Hi Roxanne! I am also a Brisa user. I have found that some of my clients have gotten cracks across the stress area, also. I apply a bit more gel to that area inorder to give them more support. Everyone uses their hands differently.....those clients are just extra hard on their nails.
I have one client who has long, wide nailbeds. I joke that her nail plate looks as if it were sliced from the top of a marble....seemingly completely rounded. When I first did her nails I was perplexed about giving them even more height and roundness at the stress area. She is also rough using her nails. But I do add that extra bit to strenghthen them and it does accentuate the roundness, but she is ok with it and I have also accepted it......and her nails don't break. Everyone is happy. An interesting thing is.....her nailbeds are long because of the solehorn which grows out as her nail grows. It makes her nailbed appear so l-o-n-g. And she likes her nails short so that she can go 3 weeks between fills. So I shorten them down to the solehorn and apply the white gel polish well past her natural smileline. When she comes in for her 3 week fill, I rarely see any natural smileline peeking through. Good luck with your search for answers. I don't think using Brisa has anything to do with the problems you are having. JMHO Marsha Marsha McDonald Rubino Gimme Nails @Red Union Salon 713 E. 13th St. Upper Suite Whitefish, Montana [email protected] ________________________________ From: Rox Bink <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 5:41:25 AM Subject: NailTech:: Gel Cracking I have a gel client with some cracking on a couple of her nails. I've been using the Brisa Gel system. She is an older lady, retired but working part time as anesthetist nurse = extreme hand washing/dry hands/dry cuticles. She said they are typically brittle without anything on them. The problem fingers are the two pointers on the left and right, sometimes the middle on the right and her right thumb. She has said she's wacked them into the monitors before and they've cracked. When I first took her on she was unhappy with the results of her last tech. And If I remember correctly I'm having the same problems with her minus the lifting. I gave her some Solar oil and explained home care and again explained that just because she has the gel overcoat it doesn't make her nails impervious to damage. She does have a very high arch on the several of the nails that are cracking. Yesterday I took one of the pointers down and applied a tip which somewhat eliminated the arch on her left pointer and I'll see next week how it holds up. I am applying the gel in thin coats. She seemed to think they were stronger when they were thicker (it's what the other nail tech did), I can't imagine putting it on any thicker especially with that high arch. There is NO lifting from the cuticle area. These look like stress cracks across the free edge on the fingers she uses the most. I really like this client. I'd hate to lose her. Thanks for your help!! Roxanne --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
