Pre pinched tips?

[Hcnails48]

What on Earth does pre pinched mean in terms of a nail tip? Xx

 

[Trinity]

They have a more exaggerated c-curve so you don't need to 'pinch' during application. It can help those who don't know exactly when to pinch and miss the prime time

 

[c.mrsm]

Sorry to gate crash this post, trinity what is pinching. I've not been taught this on my nail tech course? X

 

[Trinity]

Sorry to gate crash this post, trinity what is pinching. I've not been taught this on my nail tech course? X

It's a method of 'slimming' a nail and deeping the 'c' curve. It's done by pressing the sides of a newly created extention with a pinching tool, although I was taught how to do it with my fingernails. It has to be done at a certain time when the L&P is setting, not too wet or you damage the surface and it won't hold, not too late or the product will be too hard and you will damge it and the natural nail. There is a certain place to pinch too or you damage the natural nail by putting it under stress in the wrong place, and you don't want to pinch too deeply either. I was taught to pinch when the product is cooling down, if you feel acrylic, its warm/hot when its first starts to harden (mixing two chemicals will always create heat) it's about knowing your product enough to know what stage to work it.

The heat created is an exothermic reaction, some people will only have heard of it in relation to gel curing, when clients experience the burning sensation in the lamp, but L&P also undergoes the same reaction, some people can feel it with L&p, most don't, again those with thin nails are more likely to feel it.

You can't really pinch a gel nail, its virtually impossible to find the exact moment to pinch. You need to either pre-pinch the tip or create the deeper c-curve with the form if sculpting

 

[Trinity]

There are also pinching rods, they're a older method of pinching which have fallen out of fashion over a pinching tool. I think the rods can be better for c-curve creation as it keeps the bend only on the free edge, but its doesn't help when it comes to slimming the look of the nail.

Check this video

 

[c.mrsm]

Thanks very much trinity, think il try and get the l&p application right before I confuse myself anymore . That's hard enough x

 

[Hcnails48]

It's a method of 'slimming' a nail and deeping the 'c' curve. It's done by pressing the sides of a newly created extention with a pinching tool, although I was taught how to do it with my fingernails. It has to be done at a certain time when the L&P is setting, not too wet or you damage the surface and it won't hold, not too late or the product will be too hard and you will damge it and the natural nail. There is a certain place to pinch too or you damage the natural nail by putting it under stress in the wrong place, and you don't want to pinch too deeply either. I was taught to pinch when the product is cooling down, if you feel acrylic, its warm/hot when its first starts to harden (mixing two chemicals will always create heat) it's about knowing your product enough to know what stage to work it.

The heat created is an exothermic reaction, some people will only have heard of it in relation to gel curing, when clients experience the burning sensation in the lamp, but L&P also undergoes the same reaction, some people can feel it with L&p, most don't, again those with thin nails are more likely to feel it.

You can't really pinch a gel nail, its virtually impossible to find the exact moment to pinch. You need to either pre-pinch the tip or create the deeper c-curve with the form if sculpting

Thanks, d

It's a method of 'slimming' a nail and deeping the 'c' curve. It's done by pressing the sides of a newly created extention with a pinching tool, although I was taught how to do it with my fingernails. It has to be done at a certain time when the L&P is setting, not too wet or you damage the surface and it won't hold, not too late or the product will be too hard and you will damge it and the natural nail. There is a certain place to pinch too or you damage the natural nail by putting it under stress in the wrong place, and you don't want to pinch too deeply either. I was taught to pinch when the product is cooling down, if you feel acrylic, its warm/hot when its first starts to harden (mixing two chemicals will always create heat) it's about knowing your product enough to know what stage to work it.

The heat created is an exothermic reaction, some people will only have heard of it in relation to gel curing, when clients experience the burning sensation in the lamp, but L&P also undergoes the same reaction, some people can feel it with L&p, most don't, again those with thin nails are more likely to feel it.

You can't really pinch a gel nail, its virtually impossible to find the exact moment to pinch. You need to either pre-pinch the tip or create the deeper c-curve with the form if sculpting

Thanks, do you have to pinch? Or is it just an option? I was never told about punching in my course so I am a little confused! Xx

 

[Trinity]

Thanks, d
Thanks, do you have to pinch? Or is it just an option? I was never told about punching in my course so I am a little confused! Xx

No, I've pinched maybe 10 times in 13 years

 

[Hcnails48]

No, I've pinched maybe 10 times in 13 years

Praise the lord, I keep unearthing all these new techniques and it keeps getting more complicated! Xx

 

[Trinity]

Praise the lord, I keep unearthing all these new techniques and it keeps getting more complicated! Xx

Stick with the basics, get good at that, no lifting/unexplained breakages/etc on returning clients then the extra skills and requirements will naturally come as you learn more

 

[IJustLoveNails]

I never pinch, either. With well-placed forms, you dont really need to but I was taught that if you want to pinch gel, you should slap the pinching tool on as soon as you are out of the lamp! And its easier to get a smooth pinch if you pinch a thin ‘baseline’ of the extention first, so in the beginning of extending and such