Dear Roxanne,
Uh huh.. been there... done that... had that client! Still have "one of
those"! Ya wanna know what was REALLY interesting!? Hmm...? Do ya? Do ya?!?
Well.. I'll tell ya! When this particular client who was ALWAYS a mess (Oh,
lets try the tips this time! They seem to work better! Oh NO! I have 8 that
"just flipped off!" Lets try the tips with acrylic over them, that has always
worked good for me! Oh NO! Lets try tips with acrylic and THEN gel over them!
Etc, and Etc to inifinty!) Well, let me tell ya.. she broke her hand... had
it in a CAST... and guess what! PERFECT FRIGGIN NAILS AFTER SHE GOT HER CAST
OFF 5 WEEKS LATER! HAHAHAHAHA! Sure there was some growth at the cuticle
area.. but... cuticles looked great! NAILS looked GREAT!
SHE couldn't get them up to her mouth OR pick at them with the other hand
because the cast was in the way! <<Evil Laughter>> She was SO BUSTED! I just
fix em and charge em... repeat after me.. fix em and charge em.. they ain't
gonna change! They WANT nails put on just so they HAVE Something to pick at!
Yes! REALLY! Sigh.. I give up~ Fix em and charge em...
Pam
Nail Designs
Ohio
-----Original Message-----
From: Pati <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Mon, May 24, 2010 10:55 pm
Subject: Re: NailTech:: gel to acrylic?
Hi Roxanne,
Hmm she definitely sounds like a picker! (takes one to know one they say! ) If
she constantly picks at the sides ..then that could be why they are
breaking..cause the nail is compromised. Acrylic is definitely harder to pick
off than gel... and might just do the trick in the stress area...enough to keep
them on longer anyway. Do you charge her for repairs? That might keep her from
picking also. Tell her (beg her) to not pick them all off so you can SEE the
damage and you can them formulate a plan... right now you are not sure what is
happening...
Good luck...I always loved a challenging client!
Pati
'Good friends are like stars...
You don't always see them, But you know they are always there.
-----Original Message-----
From: Roxanne <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Mon, May 24, 2010 12:45 pm
Subject: NailTech:: gel to acrylic?
I have a client... the one that didn't want to use primer two weeks ago. (we
used primer).
She came to me last year with a bad set of acrylic nails. Her nails were a chop
shop mess. After she got them off and waited a month we tried the gel on her
and it just doesn't stay put, I'm just having repeated service breakdown and
it's all different but mostly cracking at the free edge and sides (to the best
of my knowledge since she picks the thing off and I never get to see what,
where or how it broke)
She is really difficult to sculpt on. She has no free edge and she has really
deep sides, or no sides... where you have to cut your form in the center just
to get a reasonable width from side to side... does that make sense? The nail
edge is really rounded back and the sides have no sidewalls (or just a little)
back to the cuticle at the back of her nail....
Anyway, she tried the gel last year and she had such a mess from before that
she just stopped everything and let them heal up. She came back two weeks ago
and her nail beds looked great, pink and healthy all attached and a little bit,
teeny tiny free edge...(but they still have a funky shape and no sidewalls) so
we did the gel sculpted just to give her a better looking nail with a small
free edge. She came back after a week and I 4 had broken off. I think most were
at the edges... like I said she just picked off the rest that was attached to
her nail (did I say she's also a picker with some rough cuticles?) We fixed
what she had and now a week later she said there are 4 or 5 off.
She said she wants to try acrylic again because she has had better luck with
that. She feels it's stronger for her. Which is fine.... I'll do whatever she
wants.
1. she has medical problems. Don't know if this is effecting the gel or if it
will the acrylic.
2. She said full well tips have worked good for her. (I'm not fond of tips...
seems like one more element in the mix to break down or glue cause a reaction.)
3. She desperately wants to clean her nails and hands up so they look halfway
decent. once I sculpt it with a little bit of side making the nail wider and
not so pointed... they look normal and rather nice. But I'm wondering if my
sculpted tip is breaking at the sides because my structure is off?
argh... I love this lady... she's so patient and says, "it's not you... it's
me... this always happens." But that's not good for me. She's really a
challenge & I'd like to get something to work on her. any thoughts would be SO
helpful.
Roxanne
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