Help with chipping at the free edge!!

[AngieLHN]

Hi everyone, l was wondering if anyone knows how to prevent acrylic from chipping at the free edge? Its happened to a few of my clients and also myself, I only overlayed them a few nights ago and just noticed my index and middle finger has chipped!!! I know that natural nails bend and flex, but mine are really short, so theres no free edge that can move about, l don't think its to thin ethier (its about a 1mm thick at the most) any ideas how to stop this would be great Angie xx

 

[*JOANNE*]

i dont think it is to do with how thick or thin the product is,
when doing a natural nail overlay you have to cap the free edge..that is bring the product right over the free edge so that basically the whole free edge of the natural nail is coated, that includes bringing the product right over it, if not the product comes away from the natural nail edge because there is no seal.
when your l&p starts curing it shrinks. this is more so with gel as uvlight cures it quicker therefore there is more shrinkage.
hope you get what i am saying because i am pants when coming to type it down.
also when filing the free edge do so at an andgle so the product is slightly longer than the natural nail.
p.s i find when doing a natural overlay i use a sculpting form to just slightly have the l&p longer than the natural nail, even by a mm or so .
hope i have helped........a little

 

[naturalnails]

When doing a natural nail overlay, it is best to use a sculpting form and sculpt a smidgen more than your natural nail - this encases the nail and helps to prevent the peeling away of the natural nail.

Also on natural nail overlays, if you go to then end of your nails then it is a blunt end which if knocked will chip, a bit like gels if you don't cap the free edge.

I hope this makes sense and helps.

 

[AngieLHN]

Thanks so much, l will use the forms did'ent think of that! and l get what u mean about capping the free edge, knew u had to with gel but did'ent know that for acrylic,but it does make sense now you've said!! Angie xx

 

[Sassy Hassy]

Capping the free edge was described to me as being like a kit kat (any ref to chocolate helps me learn lol). If the waifer doesn't have the chocolate on the end then the layers can separate, so the chocolate helps to seal the end!! Only trouble is that I can't get the vision of choc out of my mind when capping and I get very hungry!

 

[Tickled Pink!]

One question for anyone who can help - i have a client who always gently files the length down herself between natural nail overlay appointments - should i advise her not to as she would be removing the 'capping'?

 

[Sassy Hassy]

Hi Dianne, I just explain to the client that if she does file it that she will break the cap (knock off the choc!) and so could get lifting at free edge, so try and get them to have the length a bit shorter to allow for the growth between fills. Or even to use a clear polish as a temporary cap, although not sure if this really works, but I don't get many probs with lifting atfree edge so guess something is working!

 

[Tickled Pink!]

ta very much!

 

[AngieLHN]

I love that, "knock off the choc!" I'll explain it that way to my clients! lol xx