I have my mom on a eco soak off clear base gel overlay. and then any polish on top. My fave on her is Chi Ceramic polish lasts like 3 wks over the overlay
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Susan Mang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Diana, > > I was going to send this to you privately, but thought others on the list > may have the same questions. > > I am one of the dinosaur nail techs, and I'm just working my way into most > of the modern day nail services. > Most of my clientele is acrylic, but I have added the gel polish to my > list of services over the past year. > > I am intrigued with the idea of a soft gel manicure. Can you apply this > Mani Q gel over the natural nails, and then > use regular polish, or is it only a base for gel colors? Am I > understanding that it can be removed by soaking, but also can > be left on and just filled? and what is the Charisma you mentioned....I > would love to be able to make my own Gel colors > out of the polish colors...I think that's the hardest part of selling the > gel manicure (that people have their favorite colors in > the traditional polish lines)....or did I misunderstand that, and you're > just creating your own colors? > > And can you use an LED light with the Mani Q gel, or just a UV? > > Sorry if all this is redundant.... > > But thanks for helping get this dinosaur out of the dark ages!!! > > Sue Mang > [email protected] > Louis Anthony Salon > Buffalo NY > > > Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 12:43:04 -0400 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: NailTech::soft gel maniccure..charisma mix it yourself..was > Re: Gel polish > > > > Yes, I do the fills just like a regular fill with any product. > > Clients re-book 2 3 4 5 weeks...just depends on how fast their nails > > grow, or if they picked a neautral color or a darker color. > > > > I charge the same, with this gel or a gel polish only. I don't care. > > On another note if the gel polish only clients, and if the gel polish > > is chipping, I always used Protein Bond on all of gel clients. There > > are other brands out there and I am sure the others can give you the > > names. That helps also. good luck. diana from indiana > > > > > > Quoting Lauren Dodson <[email protected]>: > > > > > So you have to fill in the gel when they come back then re-apply the > > > gel polish? I want to make sure I'm understanding. I like this > > > idea for people with thin nails that might break or dry out from > > > getting gel polish re-done every 2 weeks. > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Saturday, April 7, 2012 4:16 PM > > > Subject: Re: NailTech::soft gel maniccure..charisma mix it > > > yourself..was Re: Gel polish > > > > > > Yep, Jess been doing this for years. I bet i;m about 75% also. > > > > > > I call it the soft gel manicure, didn't want to call it soak off > > > because I file, didn't want to call them gel nails, because of > > > traditional gels. > > > > > > I use the Mani Q gel, then use gel polish on top of this. I have > > > client that can go a month also. Just file off and re-apply. Most > > > ac clients have switched to this. And soooooooooooooooooooo easy on > > > my hands. LOVE IT. > > > > > > The only clients that I have left with ac, are those that I need to > > > build a nail because they grow ka ka!!!!!!lolo. but they love the > > > gel polish. > > > > > > And Becky, the Charisma has been a HUGE success. Now my clients can > > > pick their favorite nail polish color and I can make a gel polish > > > for them. LOVE IT. > > > > > > These gels have changed our industry. did I say LOVE IT!!!!!!!!! > > > And I have all kinds of brands. just love them. But love the idea > > > of mixing my own at a decent price. diana from indiana > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quoting Jess in WA <[email protected]>: > > > > > >> After doing last years taxes I discovered that gel manicures- the way > > >> I do it- is now 75% of my business. I never soak off, as many techs > > >> don't. I keep a very thin layer of Akzentz Natural gel as the base > > >> coat - it balances with the flexibility of the colors and gives the > > >> strength of an enhancement without needing an arch (it goes against > > >> what we normally think is required but it really does work > > >> beautifully). If a customer wants extensions, I obviously use a bit > > >> more gel and a slight arch- but once their natural nails are to the > > >> desired length, the thin layer of hard gel is all that's required to > > >> give people 4 weeks of strength with their color on top. I call it the > > >> 30 day manicure and charge $55 for what takes 30-50 minutes. My > > >> clients are busy and don't have time to come in more than every 3-4 > > >> weeks so they absolutely love the 30 day manicure. I've had a client > > >> leave to Europe for the summer and her nails lasted 7 weeks. > > >> > > >> I only do a traditional base coat, 2 coats of color and top coat gel > > >> manicure if a client is planning to soak them off at home it they are > > >> only coming temporarily. > > >> > > >> Anyway if you haven't tried this method and you have clients who want > > >> more strength or their natural nails always protected, it's a fabulous > > >> trick :) > > >> - jess > > >> > > >> On Apr 5, 1:03 pm, Aimee Nails <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> How do handle a situation of clients hearing from other people > > >>> that the new gel polishes help strengthen the natural nails? > > >>> I've heard people taking off their acrylic and going to gel polish > > >>> but I'm afraid they will expect the gel polish to hold up like > > >>> traditional gel or acrylics. > > >>> > > >>> I thought gel polish is more like polish than any enhancement. > > >>> > > >>> Aimee > > >>> St. Louis, MO > > >>> > > >>> Sent from my iPhone > > >> > > >> -- > > >> 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. > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > > > > --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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > > -- > > 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. 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