I have the ibd spatula too.... a relic of one of my many adventures with gel... but it is kick butt for stirring! Picks the color right up off the bottom of the Axxium gels with minimal bubbles. Nothing else I've tried has worked as well.... SPEAKING OF GEL... I had a gel client come in today with pink and whites on after 12 weeks... 2 cracks, one of the cracked nails lifting, half grown off and LOOOONNNNG... but ALL TEN!!! (She has been in and out of the hospital). I think I can officially say that I have eliminated gel lifting problems of the past... THANK GOODNESS!!!!!!! WOOOO HOOOOO! Michelle Cordes, Licensed Nail Technician The Nail Spa @ Steel Magnolias Salon "The spa for your hands and feet since 1997" Bremerton, Washington www.myspace.com/thenailspa
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, February 23, 2010 6:40:40 PM Subject: Re: NailTech:: Soak off Gels Ihave the IBD spatulas for stirring and they do a great job. Especially the dark colors it is amazing how much they separate and get thick in the bottom. I was just given of the NSI balance gels with glitter in (Rock Star Collection) they are so thick in the bottom I had trouble stirring, but once they were stirred they were great. Not as great as our Rock Star nails from scratch<LOL> but ... The spatulas are the best I got them like ten years ago when I took my first IBD class and had the first gel polishes. I just looked and they are listed with the gel accessories In Buynail for $5.25 I bet you could get something like them at AC Moore's art dep even cheeper. And Lynnette, I have a bottle of Hawaiian Orchid polish and it is very sheer. A bit of pinky/purple but very sheer. used it for french's a lot back in the day. just FYI Dawn [email protected] Lancaster,PA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, Feb 20, 2010 6:01 pm Subject: Re: NailTech:: Soak off Gels Krystle, Thanks for the help, but I do stir them. I have two packets of toothpicks by my table for that reason. They just not are the same. The :Hawaiian Orchid should be pretty purply and it is way too sheer!! My clients are still using them anyway. Muchas gracias, Lynnette Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ________________________________ From: Krystle Haines <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:53:53 +0000 To: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: NailTech:: Soak off Gels Hi Lynnette, Just reading though all the posts and I happened to come across this one. I noticed that you find the axxium sog colors not true to the polishes and I was just wondering if you stirred the gels before you applied them? I found when I first started using the sogs that I would need many coats but when I used a toothpick and gave the gel a good mixing, making sure to get right to the bottom, I would only need the recommended 2 coats. I think that sometimes the gels "settle" when not used for a while and they separate therefore needing a stir. Hope this helps Krystle > Subject: Re: NailTech:: Soak off Gels > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:41:57 +0000 > > Kimberly, > Do you think this will be in Chicago? > I have almost all my natural nail clients in the SOG but really want > something that does not require a pound of flesh to purchase. > The Axxium sog works great but is so expensive. The jars are not that great > once opened-- they leak. That means loss of product. > I have made my money back on the purchase, but also want more color choices. > The few colors that are true to the polish are- Lincoln Park, Waitress ans > Russian Navy. The others look nothing like the polishes. Or maybe to achieve > that I would need to do five coats!!! > Anyway, I hope Chicago has some new products to see and try. > Buenos dias, > Lynnette > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: Couture Nail Boutique <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:30:41 > To: NailTech<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: NailTech:: Soak off Gels > > Just wanted to chime in here for a sec...Nail Harmony is by Danny > Haile one of the people that brought us EZ Flow, not by Tom Bachik... > I can not wait to try it. I will be ordering the whole kit with LED > light when it becomes available. > > Tickled Pink & Grey, > > ~Kimberly Lesser~ > > http://www.couturenailboutique.com > Award-winning Nail Technician > Articles and opinions published in industry magazines > National & International Competitor > Salon Nail Department Trainer and Mentor > Inta Member > AEFM Trained > Creative Nail Design "Grand Master" > 2000-2002 EZ Flow "Master Artist" Educator > 2006 & 2007 Entity Competition Team Member > 2006 & 2007 Entity Advantage Education Team Member > > On Jan 20, 2:59 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > Speaking of SOG, has anyone seen the Nail Harmony from Tom Bachick? (I > > think its him, but I could be wrong) > > > > Sherri Evans > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:58:17 > > To: <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: NailTech:: Soak off Gels > > > > Rachel, > > No primer!!! I am using the base and any color fro OPI or any other > > company. Now I have on Nailite's Bing Cherry. OPI base. OPI SO top coat in > > the blue bottle. > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Rachel Bolek" <[email protected]> > > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:55:00 > > To: <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: NailTech:: Soak off Gels > > > > Lynnette, > > Are you wearing the Soak Off base too? I read that you had to use the gel > > colors with the soak off base only. I've been reading your posts on this > > product and I'm considering purchasing some. What is the "primer"? > > Thanks, > > Rachel > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:51 PM > > Subject: Re: NailTech:: Soak off Gels > > > > Shelly, > > I am marketing this to my natural nail only clients. I am wearing the Axiom > > too. Love it. > > Buenos dias, > > Lynnette > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shelley LeMarquand <[email protected]> > > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:03:31 > > To: <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: NailTech:: Soak off Gels > > > > That sound great, thanks so much!! I could probably file it off and still > > keep my 30 minute manicure time!! Oh and also, does it do anything negative > > to the clients nails? I assume that the clients who want to keep natural > > nails and would never do enhancements wouldn't be interested? > > > > Thanks! > > On Jan 20, 2010, at 11:44 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > I use the Axxium SOG and love it! I use it instead of polish and charge > > > $10 extra. It doesn't take much more time, just planning for removal, tho > > > I prefer to file it off-much faster. > > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Shelley LeMarquand <[email protected]> > > > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:35:09 > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Subject: NailTech:: Soak off Gels > > > > > Good Morning! > > > > > Has anyone tried the Axxium soak off Gels and if so what do you think of > > > the service as a whole!! My biggest question is how much extra do you > > > charge, and how much extra time do you need? I do a 30 minute manicure so > > > I was wondering if it would be worth adding the service! Seems like it > > > would be a nice thing for toes!! > > > > > Also I just got a second paraffin machine that I want to use for > > > pedicures! I was thinking about using the strips to put on the feet > > > instead of dipping, has anyone tried this? I also have some new hot > > > stones for hot stone massage with manis or pedis, but I have not worked > > > with them before and want to make sure I am doing it right! Does anyone > > > had knowledge for these or know of a good class? > > > > > Ok, that's it! 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