PureFoundation Coloured Application Tutorial
Our head of eduction, Gaia, goes through the step-by-step process on how to use PureFoundation Coloured as a builder gel.
Video Transcript
Hello guys, welcome back to another HONA tutorial. Today we're going over PureFoundation, how to apply it, from the natural nail prep all the way through to the builder gel application. So stay tuned for all the tips.
As always, we should start off by sanitising the hands. I'm using pure clean, which is our non alcoholic sanitiser, and then straight into step two of pushing back the cuticles and lifting away that proximal fold from the nail plate. On some people's nails, the proximal fold can really glue itself down to the nail plate, so it's really important to lift that away from the nail plate and give us access to any of the nonliving skin cells that are riding on the nail plate. If we don't have access to it, we can't remove it, and if we can't remove it, then potentially that's going to interrupt the gel manicure process, and the adhesion is not going to be great. Didn't look like there was very much on the nail plate, but as you can see, as soon as I start buffing with the manicure tool, all of that non living tissue is being removed from the nail plate, and that's going to give us a really solid adhesion and better retention. The manicure tool is quite sharp, so it's important that you follow the shape of the nail up the side walls, around the cuticle, rather than going in one direction. I'm now going in with acetone, 100% pure acetone, and really scrubbing that into the nail plate to dehydrate it and remove any debris, any oils, anything like that. And this is going to stop any oils from being embedded in the natural nail plate when we start etching. And I'm using our iconic, iconic etching tool to etch the nail, which makes it so much easier in a 150 grit pad. 150 is our recommended etch grit for any type of manicure, whether it be gel, pure bill, pure foundation. Doesn't matter what it is. Etch the natural nail with a 150 grit pad. If you prefer to, you can use a normal file in a 150 grit you can also use sanding bands if you want to. I personally still prefer to manually etch. I find it a lot more thorough. I find that the grit is grittier on a manual file, as opposed to sanding bands. If you are desperate to use a sanding band, though, I would just switch them up between hands, because they get softer so much quicker. Now I'm just trimming the nonliving tissue with cuticle scissors. You can tell that it's nonliving because it is much, much lighter in colour before we go in with our shaping, a quick shaping side note, just make sure you season your files. Seasoning means taking off the raw edge with another file, and that's going to make sure your client doesn't get cut by the sharp edges. For a round shape, we're going to draw an imaginary line straight from the centre of the cuticle right down to the centre of the free edge, and we're going to file towards that invisible line to create a round shape. We're also going to make sure that the shape only starts at the fingertip. What we don't want to do is start shaping into the sidewall. This is going to cause potential pain for the client ingrown nails. It won't look as aesthetic, and it can also lead to stress breakages down the line as well. We're as I'm happy with the shape, I'm just going to gently file underneath to get rid of any frilly bits, dust off, dehydrate and then we can go in with our builder gel application. I'm today I'm using pure foundation Pearl, which is one of 21 shades of pure foundation that Hona has to offer. The main differences between pure foundation and pure build is that pure foundation is really, really flexible, and it doesn't require a base coat.
So I'm going straight in with a base layer of pure Foundation, curing that for 60 seconds and then going straight in with our structure layer. Remember, with all HONA products, it's really, really important to make sure that you're capping the free edge and getting rid of any fluff on the nail as well. For the structure layer, I'm just sliding a bead of product onto the nail and slowly moving and migrating that product up as close as I can towards the cuticle area. As you can see, I'm sort of bouncing that product up until I'm happy with where it's sitting, and then I can begin to float that product down the nail. As you can see on that last little sweep, I'm making sure to cap the free edge, and then I'm just popping a little bit of extra product in the centre, because I didn't feel there was enough for the apex. I'm grabbing a liner brush just to tidy up the side walls and get the product as close to the edges as I can.
And then it's time to pop the hand upside down and let gravity do its thing. It doesn't matter too much what the product looks like as you're floating it down, because gravity is going to repair any of the lumps and bumps that we had when we were floating the product. So as you can see, the apex is starting to gather towards the centre. If I need the apex to be closer towards the free edge, then I can point the finger down towards the nail desk. If I need the product. Closer towards the cuticle area. Then I can point the finger up towards the ceiling until it's perfectly balanced. Then once we're happy with the apex placement, we can pop the hand back the right way, let the apex settle for a couple of seconds, and then cure it for one minute.
At HONA, we like to do most of the refining while the product is still uncured, but if you need to, you can wipe the nail down with IPA and then just file any lumps and bumps that you might have away, making sure that you're not filing away the caps that we've made previously as well. Once you're happy with your builder gel application, you can go in with your top coat cure for 60 seconds, wipe down the nail and then go in with any hydrating treatments. Now, and this is your final result. I really hope you enjoyed watching this tutorial. I hope you learned something today. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below, and we will see you in the next one.