00:00The base has been applied, meaning this is the base that I will later remove, because I'm doing this as
00:03a demonstration, since I wanted to show you exactly the short nail bed and this way to create a super
00:06natural French manteau.
00:07Here we have these two fingers, or rather, these two tips are absolutely identical.
00:11By the way, I wanted to show you. Let's take it out.
00:13So the liver is quite thin, but even so, well, basically I can't squeeze or break it in any way.
00:17This means the nails will hold up well.
00:18It's important, especially when you're doing your own nails, to cover the gel like this and set the brush aside,
00:22because it would be really frustrating if everything cures accidentally.
00:25I'm adjusting my lamp so you can see. I turn it on right away, here it is shining. By the
00:28way, I also wanted to show you, look, the form here has a stiffening rib, so it doesn't spread apart
00:32when you put it on.
00:32It's a really handy thing. Let's go.
00:34Put lace it and lower it. Since the wings are already cured, there's nothing to worry about, except maybe I
00:38put it on crooked.
00:38But that's not certain, so please don't judge. I'm doing this on camera, so the result isn't always as perfect
00:42as it would be due in regular work.
00:44Because when you work without a camera, you can sit comfortably and everything turns out great.
00:47So I've set the nail in place, I'm checking that it's straight, and I'm removing the excess gel from the
00:50inside.
00:51You can safely put the gel back into the jar. Nothing will happen, because it hasn't been filled. We only
00:55foyish-queued the beautiful area.
00:56So you can gently stretch this gel to the tip from underneath to even everything out inside. This way everything
01:00turns out clean and neat.
01:02If you suddenly notice during the process that your gel, like you can see here, the sidewall shifted a bit,
01:05because I was talking, but I just have a strip left.
01:06So you can simply build up this sidewall here. But now I'm going to flash-queue it, because I'm happy
01:10with how it looks and I want to fix it in place.
01:11But I don't want to worry about the sidewall, which I think turned out a bit too thin, because the
01:14gel ran off.
01:15I'll just carefully add a little more gel now, take a smaller amount and gently build it up. The gel
01:19self-levels well, so you won't have any super messy undersides here.
01:21By the way, I also wanted to show you these forms. The smile line itself, actually there are two types
01:25here.
01:25This is the express French form, and when you see the word express, it means that after you remove it,
01:29in the area where the nail bed meets the free edge, there will be a small indentation left.
01:31You can fill it in with a contrasting color, like black, white or pink, whatever you prefer. Or you can
01:36just fill it with the same gel you're working with.
01:38My nail has cured. To remove the form, I pinch it a little, and at the same time, I hope
01:43it doesn't pop off, because I have a pit of base on.
01:46So, let's take a look. Look how cute it is. See? Just like I told you, we have this little
01:50indentation here.
01:51And you can, for example, fill it with white, and then just shorten it like this.
01:55We take a thin brush, again, using the same shape of gel. We take a tiny, tiny amount, because we
01:59don't need much. Here, we spread it out.
02:03Overall, this doesn't take much time, and there's really no special technical difficulty here either.
02:07We spread it out, and then just carefully brush off any excess gel, or whatever color gel you're using.
02:12With the file, we only even out the side walls. If it sticks here, make sure to detach it from
02:16the sides. You'll need to buff the surface so you can apply the top coat and it doesn't chip.
02:20At this awkward moment, I ran out of buffers, so here's a questionable life hack. I saw it on Ryan
02:24once.
02:25By the way, it's actually really useful. I think it's cheaper than using a whole buffer. How nice. Honestly, it's
02:30a great life hack, this one.
02:34That's it. We'll shorten the length, check for any crookedness, and make sure the sides are parallel.
02:39The other one. Let's look under the nail. Here, of course, you can see the thickness.
02:44Let's check our sides to make sure both sides are aligned with the same line of the file.
02:48That's it, and we've got a beautiful, short, neat French tip.
02:50But since I made my square shape on the novel form, my square turned out a bit narrower.
02:53I know that many people like this shape. When people say that the square is too square and looks like
02:57a shovel,
02:58well, this is not a shovel-like square.
02:59We can only figure it out with the two touches on the table.
02:59And then have a hard part.
02:59So that's to justify the go to higher size.
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