geeg
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I'm watching too! So excited and can visualise Andy raising that trophy as clear as day. :green:
All your technical questions about Brisa Lite removable gel answered here
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I'm watching too! So excited and can visualise Andy raising that trophy as clear as day. :green:
geeg
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One cannot claim to be BRITISH AND NOT BE SUPPORTING ANDY MURRAY. and I am an American. :green: First break to Andy!! :green: Whoops .. forgot I was on the geek and not FAce Book.
SamanthaA
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Hi I am really sorry if this has been asked but I cannot find it all all 87 pages lol. Is the base and top coat the same for the smoothing and sculpting? I'm sure it is but just want to double check xxx
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geeg
Judge Gigi-Honorary Geek
Yes
Leila1712
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Hello. I have mixed some white brisa lite gel with the remaining of my clear one to create a more natural white and it is now FULL of air bubbles when i apply it
how can i fix this? Thx !
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geeg
Judge Gigi-Honorary Geek
Lesson learned ... :hug: ... Never mix gel by stirring it. Use a pallet knife or your brush. I'm not sure you can fix it.Hello. I have mixed some white brisa lite gel with the remaining of my clear one to create a more natural white and it is now FULL of air bubbles when i apply it
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Using the pallet knife and a tile or a glass coaster, and another pot, take small portions out of the bubbly pot, spread out on the tile/coaster and spread using a pallet knife in small portions, pushing the air out, then gather with palett knife and put in the new pot. This will take a long time, but at least you can safe your gel.
Nataliya Onyshchenko
CND Shellac Education Ambassador
PHAB Gold Standard Nail Professional
Brisa Professional of the year
Leila1712
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Yes indeed lesson learned!
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Leila1712
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Thanks ! I will try it tonight hopefully it works.. I stirred the gel to mix it so stupid lol /slap on the wrist
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Zooks
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Quick question as I have only recently started to do Brisa Lite Smoothing...
One of my ladies wants to have Brisa lite and then purchase some Vinylux to chop and change her colour at home...Only thing is obviously we recommend nourishing remover to remove vinylux but I don't want it to damage her Brisa lite. Same with Shellac if they want a temporary change of colour for whatever reason as I have always said it needs to be acetone free...what do you do about this?
Apologies if this has been asked, I have read through the first 20 odd paged but am on my phone at the minute.
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One of my ladies wants to have Brisa lite and then purchase some Vinylux to chop and change her colour at home...Only thing is obviously we recommend nourishing remover to remove vinylux but I don't want it to damage her Brisa lite. Same with Shellac if they want a temporary change of colour for whatever reason as I have always said it needs to be acetone free...what do you do about this?
Apologies if this has been asked, I have read through the first 20 odd paged but am on my phone at the minute.
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Zooks
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geeg
Judge Gigi-Honorary Geek
I just use a damp pad with nourishing remover and QUICKLY remove it ... It takes the remover 5 minutes at least to penetrate the Brisa lite Oti Shellac top coat so a wuick removal of colour is not going to destroy the Shellac or the Brisa Lite gel. If you don't teach thehow to remove it then they may get into bother.
NikkiBull
Active Member
Anyone encountered this before? I have tried vinylux and this is just normal nail polish, it's wrinkling as it dries over the top of the brisa lite top coat have tried doing it really thin and keeps happening
have tried doing it really thin and keeps happening
Wee Fee
Well-Known Member
Anyone encountered this before? I have tried vinylux and this is just normal nail polish, it's wrinkling as it dries over the top of the brisa lite top coat
How strange! What polish are you using? Did you remove the sticky top film from the cured Brisa Lite Top Coat before applying polish?
For a start, CND recommend that if you are applying polish to Brisa Lite that you do not apply Brisa Lite Top Coat.
With Smoothing Gel: after curing remove the top film with IPA and go ahead with your polish application as normal.
With Sculpting Gel: after finish filing, thoroughly clean the enhancement with IPA and apply polish as normal.
The reason for no Brisa lite Top Coat is that the polish lasts better without it, NOT that the polish will wrinkle - I have never seen this happen and would be very keen to get to the bottom of it.
This picture looks like Shellac that has been applied too thickly or cured in the wrong lamp, or black gel that has been made by adding too much black pigment so it won't cure properly.
chocolatepickle
Well-Known Member
I have experienced what appears as exactly this on a couple of occasions when polishing onto Shellac without removing the tacky film- could you have forgot to remove it first perhaps?
NikkiBull
Active Member
Definitely removed the tacky layer, I used both vinylux in blackpool and a china glaze one and they both did it, I buffed the nail so the top coat was no longer there and then repolished with vinylux blackpool and went on beautifully like it normally does!! No idea what happened! Glad it was on me and not a customer!!
MissManicure
New Member
Hiya I cant get on the CND Brisa Lite 'Build It' training until next year and after todays set on myself, I am now wondering whether to give up on Brisa Lite. I use the reverse method as this is how I have been trained, and can manage the pink sculpter beautifully, however it all goes wrong when I do the whites. I have tried using the white 'tail' against the pink and also 'pushing' it up against the pink. I can get a decent smile but when it comes to filing i end up with a small gap between the white & pink. Also when I file the white it always looks uneven and some bits completely file away - it's just a mess! I don't know if I'm not using enough white or too much. I have watched fingernail fixer's vids and the cnd vid so many times and I just cannot get the white to look good. Any tips from you lovely geeks before I give up completely? x
geeg
Judge Gigi-Honorary Geek
My biggest tip would be to take a class with a CND educator. Why give up on something when you've never been properly shown how to use it. A video can be a helpful reminder when you have been taught, but it is not a teacher in itself. Go get training like even I did. It's the only way to learn properly. I think it is positively the easiest gel system I have ever used. But I have to say Ido not do the reverse method with gel ... Why not try it the other way. Much simpler.
Wee Fee
Well-Known Member
I understand you are frustrated, but don't give up! If you are already using Brisa Lite Sculpting Gel 'Brisa Lite Build It' is not the class to take anyway (it's for natural nail specialist learning to mend broken natural nails, not create full sets of nail enhancements with pink and white). Book in for a couple hours one 2 one with your local CND Ambassador, you won't have to wait till next year for that. I believe this will be the best way to get it just right easily and quickly.
Good luck!
