Step by step / Modern French V-shape acrylic
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Preparation:
Prepare the nail as usual: 1. push the skin up, remove any sticky skin with the scrappy part of the preparatory spatula, 2. shorten the nail length, 3. mat the surface with 180 grit file, 4. Dust off carefully, then use the preparatory liquids for proper sterilization, dehydration and adhesion (first use Nail Prep, then the acid or acid-free primer, as you like, or even both), 5. Before placing the pattern, remove the middle part and stick it as reinforcement onto the back side of the part below the free edge. Cut the pattern and tailor it to the form of the natural nail’s free edge, if necessary. The pattern should be positioned accurately according to the form of the desired built nail. Now, in this case, I shaped the pattern after the form of the modern stiletto nail, but if you like to build a parallel sided nail, it should have a parallel or slightly shrinking cylinder form. |
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1. Shape the negative form of the free edge on the nail bed and its elongation with Cover Pink powder. Use Cover Pink a bit dry, for proper covering. |
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2. Now it’s time to draw the sharp smile line. Be careful not to touch the skin with the material. The material should thin away along to the cuticle (should have no edge). Due to its rich color of the Cover Pink powder, the new section gets visible earlier, so to avoid it, thin away the Cover Pink material approximately one eight of an inch (2-3 mm) from the cuticle (fill up the gap between the previous layer and the cuticle with a new bead of clear or pink material and form the C-curve at the same time). |
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3. Apply a layer of white acrylic (Master White or Slower White) on the free-edge part, finger by finger. |
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4. Push the material against the edge of the elongation, but try to avoid any overlap. Draw a sharp smile line as you pull the brush outward from the middle. |
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5. Use 2 beads of any of the clear or clear pink powders to form the C-curve on the surface, and to fill up the gaps and cover the pink and white surfaces. |
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6. When the cuticle and the total surface of the nail are oiled, wipe the surface of the nail dry and finish it with UV Filter top coat. |
