Genius at work! On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:54 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > I stir the gel up to get an accurate color and then put a small blob on > the top of the lid. A nice, even, pretty looking blob! Not just ANY blob! > LOL! Place under the gel lamp and there ya go! NOW you can tell what color > is in the pot from the lid! Ta-da! > Pam > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, Apr 28, 2010 6:24 pm > Subject: Re: NailTech:: Poor little Gelish-- just like high school > > Another downfall with the pots are time wasted with clients or me having to > open the jars to see the colors. So far no company has the color on the > outside that actually matches the inside. > But this is what I have for now..... > Buenos dias, > Lynnette > http://www.facebook.com/nailtech Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > ------------------------------ > *From: *Maggie in Visalia <[email protected]> > *Date: *Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:41:49 -0700 (PDT) > *To: *<[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: NailTech:: Poor little Gelish-- just like high school > > I am only half-enthused with the soak off gel polishes so far-- > frankly, I need to be able to get them all the way off a client's nails in > less than 15 minutes. That means, taking 15 minutes from the time the client > sits down in front of me to naked nails to start over on. Without having to > file. > > So far, close but no cigar. Some of this is me needing more practice at it, > some of this is companies saying "Our gel soaks off in 22 seconds!" when it > does not. > > I know manufacturer's all have their individual patented formulas sitting > in a safety deposit box somewhere, carefully guarded by a company of > Marines, several large dogs, and possibly one superhero of questionable > usefullness-- maybe Aquaman. So when you get down to specifics, every SOG is > technically different... but so is every polish line, every acrylic line, > every traditional gel line, etc and so forth, I think you get my point. > > I don't think there IS a major difference between lines. At least, not any > more difference than there is between every acrylic line-- but we all have > our favorites there too, even if the things that make or break an ac line > are minute. > > I really like the polish bottle application. I LOVE having a seperate brush > for each color. I LOVE that a polish bottle means that each seperate brush > also has its storage taken care of for me. I LOVE that I don't have to > meticulously clean the same gel brush between each color to make sure that I > don't accidently get a streak of bright blue into someone's French manicure. > The seperate brush issue is, in and of itself, enough to sway me toward > polish bottled SOGs. > > Also; polish bottled SOGs take care of storage for me. Because they display > like polishes, I just put them on the polish racks. Slowly, carefully, > schemingly (is that a word?) replacing my tradtitional polish inventory with > SOG. I'll convert those last two clients yet! (evil laugh) And if not? Then > they'll end up paying extra for polish, so I won't mind. > > I am concerned about keeping pigment mixed in the polish bottled SOGs. I am > concerned with the little porthole window in the otherwise opaque label on > my Gelish greeting the early morning sun in my east-facing salon each day. > I keep the blinds closed in the morning, but years of carefully guarding my > gels from sunlight as though they were formulated with the blood of Dracula > himself-- putting those precious bottles out in the open is taking a lot of > courage. > > I have ordered Star Nail's Eco-gel. It's on a truck. It seems that > EVERYTHING in Maggie-land is currently on a truck-- except my merhcandise > bags for retail purchases, which apparently FedEx left at the Fresno > terminal for me to pick up myself-- for no good reason and without any > intention of INFORMING me of the plan. (clearing throat and straightening > tie) But I digress. > > I do agree with the people who've mentioned being able to use every single > drop of gel that's in a pot, and I understand what Elaine said about her > formula not working that well in a polish bottle. > > I can't see myself putting little pots of gel on the polish racks though. > Mostly because there's a psychological shift for me too-- polish bottles are > ok for clients to touch, my other products stay with me. > > We'll have to see how it works out long term for the Gelish on the polish > racks. Clients are going to pick them up and look at them, they're going to > open the bottles and pull the brush out so they can see what it looks like-- > changes are, someone will eventually apply a brush stroke of Gelish to their > nail to "test" it on themselves. That'll be a fun day. But if they do that > with bottled SOG, it'll be far less disastrous to my product, my polish > racks, the paint on my walls, my sink, and my carpet, than if they do it > with potted gels. > > At any rate-- there a lot of my own thoughts on SOG polishes. As far as the > differences between each individual manufacturer's line? I don't think you > have to stress over it too much. There are subtle differences in viscosity, > cure time, flexibility, soak off time, etc. Just like every other product on > the market. You'll have to listen to a lot of anecdotal evidence and try > different brands for yourself before settling into which one works best for > you-- just like every other product on the market. > > I wonder if I can paint my shoes with SOG? > > Maggie Franklin: Attitudes Salon; Visalia, CA > "Visionary rebel dreamer; obviously way ahead of my time." > Art of Nailz <http://artofnailz.info/> > Maggie Rants [and rav...@nails Magazine <http://blogs.nailsmag.com/maggie/> > Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/onykophile> > > > > --- On *Wed, 4/28/10, Michelle Phoenix <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Michelle Phoenix <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: NailTech:: Poor little Gelish-- just like high school > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 12:57 PM > > Maggie I hear what you're saying! I've been trying to find out what, > exactly, is the difference between any of the brush on gels and the pot gels > if they're all soakable polishes. I have quite a few Akzentz polishes that > I like and am hesitant to get started on some new product just because it's > new. I'm not an early adopter. > > I hope both Gelish and Shellac will be at Premiere b/c I want to try them > both and see what's so "revolutionary" about them. > > M- > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Maggie in Visalia > <[email protected]<http://us.mc431.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> I remember high school. When my little knock-off Keds-style tennis >> shoes got to the point where they were less than white anymore, but I >> couldn't really afford to buy another pair, I took my acrylic paints and >> smeared bright colorful patches all over my shoes. Voila! Not just good as >> new, but a unique work of art and creative expressionism. >> >> The cheerleaders made SUCH fun of me. Not just the cheerleaders, but >> pretty much everyone who ranked higher on the social ladder than myself. >> Which, for the record, was pretty much everyone. >> >> All I heard that year was what an idiot I was. How "weird" I was. And how >> stupid my shoes looked. >> >> Of course-- and I'm sure it comes as no surprise to y'all who've known me >> for awhile-- I was pretty used to being called "weird" by the time I got to >> high school. So I shrugged it off and wore my nifty shoes with pride. >> Personally, I thought they were pretty cool. >> >> So the next fashion season dawned, and guess what's "all the rage" in all >> the teen magazines? And what all the popular girls show up at school with? I >> SWEAR I am not even exagerating here! Little white Keds-style tennis shoes >> with all kinds of random paint splotches on them. EXACTLY like the shoes I'd >> done myself a year before that all those same girls said were stupid. >> >> And that's the story that's running through my mind while I'm reading all >> these "I can't wait for my Shellac" posts. >> >> Haven't I had my Gelish for like a MONTH already? But CND comes out with >> SOG in a polish bottle and you'd think they perfected cold fusion. >> >> All I see is a bunch of cheerleaders wearing my old tennis shoes. >> >> So can anyone explain why Shellac is so much better/different than Gelish? >> >> Maggie Franklin: Attitudes Salon; Visalia, CA >> "Visionary rebel dreamer; obviously way ahead of my time." >> Art of Nailz <http://artofnailz.info/> >> Maggie Rants [and rav...@nails Magazine <http://blogs.nailsmag.com/maggie/> >> Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/onykophile> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NailTech" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]<http://us.mc431.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<http://us.mc431.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nailtech%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Michelle Phoenix > Elite Licensed Nail Technician > > Wet Paint Nail Spa > www.wetpaintnailspa.com > Online Booking Available > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- > 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. > > -- > 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]<nailtech%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. 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