Alice your too funny...lol Definately stir well as Alice mentions since the pigment settles to the bottom of the jar. Opti-bond is a bonder not a base coat so you can use that after your surebond..scrub it on the nail as a bonder not a building layer, cure two minutes and then use base n gloss if you want to level any imperfections of the nail to get a smooth surface, cure two min. Then apply thin coats of color..if you stir well you shouldnt need to apply 3 coats, yet thats my opinion..I've never had to do that, cure your layers 2 min as well and then apply bng for your top coat, cure 2 min. (The tip Alice shared with you from Anna works great to reduce shrinking while curing the color especially with the darker colors).
Tammy Warner The High Road to Education www.thehrte.com --- On Thu, 5/28/09, Alice <[email protected]> wrote: From: Alice <[email protected]> Subject: NailTech:: Re: Akzentz Options Blush Pink trouble To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 4:30 PM With any color gel be sure to stir the gel because the pigment settles..so stir it and get all the additional color from he bottom of the jar. As far as coverage, it depends upon the color some are lighter than others. I do 2-3 depending upon how I feel the color looks. I've yet to do only 1 coat of color gel. What are you using as your base.. Base & Gloss or Opti Bond? I know Anna has had a lot of success doing 1 coat of Opti Bond, cure, 1 Coat of Base & Gloss, Cure, wipe off sticky layer with Prep,acetone or alcohol, and apply your color. Wiping off the sticky layer prevents the color gel from shrinking back, But note, using Opti Bond will make it more resisant to soaking off. I'm sure Tammy will add to this if I missed anything lol . Alice Wallace High Road To Education Team Member -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: NailTech Group <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, 28 May 2009 3:02 pm Subject: NailTech:: Re: Akzentz Options Blush Pink trouble Ok so MY question is... How many coats of the Options colors are you supposed to do? I just received my Options yesterday and have done two clients : one on toes and one on fingernails. I am finding that I have to do 3 coats to get rich color.... What is the application technique? Thin layers or a ball floated on like I'm building? I brushed on 3 thin layers. Also I did French tips on a regular gel client with Midnite Dust and I notice that this gel draws up and bevels a lot.... Any tricks to compensate for this? Thanx in advance... Melody Montgomery Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular From: Tammy Warner Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 09:01:14 -0700 (PDT) To: <[email protected]> Subject: NailTech:: Re: Akzentz Options Blush Pink trouble To simplify: they took the bonding agent thats in BNG and jarred it for better adhesion in Opti-bond. So use your Surebond, Opti-bond scrubbed in nail since your not building with this...you should still see the nail fibers when done, make sure to cure that 2 min...then it you want you can use BNG to even out any imperfections/ridges etc in the nail, cure 2 min. Apply your gel polish curing between coats and then BNG as your gloss curing that 2 min. With your question below are you seeing just the gel polish come off or everything??? Tammy Warner The High Road to Education www.thehrte.com --- On Thu, 5/28/09, Michelle Phoenix <[email protected]> wrote: From: Michelle Phoenix <[email protected]> Subject: NailTech:: Re: Akzentz Options Blush Pink trouble To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 10:09 AM Ok so my question now is, what's the difference between base and gloss and optibond. I know Gina explained it in class, but god knows where I've put my notes. I thought they were interchangeable? On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Alice <[email protected]> wrote: You need to use your Base & Gloss or Opti Bond then the Pink Blush. Alice Wallace High Road To Education Team Member -----Original Message----- From: Wet Paint <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, 27 May 2009 10:25 pm Subject: NailTech:: Akzentz Options Blush Pink trouble Everyone I put it on has it come off in two to three days! I've buffed all he shine from the nail, cleaned up the cuticles and tried both the Sure Bond and the Affixit with no luck. Anyone else having these problems? Michelle Phoenix Wanna slim down for summer? Go to America Takes it Off to learn how. -- Wet Paint Nail Spa www.wetpaintnailspa.com Online Booking Available Wanna slim down for summer? Go to America Takes it Off to learn how. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
