I used to be a licensed nail tech, and the secret to not flood the nail is to place the blob of nail polish about 3 mm from the cuticle, wiggle the brush in place to slightly spread the bristles and then push the polish back to about 1 mm from the cuticle, and then pull forward to the tip. Your brush should be on a 45degree angle or less to your nail bed. Place your brush back up near the cuticle and swipe to the right to fill in the side and repeat on the left. 2nd coat will cover and streaks.
Me: has been doing my own nails for like six years, regularly gets compliments for them Simply: uploads beginner tutorial for painting your nails Me: ah yes, finally the video for me
seeing Christine fix a smudged nail by licking her finger to smooth out the smudge made me feel like such a professional 😂 i randomly figured out years ago that doing that always fixes the problem 💅 🙌🏼
Lol I never licked my finger for that bit of lubrication, but me too! Just smooshing it back. After smooshing, and after the polish is a tiiiiny bit drier, I'll also rub back and forth, letting my fingerprints act like the highest-grit sandpaper ever. Works really well!
Christine's way of fixing the nick on her nail is what do also. But there is another way you can fix it too. Its called "Instant Smudge Repair", and mine is from "Nutra Nail". I haven't looked at other brands yet but I'm sure thier must be others out thier. Hope this helps too! Dinah F.
Cristine....can you PLEASEEEE ask your Holo Taco Website Wizards to implement the ability to build wish lists? Maybe I'm just an organizational freak, but having a digital list where I can see everything I still have to get would be super helpful (and probably make me spend more--just saying lol).
@@Justinya0 I do this on virtual post it notes on my computer, I just like having a nice visual list, and it's satisfying to slowly make it dwindle down. Totally not necessary, just an over the top want! :P And I genuinely think it's a good business strategy to have just in general.
Cristine, I have been an aggressive nail biter since I was about 6 years old (I’m now 30). I love your channel and recently bought some Holo Taco to support you, my partner promised that I could paint his toe nails (mine suck from years of a, now cured, fungal infection - yuck!). After I made my order, I realised that I had actually stopped biting most of my nails for long enough to have a small amount of length. I had tried to quit in the past with little long term success. Once I realised that I had stopped without trying, I was more motivated to keep some lengthy my order arrived a few weeks ago and I’m loving my new glass nail file and nail tool kit, and I’ve been painting my nails on my days off (I’m a nurse so can’t wear nail polish at work). I guess I just wanted to thank you, my nails have never looked so good. And yes, my partner now has holo toe nails.
I would bite and tear my nails whenever they bothered me. Honestly the biggest thing for me has been the glass nail file. I hold off on picking and tearing or biting them until I file them back to what feels good. Been able to grow long nails since!
@@maxinecalyptus1639 i couldn't stop biting til I got acrylics!!! but since then my nails grew so long that i would rather file them when i get the urge to bite them
I know this is an old comment, but I bit my nails my whole life until I started painting them consistently earlier this year. Now I have decent length and even if I go a few days unpainted, my biting is mostly gone. The power of not wanting to bite off my manicure is very strong.
I am glad i am not the only one. But i do it with warm water next day, showering right after painting nails can peel them off fast. Its why I paint them after shower when my nails are back to being dry and hard
Seriously, Cristine introduced me to ✨the cleanup brush✨ and it changed. My. Life. I don't know why I'd never thought of using a little brush and acetone to cleanup around my nails (probably cuz I hadn't really painted my nails before watching Simply😅) but it was an absolute game changer! Also the necessity of quick dry top coat
I watched this video when it was first released as someone who hadn't painted my nails in many years. These tips made nail polish seem so accessible to me, so I gave it a try! Fast forward 7 months and now I'm a Holo Taco addict and I paint my nails twice a week 😆 I truly love this new hobby and it brings me a lot of joy. Thank you.
watching you from a young age has permanently altered my brain chemistry because now i’m obsessed with doing my own nails and now give myself lit gel manicures. thank you !!
I just moved and finally unpacked my polishes after 4 months. I'm excited to watch your lives while painting them because I used to binge rewatch your videos during! Btw literally just slammed my index nail into the doorframe while typing this comment. I'm too clumsy to keep nails nice but those layers do protect me from moments like that that happen 40x a day 😂
I was just telling someone how much I had learned about nail painting from watching you over the years, this is such a good reference video for all of the tips and tricks. I'll be telling people about this one!
Ugh. I am still so remedial level at this, I have failed the sisterhood and my family. Can't stop watching you and performing the lessons.. omg did I just pass the assignment like that?! :D
My mom paints her nails all the time too Christina! Her nails also stain depending on the polish and colors and how often she does them! You shouldn't have to explain but thank you for explaining!
Really appreciate this! I struggle to even apply a sheer nail polish nicely. This is partially because I’m a perfectionist and can’t get over small imperfections, but I digress. I found this very helpful.
For first timers, practicing really helps. Like, get a sheet of paper and draw nail shapes and try to color within the lines. You have to find how to hold the brush comfortably. If you don't hold the brush properly, you'll make mistakes often.
I really enjoyed this stream, thanks for doing it! It helped me solidify the basics. If you have the time, I would also enjoy streams on nail care/maintenance and an intro to nail art!
I have always loved pretty nails, but between being terrible at doing my own nails, working with my hands and putting them through alot of wear, and hating the cost of going to the salon, I just don't have manicured hands. After watching many many Simply Nailogical videos over the last year or so (at first because Cristine is so funny) then because I really enjoyed the content of the videos. A few weeks back I ordered a bundle from Holo Taco with the Long Lasting Basecoat, One Coat Black, Galactic Unicorn Skin, and a Super Glossy Taco, then topped it off with a Matte Taco for good measure. After using it, I literally went back online and ordered the Everything Taco and Gold Flake Taco. I am obsessed! The quality of the polish is awesome; it goes on like a dream. LOVE! And this video is super helpful and motivating.
I was that person whose polish chipped after a day or 2. To make my polish and polygel last I lightly buff them then use a dehydrator before the base. My nails last soooo much longer now!
@@Marnige I don't buff them to even them out, by gently buffing the nails it makes the slight scratches on the nails surface. That plus a dehydrator actually help the polish/polygel adhere for longer on my nails.
When I first started painting my nails they never looked good 😅 my cuticles would always look weird and would flood with polish, I didn’t know about clean up brushes, liquid latex, base/ top coats. After about 2 years I am glad to say I have improved ever so slightly and I am able to get cute fun nails thanks to Cristine and Holo Taco products. I love painting my nails, usually change them once a week or twice if they last ☺️❤️💅🏼 and I love receiving compliments of my many different nail polishes and combos! Hope this video gets new people inspired to try painting nails, it’s so fun! 😊
I stopped getting bedsheet imprints once I switched to Holo Taco. The difference in formula and dry time is like night and day when you compare it with drugstore brands
I tend to let my base coat dry for 10 minutes, my actual polish for 20 and my top coat for an hour and half, after that im good to go! and i only use holo taco 😏 your youtube videos on how to make your mani last has definitely helped me, and i can make my mani last up to 10 days without chipping! although i use nail polish remover to dehydrate my nail, im definitely gonna get some pure acetone! and see if i can make it last even longer 😌
A good way to know when your top coat is all the way dry is by gently touching your nails to each other after the surface is dry to the touch. If they feel the slightest bit grabby with each other, you're not dry yet, and have the potential to dent or imprint your polish.
Thanks for the informative video Cristine! This is super helpful. I just wanted to add that ultimately painting your nails takes practice. I have personally found that using a holo polish (linear or chunky glitter) hides a lot more imperfections than a creme. So for anyone that's still a beginner like myself, maybe start with holo polishes!
this is so well timed, as I'm eagerly awaiting my second holo taco order, after the first one blew me away. I've never ever had more seamless international shipping (and it was free to boot!). my polish job is looking pristine a few days in, which honestly I thought was like chasing a unicorn. I'm SO excited to finally get home holo (because yes, on my first order I committed the cardinal sin of sticking to cremes 😱 ) please don't disown me from the holo fam - the tea collection was just too yummy
Ooooh, I got way too exited on a catalyst making the top coat cure better. Like with hindsight ofc it’s polymerasation and an air activated homogenous dispersed well is such a neat trick!
Speaking of polymerisation, I believe the miracle gel line by Sally Hansen actually touts the fact that the polish from that line is longer lasting because of that specific concept!
when i was in HS i was so insecure of my yellow nails so i would refuse to go without nail polish.. even if i didn’t have time to redo them. i would literally keep a bottle in my car in case i had to cover up any big chips 😂😂 so trash. cristine truly made me embrace the yellow back then! i really had no clue my signature red nail polish was staining my nails 😂 i just thought my nails weren’t breathing or something. fuckin idiot and i must say after switching to holotaco base coats (not peely) the yellowing has significantly decreased over the past year!
I put my acetone in an eyedropper bottle while I'm doing my nails and then use the dropper to put it in a little bowl to use with my cleanup brush. That way if I'm using a particularly pigmented polish or different colors, it won't color my acetone or stain my skin.
I've recently discovered that having seperate base and top coats are best... I used to use Sally Hansen's double coat stuff, but as a top coat, it never dried properly, and I almost always had bedsheets imprints. Now I just need to figure out how much polish should be om my brush, and I'll be good. This video was really helpful ❤
I need this. I was a chronic nail biter most of my life and have recently wanted to take better care of my nails in the last two years. But alas, my nail painting expertise is........yep! Thank you for helping us with these super basic tutorials!
I just made an order yesterday and it already dispatched, yay ! I'm impressed, you have really upped your game since you started, and I have followed you and bought the OG set. I was used to waiting a few days but I should have my package in about 48 hours yay ! If you have followed Cristine you will know her nails are HEALTHY, but yellow because her products are intensely pigmented, and VERY high quality. Peely base is very good but doesn't protect your nails from staining but the other bases do. 👍
For people who are having trouble with there nail polish only lasting a day I too had this problem and I started using a primer and dehydrater it helped me a lot I also do buff the nail because it helps me
Thank you for your video and you have helped me with a lot of different things. I never really knew why you would wrap the tip in all of your videos. You have helped me since 2014. My favorite videos are your cheating at water marbles only because I can’t do them ether. I have started to use a latex barrier but if I don’t have any I tend to use a peel off face mask and that works well.
Thanks for this - love your presentation style and all the fun little extras you add into the video - i am sure it took a whole lot of work but you feel like a complete natural. 48 year old dude applying nail polish for the first time and found thid video super helpful thank you.
On the note of only doing one coat of taco, I personally always use two. This is because I have pretty thin nails that tend to flake especially at the tip. When I use two top coats, it reinforces my nail with another layer and my nail doesn’t flake/break as often :)
You also don't flood the cuticle because your skin is soft (movable) and is moister than your nailbed. If you put polish on it, which is brittle (even gel which is less brittle), that's exactly where your nail polish will start lifting first. Your cuticle skin is super delicate. You can push it back by accident reaching into your purse, cereal box, whatever. If something pokes it, it moves. Now imagine putting something brittle on top of that and you can see why it cracks or lifts.
this video is super old, but i just saw it yesterday lol i just wanted to say that since i've started using glossy taco topcoat that i haven't had bedsheet imprints since! and i LOVE IT!
Thank you Christine! I started painting my nails bc I bite them way too much and have ruined nail lines on both my ring fingers. I've stopped biting my nails. like 100%. and also I get little universes on my nails. two birds in one stone. I'm still learning how to get a completely smooth finish, but I'm sure I'll get there with some tutorials and practice.
ive been painting my nails since i was 5 years old and can make my manis last a while but im watching this because i might learn another nail tip that would up my game!!
how do you wrap the tip when the nail doesn't extend over the edge of the fingertip? I have chubby fingers and can't have long nails. I've never succeeded with wrapping the tip of the nail without fully painting my fingertip in the process.
Short nail club member here! I do two things to help with this-- using weird angles to just get a tiny corner of the brush to lightly get the tip. Tho, especially when painting with my non-dominant hand, I'll still get a little polish on my fingers. Second thing is I don't wrap the tip last. When you have to get weird to wrap the tip, usually polish globs at the top. If the rest of the nail is already painted, you can't re-stroke or else it'll pick up the color that's already down (as Cristine demonstrated). So I do one swipe of color starting from the cuticle and down the nail. THEN I wrap the tip. THEN I finish the swipes on the nail in order to get any globs outta there! Hope this helps!
i think cristine has said before when painting short nails still wrap the tip and just clean up the paint on the skin, she has a whole painting short nails lesson out
I've always wanted more of your polish & was able to get 20 polishes/bases/taco so excited to use em all! You really got me into polishing in 2015 and since then I'm known as the nail polish girl hehe you even liked one of my designs back in the day (black with old Menchie gradient to tip). So glad to see you share polishing again!
Sorry if this has been said already but I feel like something nobody talks about for beginners is how you bring the brush and polish out of the bottle to control how much polish is on the brush and where on the brush it is. For example, I usually do shake the bottle before I use it (I don't have problems with bubbles) so there is excess polish on the plastic shaft part of the brush. So I scrape the excess off of the plastic part and the bristles of the brush which also shapes the brush if it's round. Then dip back in the bottle for a different amount for each nail and scrape one side of the brush to place the polish on the brush where I want.
I have shakey hands and little patience for nail painting so I use Colorstreet nail strips BUT those are so thin that if I let them cure without a proper top coat then they will chip a lot sooner than they will with one (even though they are advertised to have a base, color, and top coat). We love Holo Taco Glossy Taco in my house! It self levels, it drys fast, and keeps our nails looking great even a week or two later! We even have the Matte Taco too incase we feel the nail strips are too shiny! We do have some actual Holo Taco nail polish too (I referring to colors and stuff) but we normally don't have time to use it. My mother did just use it on her toes though so it does get used! And when we do use it, it's amazing!
im so happy you had this video i got some of ur polish as an early chrisstmass gift to myself since iv been wanting it for a while and quickly rrealized having let my ex do my nails back in highschool meant i had AABSOLUTLY NO IDEA what i was doing now lol love you Cristine keep being awesome ♥♥
19:20 for bigger dents i very very lightly fill in the dent with the same color nail polish. and when its dry go over everything with another top coat. it might make the whole nail a little thicker but luckily i only need to do that for big dents. for smaller ones like she did in the video, afterwards i like to go over again with top coat to hide the finger print marks. also for none-gel nails getting a little desk fan to make nails dry faster is a life saver
The other reason to wrap the tip is because a lot of glossy tacos contract a little bit when they dry, so that prevents the polish from leaving a tiny sliver of bare nail at the tip. As for glossy tacos...I've never used cristine's, but for a long time the go to in the nail community has been seche vite. You can get it at Sally beauty if you don't feel like ordering it online and waiting. But it is quick dry like 20-30 mins after you finish you can rummage around in your purse type quick dry. There are also specialized tacos for like heavy glitter that give you that glass finish in one coat rather than 2 of a normal quick dry.
For me personally using a good base coat (orly bonder) is the single most important step to getting my manicure to last. I can use ultra cheap nail polish or high quality indi polish it lasts all week. I also use a good top coat but it seems less important but both are a good idea.
Omg you unlocked a memory for me , when I did nail art all the time , I used to use the underside of my tongue to fix dents or finger marks . Is that bad , wait lol nah you've shown us ingesting nail polish is fine and noble as a nail artist (disclaimer don't eat nail polish)
Thanks for this version! I love your content! I have a question about wrapping the tips. For you just do the free edge or underneath as well? I can never quite tell from watching Cristine and it was hard to tell in this video still, maybe it’s in the stream?
She doesn’t TRY to get a ton underneath but it does happen when she wraps that free edge. I always just try to make sure the whole end is covered and anything that ends up farther underneath my nail I usually just leave there 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ edit:spelling!
Oh my! I thought I was the only one who licked my finger and gently “buffed” out the smudge whenever I get one while doing my nails. And- I used to use seche vite quick dry topcoat but now I use kbshimmer’s “clearly on top” quick dry topcoat. Works beautifully!
I definitely need to start using a base coat and top coat and I think get rid of some of my old polishes that I just don’t use and probably aren’t good anymore to save myself the frustration.
The downside of wrapping the tips I feel is that I can't scratch the way I could with a naked nail. So if I'm itchy, I would need to grab something to scratch instead of using my bare claws 😅
Thank you! I've been wondering how to do a better job, and decided to replace my old drug store polish that was probably going bad with some new stuff. This really helped me jump back in and be confident!
something that helps me with duck nails, especially if you work in food service, is always using 2 coats of top coat and painting the underside of your nails with the top coat when you wrap the tip.
What do I do when my polish bubbles? I've done everything except actually using a different brand and I still have bubbles in my final look. I'd love to hear your advice. loved the video btw
I had this problem quite a bit when I started painting my nails. I fixed by 1) making sure my nail polish is stored somewhere cool, I think keeping them in the bathroom which is often warm in my house was a mistake for me, 2) experimenting with base and top coats, unfortunately the Holo Taco long lasting base seems to consistently give me bubbles but not my friend, so it's body chemistry and 3) make sure to let each layer really totally completely dry between coats.
@Kaydee, Kristina Kyidyl is right, try rolling the bottles between your palms (like dough) instead of shaking them, and give the bottles a few minutes to settle before using them. I always do this with whatever colour I’m going to use before I even apply basecoat. Since doing this, I no longer get bubbles Edit: just realised she said this in the video lol
Short nail club member here! I do two things to help with this-- using weird angles to just get a tiny corner of the brush to lightly get the tip. Tho, especially when painting with my non-dominant hand, I'll still get a little polish on my fingers. Second thing is I don't wrap the tip last. When you have to get weird to wrap the tip, usually polish globs at the top. If the rest of the nail is already painted, you can't re-stroke or else it'll pick up the color that's already down (as Cristine demonstrated). So I do one swipe of color starting from the cuticle and down the nail. THEN I wrap the tip. THEN I finish the swipes on the nail in order to get any globs outta there! Hope this helps! (and yes I'm copy/pasting this a few places lol.)
you are an amazing teacher but like. after watching this i'm gonna stick to press-ons lmaooo. i am a makeup hobbyist and i thought that involved a lot of detail work. i don't have the patience for this at all, i honestly can't fathom how it is worth it to people to have a solid color on their nails.
I used to be a licensed nail tech, and the secret to not flood the nail is to place the blob of nail polish about 3 mm from the cuticle, wiggle the brush in place to slightly spread the bristles and then push the polish back to about 1 mm from the cuticle, and then pull forward to the tip. Your brush should be on a 45degree angle or less to your nail bed. Place your brush back up near the cuticle and swipe to the right to fill in the side and repeat on the left. 2nd coat will cover and streaks.
Hey what about brush strokes while wrapping the tip? I always get a tiny bump if i do that, n the uniformity is lost👀
@@lemon4087 I will just swipe over the top again to smooth it. After 2 layers, any possible streaks are gone. Even with HT Black, I use two.
* whips out a ruler * let's do this
@@lemon4087 As someone who isn't a nail tech, I like to wrap the tip first , and then use long strokes from the cuticle to the tip.
@@AuntieWhateverBear that's new! Thanks, how do you hold the brush? Horizontally or pointing?
She really made slideshows, we love a good nail professor 😭
Me: has been doing my own nails for like six years, regularly gets compliments for them
Simply: uploads beginner tutorial for painting your nails
Me: ah yes, finally the video for me
@@just_ella17 thought that it was me alone on this! 🤣🤣🤣
Just bough some stuff from holo taco and its the first time I have ever painted my own nails so this is very helpful! Thank you Cristine
Same boat! This was perfectly timed!!
Same!
Good luck! It’s so hard 😩
seeing Christine fix a smudged nail by licking her finger to smooth out the smudge made me feel like such a professional 😂 i randomly figured out years ago that doing that always fixes the problem 💅 🙌🏼
Me too!!!
Lol I never licked my finger for that bit of lubrication, but me too! Just smooshing it back. After smooshing, and after the polish is a tiiiiny bit drier, I'll also rub back and forth, letting my fingerprints act like the highest-grit sandpaper ever. Works really well!
*cristine
Christine's way of fixing the nick on her nail is what do also. But there is another way you can fix it too. Its called "Instant Smudge Repair", and mine is from "Nutra Nail". I haven't looked at other brands yet but I'm sure thier must be others out thier. Hope this helps too! Dinah F.
That would have been helpful to know about half an hour ago. Now I have uneven polish.
Cristine....can you PLEASEEEE ask your Holo Taco Website Wizards to implement the ability to build wish lists? Maybe I'm just an organizational freak, but having a digital list where I can see everything I still have to get would be super helpful (and probably make me spend more--just saying lol).
@@Justinya0 I do this on virtual post it notes on my computer, I just like having a nice visual list, and it's satisfying to slowly make it dwindle down. Totally not necessary, just an over the top want! :P And I genuinely think it's a good business strategy to have just in general.
simple: the whole website is your wish list
@@fr1ghtclub congrats btw
Cristine, I have been an aggressive nail biter since I was about 6 years old (I’m now 30). I love your channel and recently bought some Holo Taco to support you, my partner promised that I could paint his toe nails (mine suck from years of a, now cured, fungal infection - yuck!). After I made my order, I realised that I had actually stopped biting most of my nails for long enough to have a small amount of length. I had tried to quit in the past with little long term success. Once I realised that I had stopped without trying, I was more motivated to keep some lengthy my order arrived a few weeks ago and I’m loving my new glass nail file and nail tool kit, and I’ve been painting my nails on my days off (I’m a nurse so can’t wear nail polish at work). I guess I just wanted to thank you, my nails have never looked so good.
And yes, my partner now has holo toe nails.
I would bite and tear my nails whenever they bothered me. Honestly the biggest thing for me has been the glass nail file. I hold off on picking and tearing or biting them until I file them back to what feels good. Been able to grow long nails since!
@@maxinecalyptus1639 yes! Is so good!
My mom had a toenail removed due to fungus and still deals with the issues from it. Its not easy to go through! I'm glad you're better!
@@maxinecalyptus1639 i couldn't stop biting til I got acrylics!!! but since then my nails grew so long that i would rather file them when i get the urge to bite them
I know this is an old comment, but I bit my nails my whole life until I started painting them consistently earlier this year. Now I have decent length and even if I go a few days unpainted, my biting is mostly gone. The power of not wanting to bite off my manicure is very strong.
My favorite cleanup technique is to paint them while being messy AF then when it is dry letting the polish on the skin flake off in the shower.
That's been my go to for like a decade. I've gotten better at painting more neatly, but the shower is where I get stuff off my skin.
Never have I felt so validated 🙌
This is why my nails always look better on the 2nd or 3rd day.
I do the same thing 😂
I am glad i am not the only one. But i do it with warm water next day, showering right after painting nails can peel them off fast. Its why I paint them after shower when my nails are back to being dry and hard
Seriously, Cristine introduced me to ✨the cleanup brush✨ and it changed. My. Life. I don't know why I'd never thought of using a little brush and acetone to cleanup around my nails (probably cuz I hadn't really painted my nails before watching Simply😅) but it was an absolute game changer! Also the necessity of quick dry top coat
I honestly love seeing how much you enjoy these streams, even if there not convenient for my time but I like the highlights. Do what makes you happy!
Quick dry topcoat is a game changer. I almost gave up on nail polish altogether until I realized it existed.
I watched this video when it was first released as someone who hadn't painted my nails in many years. These tips made nail polish seem so accessible to me, so I gave it a try! Fast forward 7 months and now I'm a Holo Taco addict and I paint my nails twice a week 😆 I truly love this new hobby and it brings me a lot of joy. Thank you.
Needed this. I really thought that after years of watching simply, I am confident enough to apply my own polish.. LOL. It's harder than I though!!! 🤣
watching you from a young age has permanently altered my brain chemistry because now i’m obsessed with doing my own nails and now give myself lit gel manicures. thank you !!
That colour combo is so good! I'm a knitter and now I want to make a fair isle sweater with those colours for the yolk!
I recently started painting my nails as i find it therapeutic. Everything i know about nail painting, i learned from watching your vids 😂
Same!!
I just moved and finally unpacked my polishes after 4 months. I'm excited to watch your lives while painting them because I used to binge rewatch your videos during! Btw literally just slammed my index nail into the doorframe while typing this comment. I'm too clumsy to keep nails nice but those layers do protect me from moments like that that happen 40x a day 😂
i like how she starts counting to make sure she does indeed have 10 fingers 😂 5:56
😂I love her!
Was just about to struggle through another nail painting session 😭 now maybe I can SUCCEED
I was just telling someone how much I had learned about nail painting from watching you over the years, this is such a good reference video for all of the tips and tricks. I'll be telling people about this one!
Ugh. I am still so remedial level at this, I have failed the sisterhood and my family. Can't stop watching you and performing the lessons.. omg did I just pass the assignment like that?! :D
My mom paints her nails all the time too Christina! Her nails also stain depending on the polish and colors and how often she does them! You shouldn't have to explain but thank you for explaining!
Really appreciate this! I struggle to even apply a sheer nail polish nicely. This is partially because I’m a perfectionist and can’t get over small imperfections, but I digress. I found this very helpful.
I've been doing my nails for 15 years and still learned from these tips :)
For first timers, practicing really helps. Like, get a sheet of paper and draw nail shapes and try to color within the lines.
You have to find how to hold the brush comfortably. If you don't hold the brush properly, you'll make mistakes often.
I really enjoyed this stream, thanks for doing it! It helped me solidify the basics. If you have the time, I would also enjoy streams on nail care/maintenance and an intro to nail art!
I have always loved pretty nails, but between being terrible at doing my own nails, working with my hands and putting them through alot of wear, and hating the cost of going to the salon, I just don't have manicured hands. After watching many many Simply Nailogical videos over the last year or so (at first because Cristine is so funny) then because I really enjoyed the content of the videos. A few weeks back I ordered a bundle from Holo Taco with the Long Lasting Basecoat, One Coat Black, Galactic Unicorn Skin, and a Super Glossy Taco, then topped it off with a Matte Taco for good measure. After using it, I literally went back online and ordered the Everything Taco and Gold Flake Taco. I am obsessed! The quality of the polish is awesome; it goes on like a dream. LOVE! And this video is super helpful and motivating.
I was that person whose polish chipped after a day or 2. To make my polish and polygel last I lightly buff them then use a dehydrator before the base. My nails last soooo much longer now!
Not sure if buffing nails is a good idea. Probably use nail oil if your nails needs buffing to make it even?
@@Marnige I don't buff them to even them out, by gently buffing the nails it makes the slight scratches on the nails surface. That plus a dehydrator actually help the polish/polygel adhere for longer on my nails.
u can use alcohol beofre nail polish to make it last longer. alcohol also dehydrates
When I first started painting my nails they never looked good 😅 my cuticles would always look weird and would flood with polish, I didn’t know about clean up brushes, liquid latex, base/ top coats. After about 2 years I am glad to say I have improved ever so slightly and I am able to get cute fun nails thanks to Cristine and Holo Taco products. I love painting my nails, usually change them once a week or twice if they last ☺️❤️💅🏼 and I love receiving compliments of my many different nail polishes and combos! Hope this video gets new people inspired to try painting nails, it’s so fun! 😊
I stopped getting bedsheet imprints once I switched to Holo Taco. The difference in formula and dry time is like night and day when you compare it with drugstore brands
I tend to let my base coat dry for 10 minutes, my actual polish for 20 and my top coat for an hour and half, after that im good to go! and i only use holo taco 😏
your youtube videos on how to make your mani last has definitely helped me, and i can make my mani last up to 10 days without chipping! although i use nail polish remover to dehydrate my nail, im definitely gonna get some pure acetone! and see if i can make it last even longer 😌
A good way to know when your top coat is all the way dry is by gently touching your nails to each other after the surface is dry to the touch. If they feel the slightest bit grabby with each other, you're not dry yet, and have the potential to dent or imprint your polish.
Yes! I do this and seems to be a good indicater
i do this too and it works!
I love doing this and then you can start hearing tiny knocks/clicks when they're both dry.
I do a slight touch when it looks dry enough, but your method sounds better. Thanks!
@@evayaaasantewaa448 you do want to start with your finger as it's less grippy to the polish than other polish.
Thanks for the informative video Cristine! This is super helpful. I just wanted to add that ultimately painting your nails takes practice. I have personally found that using a holo polish (linear or chunky glitter) hides a lot more imperfections than a creme. So for anyone that's still a beginner like myself, maybe start with holo polishes!
this is so well timed, as I'm eagerly awaiting my second holo taco order, after the first one blew me away. I've never ever had more seamless international shipping (and it was free to boot!). my polish job is looking pristine a few days in, which honestly I thought was like chasing a unicorn. I'm SO excited to finally get home holo (because yes, on my first order I committed the cardinal sin of sticking to cremes 😱 ) please don't disown me from the holo fam - the tea collection was just too yummy
Nail polish Master Class!
Thanks Cristine 😻
Ooooh, I got way too exited on a catalyst making the top coat cure better. Like with hindsight ofc it’s polymerasation and an air activated homogenous dispersed well is such a neat trick!
Speaking of polymerisation, I believe the miracle gel line by Sally Hansen actually touts the fact that the polish from that line is longer lasting because of that specific concept!
@@rezzy8590 I love this. Maybe it’s a more cros branched brand or it has functional groups better suited to binding!
Thanks!
when i was in HS i was so insecure of my yellow nails so i would refuse to go without nail polish.. even if i didn’t have time to redo them. i would literally keep a bottle in my car in case i had to cover up any big chips 😂😂 so trash. cristine truly made me embrace the yellow back then! i really had no clue my signature red nail polish was staining my nails 😂 i just thought my nails weren’t breathing or something. fuckin idiot
and i must say after switching to holotaco base coats (not peely) the yellowing has significantly decreased over the past year!
I put my acetone in an eyedropper bottle while I'm doing my nails and then use the dropper to put it in a little bowl to use with my cleanup brush. That way if I'm using a particularly pigmented polish or different colors, it won't color my acetone or stain my skin.
I've recently discovered that having seperate base and top coats are best... I used to use Sally Hansen's double coat stuff, but as a top coat, it never dried properly, and I almost always had bedsheets imprints. Now I just need to figure out how much polish should be om my brush, and I'll be good. This video was really helpful ❤
I need this. I was a chronic nail biter most of my life and have recently wanted to take better care of my nails in the last two years. But alas, my nail painting expertise is........yep! Thank you for helping us with these super basic tutorials!
I just made an order yesterday and it already dispatched, yay ! I'm impressed, you have really upped your game since you started, and I have followed you and bought the OG set. I was used to waiting a few days but I should have my package in about 48 hours yay ! If you have followed Cristine you will know her nails are HEALTHY, but yellow because her products are intensely pigmented, and VERY high quality. Peely base is very good but doesn't protect your nails from staining but the other bases do. 👍
For people who are having trouble with there nail polish only lasting a day I too had this problem and I started using a primer and dehydrater it helped me a lot I also do buff the nail because it helps me
The gap is also to help prevent the polish from touching the skin to prevent contact dermatitis or a allergic reaction
Thank you for your video and you have helped me with a lot of different things. I never really knew why you would wrap the tip in all of your videos. You have helped me since 2014. My favorite videos are your cheating at water marbles only because I can’t do them ether. I have started to use a latex barrier but if I don’t have any I tend to use a peel off face mask and that works well.
Thanks for this - love your presentation style and all the fun little extras you add into the video - i am sure it took a whole lot of work but you feel like a complete natural. 48 year old dude applying nail polish for the first time and found thid video super helpful thank you.
On the note of only doing one coat of taco, I personally always use two. This is because I have pretty thin nails that tend to flake especially at the tip. When I use two top coats, it reinforces my nail with another layer and my nail doesn’t flake/break as often :)
I also find that waiting longer between coats of polish help prevent bedsheet marks
Great advice!
You also don't flood the cuticle because your skin is soft (movable) and is moister than your nailbed. If you put polish on it, which is brittle (even gel which is less brittle), that's exactly where your nail polish will start lifting first. Your cuticle skin is super delicate. You can push it back by accident reaching into your purse, cereal box, whatever. If something pokes it, it moves. Now imagine putting something brittle on top of that and you can see why it cracks or lifts.
this video is super old, but i just saw it yesterday lol i just wanted to say that since i've started using glossy taco topcoat that i haven't had bedsheet imprints since! and i LOVE IT!
I appreciate the explanation about why you're not going all the way towards the cuticle! I wondered about it too!
Thank you Christine! I started painting my nails bc I bite them way too much and have ruined nail lines on both my ring fingers. I've stopped biting my nails. like 100%. and also I get little universes on my nails. two birds in one stone. I'm still learning how to get a completely smooth finish, but I'm sure I'll get there with some tutorials and practice.
ive been painting my nails since i was 5 years old and can make my manis last a while but im watching this because i might learn another nail tip that would up my game!!
how do you wrap the tip when the nail doesn't extend over the edge of the fingertip? I have chubby fingers and can't have long nails. I've never succeeded with wrapping the tip of the nail without fully painting my fingertip in the process.
Short nail club member here! I do two things to help with this-- using weird angles to just get a tiny corner of the brush to lightly get the tip. Tho, especially when painting with my non-dominant hand, I'll still get a little polish on my fingers. Second thing is I don't wrap the tip last. When you have to get weird to wrap the tip, usually polish globs at the top. If the rest of the nail is already painted, you can't re-stroke or else it'll pick up the color that's already down (as Cristine demonstrated). So I do one swipe of color starting from the cuticle and down the nail. THEN I wrap the tip. THEN I finish the swipes on the nail in order to get any globs outta there! Hope this helps!
I guess you don't need to? Once the nail is past the finger edge, that's when it's probably more likely to chip.
@@helenamizera3807 I wish that were true. They do chip lake crazy ;)
i think cristine has said before when painting short nails still wrap the tip and just clean up the paint on the skin, she has a whole painting short nails lesson out
I've always wanted more of your polish & was able to get 20 polishes/bases/taco so excited to use em all!
You really got me into polishing in 2015 and since then I'm known as the nail polish girl hehe you even liked one of my designs back in the day (black with old Menchie gradient to tip). So glad to see you share polishing again!
I ordered some Halo Taco and am watching to prepare for it's arrival! I'm so excited!!!
Sorry if this has been said already but I feel like something nobody talks about for beginners is how you bring the brush and polish out of the bottle to control how much polish is on the brush and where on the brush it is. For example, I usually do shake the bottle before I use it (I don't have problems with bubbles) so there is excess polish on the plastic shaft part of the brush. So I scrape the excess off of the plastic part and the bristles of the brush which also shapes the brush if it's round. Then dip back in the bottle for a different amount for each nail and scrape one side of the brush to place the polish on the brush where I want.
Ever since I watch simply, I've been decent at painting my nails. I'm definitely gonna take notes 👀👀👀
I’ve also been using the liquid latex while I’m learning and it’s helped a TON
I love Glossy Taco. I've never had manicures last this long before. Stuff works!
I have shakey hands and little patience for nail painting so I use Colorstreet nail strips BUT those are so thin that if I let them cure without a proper top coat then they will chip a lot sooner than they will with one (even though they are advertised to have a base, color, and top coat). We love Holo Taco Glossy Taco in my house! It self levels, it drys fast, and keeps our nails looking great even a week or two later! We even have the Matte Taco too incase we feel the nail strips are too shiny!
We do have some actual Holo Taco nail polish too (I referring to colors and stuff) but we normally don't have time to use it. My mother did just use it on her toes though so it does get used! And when we do use it, it's amazing!
im so happy you had this video i got some of ur polish as an early chrisstmass gift to myself since iv been wanting it for a while and quickly rrealized having let my ex do my nails back in highschool meant i had AABSOLUTLY NO IDEA what i was doing now lol love you Cristine keep being awesome ♥♥
Yes the dent trick works. I’ve been able to save a finger after denting it.
19:20 for bigger dents i very very lightly fill in the dent with the same color nail polish. and when its dry go over everything with another top coat. it might make the whole nail a little thicker but luckily i only need to do that for big dents.
for smaller ones like she did in the video, afterwards i like to go over again with top coat to hide the finger print marks.
also for none-gel nails getting a little desk fan to make nails dry faster is a life saver
The other reason to wrap the tip is because a lot of glossy tacos contract a little bit when they dry, so that prevents the polish from leaving a tiny sliver of bare nail at the tip. As for glossy tacos...I've never used cristine's, but for a long time the go to in the nail community has been seche vite. You can get it at Sally beauty if you don't feel like ordering it online and waiting. But it is quick dry like 20-30 mins after you finish you can rummage around in your purse type quick dry. There are also specialized tacos for like heavy glitter that give you that glass finish in one coat rather than 2 of a normal quick dry.
I finally made my first holo taco purchase! I’m so FREAKING EXCITED!!
This was such a helpful video! 😊
That was extremely informative!!! Thank you Cristine ❤️
For me personally using a good base coat (orly bonder) is the single most important step to getting my manicure to last. I can use ultra cheap nail polish or high quality indi polish it lasts all week. I also use a good top coat but it seems less important but both are a good idea.
I love your videos. I think I would listen to you talking about anything. AKA PLEASE MAKE MORE!
Great tutorial! Thanks! 🥰
This was so comprehensive and helpful!!!
Omg you unlocked a memory for me , when I did nail art all the time , I used to use the underside of my tongue to fix dents or finger marks . Is that bad , wait lol nah you've shown us ingesting nail polish is fine and noble as a nail artist (disclaimer don't eat nail polish)
Awesome tips and tricks! Love watching your videos! I'm at your site and spending all money!
Thanks for this version! I love your content! I have a question about wrapping the tips. For you just do the free edge or underneath as well? I can never quite tell from watching Cristine and it was hard to tell in this video still, maybe it’s in the stream?
She doesn’t TRY to get a ton underneath but it does happen when she wraps that free edge. I always just try to make sure the whole end is covered and anything that ends up farther underneath my nail I usually just leave there 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
edit:spelling!
Oh my! I thought I was the only one who licked my finger and gently “buffed” out the smudge whenever I get one while doing my nails.
And- I used to use seche vite quick dry topcoat but now I use kbshimmer’s “clearly on top” quick dry topcoat. Works beautifully!
this was so helpful, thank you! you always help inspire/motivate me to actually take care of my nails haha
You have beautiful natural nails!
I definitely need to start using a base coat and top coat and I think get rid of some of my old polishes that I just don’t use and probably aren’t good anymore to save myself the frustration.
This is so helpful because I want to paint my own nails for prom but have never done it before!
This was super helpful... I never knew about dehydrating the nail bed... I wonder if isopropyl would work in a similar way to acetone for this?
It does
Yes. Some people even do both, one, then the other
I love all the silvers you've created
The downside of wrapping the tips I feel is that I can't scratch the way I could with a naked nail. So if I'm itchy, I would need to grab something to scratch instead of using my bare claws 😅
Can't wait for intermediate level.
Thank you! I've been wondering how to do a better job, and decided to replace my old drug store polish that was probably going bad with some new stuff. This really helped me jump back in and be confident!
something that helps me with duck nails, especially if you work in food service, is always using 2 coats of top coat and painting the underside of your nails with the top coat when you wrap the tip.
Been needed these tips for sooo long! So helpful to watch 😁
thanks for the tips but how do you cover the tip (of your nail) if your nails are too short? lol kind of dumb to ask but i NEED your answer
Stick the edge of a scrap piece of paper under there as a skin guard. I’ll use a post-it bc the stickum helps it stay.
I would definitely call you an expert hobbyist 👍
Cristine please do a video demo for applying the multichrome polishes, they are the most difficult for noobs to apply. Thankyou!
What do I do when my polish bubbles? I've done everything except actually using a different brand and I still have bubbles in my final look. I'd love to hear your advice. loved the video btw
I had this problem quite a bit when I started painting my nails. I fixed by 1) making sure my nail polish is stored somewhere cool, I think keeping them in the bathroom which is often warm in my house was a mistake for me, 2) experimenting with base and top coats, unfortunately the Holo Taco long lasting base seems to consistently give me bubbles but not my friend, so it's body chemistry and 3) make sure to let each layer really totally completely dry between coats.
@@tarakincade501 Thank you! I'll definitely try that for my next paint :)
I only get bubbles when my coats are too thick, so you could try dabbing more polish off the brush.
That's from shaking your polish too hard or doing that thing where you rapidly dip the brush a few times. :)
@Kaydee, Kristina Kyidyl is right, try rolling the bottles between your palms (like dough) instead of shaking them, and give the bottles a few minutes to settle before using them. I always do this with whatever colour I’m going to use before I even apply basecoat. Since doing this, I no longer get bubbles
Edit: just realised she said this in the video lol
I love this so much 🙏💜
this video is a life saver!
How do you wrap your nails if there short? Like there is skin in front of your nail?
Short nail club member here! I do two things to help with this-- using weird angles to just get a tiny corner of the brush to lightly get the tip. Tho, especially when painting with my non-dominant hand, I'll still get a little polish on my fingers. Second thing is I don't wrap the tip last. When you have to get weird to wrap the tip, usually polish globs at the top. If the rest of the nail is already painted, you can't re-stroke or else it'll pick up the color that's already down (as Cristine demonstrated). So I do one swipe of color starting from the cuticle and down the nail. THEN I wrap the tip. THEN I finish the swipes on the nail in order to get any globs outta there! Hope this helps! (and yes I'm copy/pasting this a few places lol.)
Am I a person who doesn’t wear nail polish? Yes. Am I still gonna watch this? *Hell yes*
I’d love to see a vid like this on short nails like. So short u can’t wrap the tip
you are an amazing teacher but like. after watching this i'm gonna stick to press-ons lmaooo. i am a makeup hobbyist and i thought that involved a lot of detail work. i don't have the patience for this at all, i honestly can't fathom how it is worth it to people to have a solid color on their nails.
It's information you learn over years and years just like makeup.
Studying up while I wait for my very first order from Holo Taco to arrive!
i need more nail tip wrapping.. tips!
Really loving this video! I learned a lot of new things, going to do my nails right now 😘