Hey guys. LOL, I know it seems like it wouldn't work, but I have been doing it for years! I put on my Nailtek, color, and CND Air Dry or Nailtek, french, and Seche Vite. I let it set for about one minute, then I drop on CND Solar Oil and smooth it across the nail with a feather light touch. I scoop a dollop of CND Solar Butter (now it is called Almond Moisturizing Creme or somethin...) and I begin my massage at the elbow on their right arm and work down to the knuckles right above their nail. Then I do the same massage on their left arm to the nails. By the time you do all this (takes about 10-15 minutes if you're doing it right), you can massage the Solar Oil into their nails, adding more oil if you need to because their skin has soaked it up. (BTW, I book an hour for my Spa Manicures and charge $30). When I started doing this about 8 years ago, it was kind of an accident... I had one of those antsy pants clients who got me all flustered. She kinda made me... well... forget... to massage and paraffin! I did her polish and then went "Crap!" So, I did her massage and dipped her in the wax... Lo and behold she didn't nick her polish because it was dry and it stuck like glue!!! I always had problems with polish not staying on for more than 2 days or so, so I switched it up! My clients polish now lasts upwards of 2 weeks, and I have been doing it ever since. Necessity is the mother of invention... :) I do it slightly different now with the CND SpaManicure line... I do the paraffin after the scrub and activator. In fact, I have a weekly mani client who had to skip because of the weather recently. She went 3 weeks... came in for her mani with slightly free-edge-chipped french... after 3 WEEKS! Even I was shocked at that one... Well, greetings from the monsoon everyone... Have a good one... Michelle Cordes Bremerton AND Tacoma, Washington (yeah, I finally found another salon!!!)
--- On Thu, 1/8/09, Lisa Cianciotti <[email protected]> wrote: From: Lisa Cianciotti <[email protected]> Subject: NailTech:: Re: Paraffin Wax To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 6:03 AM Yes, how do you massage while polish is drying? Lisa From: shannon <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 7:23:30 AM Subject: NailTech:: Re: Paraffin Wax How in the world do you massage the hands after you have polished? I massage the fingers and cuticles along with the hand, wrist, and forearm. Shannon Michelle Cordes <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Lisa. I use paraffin on every manicure. I use Creative's line, and I do the paraffin after the exfoliating scrub and activator... then I have my clients rinse their hands and scrub their nails- this is when I prep and polish- then while the polish is drying I do the hand massage. If I am not using the scrub and activator, I do the paraffin after the massage. Now that I am reading this back, I am almost confusing myself!!! LOL... Email me if you want me to just send you my entire procedures... I have tried lots over the years, and have refined it down to a very specific process for very specific reasons... Happy filing, Michelle Cordes --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Lisa Cianciotti <[email protected]> wrote: From: Lisa Cianciotti <[email protected]> Subject: NailTech:: Paraffin Wax To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 6:45 PM Hi, This question is for anyone out there who uses paraffin as an add on to manicures. At what point in the manicure do you do the paraffin? What if you are doing a scrub also? I am one of those who didn't get proper schooling and was never taught anything about a manicure beyond shaping nails, pushing back cuticles, massage and polish. Lisa Cianciotti Arnold Flip Flop Beauty Shop Coopers Plains, NY [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
