thx folks, feels great that you all like it.
To answer on how long i have been doing nails...i did a 3 day course when i was doing my high school education at 16 which was véééééry basic :cry:. I started outside my school hours practising on my mom, sister and other willing vicitims. Then when i was 18 i did a cnd conversion since i heard so much possitive about the products. I did nails on a random base *maybe in average once a month
* since between my 18 and 21 i did mostly make-up for mag. and tv + facepainting & body-art * It was after this I started to experiment with 3D nail art as meditation :lol: when i was of from work and started to pick everything up again. After this i moved to sweden falling in love with an aibrush artist. Since one year I am working fulltime as a nailtech. and educator and hold 3D courses for CND here and also individually.
So to say i have done nails over a long periode of time but to put it all together say 1.5 to 2years of real practise. The only thing that was ever in my way was mix ratio :irked: My goodness i was obsessed with getting it right :green:
To answer a previous question...I think that if you just started out as a nailtech it is important to get your mix ratio right since this is the foundation when it comes to workability and ease. For designs i always pick up my usual bead and push the back of my brush on a paper towel to drain exescive liquid so your bead becomes firmer. This is great if you need to greate firm, sharp shapes such as flower petals, the koi, leaves etc... and use your acrylic slightly wetter then usual to create elongated shapes such as branches, decorative curls or lines. When you encase your nailart be sure that you don,'t have any bubbels in your clear acrylic or your nice finish will go down the drain. My best advice is to use this aswell slightly wetter so it seeps in between the 3D design => but not touching any skin!