Great pointers and very helpful for me I thank you very much for all your insight...I too have gone from a full book regular standings and no room for new clients to now wondering if anyone is even going to call to make an appointment...I am very scared to try new products that I am unfamiliar with but I have reached out side of my box bit the bullet and purchased at least 8 colors and a UV lamp from china to get me started and just this weekend purchased the ECO system in a trial to see how to work with it...trying to teach an old dog is not easy but necessary to stay with the hip group I guess.
Again thanks Anna Z-James www.annazjames.com -----Original Message----- From: Karen <[email protected]> To: NailTech <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Oct 5, 2010 1:24 pm Subject: NailTech:: some thoughts on why you should do UV Manicures I have not been keeping up with every post on this, so if I'm repeating, then sorry....but I have noted a few posts from folks saying they were afraid to commit to yet another expensive nail system without being sure it's the thing to do. I am here to tell you...get thee UV polishes ASAP! Here are some thoughts I've been having and want to share: I registered with the CND website and I get probably one call a week...not only from local people, but folks who are travelling here and want to be sure there'll be someone who can take care of them. Just today, a lady from Nashville who's going to be here 3 weeks, wanted to be sure I could do the "Shellac nails" before she put them on at home. When they call, I don't try to over-educate them on the phone, but I do assure them that I do indeed do the "Shellac" or the "Axxium" nails they've seen advertised. I call them UV polishes, and the service a UV Manicure or UV Pedicure. I find the following to be true of the four (4) brands I currently carry: - The polish-bottle types seem to be more like polish...richer in pigment, so thinner is better. A little picky-er to get perfect, but gorgeous color. They seem to soak off a little quicker, which is good, because they file with a sanding band more like polish buffs...you know how it feels to buff polish off with a sanding band? the bit sort of scuffs for a bit until it grabs hold? - The in-a-pot types seem more like gel...thicker and more of a presence on the nail. Building color might need 3 thin, thin layers. They take longer to remove, perhaps because there's just more product on the nail, but they buff with a sanding band beautifully. I find myself doing "fills" rather than soaking them off sometimes. - All of them soak of better if I've lightly buffed off the clear coat before wrapping them in acetone wraps. - I have sold several of the CND removal systems packets for $5. I tell the clients "Do not peek for 10 minutes." - All of them are absolutely UNforgiving in application...you canNOT touch the skin or it will create a ledge or it will lift (or both!) You must have a clean, complete margin around the entire nail bed from start of one sidewall up and around the top of the nail down to the other side. Use a cuticle stick, or Simmy's idea, an acetone-dipped corrector pen to clean up before you cure. Be sure to cap the free edges, too. - All of them are absolutely FORGIVING in wear and tear...I have done all the things we tell our clients not to do: filed them, clipped them off with clippers, used them as tools--scraping labels off things, etc. and I do not have any free-edge wear and tear...only regrowth at the cuticle. - I have changed my thinking about appointments. I no longer have a full book of standing appointments. Instead, each week I have several openings that I fill on the fly--gives me much more flexibility for those who want an occasional manicure that lasts longer than a few days. I have been telling clients this is a revolutionary new nail product...and they will love it. And they do. Karen Hodges Morning Glory Key West -- 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.
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