Lynnette, I'm not sure I understand what you mean when you say that your have to use gels first before you use a soakable gel?
Are you referring to a soakable gel as an overlay/extension of the natural nail.? Or are you referring to gel polish's that soak off?? It wouldn't make sense to use a soakable gel over anything but the natural nail, which leads me to believe you might mean a soakable gel polish.? I'm not sure about other lines but with Akzents Options gel polish, you can put that over a natural nail, you just have to use their primer, and a thin coat of a bonding gel which is meant to soak off.? It's an alternative to polish and it stays on the natural nail beautifully. Michelle, There really is not anything "better" than the other. It is a personal choice. I used to do only gels mainly to have no odor and to market that as also different from the chop shops. Gels ARE hard to master and it takes time. The only reason other than the odor is that you CAN do gels if someone calls and specifically asks for gels. It is better to know how to do it all rather than lose a client. In the end, I moved over to acrylic when I was introduced to Entity. I am hesitant to use the soak off gels because you need to use a gel first. To me that is an enhancement any way you look at it UNLESS you can go soakable all the way. Buenos dias, Lynnette Alice Wallace High Road To Education Team Member -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 8:15 am Subject: NailTech:: Re: Why gels? And Essie pedi opinions... Michelle, There really is not anything "better" than the other. It is a personal choice. I used to do only gels mainly to have no odor and to market that as also different from the chop shops. Gels ARE hard to master and it takes time. The only reason other than the odor is that you CAN do gels if someone calls and specifically asks for gels. It is better to know how to do it all rather than lose a client. In the end, I moved over to acrylic when I was introduced to Entity. I am hesitant to use the soak off gels because you need to use a gel first. To me that is an enhancement any way you look at it UNLESS you can go soakable all the way. Buenos dias, Lynnette Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile From: Michelle Cordes Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:35:34 -0800 (PST) To: <[email protected]> Subject: NailTech:: Why gels? And Essie pedi opinions... Hey ladies. Ok, 2 questions... ? 1.) Has anyone tried the Essie pedicure line? My co-worker just bought an intro kit and I am interested to hear any input y'all have... ? 2.) Can you girls who do gels AND acrylics (or have in the past done both) explain to me why go with gel instead of acrylic? Other than odor, I get that part. But for example, we do lots of acrylic in the salon I work in, so there would be no reason to do gels to keep smell away. Seriously, I just watched the tutorial videos at gelessentialz.com and it looks like lots of work to me compared to sculpting acrylic!!! LOL... somebody... anybody... help me understand!!! :) ? I hear y'all talk about gels, and it fascinates me, but I just can't figure out why I would want to master them personally! Sell me, girls!!! ? Michelle Cordes Washington (State), where it is snowing. again. so all my clients can cancel. again. sissies. :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
