of the lamps isn’t curing the nails properly. ( As in when you wipe the tacky layer it removes half of the polish that hasn’t been cured). That and the fact that one lamp is a very old OPI lamp and the other isn’t even a branded lamp. I have seen the thread on here about matching the lamp with the brand and have tried to encourage them to get new lamps to no avail. So with that and the fact I’ve never been a confident nail painter I was wondering if you had any tips on being more confident with nails? I try and practise as much as I can but maybe nails just aren’t for me?