Nail tips won't stick or have air bubbles

[Jax116]

I can no longer get tips to adhere properly! YES, I buff them, have tried every style of tips,tried every brand of glue! Ive tried putting a coat of UV clear gel which have me alittle more grip. Can ANYONE give me some ideas? Again, ice cleaned them & buff them, so I'm beyond taking away the"shine"

 

[RosannaS]

I can no longer get tips to adhere properly! YES, I buff them, have tried every style of tips,tried every brand of glue! Ive tried putting a coat of UV clear gel which have me alittle more grip. Can ANYONE give me some ideas? Again, ice cleaned them & buff them, so I'm beyond taking away the"shine"

I had the same issue and it was my technique on adhering the tips. I wasn't putting enough glue on and then I wasnt holding the tip down firmly enough. I hold the tip down until the whole nail goes white with the pressure. When I started doing this the tips started staying on. You probably already do this but I didn't want to read and run just in case it helps you at all.

 

[Cindy2021]

Are you applying them to a training hand or a nail?
List what steps you take and are they just not sticking at all?

 

[nailpod]

Happened to me years ago , and I changed my glue to nsi glue and hasn't Happened again.

Make sure the natural nail is completely dry.
Try buffing or scoring the underside of your actual tip
Apply little glue (too much glue can create more issues)
Hold tip to the count of 10,

Usually works ! Good luck [emoji6]
It's just practicing

 

[blossom]

It will take longer for glue to set on s training hand than on a person

 

[asteropi]

I had some issues too, now that I was doing my acrylic course. During black Friday I bought lots of tools and supplies, including a number of different glues to try.
I had (and trew away) an old Ebay glue that I mostly use for gems and stuff. I tried it once for tips because I had run out and it was horrible. Sticks almost immediately, literally like 1 sec! But it's too strong and almost had my fingers glued together! Stay away from it!

Ink London's glue sticks in 10 secs or less. I never had a problem. 0, nada it was perfect!
Lux nails' glue, which one of the other girls had at the school, was also very good surprisingly. Very similar to Ink's, good application, a bit stronger odour maybe, but definitely very good overall.
Pro impressions glue was quite a bit different. I picked it up accidentally, not noticing it wasn't Ink's and went on with application as usual and I couldn't get it to stay put. Too much pressure or too little would lift the tip. Too much glue, would never stick. Too little glue wasn't enough. Anyway, after lots of errors, I found out it's more gelish, it needs some secs to air-dry before you stick the tip on the nail. Love the tips hate the glue, can't just faff around waiting about it. Same goes with Young Nails' glue.

I have a CND's too but it's still unopened, so no idea how it performs. Gonna try IBD's too next. Perhaps it's just your glue. Don't give up on it.
And btw, I've heard that training hand needs a good buff before you stick the tip. Never really tried it myself though.