Cacie Nail Blooms Application in Acrylic

Nails by Olivia Gordon, New Wave Salon in Lancaster, Calif.

Olivia Gordon, New Wave Salon in Lancaster, Calif.

For our May 2007 cover, veteran cover tech Vicki Peters put tip-and-overlay nails on our model Jennifer Chong. She used Kupa’s Vicki Peters Signature Series S-Gel over the company’s new Welless White Tips.

Kathleen M. M. Ringwood-Wood, Shampoo Hair Designs in Pleasant Valley, N.Y.

I was recently back home in Peru for a friend’s wedding and decided to get my nails done in my own country.

Nails by MaeLing Parrish, Nail Sensation in Columbus, Ohio.

Nails by MaeLing Parrish, Nail Sensation in Columbus, Ohio.

Nails by MaeLing Parrish, Nail Sensation in Columbus, Ohio.

Nails by Shannon Chomanczuk, Polished Image Salon in New Windsor, N.Y.

Nails by Shannon Chomanczuk, Polished Image Salon in New Windsor, N.Y.

Nails by Shannon Chomanczuk, Polished Image Salon in New Windsor, N.Y.

Lifting acrylic nails are frustrating to the nail tech and annoying to the client. Left uncorrected, they could trap water and be the first step toward a bacterial infection. But before we get defensive and start pointing fingers, let’s check out the nails — and let them do the talking.
Techs trained to include the third step of the acrylic application process -- primer -- may have a hard time dropping the insurance of this tried-and-true old friend. But many who have dared to explore this new, primerless world made the transition without missing a step. Is primerless the future of nails?
The All Season Profesional Aspire Bonding Acrylic System is a non-yellowing, no-lift formula that provides easier application for acrylics.

Nails by Sayaka Sako of Atelier May Salon in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Nails by Mary Seitzinger of Nail Sensation in Columbus, Ohio.