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How-to Apply Nail Forms Like a PRO - Almond, Ballerina, Square & Stiletto Tutorial - YouTube
Channel: Kupa Inc
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Ann: Hello everyone!
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Welcome to Kupa TV!
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I am here today to share with you how to fit
a sculpting form.
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I am going to show you a step-by-step process
on how to apply a different form on different
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shapes of nails.
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So are you ready?
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Lets get started!
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Ann: So what I have here is our Kupa Divinity
Infinite Form.
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The form is designed for salon use also for
extreme nail design.
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So for salon use I suggest you guys tear this
part off.
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Because it will be a lot easier for you guys.
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So once you have done that there is a sticker
right here, take that off and put that behind
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the back of the form.
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Don't go overlapping the ring area.
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Make sure you put slightly below straight
and center.
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Okay?
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This will retain your C-curve shape.
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Okay, when you flip over I want you to tear
off the tear right there.
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You tear it off and split that out.
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SO then you are going to place your two thumbs
on the sides and then you want to roll it
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a little bit.
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But rolling this, that will give you a strong
C-curve right here.
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So when you place a form underneath a free
edge onto a nail like this, the first thing
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I need you to look for is there shouldn't
be any gaps right there.
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Okay?
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There is no gaps.
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If there are you need to tailor the form to
fit the form right.
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So the key of doing this is, see this is how
I just place it at first.
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You need to line the center line and the center
nail fit right there.
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That just gives you a guide where to keep
that center line.
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Okay?
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So keep this line right here to the center
of the nail.
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That is the first key.
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The next thing I need you to look for is when
you kind of hold the form down don't pinch
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it in, don't secure it in, just let it loose,
but kind of pinch down a little bit.
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So then you can see the curve.
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If you leave it straight like this, the line
will be different.
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So just kind of tilt the form down a little
bit.
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And then you look at both sides.
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So what you do is you measure it, if you are
not sure you may use a little pen or pencil
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to mark it.
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If that helps, if not just follow the lines.
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Right now she has the gaps on the sides, the
form doesn't fit her well.
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So what I am going to do is look at the center,
the Hyponychium, and then the side ways here
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and use it as a key point to cut the lines.
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You want to cut the form slightly into a “V”.
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Because she has higher smile line.
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So that is what I am going to do.
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I am going to cut from here to here.
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Again, use the line as a guide.
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Okay.
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And the again, so that is a small “V”
because her nail is pretty short.
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Sometimes you might not get it right right
away, so don't be frustrated just try it again.
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Okay that looks good because right now you
can see from sidewall to sidewall, they all
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fit perfectly underneath.
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So now that you have cut the free edge to
fit the front of the nail I need you to cut
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the sides.
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Okay.
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So now you need to measure where the lines
going to be.
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So like I said you just use the lines on the
form to give as a mark.
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To mark it and then cut.
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So I want to take the scissors and what you
do is hold it here.
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Her nail slightly fit right there, so what
I am going to do is cut it about 45 degree
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angle and I am going to do the same on the
other side.
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You can fold it, but I am just going to cut
it there.
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Now I am going to roll it again, okay so this
form, this is in general form you are going
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to use it for square.
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Because right now what I am going to do is
put that in and you see I am not going to
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press the form down but if you can see the
side profile, if you see her the side profile
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her side here, I cut right there just enough.
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So then when you apply the products the product
doesn't go underneath the form or underneath
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the nail.
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Okay.
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So then your products should be straightly
going out like that.
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And that is the way it is.
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So that is how you tailor form to fit individual
nails like that.
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Okay.
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So with a square one, ok, you roll it.
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Let me show you.
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Okay so for square, you want to tuck straight
in.
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First what you do is, take the thumb and roll
it down.
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Actually there are two ways I am going to
show you.
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You can do this tuck it down and use your
hand and pull the tab together.
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Okay.
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Or, if you are kind of nervous.
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You don't know how you going to pull the tab
evenly or not.
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What I suggest you could do too is hold them
like and then pull the tab, I have long nails
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so, fold them like this and pull the tab together
right there.
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See?
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That will give you just anchor it so you know
the tab is even and symmetry together.
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So now that that is anchored for you, all
you do is put in a straight in.
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So now that you closed both of the tabs.
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The next thing I want you to make sure is
that when you pull this tab tight secure then
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you want to pull a little tighter along from
the back here.
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From the back here all the way to the front.
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That is to insure you have very strong tight
C-curve.
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So when you, let’s just say when you work
on a nail it doesn't move.
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Like I can tug this and the form will stay
put.
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See by pulling that tightly you secure that
form.
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You can see this, I am tugging her right now.
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I mean you don't want to do that at the salon
but I am just saying to give you a point.
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That I am tugging and the form is staying
put.
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That’s another thing about, I want to share
with you about Kupa forms too, is that it
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is very sticky.
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It is like double layered, so the form is
very secure and strong.
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So once you put everything in place and secure
that tab it is going to stay put.
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So for a Square nail I want you to secure
that tab right here, bend it down.
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Like that.
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You have little gap right here, which is good.
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Then what you do is, make sure the form is
straight from the nail to the form.
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It shouldn’t, the form shouldn't go up or
go down.
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So the Square is straight.
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So this is a front view for form fitting for
Square.
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The front view should have a nice barrel but
also slightly tapered to the front.
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Now I am going to show you the basic form
fitting for Almond, Ballerina and Stiletto.
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So you do the same, you take the sticker part
and put it, again don't go overlap because
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it is not correct.
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I would say slightly below the ring area and
then keep that right there.
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And then you tare this part off and you roll.
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Okay?
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For the Stiletto I would say pinch that in
a little bit in the center a little bit in.
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You don't want to pinch too hard to leave
a mark.
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But just so the form can kind of give you
that arch right there, that C-curve.
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Okay, and then you go in with underneath the
free edge.
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And then by looking at this you have to see
if you have any gaps.
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There should be no gaps and there should be
no gaps on the sides as well.
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This one fits pretty well.
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So all I am going to do is mark my side walls
here and see where I need to slit the sides
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here.
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So what you are going to do is same thing,
you take a scissor and cut it in a 45 degree
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angle.
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Right there and right there.
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And if you want you can cut the tab on the
sides.
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Then I am going to roll it again.
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And then with the of this 3 shapes, what you
do differently than the Square is you need
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to tilt it down a little bit.
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Not so much down but slightly downwards.
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Okay.
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I am going to explain why I have to do that.
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So let me just try to fit it first.
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Snd then same thing you can pinch here or
let’s just, I like this way better actually,
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because I feel like for me this is easier.
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So all I do is hold it, and pinch just the
front tab first.
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Just a little bit.
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So that I have, thats my anchor point.
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So right there I am going to go back and fit
the form again.
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So with this shape you want to pinch the top.
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Right there.
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You see how I pinch?
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Look at the side, I only pinch right here
for now.
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So you want to angle that pinch 45 degrees
roughly, and you just want the tip right here
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to be pointy.
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So the reason you have to tilt slightly downward
is because what you want to do is build that
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nail from here straight out and it goes straight
to the tip.
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If you put your form slightly up then that
means this one go all the way, it will not
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meet to the straight down.
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It will be a little bit upward.
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So then your point will not be straight.
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So when you apply the nail, what it is the
proside profile should be from here contour
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around the cuticle area , from the side wall
here should slowly going to a point right
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there.
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Thats why with the 3 shapes you need to tilt
the form down slightly.
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So once you get that form straight out then
from the front, the top view, I want you to
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pay attention that from the tab when you close
it, it closes.
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You see?
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This Square you have little room.
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Because what you are doing, the reason there
is no gap here is we tilt the form down a
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little bit.
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When you leave the form straight it has little
gap.
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So that is another key right there.
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And second if you look at the top view, look
how flat and the nail runs out consistently
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to the tip of the form.
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Okay?
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And the side view look how tapered that is.
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OK.
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Okay, let’s just say if you don't pull the
tab close then this top view is going to be
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bigger.
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Going to be wider.
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So you want to really pull that side here,
right here where the thumb at, you want to
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pull it tight and secure.
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So you would have that nice round C-curve
when you shape the nail.
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Now you see that comes to a point.
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Everything needs to be straight and come to
a point.
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There should be no gap here.
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Right?
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There should be no gap there on the front
of the form.
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Okay now compared to the Square you can see
there is a larger tapered barrel, with the
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Square the barrel is larger, you see there
is a huge gap right there.
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And the Stiletto is closed and straight to
a point.
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See?
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So that is the front view.
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So this here, look at Square, you have a larger
barrel straight down evenly to the end of
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the form.
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But this one, it gets tapered slowly, and
then slowly taper and you come to a tiny point
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to the end.
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So with this form placement you can use it
for Stiletto for the long length, or Almond
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shape, or Ballerina nail shape.
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So a nail form is the base of making nails.
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So it is very essential and important for
you to learn the steps of how to apply a form
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step-by-step today.
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So I hope that with these two ways of application
of a form that you now know how to use it
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and do 4 shapes that we mentioned earlier,
which is the Square, the Almond, the Ballerina
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and the Stilettos.
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So I mean I know it’s probably a process,
it’s not easy but it’s not that hard.
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I think the best way I recommend is just be
a little patience, and just practice.
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Just do a few times a day and once you feel
like you have it down right and then try to
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do the application you will see a nail will
turn out much easier and structural sound
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and the shape will be much better.
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Thank you for watching and I will see you
next time!
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Bye!
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