How to File Nails Like a Professional Nail Technician
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Date: 2019-10-31
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calichef1962
This was a GREAT instructional video Kirsty, you're a fabulous instructor Still, I'm kind of upset that I didn't get to see the nail that was my favorite shape completed. The poor square shape gets NO respect, even though it's the original 'in shape for acrylic nails. I still remember picking my jaw up off the floor looking as Cher's three-inch long square acrylic nails when I was 10 When I was in cosmetology school (81-82) the only shapes we were taught were oval, square and squoval, which was really just square with rounded corners. Personally, I'm not a fan of the weird or dangerous shapes like pipe, edge, super pointy almond and stiletto. I would discourage anyone with young children or pets from getting nails with sharp points. I honestly think I would refuse the dangerous, sharp, pointy shapes to the parents of small children. I wore my two-inch long nails in a tapered square shape, what we would now call a ballerina shape, when my son was small. (My natural nails are very curved, and when they get that long, they twist. The ballerina shape hid/filed off the twist. Oh, how I hated that twist) I know I accidentally poked him hard enough to leave a small bruise a couple of times during the tantrums of the terrible twos. It's hard not to when you have a toddler throwing his body around in unexpected ways in the midst of a tantrum. As a parent, one can't always just ignore it. There are times when it's just not safe to leave a toddler kicking and screaming in a busy path because he didn't get the toy or candy he wanted. Parenting is hard
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This was a GREAT instructional video Kirsty, you're a fabulous instructor Still, I'm kind of upset that I didn't get to see the nail that was my favorite shape completed. The poor square shape gets NO respect, even though it's the original 'in shape for acrylic nails. I still remember picking my jaw up off the floor looking as Cher's three-inch long square acrylic nails when I was 10 When I was in cosmetology school (81-82) the only shapes we were taught were oval, square and squoval, which was really just square with rounded corners. Personally, I'm not a fan of the weird or dangerous shapes like pipe, edge, super pointy almond and stiletto. I would discourage anyone with young children or pets from getting nails with sharp points. I honestly think I would refuse the dangerous, sharp, pointy shapes to the parents of small children. I wore my two-inch long nails in a tapered square shape, what we would now call a ballerina shape, when my son was small. (My natural nails are very curved, and when they get that long, they twist. The ballerina shape hid/filed off the twist. Oh, how I hated that twist) I know I accidentally poked him hard enough to leave a small bruise a couple of times during the tantrums of the terrible twos. It's hard not to when you have a toddler throwing his body around in unexpected ways in the midst of a tantrum. As a parent, one can't always just ignore it. There are times when it's just not safe to leave a toddler kicking and screaming in a busy path because he didn't get the toy or candy he wanted. Parenting is hard
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Materia
Kirsty omg, I have rarely loved a person this much. You just (hopefully) helped me SO much with this advice on cuticle, vibration and lifting issue. I have been meticulous in prepping, to the point where I think gosh darnit, if this thing lifts, I will (insert expletive here. I have been filing the free edge first, and cuticle last. I will be trying out cuticle before free edge now, and I am optimistic it will solve some issues. I am still new to nails (been doing it for around 4 months, and luckily I my clients dont usually get horrible lifting, but on the ones that do get lifting, I am left scratching my head. as you said, I might have prepped the nail to within an inch of its life, so it's very frustrating to not know the solution. The only difference is, I sculpt with gel. Would you recommend a higher grit than 80/100 for gel? I have been using the 180/100 banana files.
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Kirsty omg, I have rarely loved a person this much. You just (hopefully) helped me SO much with this advice on cuticle, vibration and lifting issue. I have been meticulous in prepping, to the point where I think gosh darnit, if this thing lifts, I will (insert expletive here. I have been filing the free edge first, and cuticle last. I will be trying out cuticle before free edge now, and I am optimistic it will solve some issues. I am still new to nails (been doing it for around 4 months, and luckily I my clients dont usually get horrible lifting, but on the ones that do get lifting, I am left scratching my head. as you said, I might have prepped the nail to within an inch of its life, so it's very frustrating to not know the solution. The only difference is, I sculpt with gel. Would you recommend a higher grit than 80/100 for gel? I have been using the 180/100 banana files.
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Pia Olsen
Thank you very much for this video but I just wonder one thing. You always say that the apex shuld be in the back third, but is that no matter the lenght of the nail? Or only on long nails like you make? :S When I google apex it says it shuld be where the nail grows out of the finger, the stresspoint, but that looks very wierd: S I know you made a video about apex, but that didn't answer this question: /
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Thank you very much for this video but I just wonder one thing. You always say that the apex shuld be in the back third, but is that no matter the lenght of the nail? Or only on long nails like you make? :S When I google apex it says it shuld be where the nail grows out of the finger, the stresspoint, but that looks very wierd: S I know you made a video about apex, but that didn't answer this question: /
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Emma Downing
Newbie here- fantastic video Find holding clients hands right so hard They fight it- they want to look at everything they pull back. Its a wrestling match how do you do it without hurting yourself I find I seem to give up and move around them more: / which I know will cause long term problems so Im trying to figure out now how to get control without hurting myself or them Or yelling haha
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Newbie here- fantastic video Find holding clients hands right so hard They fight it- they want to look at everything they pull back. Its a wrestling match how do you do it without hurting yourself I find I seem to give up and move around them more: / which I know will cause long term problems so Im trying to figure out now how to get control without hurting myself or them Or yelling haha
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Ted Edwards
Absolutely fantastic video detailing exactly where and how to file, thank you for making it. Would you make one like this detailing exact cuticle application, I know you already have one out there but an in depth video like this one would, I'm sure, help techs still struggling to get perfect cuticle applications without flooding it. Thanks again both for sharing this video xx
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Absolutely fantastic video detailing exactly where and how to file, thank you for making it. Would you make one like this detailing exact cuticle application, I know you already have one out there but an in depth video like this one would, I'm sure, help techs still struggling to get perfect cuticle applications without flooding it. Thanks again both for sharing this video xx
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Stine Kirkeby
Could you please consider doing a short almond nail video? With short I mean about max 1/2 the length of the nail bed out from the free edge(1cm or so)Its difficult not to make the nail fly, they look bulky quite easily, and the form placement is slightly different from the longer nails. I think many ladies out there would love to see this educational video
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Could you please consider doing a short almond nail video? With short I mean about max 1/2 the length of the nail bed out from the free edge(1cm or so)Its difficult not to make the nail fly, they look bulky quite easily, and the form placement is slightly different from the longer nails. I think many ladies out there would love to see this educational video
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cadiacaine
I always accidentally eat into my side almond walls too much on one side when I do my nails, I'm not sure why I always end up doing this only on my own. I end up having to add product to try b fix it but sometimes I've exposed it so bad there's no way I've found to easily correct it. I would love it if would show how u would correct that area.
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I always accidentally eat into my side almond walls too much on one side when I do my nails, I'm not sure why I always end up doing this only on my own. I end up having to add product to try b fix it but sometimes I've exposed it so bad there's no way I've found to easily correct it. I would love it if would show how u would correct that area.
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Jess Meller
Hey Kirsty, I loveeee these educational style videos but I was wondering - how would you do acrylics on fan shaped nails and still get them to look slim and flawless? Also, I have really flat nail beds, I pinch my acrylics with a pinching tool but still get quite a shallow C curve, what do you suggest I do to fix that? Thanksx
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Hey Kirsty, I loveeee these educational style videos but I was wondering - how would you do acrylics on fan shaped nails and still get them to look slim and flawless? Also, I have really flat nail beds, I pinch my acrylics with a pinching tool but still get quite a shallow C curve, what do you suggest I do to fix that? Thanksx
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Anne Findley
This is such a great teaching tutorial Could you do this same type of video but show how you file your own nails on both hands? Since Im not a licensed nail tech, I only practice on myself and struggle with filing, especially contouring. Its hard to maneuver the file and/or my hand to get the right angle when filing.
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This is such a great teaching tutorial Could you do this same type of video but show how you file your own nails on both hands? Since Im not a licensed nail tech, I only practice on myself and struggle with filing, especially contouring. Its hard to maneuver the file and/or my hand to get the right angle when filing.
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Sharna West
I have a couple of questions I'm studying to be a nail tech and they always say not to saw the file back and forth. Is this only for natural nails? Or are acrylic exempt from this rule? Does the nail bed suffer any damage from the filing? Sorry for the question, I completely trust your nail knowledge My idol
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I have a couple of questions I'm studying to be a nail tech and they always say not to saw the file back and forth. Is this only for natural nails? Or are acrylic exempt from this rule? Does the nail bed suffer any damage from the filing? Sorry for the question, I completely trust your nail knowledge My idol
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