I don’t do nails but when my hand cream, shampoo whatever, I will get ever last drop out. With my hand cream I cut the bottle open and get so much more out of the bottle. I am Scottish and I pinch pennies whenever I can. I’ll do it till I die.Waste not want not. I love you for caring about us and how much money we spend. That’s why I love you,Adam and everyone else. I get so much joy.❤❤❤🦄🦄🦄
I do my own nails at home. I use my old top bottles to make different colored "jelly" or "sheer" polish. I sometimes need to add a bit of new top coat to the old bottle but that is what works for me.
@Kirsty Meakin , Many thanks for you video... It will sure save money. Less wasteful. And shows you are not all about money on sales. Love your videos.
The reusable file board and cutting the grits is a really good idea I worked out using your files as examples If you bought the 50 pack of single use files it’s 56p per file, packs of 25 are £1 per file. Buffers are £1.50 each. To use all 4 grit files plus a buffer is £4.86-£5.50 (£2.43-2.75 if you cut the files in half) To do the same with the reusable board and replacement sandpaper is £1.12 for all 4 file grits when cut in half. To make the file/buffer combo you demonstrate here is 61p. All four grit replacement board files cut in half plus half a buffer is £1.46. All four with a buffer without cutting anything in half is £2.91
The pour one bottle into another trick, I've used for most of my life... Around the house. To make it easier, set the almost empty bottle of gel into a bowl of warm water, or on a heating pad. All the gel, stuck to the sides and on the brush, will become thinner and drop to the bottom of the bottle. Then, once warm, tip it over onto the other bottle - be careful, as its thin and runny, it will come out fast!! But then you will really get the last drop!! I personally think there should be a refill size, one can buy, then you just need to buy extra brushes, as they age and die. Bottles could be used over and over, which would be a great thing, less to the landfill... Hope that help 😊
Hey Kirsty with the top coat if you save the empty bottle or almost empty bottle the next bottle that gets that low do the same tip you gave on top coat but use the empty bottle you saved ! One you want have to worry about over flowing and two eventually once you get that bottle full again it would almost be like getting a free bottle! What’s funny about this is my Husband is a transmission tech he’s worked in a dealership for like 30 yearZ now! He had done this exact same thing with bottles of oil and transmission fluid for years! He says there is no way you can get every last drop out if the bottles when working on cars so he keeps one bottle that’s pretty well empty then he turns over any other bottles after use and let’s the excess drip he has always told me it takes him a while to get a full bottle but eventually it ends up filling up the bottles he’s using and he starts the next one. But yea he’s always done this just with car fluids! How funny is that! As soon as you flipped that bottle over He’s the first person U thought of!! LOL!!😅😂😅😂😂😂🌻🌻🌻
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! There was one that I saw somewhere about tipping the rest of the top coat into another bottle and they used toothpicks to put inside the bottles to help them become steady when on top of each other 👏🏻
Makes perfect sense kirsty, thank you for the tips and tricks and always sharing new creative ideas plus sharing how to save yourself some brass! That is always a good thing! 💕
Hey girl hey !! I love your money saving tips !! Every little bit helps , plus it's great not being wasteful, can't wait to see your valentine's sets .
I absolutely love this video because Kirsty I’m like you When it comes to nail products I don’t like to use cheap products because they just don’t hold up as well and as we all know good quality products cost 💲 so I am a bargain shopper I like to make my orders when I know a good sale is coming but I use everything to the very end and I use the empty gel polish bottles to mix a color I don’t have and I like using the gel polish brushes to put on gel polishes that’s in pots thank you so much for this video
What a great idea! I’m gonna try cutting my stickers in half and stick them to the metal base so I have a better grip! Also where did you get your arm rest?
Hello.. I've been following you since naio nails. You are gone for so long I'm checking that channel and has no upload for years. You've done many whimsical nail arts there.. so why change channel? So glad I've found your new channel. 🥰
Great tips as always! Just wondered when you are going to have a line of gel paints for nail art. Looking forward to your line because I know it will be of superb quality like everything you do. Thanks for sharing and all your hard work in making beautiful content for us all to enjoy. 1
Great money saving tips Kirsty, thank you. I’ve been using the top/base coat hack for a while and it definitely helps with saving the pennies. Going to try your file hack as that’s amazing. ❤
Kirsty you should change the design of your files to have a perforation or some kind of break away feature so the tech can choose. You know like how kitchen roll has different size choices.
That’s a good idea in theory but it would cost more to make them which would push the price up, also if you put to much pressure on when filling they would be snapping …
Hi kirsty what's the best way to keep my brush in good condition I haven't been to college or anything just watching your videos I started watching when u was with naio nails
Great advice. One question, where did you get the practice finger and do you like it. I'm in the market for something and you have used many different things. Just asking your opinion on what works best. Thanks again for all your amazing content
I do do that with my top coat and colours. The cost of living rise is unnecessary. Energy companies are making record profits. I hope everyone is coping. 🙏 x
My nail school cut our files in half and it was really difficult to adjust. Our file would slip a lot and it wasn’t very ergonomic for the tech. 😢 the buffers we’re ok though
Been doing the bottle trick for 33 years 🙄 even with my popular colours and when we used nail polish. Can’t handle short files because of the way I hold my file. Will never work for me 🤷♀️
Could be wrong but I think every salon I’ve been to here in the US has done my nails with used files/buffers and bit sanders. Kinda disgusting. Didn’t realize I could tell them to use new ones and to open the new ones in front of me. Never been to a nice salon, just the ones that are trying to get you in and out quickly, which makes me wonder how much sanitizing they do. My nails never turn out right and I’m always having to file off, reshape and reapply top coat when I get home. I have thin, weak, natural long nails, when I stop biting them and let them grow out, and only get acrylic overlay or dip done. Just purchased Kiara Sky mini dip system I’ll be trying at home. At least then I’ll know where everything has been and can be pissed at myself if I screw its up…like they always do.
Awww good luck. Keep practicing, you’ll be saving yourself the money and it’s good to know what’s being used on your nails. And once you get the knack, beautiful nails how you want them every time. ❤️
I've been to a couple of salonsthe same and gave up. So I went to the local training Collage (TAFE) Technical And Further Education it's the same with the hair salon, the students may be atuden apprentices but they are supervised and I've ALWAYS had really good experiences there! AND you know they are following all the health codes too!!
No hun she was just kidding.. She didnt say Adam actually said that to her!! She jokingly said "Adam will be going why you telling ppl how to save money then they wont spend as much money with us" She was just being silly! Plus Adam wouldn't seriously say something so rude to his best friend.. He probably would say something like that but do it in a joking manner too.. Hope that helps hun have a great day!! 😁
I don’t do nails but when my hand cream, shampoo whatever, I will get ever last drop out. With my hand cream I cut the bottle open and get so much more out of the bottle. I am Scottish and I pinch pennies whenever I can. I’ll do it till I die.Waste not want not. I love you for caring about us and how much money we spend. That’s why I love you,Adam and everyone else. I get so much joy.❤❤❤🦄🦄🦄
It saves money but is also less wasteful which is fantastic! Thanks Kirsty 😁
Absolutely!! 😍
Also you could wash out the empty bottles and use them to make your own cuticle oil 😊
🥰 For me, you showing us how to save money, just shows how good of a person you are. I apricate you, Kirsty, and all that you teach us.
the recent videos have had some extra shine on them i swear! ❤️
Fantastic idea. I know what I'm doing from now 👌
I do my own nails at home. I use my old top bottles to make different colored "jelly" or "sheer" polish. I sometimes need to add a bit of new top coat to the old bottle but that is what works for me.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I always appreciate it when someone does. That sho s they have a good heart.
I think an awesome way to save money on topcoat, would be to sell refill bottles! Then you could just keep filling up the same bottle
This would be a really awesome idea!
A penny saved is a penny earned!! Love this!!
I chop my buffers like that too. And the sticker files I have some that I have ripped in hall for shorties or nail fixes. 😃
love your products Kristy. I do my own gel nails and I have everything from your shop! ❤
@Kirsty Meakin , Many thanks for you video... It will sure save money. Less wasteful. And shows you are not all about money on sales. Love your videos.
The reusable file board and cutting the grits is a really good idea
I worked out using your files as examples
If you bought the 50 pack of single use files it’s 56p per file, packs of 25 are £1 per file. Buffers are £1.50 each.
To use all 4 grit files plus a buffer is £4.86-£5.50 (£2.43-2.75 if you cut the files in half)
To do the same with the reusable board and replacement sandpaper is £1.12 for all 4 file grits when cut in half. To make the file/buffer combo you demonstrate here is 61p.
All four grit replacement board files cut in half plus half a buffer is £1.46. All four with a buffer without cutting anything in half is £2.91
Your videos are terrific and that you are also a bargain hunter. Thanks for that. i ❤️ you for who you are! 🤙🤠
The pour one bottle into another trick, I've used for most of my life... Around the house.
To make it easier, set the almost empty bottle of gel into a bowl of warm water, or on a heating pad. All the gel, stuck to the sides and on the brush, will become thinner and drop to the bottom of the bottle. Then, once warm, tip it over onto the other bottle - be careful, as its thin and runny, it will come out fast!!
But then you will really get the last drop!!
I personally think there should be a refill size, one can buy, then you just need to buy extra brushes, as they age and die. Bottles could be used over and over, which would be a great thing, less to the landfill...
Hope that help 😊
Hey Kirsty with the top coat if you save the empty bottle or almost empty bottle the next bottle that gets that low do the same tip you gave on top coat but use the empty bottle you saved ! One you want have to worry about over flowing and two eventually once you get that bottle full again it would almost be like getting a free bottle! What’s funny about this is my Husband is a transmission tech he’s worked in a dealership for like 30 yearZ now! He had done this exact same thing with bottles of oil and transmission fluid for years! He says there is no way you can get every last drop out if the bottles when working on cars so he keeps one bottle that’s pretty well empty then he turns over any other bottles after use and let’s the excess drip he has always told me it takes him a while to get a full bottle but eventually it ends up filling up the bottles he’s using and he starts the next one. But yea he’s always done this just with car fluids! How funny is that! As soon as you flipped that bottle over He’s the first person U thought of!! LOL!!😅😂😅😂😂😂🌻🌻🌻
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! There was one that I saw somewhere about tipping the rest of the top coat into another bottle and they used toothpicks to put inside the bottles to help them become steady when on top of each other 👏🏻
Thank you so much ❤🎉
Makes perfect sense kirsty, thank you for the tips and tricks and always sharing new creative ideas plus sharing how to save yourself some brass! That is always a good thing! 💕
I already do the top coat hack but didn't think of cutting files in half, I'll defiantly have to try this
So great, plus I love how customizable the files and buffers can be!! Awsome!!
Fabulous tips on saving money ❤️
Those are great ideas 💡, thanks 😊
Great idea!
Thanks for looking out for us~❤ These tips can also be called "Eco Friendly"🌍
Very clever and money saving. I love your show. You learn something new everytime!
Hey girl hey !! I love your money saving tips !! Every little bit helps , plus it's great not being wasteful, can't wait to see your valentine's sets .
I absolutely love this video because Kirsty I’m like you When it comes to nail products I don’t like to use cheap products because they just don’t hold up as well and as we all know good quality products cost 💲 so I am a bargain shopper I like to make my orders when I know a good sale is coming but I use everything to the very end and I use the empty gel polish bottles to mix a color I don’t have and I like using the gel polish brushes to put on gel polishes that’s in pots thank you so much for this video
OMG! u r a money savin Meakin! Thank u fer being honest, all our money situations suck! and any way u can save HELPS! Thank u Kirsty, Love from Ky
Thanks for these tips Kirsty they will definitely be a big help xxx
Love that you showed us all this trick
Awesome ideas 💡
Good LUCK KIRSTY LOVE YOUR NAILS DESIGN KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK ❤❤❤
Thank you so much!!
Awesome 👍, thank you Kirstie. Have been doing that top coat thing for years. The file idea is brilliant
You’re welcome 😊
This is brilliant. Thank you so much for shearing all of this tips. ❤❤❤
Glad it was helpful 🥰
i do the same with colour gel when there the same i open the new one use it a till i think i have room for the old bottle love your show
Brilliant!❤
Great savings tips. Thank you for sharing this information.
Yep, the times I've tipped the bottle into another 👍👍
What a great idea! I’m gonna try cutting my stickers in half and stick them to the metal base so I have a better grip! Also where did you get your arm rest?
I'll be honest I think it was an amazon product, I've had it quite a while now 🥰
Hello.. I've been following you since naio nails. You are gone for so long I'm checking that channel and has no upload for years. You've done many whimsical nail arts there.. so why change channel? So glad I've found your new channel. 🥰
Great tips as always! Just wondered when you are going to have a line of gel paints for nail art. Looking forward to your line because I know it will be of superb quality like everything you do. Thanks for sharing and all your hard work in making beautiful content for us all to enjoy. 1
Thank you
Great money saving tips Kirsty, thank you. I’ve been using the top/base coat hack for a while and it definitely helps with saving the pennies. Going to try your file hack as that’s amazing. ❤
Great tips!
Kirsty you should change the design of your files to have a perforation or some kind of break away feature so the tech can choose. You know like how kitchen roll has different size choices.
That’s a good idea in theory but it would cost more to make them which would push the price up, also if you put to much pressure on when filling they would be snapping …
Hi kirsty what's the best way to keep my brush in good condition I haven't been to college or anything just watching your videos I started watching when u was with naio nails
Great advice. One question, where did you get the practice finger and do you like it. I'm in the market for something and you have used many different things. Just asking your opinion on what works best. Thanks again for all your amazing content
❤ THIS
Very cool idea I'll definitely be using this🤩😍💚
Great video.
I do do that with my top coat and colours. The cost of living rise is unnecessary. Energy companies are making record profits. I hope everyone is coping. 🙏 x
1:55 this is what my college program does I have large hands I need long files 😭
Can you make your line in pots? Id totally buy it if it were pots vs bottles…
Where did Adam go? I haven’t heard his voice in a while now. I love JJ but I was just curious.
My nail school cut our files in half and it was really difficult to adjust. Our file would slip a lot and it wasn’t very ergonomic for the tech. 😢 the buffers we’re ok though
The money that you save can be invested into many new colors in the Kirsty Meakin collection!
Been doing the bottle trick for 33 years 🙄 even with my popular colours and when we used nail polish. Can’t handle short files because of the way I hold my file. Will never work for me 🤷♀️
Could be wrong but I think every salon I’ve been to here in the US has done my nails with used files/buffers and bit sanders. Kinda disgusting. Didn’t realize I could tell them to use new ones and to open the new ones in front of me. Never been to a nice salon, just the ones that are trying to get you in and out quickly, which makes me wonder how much sanitizing they do. My nails never turn out right and I’m always having to file off, reshape and reapply top coat when I get home. I have thin, weak, natural long nails, when I stop biting them and let them grow out, and only get acrylic overlay or dip done. Just purchased Kiara Sky mini dip system I’ll be trying at home. At least then I’ll know where everything has been and can be pissed at myself if I screw its up…like they always do.
Awww good luck. Keep practicing, you’ll be saving yourself the money and it’s good to know what’s being used on your nails. And once you get the knack, beautiful nails how you want them every time. ❤️
I've been to a couple of salonsthe same and gave up.
So I went to the local training Collage (TAFE) Technical And Further Education it's the same with the hair salon, the students may be atuden apprentices but they are supervised and I've ALWAYS had really good experiences there!
AND you know they are following all the health codes too!!
Bravo super magnifique Kirsty bisous de la France bisous Martine 👍👍👋👋💅💅😘♥️👄🥀🌷🌹🇨🇵🇨🇵💐🌹🌹🌹
Thanks very helpful 🙂
much love
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I cut my files in 3's for pedicures
I do this with my buffers. I feel like this are wasted the most
People in your life seriously said making this video was a bad idea because it could help some people spend less at your store?
No hun she was just kidding.. She didnt say Adam actually said that to her!! She jokingly said "Adam will be going why you telling ppl how to save money then they wont spend as much money with us" She was just being silly! Plus Adam wouldn't seriously say something so rude to his best friend.. He probably would say something like that but do it in a joking manner too.. Hope that helps hun have a great day!! 😁
I throw my nail polish away
Please can you start and sell refills?? @Kirstymeakin