How To Put On Contacts With Acrylic Nails

This video is the first in our brand new series Kiara Sky Nail University.

How to put on contacts with acrylic nails. The itch caused by acrylic nails is skin contact dermatitis. Once a nail technician applies this acrylic to a clients nails the material hardens and becomes much stronger. Contacts May Not Last as Long.

To put it simply acrylic nails are are a mix of powder and liquid monomer thats combined into a blob of dough shaped onto your nails with a brush and then air-dried. Then as fate would have it I came across the q-tip method for removing contacts. While its better than scratching your actual eyeball those contact lenses may be taking the brunt of your long nail wrath which may impact their effectiveness.

Place the contact directly on the eye. The two products known as a monomer and a polymer respectively together form a soft ball that can be fashioned into a nail shape. This in-depth Nail Career Education demonstration shows nail technicians how to perform an acrylic application on their own dominant hands000 - Prepping.

Then press the bristles onto the top and sides of the acrylic bead to shape the nail. This step is optional but wetting your q-tip first will help. Part 1 - cuticle down to start of adhered tip Part 2 - from adhered tip to half way down the tip Part 3 - the remainder of the tip to the free edge of the tip.

I bend mine into three roughly equal pieces two sides and a center. If you have long nails use the nail of your index finger to pick up the lens. If you are new to the long nail club and are struggling to remove contacts safely youre probably doing some damage to those lenses every time you try.

Here at Kiara Sky and Glam and Glits our goal is to educate and inspire. How to prevent the itch during. Apply your first bead to Part 1 gently press it down with your brush and ease it towards your cuticles.