Russian Manicure by way of Stoke on Trent
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Date: 2019-10-31
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Angela R. Williams
Am I the only one that notice that Kirsty looked really beautiful today. She just looked so airbrushed from her Makeup to her hair. I've seen her do her makeup and seen her style a thousand times but today it was like she changed something like her blush or something. The Russian Technique, I'm not Russian, American here, from the South where a lot of the country thinks we're hicks. Surprisingly we do have Brains. Kirsty said that this was her British Stoke on Trent Take on the Russian Manicure, not an Exact Demonstration, but how she felt that was Ok for Her to do close to the Technique as she could do. I watch videos on Russian Manicure and I see also they get a lot of criticism saying they are too harsh on the cuticle and nails. I'm not a nail tech but have studied Biology and Human Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Terminology but I agree with Kirsty if the cuticle is healthy don't over exfoliate and cut off the cuticle. There's a reason why the cuticle is there to keep from bacteria etc. getting under the skin and effect the nail bed. I also know though there are a lot of cases where there are a lot of Russian workers that do hard manual labor and this Extreme exfoliation and cutting is probably needed as long as the skin hasn't been compromised by pushing the skin too far back that it breaks the seal between the skin and the nail. I've seen where the Ladys or even Men have these kind of manicures to clean up their stained nails, stains that look fungal like but stain and embedded dirt and extremely calloused fingers and it's like the whole area around the nail is bad damaged by the cleaning and whatever their kind of work is. Even if they do not do that kind of work, they are very proud of their technique and like to do their nails that way, it is their right by design. Sometimes you have to bite the bullet and take what you can get. Kirsty though she's brilliant and she has made a way that people her country can still Experience a very close Russian Manicure just not exact but still very pleasant to look at.
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Am I the only one that notice that Kirsty looked really beautiful today. She just looked so airbrushed from her Makeup to her hair. I've seen her do her makeup and seen her style a thousand times but today it was like she changed something like her blush or something. The Russian Technique, I'm not Russian, American here, from the South where a lot of the country thinks we're hicks. Surprisingly we do have Brains. Kirsty said that this was her British Stoke on Trent Take on the Russian Manicure, not an Exact Demonstration, but how she felt that was Ok for Her to do close to the Technique as she could do. I watch videos on Russian Manicure and I see also they get a lot of criticism saying they are too harsh on the cuticle and nails. I'm not a nail tech but have studied Biology and Human Anatomy and Physiology, Medical Terminology but I agree with Kirsty if the cuticle is healthy don't over exfoliate and cut off the cuticle. There's a reason why the cuticle is there to keep from bacteria etc. getting under the skin and effect the nail bed. I also know though there are a lot of cases where there are a lot of Russian workers that do hard manual labor and this Extreme exfoliation and cutting is probably needed as long as the skin hasn't been compromised by pushing the skin too far back that it breaks the seal between the skin and the nail. I've seen where the Ladys or even Men have these kind of manicures to clean up their stained nails, stains that look fungal like but stain and embedded dirt and extremely calloused fingers and it's like the whole area around the nail is bad damaged by the cleaning and whatever their kind of work is. Even if they do not do that kind of work, they are very proud of their technique and like to do their nails that way, it is their right by design. Sometimes you have to bite the bullet and take what you can get. Kirsty though she's brilliant and she has made a way that people her country can still Experience a very close Russian Manicure just not exact but still very pleasant to look at.
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Mellon Walker Movies
Just an FYI to all the experts in the comments it is only called a 'Russian Manicure' because most Russian nail techs online use this method of dry manicure. There is no 'exact' way of doing it so you all need to pipe down. Dry manicures have been around a long time if you do a bit of history reading and as far as the ball bit on the nail it is so smooth and on such a low setting it won't damage the nail anymore than a 100/180 grit hand file and Kirsty CLEARLY states this at the beginning
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Just an FYI to all the experts in the comments it is only called a 'Russian Manicure' because most Russian nail techs online use this method of dry manicure. There is no 'exact' way of doing it so you all need to pipe down. Dry manicures have been around a long time if you do a bit of history reading and as far as the ball bit on the nail it is so smooth and on such a low setting it won't damage the nail anymore than a 100/180 grit hand file and Kirsty CLEARLY states this at the beginning
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Lydia Ponce
I love your videos you do amazing work But I feel like it would be more interesting to watch if you didnt talk so much & have it speed up a little bit so its not so slow and we have to skip all the talking and you get less of the nails. It would be much more interesting and less boring kinda if there was stuff cut out that doesnt really need to be showed or the talking & off topic convos or stuff
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I love your videos you do amazing work But I feel like it would be more interesting to watch if you didnt talk so much & have it speed up a little bit so its not so slow and we have to skip all the talking and you get less of the nails. It would be much more interesting and less boring kinda if there was stuff cut out that doesnt really need to be showed or the talking & off topic convos or stuff
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Meagan Hilton
There is a Russian YouTuber called Alexander Stepanov who is a nail technician and his videos make me cringe. He absolutely digs into his clients cuticles with a pusher then drills them and by the time they come back for an infill they look positively terrible and painful I understand that styles are different in Russia but I would never want him to touch my nails.
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There is a Russian YouTuber called Alexander Stepanov who is a nail technician and his videos make me cringe. He absolutely digs into his clients cuticles with a pusher then drills them and by the time they come back for an infill they look positively terrible and painful I understand that styles are different in Russia but I would never want him to touch my nails.
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Katrina Kalina
I'm Russian and I never heard about this Russian manicure. We actually prefer to cut cuticles with mini scissors. But when its come to artificial nails then yes we use electric files because it's faster. I had no idea its actually have a name Russian manicure Love watching your videos. Always learn something new. Thank you.
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I'm Russian and I never heard about this Russian manicure. We actually prefer to cut cuticles with mini scissors. But when its come to artificial nails then yes we use electric files because it's faster. I had no idea its actually have a name Russian manicure Love watching your videos. Always learn something new. Thank you.
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Breanne Goldfinch
Loved this kirsty I watch your videos every morning with my coffee lol I start my nail course in January and have been binge watching all your videos for the second time I would love to see a video on when you would use a form vs a tip with a client? How do you decide or do you always go for forms?
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Loved this kirsty I watch your videos every morning with my coffee lol I start my nail course in January and have been binge watching all your videos for the second time I would love to see a video on when you would use a form vs a tip with a client? How do you decide or do you always go for forms?
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The MetatronGirl
Wonderful tutorial. Im still learning how to use an e-file properly, and have really struggled around the cuticles. This was so lovely and comprehensive. I know exactly how to correct the problems I was having. Happy Thanksgiving from the US
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Wonderful tutorial. Im still learning how to use an e-file properly, and have really struggled around the cuticles. This was so lovely and comprehensive. I know exactly how to correct the problems I was having. Happy Thanksgiving from the US
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Nell Alexandre
It's NOT a Russian manicure who tell you that it's Russian manicure? First: move the cuticle by pusher or wood stick. Second: clean the nail plate from the pterygium by cutter. Third: polish the cuticle by cutter discoboll
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It's NOT a Russian manicure who tell you that it's Russian manicure? First: move the cuticle by pusher or wood stick. Second: clean the nail plate from the pterygium by cutter. Third: polish the cuticle by cutter discoboll
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Sharna West
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the cuticle the dead skin that attaches to the base of the nail plate, and the eponychium the living skin that produces the cuticle? They aren't one in the same are they?
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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the cuticle the dead skin that attaches to the base of the nail plate, and the eponychium the living skin that produces the cuticle? They aren't one in the same are they?
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Storm Summers
These Russian manicures make me cringe. The whole point of the eponychium is to protect the matrix from bacteria and dirt, lifting it from the nail plate just opens the bed and epidermis up to infection.
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These Russian manicures make me cringe. The whole point of the eponychium is to protect the matrix from bacteria and dirt, lifting it from the nail plate just opens the bed and epidermis up to infection.
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