You may think that creating long nails is hard, but… I beg to differ. Now, I’m not saying long nails are easy either. When you are creating long nails, you have a greater surface area to move through. You have more space to comfortably swing your brush across and literally a bigger vision of whatever […]
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Let’s talk about common mistakes beginners make with gel on natural nails but first let’s identify what type of gel we are specifically talking about. We are not talking about poly gel. We are not talking about hard gel. Today, we are specifically talking about soft gel, but! Even then, not all soft gel is
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I often get asked, and almost confronted about whether or not you can actually build long gel extensions with soak-off gel AKA soft gel. And the answer is yes! But it does take some practice and a very methodical step-by-step. Every gel nail certification I teach has a lesson on how to form gel extensions
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If 2021 has felt like a grind to you, then stick around because I’m going to give you 3 New Year Resolutions to boost your nail business in 2022. Alright, so for me 2021, did feel like a grind, but there was so much that came out of that grind, that, seriously no hard feelings
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Are short nails even a thing nowadays? Of course, they are. Think about it… You break a nail, and all must-go now, or you have an anxiety attack and you bite your nails, or even worse bite your fake nails off, or you’re a nurse or you have a clerical position that requires short nails.
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Claw nails, I know! Some of us have two, and others have 10 (or pay to have 10!). The most common offender is the index pointer finger… and if you’re lucky, on both hands! Am I right?? Wait… but maybe I’m getting ahead of myself. Maybe you’re like claw nails? Uhm… what? A claw nail
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We’ve all been there to a certain degree, whether you just want a little length in your nails for uniformity or you want to achieve natural nail goals. Achieving length in our natural nails is a milestone, but just when we’re about to celebrate our millimeter or few of growth… the almost inevitable happens… and
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Gel Nail Lifting. It can keep us up at night, have us lose a few clients, and even lead to some bad online reviews. Today I want to tackle two questions: #1 Where does lifting typically happen? And why? #2 How to fix the two problematics when it comes to gel nail lifting. First off,
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In this video we go over the mistakes nail stylists make when creating a natural nail apex on a gel overlay, and two ways to fix it. We also go over what a structured gel overlay is. When creating a natural nail apex on a structured gel overlay and using premium soft gel, you must
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This video will help you avoid to mistakes nail techs make when removing nail charms. Nail charms or should not be pried-off before first loosening the gel around it with the proper tools. SO in this video I will show you how to safely remove nail charms or 3d embellishments from off of fake nails.
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