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hello everyone welcome back to my
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randomly i'm so excited to be bringing
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this video to you guys because it is
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highly requested
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i'm going to be showing you how i
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achieve five different shapes
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now i did want to mention that these are
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my personal
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interpretations of these shapes you
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might not agree with them and that is
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okay
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everybody has their different technique
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so i did want to throw that out there
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now that being said i always say this in
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my videos and it is
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important that you guys are aware that
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just because something works for me
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doesn't mean it's going to work for you
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so i want you guys to find your comfort
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zone and stick to it
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find techniques that work for you and
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hopefully mine helps you
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a ton let's get into the video
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getting right into today's video i am
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using these natural tips
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from mccart they are linked in my amazon
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storefront
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and don't forget to use my discount code
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if you guys do shop their website
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i decided to use these specific tips
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because they are square
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and they are natural so it's going to be
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easier for you guys to tell the
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difference once i'm done
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shaping the nails i do highly suggest
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you guys check
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these tips out i absolutely love them
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they are more on the
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straight side so they give that faux
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sculpted look
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which does really help tremendously when
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you are trying to
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shape nails
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for today's video i'm going to be
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showing you tapered square coffin
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stiletto
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almond and then round
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i am using my tammy taylor peel and
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stick file for this
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video and here i'm showing you how you
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want to hold your hand file
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so i'm not going to overly slant it i'm
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also not going to hold it
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where i can see the actual file part you
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want to make sure
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it is nice and straight what i'm going
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to be doing with tapered square
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is tapering in the sides just slightly
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here i'm showing you exactly
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what area of the tip i want to remove
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once you have a mental picture it's
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going to be so much easier to kind of
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figure out where you need to file
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so as you can see it's going to be the
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least amount of filing on
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this specific shape so i'm holding my
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file nice and straight
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i'm tapering it in slightly
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and then i'm going to start filing so
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the way i shape my nails
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is i'm going to be constantly moving
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from
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side to side this helps tremendously
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because you are able to get an
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even file throughout
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so again hold your file nice and
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straight
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and as you can see it's already tapering
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and even though i've done very minimal
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shaping so point your file in
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lightly gently file from side to side
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continue to move from the right side to
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the left side from the left side to the
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right side
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so you can get that even file and with
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little effort
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you will start seeing that the shape is
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coming
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into perfection i do highly recommend
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you guys get a really good file because
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this is going to be
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crucial if the file is flimsy this
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can mess up your shape and i feel like a
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lot of tics don't realize that
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i'm going to be filing the tip as well
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as you can see it's lightly rounded from
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it being the natural tip
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and so i'm just going to be taking my
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file holding it horizontally
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and filing it very very lightly until
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it's nice and straight
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i do recommend you guys to dust off any
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excess
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dust because it does help you see the
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shape better and in comparison from the
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ring finger to the pinky
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you can tell tremendously what big of a
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difference that made
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and it was little little effort for the
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tapered square
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but you can definitely see the major
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difference in the two
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now i'm going to be doing my ring finger
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into a coffin
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this is going to be basically the same
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process or just tapering it in
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just a little bit more so in order to
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get this perfect what i like to do
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is take my craft scissors and nip off
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just a little
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bit of both of the sides what this helps
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is just take down your time when it
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comes to filing with the actual
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hand file as you can see it's like the
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smallest amount that i'm clipping off
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but even that cuts down your time filing
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so i do highly recommend you guys
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do this especially when you're doing
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thinner shapes
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i'm going to be taking my hand file and
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filing the sides
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again holding my hand file nice and
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straight
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filing vertically up and down from the
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right side to the left side from the
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left side to the right side
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this one you do want to hold your file
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slightly
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inwards just a little bit more but it's
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not as necessary because we did already
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clip off
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some of the tip and i'm going to
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continue to file
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until i am happy with the shape again
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make sure you're holding your file nice
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and straight
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if you bend it inwards to where you can
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see the
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file it's going to round the corners and
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when it comes to coffin you want them to
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be
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super super straight and i'm filing the
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tip
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just to square everything off and make
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sure everything is
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nice and perfect
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and as you can see when i hold it
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straight down
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you can see the gap where it is
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now and then you can see the difference
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from the pinky
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to the ring finger this one is more
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straight
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and this one is more narrow in the
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center
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as you can see where the nail plate is
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and the tip
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is a lot thinner so that's one way you
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can compare
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the shape you want the nail bed
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or the natural nail plate to be a lot
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wider than the actual tip of the coffin
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shape
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i'm just going to go ahead and continue
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to file until it is nice and straight
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and of course continue to dust off any
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dust so you can
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see exactly what you're doing and make
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sure you
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file the tip of it as well so everything
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is nice and straight
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but as you can see the difference from
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the pinky and the ring finger
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now moving on to our stiletto shape so
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it is important that you
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mentally make a line straight
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down the center of the nail you want it
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to be nice and straight
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down the middle and have that in the
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back of your head
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so you mentally know exactly where you
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need your point to be
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so i'm taking my craft scissors again
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and cutting a larger
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side off and then i'm doing that on the
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other side as well so when i'm actually
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doing it on clients i cut
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way more off but because i understand
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this is a beginner
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video i'm trying to make it a lot easier
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for you guys
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so now i'm taking it where the free edge
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of the natural nail
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is you want to file that
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all the way straight down into your
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mental picture of that straight line
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you want to make sure you're not filing
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past the free edge of the nail
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very very important as you can damage
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their natural side walls
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so i'm going in and making sure that my
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file is as straight as possible
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tapering it in very lightly
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and then filing from the right to the
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left from the left to the right and
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continuing to move back and forth
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until that point gets smaller and
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smaller and it is perfectly in
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the center
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once you get a little bit more
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comfortable with your scissors and all
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that you can
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cut it exactly into the middle point
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that you want it
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but it's a lot easier to cut less
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because if you do cut
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one side and more than the other it's
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really hard to go back from that
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so if you're not comfortable yet i
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highly recommend you to start little
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and then lightly increase the amount you
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cut off
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but as you can see stiletto nails do
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take a lot longer to shape
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and i am doing this a lot slower than i
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normally would i want to fully show you
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guys exactly the process so you guys can
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learn well from it but continue to move
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from side to side
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light pressure and continue to file
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until
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it is nice and even that is
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key and it is really really important to
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achieving the perfect shape
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and as you can see the line is right
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down the middle nice and straight where
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the point is at
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so for our almond shape i'm taking my
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craft scissors once again
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and cutting off any excess now that i'm
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not going to need
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just to make the filing process a lot
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faster
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now i'm not perfectly holding the file
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straight i want to almost file the
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underneath of the nail to help get that
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roundness
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of the almond shape so it is
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important to note that i'm not perfect
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when it comes to almond
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i have this hate relationship with it i
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can never
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seem to get it right so this is the way
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i do it this is my interpretation of it
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a lot of people do it more on the round
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side and that's perfectly fine this is
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just what i consider almond
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and as you can see i'm filing the
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underside of it to round it off
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versus holding it super straight this is
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how you're going to get that perfect
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round shape and you can see that the
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white part of my file is showing a lot
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more because i'm filing the underneath
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of the nail
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of course i'm going to continue to move
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from side to side until i'm happy and
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again
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that point needs to be nice and straight
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down the middle
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now for our thumbnail we are doing round
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or oval
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i do a mixture of both and again this is
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my preference
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i don't actually do super round nails so
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i'm
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nipping off just a little bit off the
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sides to make the filing process a lot
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faster
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and here i'm going to be showing you
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exactly what i mean by pointing
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the file inwards this is straight and
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then i put it
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underneath the nail and start filing so
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as you can see this is going to help
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round the nail it's filing the
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underneath of it
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into that perfect round shape and this
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helps tremendously when getting those
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rounded edges
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because it files it super super even and
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again i'm using light pressure moving
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from
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left to right right to left and
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continuing to move back and forth
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until i'm happy with the shape once i
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get to the tip
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i'm holding the file horizontally and
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then again filing back
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and forth underneath the nail this is
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going to get that perfect rounded shape
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now it is a little difficult to explain
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all this and there are so many things
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that play into whether a shape looks
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good or not
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it's good to be aware of the shape of
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the fingers
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the hand size the length of the nails
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and so many other things like if they're
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no biters this is going to
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play part in whether a shape looks good
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or not
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so always be aware of this some shapes
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look better
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longer if you are doing stiletto i
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definitely highly recommend you guys do
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them longer
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almond is definitely one of those shapes
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that i absolutely adore doing
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on shorter nails along with round
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because they just look better shorter i
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definitely did
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a set one time that was long and oval
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and it did not look good
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so this is basically what the nails look
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like once they are
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shaped now i'm going to be applying
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acrylic onto
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these just to show you exactly how you
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can keep the shape and not mess it up
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when you
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apply your acrylic so here i am
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doing the tapered square one and i'm
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just placing one bead in the middle
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and dragging it down but i'm continuing
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to
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wipe the sides of the nails so that the
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shape doesn't get distortioned
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when i apply that acrylic so again as
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you can see it's a lot wider in the
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tip and then i just wipe away and it
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solves the problem
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um you will get the hang of this and it
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is easier you know once
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you get more comfortable with it
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but as long as you're wiping the sides
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continuously and making sure you're
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tucking everything in
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patting it down perfect this is going to
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keep your
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shape intact and it's not going to get
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messed up
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and for this set i am using my sculpted
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like guitar and the number six
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from profiles backstage that is my
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acrylic brush
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and i'm using their monomer as well
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everything will be linked in the
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description box
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make sure to use my discount codes to
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save a little bit of money
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always always remember to get your
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liquid to powder ratio down
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right and this will make everything so
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much easier as well
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when you are trying to apply your
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acrylic perfect
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that is what is going to make the
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difference i have a video on that so
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make sure you guys check it out i do
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have
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a ton of beginner nail tech videos i'm
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working on some more for you guys so
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please be patient with me
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so again i am applying my bead of
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acrylic
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and wiping these sides down
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constantly again as you can see it
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messes up the shape and as soon as i
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start wiping the sides and patting it
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into place
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it makes a huge difference so if you
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file at the beginning
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and then you apply your acrylic and make
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sure you apply it
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perfect when you get done with applying
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your acrylic
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you're going to have to do the minimal
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amount of
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filing at the end because everything is
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already applied perfectly
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now i'm gonna go ahead and let you guys
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watch the rest of the application
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process so you guys can kind of see
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exactly how i do it
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sometimes it's really hard for me to get
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my words out and explain things to you
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guys
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so i'm just gonna let you guys kind of
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so
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do
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so
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now that i'm all done with my
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application you can see that the shape
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stayed pretty much intact
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i'm just taking my hand file once again
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and just lightly filing the sides just
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to make sure everything is nice and
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straight
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again because i tried to focus on my
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application process
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the shape is still pretty much good and
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all i have to do is smooth it out
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lightly
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and then file the surface of the nail
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make sure that the transition from the
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cuticle area down to the tip is nice and
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perfect
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and i like to do this filing vertically
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up and down all the way through so i get
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a flawless transition
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i'm gonna go ahead and file the rest of
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the nails again
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lightly filing the sides and then the
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surface of the nail
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to
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time
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you're looking at me
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now
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wow
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foreign
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wow
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now that i'm done with all of these
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sides i do recommend you guys turn over
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your hand to look at the nails from the
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client's perspective
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and then file the shape perfect
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this is where you will be able to see if
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there are any imperfections and it is
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important to note
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that the view from the client is a lot
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more important than your view
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so sometimes they'll turn the hand
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around and as you can see
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in my eyes the shape was perfect but now
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that i turn it around
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it's slanted slightly on the right side
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so this is when i'm going to fix that
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and
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then the client shouldn't have any
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concerns about the shape
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and then of course for the stiletto
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almond and round you don't have to do
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this it's only for
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these squared shapes and that basically
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concludes
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this video i'm just going ahead and
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cleansing the surface of the nail
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making sure that it is nice and dust
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free
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i didn't apply top coat to this set
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because it wasn't really necessary and i
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wanted you guys to see it perfect
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i hope you guys enjoyed this video don't
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forget to like share comment subscribe
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let me know what you guys think down
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below and i will catch you guys next
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time
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