Nail care - natural nails part 2

If you want to grow long healthy nails there are a few things you can do or avoid to help you.  First of all never use your nails as tools.  It sounds easy, but pat attention and you’ll find that you use your nails for a lot of things that you don’t even realize you [...]

Acrylic nails - removing the product

One of the worst parts of any nail technicians job is having to remove product from a clients nails.  It is never easy and is always time consuming.  I almost said the worst part is removing old product from a client, but it isn’t.

Peeling fingernails

Peeling fingernails are almost always accompanied by brittle fingernails.  The peeling fingernails are nails that appear layered and peel away in layers.  Nails that chip or break easily are defined as brittle. 

Nail Ridges

Nail ridges or corrugations (also known as beau’s lines) can be caused by a variety of things.  Ridges or beau’s lines are when nail growth is uneven, resulting in lumps, bumps and lines on the nail bed.  It is usually a result of being ill or injured.  Unfortunately there is not much you can do [...]

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 [...]

Acrylic nails - fills

Now that you’ve mastered your acrylic technique with overlays and sculpting, learning to do a fill will be a breeze.  When I first learned to do fills I was taught to do it by using an acrylic nipper.  We used the nipper to remove the portion of the product that had become loose or lifted [...]

Nail disorders

Normally nails are a light pink color, with the moons appearing much lighter.  Slight variations in the color of pink, a little lighter or darker, are fine.  However if the color changes there could be problems.  We covered quite a bit on yellow nails already.  Click here to see the post on yellow nails.

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