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Finally got my gloss application down after that disaster at the community center
I volunteer at a senior center over on 5th Street every third Saturday, and last month I offered to do a little gloss touch-up for one of the ladies there. Big mistake. The color came out patchy and uneven because I rushed the sectioning. I felt SO bad I went home and practiced on my mannequin head for like 4 hours straight that night. Found out I was missing the part where you really saturate the mid-lengths before the ends. This Saturday I tried it again on three different residents and every single one came out smooth and shiny. My hands were shaking less too. Has anyone else had a total failure in a public setting that forced you to relearn a basic technique?
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taylor_wells8h ago
Oh man, that patchy disaster story hits close to home! I had a similar meltdown at my niece's birthday party when I tried to do a quick gloss on my sister-in-law before photos. The color turned out so uneven in different lights, like one side was barely there and the other was super dark. So here's my question for you - what specific part of the saturation technique did you change that made the biggest difference? Like were you just holding the brush differently or did you actually change how much product you were using? I'm trying to figure out if my problem is more about application speed or if I'm just not putting enough gloss on the mid-lengths to begin with. The mid-lengths always throw me off because they seem to soak up product way faster than the ends do.
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