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#602
jis9 said:
Tee her thanks! I love sparkles! ;-) Your nails are beautiful and you did a perfect job on your manicure! I think I'm not getting close enough to the cuticle b/c I've got that grow-out gap day 1 but I'm scared to get too close.
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I have the same problem I'm scared to get to close too, and I wouldn't have a clue on sticky French tips I just freehand mine. I tried the stickers once and looked weird on me lol
 
#603
jis9 said:
Tee her thanks! I love sparkles! ;-) Your nails are beautiful and you did a perfect job on your manicure! I think I'm not getting close enough to the cuticle b/c I've got that grow-out gap day 1 but I'm scared to get too close.
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Aww thanks!!! What I usually do is apply my polish starting closest to tips and work my way up to cuticle; so by the time I am close to cuticle I have less product on my brush!! If I make the mistake of applying too much product, I take my flat gel brush (dry) and wipe off any excess off my nail (IBD flat gel brush #6 from Sallys is what I have)! I find that using that extra brush helps me get as close to the cuticle without touching it (this is just my own personal experience)!! In my experience, when applying a coat too thick, they are more likely to lift/peel and become dull on me, so I play it safe with thin coats and add layers as needed!!
 
#604
snfleur said:
Aww thanks!!! What I usually do is apply my polish starting closest to tips and work my way up to cuticle; so by the time I am close to cuticle I have less product on my brush!! If I make the mistake of applying too much product, I take my flat gel brush (dry) and wipe off any excess off my nail (IBD flat gel brush #6 from Sallys is what I have)! I find that using that extra brush helps me get as close to the cuticle without touching it (this is just my own personal experience)!! In my experience, when applying a coat too thick, they are more likely to lift/peel and become dull on me, so I play it safe with thin coats and add layers as needed!!
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Thank you that's really helpful will try that with my next mani!
 
#605
jis9 said:
Thanks! I'm getting better but still a work in progress. I am learning so much from you ladies! Now only if I could figure out those Incoco french manicure tip stick on polish strips! They will not stick to my nails in the slightest! I wonder if I got a bum package. :-(
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You know that you need to glue them on, right? I can see them being problematic if you have a nail curve that doesn't match the shape of the tips, even though they're thin when I put them on a friend who they didn't fit well they tended to lift up at the edges. I wore them without too much issue, had one chip a corner after a week or so. I find it much easier and longer lasting to just learn to pain the tip on.

Sorry, this is probably not what you were talking about, I was thinking of the Dashing Diva type tips...I have not used the other so no help there!
 
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#607
jis9 said:
Thanks! I'm getting better but still a work in progress. I am learning so much from you ladies! Now only if I could figure out those Incoco french manicure tip stick on polish strips! They will not stick to my nails in the slightest! I wonder if I got a bum package. :-(
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You are talking about these (http://www.incoco.com/product.aspx?productid=120&categoryid=93) right and not the Dashing Diva type that come encased in a clear plastic applicator?

How are you applying them? You need to apply them to clean, bare, nails. You can't apply them directly over a SOG basecoat... they'll need to either go UNDER your SOG mani or OVER the mani. Perhaps some have sandwiched them by cleaning the tacky layer of the SOG off before applying them... I just applied them first and then did my SOG mani over them and got about 10 days wear - you may want to check out this thread for tips http://forum.purseblog.com/nail-care/cnd-shellac-french-manicure-with-dashing-diva-615034.html

HTH
 
#608
kandc88 said:
You know that you need to glue them on, right? I can see them being problematic if you have a nail curve that doesn't match the shape of the tips, even though they're thin when I put them on a friend who they didn't fit well they tended to lift up at the edges. I wore them without too much issue, had one chip a corner after a week or so. I find it much easier and longer lasting to just learn to pain the tip on.

Sorry, this is probably not what you were talking about, I was thinking of the Dashing Diva type tips...I have not used the other so no help there!
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It's the Incoco stick on polish strips. They totally have no stick - so weird. I must be doing something wrong but I'm following the directions exactly. I think I'll complain to the company b/c they are just not sticky to my nails.
 
#609
RunnerGal1 said:
You are talking about these (http://www.incoco.com/product.aspx?productid=120&categoryid=93) right and not the Dashing Diva type that come encased in a clear plastic applicator?

How are you applying them? You need to apply them to clean, bare, nails. You can't apply them directly over a SOG basecoat... they'll need to either go UNDER your SOG mani or OVER the mani. Perhaps some have sandwiched them by cleaning the tacky layer of the SOG off before applying them... I just applied them first and then did my SOG mani over them and got about 10 days wear - you may want to check out this thread for tips http://forum.purseblog.com/nail-care/cnd-shellac-french-manicure-with-dashing-diva-615034.html

HTH
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Yes! Those are them except I'm just doing the white tips and not the full french ones. I tried to apply them to my clean bare nails and then I was going to do SOG over them but they wouldn't stick to my nails at all.
 
#610
jis9 said:
Yes! Those are them except I'm just doing the white tips and not the full french ones. I tried to apply them to my clean bare nails and then I was going to do SOG over them but they wouldn't stick to my nails at all.
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Odd - I can't say I had that problem with mine. The video does say they are temperature sensitive... perhaps your hands weren't warm enough? I do know I have issues with applying polish if my hands are too cold...

http://www.incoco.com/LearnHowto.aspx
 
#612
jis9 said:
Thanks! I'm getting better but still a work in progress. I am learning so much from you ladies! Now only if I could figure out those Incoco french manicure tip stick on polish strips! They will not stick to my nails in the slightest! I wonder if I got a bum package. :-(
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jis9 said:
It's the Incoco stick on polish strips. They totally have no stick - so weird. I must be doing something wrong but I'm following the directions exactly. I think I'll complain to the company b/c they are just not sticky to my nails.
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I would think that maybe it is a bad pack? I've not used the Incoco ones, but I'm sure they must have some stick to them normally? Here is a youtube video that might help with application, but if they aren't sticky at all, maybe not, lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N5nxMMBtsM
 
#613
pinkprincess777 said:
I was just reading on the red carpet manicure site and now it says to cure color coats for 3 min under uv light, my bottles say 2 min but just curious if anyone knew if something had changed?
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From reading on here, and the fact that I almost always do dark colors, I have always cured RCM for 3 min each coat. It has worked well for me.
 
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