Acrylic nails - application part 2

When preparing the nails for product make sure you pay attention to the sidewalls as well.  This is the area to the sides of the nail plate.  This is another area that nail preparation is sometimes overlooked, causing lifting.  Many techs use a small diamond drill bit to remove the cuticle and clean up the [...]

Nail Manicure - part 2

I like to do  manicures using water, warm cream and cuticle remover, depending on my client.  On men it’s always a water manicure with warm cream.  I rarely soak my women clients nails in water, it’s either warm cream or cuticle remover.

Natural nails - cuticles

Don’t bit or pick your nails or cuticles.  This is one of the hardest habits to break, but it’s important to do it.  Not only does it shorten your nails and make your cuticles look horrible, you can permanently damage your nail beds.  Any type of nick or cut can allow all types of bacteria, [...]

Nail Manicure - part 3

When doing a woman’s manicure decide which method you want to use then apply it to the cuticles.  Warm cream is a nice relaxing way to do a manicure and I use this on many of my clients.  It’s a little old fashioned, but they like it.  The main reason I use a cuticle remover [...]

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