Hi, just looking for some advice and support it that's ok. I'm qualified but still a beginner and have advertised on FB to get some clients to practise. I'm only charging £10 full set and £5 in fill so that I can replenish my products. Anyway after a rocky start I felt I had really improved with my full sets so was feeling really pleased but then tonight's 1st in fill on one of these clients was an epic fail. I felt so embarrassed!! I just could not blend the old acrylic. I was filing for 1hr 20 mins and it looked horrendous still, it was like I was just making the old cuticle area shorter and shorter but not actually blending it. I just had to go with it in the end and my lady was lovely and happy to pay £5 but I have another tommorow and I'm dreading it. This lady was only 2 weeks growth, my lady tomorrow is 3 weeks. Any advice at all? Thanks guys ....sorry to me a moaning Minnie x
Acrylic infill epic fail
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Keep going and good luck , it takes practice. What I find is make sure the back (closest to cuticle ) is applied very thin so when you have to buff to infill you not having to buff off a lot of product it should blend quicker or easier.
Also if there is lifting at all, buff just below the lifting so automatically when you do this the lifted part comes off so this saves you time.
Try using zebra file 180 to 240 max I wouldn't use harsher file to do full line but that is just my personal preference .
I use Nsi endurance files (green and purple mostly green)
Also if there is lifting at all, buff just below the lifting so automatically when you do this the lifted part comes off so this saves you time.
Try using zebra file 180 to 240 max I wouldn't use harsher file to do full line but that is just my personal preference .
I use Nsi endurance files (green and purple mostly green)
I take it there was lifting you were trying to remove? If so don't file on top of the lift, file on the good product behind it, this should then flake off the lifted product leaving the rest nicely blended to the nail plate. Just watch as you start breaking through the acrylic and reduce your grit so as not to file the nail plate.
You might want to get a book called Nailclass by Gigi Rouse. It covers everything for application and filing even down to how to hold your brush/file. It's so useful I'm sure you would benefit from it
You might want to get a book called Nailclass by Gigi Rouse. It covers everything for application and filing even down to how to hold your brush/file. It's so useful I'm sure you would benefit from it
