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Almond-Shaped, Acrylic Nails Step By Step Tutorial

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Almond-Shaped, Acrylic Nails Step By Step Tutorial

4,892,823 views October 28, 2015 11:52

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ChannelNail Career Education

In brief

You’ll craft elegant, almond-shaped acrylic nails with a natural finish by mastering the drill, shaping techniques, and nude polish. Suzie’s method is ideal for those wanting polished, salon-quality results at home.

Key steps

  1. Shorten nails with a nail drill using a carbide bit
  2. Shape acrylic into an almond form with pinching and filing
  3. Apply nude polish to complete the natural, polished look

Questions & answers

What tools are needed?

A nail drill with carbide bit, acrylic, hand file, and nude polish.

Can this be done without a drill?

The tutorial uses a drill for shaping, but hand filing is also demonstrated.

Description from the creator

I show, step by step, how to create natural-looking, almond-shaped Acrylic Nails. This tutorial is in-depth, and focuses on the technique of making the almond shape. The video has many great tips including how to use a nail drill, hand-file, how to shape the nail with acrylic, and finish with a nude polish.

Check out my online store for nail products:
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00.25 Introduction
00.43 Shorten Nail with Nail Drill
01.15 How to Use a Carbide Bit
03.53 Arbor Band
04.03 Shaping the Almond Nail with Acrylic
05.47 Pinching
06.35 The products used in this design
06.59 Continuing the Almond Shape on the other nails
07.25 Cuticle work
08.15 The Almond Shape
08.53 Using the Drill for the Almond Shape
09.30 Finding the Almond shape with a hand file
10.15 Filing in preparation for the hand polish
11.11 Finishing the look with nude polish
11.23 The finished design reveal pictures

Follow Suzie on Facebook, Instagram and her web-sites:
facebook.com/NailCareerEducation/
instagram.com/nailcareereducation
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naildistrict.ca

About this tutorial

Nail Career Education published this 11:52 video tutorial on October 28, 2015. It has been watched 4,892,823 times on YouTube.

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