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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If you specialize in the use of soft gel… stop using carbide and arbor bands! Leave those for hard product specialists like acrylic and hard gel nail techs. If you are a Japanese Soft Gel guru. You are a soft gel nail specialist, so some standard procedures will not apply to you when doing nails.
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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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Why are my gel nails lifting at the free edge? Believe it or not, this is a loaded question, but today we will unpack it. It can be frustrating not to know why you continuously get gel nail lifting when you’re doing everything right. Let’s take it piece by piece. Is it the customer, you,
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Have you ever wondered why some gels cost more than others? Today we’ll go over three key factors that drive up the cost of your gels and whether either is worth the splurge. Let’s begin! Factor #1 INGREDIENTS Ingredients will most likely be the primary reason your gel nail products are much more expensive. And
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