Elaine you rock! Also, I find when stirring the bottled gels it's important to stir round and round but also up and down. That way you're getting the solvent mixed from the top to the bottom and the pigment from the bottom to the top.
Michelle Phoenix - Elite Nail Technician Wet Paint Nail Spa www.wetpaintnailspa.com On Nov 22, 2010, at 11:41 AM, Elena Desmonie <[email protected]> wrote: > Elaine you are the best! > > Elena Desmonie > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ok....got a green stopper the other day when Arica and I went to get >> Starbucks before my Nailpro Cover shoot. I thought of you Holly. Now, I'm >> kind of more of a Coffee Bean girl....I have to say, if you have one...check >> out their stoppers. They are much shorter. Not too short for, say, an eco >> pot. I think I'd hold the skinny stick end and mix with the paddle end. >> >> ON another note...if you haven't seen Lorraine announce it yet....my Metal >> Stirring Tool finally came in. I took what everyone else was doing and >> tweaked it to make it more versatile. By changing the head size, you can >> now stir pots, mix glitter into hard gel, stir pigment / glitter into >> acrylics AND AND AND....stir a BOTTLE of Soak Off Gel. That's >> right....Elaine the concerned citizen of the Tech world doesn't like that >> you are just shaking those suckers. I know they are thick. Sooooooooo if >> you want to, you can use our tool to stick into the bottle and stir it and >> be SURE you're mixed. >> >> :) >> >> Creative and Harmony can send me my "Thank You" Christmas card at my >> office. hahha Or contact me directly for Private Label. lmao >> >> >> Kind Regards, >> Elaine T. Watson >> Star Nail International >> Vice President of Marketing and Sales >> Global Education Director >> 800.782.7624 extension 321 >> fax 661.257.5856 >> [email protected] >> Blog: itsnotarealjob.blogspot.com >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Manicures That Last < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> At 07:34 PM 11/9/2010, you wrote: >>> >>> I use those green stoppers that you get at starbucks. You know the majig >>> they give you to stop your coffee slopping out when you're driving >>> around.....I first started using these things to scoop out glitter when >>> mixing up batches for rock star toes, or sprinkling glitter directly on >>> fingers or toes and now they make a damn fine stir stick, they come in handy >>> for all kinds of odd little jobs......now my clients bring them to me, I >>> have them everywhere in my studio! >>> >>> Holly >>> >>> >>> >>> Holly, you owe me $4.59 plus gas now! hahaha I went to Starbucks yesterday >>> and got my coffee, but no green stopper. I almost felt like a fool asking, >>> "um excuse me but my friend Holly said something about a stopper??" >>> >>> So now that I have this thing in my hand I have to ask you, are these not >>> breaking when stirring your eco gels? or mixing glitter with your hard gels? >>> They seem a little flimsy to me. I can see their benefit for sprinkling and >>> disposal though. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Lorraine, webgirl >>> >>> www.ManicuresThatLast.com <http://www.manicuresthatlast.com/> >>> eco So Quick Soak Off >>> Turn your Part-Time Clients into Full-Time Bookings! >>> 3 Minutes On, 5 Minutes Off - Guaranteed >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> 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.
