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Today my client is.. me! It’s a hand dolly with my tattoos painted on, how cool is THAT? We’re going to be testing a kit from Wish, it was less than a fiver and Adam bought it, because he saw an Advert. Let’s see how crap it is.
When I started doing nails you could go to the pharmacy or “drug store” and buy a kit like this to do your nails yourself but you can’t in the UK anymore.
Look at that brush? It’s definitely synthetic and it’s already got a little bend in the top because it wasn’t protected. There’s a little cheap dampen dish which should be fine, I have one for my brow and lash tint. The acrylic liquid is just called acrylic liquid, and it’s not got and ingredients list so I’m worried it might be MMA… and it is! MMA is not advised for cosmetic use because it’s not flexible and if you damage the acrylic then you’ll damage your natural nail too, it’s so bad. MMA in a powder form is fine, but in liquid form it’s really bad for the nail. The jars for the powder don’t say the colours so we just have to guess.
We’re going to do this on tips because this is going nowhere near my nails and I’m wearing gloves to protect my hands. This brush is awful, the bristles aren’t straight at all, I wouldn’t even use this on a canvas. I’m going to try for a smile line with the pink, once the acrylic is on the nail it wants to stick to the brush. The clear, or maybe the natural, is so bubbly and the brush, 3 beads in, is already separating.
I’m doing a full nail of clear to see the full clarity of the clear powder. I’m going to have to use my own files on the smile line and it already feels hard so I’m using a higher grit file that normal. This rigidness isn’t good for a nail and can cause a lot of problems. I’m going to try the white and oh my god it’s so grainy! It’s sticking to the brush and the brush is flared out and super flexible so it’s not really doing anything to the acrylic. I’m struggling with this and I have decades of experience so imagine if you’re a beginner using this kit.
The pink is fairly transparent when it dried and is super bubbly. I tried to make the brush better, but it definitely didn’t work so that’s going in the bin. My poor, poor files had a workout filing these bad boys. The thing with MMA products as well is that the technicians using them will use an file and actually file the natural nail down which makes people scared of files but really, it’s just the fools using the tools. I’m going to try an e-file on the ombre nail and you can hear it struggling to work on this super hard product.
MMA is used in hip replacements and dentures where it’s cured in a mold but if it’s curing on your nail or in your mouth it’s not good so if a product doesn’t say exactly what it is with the ingredients list and a country of origin then don’t use it on your body.
I’m dying to top coat these nails because I think it’s going to be amazing (can you hear the sarcasm?)
I’m going to be using my own Top Coat for these nails, that Kirsty Meakin Gloss Topcoat which really just highlights all of the problems with these nails. They’re so bubbly and the clear is cloudy which is just awful.
Moral of this video is: don’t buy MMA, make sure you know EXACTLY what you’re buying before you buy it. I’ll see you in the next video.
Tara Duck
Kirsty XOXO
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29 авг 2021
