Opinions of CND Performance Tips Please

[Martigirl]

I prefer tips with a well area, it kinda makes sure the natural nails free-edge is encapsulated in it's own neat little area (kinda caps it), whereas well-less tips (any brand) are just plonked on top and when they grow out, where the free edge is, naturally has a ledge that tends to collect dirt.

Also, when you think of the side profile (depth of acrylic application), without blending there has to be a thinner area of acrylic (the bit where it's not blended), which is pretty much the stress area.

We are all taught that the acrylic gives the strength (not the tip) and when using well-less tips, where that seam is, there is hardly any acrylic (unless you are doing thicker nails) ...... merely logic.

I've never had trouble blending a tip (it takes me 2 swipes across) and allows me to have a slightly thicker (completely unnoticeable coverage of acrylic where it's needed the most) lending itself to a me reinforced and durable nail ...... again (logical).

With well-less tips unless you use a masking (coverage powder) you can still see the tip underneath (unless you are using clear tips).

The company I use for most of my product has an amazing well-less tip, with beautiful straight sidewalls (You will see them in your country shortly).

Creatives well-less tips taper in and building them out is a pain.

Even though I consider the well-less tips my supplier has to be superior in shape to Creatives, I still prefer a tip with a well, (and just to demonstrate I am not bias) , I use tips from another company all together (and they are a quarter of the price I usually pay), and a 10th the price of Creatives.

I'm yet to discover a company that has it all......(no matter what they say/preach). I'm my own person and always will be. Even when I was a paid distributor and demonstrator (going back now), I refused to "flavor or favor a product, when I knew there was something better (or a better technique).

Well-less tips were once considered lazy (even by many in here) ..... now they are all the rage
... go figure.

Are they easier?
Are they better?
Or have we become lazy?

take my advice, I'm not using it !!!!

Thank you definitely food for thought:hug:

Can you give any more details on the new range to hit our shores?

 

[sodabubble]

thanks for your opinions nailszoo! I dont mind blending at all, I am just curious about the product, and I might still give them a go, as I have never used anything like them before and I was thinking of trying them.#

Thanks for everyones replies

 

[g5m_sh]

I got some last week... used them on a few repairs but not for a full set yet!

90% for the time i use Velocity tips, for me they take a few sweeps of the file to blend in. When i used the performance tips they seam to take longer! The contact area on the Velocity tips seams thiner than the performance tip! I don't know if is because i am used to Velocity, but i prefer them!

I have a full set booked in after lunch, so i might give performance a proper go then.

x

 

[nailzoo]

gaaawd you guys are quick, you jumped on my post while I was editing it :lol:

I have now added links to some of my videos which will explain/prove what I am raving on about. ..... ENJOY

Since then there has been mention of Velocity tips (a pretty fab tip) lovely straight sidewalls (although quite rigid), they seemed to have skipped the sidewalls with Performance and they may take you longer to build the shape you would normally do.

Just to add, when you don't blend a tip, it's the plastic that covers the sides/sidewalls of the nails, not acrylic, which is what gives the nail strength (unless you build fat/wide nails to cover the plastic) .... there's that logic again.

 

[becki x]

Since then there has been mention of Velocity tips (a pretty fab tip) lovely straight sidewalls (although quite rigid), they seemed to have skipped the sidewalls with Performance and they may take you longer to build the shape you would normally do.

I agree,the velocity tips are wonderfull,nothing i have tried compares !

 

[Martigirl]

Thanks for the links:hug:

what grit did you use to buff out the seam line was it 240?

many thanks

 

[nailzoo]

Thanks for the links:hug:

what grit did you use to buff out the seam line was it 240?

many thanks

The file is double sided 120 (which iI use when I am away from the nail plate), then flip to a 240 grit, I flip so quick you cant even see it.
Just for further information, there is no need to buff the whole of the tip, acrylic will adhere to unbuffed ABS plastic (which tips are made from) as long a you haven't greased them up with your fingers or slobbered all over them.

Don't believe me ? Whack a blob of acrylic on an unbuffed tip, then try and get it off, bend it, twist it, it wont come off, even when the tip hasn't been buffed. This may save you some time (quite some time). Make sure you wipe the tip off after using your finger on it though.

 

[Martigirl]

Thanks you that's great advice xxx:hug:

 

[Martigirl]

I did a set today of acrylics and I still did buff them :irked:

I will use your tip next time xxx

 

[champagne]

Wow great videos thanks, a real help to a beginner like me.

I havent been blending my tips thoroughly enough, hence a fine trace of the end of the blended well showing through my acrylic.

I think I have been a little scared of too much blending ref: close to natural nail, that video helped me not end.

Time to hammer the trainer hand lol

Many thanks Nailzoo

Champagne x

 

[EllaX]

ive tried well less tips but i tend to stick to velocity - they are the best for me. I really didn't get on too well with the well less ones, especially with my own ski jump nails. xx

 

[Sassy Hassy]

I think like anything new it takes a while to get the hang of these things. I know many of the techs local to me love the Performance tips, rave about them and will now use nothing else ... and there are some damned fine techs in this area who wouldn't settle for second best.

One of those of course is Gigi and when I saw her today I inspected her nails (as you do :lol and they were performance tips. They were fab - no dirt underneath, no big ridge at the end of the free edge and they were flush at the sidewalls. TBH I wouldn't have known they were well-less tips ... and I have seen many badly applied tips with wells in my time with loads of dirt trapped that look crap!

So as I started - they are great when used as they should be, but as with all new products some take a little longer to master than others. Don't knock something until YOU have tried it - be careful not to ignore something because someone else didn't get on with it, that would not be wise!

 

[tracey louise]

well i have used them on nail biters and yes they do blend - quick easy and well - they are fantastically thin!

hth

thanks for this i will get some and give them ago to see what there like.x
great advice nailzoo,i can agree with what your saying as you have explained yourself really well and made it sound logical.im wondering if maybe just filing the ears would help the stress area as this way you would be able to apply more product.i mght try and what difference it makes.

 

[angel fingers]

be careful not to ignore something because someone else didn't get on with it, that would not be wise!

i think that is something very important to bear in mind with all aspects of our profession.

 

[geeg]

When well less tips first appeared on the scene, I myself did not like the idea of the free edge not being protected by the well of a 'normal' tip.

I also thought well-less tips would collect dirt and that there would be a substantial 'ridge' where the natural nail hung beneath the tip.

Well (as Nailzoo is always telling us to do) I tried them and I tried them for a substantial period of time ... I perfected the technique of applying them (which was a little different to what I was used to for 20 years) and here is what I found.

Performance well-less tips are long lasting and they are not dirty at all .. in fact quite the opposite. Because there is no well to trap moisture and dirt I find them MUCH cleaner than in the past when I used tips with wells. The natural nail is not thick enough to form a substantial ridge and in 4-6 weeks, my nails are grown quite through so that they become natural nail overlays with no tip remaining in no time!

I have now embraced the 'new way' and because I have embraced it I do not feel like I am being lazy in the slightest. I think I am being smart. In fact I think that for many to whom blending tips is a hazard to the natural nail, they will find that they do far less damage and that damage is less of a possibility when they use well-less tips.

I still think it is very important to gain a high level of skill when blending tips with wells because many times one has to use them. But I do not think it is lazy to embrace new things. I don't think I'm lazy because I use a dishwasher instead of washing up and I don't think I'm being lazy because I use a vacuum cleaner instead of hand brushing and sweeping the carpets ... I don't think I am being lazy either when I use tips without wells.

 

[sodabubble]

When well less tips first appeared on the scene, I myself did not like the idea of the free edge not being protected by the well of a 'normal' tip.

I also thought well-less tips would collect dirt and that there would be a substantial 'ridge' where the natural nail hung beneath the tip.

Well (as Nailzoo is always telling us to do) I tried them and I tried them for a substantial period of time ... I perfected the technique of applying them (which was a little different to what I was used to for 20 years) and here is what I found.

Performance well-less tips are long lasting and they are not dirty at all .. in fact quite the opposite. Because there is no well to trap moisture and dirt I find them MUCH cleaner than in the past when I used tips with wells. The natural nail is not thick enough to form a substantial ridge and in 4-6 weeks, my nails are grown quite through so that they become natural nail overlays with no tip remaining in no time!

I have now embraced the 'new way' and because I have embraced it I do not feel like I am being lazy in the slightest. I think I am being smart. In fact I think that for many to whom blending tips is a hazard to the natural nail, they will find that they do far less damage and that damage is less of a possibility when they use well-less tips.

I still think it is very important to gain a high level of skill when blending tips with wells because many times one has to use them. But I do not think it is lazy to embrace new things. I don't think I'm lazy because I use a dishwasher instead of washing up and I don't think I'm being lazy because I use a vacuum cleaner instead of hand brushing and sweeping the carpets ... I don't think I am being lazy either when I use tips without wells.

I am glad you see it that way geeg. I am quite happy to blend and have always done so, until lately when I have been toying with the idea of well-less tips. Other well-less tips I have seen and felt have been so thick, un-natural and basically ugly! I have always steered clear of them due this, and also my worry that other techs may think I was lazy!

But after reading all of your answers I cannot see the harm in giving them ago, and trying to perfect them. Thanks for all of the replies

 

[geeg]

I am glad you see it that way geeg. I am quite happy to blend and have always done so, until lately when I have been toying with the idea of well-less tips. Other well-less tips I have seen and felt have been so thick, un-natural and basically ugly! I have always steered clear of them due this, and also my worry that other techs may think I was lazy!

But after reading all of your answers I cannot see the harm in giving them ago, and trying to perfect them. Thanks for all of the replies

Well one thing is for sure .. CND Performance tips are neither thick, un-natural or ugly. They are extremely thin, completely natural looking and beautiful.

The white French tips are particularly attractive and look exactly like you've applied white powder.

Also they do not require any blending.

I've read that some are doing some blending and it is totally un-necessary ... they do not need any at all ... which is one of the very cool features of these tips.

 

[~Emmsybabes~]

I for one, will be trying well less tips very soon,
I made up my mind last night for definate,
I asked a friend to call over while I practiced some "trimmed" popits on her,

They still took me ages..and it was mostly my tip blending,
I am a slow blender,
I can blend well without going over the natural nail,
But to be honest if there is an option there for me to skip this part of the service and cut my time..
Then of course I am going to do it lol,

I dont see it as cheating or anything, I AM capable of blending,
But I can make better use of my time then hell yeah ...I am all for it
x

Also where there is talk of them not being as strong etc...
I cant see why, because people have used white tips for a long long time with a well..
Clients still go the recommended time without them breaking, so I dont see how it will make them weaker at all,

 

[geeg]

Also where there is talk of them not being as strong etc...
I cant see why, because people have used white tips for a long long time with a well..
Clients still go the recommended time without them breaking, so I dont see how it will make them weaker at all,

They are not weaker in my experience and opinion. Since I have been wearing them I personally have not had one breakage in 5 months! That is a record for me. They just grow out and my nails are now just a NNO.

 

[g5m_sh]

I perfected the technique of applying them (which was a little different to what I was used to for 20 years)

Geeg, how do you apply them?

I have done a search to see if i can find the technique of applying them but i can find anything!

I didn't know you applied them in a different way... I think this is why i have had problems with them.

xx