How to sculpt a Russian Almond using hard gel

[@gailharris3219]

Great tips. I’m going to futz around with this shape!! Great job!!

[@DeliasNailStudio]

Thanks Gail

[@agds91078]

Thank you sooooo much for explaining this!! I’m learning so much and things like this is very helpful to me. 🤗❤️💅🏼

[@DeliasNailStudio]

Your welcome..

[@michelleturcotte7100]

U make it look so easy . Thank u so much for teaching me I am a nail tech and I have been struggling so much

[@DeliasNailStudio]

Always take pictures of your work.. Take it one day at a time, & practice practice practice.. You will get there.

[@TheRealBlackPanda]

I saw this same visual explanation from Kirsty Meakin, its very understandable to see it in this fashion

[@DeliasNailStudio]

I learned to sculpt this shape by watching her KZbin videos.

[@BlueRoseNails]

Beautiful technique one of my favorite shapes tysmfs

[@DeliasNailStudio]

Thank you.. This is one of my favorites

[@anyagodwin5197]

Thank you so much this is a fantastic teaching video.. I’m a diy and love this shape. I tried it this afternoon after watching you and I get it. I need heeps more practice until I’ll do a set on myself but this has given me confidence to have a go! Thank you 😊Wishing you well from New Zealand 🎉

[@DeliasNailStudio]

Thank you so much

[@KasumiZave]

I loved this explanation!

[@DeliasNailStudio]

I’m happy this can help

[@vnagallery861]

Thank you so much for explaining abt Russian Almond. I would have to loved to learn details abt gel application and sculpting to be more slow with detailed instructions

[@DeliasNailStudio]

I have a video called “How to sculpt a stiletto using hard gel” Check it out.

[@seriouslyscrapping]

The most important part you add musicians fast foward I wish you would of done it in real time and explained the application process I mean u went into great detail at the start which was great and then fast forwarded the most important part.

[@DeliasNailStudio]

I only showed 1 nail in this video. The only part I skipped out on was all the hand-filing. My filing routine For the Russian Almond is the same as any other nail. I kept all the important parts in the video even if I sped through some sections.

[@michelleturcotte7100]

Ur my favorite nail tech I need to take a class with u

[@DeliasNailStudio]

awww Thank you

[@viviennetooms6379]

Nice explanations. Thanks for the video :-)

[@DeliasNailStudio]

Thank You

[@Nails_By_Kimberlee]

One of my favorite shapes too. I've only worn them once and I did that set with the help of Russian Almond shaped dual forms but omg they were gorgeous! Great explanation, saving this video in case I ever decide to give sculpting this shape a go 💖💖💖

[@DeliasNailStudio]

Besides, a Russian almond, an edge nail is really fun too but I don’t sculpt that one that much.

[@DeliasNailStudio]

I have a video showing how I did my birthday nails with the edge shape

[@Nails_By_Kimberlee]

@@DeliasNailStudio oooh, I'll check that out. That's another shape I love

[@AutumnElaine]

Surprisingly helpful, thank you. Question! I can't find this anywhere.. how do I *change* a regular American almond (top and bottom lines *not* parallel, but apex tapers down towards the tip) INTO a Russian Almond? Do I need to bulk it up with LE Builder or a polygel, and efile the inner c-curve out? I structure new sets as Russian Almonds. But when I backfill, they gradually turn into regular almond. I think, in part, because my nails grow downwards.

[@DeliasNailStudio]

In my opinion, I would just do the Russian Almond as a brand new set. My pointer finger on my left hand has a tendency to grow down. So when I’m putting the form on that mail, I overexaggerate that form so it looks like the rest of the nails.

[@DeliasNailStudio]

It’ll be a lot more work to go from an almond to a Russian Almond, in my opinion. Now if you were going from an almond too, let’s say a ballerina, and then eventually to a Stiletto that would be fine.

[@AutumnElaine]

@DeliasNailStudio FINALLY! An answer from someone knowledgeable! Thank you! I've been trying to sort that out for awhile, but none of the nail techs in my area know anything about structured gel manicures. I *so* appreciate you taking the time to respond! Now riddle me this..! If you could answer this mystery, I'd be truly indebted to you. My hyponychium has receded since wearing long nails, primarily on my dominant pointer finger. It is the finger that I use the most, but it is also the nail that grows down the most. I try very hard not to use my nails as tools, and I'm very disciplined! This begs the question- Could the receded hyponychium be from the leverage on my nails because they are growing down? Or am I possibly doing something wrong structurally? I often file them up only after a delay.. rather than right as they start to grow down. It is also possible that I'm not removing enough of the underside with my Efile to re-create an adequate c-curve between fills. What would you do? Have you had this problem with any of your nails that grow down? I feel like I've tried everything, just at my regular fill time. Is it possible that I just need to do fills more regularly, because the nails grow down? Or do you think it's more likely that I'm not creating adequate structure/ C-curve as I file them up? If you know, it would help me so much. I've never had a receding hyponychium before. My nail beds have always been very long. Thank you for the amazing content! 👏

[@urshalamcconaughey2896]

It’s hard to figure it out ourself. I use hybrid Orr acrylic gel. Never thought of using just gel. Will have to try it your way. Thanks

[@DeliasNailStudio]

I’m glad I can help. I’ve never used hybrid gel and I haven’t used acrylic in years. Hard gel is much easier for me.

[@michelleturcotte7100]

Thank you

[@DeliasNailStudio]

You're welcome

[@user-ul5lt5jq1g]

That drawing made no sense whatsoever

[@DeliasNailStudio]

What part of it?

[@user-ul5lt5jq1g]

@@DeliasNailStudio The whole thing. Especially the side view of the drawing. I had to skip straight to your nail build. I didn’t understand anything about the parallel and triangle shapes. It just didn’t make any sense to me. It was like the more you described it, the more confused I was. It’s still a beautiful nail at the end, and I learned how to make the nail with forms instead of my polygel dual forms. I’ve been trying to find the name of this shape also. And your video popped up first when I was describing it on google.

[@DeliasNailStudio]

@@user-ul5lt5jq1g when it comes to nail extensions, there’s a lot more to know than just using a form or a tip and building with product. The beginning part of this video was talking about advanced shape and structure, because this is an advanced shape. In beauty school we learn the basics when it comes to shape and structure. If you look at a square nail from the top view, the sides of the extension are going to be parallel meaning they’re going to be straight with the side walls. When you look at the nail from the side of view, like how I was explaining in the video. The upper arch is from your Apex to the end of the extension your lower arch starts at the free edge of the natural nail to where the extension ends.

[@user-ul5lt5jq1g]

@@DeliasNailStudio The rewriting of the of what you mentioned in the video doesn’t make it clearer. I don’t just use dual forms. I’m an acrylic person and have just come across this shape recently… as I mentioned… I did say I learned how to do it on forms when I don’t typically use forms…

[@DeliasNailStudio]

@@user-ul5lt5jq1g I’m sorry I don’t know how else to describe the beginning part of the video because that’s exactly how I learned how to do this shape