acrylic maintenance

Troubleshooter: Acrylic Nail Art with Embellishments

In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, OPI guest artist Adela Munoz shows how to create embellished nail art using acrylics and glitter.

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Troubleshooter: Almond-Retto Design - Part 2 of 2 - Finish Filing

In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, Young Nails educator Tracey Reierson shows the second step toward sculpting an almond-shaped nail using pink acrylics, filing the nail.  Almond-Retto Design Part 1

Removing Yellow Nail Stains

Nothing removes yellow stains from nails like a little lemon, says Self Magazine.

Troubleshooter: Proper Mix Ratio

In this video from the NAILS Troubleshooter series, OPI educator Dawn Sharp shows how to get a proper acrylic mix ratio.

Extreme Nailing

Does our environment change how we do nails? Do techs living in climates where it dips into double digits below zero work differently than techs who live where it’s nearly 100 degrees with 80% humidity?

Nail Troubleshooter: Polish, Gel, Gel-Polish, and Acrylics

Once you start working with clients regularly, you may run into minor mishaps that will challenge you. To help you out when they do, keep this chart handy for pointers on fixing some of the most common problems.

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.

Backscratchers 2-Week Re-Glass Maintenance

View this tutorial for a demonstration of Backscratchers 2-week re-Glass maintenance steps.

4-Week Maintenance Tutorial by Backscratchers

After approximately four weeks it will be time for a re-powder glazing.

The "Perfect" Pink-and-White Nail

What makes the perfect nail? How do you define the picture-perfect acrylic pink-and-white sculpt? NAILS combined contributions from CND education materials, Young Nails’ Greg Salo, and former NAILS Top 25 competitor Lynn Lammers to help draft guidelines for the quintessential “perfect nail.”