Sculptured Edge Nail, encased beads in acrylic nail video tutorial

The next nail we're going to do is an edge transparent nail with encapsulated beads.  We're goi... [Read more]

The next nail we're going to do is an edge transparent nail with encapsulated beads.  We're going to start by using our cover pink on the natural nail. This nail's already been been prepped and primed and it's already got it's edge form on so if you're not sure how to do that then have a look back at that now. So, we're extending the nail bed and we're also making a triangular smile line.  Don't forget on your blended bead of cover pink not to take your liquid out so it blends over the last bead. We're then going to pick up a small amount of clear powder and dip into our silver beads these are going to create our smile line. Pull the beads up a little bit so that they're not all down attached to the smile line and then make your free edge using clear powder. Dont forget that the edge nail free edge is a triangle shape and that that should follow the triangle that you've created as our smile line. Then we're going to use our pink in our zone two and three. Make sure that the spine of the nail had got enough acrylic on it If it hasn't just run a little bead along the spine and then blend down. Let this nail set a little bit and then it's ready to pinch. So this nail is now ready to pinch. Place your pinching tool and and you can leave it there for a few minutes. We can take this pinching tool off now, now we can take the form off, pinch it together until it's released and then make sure that you go down Then this nail's ready to file. Edge nails come out nice and straight from the side and then triangle at the top. Take your dust off that nail and we're going to do a slightly different type of 3D art on this nail. We're going to do a clear 3D art and we're going to highlight it with white paint. So we don't need to buff this nail now, we can put our clear 3D art straight on top So were just going to do three basic petals but with clear powder. It is a little bit harder to see than what it is if you do it with a colour  but you can still see the outline so picking up a small bead take the liquid out the back and place it on the nail. Let that bead turn to a matte consistency before you start working with it So you're waiting for that bead to lose the shine. Place your brush in, start to press that bead out, same again, wait for that shine to go. So the next stage is to highlight those petal with white paint so working with a nice fine detailer brush you're going to highlight the outside of the petal and then you're going to extend the petal slightly onto the nail, add some little bits in the middle, then you can add some extra little swirls at this side if you want.  We're just going to place a little diamante right in the centre before we gel top coat this nail So, using your Naio Nails Brush-on Glue into the centre Then this nail's ready for gel top coat. Remember with your gel top coat get right underneath those petals.  That nail can now go into the lamp for two minutes. So to finish this nail off just apply a small amount of cuticle oil. don't forget to go underneath when it's transparent Give it a massage in and that nail's done.
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