BrillBird Conversion Course

PLAY TIME!

I have started on my 2016 nail goals by attending an acrylic course, trialing out another brand of acrylic from the company BrillBird.

The ever amazing Jill Roberts who is the new educator for the company just happens to live in New Plymouth! How lucky are we?! She is super sweet and her classes are so fun, I can't wait to do some art courses with her...her work is incredible!

FIRST IMPRESSIONS........

I love the pots! Cute little triangles, the only thing I would say is that the pot takes up more room as the amount inside is in a cylinder hole, but its just packaging, product is what counts.
The product was really nice to use, easy to get ratios right (even in this heat!!).
Cover pink was a good coverage, thats always a plus. 

The form (I used the one I got lol so didn't have a photo of my own to use) was a good stickiness, reasonably easy to apply and I love how they have lines for stiletto, when my artistic forms have almond or rounded lines.

Myself-left, Rennell-right and Nyssa over that way -> somwhere lol getting our acrylic on.

We had such a fun time at this course!
We got some good tips and tricks and we get a BrillBird certificate to show we know how to use this system. 

Below are my efforts for the day:

Index - Encapsulated 3D

Middle - Encapsulated Glitter Fade

Ring - Reverse Application Glass Stiletto with 3D art

Pinky - Reverse Application French

My natural nails were quite long so the only extension was on my ring finger the rest are acrylic overlays. You can see I got lazy and didn't fix my ring finger cuticle line....but that was pure laziness lol I'll be changing that one up anyway so I will fix it later.

It's so important in an industry where new things pop up every week to go and do upskilling when you can. You always have room to improve and learn new things. 

On that note ill leave you with the food I ordered when we had our lunch break......droooooool

B xxx

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Starting from scratch...

Oh man....where do I start?

I feel like it was the first time I have ever done acrylics!

Fumbling around, trying to find what I need, zoning out trying to remember things I learnt years ago.

It's definitely not like riding a bike!!!

I am just super lucky to have such awesome friends who are willing to sit there and let me do my thing, trudging through any issues I face lol

One major issue I had was my lamp I needed to use. I'm sure it was screwing with the curing time.
I really need a good lamp above my work space and I'm looking foward to being able to discuss whats best with Penny Lazic at the Monaco workshops that are taking place next week here in New Plymouth.

One major decision I have made is to mainly use nail forms, which are very fiddly when you are not used to them. 

This is used instead of tips. It has a sticky back which is attached to the finger tip and then the acrylic is extended on top and out to the desired length. When the acrylic is hard it is removed and the acrylic can be filed.
I'm hoping with enough practice it will become second nature.

The one thing I am super happy about is the acrylic flowers and petals. Something I have always really enjoyed/am confident about doing.
They just add that feminine touch I had envisioned from the start.

Even though it took me a long time to complete these nails, I'm am responsibly happy with the end result.
Can only get better from here right?

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