How To Build Apex On Acrylic Nails

Veteran nail technician and NAILS Magazine Shows manager Vicki Peters recommends using a modified three-ball technique for clients with flat nails beds.

How to build apex on acrylic nails. Apex placement for different shapes. Apex placementCentre of the extended nail bed the longer the enhancement the further back towards the cuticle the apex is Upper arch angleStraight out from apex to free edge. 13 of enhancement Upper arch angle.

Straight down from apex towards the free edge. Apr 13 2018 - Young Nails head of education Tracey Reierson demonstrates how to properly build an apex and arch using acrylic. Gravity will do its job and pull the product into place.

Then place a second bead closer to the tip and use the very end of the brush to very gently blend towards the tip. To create a C-curve you need to make the acrylic thicker down the center of the nail which you can check by looking down the barrel of the nail from the tip to the cuticle says Peters. You will possibly end up using a lot more monomer trying to build up the nails.

Here Gina Silvestro of Gel Essentialz in Cranston RI demonstrates how to make a symmetrical apex using gel for a standard pink-and-white look. Establish a foundation layer of gel. But if youre concerned about your dip nails ending up on the thick side you can also do a partial apex.

Picture 1 If you apply slight pressure on the free edge a faded area will appear midway down the nail and that is where the apex should go for maximum strength. ¾ of the way up the nail. The reason this will save you money is that you can very easily build up your apex with clear whereas using something like black is harder to work with.

Start with the first bead right in the middle and blend out but leave the majority of that product in the middle at the. Straight out from apex to free edge. The stress area is usually one-half to two-thirds way between the cuticle and natural-nail free edge.