karen, awesome post,,,,,,,,,,,we have missed you here, you have great
posts!!!!!!! and congrats on finally getting your name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
diana from indiana
At 04:24 PM 10/5/2010, you wrote:
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
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