So....is this system still available for sale to nailtechs and which system would it be. I would love to try something like that. Thanks. (Sorry you had a very long and aggravating day yesterday).
HUGS Barb Boran [email protected] On Feb 19, 2009, at 8:20 AM, Sheryl Goldberg wrote: > > > > Ok I wrote the first one very late last night after a Very > (Aggravating) > Long Day. Now I will take a few min to explain. > > Long ago our Gels in the US were Crap. The Owner of LeChat Powder > Gel was > Originally a Salon owner. He wanted an Alternative to smelly Ac but > Odorless > Ac was really Bad too. He worked with a Chemist and developed a > combo system > that had Flexibility Durability and was odorless . It was the First > Gel in a > Brush on Bottle! There are layers of Gel Brushed on and fine > Polymer powder > (Originally Traditional AC Powder) sprinkled on which are absorbed > into the > gel and cured. Because of the way it files (it's not as rubbery as > gel) it > can be confused with AC, I did at first. This was LONG before > Backscratchers > or anyone else ever thought of sprinkling powder. Acrygel by Cuccio > is a > knockoff too. We are talking the 90's here. > > THIS was the FIRST Soakable Gel! Once the Sealer was filed off > you soaked > them in Acetone and the Polymers started to dissolved so it could > be scraped > off. This led to Several Salons and a demand for the product from > other > techs so he began selling it. He has the 2 words Gel Powder and > Powder Gel > so tied up you can barely write them a sentence together pertaining > to nails > without a letter from the lawyer. (Smart Man). Several companies > now say > "you can strengthen your gels with a layer of clear powder" but are > very > careful how it is written. It is so strongly associated with the Asian > Community that many techs will not look at it. I have to say this > was really > a Great Product. It just works. You can build a really nice nail > with it. > > I no longer work for them because the accountant did not want to > reimburse things like Parking at the Airport and other costs of my > traveling. (I wouldn't be parking at the airport if I was not > traveling for > you!) I did a LOT of traveling for them. In the few years that have > passed > since I left LeChat they have come out with several new products. A > few of > which I spent hours trying to talk him into. But what do I know I > am just a > Nail Tech. Such is life with "some" manufacturers. > > > Sheryl Goldberg > The Experience Salon & Spa > Wheeling, IL > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf > Of Sheryl Goldberg > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: NailTech:: Re: Powder gels? Has anyone heard of this? > > > Ok The is the Powder Gel Story........ > > > When LeChat Powder Gel was first being developed The only polymer > powders > available had BPO's (activators)in them. Meaning they could be used > to make > AC nails. (The Powder Now used by them has no BPO's in them) So > when the > Asian community bought the LeChat product they bought bulk powder > and used > it for Gel and AC. > > When I worked for LeChat I had many arguments with the owner about > this > "Misnomer" and the confusion it caused. His response was, they > only sold > Powder w/BPO to their Original Clients. They Changed the Packaging > but the > Asian Community still persists in calling it Gel Powder. > > That's the Short version of the Story. > > Sheryl Goldberg > The Experience Salon & Spa > Wheeling, IL > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf > Of Jenny Mathweg > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: NailTech:: Powder gels? Has anyone heard of this? > > I was takin to a woman who had beautiful p/w she said the Nss used > a gel > powder and call them gels. Does anyone know what this is? > Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless device from U.S. Cellular > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.10.25/1958 - Release Date: > 02/18/09 > 08:57:00 > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.0/1959 - Release Date: > 02/18/09 > 20:55:00 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
