? about leaving a gap when cleaning up nail polish around the cuticle

lmdbww

I know a lot of people on here use a little brush to clean up nail polish mistakes and make a clean line by your cuticle (I found this video tutorial last night to show what i'm talking about).

Anyway, I wondered, why does she leave such a large gap? Is that normal? Because while the edge is clean, it makes it look like her nail is grown out...  I see this everywhere online in nail polish pics. Like here...

 

 

When I used to get acrylics and when i've had mani's done, they never left a gap like that.

Can someone explain?

bethbloom

Some people just like a big gap - 

It really depends how you paint your nails, if you push the polish towards the edges or just start where you want the edge to be.  

http://www.lacquerized.com/2010/05/how-to-how-i-paint-my-nails.html  

(this is what I'm talking about when I say push the polish towards the edge) 

pooh8402

the bloggers do it on purpose to save their cuticles. keep in mind that they are swatching several polishes a week, sometimes a day. it wreaks havoc on the cuticles. I read this on either alllacqueredup.com or scrangie.com (not sure which but those are the two bloggers I follow) explaining the reasoning for the cuticle gap. the one that I read mentioned that for her actual manicures, she will paint down to the cuticle and not leave a gap.