Painting baubles on christmas trees? Do them in magnetic polish, activate them all together, Voila - realistic glassy looking baubles 🎄

Is anyone doing Christmas gifts for their clients this year?

This may be an unpopular opinion but….. If you cant compete your services without an efile.. you probably shouldn’t be using an efile. There i said it. 🤷🏼‍♀️ but why ? Because the fundamentals of filing are all there in hand filing. Yes efiles are amazing, they can speed up a service and refine, but what do you do when your efile breaks ? Or you have a client who prefers not to have an efile used? Or is unable to tolerate an efile? The client in this video is experiencing issues with some of her medication and its not only causing ridges in her nails but making them incredibly sensitive at the moment, we thought they may have been sensitive from possibly being knocked so we chose to remove her old set completely to check her nails health, but after removing the set to check we found no damage, but her ridging had returned after some recent medication changes, (of which we knew could cause the ridging and sensitivity) So i did a full builder gel removal by hand, no debulking with an efile, all hand filing to debulk and soaking, then all prep work and fresh set completed with no efile. -There are a few situations you may find you cant use an efile, maybe it breaks and you haven’t got a spare? Maybe the client doesn’t like it, but also if you are having issues with prep, finish filing etc, it can be really good to go back to basics and file manually, -a hand file for finish filing your gel or other enhancement will give you the most control over your surface -an efile will roll over it but a hand file stays flat, this gives you a clear indication of any high or hollow points allowing you to check the surface and ensure a smooth finish, Dont get me wrong i looove my efile, but i also love hand filing! And i think its good every now and then to go back to the hand file to check in with yourself and your filing techniques, because you cannot solely rely on an efile, XOXO

I just had some sets from last year pop up In my memories so i thought i would do a little now vs then, In this fabulous world of social media we see the end product alot but not the true process to get there, or all the hard work and time spent to achieve it, So heres a little comparison for you -⬇️⬇️ 1st photo:pumpkin/stitching halloween 1 year ago 2nd photo: isolated chrome 1 year ago 3rd photo: pumpkin/ stitching Halloween - recent 4th photo: isolated chrome and pumpkins - recent 5th photo: isolated chrome - recent Good things take time- and alot of work! The more you do of it the better you get, you will pick up alot from tutorials, classes etc along the way but it will still take time to get there, you will find products that suit you more than others, and you will develop your own techniques and style 💚 And we all have off days, days where the chrome just isnt chroming, noone is 1000% perfect all the time (although we wish we were) and you never see even in tutorials, how many times it was wiped off and done again to get the final image you see So for anyone wondering why others work is crisp/ fineline/ detailed and defined etc and they just cant quite get it- just keep trying 💚 it will happen I will pop in the comments the adjustments that i made to each set to upgrade my art 💚 And feel free to add your own now vs thens x XOXO Gracie Milkshake studio

Do you believe natural nails are stronger kept shorter, or does length not really matter if they’re healthy?