Thank you. I'll double check my prep. Michelle Phoenix - Elite Nail Technician Wet Paint Nail Spa www.wetpaintnailspa.com
On Jun 30, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Katherine Fahrig <[email protected]> wrote: > Check to see if your bulbs are old or dirty and check how she is holding her > hand in the lamp. > > Make sure that she is not getting paraffin or any other moisturizing > treatment right before her nail appointment. > > Is she on new medication or is she stressed out and picking them off? > > How often is she coming in? She needs to be every 2 weeks if she's a lifter. > > If she picked them off one time, she could have damaged her nail enough that > the gel will not hold. Gel needs a healthy nail not a ripped up one to hold. > > When I have considered everything and the nails still will not hold up I go > back to the basics. I do a meticulous prep, push those cuticles back and > scrape the nail plate. I then use acid primer (I like Tammy Taylor's primer > best) AND Protein Bond by Young Nails. Let the primer dry to a chalky finish > before applying Protein Bond. > > Did she get an acrylic fill from someone else when you could not fit her in? > Even after I have soaked the acrylic off, I have had trouble getting the gel > to stick after torn up NSS salon nails. I just do the above prep every time > until her nails grow out what was damaged. > > I also am a huge fan of Light Elegance Fiber Gel for my lifters. I get > virtually no lifting regardless of what shape the nails are in. > > Katherine > St. Louis, MO > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 29, 2010, at 9:37 PM, Michelle Phoenix <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have one client who wore gels successfully until about four weeks ago. Now > they won't stay on her. Any ideas? > > Michelle Phoenix - Elite Nail Technician > Wet Paint Nail Spa > www.wetpaintnailspa.com > > -- > 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.
