Best acrylic pink powder for ombré?

[TP Holistic and Beauty]

Can anyone advise what the best powder to use is for ombré acrylics please? There's so much to choose from!

Also for gels can you use builder gel as a sculptor if you haven't got sculpting gel?

I get overwhelmed with all the choice and confused with the jargon!

Thank you

 

[Trinity]

You need to stay within a brand range, mixing polymers and monomers is the fastest route to over-exposure, allergy and product breakdown. The two parts of the system will have been designed to work together, throwing a random product into the mix is a bad idea.

What brand do you use? Maybe a Geek can suggest a good colour pairing within the range.

Builder Gel and Sculpting Gel are the same thing - both are 'strength' products

 

[TP Holistic and Beauty]

You need to stay within a brand range, mixing polymers and monomers is the fastest route to over-exposure, allergy and product breakdown. The two parts of the system will have been designed to work together, throwing a random product into the mix is a bad idea.

What brand do you use? Maybe a Geek can suggest a good colour pairing within the range.

Builder Gel and Sculpting Gel are the same thing - both are 'strength' products

 

[TP Holistic and Beauty]

Hi Trinity

I have been using CND and NSI (not together) I prefer the CND. I have ordered some CJP colour acrylics so will see how they work. The radiant pink from NSI was no good for baby boomers. It was too pale

 

[Trinity]

Hi Trinity

I have been using CND and NSI (not together) I prefer the CND. I have ordered some CJP colour acrylics so will see how they work. The radiant pink from NSI was no good for baby boomers. It was too pale

You're using great products so starting from a good point, ombre's are so hard

I am CND trained but confess to having converted to CJP, I love their Amor and Milky Pink for best blend, but they will all blend if you practice enough. It's more down to client skin tone than blending capabilities. Amor won't work too well on an olive skinned client for instance no matter how well it blends for ombre. CJP do a great pinks pack with several 'nude' coverage shades for all skin types. It's an investment but if you decide to go with CJP for everything probably worth it.

I haven't ordered any CND coverage powder for years so unsure what they offer now, I'm fairly sure they don't have a huge range, it used to be 3 shades of coverage pink which pretty much covered most skin tones. (I've just checked, they have 2 coverage pinks, Cool and Warm) They are the first I used for Ombre's, they worked OK but probably more because I was a competent user anyway and knew how they behaved with ratio, etc.

With ombre's it really is a case of practice rather than product. You kind of need to choose one and stick with it to gain your skill. All 3 brands are completely different ratios, and behaviours, skipping between 2 or all 3 will make things harder.

 

[TP Holistic and Beauty]

Aww thank you Trinity. You've been really helpful