Gel nail timings, please help!

[cuticle care by chris]

Hi everybody! I am currently a student enrolled in cosmetology school and I absolutely LOVE doing gel enhancements. I have spent a lot of time perfecting my technique and Im quite satisfied with my work thus far. The only thing Im worried about now is my timing! My school books a maximum of 3 hours for gel enhancements when we service clients during school hours. I along with my instructors are usually satisfied with my work, but I find it still takes me the full 3 hours to complete a set when I know that in an actual salon its supposed to be 1 hour- 1 hour and a half maximum! Does anybody have any tips on how to start quickening my time without cutting corners on the final result? If more experienced nail techs could tell me how long each step takes for them (prep,tip application,etc.) so I can have some sort of guideline to go by that would be awesome! Or even just any tips or tricks any of you have picked up along the way! Thank you all

 

[justanailaddict]

It all just comes with practise.
If you find yourself needing to spend alot of tme buffing/filing the nail to get it into the correct shape then I'd suggest to work on your sculpting techniques. What isn't bumpy or too thick won't need to be fixed!

 

[cuticle care by chris]

It all just comes with practise.
If you find yourself needing to spend alot of tme buffing/filing the nail to get it into the correct shape then I'd suggest to work on your sculpting techniques. What isn't bumpy or too thick won't need to be fixed!

Thanks so much! I find that I have no problem with the actual sculpting, its just everything else [emoji23] When its time for finish filing, I usually only have to remove the shine and get the cuticle line flush with the nail plate. I really wanna get better with using forms as well since I wouldnt have to spend so much time applying and blending tips. Thank you so much though your reply is much appreciated! [emoji5]️

 

[Minkeybox]

How about tips that dont require blending?

Im still in the early stages of L & P but switching tips to ones that dont need pre-tailoring & blending has helped to knock time off my application. Xx

 

[cuticle care by chris]

How about tips that dont require blending?

Im still in the early stages of L & P but switching tips to ones that dont need pre-tailoring & blending has helped to knock time off my application. Xx

Thats an idea as well! Ive used well-less tips a couple of times and it did save me time, but I found that the contact area was still a bit bulky so I still had to do a bit of buffing or else the nail looked a bit bumpy, but that could have just been the tips I was using themselves!