Using Full Cover Tips to Sculpt Gel Nails

With polygel, like modelones, its firm so you can sculpt in a C curve before curing, you can flash cure just the cuticle and the nailbed slightly, not letting the whole nail cure just yet, and then clean up the underside once again much like dual forms. I also Efile and top coat underneath once I know its cured.

Thank You Tracy & Young Nails for another great video.

Ok I think I can become a pro now, if only you could see the smile on my face. I have been doing them all wrong 😂😂😂 I have been pressing them down and putting acrylic on top and in the meantime losing my shape😂😂😂 I’m a visual person if I see you do it BAM. Thank you for the video💐 #lifesaver

Such a great idea! I honestly wish I’d known about this when I started working with gel a few years ago. But on the flipside I did learn how to sculpt a nail with gel well because that was my only option. However such a great technique for beginners or when you just need to whip out a quick set!!!

I literally watched you guys do this in a video you recorded 3 years ago! So glad you’ve done an updated one

I like to say “simplify” .. Sounds better than “cheat” lolol. Awesome video as always 💖💖💖

Young Nails nail tips are obviously made of a good plastic in order to use it like a dual form. If you purchase other nail tips from another company there is no guarantee you will be able to remove the nail tip. Food for thought

I love it! Every single one of your videos is full of incredibly useful info! ❤️

Thank you for this awesome video! I have a quick question though: aren’t the side walls pretty thick this way on the underside?

Thank you guys for this content, you’re literally making my life better

I see a bunch of people who keep referring to this as Femi Beauty’s Lazy Girl Method, it’s not. Femi applies a paper thin layer of polygel on the underside of the nail tip, and leaves the tip on as the strength and structure of the nail. Basically like painting the underside with polish. This method used the tip much like a dual form to build a nail, and then the tip is removed. While the methods are similar, they aren’t the same. To clarify, Young Nails originally posted THIS METHOD 3 years ago in a previous video. This is an updated version using their newly launched full cover nail tips. I typically don’t comment on the drama surrounding this “Lazy Girl Method” because I dont think anyone can claim credit for an idea that has no patent, and is so similar to several other methods of product application that has been around for years. However, I have seen these same comments on almost every single nail channel lately with people bashing others using this method (I personally don’t use the method and prefer traditional sculpting for application). It really takes the fun out of watching videos. This is supposed to be a fun community where people share ideas, techniques and such with each other. Isn’t that the point? Just my two cents. But I wish the Lazy Girl warriors would find something else to focus on now.

This was a great class! As always. Thank you so much!!!

Thanks for great video! For those of you saying this is another’s accounts idea while this technique may look similar I see people posting that YN did something similar 3 years ago. It’s hard to give original credit to any technique as they morph and build over time. For context I have been a hair colour specialist for 32 years. While I am a much different pro now all the basics I learned still are my foundation. If your good at what you do, you keep building on technique. I have to tell new artists all the time that balayage was invented in the 1970’s. I learned in the early 90’s how to do it. My technique has a modern twist but my foundation knowledge has not changed. I believe artists are better when we collaborate and lift each other up.

Love this for a quick application. It’s also great for a DIY replacement if one breaks and your in a hurry. 👍

This video is GREAT! THANK U SO MUCH!!!!! I have trouble keeping uniformity of shape when I’m sculpting on myself; I can’t wait to try this! Thank you again!

Thanks YN. You guys rock! I will definitely try this, on my daughter, for her bday.

I love your tutorial! I feel like I learned more in the few minutes with you than anywhere else. But you hit on points that I needed. Thank you!!!🙂

I would like to see a how to video on treatment planning for improving the health of damaged natural nails and the best enhancements to help the recovery process.

I forgot this technique. Thank you for refreshing my mind. I’ve learned more from YN than I ever learned in school. Of course that was eons ago. You can teach an old dog new tricks. Love your products.

Thank you so much for this. I’ve tried dual forms and can’t quite get the shape but this works so well and I’ve been able to get a beautiful stiletto shape.