You can apply a beautiful gel nail overlay, but what will make it stand out is its crisp shape… And the right file has everything to do with it. Some files are flexible. Others are not. Some are as thin as paper, others have sponge material. All of those details serve a purpose to getting […]
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Today is a great one! This idea actually emerged from a class we had last night, which led us to a really interesting topic. I thought it would be a great opportunity to create a live session around it. So today, we are talking about how to charge for nail art, especially to maximize your
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SAVE THE DATE: Nail Thoughts Certification is happening Dec. 1-8! Get on the waitlist here to continue receiving updates on this next certification. If you’re an alumni of this course, your invite has been sent, check all of your inbox folders for your special invitation. Magnet gel is used to create velvet nails or glassy
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Today, we are going to talk about cuticle pushers. You might be wondering if that’s all we’re discussing, but they are actually quite important. In a world where we desire meticulous manicures—like structured overlays with pristine cuticle areas—it’s common to think that being overly aggressive will lead to cleaner applications and cuticle areas. You may
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If you’re calling your natural nail overlays builder gel nails all the time because that is what social media has taught you. Stop… at least until you watch this video. Now, before we get started, I want to let you know of a wonderful resource I created to help you identify any nail gel in
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You will be doing more rebalancing nails than fresh new sets, which is the reason to master the rebalancing process ASAP. But rebalancing soft gel nails is not the same as rebalancing hard products like acrylic, hard gel, polygel, etc. The process takes smoothing everything down to where there are no valleys or low points,
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No Fall 🍂… Not today. As I’m creating this video we literally have 30 more days of summer, and I’m still craving bright nails! Enter these delightful opal sky, twinkle starred chrombre manicure. We’ll start by removing our last structured gel overlay set, which lasted me 6 weeks! I used Nail Thoughts Tinted Builder Base
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There are two announcements in this video before diving into the lesson. Life happens. Sometimes we time our manis just right, and the nails get serviced right when they need to. Other times we’re left to take matters (in this case files) into our own hands when time is tight. In this video I want
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Welcome to this end-of-summer huge nail haul of the latest releases from my favorite high-end gel nail brands and efile mani supplies. In this nail haul, you can expect to see the latest from Japanese gel nail brands like Kokoist and Leafgel and efile supplies from MelodySusie, which is one of my favorite brands for
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