I don’t know what the deal with my right pointer finger always lifting is. I have a few guesses. The nail is simply too thin. The nail is too damaged, sadly, I may be using it to type more often than I’d like to admit, and flexing leads to perforations on the nail. Or the […]
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Do you or your clients want low-commitment fun? Today’s post is all about that. I’m taking a structured overlay previously created with Kokoist Platinum Filler Base, then gently retouching the growth with a super low viscosity gel from Vetro (Max Base). I then take a beautiful color from Vetro and accent it with tiny embellishments.
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Milky with a touch of caffeine, please! We’re going for that in today’s latte nail art tutorial. I thought it would be easy-peasy but wait until I get into the coffee one if you want to see me struggle. The key with this latte nail art is to use products that disperse quickly, which is
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If you haven’t already, I dare say that while being in business as a nail tech, you will come across a client who wants their gel nails touched up every 10 to 14 days. And don’t be annoyed by this, you don’t have to give them a discount, so embrace it. Because research says that
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One of the beauties of working with potted soft gel is the freedom to choose your own brushes. You see when you’re working from a bottle, you will be left with a generic brush to use and force it to fit you, and if you believe in your individuality as a nail artist, then you
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Tiny Ring Nail Art is so stinking cute! And personally, yes, the best products to use to achieve the softest looks are soft gel. Typically you can create the look just by using 3D gel to create the parts. But today, I want a dainty, blingy ring, so I will use the best crystals… Swarovski
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Blooming Gel NAils… are we late to the party. I’ve heard of blooming gel and sincerely was not moved as it seemed like a trend… and when it comes to those, because we use products that are tried and true… I just wait them out to see if they’re really game-changing. But when one of
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Watercolor is a for-sure evergreen design! In other words, a nail art design may go away for a while, but it will return. Today we will be doing a springy-marble effect, a relatively easy technique with alcohol-based inks. As an artist, that is so helpful because it means buying the supplies once, and you’ll use
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Hey, hey! Today we are doing mil bath florals. This is actually a past live class I hosted on how to create milk bath nails. I now fully teach this lesson with a few tips and tricks in my mini-course The 10 Instagram Evergreen Designs. Alright, enjoy today’s class! These are the materials you will
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Gilded Brush Stroke Art is a beautifully raised textured art style created by simply swiping your brush and using a non-wipe textured gel. You want to make this textured look with a non-wipe top gel to be able to burnish the top of that gel with a chrome pigment of your choice. Gilded raised textured
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