How do you clean off the excess glitter around the nail? it makes me crazy!
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Caralyn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Diana > The glitters that I have actually have shaker holes in them so it's not > quite so messy. I just shake and go. > Hair foils is a good idea. Better than Saran wrap or copy paper. Thanks for > that one. Use 2 and u can sprinkle pick it up pour on the next toes with the > other foil under and on and on until all 10 are covered. > > Sent from Caralyn's iPhone > > > On Feb 14, 2009, at 3:03 PM, Diana Bonn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Okay, have to explain the glob thing, kind of slammed that out > there. Since I hate sprinkling, I use the dip method, which I could > change my mind at any second, I am willing to try anything. > > Anyway, I am talking about the big toe. The other toes are too small > for this silly method. Anyway, what I found when I load the brush > with gel, then dip into the glitter, there is more gel than glitter > and I had to keep re dipping in the glitter. If I added more glitter > than gel then I would have to re dip the brush in the gel, which you > can't do because you add glitter to your gel, soo then you have to > keep wiping your brush. > > Soooooooooo, I started loading the brush with gel, put it on the > nail, and then took the brush and picked up glitter, slowly letting > the glitter spill on the gel, then with the excess glitter on the > brush started kind of mixing/appling the gel/glitter on the toe. Any > excess, instead of wiping on paper towel, wipe it on the next toe. I > actually think maybe sometimes I am mixing the gel and glitter on the > big toe to add to the smaller toes!!!! LOLOLO This so far has been > better than the sprinkle for me. > > But have a question, when you do sprinkle, what do you sprinkle > with??? I mean what do you pick the glitter up with? I have a bunch > of Starbucks green stopper things that my clients have saved for me, > to stir up the gels.(yes I have an addiction to Starbucks, what > recession)? Guess I could pick up glitter with the flat end. > > And Alice, yep thought about pre mixing on something (I have used > hair dressers foils when I make my acrylic ghosts), but haven't got > my ratio down yet, which means I don't want to pre mix too much gel > and not use it all. too expensive to waste a drop. Maybe when I do > more of these I will get an idea how much gel for toes. > > And Elaine will try your idea tooo!!!!! thanks for your help diana from > indiana > > > > > > > > > > > -- Wet Paint Nail Spa www.wetpaintnailspa.com Online Booking Available --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
