A girl I know uses acetone to thin out acrylic nails if there getting a bit thick or if someone is having a lot of length off so they don't end up extra thick. I have always just used acetone for full removals only. Was just wondering your views on this ???
Acetone to thin acrylic nails
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.....or inexperience, I'll be honest, I used to do this when I first started, probably because I didn't really have enough experience or understand the proper structure of a nail enhancement. If her technique is good & she de-bulks enough in between there should be no need for this! Ultimately I think it compromises the strength of the nail enhancement!
She said she uses it when there having a lot of length off so going from extremely long to a short square so there would be a lots to be thinned
Yeah she did say it was cos she was lazy . I was just curious as I thought it would of like damaged the full structure
Exactly this is all part of the rebalancing process, taking the length down, de-bulking & refining as she goes. Her enhancements must be quite thick to start with or her technique/application inbetween fills to even need to do this, it's a pretty poor show to be honest.
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Exactly it goes all soft & rubbery, nightmare trying to build on top of that soft structure!
