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Ricardo
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RE: Paco's Nails (in reply to Moloko)
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ORIGINAL: Moloko So it's basically the classic "follow-the-fingertip" shape, like Segovia, Cool. I would say no, based on photos I have seen. The difference being the separating line between the white part that protrudes off of the nail bed which is pink. If you follow the curve of their finger tip, you end up with equal amounts of white material around the curve in a perfect arch like manner. If you file flat, like Paco and others in the photos we see here, you can see you end up with MORE white material on the sides than the middle or front part of the curve. If you ramp in any direction you then have more white material on one side than the other. The way I do it, and others I am sure, is more white on the pinky side for index,, more white on the thumb side for the Ring, and the middle finger is about even on both sides....still less in the center than the sides. Hope that makes sense.
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Date Aug. 14 2016 23:32:40
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Moloko
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RE: Paco's Nails (in reply to Ricardo)
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I would say no, based on photos I have seen. The difference being the separating line between the white part that protrudes off of the nail bed which is pink. If you follow the curve of their finger tip, you end up with equal amounts of white material around the curve in a perfect arch like manner. If you file flat, like Paco and others in the photos we see here, you can see you end up with MORE white material on the sides than the middle or front part of the curve. If you ramp in any direction you then have more white material on one side than the other. The way I do it, and others I am sure, is more white on the pinky side for index,, more white on the thumb side for the Ring, and the middle finger is about even on both sides....still less in the center than the sides. Hope that makes sense. Agreed. It also seems that his nails aren't completely flat (maybe just enough to have a nice ramp?), looks like he used to round the edges or something. Also his ring finger has the Ramp to the pinky side, in opposite to you Ricardo (as you can see in the pic)
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Date Aug. 15 2016 2:12:52
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