Troubleshooter: Polish Application

Holly Schippers shows how to apply regular polish, beginning with top coat and using even strokes and thin layers to make for excellent coverage. She even gives quick clean-up tips for when polish winds up on the eponychium.

Troubleshooter: E-file Safety

Vicki Peters explains some e-file safety tips and how to apply a carbide barrel and safety bit properly across the nail.

Troubleshooter: Applying a Tip

Vicki Peters gives some great advice on applying and blending a tip with the natural nail.

Troubleshooter: Smile Lines

Here Holly Schippers gives some tips on how to make smile lines in gel polish, traditional gel, acrylic, and polish.

Troubleshooter: Filing Nails Into Shape

Vicki Peters and Holly Schippers show you how to hand file four common nail extension shapes into form: Square, Soft Corners, Squoval, Oval, and Almond.

Troubleshooter: Acrylic Backfill

Vicki Peters demonstrates how to do an acrylic backfill, using a technique where she places dots on the extension with a pencil that serve as a guide for trenching a new smile line with an e-file.